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Yesterday, my father called me and told me not to get gout.

Hey, can we talk about John Stewart's facial hair? I think he looks hot (minus the marshmallow fluff); Patty hates it. But we both want to know, WHY this grooming change. Anyone?

No one told me, NO ONE TOLD ME, that the actor who plays Arthur in Inception is that kid from Third Rock from the Sun. I read Arthur/Eames porn yesterday and now I feel dirty, not in the good way.

You know what's awesome about Inception? You (read: me) can write something really long and smart about it and be totally wrong. Awesome interview with Dileep Rao here.

Gay tango festival in Argentina. Meanwhile, New York City will be having its own LGBT tango festival in October. One day I should like to be less incompetent at tango than I am, but I think it means Patty and I taking proper lessons as opposed to the quickies in crowded ballrooms wherein I get all frustrated and am no joy to anyone.

CNN has an odd article (it's the slightly breezy tone), about the mental health issues potentially involved in getting plastic surgery to look like a particular celebrity. The article, somewhat hilariously, also tells us that "not everyone can look like a Pitt or a Jolie, despite the advancements in plastic surgery."

Hey can anyone tell me if Chocomize is related to Chocri or which came first or whatever?

How to measure yourself for custom menswear. Note: specific instructions from specific retailers/designers, etc, may vary; listen to them first. Also note: if you are female bodied there's stuff obviously not included in here that you'd want to consider for both fit and presentation/illusion; if you have a question, ask me.

I have, because of its upcoming conference in New York and a series of awesome "Tourist, don't be a asshole" things people are writing for it, become aware of BlogHer. Would anyone care to shed some light on this thing? Since my main reaction is one of (inappropriately) blaming women for being timid about speaking or existing online mixed with (moderately more appropriate) generalized rage that it should be this way. What is BlogHer? Do you use it? It is a good thing? Why should I shut my face? Help, help, I'm being confused! (ETA: For some reason, several commenters have assumed that my theoretical discomfort with BlogHer comes from some issue related to SAHMs, despite the fact I, in no way, mention motherhood in this item; more on what I was trying to puzzle out in this comment).

Prepositions and the ongoing mess over the Islamic center that may be built near World Trade Center Site.

A bizarre story involving a military contractor, a memory erasing pill that doesn't exist, a $100,000 belt buckle and some hookers. And not, by the way, written by William Gibson.

xtricks has another installment in what I can't seem to stop calling Teh Buttsex Series! The concluding list of "what is not in the butt" made me laugh so hard I am ashamed.

Because of Gattaca news stories about one of Saturn's moons make me tear up: The lakes of Titan are shrinking.

Last night on Angel:

I take back everything I said about Torchwood being a soap opera. Angel is a fucking soap opera. Cordy is evil (which throws us back to just which Powers were up to what when they had her ascend back when, and was that the beginning of the planning for the current narrative apocalypse?); Angel is still Angelus; Wesley just had to chop off his dead ex-girlfriend's head; Gunn is blaming Fred for the kiss she never got around to consenting too; and, OH YEAH, Cordy is pregnant with another fucking demon baby (is this 3? 4?) and this time she says it's Connor's and she's been banging the Beast. WHAT THE FUCK, SHOW? WHAT THE FUCK?

On the other hand, since they put Angel/Angelus in a cage, I gotta say the acting and the directing has really tightened up and is pretty masterful.

It's Tuesday. Does you know what Tuesday means? White Collar and Covert Affairs. Still working on the Auggie/Jack fic, but it's working. Also thinking someone should write a Covert Affairs/Inception crossover. You know you want Auggie hunting Arthur down in dreamspace, right?

Meanwhile, much to Patty's relief, Project Runway starts Thursday.

I think we're going to try to see The Kids are All Right this week.

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[popfiend.livejournal.com]

- Tuesday night on USA. WHOO HOO!!!

- You didn't know about Arthur? Oops. Oh, and it's definitely and *OOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLD* moment. He's actually a very in demand actor and there are rumors that Nolan wants him for the next Bat-villain.

- A bizarre story involving a military contractor, a memory erasing pill that doesn't exist, a $100,000 belt buckle and some hookers. And not, by the way, written by William Gibson. -> I was thinking Bruce Sterling myself.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Awesome. Nolan really gravitates towards male actors with a certain set of facial features (Cillian Murphy (who he's used before), the dude who plays Arthur, and Guy Pearce are all really, REALLY of a type. I could probably list a few more if I thought about it)

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

What I found interesting was the casting of Tom Berenger. I recognized him, but I didn't know who it was. I kept asking Lisa, who is that and then we saw the credits and it clicked and we were...surprised at his appearance.

But it is a very distinctive face.

Also, Nolan is a mindf#cker extraordinaire. And it's not an in your face thing, it's often very small with a big impact. The last 20 seconds of 'Inception' and if you remember the scene in 'Memento' where Carrie Anne Moss subtly removes every writing implement from the room and then goes out in the car and waits for Pearce to forget? Mind. F#ck.

Small gestures. Big payoff.

And one thing I also love is that he doesn't try to second guess the audience. He makes a film he'd like to see and invites us along.

I think he's amazing. /fanboy

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Just saw Inception last night and you've provided a good hook for me to note this on:

Y'know... I believe the ending - though perhaps it's supposed to be ambiguous - isn't.

SPOILERS! (sort of)


We've seen the top in dreams. It's PERFECTLY steady.

This one wasn't. It was _clearly_ wobbling.

I can't /imagine/ that that's not intentional.

Yes, we caught a heap of other hints that might show that we're not in the 'real' world, but that seems sort of definitive to me.

(Of course, ones totem just shows that it's _your_ dream, and not someone else's, doesn't it? Hm.)

[rm.livejournal.com]

Also could a wobble be induced by someone who was choosing to believe their dream was real? I'd vote yes.