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lls_mutantWhee! Remix pinch hit is done and posted! Why is it I always like my pinch hit better than my first one? I like my first one I did this time, and last time. Don't get me wrong. But I think I put too much pressure on myself on the first ones. I want them to be amazing, because damn it, I want to be that one that everyone recs. (Don't we all?) The pinch hit, because I have such a short period of time, I can't put that sort of pressure on myself. Consequently, I have more fun and let it flow better.
I'm dying to see my remix. You know what's funny? I have this theory on who wrote my remix and what fic they remixed, just based on one thing they said in their journal. I don't know why. But I read a three word- totally vague- description of the original story someone was remixing, and I said, "Wouldn't it be funny if that was [insert fic title here]?" I'd be psychic if I'm right.
It's Friday, thank God! I feel like a kid whose parents went away for the weekend, though. Lots of clean up before hubby comes home! :) I'm going to take Toby to the park once he wakes up, though. It's FINALLY a nice day, and he loves being outside. He deserves some serious fun, and digging in the sand and going down slides and playing on swings totally qualifies.
So, Sanjaya was finally cut from American Idol. Hallelujah. I don't hate the kid- not at all. Quite the opposite. He seems like the sort of kid I'd love to have in youth group. I just felt really, really bad for him being such a national (international?) joke. And he had to have known he was. One day I should try to find an interview with him or something. Anyway, I'm glad he's out of the spotlight for a while. But the kinds of things people were saying about him... not that he's not a great singer or that he looked creepy with the mustache, but that he's obviously gay (said with a very homophobic tone), that he's not American, and that he deserves not to get kicked off AI (which I agreed with) but to die? Scary, scary stuff.
Next week is the "Idol Gives Back" show. Let me tell you why this rubs me the wrong way:
1.) I know there are starving kids in Africa, and I do support helping these children. However, if you are doing a show called American Idol Gives Back, wouldn't it make more sense to help the millions of starving children in, oh, I don't know, AMERICA?
Helping starving African kids is a good thing. But just because a child is starving doesn't automatically mean he or she is African.
2.) The idea of "gives back" when they're getting corporate sponsership is really stupid. I'd like to see the producers and judges donate. But maybe they will, so if they do, I'll shut up about that.
3.) The whole concept of "giving back" like this annoys the hell out of me, to be honest.
I don't know a lot about economics, but I can say this: American Idol is not on a Public Broadcasting Station. It's not paid for by the government, and thus tax dollars. (I assume.) It is paid for by advertisers and producers, and they make money as a result. They make lots of money, but they EARN their money. Sure, it might not be the most noble work. And yes, I think certain people in the entertainment industry make an obscene amount of money. But they earn it.
If American Idol wrenched the money from pockets of these starving kids, or heck, even from government grants and all that and the money came from taxpayers, I could understand the "give back" concept. But to my knowledge (which is admittedly incomplete), they don't.
See, I don't think giving to charity is a bad thing. Heck, I think it's a very good thing and do so myself. But at the same time, I don't think anyone should feel guilty for earning money. I don't know. I'm just grumpy and taking it out on a very convenient, fun target :)
Speaking of TV, was anyone else disappointed with this week's Lost? While I could look at Desmond for a pretty long while, and thought the whole monk thing was pretty funny, I'm really resenting that they added in MORE questions rather than answering any. It's getting to the point where we need some questions answered. And while I appreciate some of my major minor questions being answered (I wanted to know why Locke was in the wheelchair, for example, but that's not a highly pivotal point anymore), I want some real answers regarding the Others. Sayid is about the only one not on my shit list because he actually ASKED Juliet straight out what the hell was going on.
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buttfacemakani thought of it too, but has anyone else entertained the notion that Ben's tumor was Juliet trying to make him preggers? Lost doing mpreg. It would be kind of funny.
Speaking of Desmond being attractive, that reminds me. You know how we always say "I could just watch him read the phone book and be happy?" Well, this morning Sesame Street aired the episode where Liam Neeson comes on and counts to twenty a couple of times. And yes, I could be happy watching Liam Neeson just count to twenty. It was actually really, really funny. The first time I saw it I was howling in laughter.
Anyway. Enough babble. I should clean... or something.
Have a great weekend, all!
I'm dying to see my remix. You know what's funny? I have this theory on who wrote my remix and what fic they remixed, just based on one thing they said in their journal. I don't know why. But I read a three word- totally vague- description of the original story someone was remixing, and I said, "Wouldn't it be funny if that was [insert fic title here]?" I'd be psychic if I'm right.
It's Friday, thank God! I feel like a kid whose parents went away for the weekend, though. Lots of clean up before hubby comes home! :) I'm going to take Toby to the park once he wakes up, though. It's FINALLY a nice day, and he loves being outside. He deserves some serious fun, and digging in the sand and going down slides and playing on swings totally qualifies.
So, Sanjaya was finally cut from American Idol. Hallelujah. I don't hate the kid- not at all. Quite the opposite. He seems like the sort of kid I'd love to have in youth group. I just felt really, really bad for him being such a national (international?) joke. And he had to have known he was. One day I should try to find an interview with him or something. Anyway, I'm glad he's out of the spotlight for a while. But the kinds of things people were saying about him... not that he's not a great singer or that he looked creepy with the mustache, but that he's obviously gay (said with a very homophobic tone), that he's not American, and that he deserves not to get kicked off AI (which I agreed with) but to die? Scary, scary stuff.
Next week is the "Idol Gives Back" show. Let me tell you why this rubs me the wrong way:
1.) I know there are starving kids in Africa, and I do support helping these children. However, if you are doing a show called American Idol Gives Back, wouldn't it make more sense to help the millions of starving children in, oh, I don't know, AMERICA?
Helping starving African kids is a good thing. But just because a child is starving doesn't automatically mean he or she is African.
2.) The idea of "gives back" when they're getting corporate sponsership is really stupid. I'd like to see the producers and judges donate. But maybe they will, so if they do, I'll shut up about that.
3.) The whole concept of "giving back" like this annoys the hell out of me, to be honest.
I don't know a lot about economics, but I can say this: American Idol is not on a Public Broadcasting Station. It's not paid for by the government, and thus tax dollars. (I assume.) It is paid for by advertisers and producers, and they make money as a result. They make lots of money, but they EARN their money. Sure, it might not be the most noble work. And yes, I think certain people in the entertainment industry make an obscene amount of money. But they earn it.
If American Idol wrenched the money from pockets of these starving kids, or heck, even from government grants and all that and the money came from taxpayers, I could understand the "give back" concept. But to my knowledge (which is admittedly incomplete), they don't.
See, I don't think giving to charity is a bad thing. Heck, I think it's a very good thing and do so myself. But at the same time, I don't think anyone should feel guilty for earning money. I don't know. I'm just grumpy and taking it out on a very convenient, fun target :)
Speaking of TV, was anyone else disappointed with this week's Lost? While I could look at Desmond for a pretty long while, and thought the whole monk thing was pretty funny, I'm really resenting that they added in MORE questions rather than answering any. It's getting to the point where we need some questions answered. And while I appreciate some of my major minor questions being answered (I wanted to know why Locke was in the wheelchair, for example, but that's not a highly pivotal point anymore), I want some real answers regarding the Others. Sayid is about the only one not on my shit list because he actually ASKED Juliet straight out what the hell was going on.
And I know
buttfacemakani thought of it too, but has anyone else entertained the notion that Ben's tumor was Juliet trying to make him preggers? Lost doing mpreg. It would be kind of funny.Speaking of Desmond being attractive, that reminds me. You know how we always say "I could just watch him read the phone book and be happy?" Well, this morning Sesame Street aired the episode where Liam Neeson comes on and counts to twenty a couple of times. And yes, I could be happy watching Liam Neeson just count to twenty. It was actually really, really funny. The first time I saw it I was howling in laughter.
Anyway. Enough babble. I should clean... or something.
Have a great weekend, all!
