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I'm so ready for the Olympics.
TV is sparse lately. All I had to watch this week was TVD and Chuck. And Psych, but that was boring. Totally wanted to throw up when Victor Newman's fugly mug turned up again on Y&R. He was not missed.
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LOL, I'm listening to podcasts while I write this, and Rihanna just startled me out of my typing by saying Drake's "Best I Ever Had" is one of the best hip hop songs of the past decade. I like that song too, but really.
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On a somewhat-related note, I was interested to read that Nielsen reported 45% of people who regularly play video games are, in fact, women. Food for thought, people who make video games!
And now they've cast Blake Lively as an "aerospace executive" who hires the Green Lantern and also plays his love interest. I really like Blake Lively on Gossip Girl, but there's no way she's going to make a believable aerospace mogul. She's just too damn young. She's 22! IMO, she's also probably too young to play Ryan Reynold's love interest. I know people hate Gwyneth Paltrow, but at least the guys in charge of casting Iron Man had the wherewithal to cast someone of an appropriate age to play opposite Robert Downey Jr. Even though I adore Rachel McAdams, I thought she was badly miscast in the Sherlock Holmes movie. She just looked too young to be a woman capable of outsmarting RDJr's Holmes and holding his attention. Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane didn't help Superman Returns suck less, either.
So IDK, this movie is shaping up to be particularly failtastic for me. Even Blake Lively's role annoys me. As if womens' roles in superhero movies aren't already problematic enough, she's a (totally realistic!) high-powered executive who hires a "cocky testpilot" and ends up falling in love with him. Cringe.
In happier Blake Lively-related comic book news, Gossip Girl is now a Korean manga. I love how Blair wears a crown, Serena sparkles, and Dan needs glasses to convey that he's smart -- and he is smart, only less with the socially awkward and more with the evil genius. Hilariously, it looks like there will be Dan/Blair (sort of), and Nate is practically non-existent. Whoever is writing this obviously prefers the show.
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But I actually enjoyed the change of scenery. And I look quite fetching in my winter running getup, if I do say so myself. Plus I get the chance to break out all of my cute scarves, gloves, and mittens I only get to use once or thrice every year.
Now if it would just SNOW. If it's going to be this cold, I deserve snow.
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Anyway, most everything in GA runs January-March or late October-December, since it's just too damn hot the rest of the year. I won't be ready for anything this spring, so I guess I have until October to get ready. I don't want to start with a scarily massive race, so that's a no on Peachtree and ING. There's a Zooma Atlanta women's half-marathon in November that sounds cool. It winds through downtown plus the Olympic parks and ends with a party at Atlantic Station that I'll probably be too tired to enjoy. But at least I'd be able to lure my sisters along for moral support, since they love Atlantic Station. And it might be a little less intimidating if it's girls only?
Of course, I don't HAVE to run in Atlanta. The Callaway Gardens and Savannah races are out (they're both in the next two months), but I'm seriously considering the Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon. I'm not into Civil War history, but it was the only GA marathon that ranked (#3!) in the Runner's World reader recommended marathons, and it's supposed to be really scenic. As a bonus, I'm relatively familiar with Chattanooga. If I brought someone along with me, I could probably even make it a weekend trip. I'd be tempted to stay at the Sheraton downtown (it's a nifty historical hotel; the time I stayed there, they happened to be hosting a Sherlock Holmes convention), but it's probably a waste of money.
It's too bad I can only do one of those (they're within six days of each other) because they both sound nice. I'm leaning towards Zooma, since it's less hassle and money. But it seems like kind of a shame not to run such a highly rated race when it's so close and I know my way around and everything.
I guess I have a while to think about it. I might try an off-road 10K in the meantime. And I'm looking forward to seeing all the Resolutioneers hit the road tomorrow! I'd gotten to the point where I basically recognize most of the people who regularly run or walk around me (in the early evening, anyway) so it'll be interesting to see if there are a bunch of new people for the next month or two.
ANYWAY. I know everyone is still enjoying (and kicking back after) Yuletide, but
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chocolatepot is trying to gauge interest in a public domain fic exchange. For fandoms like The Secret Garden, Little Women, Jane Austen, Sherlock Holmes, Anne of Green Gables, Peter Pan, probably myths and fairytales -- basically anything you can think of that's in the public domain. It sounds like a cool idea to me.Favorite moment so far: Helping my mom cut up all the vegetables for pot roast, then opening up the Whole Foods bag only to discover that my dad bought a prime rib roast instead of a pot roast. *facepalm*
Can't wait to dig into Yuletide tomorrow. :D
This shouldn't surprise anyone, least of all me, but when I saw that headline this morning I had an irrational fit of DNW DNW FAIL FAIL FAIL rage. The X-Factor is everything I hate about Idol times five. The judges pick the contestants' songs. The judges mentor contestants and compete against the other judges. Worst of all, the judges pick the bottom 2, which is obviously ridiculous and unnecessary. (We didn't need to vote Matt Giraud off Idol three times last season, just saying.) And I seriously doubt a producer-chosen Bottom 2 will get rid of the Sanjayas and Taylor Hickses any faster. Jedward, anyone? It will just be cannon fodder and contestants like Scott and Syesha (who serve a purpose but aren't meant to win) who get the shaft. DO NOT WANT THE X-FACTOR.
I need to talk about Private Practice, which was relatively momentous for Private Practice. But, I mean. I sort of don't want to. ( Okay, but I will. )
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The Good Wife is so excellent. How does this show have no fandom? There are kick ass ladies! Who are more interested in their jobs than relationships! And the cases aren't boring! And the characterization is great! And there's more moral ambiguity than you can shake a stick at! And a mystery arc! I wish more people watched this with me because it's totally the kind of show I enjoy talking about. But I think it is just me and
mardia? ( The Good Wife! )I have been having to replace my running stuff left and right. I finally splurged on a pair of Nike sport headphones after my second pair of Philips broke. I was SO pissed when they stopped working altogether; I almost had a total meltdown on the side of road, seriously. I was thisclose to pulling them off my head, throwing them on the ground, and stomping them into little pieces. And my running shoes were literally shot (completely worn to smoothness on the balls of my feet, so I bought new running shoes the other day. I like them except for how much stiffer they are compared to my old ones. They have more support since I apparently overpronate; I actually had holes in the upper under the bone where your big toe starts, yiiiikes. On the bright side, they totally glow in the dark -- the whole shoe is reflective! I hate how dark it gets this time of year, but at least it is fun to look down and see my shoes glowing.
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I've been reading the albums-of-the-decade lists, and the biggest problem I have with most of them is that they're too light on albums and songs from the first half of the decade. I'm also stupefied that Green Day is RS's 'Artist of the Decade,' even though I love them. (My pick? Kanye West. He released three great albums and one interesting, heartbroken one. His impact on his genre was massive, and his influence is undeniable.) Some lists are way too heavy on a couple of indie bands I just do not get at all, like Animal Collective.
As far as the music of 2009 goes, it was a pretty underwhelming year from where I'm standing. I'm particularly ready for all of the ironic music acts that invaded Top 40 radio to hit the road. 3Oh3, LMFAO (or whatever), Cobra Starship, Ke$ha, etc. It was fun for a minute, but I'm way past over it. Tik tok on your 15:00 clock, guys.
P.S. Thank you for my snafuflake cookie, anonymous gift-giver!
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I just wanted to go super androgynous glam, kind of campy and outlandish. I love imagery like that... It’s just funny, because the second a guy starts doing things out of the box, people get all freaked out. But women do it all the time, so it’s an interesting double standard.
To some people, me being sexual is really offensive because I’m gay. They’re like, he’s being really gay. And I’m like, actually, no, because there’s no other guys up here. I’m just being sexual. And male sexuality is frightening to America. Female sexuality -- it might not be the best example of it, but it’s all over the place. Overt female sexuality might be degrading. It might not be the most feminist type of sexuality, unless you look at it like the woman’s in control, so she’s got the power. Sexuality is just -- people are so freaked out by it. The double standard is that a woman can get away with it but a man hasn’t been able to yet.
Access Hollywood: But you know [Adam's AMA performance] is going to be edited? You know there are going to be some people around the country who are not going to see that?
Adam Lambert: Well, you know, if it's edited, that's discrimination.
Access Hollywood: Will you be upset?
Adam Lambert: I will, because there is a little bit of discrimination going on in this country. There's a big double standard. Female pop artists have been doing things provocative like that for *years*, and the fact that I'm a male and I'll be edited and discriminated against could be a problem.
Adam: There's a little bit of a double standard going on. I think that female performers over the past twenty or so years in the pop music world have been asserting their sexuality, and I think it's a great thing. And the minute a guy does it in a more alternative way, people freak out.
DJ: When Britney and Madonna kissed, nobody wigged out. They didn't edit it out of the west coast feed.
Adam: That's the double standard. [...] My question is, we're living in a free country, freedom of speech, freedom of expression. It should be an equal opportunity situation. If you're gonna censor me, you need to censor the women too.
Adam: I did something that female performers have been doing for years. No difference. It's just the fact that I'm me, and it's a little different for some people. It's really not that big of a deal.
Ryan: Do you think there's a double standard?
Adam: I do think there's a slight double standard, yeah. I think we've seen female pop performers doing extremely sexual routines for years. And all the sudden a guy does it, and it's crazy.
Adam: In our society, male sexuality is so watered down that I don't really know if I can really name anybody that's uber sexy in the celebrity spotlight that's a guy because I feel like no one's really allowed to express real sexuality.
DJ: Why is that, is that a backlash, is that a sexist backlash? Why is that, because I agree with you.
Adam: I think it's like a weird post-feminist thing or something. I think that women in the entertainment community have been able to be very overt and own their sexuality. I think that's great. But it really hasn't been the case for men, unless you're like, a rapper. I think it's also a generational and racial type thing. I think black men can be very sexual, and I respect that and admire that. I wish it was the same for the white rocker dude.
DISCUSS.
And I do not (just) mean that ironically. Some of what he's said here is obviously clueless, to put it generously. But some of it is interesting, at least insofar as it's always interesting to me when different civil rights interests run up against each other. Plus Adam obviously sees the hierarchy of sexual freedoms/liberation very differently from me.
This show is legit GOOD TIMES, you guys! --> ( Vampire Diaries )
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I watched How To Steal a Million for the first time the other night, and I liked it better than To Catch a Thief, is that sacrilegious? (NOTE: sacrilegious is hard to spell!) I just wish Peter O'Toole had been the person in charge of assessing the Venus for the insurance policy, for maximum dramatic irony.
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( I need to have some ALL CAPS words with Gossip Girl now. )
I feel like I should talk about Vampire Diaries while I am at it... trying to remember what happened...
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OH, PRINCIPLES. How very ~small tent~ of me.
ETA: OH! I meant to talk about this earlier, but I heard last week that one of Georgia's gubernatorial candidates signed some ridiculous letter demanding that President Obama release his birth certificate. Yeah, turns out it was Nathan Deal. My congressman. I would despair, but I do not have any despair about my surroundings (politically speaking, otherwise it's quite nice!) left. I will just be exasperated instead.
And I need that T.I. cover yesterday. And I loved "Ease Off the Liquor" in the promo, so appropriate.
Okay, brb, listening to new Kris Allen and Maaaayer. Too much fun new music lately, I can't handle it. Have you guys heard the new Swell Season? Fucking guh.
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Even though I usually hate law procedurals, I'm officially on board with The Good Wife. I was going to write about it, but
mardia says pretty much everything I was going to say about how impressed I am with it in this post. This show has really great casting.( The last two episodes of Gossip Girl. )
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Hopefully the Senate will water that shit down. Since watering stuff down is pretty much all the Senate is good for.
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