February 2012
“The First Lady just asked me to get boozy with her. You think I don’t want...”
– Amy Gardner, The West Wing.
I would enjoy The West Wing more if there weren’t so many obvious Feminist Straw-Woman characters that started cropping up by the third season. That’s about when Sorkin left, right? Or was he all crazy with the coke by then?
I WANT TO WATCH 30 ROCK, YOU GUYS, I NEED LIZ LEMON BEFORE PORTLAND OKAY.
We’ll be in Portland by tomorrow evening.
Parks & Rec and 30 Rock are on tonight, right? There are no torrents yet and I’m fiending.
“Why should Caesar get to stomp around like a giant, while the rest of us try not...”
– Gretchen Weiners - Mean Girls (via thestudyofmettle)
Top Chef.
Michelle Bernstein looks like Courtney Love if she’d been a healthier person.
That “Catholic Girls Problems” tumblr seems to be about how Catholic Girls spend all their time weeping for abortions. Does Jesus give them superhuman tear ducts?
“A message written in blood. Everyone involved in this drama seems compelled to...”
– Lucifer, from Mike Carey’s Lucifer.
Could someone repay my impending student loan for me? No? Fine, but I’m going to go weep now.
First draft of the contest entry finished.
IT IS SHIT.
Miss Worded: whiskeyrobot: The very essence of... →
whiskeyrobot:
The very essence of comedy is to show all of the faults of humanity and this world. It’s dealing almost entirely in cliches because those inevitably hold truths. 30 Rock makes me uncomfortable at times because it is so terrifyingly honest about the anti-feminism present in the…
WatchJean Dujardin as every villain.
The general consensus on Tumblr seems to be that...
Also, the first issue of Ross Campbell’s Glory run is out next week and I can’t breathe.
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Matt Fraction just told me on Twitter, because that’s a thing that can happen in the 21st Century, that Casanova: Avaritia #3 is not actually out next week, and he doesn’t know why it’s listed, and I’m sadfaced now.
Both Casanova: Avaritia #3 and Daredevil #9 are out next week and I’m just warning you now I may go into some kind of weird coma as a result.
I have half the fucking science-fiction contest entry written, and I’d like to finish a draft today. It’s difficult; 1200 words is not a lot of space for this kind of story.
I’m writing a review of Melancholia for work. These things are always more work than you expect. I’m trying to decide if it’s worth talking about how much of an asshat von Trier is.
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If you're interested.
Paul Cornell is writing a Vertigo sci-fi comic this year, focused on a Mexican-American female governor who has to run for president to save the world. It’s called Saucer Country. Preview of it in the free Vertigo teaser. Looks intriguing. Ryan Kelly’s art reminds me of Y: The Last Man.
ANY PORTLAND TUMBLRS WANNA MEET UP THIS WEEKEND?
We’re coming down this weekend with some friends and they’ll be attending this creationist conference so they can write articles about it, while we wander around.
I’m trying to remember that yesterday work was productive and I should try dreading it less.
Dave Matthews? Really?
Like, I don’t fucking know what that the sound you’re making is about, man, but please fucking stop that shit.
You guys, I’m now trapped in a world of people who slurp fluids loudly and make other weird noises and I don’t know. I just don’t.
When I got to the coffee shop they were playing twangy country-rock. Now, thankfully, one of the better Florence + the Machine songs.
Balls.
Forgot to charge my iPod last night, does this mean I actually have to interact with the world today? Because balls.
James Sturm: Marvel Comics’ Troubling Origins... →
thebombbag:
James Sturm (The Golem’s Mighty Swing, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow) has an article up on Slate that serves as a pretty good primer on the Jack Kirby/Jack Kirby’s Estate/Marvel/Disney saga. Marvel’s history of sucking creators dry for little compensation (except Stan Lee, of course) is well-documented and never disputed and no story captures the overall sense of unfairness as...
How is Rob Liefeld writing four different DC Relaunch books?
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Apparently, evidence of my origins as a government-sanctioned, genetically-engineered lobster-man are showing.
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From the Vault: Matthea Harvey | Tin House →
One of Matthea Harvey’s Robo-Boy poems.
We shaved my head.
And I’m moderately beardy right now.
Mrs. Landingham dying is a real fucking gut punch every time I watch The West Wing.
thedisgruntledgradstudent asked: Favorite martini gin vs favorite gin tonic gin? Price is no object.
You guys, I don’t think you realize how much time I spend thinking about having sex with dead writers.
astationaryjew asked: Ooooh are we asking you questions about poetry? Do you like Charles Wright? Or Mark Strand? They are my fave contemporary poets, I think, although it's hard to choose. Any feelings about Jack Gilbert? Hmmm I guess I will quit there.
