Someone sent me a great link in my inbox today that I want to share with you all. These are a lot of the excuses we hear from the MSICR camp and defenders...
The Art of Defending Racism
Saying or doing something racist will come naturally to you- but defending it? You’ll want to use one of the following tactics. ...
Tactical options:
A. It’s not that serious
1. We didn’t know better (and we never will)
2. You’re too sensitive
3. It’s not a big deal because it’s just (a movie, a song, a book, words, etc.)
4. Why should we care? (You don't matter anyway)
....
B. But!
...
7. We’re not discriminating AS MUCH (as other people/as we used to), isn’t that good?!? Give me a cookie.
...
C. Dismissal!
1. You’re oppressing me by making me be “PC”
2. You’re too stupid to be in this conversation and everything you say doesn’t matter
3. Racism is over now
4. If we don’t talk about it, it’ll magically go away
5. Under my definition- it’s not racist
6. You’re too angry/You’re being irrational
...
Denial of impact:
Denial of impact involves a person avoiding thinking about or understanding the harms their behavior have caused to themselves or others. By doing this, that person is able to avoid feeling a sense of guilt and it can prevent that person from developing remorse or empathy for others.
This is a really old link but it's pretty good and it reminded me of some of what people say here in defense of these people.
I think the same thing goes for misogyny and homophobia presented in these lyrics, comments and lifestyles too.
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If you're talking about Mayo's, 12:03, I wouldn't bother trying to figure those people out. They don't make sense. Never have.
I'm sorry, but for some sad reason I have top post the 1000 comment. Yes, I have no life.
You beat me to it 12:04! Yeah, I went there out of curiosity but I don't get it. Do they think Mayo is Gerard? Because they're all like, "You can talk to me" and, "We're there for you" and all that crap. I mean, this Mayo person could be laughing his ass off at them!
There's a new all girl band out called Evarose. I hope they do well. We need more girls out there in the rock industry. Girls who can do more then a backbend.
Do they think Mayo is Gerard? Because they're all like, "You can talk to me" and, "We're there for you" and all that crap. I mean, this Mayo person could be laughing his ass off at them!
I think they do. But the whole idea of them thinking that a busy 'artist and rawksta' like Gerard would form friendships with them is crazy. They're no different than any other fans out there. They just want to feel like they're 'special' or something.
I quit reading there ages ago. I used to think it was funny too, but after a while it just got so sad, watching these people make fools of themselves the way they do. :(
Can someone please tell me where the interview is that Gee said he always knew Lynz was the one? And we now think she was Kat all along?
I think people got that from the BBC radio interview. I haven't listened to it (can't stand the sound of Gerard's voice), but somehow I doubt that he said Lindsey was Kat.
Some fangirls have been saying that for a long time. I have no idea why they think it's romantic for Gerard to have been in a relationship with Lindsey, then dump her for Eliza, then go crawling back. Sounds pathetic to me.
Lindsey isn't Kat. She's not Canadian. ;p
For 12.18 go to 6.38.
The fangirls so want to believe that LynZ is Kat. They want the whole romance of the story. It's bullshit in my opinion. GW cheats on his girlfriends, and then likes to talk about them like they meant nothing to him.
So, to the "anon" who copied my FB status, likely thinking that I said it here and not on FB, you're so busted. I'm just about to send a PM to everyone who's got you friended (I can see you, too, you know,) so that they know you're still out there creeping.
However, wow, I'm so flattered that I still give you so much wanking material after all this time.
Interwebz threats iz seriouz biznezz.
Watch out FB anon.
Would you destroy something perfect to make it beautiful?
If something is perfect, wouldn't it already be beautiful?
I tell ya. These boys aren't too bright.
How is that a threat, "anon?" All I'm saying is that everyone knows who you are. If that doesn't bother you, why not just use your name? We all already know what a dick you are anyway.
Anyway, getting back to the subject of fun. Various anons, I got that Star Trek movie to watch tonight. This will be my first time watching anything about Star Trek!
I got that Star Trek movie to watch tonight. This will be my first time watching anything about Star Trek!
Yay! You should definitely get the new Star Trek movie. It is so amazing, I can't even.
I've always been a Trekkie, despite being a Star Wars geek as well -- which I've been told is not within the realm of possibility, but I am here to tell you that's a falsehood. :)
My daughter inherited my love of Star Wars (and my love of Luke Skywalker), and is a bigger Star Wars geek than I am, but she would never, ever watch Star Trek at all -- until I dragged her to the new Star Trek. She was completely sucked in, so much so that she told me she felt like she was having an "existential meltdown" because she had grown up thinking that you couldn't like Star Trek without being a traitor to Star Wars. :/
At any rate, now she loves both. She watched all the original episodes with me on DVD and she loves Spock, Bones, Scottie and Chekov, but she can't stand William Shatner's Kirk. (Of course, any Trekkie will you that the original Enterprise crew is the best, although John-Luc Picard of The Next Generation trumps Kirk as Captain.)
And yeah. Now I've probably told you way more than you ever wanted to know.
Anyway, enjoy. :D
It's funny; I've heard that too. I've also heard that the newest movie was so good that you didn't even have to like Star Trek to enjoy it. So I did consider giving it a whirl, actually. I still might. :)
Luke was one of my first loves, too. ^_^
How appropriate. The girl in the picture is wearing a clown badge. Clown badges with clown masks for a clown band.
Looks like that wanker is being interviewed by one of his greatest fangirls tastittv after their Paris show. Be prepared for loads more ass-kissing and general all round bullshit.
I've also heard that the newest movie was so good that you didn't even have to like Star Trek to enjoy it. So I did consider giving it a whirl, actually. I still might. :)
It's true. The cast is so perfect. Zachary Quinto as Spock is dead on and so are Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho and Zoe Saldana. And Chris Pine manages to capture Kirk's swagger without being nearly as obnoxious as Shat.
Eric Bana makes an excellent villain and Bruce Greenwood is terrific as the Enterprise's original captain. The storyline is very good and it's executed almost perfectly. I couldn't find any fault with this film. And I loved the idea of the Continuity Reboot. You owe it to yourself to watch it. :)
I can't wait for the next one.
And more i love my wife THE ONE Lindsey (Kat) chest puffing.
Aww, you can't help an dense rawkstah being in love with his chicken-armed twit. They were meant for each other it was written in the stars.
And probably on her ass.
THE SHAT, OMG. :) William Shatner; I don't think I've ever seen him in anything but I seem to know him as a terrible actor just based on all the parodies of him. ^_^
I'm afraid I might be a little lost in the Star Trek universe, but I'm nonetheless looking forward to T-Hard taking my Trekkie virginity. :D After that, I'll see if I can find the new movie that you're all raving about. I'll take a cool movie any old day. :D
Frank's a fun ghoul.
I see James Deweese is back playing keys for them.
He iz one of tem smelly dirty punks. Smelly dirty punks 'ave to hang with other smelly dirty punks. e=mc2
Some fangirls have been saying that for a long time. I have no idea why they think it's romantic for Gerard to have been in a relationship with Lindsey, then dump her for Eliza, then go crawling back. Sounds pathetic to me.
Didn't ya know, seems like they were having a break when he got involved with Eliza. 'Ol chicken arm wasn't ready for marriage until Pro Rev. He didn't want leave the tour till she married him, that's why they did it backstage.
Didn't ya know, seems like they were having a break when he got involved with Eliza.
He got engaged to someone else whilst on a break?
LMAO. That must have been some break.
He got engaged to someone else whilst on a break?
I think he did it to get Lindsey jealous. Must have worked.
I knew it. It was a matter of time that crusader of fat phobia jumped on the Maura Kelly bandwagon.
Lindsey don't make it too obvious that you read this blog.
http://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/music/breakdown/2231-my-chemical-romance-desert-visions-new-songs-and-no-rules
i think this one might actually be the real story of what happened in the desert.
more facts less gushing.
or at least closer to the truth. not that it matter those girls will lap up anything.
He's so full of shit.
I don't know why Gerard and LynZ are tweeting each other. Can't they afford to call each other? When celebs make a big showcase of their relationships it usually is just that- a show. Look at Beyonce and Jay Z, they never even talk about each other yet their relationship seems so real and genuine. Gerard's always going on about LynZ being "the one", etc. I always wonder who he is trying to convince.
Kapuna-Star Trek kicks ass. Doesn't matter if you've never seen anything Star Trek related before. I've never been into it but loved the movie.
What's wrong with a husband and wife tweeting each other?
My God you people are Impossible.
When they weren't Tweeting each other some of you bitched about that and picked that apart.
Sure. They're not as entertaining as fiddy and fiddy's bitch oprah but who is?
When celebs make a big showcase of their relationships it usually is just that- a show.
What big showcase? lol
Keep consoling yourself and trying to make yourself feel better.
Keep wishing he'll leave her and quit the show and run right into your arms.
All of you should bleach your hair blonde and cut it short. That's what Lynz did. Then take a picture of yourself doing your best Lynz imitation and post it. Maybe a picture or video of you doing a backbend. That'll get Gerard's attention.
What's wrong with a husband and wife tweeting each other?
My God you people are Impossible.
When they weren't Tweeting each other some of you bitched about that and picked that apart.
Sure. They're not as entertaining as fiddy and fiddy's bitch oprah but who is?
You're an idiot. It is for show, like everything else they do on twitter.
What big showcase? lol
Keep consoling yourself and trying to make yourself feel better.
Keep wishing he'll leave her and quit the show and run right into your arms.
Honestly are you that stupid? The answer is YES.
Number one: Gerard Way is nothing special. Number two Lindsey Way is nothing special and it seems that GW is the only man in this world who seems to think she is. So yeah.
I don't know why Gerard and LynZ are tweeting each other. Can't they afford to call each other? When celebs make a big showcase of their relationships it usually is just that- a show. Look at Beyonce and Jay Z, they never even talk about each other yet their relationship seems so real and genuine. Gerard's always going on about LynZ being "the one", etc. I always wonder who he is trying to convince.
Because they are a couple of dickheads that have to show off. It's pathetic. But if we point out the obvious it's do you think he's gonna run into your arms, blah blah,.It's fangirls or one of their idiotic friends that come here to say these things like what they say has any logic.
I predict as of NOW the tweets will become more frequent and suggestive to her.
How anyone can find Gerard attractive is beyond me.
I think they should do a sex tape. Imagine the hilarity that would ensue.
Star Trek anon(s): You're right about maybe giving the newer movie a shot, because tbh, "Nemesis" wasn't really what I'd call a good introduction to Star Trek, hehe. Gotta be honest here, it was like "WHAAAAT?" and I really only watched it for Tom Hardy.
Who was very, very young! OMG he was so wee. And the cover of the DVD portrayed him as all kinds of cool and menacing and tough, but then he was such a sad, desperate dying little boy that I wasn't able to feel anything but pity for him.
I like Patrick Stewart (who is appealing to me just because he's on Family Guy so often, laughing at himself,) and anyone else, I didn't even know who they were. It was a very weird little film, that's for sure.
I had to laugh that there was a guy named "Number One," which, come on, I guess it's better than being named Number Two. ^_^
And he got married to that chick and there they were, rolling around on the bed when she got mindraped into thinking she was rolling around with Tom Hardy. And she was upset about it? That's about where I was like, "Okay, this is just not realistic."
T-Hard had a really awesome space ship though. I dig a guy with a sweet ride. ;D
I think they should do a sex tape. Imagine the hilarity that would ensue.
No, I don't think that's hilarious.
To the anon who said that MCR would smash KOL on the charts:
Kings of Where? How about Kings of the World?
KOL may not be your cup of tea, but they did have the best selling album in the world this past week.
Come back and gloat when MCR manages to sell over half a million copies of their comic book record the first week it's out. (Which will never happen.)
actually the guy named number one is also called Will Riker. He's played by Johnathan Frakes
12:05, Oh my God! How did you know I'm secretly madly in love with Gerard Way and want him to be MY husband?! I'd LOVE to have the smelly, skinny, foul-mouthed, spineless, dumb, sexist, arrogant, idiotic leader of The Black Parade in my life. It would be heaven!
Lol.
Seriously, if I wanted someone like Gerard, I'd go out and find myself a tramp.
For all the fangirls of MCR. There's really no need for Gerard and LynZ to tweet each other. If they want to communicate they can send each other e-mails, text messages, make a phone call, etc etc. The tweets are purely for show, nothing more.
The only reason Gerard is tweeting is to sell his album.The only reason he tweets Lynz is to promote her art show.
Maybe Gerard should start tweeting one of the Kings of Leon if he wants to sell his record.
Who wears short shorts?
http://i56.tinypic.com/xaukhc.jpg
really not packing much downstairs is he?
Oh God. Blech. He's delusional. Only the best built men can carry off that kind of shorts, and even then I don't really like to see it. Kind of like Speedos, you know?
If a man is built, I'd rather see him shirtless, but with reasonable pants on. And poor Gerard doesn't exactly fall into the "built" category.
I think his mirror has been lying to him.
Gerard needs to leave half-naked to Jared Leto.
If a man is built, I'd rather see him shirtless, but with reasonable pants on.
Gerard needs to leave half-naked to Jared Leto.
Yes, please. ^_^
Oh, leave him alone in that respect. If you are going to criticize him make it about what he represents or doesn't.
I'm certain none of us are Helens of Troy
I wonder if he was wearing long socks with those shorts. I swear i had a pair like that when i was in Jr High. Yes, i wore tube sock with them. O_O
Looks like he just had a run or was exercising.
Short shorts
http://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/music/breakdown/2238-my-chemical-romance-short-shorts-2019-and-vampire-money
He should wear them on stage.
I can understand why he was making people uncomfortable. I wouldn't want to have to look at him in short shorts either.
Guess who's coming to thanksgiving dinner, y'all:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=158505137521191&ref=mf
If you people want to talk about Star Treck and Tom Hardy you should maybe go somewhere else? This is exactly why people like Siobhan left.
If you people want to talk about Star Treck and Tom Hardy you should maybe go somewhere else? This is exactly why people like Siobhan left.
If you don't like what we talk about then maybe you should go somewhere else.
Siobhan was mean. No big loss there.
Speaking of Tom Hardy, I watched Wuthering Heights on Netflix.
My, oh my. I always hated Heathcliff, even when Olivier played him. But Tom Hardy actually made him seem sympathetic to me. He has that ability.
Of course, Heathcliff had his reasons for being the way he was, but most of the time, even in the book, I just wanted to strangle him.
I can't say I liked TH's Heathcliff, but at least I could understand where he was coming from.
They did fuck up the ending though.
What's the problem with talking about Star Trek? It's no big deal.
7:32 that's to be expected.
I really only watched it for Tom Hardy.
Who was very, very young! OMG he was so wee.
Wasn't he? But he was so pitiful. I felt bad for him. And yes, Patrick Stewart is such a hawt bald guy. I don't care how old he is, I'd still hit that like the fist of an angry god. Tom Hardy too.
I really hate the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation, with the exception of him. They just didn't have the chemistry of the old crew. And the sense of humor was absent as well.
Star Trek was always very character driven. The plots were secondary; what mattered was the interaction between the crew members. The sparring between Bones and Spock alone made it worth watching. And amazingly, the new film captures that just as well as the old series did.
You really do have to watch the new Star Trek, Kapunua. I think you'll really love it.
Ohh, and Simon Pegg. Simon Pegg as Scotty was a brilliant casting move.
7:55, didn't they, though, with the ending? That got me so mad. Heathcliff's death in the book was so spooky, and quite as hideous and intense as his life was. To have him pop a cap in his own ass and still be inexplicably hot just didn't work out for me.
I've always loved Heathcliff as a character, from the POV of just a book fan reading such a detailed character who made me feel conflicted.
I have never before enjoyed Heathcliff portrayed by any one actor until Tom Hardy did it. For me, he's the first one who got him.
Did you just about die when he went, "I have no pity. I have no pity."
I just UNNNN FLAILYHANDS.
8:07, my young cousin was over today and she was telling me about the new Tar Trek movie. She's never seen a single episode or any of the movies and she was like, "Yeah, it was the bomb; you don't even need to know the backstory to see how good it was."
It is for sure on my list. :)
Patrick Stewart will probably always be the cartoon on Family Guy for me, with two bowling balls and going "I'VE GOT GIRL-BOOBS," but that's kind of why I think I have this weird semi-crush on him? That ability to laugh at himself and say preposterous things in such a hoity-toity accent just slays me. :)
I happen to like Star Trek the Next Generation. I thought it was superior to the initial series.
With great lines like this one:
You are an imperfect being, created by an imperfect being. Finding your weakness is only a matter of time.
And this
Picard: What we leave behind is as important as how we’ve lived. After all, Number One, we’re only mortal.
And this
It is possible to commit no errors and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life Picard to Data
I prefer the character of Pichard to Kirk. Resolute, firm, though still a humble man that listens to reason.
I think if I liked Star Trek or knew about it, he would be my favorite too. :)
Interesting bit of trivia, not sure if it's 100% true though: I read that fanfiction, slash, and Mary Sue all originated in the Star Trek fandom in the 70s, with the fanzines and such.
No man should wear short shorts. Ever.
Nearly every Trekkie I know (including me) prefers Picard to Kirk.
I do agree that there was some good writing on Next Generation, and I adore Picard, but I never got into it as much as the original series or cast.
There was something almost Shakespearean about the little moral tales of humanity's foibles, disguised as Science fiction and played against those ridiculously minimalist backdrops in the original show. And like I said before, the chemistry of the characters was unmatched.
I can understand how a lot of younger people would dislike the original Star Trek. The special effects were either non-existent or just plain old laughable. Scotty's accent was ridiculous an so was Chekov's. And nobody can overact like the Shat. But for me it was and always shall be the best. ;)
Interesting bit of trivia, not sure if it's 100% true though: I read that fanfiction, slash, and Mary Sue all originated in the Star Trek fandom in the 70s, with the fanzines and such.
I've heard that too, and that the first slashfic was Kirk/Spock. And can I just say, "Ew"? Well, maybe not if Kirk and Spock are played by ZQ and Chris Pine -- that works for me. But Shat/Nimoy? Just... no.
I've always loved Heathcliff as a character, from the POV of just a book fan reading such a detailed character who made me feel conflicted.
I first read Wuthering Heights when I was a very young teen, and I think maybe I was too young to understand Heathcliff at the time. I was too wrapped up in idealistic notions of love, and I still wanted to believe in Prince Charming and Happily Ever After and all of that other bullshit nonsense the world feeds young girls. Heathcliff and Cathy just didn't fit into that world. At all.
Now that I'm (a lot) older, and after having watched Tom Hardy's portrayal of Heathcliff, I think I might go back and re-read. I have a copy somewhere, but it's only 80 cents on Kindle, and you can't beat that. :)
I have never before enjoyed Heathcliff portrayed by any one actor until Tom Hardy did it. For me, he's the first one who got him.
Did you just about die when he went, "I have no pity. I have no pity."
I agree. I had only seen Olivier, and he made Heathcliff seem ridiculous and contrived. I didn't buy the "great love" that he and Cathy shared in that film. It just seemed melodramatic and stupid to me.
TH was able to convey just how damaged Heathcliff truly was. He made me feel for him for the first time. What an amazing talent.
blah, blah, jgl, blah, blah, star trek, blah, blah, ugly fucker with big lips. this place has gone to hell.
Re: Star Trek: Anon, you made a really great point about the "tiny Shakespeare" in the show - even though I've never seen it, I know what you mean just by being a fan of SF.
For me, the best sci-fi always has to do with human nature and character. I think at the base of every great SF novel, show, movie or whatever, what matters most isn't the created world or science, but how consciousness reacts to that environment. I love the sociological element to SF.
Oh, and speaking of Kirk/Spock, a few years ago there was some MP3 or maybe .wav going around where someone had spliced all of this dialogue together to make it sound as if they were getting it on. It was pretty hilarious and disturbing. :D
10:31, I read Wuthering Heights when I was 19, and was just developing my enduring love for great tragedy. :D I had also just read Jane Eyre, and I felt like Rochester was sort of like Heathcliff-Lite. :) So I was already into these dark, burning, shady characters.
And, I've always loved outcasts. Heathcliff is the ultimate outcast, isn't he?
I saw the Olivier version back then too, and i hardly remember it. It didn't leave a great impression because it wasn't what I'd come to know of him in the book.
And every other movie has always toned down Cathy. I mean, Catherine Earnshaw was a huge crazy bitch, as violent as Heathcliff and just as spiteful.
I was glad that this movie version played up to her violent aspects, too. Although I think they could have gone even farther with her. She was also very abusive towards Hareton when he was a baby, IIRC.
But this is still the most satisfying rendition of WH I've ever seen, and yeah, he really did such a beautiful job tearing it up. :D
11:25, here is a pressie for you. ^_^
Oh, did you want to see JGL too? Aww, look at that pretty boy, how could you not be a little in love. Everyone loves a little indie hipster.
"I mean, Catherine Earnshaw was a huge crazy bitch, as violent as Heathcliff and just as spiteful. "
Sounds a little like someone I know, Kapunua.
Sounds a little like someone I know, Kapunua.
I know them, too. The kind of people who copy and post your information all over the place after they nab it the one time you go there to ask them to quit haranguing you. You know, the sorts of people who anon to needle you about really awful subjects, or hell, just sign in and poke you about the loss of someone you loved, even if and especially after you've asked them not to.
That kind of person who sends emails to see if they can get you fired from your job, just 'cause.
That sort of person who reads your FB page after about three years, through the "friends of friends" link.
Awful people, aren't they?
I doubt they've violent, though, because that kind of person would never really face you. They'd really probably run right the hell away, in real life.
However, I don't think it's fair to compare them to a fictional character like Catherine Earnshaw. She might have been a bitch, but at least she was interesting. :)
Wah wah, can't believe you are still whining about that. Boo hoo, you got made fun of. You are still so hung up on all of those things.
Sounds a little like someone I know, Kapunua.
Do you?
And keep your disgusting pictures to yourself. And you call US fangirls??
Because you are STILL HERE, hello!
3:58 what's your problem?
oh let me have it, let me grab your soul away
you know it's me, Cathy...I like the song :)
You hate her, yet you follow her everywhere. Maybe it's you who can't let go. Tell me, what did she do to you that makes you follow her like that?
Wah wah, can't believe you are still whining about that. Boo hoo, you got made fun of. You are still so hung up on all of those things.
You're a dickhead.
And every other movie has always toned down Cathy. I mean, Catherine Earnshaw was a huge crazy bitch, as violent as Heathcliff and just as spiteful.
That's for sure. I remember alternating between liking her and disliking her when I read the book. The one thing I did like about her was her willfulness, which was so unusual in female characters from that time period. But, given the era, I think that was the very reason why she had to eventually become crazy and mean. I mean, women just couldn't go running about the moors and falling in love with penniless orphans. Heavens no! They were supposed to be sweet, gentle and civilized. And most importantly they were to do what they were told and marry within their class, lest a terrible fate befall them. Look at what happened to poor sweet, gullible Isabella. She was everything that Cathy wasn't, yet she made the fatal mistake of falling for Heathcliff, which completely ruined her life.
God, can you imagine having to live like that, with your entire future being determined by who you married? No thanks.
I am really looking forward to re-reading the novel from an older, more feminist perspective. :)
Hey, I openly admit to being a Tom Hardy fangirl. I'm a fangirl for lots of people too.
Being a fangirl isn't a bad thing. It's when the fangirling reaches critical mass -- when the person you fangirl over cannot do any wrong, when you defend them no matter what, and when you can't accept that the rest of the world doesn't worship the person you fangirl over -- that the trouble begins.
Fangirling is one thing. Hero-worship is another.
"And I will lead them on a merry chase." :D
The one thing I did like about her was her willfulness, which was so unusual in female characters from that time period. But, given the era, I think that was the very reason why she had to eventually become crazy and mean. I mean, women just couldn't go running about the moors and falling in love with penniless orphans. Heavens no! They were supposed to be sweet, gentle and civilized.
This is so, so true. Here were these women, many of whom were so smart and independent, and lived in a world where they literally had no rights, and no recourse from abuse. No way to make their own decisions.
I think in a world like that, I would have been Cathy, too. I can honestly see how in such a restrictive life, I'd probably scratch some faces and beat some people, too. O_O Or at least go as mad as Cathy did.
I think for her time, Cathy was probably mad - but I also think that she was just acting in the way that she learned.
As was Heathcliff. Abuse creates abuse, and I have always believed (because my professor told me, LOL,) that WH was in essence a book about child abuse, and the cycles it creates.
To me, it wasn't about romance, but rather what abused people do when they have no control.
Being a fangirl isn't a bad thing. It's when the fangirling reaches critical mass -- when the person you fangirl over cannot do any wrong, when you defend them no matter what, and when you can't accept that the rest of the world doesn't worship the person you fangirl over -- that the trouble begins.
I also agree with this. I fangirl Jared Leto. I also, however, realize that he's a pretentious intellectual snob and likely an occasional douchebag who is probably really, really awesome in small doses. :)
I fangirl lots of people, fictional and not. But I also know that I'm being a fangirl and often taking it all as a joke. :)
""And I will lead them on a merry chase." :D"
Come back before the kick!!
"My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I AM Heathcliff! He's always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being."
Great book.
I fangirl lots of people, fictional and not. But I also know that I'm being a fangirl and often taking it all as a joke. :)
Exactly! Fangirling is fun, or at least it should be. It's not supposed to be all SRS BZNS.
Not everyone is going to like the people I fangirl over. I accept that.
No one's perfect are they? Even the people we admire.
To me, it wasn't about romance, but rather what abused people do when they have no control.
Absolutely. That's why I think I hated it so much when I was very young. I went into it expecting a "great love story" when it was anything but.
No one's perfect are they? Even the people we admire.
No, they aren't. But try telling some people that Gerard and Frank are less than perfect. Try criticizing them to one of their fangirls. You'll get your head handed to you.
"Go to sleep, Mr. Eames." ^_^
I loved Catherine's "Nelly, I AM Heathcliff" line and how he walks out before he hears it. Such a tragedy! And later, his "I cannot live without my soul." They were just too close for it to have ever happened. :)
So true about fangirling, too. It *is* supposed to be fun. Fandom is hilarious and amusing, entertaining and occasionally hot. But people get so damn angry, like it's a religion. Jeez.
No, they aren't. But try telling some people that Gerard and Frank are less than perfect. Try criticizing them to one of their fangirls. You'll get your head handed to you.
Those people are emotionally immature. There is no such thing as perfection, only an illusion of it.
Absolutely. That's why I think I hated it so much when I was very young. I went into it expecting a "great love story" when it was anything but.
I think it gets sold off as a great love story, because love stories are appealing. Folks love rom-coms and happy endings, and tragedies don't often sell. Especially faceted ones, where people are asked to understand terrible, awful traits and sympathize with "bad" people. It's difficult.
It's also why I love it. ^_^
They were just too close for it to have ever happened. :)
True, and tortured ever since.
There is no such thing as a "great love story", people are not made that way and the force of love is brutal and can bring out uncontrollable feelings.
There is no such thing as a "great love story", people are not made that way and the force of love is brutal and can bring out uncontrollable feelings.
I think there are some great love stories, but they aren't the ones people think. They don't start out with love at first sight and they aren't "pre-destined", nor are they "a love that will last for eternity" and all the other bullshit that gets pushed on people.
Great love stories can sometimes be very simple. Old people who were married for more than fifty years, who maybe lost children and endured incredible hardships, yet stuck it out together to find that their feelings evolved over the years into something less passionate, but something even stronger than passion. Those are the "great love stories" to me.
I'm old enough to know that now.
Too true. It only exists in stories; and to me, those stories are often so dull. :D
Exactly. Real stories, and ones that involve real hardship and growth--in life and in fiction--that's what's awesome.
Twilight, I'm looking at you. ;D
This blog can be so great sometimes. :D
Great love stories can sometimes be very simple. Old people who were married for more than fifty years, who maybe lost children and endured incredible hardships, yet stuck it out together to find that their feelings evolved over the years into something less passionate, but something even stronger than passion. Those are the "great love stories" to me.
I love when I see elderly couple still smile and hold hands. It's beautiful. I agree. It's enduring their little quirks and things that irritate you about them but seeing their true spirit beyond these things. And also going through the worst and most difficult times but still enduring. That for me is a real love story.
Twilight, I'm looking at you. ;D
Ugh, Twilight. Controlling 100+ year old boyfriend/stalkers who watch you while you sleep are just so romantic.
Not.
I know nothing about that series, haven't read any of the books, watched the movies nor do I intend to. Classic SF is more my thing.
I haven't read the books, but you should try getting drunk one night and renting the first Twilight movie with some friends. It will have you rolling on the floor. :)
I don't know if I really could stand watching it. I always thought the best Vampire stories are violent and very sexual as they depict the struggle between life and death.
I actually tried to read Twatlight, because I do try to give things a chance before I decide what I like or loathe. I swear I could not. Get. Through it. The writing was so abysmally awful that I almost threw the book across the store. I've seriously read better fanfiction. It's just truly godawful.
Re: Those older couples: I also think that's so lovely. I have a client in the clinic, and he and his wife are sort of like that. They're both mad brilliant, very vivacious, and to this day they still travel the world together. Though both well past the age of retirement, they're still teachers. It's really neat. ^_^
Hmm, vampire stories. Well, I don't like Anne Rice because, well partly because she's such a wank-freak, but mostly because of how she rapes the thesaurus with every book. I hate that habit.
My best vampire stories? Lost Boys, the original one. Love it! Let's see, what else. The original 1928 Dracula, to be honest. I found that one quite creepy. The Hunger was pretty neat, the book, I mean.
I know there's got to be more, I just can't think of them right now. :)
Re: Those older couples: I also think that's so lovely. I have a client in the clinic, and he and his wife are sort of like that. They're both mad brilliant, very vivacious, and to this day they still travel the world together. Though both well past the age of retirement, they're still teachers. It's really neat. ^_^
I love reading examples like this Kapunua. That's gorgeous, they must be still enjoying themselves and their life together. That's real love for me.
They are; they're so happy and kind to everyone, still exploring the world. And my client, the man, is constantly so fascinated by everything new that he learns when we talk about anatomy, physiology and such. He was a physics teacher and now teaches history. But they are both so fascinated with life; it's like they want to explore everything.
That's how I hope I can be when I'm in my 70s and such. :D
Kapunua I think that's the key to a long fulfilling life.
The ability to maintain a sense of wonder and curiosity about the world without becoming too jaded by it.
Yep, to never stop learning. I think that's ideal. ^_^
he questioned softly, why i failed?
"for beauty," i replied
"and i for truth,--the two are one; we brethren are," he said.
Kapunua,
have you seen this? :)
That made me do my Lois Griffin laugh! "HHHhhhhhhehehe... WHAT?" I don't know what movie that was, but the editing was really clever. I love Inception parodies!
Oh, happy Halloween, happy Samhain, everyone!
http://twitpic.com/32hxpl
Hm, I don't know...What's up with the leg though?
LynZ looks better with black hair. And she needs to wipe that smug look off her face. Very unappealing.
How long before Gerard re-tweets the pictures of his amaaaaaaaaaaaaazing wife? I've just realized nothing she does or wears will ever make her look classy thanks to those hideous tatts.
I don't think LynZ is beautiful but she is pretty. If she wasn't trying to be sexy or whatever the pictures would also be better. I think whoever took the pictures was an amatuer, the picture with Jessiicka is lame.
But I imagine the fangirls think she looks hawt. lol.
Happy hallow's eve all you fucking freaks of humanity.
Go to mychemicalromance.com and print out one of their killjoys masks.
Even sorry bitches like you can probably get fucked on halloween if you wear a mask and costume.
Don't set your OMG!!911!!! cherry finally popped goals too high.
I wouldn't count on being fucked by Jared Leto, Gerard Way, Frank Iero, THard, JGL or any other person in the public eye or considered remotely attractive by society.
Not with your bitter rotten ranky shit cherries. Enough cobwebs and spiders on that shit to scare away the draculoids.
. And she needs to wipe that smug look off her face. Very unappealing.
You know what's more unapplealing than a smug look in a picture. A smug attitude in life. It's so much worse.
Acting like you're so much smarter and above everybody else. Pretending that you're morally superior to people around you.
Nobody want to be around that delusional self important bullshit.
Nobody except relatives who feel forced to.
or people who were paid or blackmailed to do it.
lulz
Are there really people out there whose only goal in life is to "get fucked"? If so, I am sorry for them. I suppose being pursued by males who wanted to have sex with me was such a common experience from the time I was about 14 or so that I never considered that some girls actually consider it a goal.
You know, 3:03, if you'd wipe off the raccoon eyes and stop wearing clothes that say Dead! on them, you might have an easier time getting sex.
Go to mychemicalromance.com and print out one of their killjoys masks
I think we have better things to do than print out a killjoy clown mask that will make us look like a insane, raving douchbag. Happy Halloween though!
Muaaaaaah
That's the sound of the ass kissing going on around here.
fucking pathetic.
Sorry, I don't have time to print out a Killjoy mask. I'm giving out Halloween candy tonight while my daughter takes my son out trick-or-treating.
Oh, and my cherry got popped a long, long time ago.
you might have an easier time getting sex.
Tell that to the middle aged single 30&40 year old virgins. Not to me.
Tell that to the middle aged single 30&40 year old virgins. Not to me.
Oh you mean like Toujours and the OPs?
Oh, and my cherry got popped a long, long time ago.
Lucky you. You got some. Got a kid to prove it.
Don't think some of the other regs can say the same.
Lucky you. You got some. Got a kid to prove it.
Yes, and I have a lovely big house and a career as well. Probably because my entire life did not revolve around "getting laid" and worshiping some idiot rock star.
Oh you mean like Toujours and the OPs?
Who?
If they're past the age of 30 and still virgins or haven't been hit on or fucked 5-10 years that would be some sorry ass pathetic shit.
You're just so much better than Lyndsey aren't you 3:28. So much better than so many fangirlz and any girl who dates or marries a rockstaah. Keep telling yourself that. Keep telling yourself that they don't laugh at and look down on you just like you do them.
So superior and so much better you are.
How many square feet is your house?
Do you have a mortgage or is it paid in full? Did a man help you pay off the mortgage?
My lovely house if paid in full. I By me. If yours isnt I guess I'm better than you.
How's your dept? Owe any thing to anyone? School loan? Car loan? Credit card bills?
I have 0 debt. I don't owe anyone a damn thing.
Sure, 3:37. You got all this by worshipping MCR and going around telling people they need to "get fucked".
I'm sorry, but you are a pathetic troll. We get some pretty pathetic trolls around here, but you take the cake.
You got all this by worshipping MCR and going around telling people they need to "get fucked".
I got all that paying creditors what I owed them when I owed it. Not making more loans before I paid back pre esisting loans.
It's called being a responsible adult. A responsible world citizen.
I get fucked when I want. Has nothing to do with MCR.
Lol. A 14 year old troll who thinks getting fucked is the most important thing in the world expects us to believe she has a paid for house, etc.
This is the best laugh I've had in a while.
Come on guys. DO NOT FEED THE TROLL.
Lucky you. You got some. Got a kid to prove it.
Don't think some of the other regs can say the same.
Oh I don't know, I'm sort of a reg and I have four kids!
I have a kid too. My kid is the reason I started coming here. I didn't want her to have a "role model" like Lindsey Way.
Not that I have to worry. She's a smart girl. She saw through Gerard Way even before I did.
Lucky you. You got some. Got a kid to prove it.
Don't think some of the other regs can say the same.
I have two kids,but i didn't have sex. The stork brought them.
I have two kids,but i didn't have sex. The stork brought them.
LOL! Good one, Lynn. :)
Sitting here wondering if that person that was commenting to us, really does have on a killjoy mask(Gerard's) and a raygun *pew *pew* This to me is scarier than anything i've seen on T.V. today!
Sitting here wondering if that person that was commenting to us, really does have on a killjoy mask(Gerard's) and a raygun *pew *pew* This to me is scarier than anything i've seen on T.V. today!
Isn't it? Can you imagine her running around her paid for house, pretending to be a Killjoy? And after that she gets laid, anytime she wants. (Snaps her fingers and Sven the masseuse appears magically, I would imagine.)
Wonder what kind of job she has? From the things she wrote, I'm guessing stand-up comedian. She certainly made me laugh.
*masseur
Or who knows? Maybe she has a masseur and a masseuse? Olga and Sven? Sounds like she gets lots of action. ;p
Jeez, where are all the kids tonight? I hate when Halloween falls on Sunday. I'm going to have tons of leftover candy. :(
Wonder what kind of job she has? From the things she wrote, I'm guessing stand-up comedian. She certainly made me laugh.
She was funny. She needs to have her own standup show on HBO.
If they're past the age of 30 and still virgins or haven't been hit on or fucked 5-10 years that would be some sorry ass pathetic shit.
Disagree.
My Great Aunt's fiancee was killed during the First World War. Being a certain time and age they had never shared that very intimate moment. After his death she was never interested in any other male, despite their interest. She travelled alone, taught, nursed... She lead a full and liberating. life.
Not pathetic at all.
Jeez, where are all the kids tonight? I hate when Halloween falls on Sunday. I'm going to have tons of leftover candy. :(
I've only had two kiddos come by tonight. Good thing because i waited to the last minute to go out and buy Halloween candy and the store already replaced it with Christmas candy.I refuse to hand out candy canes out on Halloween so i bought a bag of gum instead!
She travelled alone, taught, nursed... She lead a full and liberating. life.
Just goes to show you women don't have to have a man to go out there and live a good life:}
I bought 5 or 6 big bags of candy because I live in a large neighborhood and we usually get tons of kids. But we also live in the Bible Belt and lots of kids go to parties at church instead of trick-or-treating when Halloween falls on Sunday.
My little boy went out tonight and one of the neighbors dumped nearly his whole bowl of candy in my son's bag because he had so few kids show up at his house tonight. Other neighbors were being very generous as well. So, in addition to all the leftovers, my son brought home two bags full.
I have a feeling we're all going to be sick from all the sugar. :(
My grandma was widowed at the age of 20 when my grandpa was killed in an accident at the age of 24. She was pregnant with my mother at the time.
My grandma never remarried. She became a teacher and devoted her life to raising her child as well as teaching other people's children. Later she helped to raise her grandchildren. She was one of the happiest, most fulfilled women I've ever known.
Sex is great, but it is only one small facet of life. If I'm in a relationship it can be great. When I'm not in a relationship, I can do without it. It is not and has never been all that important.
The days of "go forth and multiply" are over in this age of overpopulation.
My mom got divorced after i was born and my mom never had the urge to go out with another man. When me and my sister got older we even tried to get her to go out and find her someone because we didn't want her to be lonely. She told us that she wasn't lonely with two loud mouths teens (that she loved)
P.S. We never got the rich doctor daddy that we wanted! LOL!
Happy hallow's eve all you fucking freaks of humanity.
Go to mychemicalromance.com and print out one of their killjoys masks.
Even sorry bitches like you can probably get fucked on halloween if you wear a mask and costume.
Don't set your OMG!!911!!! cherry finally popped goals too high.
I wouldn't count on being fucked by Jared Leto, Gerard Way, Frank Iero, THard, JGL or any other person in the public eye or considered remotely attractive by society.
Not with your bitter rotten ranky shit cherries. Enough cobwebs and spiders on that shit to scare away the draculoids.
Woah. Seriously, are you this boring in real life?
for October 31, 2010 3:03 PM
http://mobile.twitter.com/geewithoutlynz
Win.
What the hell?
People need to stop getting into their personal lives. Yeah, I know we were all worried about the drugs/alcohol thing when he first got with Lindsey, but they have a kid now and it's really nobody's business (except maybe social services) what they do. We don't know them and can't make assumptions about what kind of parents they are.
I hate Gerard and Lindsey, but I would never presume to judge their ability to parent.
Win?
I don't think so. That person is being ridiculous. It's not Lindsey's responsibility to feed Gerard. Gerard is a grown man.
I think the two of them deserve each other.
Win?
I don't think so. That person is being ridiculous. It's not Lindsey's responsibility to feed Gerard. Gerard is a grown man.
I think the two of them deserve each other.
Now, who is a five year old that has to write on his neck again?
Parker lies in darkness, recalling the thousand fragments of the hologram rose.
A hologram has this quality:
Recovered and illuminated, each fragment will reveal the whole image of the rose.
Falling toward delta, he sees
himself the rose, each of his scattered fragments revealing a whole he'll never know - stolen credit cards - a burned out suburb - planetary conjunctions of a stranger - a tank burning on a highway - a flat packet of drugs - a switchblade honed on concrete, thin as pain.
Thinking: We're each other's fragments, and was it always this way?
That instant of a European trip, deserted in the gray sea of wiped tape - is she closer now, or more real, for his having been there?
She had helped him get his papers, found him his first job in ASP. Was that their history? No, history was the black face of the delta-inducer, the empty closet, and the unmade bed.
History was his loathing for the perfect body he woke in if the juice dropped, his fury at the pedal-cab driver, and her refusal to look back through the
contaminated rain.
But each fragment reveals the rose from a different angle, he remembered, but delta swept over him before he could ask himself what that might mean.
Why don't you phone him and tell him that you dumb bitch.
Instead of trying to reap attention for yourself from his fans and always trying to put yourself in a good light.
In William Gibson's and his fan's honour
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on?
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?
And did I hear you say he was a-meetin' you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky-eye?
She's forty-one and her daddy still calls 'er "baby"
All the folks 'round Brownsville say she's crazy
'cause she walks downtown with her suitcase in her hand
Lookin' for a mysterious dark-haired man
In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn
Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on
Then a man of low degree stood by her side
Promised her he'd take her for his bride
God, how I hate that song.
*scratches head*
Names Millions. Molly Millions. You want to get out of here boss?
Molly is one of my favorite characters, Neuromancer one of my favorite books. WHy are we honoring William Gibson today? Did I miss something? Should I be nervous? O_O
Oh, hope everyone has fun voting today. Take back the country from the hate-filled people!
Yep, I will be voting with words in mind like f*****, n******, and all the other hateful slurs thrown around by the far right.
WHy are we honoring William Gibson today? Did I miss something? Should I be nervous? O_O
I wondered the same thing. I googled him, hoping he hadn't died or something. Didn't find anything.
And he posted on his Twitter today, too. *Whew!* I'm such a fatalist. I'll honor William Gibson any day though. ^_^
I had a dream that Joseph Gordon-Levitt was guest starring on House. I'm not sure whether the idea of that thrills or horrifies me, but for right now I'd have to go with "horrifies." Anyway, he's not. Then I realized that I missed House last night. :(
/yammer
I voted. It's an h-i-s-t-o-r-i-c-a-l election day.
Liek every election day in the USA. lol
I can't wait to see the results start rollin ing. The far left is gonna get their asses served back to them. The ones who paint all republicans and fiscal conservatives with the same brush. The ones who lurve independents only when they vote Democrat. The ones who generalize and fail to see and respect the beliefs and issues of other people.
It's gonna be a hell of a party tonight.
Change is gonna come.
That's what America gets for promoting someone who worked as a cashier at Mickey D's for 2 years as CEO of the company.
Dumb ass move.
lol
RDJ votes republican.
Randy Quaid has lost his fuckin mind.
Like I said on my dear old LJ today:
I still vote the exact same way I have done since the week after I turned 18: with all my heart.
I know that sounds cheesy or weird or whatever, but I vote like crazy when I go in there, and my palms sweat and I get ridiculously passionate. While filling in my circles today, I had this mantra going through my head: Protect my rights. I'm a huge cynic to the point where on most days, I don't even really believe that there's anyone out there doing any sort of protecting of anyone's rights. And it kills me that I still have to worry about this sort of thing. Why do we still have to fight for these things? How dare anyone leave the fate of human rights in the hands of so few people? How dare all of society think that we eve need to vote on such things as who gets to marry whom? Or what women may and may not do with our bodies? HOW IS THIS EVEN A VOTING ISSUE?
But it is, so I vote, all the while thinking, "Please don't take away my ownership of my body just because I don't have a dick. Please don't take away people's rights to be together because of what they decide to do with their dangly or non-dangly bits. Please don't take away the clean air I like to breathe and clean water I like to drink because it makes you a quicker buck. Please don't rape my paycheck because I make less than a million billion dollars."
I know that change is a slow process and it seems like for every step in the direction of freedom and personal power, someone drags us back another few feet. It is a slow, inch-by-inch process, or maybe like a pendulum of ages. Every few years—every period--we get some new rights. Every few years resisting force pulls it back and we lose some again. But if you watch long enough, you see that the upswing of fairness and sanity goes a little higher each time.
I'm a cynic but I'm also an optimist, and that's why I vote.
"Anon," I know who you are, I think, and if you're voting according to your beliefs or whatever, that's fine; it's what we all do. Good for you. However if you are who I highly suspect you are, then you're really here just as a troll, as usual.
I did find a way to block you on FB by the way.
If you're someone different, then good for you.
Take back the country from the hate-filled people
That's exactly what's going to happen.
No more making fun of Christians.
No more mocking Jews or any people of faith.
No more new taxes.
No more small business assassination.
No more government control.
No more censorship.
Raise the American flag in your school and
Stand and Say the pledge of alligence. Don't let anybody stop you.
It's time for Americans to take back America.
What?
That's for Kapuna.
Girl's always lost.
""Please don't take away my ownership of my body just because I don't have a dick."
Please, you have rights. Be thankful that you have them instead of complaining.
No more making fun of Christians.
No more mocking Jews or any people of faith....blah blah
No more censorship.
Wait, so no censorship, but no more mocking of your faith? Well, which is it?
Raise the American flag in your school and
Stand and Say the pledge of alligence. Don't let anybody stop you.
I don't recall anyone stopping anyone. You can say the pledge of allegiance any time you want.
Me, I never said it once I got into high school, and none of my teachers made me do so, either.
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