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[rm]

Okay that deal with Australia and A-cups? Not quite true (and the female ejaculation ban still stands). Thanks to lilacsigil.

Murder isn't activism. But terminology issues aside, Dr. Tiller's killer has been found guilty.

Out of Auschwitz, a survivor reflects on the liberation.

I was thinking in sort of an off-hand way the other day when I saw someone comment in regard to a couple of Doctor Who episodes (sorry, can't remember which of you it was) about how Britain is never going to get over WWII, that better that then... well, the US. I feel sometimes, that all we can remember is the Cold War that came after and our paranoia. Everyone is out to get us! If we approached the global threat of terrorism through the lends of WWII instead of through the lens of the Cold War, would we be behaving better? Would Gitmo be closed? Would we stop trading civil liberties for a false-sense of security? I don't know, but over here, I think we could use a lot more WWII memories and a lot fewer Cold War ones.

bodlon adds his voice to great slash debate. Since he's a transman who writes fanfic and pro material some containing what we call slash or m/m romance, he has a somewhat unique horse in this race. Also, thinky thoughts in comments.

Today's XKCD made me cry. Like, actually cry. Not a metaphor or exaggeration. I cried.

So John Barrowman is going to play a villain on Desperate Housewives. Shooting starts in march, apparently. I really only have two things to say about that, neither of them rational: 1. DH is my mother's favorite show, and having to deal with her getting obsessed with JB and deciding to watch Torchwood again (which she sorta likes but anything alien upsets her and she has to look away) is more surreal than I want to deal with it. 2. Surprise Naoko Mori!

gement points us to the worst ad campaign in ages. And it's for bus travel. In Cardiff. No, really.

John Lithgow, gossip columnists and scandals in the pre-Internet age. via redstapler.

lord_whimsy reminds me that I had wanted to mention the death of Louis Auchincloss who, as the New York Times obit says "was best known for his dozens and dozens of novels about what he called the 'comfortable' world, which in the 1930s meant 'an apartment or brownstone in town, a house in the country, having five or six maids, two or three cars, several clubs and one’s children in private schools.'" He was a chronicler of the dying world (although he felt strongly it was not) that long-time readers know I grew up peering into.

jonquil ponders to what degree gender has a role in whether people like Salinger's work. Despite leading with the Salinger news yesterday, to quote her poll, my feeling was generally "Eeeeeh."

Patty and I are going to try to go to Dances of Vice tonight, but she has a cold and I'm beat, so we'll see. If we go, you may be seeing the tux,since I have this thing going on where I have to wear it for something before Gallifrey or I'm going to have issues.

Boston people. Tonight, tonight, tonight! I know it's cold, but these ladies will be wearing less clothing than you and are smoking hot. Also, seriously, my love for this troupe has little to do with nudity and everything to do with the ridiculous amounts of charisma they have on stage, which isn't limited to the traditionally feminine archetypes that are a staple of burlesque. They're also my friends.

In planning for my new headshots, I've discovered something interesting, and that is that one of the images I'm selling makes me more of a romantic-lead type than I've ever been. Most of my acting career has been about being the sharp, dark-haired woman, which means VILLAIN. In Australia though, at every class it was "you're a romantic lead, we swear!" and I was like "Not in America! In my country I am evil and villanous. I only get cast as the undead and people who steal husbands!" (which was 100% true at that time). But in Australia, even my Lady in Macbeth was played like a romantic lead, you know, despite the crazy. And now I get it. Short hair, cute tight top, shiny pink lip gloss and a little bit of mascara and a huge smile. I'm suddenly unlikely, sweet, tom-boyish (something that's a particularly weird identity for me in a way that may not seem to make obvious sense) and not, not as hard or awkward as Miranda on Sex in the City. I say this a lot, but only in certain circles: Severus Snape taught me that everything I thought was ugly about myself is actually smoking hot. Jack Harkness taught me to stop pretending I'm the quirky not so cute best-friend next door.

Comments

[bluejeans07.livejournal.com]

Surprise Naoko Mori? Eh?

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Yea, ditto?

[rm.livejournal.com]

See below.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Last year, Naoko Mori, who was not a guest at Gallifrey One showed up because she'd run into one of the other guests (I can't remember if it was Kai Owen or GDL) at the headshot retouchers earlier in the day. So "suprise Naoko Mori!" has been the code word for "unexpected guest fantasies" about this year's con.

[bluejeans07.livejournal.com]

HAHA! I remember this, that was so exciting! It was GDL that ran into her, he teasingly said, "I think they're all shit!" about her headshots. XD

JB would be mobbed. Like SCARY mobbed.

BTW, we are panel rivals! AHHH!

[rm.livejournal.com]

I knooooooooooooow. It's like the universal law of panels -- all panels you are are on are scheduled against panels your friends are on and/or panels you want to go to.

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

I found myself at ChiTARDIS wishing I had an *actual* TARDIS, or failing that a Potterverse time-turner, to get to all the panels I wanted to. Eh. I had fun with those I did go to.

[bluejeans07.livejournal.com]

At least we can hang out at the bar T_T

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

JB would be mobbed. Like SCARY mobbed.

*nodnod* It was pretty scary-mobbish when GDL was in attendance IIRC.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

I would love surprise John Barrowman!

Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease.

[rm.livejournal.com]

People were chill with GDL in the bar. It was just sorta everywhere else. Poor guy.

[cruentum.livejournal.com]

Far as I'm aware Barrowman is recording a tv interview in the uk on the 2nd of March, another on the 3rd of March and has two telly things on the 23rd and 25th of February respectively there, so unless he does a shitload of flying within 5 days I'd classify it as unlikely that he'd appear at Gallifrey One. Umm, only fyi, because I came across this.

[rm.livejournal.com]

YOU KNOW STUFF.

Cool, all my friends can go back to freaking out about the David Tennant is dating Georgia Moffett factor. Although I maintain that if DT showed up at the con that there are enough really good Ten cosplayers who look enough like him NO ONE would notice.

[miep.livejournal.com]

um, what?

she's his DAUGHTER!!!!

carry on.

[lefaym.livejournal.com]

You are so totally his seekrit secretary, aren't you? ;)