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Patty has a cold. :(

Also, Buffy and Angel? Not here yet.

Finished my WIAD story.

Can we talk about Lady Gaga's new video? Because I could. All day. Not only is it a response to a certain era of Madonna, but it also goes to a lot of strange, strange uncomfortable places, the fascist references in its physical language being close to the top of the list. It's incredibly cool, smart stuff. There needs to be a Gaga Studies Journal, that's all I'm saying.

From all of my friendslist to all of yours: liljacks_corner is a community that has been set up for fan creators to make G-rated stuff for an eight-year-old boy named Jack who has just lost his legs; one of the only things that cheers him up right now is Doctor Who. He's only seen the first two seasons of the New series. What's being requested is a story about a little boy, much like the one it's for, going on an adventure with the Doctor and Rose. Details at the community.

Ready to start hollering? Daring to discuss women in science.

The Century Athletic Club.

New York now has an AllStaints Spitalfields.

Does anyone know more about this: is Judy Shepard's book homophobic? Accusations vague, scenario murky. Bwah? Anyone read it?

Didn't know this: Stephanie Flores, the Peruvian woman van der Sloot has reportedly confessed to killing, was a lesbian.

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See that's the thing about Lady Gaga, her videos are really aesthetically pleasing to people who like to think, and really aesthetically pleasing to people who don't like to think. So much so that it almost makes you think they mean something because they push buttons that activate responses in different people whether it's 'hot girl!' or 'hey look nun symbolism!'. But watching her stuff a lot and with my basic distrust of the music industry, I sort of think that really her videos don't mean much. They're just trying to sell product. I mean what is the new video really saying? I thought up a lot of stuff, but it's not really Lady Gaga saying that, it's Lady Gaga's videos pushing my buttons and manipulating me so I think she's saying that. I'm not saying all art needs to have a moral or have something to say, but I think really what this video (and most of her stuff) is saying is 'look pretty things! Sexy woman doing scary things, America! Now she's in underwear! You should buy this. Hey, look, steampunk, you guys like that right?'