Thursday, September 30, 2010

Kevin Costner

I think most of his movies would have been made better if he didn't have eyebrows.

Spectacles


I got glasses this week. And my 6 year old says I'm a nerd. (Although she cried the first day I wore them when I picked her up from school.) And I have even cried once or twice since I got them. Is that weird?? It's just different looking at the world through these things. I feel trapped. And dizzy. And the Mr. says I look fine. Not "fiiiiiiiiine!!!!" Just fine. (haha!) I've even been called "funny looking" & "bottlecaps". Is this 3rd grade again?? Guess so.
And my eyes aren't even THAT messed up, but it's just that slight haziness & unclarity that was becoming an annoyance. I love them when I'm at the computer & I love them when I read.
And I just thought I'd tell you that I got a makeover---of the four-eye variety.

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Long Overdue Giveaway Winners

Ughhh, school has gotten me into this cycle of exhaustion and lack of motivation. These are way overdue, and many of these winners have already received their prizes, but I'll announce them anyway.

The winner of The Actor and the Housewife is:

#49 Dawn M.!

The two winners of an ARC of Deception are:

#5 Morgan
#16 Pam Keener

The winner of an ARC of Nightshade City is:

#27 msdarcy!

The winner of an ARC of Clockwork Angel is:

#154 looksie lovitz!

The winner of a signed ARC of Dangerous Neighbors is:

#60 Penny Hull!

The winner of some Mockingjay-related swag is:

#13 Holdenj!

The winner of the signed WVMP Radio series books is:

#99 Blodeuedd!

And because she has kindly mentioned to me that she already has the first book, she has allowed me to draw another winner for Book 1, Wicked Game, which is:

#154 Spav!

The 2 winners of the Guardian of Ga'Hoole giveaway are:

#2 Bethany M.!
#49 Breanne!

Whew. Congrats to the winners, you have all been contacted. *goes to collapse in an exhausted blogger heap*

Why The Irish Will Pay

Irish people are facing massive cuts in public services due to the 2008 banking crisis and the future looks bleak for our European neighbours. Almost £39 billion of taxpayers money will be used to bail out Anglo Irish Bank, while at the same time taxpayers will be forced to pay for the bail out.

As public sector pay drops between 5 - 15% and thousands of jobs are cut, ordinary Irish people are being punished for the greed of bankers and market traders. The nations debt rises towards 32% of Irish GDP, it will not be the bankers who will pay for their greed. Sadly, the Irish people have pretty much rolled over and allowed the government too impose cut after cut. Instead the working class should have collectively risen up and opposed such cuts. Deemed too big to fail, the bailout is further proof that capitalism is a failed system in which speculators and city traders should pay the price for their failure. The same people reaped massive rewards over the years but will not need to pay - the Irish people will pick up the £39b tag. Unless the working class people of Ireland rise up and challenge the ruling class, they will end up paying for the banking crisis for years too come.

In Britain, the ConDem coalition are embarking on the destruction of public services and risking 1.3m jobs in the process - even though the debt does not need to be paid quickly. In fact, it should be remembered that UK debt from 1918 to 1961 national debt was over 100% of GDP. The Irish government cuts have not helped their economy to grow, instead it has contracted even more as unemployment rises and people have less money to spend.

Across the UK, groups are springing up with the aim of defending public services and protecting jobs. Unions like PCS (Public and Commercial Services Union) have produced material to show there is an alternative to the cuts programme.

The Joey Diaries: Training Of An Undisciplined Spaz


So, I was contacted a few weeks ago by this woman in Vegas, Geralynn Cada, who is known as the Doggie Guru. She is a jewelery designer and has been a dog trainer the majority of her life. We have mutual friends who insisted that she pick my brain about blogging and publishing. We got on the phone and began chatting.

She started telling me about her years of dog training and what she does. She asked me about my dog. We both started talking over one another and the following exchange happened simultaneously.

Me: Yeah, Joey is darling and I absolutely adore him. He keeps me happy. But, he is a totally undisciplined spaz...

Geralynn: ...I have come to realize that dogs are mirrors of their owners.

A totally undisciplined spaz.

Awesome.

Needless to say, we struck a deal. She will teach me to train Joey (and apparently my undisciplined spazzy self in the process) and I will write about it.

Shit. This could get interesting.

Note To Self


Never call Landon again
Delete # tomorrow (crossed out)
No more talking about him ever
Tan
Get hair done
Whiten teeth
No more Moondoggies for 3 more weeks
Sex w/ Chris only
No blow
Narcos only @ work
Drinking only 4x a week
New clothes


Wow - this chick is shooting for the moon. Maybe I should up my game too. If I quit blow and only drank 4x a week just imagine the things I could accomplish!

Review: Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern

Tags: middle grade, YA, friendship, nerds

Summary

Jessie’s sophomore year of high school is not going so well. Her two best friends have turned into wannabe punks, and her beloved older brother is leaving for college soon. Lost and in need of new friends, Jessie stumbles across the Dungeons & Dragons-playing crowd—truly the nerdiest of the nerdy, even by her standards. But as she gets to know the people in the group—and maybe even finds a cute guy to crush on—Jessie realizes that nerds can make really good friends…

Review

INTO THE WILD NERD YONDER is a cute and heartfelt look into the treacherous waters that is high school friendships. While it didn’t make me fall in love with it as it did with many others, INTO THE WILD NERD YONDER was still a charming read with excellent characters.

Jessie is a likable protagonist, with her sewing tendencies, warm-hearted worries, and self-proclaimed nerdiness. She’s nerdy, but not in a way that will put off readers/potential friends. She has such a healthy relationship with her family—her relationship with her brother is particularly touching—that the focus of the book can be off the stereotypical teen family angst and more about worries regarding friendships.

While the characters (and, indeed, the whole storyline) are not exceptionally deep or memorable, everything has the pleasant feel-good entertainment value of, say, a Disney Channel original movie: the “villains” are not irredeemably bad, the problems inconvenient but not devastating. The plot moved along at a leisurely pace so that the second half of the book, in which Jessie finds new friends, feels a bit rushed.

However, these are not failings but simply characteristics of the genre that INTO THE WILD NERD YONDER falls into: an easy and light read with characters who make us smile and a moral that makes us nod in recognition. If this is the type of read you’re reading for, look no further than this one.

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Carolyn Mackler

Writing: 3/5
Characters: 4/5
Plot: 3/5

Overall Rating: 3 out of 5


Cover discussion: 3 out of 5 - I like how the dress hints at one of the later scenes in the book, as well as Jessie's sewing passion. The cartoonish feel adds to the lightheartedness of the book. I just wish it weren't so PINK!

Feiwel & Friends / Sept. 29, 2009 / Hardcover / 256pp. / $16.99

Review copy sent by publisher upon request. Sorry for the delay!

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Two same-age salmon, one a genetically modified salmon (rear), the other a non-genetically modified salmon (foreground) appear in this photo provided by AquaBounty Technologies. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recently been studying whether to approve marketing a genetically engineered animal as safe for people to eat.



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p.s. RIP: Michael Gizzi. Hey. Late start again today on my end, and nothing to report that won't filter out below, so ... ** Marcus Whale, Hey. Yeah, I know what you mean. People claiming to have the best of intentions have suggested to me in the past that I might write the novel I want and then go back and change the characters into stock brokers or whoever. And some people who have approached me asking for the movie rights to my books have planned that sort of switcheroo in their films, which is one of the reasons I say no. Thanks a lot for the Collarbones link. Hold on. Everyone, the amazing multi-talent and d.l. Marcus Whale has a few music projects that he masterminds or co-masterminds, and one of them is Collarbones, and everything Marcus makes is heavily worthy, and you can hear Collarbones by clicking this, and you really should. I'll hook myself up with that as soon as I get out of here. Awesome, and thanks for sending me the Scissor Lock album. Excited. My address is: c/o Centre International des Recollets, 150 rue du Faubourg St. Martin, 75010 Paris, France. I think the new Deerhunter is incredible. I think it's my favorite of theirs so far. What do you think? ** David Ehrenstein, Hey. Oh, well, we'll just have to disagree about 'Adaptation' and 'Face/Off'. The former might well be my favorite non-Kaufman directed Kaufman, and I think the latter is the only great post-Hong Kong Woo film. The doubling and resemblance play in it is incredibly up my alley, mind you. Oh, man, do I so wish I could be there for John Cale's 'Paris 1919' show. Are you going? ** Changeling, Hey. That, or he rather, was well worth the hunt. Thank you. Mixed sex identical twins in your novel? I was just telling David how twinning excites me. My novel is twins city, or my narrator seems to think so. Anyway, can you say more about that? ** Nb, Did I? Well, fancy that. ** Kiddiepunk, Thanks, Punkster. Oh, yeah, 'Wild at Heart'. I'd love to watch that again. I remember loving it but not liking the Wizard of Oz referencing so much. But that little one-on-one scene with Laura Dern and Willem Dafoe', holy shit! Let's talk and see sometime today. ** Alan, Hey, man. Oh, I'm so sorry you're feeling down. Post-novel depression is a real thing, or it is based on my droops. That plus the worries about Nobuko's upstate interview would definitely explain it, I think. In my experience, the post novel let down is mostly about losing the organization and fixation it brought you, and I don't think that holds on for very long before you get accustomed to dispersing your attention and goals to things that are less central and all-consuming. Or I don't know. I hope it passes as quickly as possible. ** Sypha, Now, that was a nice cold you had there as colds go. Congrats. 'Red Dead Redemption' sounds intriguing. I'll look for a trailer. Is computer-based or Xbox or ... ? ** Bill, Yep, on the LA coordination plans. Oh, trailers! Hold on. I just watched the 'Line improvisation' one, and it's gorgeous! Heck, I'll imbed it. I'd better save the second trailer for later since I'm so behind schedule today. Thank you, thank you! Everyone, the video you see imbedded down at the bottom of the p.s. is a new trailer for a work by the extraordinary visual artist and music maker Bill Hsu aka d.l. Bill. The visual is by Bill, and the music is made by James Fei (saxophones), Bill Hsu (electronics), and Moe Staiano (percussion). Watching it is extremely highly recommended. A second trailer for what Bill describes is a 'growth process piece' is also available to be watched here. Your attendance there is kindly requested as well. Fantastic, Bill! Exquisite work. ** Magick mike, Hey, Mike! Very good to see you. I love what you're bringing to HTMLG so much. Such an inspired add on their part. Glad the Quays post registered well. I haven't seen 'Piano Tuner of Earthquakes', and I've wanted to for so long because, I guess like you, 'IB' just hasn't stopped haunting me since I saw it. Take care, man, and thanks a lot! ** Wolf, Hey. Oh, you didn't know the Quays' stuff. Cool. I mean cool that the blog could do a good deed. Yeah, a Svankmajer post is kind of a duh, isn't it? I'll go build something. Oh, I greatly prefer you sending me the soundtrack than the chocolate, and not because of Kiddiepunk's dastardly and greedy lies. France has pretty damned good chocolate, but not a genius soundtrack. So, if you don't mind and if it's easy, shoot me that sound, pal. ** Steevee, Hey. Oh, I love 'Institute Benjamenta'. It kind of crawled in my memory and won't leave. Their second film has evaded my eyes so far, like I said. Great news about the new Wiseman. That guy is indefatigable. Thanks a lot. I don't know when or how I'll get to see it over here, but I'll be patient. ** Pilgarlic, Well, at least you're getting some of your stories down on, well, whatever this place is technically made of. Not paper, but just as white. And it's an honor for here, me, us. ** Toniok, Hey, man! Okay, yeah, I'm, like, the most email-phobic guy there ever could be, so I'm going to curtail further impoliteness by just saying the new works you sent me are completely fantastic. I spent time trying to pick favorites for you, and I ended up with 90% plus of them as favorites, and every narrowing it to that giant group was hard, so, really, there isn't one in the whole batch that isn't totally beautiful. They blow me away. Incredible work, man, really. Just one knock-out after another! ** Shannon, Hey! Oh, your site is live, real, ours. Awesome. I just bookmarked it, and let me try to snag some others around here. Everyone, the extremely fine writer, blogger, and so much more plus d.l. Shannon Barber just launched a very nice, user-friendly site where her works can be found in a consolidated way, and, of course, it would be selfish of me to keep this treasure trove's location to myself, so, join me in marveling at her gifts by clicking this link right now if possible. Very recommended. Thanks for the alert, pal. And for the kind words re: my book too. Hope everything is way good with you. ** Laurabeth, If I got you to say hi, I did my job. Ha ha. The hard part is getting Halloween to stop around here once the 31st roll around. It takes all my inner strength. ** Will Decker, Very good news about the Proclamation! The US is so peculiarly mixed up right now between the real advances being made and the threats to gut even pre-existing advances. It's bonkers and nightmarish. But there it is. My money woes are easing gradually, I think, I hope. Yeah, time moves way too fast or bodies give up their ghosts way too soon, that's for sure. ** Armando, Hey. Arthur Penn died? Ugh, RIP indeed. I will watch 'In My Skin', thanks to you. I've got feelers out for it right now. Thanks, A. ** Inthemostpeculiarway, Hey, man. Very good to see you, of course. So, does all that sleep mean you got sick after all? Maybe it's the change of seasons that's doing the heavy sleeping number on you. People say seasonal changes make bodies act weird, and I don't really see how that could be, but I guess it's true. Oh, gosh, thanks about 'A Herd', my baby step into public life as a fiction carver. I liked your song of the day. I don't I have one for some reason. Okay, I'll just do yesterday 'cos the other days while you were gone draw a blank now. Worked on novel. I'm into the final section now. It's rough and needs a lot of revising, and that's taxing me greatly, but at least I'm there. And I've managed to cut the novel down to just under 300 pages, which is good 'cos I don't think 300+ pages of my stuff is a good idea. So, I did that mostly. Oh, I went to a fashion runway show. It's Fashion Week in Paris, so all the big designers are doing their big shows this week. The one I saw was Rochas 'cos the head designer is a friend of mine. So, Yury, my friends Scott and Paul, and I headed off to that. We'd just entered the Gare de l'Est metro station when we heard loud alarms going off, and the central part of the station was all taped off, and there were military guys everywhere, and everyone was being evacuated from the station, and I don't know it was because of bomb threat, but that would make sense since Paris is bomb threat central right now, and everybody here is pretty stressed out right now. Anyway, so we took a taxi to the show instead. It was in a gymnasium in the 11th arr. Lots of fashion big wigs like Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington and famous fashion world types were there. The show was very cool, I thought. I love runway shows. They're so short and surreal. The music was a trippy remix of a Grinderman song. Afterwards, we went backstage and congratulated our friend the head designer guy Marco, and he seemed happy. Then Yury metroed to a doctor appointment, Scott and Paul metroed to some market to buy the makings of their dinner, and I metroed home, and the station by the Recollets was all clear by then. I think I bought a little food and cigarettes. I think I ate the former soon thereafter. I think I worked some more and put together one and a half blog posts. Gisele called to say the 'TIHYWD' shows in Graz were giant successes, and now we're getting all these new, really great gigs for the piece from that, which is excellent, of course. Not much else. Slept and all that. So, how about letting me hear about your Thursday? ** Syreearmwellion, Hey, man! Really good to see you! I've been wondering how your trip and time away was going. That's just excellent news on you having really wrapped your head around the novel. Like I said, I was hoping the Seattle stint would only help on that front. Give alerts if those promised poem and story materialize on your blog, if you don't mind. My writing's been good since we last spoke. I'm pile driving myself to the end, total dedication, just hoping to get the thing finished as soon as humanly possible. Yeah, welcome back, man. ** Chris Cochrane, Hey, C! Superb about the rehearsal. I'm having, what do they call it, separation anxiety, but I'll be there not soon enough but, uh, soon enough. I do know that Tony Williams record, yeah, although, shit, I haven't listened it in ages. I remember it was fucking fierce. Oh, sure, if Ed wants to come to 'Them', that would only be great. Thanks, Chris. ** The Evil Ghost of JW Veldhoen, Hey, somewhat immaterial one. That is a really nice quote about haunted houses there. Hm, I think I'll make a Halloween post about/ out of Corrine May Botz's work (partly or wholly), unless you think I shouldn't. Thanks a lot for the alert, spooksville John. ** Plexus, Hey, Garbantuous! I once saw a short film that some guy made by blowing his nose on undeveloped film stock that was in a program of animated short films. But it wasn't very animated. So maybe you're right. It's possible to animate a human being without using your hands, as I imagine you know. But I guess that doesn't qualify either. Oh, I fully intend my novel to make your eyes all itchy and watery, hopefully without you slamming the cover shut. We'll see. You hanging in there up north or hopefully far more than just hanging, my Gunt? ** Misanthrope, No, I was talking their middle-aged spread. I'm a humanist. I assume it's money that made Duroy go that way, right? I assume there are more Bel Ami fans now than there ever were, although I can't even remember the last time I met one. Oh, wait, it was you. Not so long ago then. Are you trying to tell me Chucky isn't scary? ** The Dreadful Flying Glove, A 13 hour day? Jesus, man. You get a temporary pass on everything then. Get some sleep. ** I'm off to spend more time with a couple of things that a few of you have made and then do the novel writing thing. I think I came up with a pretty decent batch of very interesting slaves for you this month, if I don't say so myself. Disagree at your peril, ha ha. Whatever. Enjoy the pile, and I'll see you tomorrow, I reckon.