SBC Communications Inc. today announced it will adopt AT&T, Inc. as its name following completion of its acquisition of AT&T, which is expected in late 2005. oh.
The decision is a milestone in the history of telecommunications, extending the reign of a global icon. AT&T is inextricably linked to the birth and growth of the communications industry and has represented quality service, integrity and reliability for more than 120 years. yeah.
At close, the new company will unveil a new logo. After completion of the merger, the transition to the new brand will be heavily promoted with the largest multimedia advertising and marketing campaign in either company's history, as well as through other promotional initiatives. So take a long, last look at Saul Bass's finest moment. AT&T will live on, but its logo is about to disappear.
American Telephone & Telegraph was founded in 1885 as a subsidiary of Alexander Graham Bell's Bell Telephone Company to create a long-distance network for Bell's local operating companies. ...
From the start, there had been a perfect confluence between the inventor's name and the sound his product made. ...
Monday, October 31, 2005
Saturday, October 29, 2005
library - looking at books shared - second page of 40 starts with 4 as the number of people own the book, ie 3 other than me, and the last 15 of these are 2s, ie only 1 other person has it. plus 17 more 2s on next page. (5 of these are rh: Wonderwater, Sex Art & the Dow Jones, + 3 I added from his catalog bc I have them too).
so, of my 177 books:
fewer than 40 that more than 4 other people own...
exactly 65 that more than one other person owns...
32 that exactly one other person owns....
97 (65+32) owned by at least one other person...
80 (177-97) owned by no one else...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ...ON Librarything.
97:80 would be 92:85 if we deduct rh.
Wrong! 8 people total (6 others) own Judith Butler, Psychic Power, 3 total (1 other) owns Optical Unconscious but ok we are the only ones that own Reification.
so we have 3 shared books unique to us. without rh it'd be 94:83.
so, of my 177 books:
fewer than 40 that more than 4 other people own...
exactly 65 that more than one other person owns...
32 that exactly one other person owns....
97 (65+32) owned by at least one other person...
80 (177-97) owned by no one else...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ...ON Librarything.
97:80 would be 92:85 if we deduct rh.
Wrong! 8 people total (6 others) own Judith Butler, Psychic Power, 3 total (1 other) owns Optical Unconscious but ok we are the only ones that own Reification.
so we have 3 shared books unique to us. without rh it'd be 94:83.
New Social Data on Librarything: when looking at your catalog in list view, select "more options." Not only does this add some buttons, including the delete button, as before. It now also lists by every book how many other users have it. You can click on the row-title "shared" to sort by this.
good. helpful because many of mine are Not shared - therefore no interesting recommendation info etc.
-to be fair, my eclectic collection is represented as all the more eclectic since I only entered what I felt like... ones I want to make note of. many of which I own and want to make note of precisely for their specificity.
-because so much unshared, my trial run of the Beta book suggestions feature yielded a list of little interest. mostly poetry, I guess many of the ones I share are poetry.
The recommendations and suggestions are all new. I haven't looked at Librarything in some time - had entered what I was most eager to enter - stopped at 177 books. since I had not reached 200, I had not needed to join and hadn't. and now I've missed the lifetime membership for $10 special. that's ok, it's now $25, which is still inexpensive. or $10 for a year - then what happens to yr library if you do not renew? delete?! ~harsh~ or just can't enter more ? ~ but that seems too generous ~.
UPSHOT - this yields lots of possibilities to explore. eg interesting to see what books I list that many others do list. I am looking at my catalog in my display style 4 (no cover, just title author tags/comments entrydate) w/ "more options" so that I see all the buttons (what is that plain white bubble? takes you to social data just like the sharedpeople/rec icon) and sorted by shared.
Top of the list, each with about 60 people sharing:
Tender Is the Night and Little,Big and Lullaby (Palahniuk, Chuck).
righto: a classic, a ~cult/scifiish favorite, a popular hip author.
Then Orthodoxy is owned by 40 people.
Designing Web Usability(Nielsen, Jakob) , Pattern Language, Closing of the American Mind about 30. Huh-a non-fiction tier of practical web stuff, architecture, ?social critique. ohits1guy.
Drops to the 20s for TSEliot, Wallace Stevens, Proust... and Noonday Demon, Set This House in Order, Blankets, Slouching toward Bethlehem. ok so I can see the convergence of mine and other libraries might only happen around poetry (where I have a few entered of consistent taste). maybe also a little around the popular edgy fiction?
and from here I can read reviews, and look around via the book recommendations, which
for book x list various books y ranked by the ratio:
people who own x / people who own y
a little bit of a thought twister? (backwards-bender) book y is being recommended to you because a high proportion of those who own it also own the book you own.
first expectation is that you'd see books ranked over the number of people who own book x. but I guess then you'd be dealing with a smaller pool, less information ... could think about this some more... and let's see all of that small pool might own harry potter because just so many people do. but if of that small pool four of them own another book y that only 5 people total own, that makes y that makes a good recommendation of y. okay.
good. helpful because many of mine are Not shared - therefore no interesting recommendation info etc.
-to be fair, my eclectic collection is represented as all the more eclectic since I only entered what I felt like... ones I want to make note of. many of which I own and want to make note of precisely for their specificity.
-because so much unshared, my trial run of the Beta book suggestions feature yielded a list of little interest. mostly poetry, I guess many of the ones I share are poetry.
The recommendations and suggestions are all new. I haven't looked at Librarything in some time - had entered what I was most eager to enter - stopped at 177 books. since I had not reached 200, I had not needed to join and hadn't. and now I've missed the lifetime membership for $10 special. that's ok, it's now $25, which is still inexpensive. or $10 for a year - then what happens to yr library if you do not renew? delete?! ~harsh~ or just can't enter more ? ~ but that seems too generous ~.
UPSHOT - this yields lots of possibilities to explore. eg interesting to see what books I list that many others do list. I am looking at my catalog in my display style 4 (no cover, just title author tags/comments entrydate) w/ "more options" so that I see all the buttons (what is that plain white bubble? takes you to social data just like the sharedpeople/rec icon) and sorted by shared.
Top of the list, each with about 60 people sharing:
Tender Is the Night and Little,Big and Lullaby (Palahniuk, Chuck).
righto: a classic, a ~cult/scifiish favorite, a popular hip author.
Then Orthodoxy is owned by 40 people.
Designing Web Usability(Nielsen, Jakob) , Pattern Language, Closing of the American Mind about 30. Huh-a non-fiction tier of practical web stuff, architecture, ?social critique. ohits1guy.
Drops to the 20s for TSEliot, Wallace Stevens, Proust... and Noonday Demon, Set This House in Order, Blankets, Slouching toward Bethlehem. ok so I can see the convergence of mine and other libraries might only happen around poetry (where I have a few entered of consistent taste). maybe also a little around the popular edgy fiction?
and from here I can read reviews, and look around via the book recommendations, which
for book x list various books y ranked by the ratio:
people who own x / people who own y
a little bit of a thought twister? (backwards-bender) book y is being recommended to you because a high proportion of those who own it also own the book you own.
first expectation is that you'd see books ranked over the number of people who own book x. but I guess then you'd be dealing with a smaller pool, less information ... could think about this some more... and let's see all of that small pool might own harry potter because just so many people do. but if of that small pool four of them own another book y that only 5 people total own, that makes y that makes a good recommendation of y. okay.
Director Ken Kwapis turned popular book The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants into a movie which arrives in theaters on June 3. 2005. quick to DVD indeed then. out this fall, to be on sale as previously viewed dvd at HollywoodVideo on 11/8.
His TV credits include, recently, The Office. huh.
KYW Extra interviewed Kwapis .
-----The movie doesn't follow the book in every instance. Why is that?
Kwapis: The story we changed most was Lena's story, and with all due respect to Ann Brashares, I think it was the story in the book that, for me, was the least effective. I won't go into the specifics of it, but it wasn't as compelling as the other stories. huh.
But having said that, it's not like we changed the characters. I think we were very, very faithful to the spirit of the Lena story. We did change some of the plot of it and the way it unfolded.
There are certain things that fans of the book will miss. I know I'm going to get some letters from readers and viewers about gerbil [Mimi].
There may also be people who wonder what happened to Lena's little sister, Effie. I don't think Effie contributed enough to Lena's story. sure.
It's hard to tell one story let alone four stories in one, so I think we were quite respectful and really honored the spirit of all the stories even if we had to change some plot details. Believe me, I'm very sensitive to this. It's something I've talked for hours and hours about. What we did maintain from the Lena story and from some of the other stories is what I call internal monologue of those characters, often in the form of letters to one another.
His TV credits include, recently, The Office. huh.
KYW Extra interviewed Kwapis .
-----The movie doesn't follow the book in every instance. Why is that?
Kwapis: The story we changed most was Lena's story, and with all due respect to Ann Brashares, I think it was the story in the book that, for me, was the least effective. I won't go into the specifics of it, but it wasn't as compelling as the other stories. huh.
But having said that, it's not like we changed the characters. I think we were very, very faithful to the spirit of the Lena story. We did change some of the plot of it and the way it unfolded.
There are certain things that fans of the book will miss. I know I'm going to get some letters from readers and viewers about gerbil [Mimi].
There may also be people who wonder what happened to Lena's little sister, Effie. I don't think Effie contributed enough to Lena's story. sure.
It's hard to tell one story let alone four stories in one, so I think we were quite respectful and really honored the spirit of all the stories even if we had to change some plot details. Believe me, I'm very sensitive to this. It's something I've talked for hours and hours about. What we did maintain from the Lena story and from some of the other stories is what I call internal monologue of those characters, often in the form of letters to one another.
my search is not taking me right to what I want, but along the way:
Lorelai's line "Rory, the penal system is not something we enjoy. It's something with a name that makes us giggle." report at TWoP forums of this in EntertainmentWeekly soundbites. though the wit is not what I esp like in Gilmore Girls, I do find this one worth a smile.
this google cache of a 'low-fi' version from TWoP) has many good comments :
-Season three of the "Gilmore Girls" on DVD: Do you like doing the commentaries?
Rory: They make us. I sometimes don't want to. I watch these other TV shows from our network and I've never seen one where the actress does commentary. I feel like I'm getting duped because I have to do a commentary every couple of weeks.
I never really felt the need to post until I read this. Man, Alexis is either very precious or hasn't watch many of the WB's DVD's.
-Alexis does not seem to try very hard. She got the GG job because of her looks (whether it is because she looks like LG or is just plain beautiful, is irrelevant - it's still her looks that landed the part). She just doesn't seem interested in acting, at least on GG.
- It's the other way around, unfortunately. Lauren Graham was cast because she looks like Alexis Bledel, one of the first to be cast. Wow, AB whining to Newsweek about having to do commentaries on the DVDs sounds a lot like the bratty Rory of this past season. A privileged princess. I thought ASP was writing immaturity into Rory's character for dramatic effect, but maybe it's AB who's changed. Next we'll be reading that she's dropping out of acting for a year to kick back in her grandparents' poolhouse.
- More like, Alexis was cast because of this...
Sherman-Palladino says Bledel came in and had the flu and had no desire to talk to the producers. She was annoyed by the entire situation. She couldn't have cared less if she got the job or not. She had to be somewhere at four o'clock. We were like, `What's it like to go to NYU?' And she's like, `Ugh, chitchat, I guess I can do that.' We were, like, `Oh, she hates us! I love that!'
and Lauren because of this...
We wanted someone who could act, make you cry, break your heart, be funny, be gorgeous, be tough, "and still be sexy and vulnerable."-damn straight- Lauren Graham walked in and encompassed "everything that I wanted and then some." Sherman-Palladino compared Graham's bonus gifts to buying Clinique "and you get the gift combo package that goes alongside."
and some of what I did want, re Alexis being the weak link and her story line changing:
- I saw AB's movie last night and I agree with the reviewer of the posted article. While I thought her acting was a great deal better than it has been on recent episodes of GG, she was the least inspiring of the four leads. -definitely-. In addition she played a character who was very Rory-ish. yup. (and the director says on DVD that he thought the character was the other end of the spectrum ! bc reserved instead of verbal. but as both girls she is mainly awkward.)
- What I have heard more of is that it's her character Lena's storyline that is the most cliched and not as moving as that of some of the other girls. Coincidentally, her storyline is the one that is the most changed from novel to screen and probably is the most traditional (or boring).
- yeaah, Alexis' part in the movie probably has the least amount of character arc the way it was adaptated - pretty scenery though. yes, I really liked seeing Greece, so all the more wish I'd enjoyed the character.
-More or less liked the movie and all the actresses except Alexis. good.
and more that is pleasant just as appreciation of Gilmore Girls-
-Entertainment Weekly has an article called "Dear Emmy Voters" and are pushing GG for nods for Actress (LG) and Comedy Series:
Lauren Graham has deftly turned Lorelai Gilmore into a study in contradictions: flighty, yet driven enough to open the world's most perfect B&B; sometimes self centered, but a mother lion when it comes to protecting her whiz-kid daughter from a broken heart. Lorelai could have stalled out at "cool mom" but Graham has made her magnetic, complex and always real. right on.
What started as an occasionally twee mother/daughter dramedy (remember that troubador) has blossomed into the most hilarious and moving hour on TV. yay. Within each densely packed script are wonderful witty musings on family, loyalty, class and the struggles of growing up...whatever your age.
-I don't get how GG can be put in the comedy catagory - maybe I'm too set in the "comedy=30 minutes, drama=60 minutes" mold. I mean, yes Gilmore Girls is smart and funny, but it has some of the best dramatic moments on TV. Maybe the invention of the "Dramedy" catagory would help. - - - what was it that got me about this on the Emmys...? I think Boston Legal was called drama and Desperate Housewives comedy... and BL is so much funnier (and lighter in tone, as far as the framing of the show).
- Hollywood Reporter has a section today discussing the possible acting nominees for the Emmy's. There is a big quote though of Amy's that had me laughing out loud. It's the only quote pulled from the article on the page, right above Lauren's picture."No one else on TV does what Lauren (Graham) does. No one else has to be that funny, that dramatic, be in charge of that much material every week...It's the hardest job in TV, and she does it so amazingly well. Who do I have to blow to get her a nomination?" -- "Gilmore Girls" creator/executive producer Amy Sherman-Palladino. I heart Amy!
- WB also placed a really beautiful For Your Consideration ad for Lauren, with that AWESOME quote from TVGuide, "Lauren Graham, the Katharine Hepburn of the small screen, is giving the kind of standout performances that scream Emmy."
- ASP is right. Name another working actress that carries an hour COMEDY completely on her shoulders - and so well. You can't find any other actress out there that is like her (hold on the TH comparisons please - I said carry the show) and can transform even lackluster (TLALD) episodes into something remotely watchable. She has the most screen time and GGs has the longest scripts. Do the math. Give her an Emmy. - - - who is TH?
- A magazine here in Brazil did a special on the theme "Why women are still desperate to get married?". In one of the articles, the journalist wrote about how movies and tv shows work to boost or counter the "modern-Cinderella" myth (always waiting for Prince Charming to save her life) . Basically, she said how Bridget Jones, an icon to many, is just another woman who has a life out of control until she finds Mark Darcy to save her (like when he got her out of jail).Then she said that, although she loved Sex and the City, the finale was a disappointment, since Carrie needed to be saved from Paris (where she went to because of a man) by Big. And the paragraph that really concerns us: The Friends finale also sucked. Rachel and Ross live happily ever after, as expected. But something is really wrong when even Phoebe, the airheaded one, finds a Prince. Sorry, but that didn't fit. Funny that the show known to be mushy is the only one in which women can be alone and happy. I'm talking about Gilmore Girls. Lorelai lives happily with her daughter Rory. Do they have boyfriends? Yes. But it's very different having a guy that comes into your life (that was already great) and adds things from having a messed-up life that needs a Prince to fix it. In the category "salvation doesn't come from others", the provincial Lorelai kicks the modern Carrie's ass.
ah ha found the actual TWoP url - couldn't tell what page it was - it's page 141 - http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=877435&st=2100 skip pages in the forum by changing that last number - as it's not a page # , I guess it's the number of the top post?
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Lorelai's line "Rory, the penal system is not something we enjoy. It's something with a name that makes us giggle." report at TWoP forums of this in EntertainmentWeekly soundbites. though the wit is not what I esp like in Gilmore Girls, I do find this one worth a smile.
this google cache of a 'low-fi' version from TWoP) has many good comments :
-Season three of the "Gilmore Girls" on DVD: Do you like doing the commentaries?
Rory: They make us. I sometimes don't want to. I watch these other TV shows from our network and I've never seen one where the actress does commentary. I feel like I'm getting duped because I have to do a commentary every couple of weeks.
I never really felt the need to post until I read this. Man, Alexis is either very precious or hasn't watch many of the WB's DVD's.
-Alexis does not seem to try very hard. She got the GG job because of her looks (whether it is because she looks like LG or is just plain beautiful, is irrelevant - it's still her looks that landed the part). She just doesn't seem interested in acting, at least on GG.
- It's the other way around, unfortunately. Lauren Graham was cast because she looks like Alexis Bledel, one of the first to be cast. Wow, AB whining to Newsweek about having to do commentaries on the DVDs sounds a lot like the bratty Rory of this past season. A privileged princess. I thought ASP was writing immaturity into Rory's character for dramatic effect, but maybe it's AB who's changed. Next we'll be reading that she's dropping out of acting for a year to kick back in her grandparents' poolhouse.
- More like, Alexis was cast because of this...
Sherman-Palladino says Bledel came in and had the flu and had no desire to talk to the producers. She was annoyed by the entire situation. She couldn't have cared less if she got the job or not. She had to be somewhere at four o'clock. We were like, `What's it like to go to NYU?' And she's like, `Ugh, chitchat, I guess I can do that.' We were, like, `Oh, she hates us! I love that!'
and Lauren because of this...
We wanted someone who could act, make you cry, break your heart, be funny, be gorgeous, be tough, "and still be sexy and vulnerable."-damn straight- Lauren Graham walked in and encompassed "everything that I wanted and then some." Sherman-Palladino compared Graham's bonus gifts to buying Clinique "and you get the gift combo package that goes alongside."
and some of what I did want, re Alexis being the weak link and her story line changing:
- I saw AB's movie last night and I agree with the reviewer of the posted article. While I thought her acting was a great deal better than it has been on recent episodes of GG, she was the least inspiring of the four leads. -definitely-. In addition she played a character who was very Rory-ish. yup. (and the director says on DVD that he thought the character was the other end of the spectrum ! bc reserved instead of verbal. but as both girls she is mainly awkward.)
- What I have heard more of is that it's her character Lena's storyline that is the most cliched and not as moving as that of some of the other girls. Coincidentally, her storyline is the one that is the most changed from novel to screen and probably is the most traditional (or boring).
- yeaah, Alexis' part in the movie probably has the least amount of character arc the way it was adaptated - pretty scenery though. yes, I really liked seeing Greece, so all the more wish I'd enjoyed the character.
-More or less liked the movie and all the actresses except Alexis. good.
and more that is pleasant just as appreciation of Gilmore Girls-
-Entertainment Weekly has an article called "Dear Emmy Voters" and are pushing GG for nods for Actress (LG) and Comedy Series:
Lauren Graham has deftly turned Lorelai Gilmore into a study in contradictions: flighty, yet driven enough to open the world's most perfect B&B; sometimes self centered, but a mother lion when it comes to protecting her whiz-kid daughter from a broken heart. Lorelai could have stalled out at "cool mom" but Graham has made her magnetic, complex and always real. right on.
What started as an occasionally twee mother/daughter dramedy (remember that troubador) has blossomed into the most hilarious and moving hour on TV. yay. Within each densely packed script are wonderful witty musings on family, loyalty, class and the struggles of growing up...whatever your age.
-I don't get how GG can be put in the comedy catagory - maybe I'm too set in the "comedy=30 minutes, drama=60 minutes" mold. I mean, yes Gilmore Girls is smart and funny, but it has some of the best dramatic moments on TV. Maybe the invention of the "Dramedy" catagory would help. - - - what was it that got me about this on the Emmys...? I think Boston Legal was called drama and Desperate Housewives comedy... and BL is so much funnier (and lighter in tone, as far as the framing of the show).
- Hollywood Reporter has a section today discussing the possible acting nominees for the Emmy's. There is a big quote though of Amy's that had me laughing out loud. It's the only quote pulled from the article on the page, right above Lauren's picture."No one else on TV does what Lauren (Graham) does. No one else has to be that funny, that dramatic, be in charge of that much material every week...It's the hardest job in TV, and she does it so amazingly well. Who do I have to blow to get her a nomination?" -- "Gilmore Girls" creator/executive producer Amy Sherman-Palladino. I heart Amy!
- WB also placed a really beautiful For Your Consideration ad for Lauren, with that AWESOME quote from TVGuide, "Lauren Graham, the Katharine Hepburn of the small screen, is giving the kind of standout performances that scream Emmy."
- ASP is right. Name another working actress that carries an hour COMEDY completely on her shoulders - and so well. You can't find any other actress out there that is like her (hold on the TH comparisons please - I said carry the show) and can transform even lackluster (TLALD) episodes into something remotely watchable. She has the most screen time and GGs has the longest scripts. Do the math. Give her an Emmy. - - - who is TH?
- A magazine here in Brazil did a special on the theme "Why women are still desperate to get married?". In one of the articles, the journalist wrote about how movies and tv shows work to boost or counter the "modern-Cinderella" myth (always waiting for Prince Charming to save her life) . Basically, she said how Bridget Jones, an icon to many, is just another woman who has a life out of control until she finds Mark Darcy to save her (like when he got her out of jail).Then she said that, although she loved Sex and the City, the finale was a disappointment, since Carrie needed to be saved from Paris (where she went to because of a man) by Big. And the paragraph that really concerns us: The Friends finale also sucked. Rachel and Ross live happily ever after, as expected. But something is really wrong when even Phoebe, the airheaded one, finds a Prince. Sorry, but that didn't fit. Funny that the show known to be mushy is the only one in which women can be alone and happy. I'm talking about Gilmore Girls. Lorelai lives happily with her daughter Rory. Do they have boyfriends? Yes. But it's very different having a guy that comes into your life (that was already great) and adds things from having a messed-up life that needs a Prince to fix it. In the category "salvation doesn't come from others", the provincial Lorelai kicks the modern Carrie's ass.
ah ha found the actual TWoP url - couldn't tell what page it was - it's page 141 - http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=877435&st=2100 skip pages in the forum by changing that last number - as it's not a page # , I guess it's the number of the top post?
» TWoP Forums › Current TWoP Shows › Gilmore Girls › Gilmore Girls General Gabbery > Gilmore Girls in the Media
movie done so surprisingly well (I suppose it's that I dislike the title, which, notice, I'd like to leave unsaid -ehsisterhood -ehtravelling -ehpants) I thought book would not be as good. but it is quite good. and after reading it, there are two differences I would like to have seen in the movie:
-----a dark good-looking Eric. he did not strike me in the movie at all, so I was happy to find his very different description in the book as part Mexican, with longish dark hair. With a different actor as Eric, Bee's interactions with him could have interested me much more.
-----a stronger actress as Lena, more depth, more solidity so that you can see her as the mother figure going to Bee at the end of the book. Alexis Bledel (Rory) seems weak and timid rather than inward and careful. and not beautiful. she's the weak element in this as in Gilmore Girls, both otherwise so excellent that I love the idea of how good each would be with a great actresses in her role.
all the girls are pleasing to watch _except Alexis_! Blake Lively as Bee was quite striking, charismatic on screen; Amber Tamblyn might be the one I find actually the prettiest, as well as most likeable; America Ferrara was good, believable.
I guess I'd like Tibby the best of the characters and oh Bailey. but the stories of Bridget and Lena especially in the second book are the ones I most...these are where heartbreak...
Bridget gorgeous and bold with the faultlines/breaks of loss, Lena inward and lovely (inthebook -darnitRory), Tibby smart and witty, and Carmen emotional and vibrant (least apealling to me in book and movie, but because of my leanings, not because of any weakness or less likeability in the character)
a group gives you relative identities. "she's the rebel / she's the sporty star / she's the artist / she's the livewire." ah relation. community.
comparison, contrast <- variation, versions.
so of course I have no general idea that movies should avoid changing source material.
but I am with this commenter on IMDB:
-I was wondering why they changed things that didn't need to be changed. Like Kostos lived in New York and not in Chicago. And Lydia's mom died not her dad and the place there were going to have the wedding double booked their water main didn't break. I don't know why they changed this kinda stuff.
right, why bother? I wonder.
and a more pointed alteration - the moviemakers must have had an actual motivation, a line of reasoning for this, right? Why change the Lena/Kostos story into one of forbidden love? made it more a cliche, made this part of the movie less real-seeming and more comic. seems to me it would have played better as it was written in the book: the encounter at the Olive Grove, the misundertanding, the next encounter. they could still have written in additional screentime of scenes with Lean and Kostos together... ?
let's see if I can find any information..
also on IMDB:
-Special recognition should be given to Jenna Boyd as 12-year old Bailey, who believably transforms one teen from misogynist to humanist. This little actress has the chops to win the Oscar someday.
- I live in Bethesda(well Kensington, but I go to school in Bethesda so it's like 8min away) where the book was placed . sweet Kensington...
-----a dark good-looking Eric. he did not strike me in the movie at all, so I was happy to find his very different description in the book as part Mexican, with longish dark hair. With a different actor as Eric, Bee's interactions with him could have interested me much more.
-----a stronger actress as Lena, more depth, more solidity so that you can see her as the mother figure going to Bee at the end of the book. Alexis Bledel (Rory) seems weak and timid rather than inward and careful. and not beautiful. she's the weak element in this as in Gilmore Girls, both otherwise so excellent that I love the idea of how good each would be with a great actresses in her role.
all the girls are pleasing to watch _except Alexis_! Blake Lively as Bee was quite striking, charismatic on screen; Amber Tamblyn might be the one I find actually the prettiest, as well as most likeable; America Ferrara was good, believable.
I guess I'd like Tibby the best of the characters and oh Bailey. but the stories of Bridget and Lena especially in the second book are the ones I most...these are where heartbreak...
Bridget gorgeous and bold with the faultlines/breaks of loss, Lena inward and lovely (inthebook -darnitRory), Tibby smart and witty, and Carmen emotional and vibrant (least apealling to me in book and movie, but because of my leanings, not because of any weakness or less likeability in the character)
a group gives you relative identities. "she's the rebel / she's the sporty star / she's the artist / she's the livewire." ah relation. community.
comparison, contrast <- variation, versions.
so of course I have no general idea that movies should avoid changing source material.
but I am with this commenter on IMDB:
-I was wondering why they changed things that didn't need to be changed. Like Kostos lived in New York and not in Chicago. And Lydia's mom died not her dad and the place there were going to have the wedding double booked their water main didn't break. I don't know why they changed this kinda stuff.
right, why bother? I wonder.
and a more pointed alteration - the moviemakers must have had an actual motivation, a line of reasoning for this, right? Why change the Lena/Kostos story into one of forbidden love? made it more a cliche, made this part of the movie less real-seeming and more comic. seems to me it would have played better as it was written in the book: the encounter at the Olive Grove, the misundertanding, the next encounter. they could still have written in additional screentime of scenes with Lean and Kostos together... ?
let's see if I can find any information..
also on IMDB:
-Special recognition should be given to Jenna Boyd as 12-year old Bailey, who believably transforms one teen from misogynist to humanist. This little actress has the chops to win the Oscar someday.
- I live in Bethesda(well Kensington, but I go to school in Bethesda so it's like 8min away) where the book was placed . sweet Kensington...
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
When People Were Shorter and Lived By the Water
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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
GoogleBase = an Online Database Application = what?
"Google Base is Google’s database into which you can add all types of content. We’ll host your content and make it searchable online for free. "
Google Blogoscoped -> perhaps the highest number of users of any site + a free place to keep everything you want to share or get attention for + puchase/accounts system for micro payment -> How many websites are not much more than really big databases? eBay. Craigslist. Mobile.de. Google could be competing with all of them at once. Combine Google Base, the fact that Google Base content will show up in the search results and the upcoming "Google Wallet" and what you get might be serious trouble for some large companies. - Base + Froogle + Wallet == Yahoo Stores or Amazon Sellers. Google is putting all the pieces in place to compete with Amazon and eBay. - I personally created a few database systems where you can easily add custom fields to store any type of data. - It’s live right now (13:22 CT Tuesday 10/25) – you should be logged into your personalized Google home page, then type base.google.com into your browser and you will be there. Looks to be a generalized system for posting items (text, ads, jobs, merchandise, calendars) on Google. -> All your base are belong to us!
seweso blog - There is much more to this than an ’ebay/craigslist’ killer. This is the first part of Google putting all your information on line that you currently have lying around on your desktop. Before there was no way of doing this other than creating a website which most people are too lazy to do. Oh, and once you have your documents uploaded on Googlebase, in a few months they’ll roll out Google Office and you’ll be able to edit them right there...
google-blog.dirson - Google wants to become a meeting-point where users share their information, instead of crawling it with their robots by accessing webpages. A Google spokesperson claims that today's webpage is "en early-stage test of a product that enables content owners to easily send their content to Google, but we don't have anything to announce at this time".
Businessweek-Google Base A Rival for eBay and Craigslist? good comments:-Just like Paypal is to payments, and eBay to auctions, and Skype to VoIP, Google is to search and Yahoo to content and email.-Their strength is search, and revenue source is ads. Anything else they do, will just enable them to broaden their ad base, without having to pay a percentage to 3rd parties. Gmail, maps, talk, everything they do, is in line with their mission, "Collect as much of the available content as possible" [ so they can advertise on it].
Google Base and Google's Better Late Than Never Arrival Into Real EstateThere has been some talk this morning onto what will actually be included into Google Base, there are some nice screenshots that have come live this morning. Giving us a little glimpse of how Google thinks the world's information should be organized. Here is a shot where you can post your items to Google Base and another shot where you need enter in some information about a house.
"Google Base is Google’s database into which you can add all types of content. We’ll host your content and make it searchable online for free. "
Google Blogoscoped -> perhaps the highest number of users of any site + a free place to keep everything you want to share or get attention for + puchase/accounts system for micro payment -> How many websites are not much more than really big databases? eBay. Craigslist. Mobile.de. Google could be competing with all of them at once. Combine Google Base, the fact that Google Base content will show up in the search results and the upcoming "Google Wallet" and what you get might be serious trouble for some large companies. - Base + Froogle + Wallet == Yahoo Stores or Amazon Sellers. Google is putting all the pieces in place to compete with Amazon and eBay. - I personally created a few database systems where you can easily add custom fields to store any type of data. - It’s live right now (13:22 CT Tuesday 10/25) – you should be logged into your personalized Google home page, then type base.google.com into your browser and you will be there. Looks to be a generalized system for posting items (text, ads, jobs, merchandise, calendars) on Google. -> All your base are belong to us!
seweso blog - There is much more to this than an ’ebay/craigslist’ killer. This is the first part of Google putting all your information on line that you currently have lying around on your desktop. Before there was no way of doing this other than creating a website which most people are too lazy to do. Oh, and once you have your documents uploaded on Googlebase, in a few months they’ll roll out Google Office and you’ll be able to edit them right there...
google-blog.dirson - Google wants to become a meeting-point where users share their information, instead of crawling it with their robots by accessing webpages. A Google spokesperson claims that today's webpage is "en early-stage test of a product that enables content owners to easily send their content to Google, but we don't have anything to announce at this time".
Businessweek-Google Base A Rival for eBay and Craigslist? good comments:-Just like Paypal is to payments, and eBay to auctions, and Skype to VoIP, Google is to search and Yahoo to content and email.-Their strength is search, and revenue source is ads. Anything else they do, will just enable them to broaden their ad base, without having to pay a percentage to 3rd parties. Gmail, maps, talk, everything they do, is in line with their mission, "Collect as much of the available content as possible" [ so they can advertise on it].
Google Base and Google's Better Late Than Never Arrival Into Real EstateThere has been some talk this morning onto what will actually be included into Google Base, there are some nice screenshots that have come live this morning. Giving us a little glimpse of how Google thinks the world's information should be organized. Here is a shot where you can post your items to Google Base and another shot where you need enter in some information about a house.
Boston Legal
Denise just gave a Kick.Ass.opening. really really great. it worked. they got a settlement of 1.4 million (the previous offer was like 2ooo). at the table, her 1st yr associate Sara saw the number and said Ohmygod. then, as if just to Denise, that's too low. Denise said to the client, I think there's more. He said, this is good. She said, ok. // then quick to the opposing counsel: so we go back to court. he said, ok 1.7 million that's as high as I am authorized to go. she said, paid tomorrow? he said, yes. she said, Done.
the client - a man whose wife of 37 yrs died because of a car defect (in the garage it ignited a housefire without being on at all)- started to thank Denise then said he had to go to the bathroom. she said, I would never have let the 1.4 go. he said, I don't want to cry in front of you.
Denise said to Sara, if you ever want to join my weekly poker game, you are welcome.
Sara: I just want to say... / Denise: you have other work to do? go do it.
because she was starting to cry also.
--
closing scene:
Alan Shore (James Spader) : Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that a friend is the masterpiece of nature. marooram: ...I don't think I understood that until I met you, Denny.
Denny Crane (Wllm Shatner) : I am not going to sleep with you.
Alan: Just the same.
always this formula but they get me every time.
Denise just gave a Kick.Ass.opening. really really great. it worked. they got a settlement of 1.4 million (the previous offer was like 2ooo). at the table, her 1st yr associate Sara saw the number and said Ohmygod. then, as if just to Denise, that's too low. Denise said to the client, I think there's more. He said, this is good. She said, ok. // then quick to the opposing counsel: so we go back to court. he said, ok 1.7 million that's as high as I am authorized to go. she said, paid tomorrow? he said, yes. she said, Done.
the client - a man whose wife of 37 yrs died because of a car defect (in the garage it ignited a housefire without being on at all)- started to thank Denise then said he had to go to the bathroom. she said, I would never have let the 1.4 go. he said, I don't want to cry in front of you.
Denise said to Sara, if you ever want to join my weekly poker game, you are welcome.
Sara: I just want to say... / Denise: you have other work to do? go do it.
because she was starting to cry also.
--
closing scene:
Alan Shore (James Spader) : Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that a friend is the masterpiece of nature. marooram: ...I don't think I understood that until I met you, Denny.
Denny Crane (Wllm Shatner) : I am not going to sleep with you.
Alan: Just the same.
always this formula but they get me every time.
gilmore
TWoP Forums -> 6-7:"Twenty-One Is The Loneliest Number" 2005.10.25
-Was this even the same show that gave us last week's crapfest? This was tremendous.
I almost tripped and fell on the ground when Luke was playing with Lorelai's hair on the porch. And I was lying down in bed. HOT.
Yay Luke and Lorelai affection! Yay "my stepdad-to-be"! Yay mighty reactions of Kelly Bishop! Yay Lauren Graham shelling out 45 emotions in 3 minutes and still not overdoing it! Yay previews!
-Lauren Graham WAS amazing tonight. Her tones and looks were dead on in many scenes.
-Lorelai watching as everyone crowds around Rory as she cuts her cake. Then, Luke coming over and putting his arm around her. LG owns me and many people on this board, I'm sure.
-Luke and Lorelai knocked it the f-- outta the park.
-Well. Day-um. My show is back.
-Was this even the same show that gave us last week's crapfest? This was tremendous.
I almost tripped and fell on the ground when Luke was playing with Lorelai's hair on the porch. And I was lying down in bed. HOT.
Yay Luke and Lorelai affection! Yay "my stepdad-to-be"! Yay mighty reactions of Kelly Bishop! Yay Lauren Graham shelling out 45 emotions in 3 minutes and still not overdoing it! Yay previews!
-Lauren Graham WAS amazing tonight. Her tones and looks were dead on in many scenes.
-Lorelai watching as everyone crowds around Rory as she cuts her cake. Then, Luke coming over and putting his arm around her. LG owns me and many people on this board, I'm sure.
-Luke and Lorelai knocked it the f-- outta the park.
-Well. Day-um. My show is back.
Monday, October 24, 2005
From Flock - slackermanager.com October 21, 2005 . I'm typing this from the blog editor in Flock. Very cool. Flock has lots of very cool things. I've only spent three minutes on it, but if it keeps going like this, it'll replace standard Firefox in a heartbeat. Get yours here.
comments -- - wbloggar is a lot better. -- -I am by no means a blogger, or one of those "Social Web" types (the percieved demographic) - I only got my del.icio.us account because of Flock, and I don't feel very comfortable sharing my bookmarks with the world. However, Flock has a lot of neat stuff besides the blog integration - that is the Big Thing about it. The bookmark managing and the RSS aggregation handling is truly excellent. The "star" button is a great idea, so are tags, and I just dig the bookmark manager. I recently found myself trying to bolt on that functionality to Firefox via extensions (Sage for RSS and Bookmark Tags for, well, bookmark tagging), but it's not the same - it feels just that, bolted on.
on flock.com faq: We have currently implemented del.icio.us and Flickr because they are the two services that we are most familiar with (and we like them), so we figured that they would be a great starting point. We plan to always offer choice so that users can connect to any service they choose. We will continue integrating services as time permits and hope to engage the community to help with this effort.
“what’s the business model for Flock?" Creating sustainable value
comments -- - wbloggar is a lot better. -- -I am by no means a blogger, or one of those "Social Web" types (the percieved demographic) - I only got my del.icio.us account because of Flock, and I don't feel very comfortable sharing my bookmarks with the world. However, Flock has a lot of neat stuff besides the blog integration - that is the Big Thing about it. The bookmark managing and the RSS aggregation handling is truly excellent. The "star" button is a great idea, so are tags, and I just dig the bookmark manager. I recently found myself trying to bolt on that functionality to Firefox via extensions (Sage for RSS and Bookmark Tags for, well, bookmark tagging), but it's not the same - it feels just that, bolted on.
on flock.com faq: We have currently implemented del.icio.us and Flickr because they are the two services that we are most familiar with (and we like them), so we figured that they would be a great starting point. We plan to always offer choice so that users can connect to any service they choose. We will continue integrating services as time permits and hope to engage the community to help with this effort.
“what’s the business model for Flock?" Creating sustainable value
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Twin Falls Idaho -AZdvd
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10/22/05 to del.icio.us and 10/20/05 to google search history (on purpose, to remember)
deleting both. and the question is: which web service shall I use for this kind of thing?
first, define which kind of thing..? book, movie I may want to look at...
I just started playing with personalized google search history, maybe using it for
-searches to come back to...
I use del.icio.us for
-convenient favorites I can access from anywhere
- sites to explore or that have links that might lead to exploration
more recently, for -*item*s to look at, read later...
and then there's this dayislikewidewater = 'weblog' = notes of things online that I like and/or want to arrange-edit
so? for now, note this movie and this book here.
ok yeah google search history is experimental, playing around. but, yeah, searches I could return to. anything of distinct note would also be put to del.ico.us = marking pages for whatever... can be random.* I do have tendency to clean up. like to clean it up.eg delete things IF - have now put sth of it on weblog (here)AND - not thinking that I will be wanting to return to it repeatedly (in near future).
*random goes under z, along w/ anything without another tag. and things to explore -add a z with other tags if want to explore..._ item is for finite things to read / look at (of finite interest) - once looked at, delete or put z [now - x] if want to keep. * find is if main interest is in using to identify (finite task) other blogs/ sites of interest WHEREAS links is for linklogs= continuously updated sources of links to articles / items
*Later started using x for done-items, may as well keep, but do not esp expect to uses as jumpoff points in future (=z).
a is for the first ones I posted and any that are also regular 'favorites'. - my is of personal interest. - bks, song, tele-v are duh categorical, except tele-v is also pop-culture generally. psy for schools, maybe anyth of ~profssnl interest. fxn is for things I would know I wanted (Southwest, ISPS) to use.
and mainstream and web are blogosphereish and technical-how-to/techno-interest (~webdev really) respectively.
LATER 11/08ish STUMBLEUPON, a system on its own for marking. on its own=marking things found there. (I would not Go Into Stumbleupon in order to mark, that is. will that change?) described as delicious+myspace. Spurl-like? I do like having comments from others about any webpage (well most /many), might go into Stumbleupon n order to look at a particular review page.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Nik- Obviously the winner. So you know she won't win.
Nicole- Could be a true working model at this very moment. So you know she won't win.
Kyle- Boring, but I think a genuinely sweet, caring girl. Could be a very good model with a little practice. So you know she won't win.
Ranking the Season 5 Girls
in full:
Lisa- If she was younger and more stable, she would OWN this competition. She will get booted for being too old/chemically unbalanced eventually, but I shall enjoy every moment of her on screen 'til then.
Bre- Rose in my ranks because she was really nice tonight. Pretty, but doesn't scream, let alone whisper, MODEL to me. She has a good chance.
Kim- I think this is the first time she has not been at the bottom of my list. So you know she won't win.
Jayla- Bitchy? Check. Hideously deformed body part? Check(ears). Check(teeth). Blah in person and photographs?Check, check. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner.
two later opinions 10/27 and 10/28:
1) Nicole: Tyra, just listen to me. This girl will actually succeed in the modeling world, therefore, giving your show lots of credibility. You already f'ed it up with Kyle, but Nicole is definately a viable option.
1. Nicole. Easy? Check. Breezy? Check. - - -I think we've got our CoverGirl.
Nicole- Could be a true working model at this very moment. So you know she won't win.
Kyle- Boring, but I think a genuinely sweet, caring girl. Could be a very good model with a little practice. So you know she won't win.
Ranking the Season 5 Girls
in full:
Lisa- If she was younger and more stable, she would OWN this competition. She will get booted for being too old/chemically unbalanced eventually, but I shall enjoy every moment of her on screen 'til then.
Bre- Rose in my ranks because she was really nice tonight. Pretty, but doesn't scream, let alone whisper, MODEL to me. She has a good chance.
Kim- I think this is the first time she has not been at the bottom of my list. So you know she won't win.
Jayla- Bitchy? Check. Hideously deformed body part? Check(ears). Check(teeth). Blah in person and photographs?Check, check. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner.
two later opinions 10/27 and 10/28:
1) Nicole: Tyra, just listen to me. This girl will actually succeed in the modeling world, therefore, giving your show lots of credibility. You already f'ed it up with Kyle, but Nicole is definately a viable option.
1. Nicole. Easy? Check. Breezy? Check. - - -I think we've got our CoverGirl.
Mows's beeg lest ef SKIRRY THENGS
Dir reeders,
A lat ef yew hef gud daggs and I went 2 hilp yew 2 bi a bitter unner 4 thim. Hallween s uvver bet mebbee yew dunt no thatt allat ef theengs R stil viry skirry 4 yor dagg! So I putt tugeter thees lest ef thengs thatt yew shul no SKIR DAGGS ALLAT. I hup yew wil tra nat 2 espose yor dagg to this skirry theengs.
Seerly,
Mos.
Cleek hir 2 see thi skirry theengs **WERNEENG! THIS THIEENGS R VIRY SKIRRY!!!**
Illivetters FRIK MI OW. Leefs bluw aroun an tra 2 git mi. Peffy leetel daggs berk an skir thi crapp owd ef mi. Skirry Ovin. I kin sii anether dagg en thir. Hi luks lak mi an winivver I muv hi muves 2 cappy mi. Thatt is virry freekii! Dunt put anather dagg 2 liv in thi ovin!
Dir reeders,
A lat ef yew hef gud daggs and I went 2 hilp yew 2 bi a bitter unner 4 thim. Hallween s uvver bet mebbee yew dunt no thatt allat ef theengs R stil viry skirry 4 yor dagg! So I putt tugeter thees lest ef thengs thatt yew shul no SKIR DAGGS ALLAT. I hup yew wil tra nat 2 espose yor dagg to this skirry theengs.
Seerly,
Mos.
Cleek hir 2 see thi skirry theengs **WERNEENG! THIS THIEENGS R VIRY SKIRRY!!!**
Illivetters FRIK MI OW. Leefs bluw aroun an tra 2 git mi. Peffy leetel daggs berk an skir thi crapp owd ef mi. Skirry Ovin. I kin sii anether dagg en thir. Hi luks lak mi an winivver I muv hi muves 2 cappy mi. Thatt is virry freekii! Dunt put anather dagg 2 liv in thi ovin!
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Dove
Why the Campaign for Real Beauty?
The Campaign for Real Beauty includes the following initiatives:
blblblbl...
* Establishment of the Program for Aesthetics and Well-Being at Harvard University, through a grant from Dove, which will continue to examine the way we think and talk about beauty in popular culture and the effect that this has on women's well-being
* Creation of a global touring photography exhibit, Beyond Compare, Women Photographers on Beauty, showcasing diverse images of female beauty from 67 female photographers, and demonstrating that beauty is about much more than stereotypes
not bad.
million.faces =>Add your photo: the million faces of beauty
then saw the album.
and the million faces home. I love the dove.
(oh but rg it was already your idea. that's why I was googling -faces anyway.)
The Campaign for Real Beauty includes the following initiatives:
blblblbl...
* Establishment of the Program for Aesthetics and Well-Being at Harvard University, through a grant from Dove, which will continue to examine the way we think and talk about beauty in popular culture and the effect that this has on women's well-being
* Creation of a global touring photography exhibit, Beyond Compare, Women Photographers on Beauty, showcasing diverse images of female beauty from 67 female photographers, and demonstrating that beauty is about much more than stereotypes
not bad.
million.faces =>Add your photo: the million faces of beauty
then saw the album.
and the million faces home. I love the dove.
(oh but rg it was already your idea. that's why I was googling -faces anyway.)
To Get Away From The Really Real World: Portraying advancing age has helped Unilever Group’s Dove soap. About 18 months ago, Dove market researchers suspected that advertisers were stuck in the old habit of presenting only youth and slimness as attractive. To confirm that idea, they pored over video clips of commercials and leafed through pages torn from magazines, pasting them up into photo collages. And indeed, the result was a shrine to the slim, the full-chested, and the young.
Then, because Dove is a global brand, the researchers trekked across the U.S., South America, Europe, and Asia to ask thousands of women of all ages what they thought of the portrayal of beauty in advertising. No matter the country, they repeatedly heard the gripe that “the images of beauty in ads are unrealistic and unattainable,” says Dove marketing director Philippe Harousseau.
Capitalizing on that sentiment, Dove turned industry tradition on its head last October with print ads using ordinary looking women instead of glamorous models. Two of the six shots in the ad exult in advancing age. One shows a 46-year-old woman with deep lines around her jaw and eyes and a full mane of gray hair. The caption: “Why aren’t women glad to be gray?”
The payoff so far: In the nine months following the launch of the campaign, sales of Dove rose 3.4% from a year ago. That uptick sounds small, but it’s huge for the static soap category, and it exceeds the growth in soap sales as a whole, according to Information Resources Inc., which doesn’t include sales at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT - News) in its data. Why is the campaign working? “As you get older, fantasy and idealization are out, and reality and authenticity are in,” says James J. Gilmartin, president of ad agency Coming of Age Inc. in Lombard, Ill.
sarah's journal -...and the Horse You Rode in On: I love the campaign. I have absolutely no desire whatsoever to run out and buy their firming cream, but I love that someone is finally designing advertising with women I can relate to, rather than women who look so inhuman that I'd never buy the product anyway because the models call serious doubt into my mind that their product is actually designed for my species.
Well, apparently Richard Roeper doesn't agree. Nor does Lucio Guerrero, also of the Sun-Times. Or CBS Chicago's Entertainment reporter.
Jaquandor, Lynn, and Wendy have already weighed in (no pun intended) on the matter. And they all make wonderfully valid points. Some of which I may be repeating, because now it's my turn.
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sars express: I stumbled across an article on the Washington Post written by Robin Givhan (Sorry, Dove: Bigger Isn't Necessarily Better) about Dove's "Campaign for Real Beauty".
What a load of shit.
Let's see some real health. Thinness alone means nothing. Eat healthy, non-processed foods. Hit the gym and do some cardio. Lift. I can't emphasize the last one enough. Let's see some muscle, so you can do something about the rapist in the parking lot. Strive to become a doctor, lawyer, scientist, or athlete, so you can contribute to our society.
Are these standards unrealistic? Absolutely. Are people who achieve them statistically aberrant? Yes. Median income in this country is $24K/year; doctors, lawyers, and executives are as statistically improbable as the "prettiest girl in town".
There's nothing wrong with having a Superman and Wonder Woman as a role model. And there's nothing wrong with destroying the self-esteem of those who can't live up. It's called motivation. As long as the role models are actually healthy and inherently valuable, society is on the right track. huh.
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Erin’s PRblog » Dove :: Redefining “Real Beauty”: I have been intrigued with the Dove campaign from the get-go for many of the same reasons others have mentioned — it’s a new and original approach. It was the topic of one of my final projects last semester, so I’ve researched it extensively and also kept an eye on the campaign’s impact. Yes, it seems to have potential to serve as a phenomenal marketing campaign (the sales should be pouring in), but I can’t help but be impressed by the positive message it’s sending. As for me, I have made a complete switch to Dove. Everything from shampoo to eye cream to body wash … it’s all Dove, now. I’m doing it more for political reasons -) rather than the fact that it appeals to me as a woman. I want to support that shift to a more healthy ideal, so that by the time I have a daughter, she’ll have healthier images to aspire to.
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I See Invisible People >> 6 Chicks Sums It Up : I’m officially changing my position on the Dove Real Beauty advertising campaign. As positive as I thought the initial launch was–shots of women of all ages and many sizes with no product push–the ads that have followed that first “public service announcement” style spot have been striking a progressively dischordant note with me.
Well, apparently Richard Roeper doesn't agree. Nor does Lucio Guerrero, also of the Sun-Times. Or CBS Chicago's Entertainment reporter.
Jaquandor, Lynn, and Wendy have already weighed in (no pun intended) on the matter. And they all make wonderfully valid points. Some of which I may be repeating, because now it's my turn.
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sars express: I stumbled across an article on the Washington Post written by Robin Givhan (Sorry, Dove: Bigger Isn't Necessarily Better) about Dove's "Campaign for Real Beauty".
What a load of shit.
Let's see some real health. Thinness alone means nothing. Eat healthy, non-processed foods. Hit the gym and do some cardio. Lift. I can't emphasize the last one enough. Let's see some muscle, so you can do something about the rapist in the parking lot. Strive to become a doctor, lawyer, scientist, or athlete, so you can contribute to our society.
Are these standards unrealistic? Absolutely. Are people who achieve them statistically aberrant? Yes. Median income in this country is $24K/year; doctors, lawyers, and executives are as statistically improbable as the "prettiest girl in town".
There's nothing wrong with having a Superman and Wonder Woman as a role model. And there's nothing wrong with destroying the self-esteem of those who can't live up. It's called motivation. As long as the role models are actually healthy and inherently valuable, society is on the right track. huh.
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Erin’s PRblog » Dove :: Redefining “Real Beauty”: I have been intrigued with the Dove campaign from the get-go for many of the same reasons others have mentioned — it’s a new and original approach. It was the topic of one of my final projects last semester, so I’ve researched it extensively and also kept an eye on the campaign’s impact. Yes, it seems to have potential to serve as a phenomenal marketing campaign (the sales should be pouring in), but I can’t help but be impressed by the positive message it’s sending. As for me, I have made a complete switch to Dove. Everything from shampoo to eye cream to body wash … it’s all Dove, now. I’m doing it more for political reasons -) rather than the fact that it appeals to me as a woman. I want to support that shift to a more healthy ideal, so that by the time I have a daughter, she’ll have healthier images to aspire to.
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I See Invisible People >> 6 Chicks Sums It Up : I’m officially changing my position on the Dove Real Beauty advertising campaign. As positive as I thought the initial launch was–shots of women of all ages and many sizes with no product push–the ads that have followed that first “public service announcement” style spot have been striking a progressively dischordant note with me.
Monday, October 17, 2005
Character: Stephanie Zinone.
Best scene: Cool Rider. The untouchable camp high of her career.
General Response & Career Impact: The movie is generally considered blasphemous because the original (only 4 years prior) was so enthusiastically received and the sequel considered to be so uninspired. Travolta and Olivia were nowhere in sight. Pfeiffer's career was jeopardized in much the same way that Jessica Lange's was after King Kong.
-She has a sullen quality that is more fitting to a Grease character than Miss Newton-John's sunniness was. Also, though she is a relative screen newcomer, Miss Pfeiffer manages to look much more insouciant and comfortable than anyone else in the cast. *Janet Maslin -The New York Times*
-It's her utter lack of mind-body coordination that makes "Cool Rider" one of the high-lowlights of the entire film. *Michael Dequinda* !!?
Best scene: Cool Rider. The untouchable camp high of her career.
General Response & Career Impact: The movie is generally considered blasphemous because the original (only 4 years prior) was so enthusiastically received and the sequel considered to be so uninspired. Travolta and Olivia were nowhere in sight. Pfeiffer's career was jeopardized in much the same way that Jessica Lange's was after King Kong.
-She has a sullen quality that is more fitting to a Grease character than Miss Newton-John's sunniness was. Also, though she is a relative screen newcomer, Miss Pfeiffer manages to look much more insouciant and comfortable than anyone else in the cast. *Janet Maslin -The New York Times*
-It's her utter lack of mind-body coordination that makes "Cool Rider" one of the high-lowlights of the entire film. *Michael Dequinda* !!?
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Grease 2
reviews at screenselect UK
-This is the story of Rydell High School some years on from those halcyon days of drainpipe trousers and stiff petticoats. The problem is that director/choreographer Patricia Birch tries to bring those high steppin', arm-waving innocent production values to an altogether grittier era of emerging 1960s liberalism.
-I actually enjoyed this one more than Grease, which admittedly was a better film. It needs to be seen for what it is a low budget rip-off of a classic cinematic event !! It is pure camp class.
what made Grease 1 a finer movie? acting, dancing, higher budget?
Olivia Newton John and Travolta dancing together- - -
Grease (1978) imdb
Grease 2 (1982)-This movie is appalling in nearly every respect, but there's just something about it--perhaps how brazenly appalling it is--that gives it an almost hypnotic fascination.
what specifically is appalling (and not so in Gr 1)?
As for the sets… I don't think I've ever seen such low production values in a movie released by a major studio. ok. does that show up as... cheap-looking? fake? (but they're all about to break into major song and dance moments, so why have the scene look realistic?)
I love how the producers made only the most surface-level attempt to even appear 50s. The clothes, hairstyles, sets songs, and ways of speaking all scream 80s. kinda great. 80s piece as a.
I haven't the slightest idea why they decided to dress Michelle Pheiffer in things that essentially look like sweatshirts for the first half of the movie. And she's got on those huge dark glasses all the time… making her look like early Debbie Harry. she looks Cooool.
reviews at screenselect UK
-This is the story of Rydell High School some years on from those halcyon days of drainpipe trousers and stiff petticoats. The problem is that director/choreographer Patricia Birch tries to bring those high steppin', arm-waving innocent production values to an altogether grittier era of emerging 1960s liberalism.
-I actually enjoyed this one more than Grease, which admittedly was a better film. It needs to be seen for what it is a low budget rip-off of a classic cinematic event !! It is pure camp class.
what made Grease 1 a finer movie? acting, dancing, higher budget?
Olivia Newton John and Travolta dancing together- - -
Grease (1978) imdb
Grease 2 (1982)-This movie is appalling in nearly every respect, but there's just something about it--perhaps how brazenly appalling it is--that gives it an almost hypnotic fascination.
what specifically is appalling (and not so in Gr 1)?
As for the sets… I don't think I've ever seen such low production values in a movie released by a major studio. ok. does that show up as... cheap-looking? fake? (but they're all about to break into major song and dance moments, so why have the scene look realistic?)
I love how the producers made only the most surface-level attempt to even appear 50s. The clothes, hairstyles, sets songs, and ways of speaking all scream 80s. kinda great. 80s piece as a.
I haven't the slightest idea why they decided to dress Michelle Pheiffer in things that essentially look like sweatshirts for the first half of the movie. And she's got on those huge dark glasses all the time… making her look like early Debbie Harry. she looks Cooool.
Saturday, October 15, 2005
To kill time on a long trip, playwright Harold Pinter & 2 friends set themselves this task: pick the 100 most representative poems written in English. Az: : 100 Poems by 100 Poets: An Anthology
As idiosyncratic as this anthology is, it is also a testament to the broad tastes and deep appreciations of its editors. Could you have done better?"
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They apparently argued heatedly, but eventually arrived at a unanimous decision for each poet selected.
I was disappointed that Pinter, Godbert, and Astbury did not share their discussions and arguments. How did they select the 100 best poets? Who was 101?
As idiosyncratic as this anthology is, it is also a testament to the broad tastes and deep appreciations of its editors. Could you have done better?"
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They apparently argued heatedly, but eventually arrived at a unanimous decision for each poet selected.
I was disappointed that Pinter, Godbert, and Astbury did not share their discussions and arguments. How did they select the 100 best poets? Who was 101?
WORDS AND PICTURES -Graphic novels come of age- by PETER SCHJELDAHL
...A painfully humiliated hero is essential even—or especially—to “Superman” and its vast spawn.Disregarded Clark Kent is the figure readers identify with; his transformation into the Man of Steel nurses the hopes and fulfills the rage of all underestimated boys, but it can’t cure his loneliness. “Spider-Man” twists the knife by making Peter Parker’s superpowers an added torment to him: he’d rather be an ordinary guy. The theme of a publicly misjudged character’s private anguish has grown, in comics history, to dominate the form. Who today still relishes the pure ridicule of “Li’l Abner,” or the convivial folk wisdom (brilliant wordplay aside) of “Pogo”? Both were immensely popular before the ascendance of “Peanuts,” the most important comic strip of the past half century. Charlie Brown is Clark Kent without the colorful underwear, and with all the possibly compensatory qualities split off and given to other characters, mainly Snoopy. Jimmy Corrigan, in turn, is Charlie Brown without the eternal childhood in an Arcadian neighborhood. Ware teases out a nightmarish aspect of “Peanuts” that Charles Schulz cushioned in whimsy: Charlie Brown is incorrigibly mediocre, incapable of satisfactory relationships or achievements, doomed to obloquy. His generous and trusting heart sets him up for mishap and betrayal—which, in his little four-panelled world, where nothing changes, he meets with a sigh. Jimmy’s world is big—Chicago’s Sears Tower looms in misty silhouette outside his window—and events in it have consequences. They give him nosebleeds. They make him cry.
The influence of “Peanuts” pervades one variety of graphic novel, the influence of the early MAD magazine another. Cartooning acquired a new, prevalently drug-enhanced function configuring madness as entertainment. Its new paragon—a writer-artist whose greatness still defies conventional description—was R. Crumb, who inaugurated “Zap Comix” in 1968 in San Francisco, at the center of a countercultural circus that was going rancid around the edges. Crumb’s contributions to the physics of comics recall Giotto’s (yes, Giotto’s) to Western painting: acknowledging material mass and the force of gravity. In a Crumb, when something or someone falls the occasion doesn’t require a helpfully lettered “thud,” though he might provide one; feeling the weight, you register its impact.
excellent.
...A painfully humiliated hero is essential even—or especially—to “Superman” and its vast spawn.Disregarded Clark Kent is the figure readers identify with; his transformation into the Man of Steel nurses the hopes and fulfills the rage of all underestimated boys, but it can’t cure his loneliness. “Spider-Man” twists the knife by making Peter Parker’s superpowers an added torment to him: he’d rather be an ordinary guy. The theme of a publicly misjudged character’s private anguish has grown, in comics history, to dominate the form. Who today still relishes the pure ridicule of “Li’l Abner,” or the convivial folk wisdom (brilliant wordplay aside) of “Pogo”? Both were immensely popular before the ascendance of “Peanuts,” the most important comic strip of the past half century. Charlie Brown is Clark Kent without the colorful underwear, and with all the possibly compensatory qualities split off and given to other characters, mainly Snoopy. Jimmy Corrigan, in turn, is Charlie Brown without the eternal childhood in an Arcadian neighborhood. Ware teases out a nightmarish aspect of “Peanuts” that Charles Schulz cushioned in whimsy: Charlie Brown is incorrigibly mediocre, incapable of satisfactory relationships or achievements, doomed to obloquy. His generous and trusting heart sets him up for mishap and betrayal—which, in his little four-panelled world, where nothing changes, he meets with a sigh. Jimmy’s world is big—Chicago’s Sears Tower looms in misty silhouette outside his window—and events in it have consequences. They give him nosebleeds. They make him cry.
The influence of “Peanuts” pervades one variety of graphic novel, the influence of the early MAD magazine another. Cartooning acquired a new, prevalently drug-enhanced function configuring madness as entertainment. Its new paragon—a writer-artist whose greatness still defies conventional description—was R. Crumb, who inaugurated “Zap Comix” in 1968 in San Francisco, at the center of a countercultural circus that was going rancid around the edges. Crumb’s contributions to the physics of comics recall Giotto’s (yes, Giotto’s) to Western painting: acknowledging material mass and the force of gravity. In a Crumb, when something or someone falls the occasion doesn’t require a helpfully lettered “thud,” though he might provide one; feeling the weight, you register its impact.
excellent.
The New Yorker: The Critics: Books - Issue of 2005-10-17. Posted 2005-10-10.
"Peter Schjeldah's harsh review of graphic novels" via K.
to item books ... and 12 other people ..
huh. I don't find it harsh. quite even, I think. and likely astute:
Nearly all art movements are launched by work that, when the dust clears, turns out to have been their definitive, peak contribution. “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” looms over the busy ramifications of Cubism as “The Waste Land” looms over the modern poetry that it inspired. Accordingly, there may never be another graphic novel as good as “Jimmy Corrigan,” even by Ware himself—whose current serial in the Times Magazine, though tangy, bespeaks a style on cruise control. But if the major discoveries of the graphic novel’s new world of the imagination have already been accomplished, its colonizing of the territory, like its threat to foot traffic in bookstore aisles, has only just begun.
that's hardly saying all the good stuff's over. just: the great beginning.
"Peter Schjeldah's harsh review of graphic novels" via K.
to item books ... and 12 other people ..
huh. I don't find it harsh. quite even, I think. and likely astute:
Nearly all art movements are launched by work that, when the dust clears, turns out to have been their definitive, peak contribution. “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” looms over the busy ramifications of Cubism as “The Waste Land” looms over the modern poetry that it inspired. Accordingly, there may never be another graphic novel as good as “Jimmy Corrigan,” even by Ware himself—whose current serial in the Times Magazine, though tangy, bespeaks a style on cruise control. But if the major discoveries of the graphic novel’s new world of the imagination have already been accomplished, its colonizing of the territory, like its threat to foot traffic in bookstore aisles, has only just begun.
that's hardly saying all the good stuff's over. just: the great beginning.
Categories: On the Beauty of Physics: Essential Physics Concepts and Their Companions in Art and Literature AZ-now due Feb. 15, 2006. John Katzman, Founder, The Princeton Review:
'Everyone talks about the beauty and elegance of physics, but this is the first beautiful and elegant physics book.' that's what I thought it would be. (good!)
'Everyone talks about the beauty and elegance of physics, but this is the first beautiful and elegant physics book.' that's what I thought it would be. (good!)
evhead: The Brazilian wave. "I know I'm not alone in this, but I'm fascinated by a trend that has been going on for about a year and shows no signs of stopping: Brazilians are dominating social software networks," Haughey writes. It's true. In fact, even though there is blogger.com.br, we still have tons of Brazilians on blogger.com (granted, they now charge for blogger.com.br, but that was true before that).
huh. noticed mention of lots users from Brazil on Library Thing blog. weird? hey, Alfredo Matta my favorite Brazilian customer!
also in evhead Jul04: The best of both worlds?
Upon reading some of the comments abouut the new Blogger WYSIWYG editor, I'm prompted to point out one of its unique (and coolest) features, which I didn't mention yesterday, but which Chris talked about: It takes HTML. That is, if you type bold into your post, instead of using the keyboard shortcut or toolbar button, it will not be escaped, as would be the case with other editors. The word bold will be bold. (That means, to actually write out escaped code, as I did in that first sentence, you need to escape it yourself. But that's a much rarer occurence (at least for most people). cool. not escape from it (indirect obj) but escape-it (direct object). to think about: code of code. (of code of...) what is that? levels. of?
huh. noticed mention of lots users from Brazil on Library Thing blog. weird? hey, Alfredo Matta my favorite Brazilian customer!
also in evhead Jul04: The best of both worlds?
Upon reading some of the comments abouut the new Blogger WYSIWYG editor, I'm prompted to point out one of its unique (and coolest) features, which I didn't mention yesterday, but which Chris talked about: It takes HTML. That is, if you type bold into your post, instead of using the keyboard shortcut or toolbar button, it will not be escaped, as would be the case with other editors. The word bold will be bold. (That means, to actually write out escaped code, as I did in that first sentence, you need to escape it yourself. But that's a much rarer occurence (at least for most people). cool. not escape from it (indirect obj) but escape-it (direct object). to think about: code of code. (of code of...) what is that? levels. of?
brailleaudio
brailleaudio: That weBLOGs begin from an intention to communicate remains unclear--indeed, a question. A stage, a mirror.
posted by doloreshart at 7:45 PM. 06 October 2005.
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posted by doloreshart at 7:45 PM. 06 October 2005.
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and -? on 07 October 2005: Aggressive / Ambitious / Competent / Creative / Detail-oriented / Determined/ Efficient / Experienced / Flexible / Goal-oriented / Hard-working / Inde-pendent / Innovative / Knowledgeable / Logical / Motivated / Meticulous /People-person / Professional / Reliable / Resourceful / Self-motivated / Suc-cessful / Team-player / Well-organized well rh do tell what you reference.
Friday, October 14, 2005
To Warner Bros. Pictures
Dear Sir and Madame at Warner Bros. Pictures, The intention of this petition is to promote actress Lauren Graham, best known as her portrayal of "Lorelai Gilmore" in "Gilmore Girls" as a leading role of the upcoming "Wonder Woman" movie directed by Joel Silver.
Considered by many Wonder Woman Fans, Lauren Graham has a striking resemblance to the comic character and is in fact highly demanded among them.
Not only the fans, but Ms. Graham herself has also shown interest in challenging the role of Wonder Woman in a recent online-interview from 01/27/05 at moviehole.net "...That's so funny, because it was my favorite show as a kid. I tried to be Wonder Woman at the Mattel Toy fair, but they hired a model instead. Please start, um, whatever it is you're gonna start!", says Graham."
In another online-interview of a Gilmore Girls-fansite she said: "... I nearly played Wonder Woman at the toy fair in NYC because the Wonder Woman they hired could not figure out the mechanical equipment they gave her."
Please seriously consider Ms. Graham in the casting process. In making a comic to real-life action movie, it isn't enough to cast a actor/actress, who can physically play and speak the role, but who is also a fan of the comic series. Lauren Graham is definitely the right choice for Wonder Woman.
Thank you very much for taking time reading the petition.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
http://www.petitiononline.com/wwlgwbm/petition.html
- Sign the Petition
10/14/05 mcassimatis (hotmail) I think Lauren Graham and the role of Wonder Woman are perfect for each other. It's an opportunity for a rare perfection in casting. I am likely not to see the movie if anyone else is cast. Please consider her! She is a stunning actress: Her comic timing is excellent, but I am even more impressed with her serious scenes on Gilmore Girls. The beauty and emotional depth she brings to that show would be wonderful to find on screen in a comicbook heroine action movie.
I am signature #376. mmm.
Dear Sir and Madame at Warner Bros. Pictures, The intention of this petition is to promote actress Lauren Graham, best known as her portrayal of "Lorelai Gilmore" in "Gilmore Girls" as a leading role of the upcoming "Wonder Woman" movie directed by Joel Silver.
Considered by many Wonder Woman Fans, Lauren Graham has a striking resemblance to the comic character and is in fact highly demanded among them.
Not only the fans, but Ms. Graham herself has also shown interest in challenging the role of Wonder Woman in a recent online-interview from 01/27/05 at moviehole.net "...That's so funny, because it was my favorite show as a kid. I tried to be Wonder Woman at the Mattel Toy fair, but they hired a model instead. Please start, um, whatever it is you're gonna start!", says Graham."
In another online-interview of a Gilmore Girls-fansite she said: "... I nearly played Wonder Woman at the toy fair in NYC because the Wonder Woman they hired could not figure out the mechanical equipment they gave her."
Please seriously consider Ms. Graham in the casting process. In making a comic to real-life action movie, it isn't enough to cast a actor/actress, who can physically play and speak the role, but who is also a fan of the comic series. Lauren Graham is definitely the right choice for Wonder Woman.
Thank you very much for taking time reading the petition.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
http://www.petitiononline.com/wwlgwbm/petition.html
- Sign the Petition
10/14/05 mcassimatis (hotmail) I think Lauren Graham and the role of Wonder Woman are perfect for each other. It's an opportunity for a rare perfection in casting. I am likely not to see the movie if anyone else is cast. Please consider her! She is a stunning actress: Her comic timing is excellent, but I am even more impressed with her serious scenes on Gilmore Girls. The beauty and emotional depth she brings to that show would be wonderful to find on screen in a comicbook heroine action movie.
I am signature #376. mmm.
Wonderous Women (Yahoo! Buzz Index - Buzz Log): Lauren Graham -- We believed the Gilmore mom as the kinky Jewish chick with the Santa fetish. Plus we can't resist her pitch: 'I would frigging love to be Wonder Woman! I love a good headband.'
yes yes let it be her. I thought that was my idea! glad to see it here. and I did read sth a while back about who shld be wonderwoman, that's why I was thinking about it, so maybe they did say her. they said a lot of women. and I say Lauren Graham, best by far. Catherine Zeta Jones would be ok, Uman Thurman cool. (the other 5 on this yahoo list - sandra bullock ehhhh I won't see the movie if.)
Back in January, Mike Ausiello answered a bunch of mail about casting for Wonder Woman -- his pick is now Lauren Graham:
Graham would be perfect — she's beautiful, sexy, smart, witty, and I'm sure she'd look amazing in the red boots! Have a very Smurfy day! — Jill
Ausiello: I'm sold.
Question: As much as I like Sarah Michelle Gellar and Charisma Carpenter, neither scream "Wonder Woman" to me. I suggest yet another Buffy alum: the world's least-nerdy computer-science teacher, Jenny Calendar (aka actress Robia LaMorte). — Dave
Ausiello: She could certainly use the work.
Question: Catherine Bell as Wonder Woman! — Max!
Ausiello: I like it... but I like Lauren Graham better.Question: The obvious choice is Catherine Zeta-Jones. Dark hair, great body, etc. — Dana
Ausiello: I don't know about you, but my Wonder Woman doesn't hawk cell phones.Question: Don't you think that Evangeline Lilly from Lost would be a better fit for the lasso? — Patrick
Ausiello: I like it... but I like Lauren Graham better.Question: What about Shannen Doherty? — Matt
Ausiello: I don't know about you, but my Wonder Woman isn't a bee-yatch.
word up yo
yes yes let it be her. I thought that was my idea! glad to see it here. and I did read sth a while back about who shld be wonderwoman, that's why I was thinking about it, so maybe they did say her. they said a lot of women. and I say Lauren Graham, best by far. Catherine Zeta Jones would be ok, Uman Thurman cool. (the other 5 on this yahoo list - sandra bullock ehhhh I won't see the movie if.)
Back in January, Mike Ausiello answered a bunch of mail about casting for Wonder Woman -- his pick is now Lauren Graham:
Graham would be perfect — she's beautiful, sexy, smart, witty, and I'm sure she'd look amazing in the red boots! Have a very Smurfy day! — Jill
Ausiello: I'm sold.
Question: As much as I like Sarah Michelle Gellar and Charisma Carpenter, neither scream "Wonder Woman" to me. I suggest yet another Buffy alum: the world's least-nerdy computer-science teacher, Jenny Calendar (aka actress Robia LaMorte). — Dave
Ausiello: She could certainly use the work.
Question: Catherine Bell as Wonder Woman! — Max!
Ausiello: I like it... but I like Lauren Graham better.Question: The obvious choice is Catherine Zeta-Jones. Dark hair, great body, etc. — Dana
Ausiello: I don't know about you, but my Wonder Woman doesn't hawk cell phones.Question: Don't you think that Evangeline Lilly from Lost would be a better fit for the lasso? — Patrick
Ausiello: I like it... but I like Lauren Graham better.Question: What about Shannen Doherty? — Matt
Ausiello: I don't know about you, but my Wonder Woman isn't a bee-yatch.
word up yo
Thursday, October 13, 2005
2008: Will Al Gore Be the Anti-Hillary? (217 comments )
Al Gore tells AP he isn't planning to run for president. So, like a woman saying she isn't going to sleep with you, he instantly becomes that much more desirable. And he does leave the (bedroom) door open, saying: "I don't completely rule out some future interest, but I don't expect to have that."It's still three years away but Hollywood is already starting to choose sides for 2008. And two very distinct camps have started to form: those backing Hillary, and those desperately searching for the anti-Hillary.
Arianna Huffington is a nationally syndicated columnist, author of ten books and co-founder and editor of the HuffingtonPost.com. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 16 and graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A. in economics. She now lives in Los Angeles with her two daughters.
On May 9, she launched The Huffington Post, an Internet publishing venture featuring an innovative group blog where some of this country's most creative minds weigh in on topics great and small, political and cultural, important or just plain entertaining.
Curmudgeonly wide-ranging SamSmith think-piece (long)
I vehemently disagree that the arts are in decline /rw
I vehemently disagree that the arts are in decline /rw
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Shouting to hear the echoes: A perfect day for iDollators, Part 2: Meghan Laslocky's Salon.com article is finally out, and it's available for your edification right here. :-) (Unless you have a subscription, you'll have to sit through an advert to read it for free, but it's brief, painless, and non-invasive.) As she's informed me that Salon had to edit her story due to length constraints, she'll be posting the full version to the vastness of the Internet sometime soon; at which point, I'll alert the lot of you. But what's displayed on Salon.com makes for provocative, thoughtful and fecking ace reading, and really isn't bad at all. Plus, Shi-chan and I feature rather prominently in the article, so we're a bit biased..
I'd also like to wave broadly and say a grand Hallo, to all new visitors stopping round to 'Shouting etc etc' from Shi-chan's site, Meghan's Salon.com article, or the search engine of your choice. Do leave a comment, or a charming message on the tagboard to below left, if you're so inclined.
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Perfect Day Part 1 was publication of Still Lovers - photo bk by Elena Dorfman -AZ.
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Pandagon: Be creeped out for the rest of your day -by Amanda
lotsocomments... from author of post:
August, the money thing is a factor but so is the realism--there's no doubt about it, the dolls are considered by their owners to be substitutes for the "real thing". I'm the first to say that I think that sex toys for men are woefully inadequate, but then again, women don't really have porn aimed at us, so it's a draw. But a lot of this business is driven by anger and hostility at women for being real human beings with needs. But to be perfectly honest, I find it disconcerting and upsetting when women tell me that their sex toys are substitutes for the "real thing". We've all made hostile and bitter jokes, but if you really do think a toy is an adequate subsitute for a human being, it's creepy.
I'd also like to wave broadly and say a grand Hallo, to all new visitors stopping round to 'Shouting etc etc' from Shi-chan's site, Meghan's Salon.com article, or the search engine of your choice. Do leave a comment, or a charming message on the tagboard to below left, if you're so inclined.
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Perfect Day Part 1 was publication of Still Lovers - photo bk by Elena Dorfman -AZ.
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Pandagon: Be creeped out for the rest of your day -by Amanda
lotsocomments... from author of post:
August, the money thing is a factor but so is the realism--there's no doubt about it, the dolls are considered by their owners to be substitutes for the "real thing". I'm the first to say that I think that sex toys for men are woefully inadequate, but then again, women don't really have porn aimed at us, so it's a draw. But a lot of this business is driven by anger and hostility at women for being real human beings with needs. But to be perfectly honest, I find it disconcerting and upsetting when women tell me that their sex toys are substitutes for the "real thing". We've all made hostile and bitter jokes, but if you really do think a toy is an adequate subsitute for a human being, it's creepy.
Salon.com Life Just like a woman
realdolls -wow. so is it creepy?
is it disturbing? pier. for any individual man - does not disturb me. no problem with fantasy life. {''virtual' living as a falling-away from some original / real / authentic good (better) --hass,woodpecker-- naaaah. }and if you want to have a relationship with yourself, not another, okay. (but I don't want any kind of relationship with you if you do not see the difference.) disturbs me as cultural pattern, requiring women to be ~ into onto which project own fantasies, self. ideal woman. again, to a individual man, okay. but as the ideal. I believe it is connected, the individual man who thinks the doll is the ideal and the calling upon women to be this. but even if not it is disturbing as recalling that. but I believe it is. [=belief in culture]that's why do not see women with such simulated non-organic boyfriends.
realdolls -wow. so is it creepy?
is it disturbing? pier. for any individual man - does not disturb me. no problem with fantasy life. {''virtual' living as a falling-away from some original / real / authentic good (better) --hass,woodpecker-- naaaah. }and if you want to have a relationship with yourself, not another, okay. (but I don't want any kind of relationship with you if you do not see the difference.) disturbs me as cultural pattern, requiring women to be ~ into onto which project own fantasies, self. ideal woman. again, to a individual man, okay. but as the ideal. I believe it is connected, the individual man who thinks the doll is the ideal and the calling upon women to be this. but even if not it is disturbing as recalling that. but I believe it is. [=belief in culture]that's why do not see women with such simulated non-organic boyfriends.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
The Fran Lebowitz Reader - AZ review: "I can't give this much higher of a rating because these pieces are so dated: it's time for Lebowitz to write something new and of our time."
google personalized search, hm. so it keeps a history of every search, as a heading with resulting webpages you clicked on, or as "Searches with no clicked results" below.
seems eerie. ... freezes me up - but- shouldn't? anymore so than saved history on the internet browser on one's computer... Now, from internet history items can be deleted. Can I delete from my search history on google? not clear that I can. errr like gmail. -OK. yes you can. Remove.
Huh: how we go anywhere on the web- google(search) or boomarks(hyperlinks) -
seems eerie. ... freezes me up - but- shouldn't? anymore so than saved history on the internet browser on one's computer... Now, from internet history items can be deleted. Can I delete from my search history on google? not clear that I can. errr like gmail. -OK. yes you can. Remove.
Huh: how we go anywhere on the web- google(search) or boomarks(hyperlinks) -
Monday, October 10, 2005
Hi
www.socialeng.com/ - 1k - Cached - Similar pages
that's the first result on google search for quid.pro.quo. huh. can you get this result for any other search? so far, I haven't: c'est.la.vie, hi, social eng. nice-somehow configured to come up only for "quid pro quo"!?
this for that, darlin.
anyone talking about this? ah, trackback:
http://www.technorati.com/search/www.socialeng.com
1 result:
socialeng is a link on a sidebar titled "taboo" on
http://spaces.msn.com/members/jfkennedy/PersonalSpace.aspx 'reload yr mind' ~
really first posted at 4:30 early a.m. of tuesday 10/11. up at 4:30.
www.socialeng.com/ - 1k - Cached - Similar pages
that's the first result on google search for quid.pro.quo. huh. can you get this result for any other search? so far, I haven't: c'est.la.vie, hi, social eng. nice-somehow configured to come up only for "quid pro quo"!?
this for that, darlin.
anyone talking about this? ah, trackback:
http://www.technorati.com/search/www.socialeng.com
1 result:
socialeng is a link on a sidebar titled "taboo" on
http://spaces.msn.com/members/jfkennedy/PersonalSpace.aspx 'reload yr mind' ~
really first posted at 4:30 early a.m. of tuesday 10/11. up at 4:30.
Disastrous Signage "Noted this at the local DQ today 10.9.05" oh dear Sign says TIRED OF HURRICANES TRY AN EARTHQUAKE (new DQ dessert) and on Sun 10/9 earthquake in India and Pakistan death toll at 22,000.
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
walkman = oldschool
I only just realized, after paying attn to the ipod nano and therefore to ipods for the first time. mp3s huh.
Last weekend a middle-aged specimen sat across from us on Chicago's "El" train, swigging from a plastic bottle of vodka, eating dry corn tortillas, and listening to a cassette walkman. We wondered: "Hmm, what's he's listening to." and "He's not really gonna eat those tortillas off the moldy seat, is he?" But mostly we were thinking: "Walkman? HUH?"
Because, dude, had we forgotten about those! Sure, somewhere there's a closet full of our old, warped Minor Threat (and Glass Tiger) tapes. But the music revolution has been so swift and thorough, we assumed even homeless train-dwellers had iPods by now. There are iPods for normal people (the first-generation white ones), iPods for people who hate regular-sized, white things (the colored minis), budget iPods (the $99 Shuffles), and iPods for frat guys (the iPod U2). Mark Ruffalo Vs. iPod Nanos
Last weekend a middle-aged specimen sat across from us on Chicago's "El" train, swigging from a plastic bottle of vodka, eating dry corn tortillas, and listening to a cassette walkman. We wondered: "Hmm, what's he's listening to." and "He's not really gonna eat those tortillas off the moldy seat, is he?" But mostly we were thinking: "Walkman? HUH?"
Because, dude, had we forgotten about those! Sure, somewhere there's a closet full of our old, warped Minor Threat (and Glass Tiger) tapes. But the music revolution has been so swift and thorough, we assumed even homeless train-dwellers had iPods by now. There are iPods for normal people (the first-generation white ones), iPods for people who hate regular-sized, white things (the colored minis), budget iPods (the $99 Shuffles), and iPods for frat guys (the iPod U2). Mark Ruffalo Vs. iPod Nanos
Lauren Graham's Fame Audit - Graham is a geyser of charisma: she talks fast, she smiles big, and she always stands up nice and straight. And she's equally magnetic when she's not smiling. -yes it's the serious moments that really impress me, not just her more-appreciated comic ability- as last season and what we've seen of the new one have given her plenty of opportunities to get angry at her rich, heedless parents (Kelly Bishop and Edward Herrmann) for interfering in her relationship with Rory; truly, everyone involved in Rory's decision to drop out of Yale deserves a swift kick in the ass, and watching Lorelai deliver such kicks is always a treat. Plus, while she's always lovely to behold, she's especially pretty when she's mad.
And, just one more point about Lorelai Gilmore: she makes a hell of a role for a good actor. Her backstory gives the performer plenty to work with, in that she was a daughter of privilege who scandalized her parents by getting pregnant in her mid-teens, refusing to give up the baby or marry its father, skipping post-secondary education until later in her life, and virtually cutting her parents out of her and her daughter's lives in order to prove she could make it without their help. Having truced with them in order to finance Rory's education, their relationship is still rather shaky, and plagued by setbacks on both sides. And while Lorelai is smart, self-sufficient, funny, and a good and fun mom (though still strict, in her way yes good), she isn't perfect -- which is so often the problem with "strong" female characters, particularly on TV. huh. Lorelai also has a lot of flaws; she's impetuous, flighty, selfish to the point of childishness, and self-centred in the extreme. It's a rich part, and one that must be very rewarding to play, and one that would be a starmaker if Gilmore Girls didn't air on The WB. If a generally smart, well-written, character-driven dramedy aired on NBC, they'd be blanketing the press with Lauren Graham coverage.
Assets: • Very very very very pretty • Hell of a TV poker player, even beating Matthew Perry on Celebrity Poker Showdown, and he's a degenerate gambler! • Always comes off like an endearing goof on talk shows
And, just one more point about Lorelai Gilmore: she makes a hell of a role for a good actor. Her backstory gives the performer plenty to work with, in that she was a daughter of privilege who scandalized her parents by getting pregnant in her mid-teens, refusing to give up the baby or marry its father, skipping post-secondary education until later in her life, and virtually cutting her parents out of her and her daughter's lives in order to prove she could make it without their help. Having truced with them in order to finance Rory's education, their relationship is still rather shaky, and plagued by setbacks on both sides. And while Lorelai is smart, self-sufficient, funny, and a good and fun mom (though still strict, in her way yes good), she isn't perfect -- which is so often the problem with "strong" female characters, particularly on TV. huh. Lorelai also has a lot of flaws; she's impetuous, flighty, selfish to the point of childishness, and self-centred in the extreme. It's a rich part, and one that must be very rewarding to play, and one that would be a starmaker if Gilmore Girls didn't air on The WB. If a generally smart, well-written, character-driven dramedy aired on NBC, they'd be blanketing the press with Lauren Graham coverage.
Assets: • Very very very very pretty • Hell of a TV poker player, even beating Matthew Perry on Celebrity Poker Showdown, and he's a degenerate gambler! • Always comes off like an endearing goof on talk shows
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Excellent Sinead O'Connor interview (Exclaim-longish) longish? nicely short-
What is your vital daily ritual? Marijuana, I'm afraid.
What makes you want to take it off and get it on? Any number of things. Generally I like gentleness.
--
30November-rich's old tape-sinead song: Mandinka
also kate bush - This Woman's Work
both really great, remember.
What is your vital daily ritual? Marijuana, I'm afraid.
What makes you want to take it off and get it on? Any number of things. Generally I like gentleness.
--
30November-rich's old tape-sinead song: Mandinka
also kate bush - This Woman's Work
both really great, remember.
Emerging Technology-Web 2.0 Arrives -By Steven Johnson
DISCOVER Vol. 26 No. 10 October 2005
I like that he spells out what is being talked out: Now consider how a group of poodle experts might use the Web 2.0.
...she subscribes to a virtual clipping service offered by Google News to send her an e-mail alert when one article mentioning "poodle" comes down the wire... using a standard blogging tool like TypePad or Blogger, she posts a quick summary of the review and links to the Amazon page for the book from her blog. [within a few hours, a service called Technorati scans her Web site and notices that she has added a link to a book listed on Amazon. You can think of Technorati as the Google of the blog world, constantly analyzing the latest blog posts for interesting new developments - one feature = frequently updated list of the most talked-about books.] she takes another few seconds to categorize her blog entry , using del.icio.us, which tags it with her content-specific title, like “miniature poodles,” or “dog breeding.” she can also see all the pages that other users have associated with dog breeding. It’s a little like creating a manila folder for a particular topic, and every time you pick it up, you find new articles supplied by strangers all across the Web.
----how different this chain of events is from the traditional Web mode of following simple links between static pages----
one small piece of new information flows through an entire system of reuse and appropriation within hours. some of this information exchange happens on traditional Web pages, but it also leaks out into other applications: e-mail clients, instant-messenger programs.
the initial information value of the review remains: an assessment of a new book, no different from the reviews that appear in traditional publications. as it ventures through the food chain of the new Web, it takes on new forms of value: one service uses it to evaluate the books with the most buzz; another uses it to build a classification schema for the entire Web; another uses it as a way of forming new communities of like-minded people. hmm. buzz, folksonomy- all about like-minded communities, right?
analogy (equivalent? bah) to the difference between a rain forest and a desert: a rain forest is such an efficient system for using energy because there are so many organisms exploiting every tiny niche of the nutrient cycle. we value the diversity of the ecosystem not just as a quaint case of biological multiculturalism but because it so well captures the energy that flows through it.
In the Web 2.0 model, we have thousands of services scrutinizing each new piece of information online, grabbing interesting bits, remixing them in new ways, and passing them along to other services. Each new addition to the mix can be exploited in countless new ways, both by human bloggers and by the software programs that track changes in the overall state of the Web -- Technorati and del.icio.us both began as small projects created by single programmers. All of which makes this the most exciting time to be on the Web since the glory days in the mid-1990s.
DISCOVER Vol. 26 No. 10 October 2005
I like that he spells out what is being talked out: Now consider how a group of poodle experts might use the Web 2.0.
...she subscribes to a virtual clipping service offered by Google News to send her an e-mail alert when one article mentioning "poodle" comes down the wire... using a standard blogging tool like TypePad or Blogger, she posts a quick summary of the review and links to the Amazon page for the book from her blog. [within a few hours, a service called Technorati scans her Web site and notices that she has added a link to a book listed on Amazon. You can think of Technorati as the Google of the blog world, constantly analyzing the latest blog posts for interesting new developments - one feature = frequently updated list of the most talked-about books.] she takes another few seconds to categorize her blog entry , using del.icio.us, which tags it with her content-specific title, like “miniature poodles,” or “dog breeding.” she can also see all the pages that other users have associated with dog breeding. It’s a little like creating a manila folder for a particular topic, and every time you pick it up, you find new articles supplied by strangers all across the Web.
----how different this chain of events is from the traditional Web mode of following simple links between static pages----
one small piece of new information flows through an entire system of reuse and appropriation within hours. some of this information exchange happens on traditional Web pages, but it also leaks out into other applications: e-mail clients, instant-messenger programs.
the initial information value of the review remains: an assessment of a new book, no different from the reviews that appear in traditional publications. as it ventures through the food chain of the new Web, it takes on new forms of value: one service uses it to evaluate the books with the most buzz; another uses it to build a classification schema for the entire Web; another uses it as a way of forming new communities of like-minded people. hmm. buzz, folksonomy- all about like-minded communities, right?
analogy (equivalent? bah) to the difference between a rain forest and a desert: a rain forest is such an efficient system for using energy because there are so many organisms exploiting every tiny niche of the nutrient cycle. we value the diversity of the ecosystem not just as a quaint case of biological multiculturalism but because it so well captures the energy that flows through it.
In the Web 2.0 model, we have thousands of services scrutinizing each new piece of information online, grabbing interesting bits, remixing them in new ways, and passing them along to other services. Each new addition to the mix can be exploited in countless new ways, both by human bloggers and by the software programs that track changes in the overall state of the Web -- Technorati and del.icio.us both began as small projects created by single programmers. All of which makes this the most exciting time to be on the Web since the glory days in the mid-1990s.
Monday, October 3, 2005
responsible linklogging - plasticbag with comments:
Virginia: I think the best linklogs are those written by people who read more widely than just the run-of-the-mill, all-this-turned-up-in-my-newsreader-this-morning types, who tend to prop up memes (and regurgitate Kottke). I like to follow links resulting from personal research - like "I was looking for a picture of an elevator the other day and found this great collection of images of elevators from around the world" - and from truly personal interest. yes yes.
Only real comment I have is that ya missed one of the best "link logging" tools out there. www.shadows.com
It's close to delicious, but it offers more of a social link logging feature in that every page on the net has a "shadow page" where users can tag, rate, or comment...
Very cool actually. → Posted by: Ryan Cochran nice that he made his name link to shadows.com.
Virginia: I think the best linklogs are those written by people who read more widely than just the run-of-the-mill, all-this-turned-up-in-my-newsreader-this-morning types, who tend to prop up memes (and regurgitate Kottke). I like to follow links resulting from personal research - like "I was looking for a picture of an elevator the other day and found this great collection of images of elevators from around the world" - and from truly personal interest. yes yes.
Only real comment I have is that ya missed one of the best "link logging" tools out there. www.shadows.com
It's close to delicious, but it offers more of a social link logging feature in that every page on the net has a "shadow page" where users can tag, rate, or comment...
Very cool actually. → Posted by: Ryan Cochran nice that he made his name link to shadows.com.
Sunday, October 2, 2005
There must be no space between the intitle: and the following word.
Putting intitle: in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting allintitle: at the front of your query. via google-fu. - - - huh. the periods and asterixes yield different results in cases where they seem insignificant to me. what don't I know?
intitle:*.is.the.new.*. -black
this gets my favorite first: Awake is the new Sleep.
got the gist from rw, ah the love of finding what they say.
MemeWatch: They [not shoot] [not horses], don't they? (GgW pattern)
find:gw--
ClicheWatch: What part of [whatever] don't you understand? (GgW)
ClicheWatch: Why do you think they call it [not dope]? (GgW-weird)
ClicheWatch: X, thy name is Y (GgW pattern)
funny--
EbertClicheWatch: "X is one of those Y" (GgW-150-hits)
site:rogerebert.suntimes.com is.one.of.those
Putting intitle: in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting allintitle: at the front of your query. via google-fu. - - - huh. the periods and asterixes yield different results in cases where they seem insignificant to me. what don't I know?
intitle:*.is.the.new.*. -black
this gets my favorite first: Awake is the new Sleep.
got the gist from rw, ah the love of finding what they say.
MemeWatch: They [not shoot] [not horses], don't they? (GgW pattern)
find:gw--
ClicheWatch: What part of [whatever] don't you understand? (GgW)
ClicheWatch: Why do you think they call it [not dope]? (GgW-weird)
ClicheWatch: X, thy name is Y (GgW pattern)
funny--
EbertClicheWatch: "X is one of those Y" (GgW-150-hits)
site:rogerebert.suntimes.com is.one.of.those
how far back on rw? ...into the archives...
FEB(-MAR): no GgW.
JUNE. love that he polled "your least favorite aspect of rwweblog"
ClicheWatch: This is your brain on [not drugs] (GgW pattern)
ClicheWatch: All your [not base] are belong to us (GgW pattern)
idioms: to.beat.the.band
(they) take.that.*.to.the.bank (jaime) pull.any.punches
basic rhythms-cadence~ I.would.if.I.could.but.I --oh, there's a song.
FEB(-MAR): no GgW.
JUNE. love that he polled "your least favorite aspect of rwweblog"
ClicheWatch: This is your brain on [not drugs] (GgW pattern)
ClicheWatch: All your [not base] are belong to us (GgW pattern)
idioms: to.beat.the.band
(they) take.that.*.to.the.bank (jaime) pull.any.punches
basic rhythms-cadence~ I.would.if.I.could.but.I --oh, there's a song.
Saturday, October 1, 2005
minotaur
At the center of attention stands the relationship, conducted wholly by letter over the course of a decade, between a beautiful young English girl and an aging Israeli intelligence operative who adores her -eventually bringing her to adore him - anonymously and from afar. (Implausible as that situation may be, it comes to seem almost believable within Mr. Tammuz's deftly crafted plot; and what remains unbelievable is nonetheless acceptable because of the book's uniform tone of romantic parable.) Four Novels -By David Quammen -NYTimes
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