I'd Start a Revolution...If I Could Get Up in the Morning

I Want

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:39:00 +0000

If you really loved me you'd get it for me. (I'm realizing a lot of my posts lately have been talking about what I want....what can I say? I am a shallow, materialistic being when it comes to books or book paraphernalia)

In other news: it's fall and that makes me happy. Time for turning leaves, tea and caramel machiattos, and failing another year of NaNoWriMo. Yay!!

Two Things

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:45:00 +0000

First, Emily is having an awesome giveaway over at her site of two books that I loved, If Andy Warhol Had a Girlfriend (do not be put off by the title as I was at first) and The Family Fortune (a modern re-telling of Jane Austen's Persuasion). You should totally enter and, while you're there, check out her reviews. I decided this morning that she's my chick lit soul mate when I saw she loved The Family Fortune, which is a fairly unknown book it seems.

Secondly, Adele has an interesting discussion going on over at her blog about contemporary romance in YA. It's so easy for YA romance to become cheese-tastic and she has some great points about what makes YA romance good and, more important BELIEVABLE. As much as I love a good love triangle, it's becoming forced, people. Let's let it go. I love 'em to death but I'm tired of the Sookie Stackhouses, Elena Gilberts, and even (and this is one I've held onto for years because it annoyed me so much) Sydney Bristows that every male is just soooo in love with. Seriously? You all love her? Boring.

How many of us actually sit around moaning about what boy to choose. If you do, I want your life. (or maybe not...it seems like a lot of drama and a lot of energy...that's probably why I don't have these problems. I'm like 'eh, this is exhausting. I'm going to take a nap. Figure it out for yourselves.')

Things I Wish I Had

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:49:00 +0000

This.

Also, stairs would be nice...or a second floor. That would probably be necessary for stairs.

Seriously, I just got new bookshelves and they're already full! I blame Lit Snit (have you seen the new site. I think it's rather pretty if I do say so myself). I'm running out of places to put them so they just end up in huge piles that frighten the cat. I think she's concerned they will fall and crush her which isn't all that crazy.

Oh, did I tell you guys I got a new job? *sigh* I've been a terrible blogger, despite all my claims I was going to blog more. I blame it on this new job. New jobs are exhausting. You actually have to think about the things you're doing instead of having that lovely, almost-robotic approach that comes with being at a job for years.

Anyway, I'm leaving you with some booknerd porn to pass the time. (Note: Not real porn. SFW.)

FREE MONEY!

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:39:00 +0000

Is there anything better than book money? I mean, besides free books (which by the way we're giving away over at Lit Snit.

Tahereh is giving away FREE MONEY!

Lunchtime Poll: Beast-Beast or Human-Beast?

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:35:00 +0000

Lunchtime Poll: Beast-Beast or Human-Beast?

I feel like, while I'm aware it's weird to like a beast/animal thing, if you like the human version of Beast I don't want to know you. (You can attempt to stay in my good graces...but you're going to have to make a pretty compelling argument)

I'm laughing because it's true (See also: weeping)

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:33:00 +0000

Found via Occasional Superheroine

A Few Thoughts on the Emmy Noms

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:39:00 +0000

I have to say I was pretty impressed with the Emmy nomination list this year. Interested in some of my thoughts on the nominations?

Too bad, here they are anyway:

It seems like the powers that be at the Emmys thought long and hard about the drama categories and then it was late and they wanted to go home and watch The Bachelorette so just threw in most of the same nominees from last year along with Modern Family because they heard it was a really good show. Speaking of Modern Family, I really hope all these nominations aren't going to be a yearly thing. Three noms for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series noms? Craziness. Poor Ed O'Neill too. Everyone got nominated but him. Ageism much?
Glee. Oh, Glee, I like you a lot, but COME ON? Best show? I'm sorry, did the powers that be SEE Glee towards the end of the season or did they just hear that their kids really liked it? Yes, Chris Colfer and Mike O'Malley deserve their noms. They made me cry every time they came on screen together, but that show just descended into chaos in the last few episodes. Nothing made sense. The writing was nonsense, the acting suspect, but sure the songs were (mostly) good. (Also, Matthew Morrison? What?!)
Can we all just agree that 30 Rock, Tina Fey, and Alec Baldwin are awesome and give them some kind of permenant award so other people can have a chance?
Love all the Lost noms. If Juliet doesn't win I will burn Emmy headquarters to the ground (not really: please don't send report me)
In other "can we all agree?" news: Can we all agree that January Jones is pretty perfect as Betty Draper, but she's kind of a crap actress all-around? I mean, did you see her SNL thing? The girl was looking at the camera!! I was in one student-produced university cable show and I knew you don't look at the damn camera. Also, maybe saying "Which camera?" in the middle of a LIVE skit isn't the best idea. I don't know maybe the word "live" tripped her up. And if Ashton Kutcher once said to you that maybe acting wasn't for you, it might be good to have a fall back plan.
Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton. I think there was an universal scream of "finally!!" when those two names were announced. Not to hate on January Jones too much but the fact that Connie Britton is even in the same category as Jones makes me wonder if the world has just gone mad.
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series categories are prime examples of "impossible choices." You're making me choose between Lost and Breaking Bad? Seriously? I just...I can't. Okay, Lost...probably, but my Jesse Pinkman better get a win (yes, he's become *my* Jesse Pinkman now). Although Michael Emerson is pretty awesome. Arg!!!
The Conan nom. Some nice vindication but the Emmys I believe have always favored Conan over Leno, so it's not that surprising. I do hope like hell he wins though.
I can't fricking believe John Noble got snubbed for Fringe. WTH? That said, it's a tight category.
Tony Shaloub? What? Didn't Monk end, like, three years ago?

So yeah, I'm sure I have more thoughts, but that's all I can remember right now. I was mostly happy. More so for all the drama nominees, but I was pleased with some of the comedy ones as well. Modern Family, as much as that cast seemed to take over the nominations, is very funny (though I like The Middle slightly better, but that's just me) and Amy Poehler definitely deserves her nom (if Lea Michele wins over Poehler or one of the other nominees I will riot), but I think shows like Community and Party Down were robbed.

What did you guys think of the nominations?

Happy 4th! Now shut up with the fireworks, I'm trying to read.

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:20:00 +0000

Since the inception of LitSnit my to-read pile has grown exponentially. This is just the "to-read this week(ish)" pile (those Patricia Briggs books in the back have already been in the pile a while...). I still have piles of "stuff people lent me months ago I should really read soon" and the "books I bought that intend to read at some point in my lifetime" pile.
I was deeply ashamed when Janelle and Daniela, my LitSnit co-conspirators came over recently and discovered my bookshelves are about 40% full of books I haven't read yet.

I really think I have book ADD. I finish most books I start, but when I go to the library or walk into a bookstore I'm distracted by the new-ness of all the books and can't help walking away with so many books I am on the subway, fearful that my bag is going to split open revealing my insane book nerd to the world.

My parents visited recently and my dad asked me how many books I read in a month. I guessed something like four or five and he started laughing. That was actually the first time I realized this wasn't a normal thing. (Although my mother did say I was definitely her child...not that there was really any question.) My family has always been big readers, the females especially. Packing for our family vacations growing up, it was as important to remember to pack enough to read for the week as it was to pack enough clean underwear.

What about you? How many books, on average, do you read in a month? Read anything good lately?

Girls Do It Too

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:12:00 +0000

I love this article on unlikeable female protagonists from Courtney Summers (who wrote the awesome book Some Girls Are, which I reviewed over at LitSnit). As horrifying as the girls act in Summers' book it's all the more shocking because they're girls and "girls aren't supposed to act like that." But they do. Girls are mean, spiteful, moody and downright nasty sometimes. Guys act like assholes and we find it oddly attractive (Come on, I know I'm not the only one), but girls who act out are somehow unnatural.

Summers' characters are honest and are in no way cut and dry. Like she says, they weren't people I liked, but I found them compelling, which is the basis for good characters.

Look at Breaking Bad. Walter is a horrible guy about 75% of the time, but I have an odd affection for him (unless he's emotionally beating up on Jesse Pinkman...no one hurts my Jesse Pinkman) because he's compelling. He's fricking fascinating. I never know what he's going to do next and now I'm getting upset because I'm reminded that I have to wait until July of next year to see him again. Stupid AMC.

...maybe I could pitch a female Breaking Bad to them...

I've gotten off topic, but what else is new? Read the Summers' article and novels, watching Breaking Bad, you'll understand.

I'm Aware This Post is Utter Nonsense.

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:49:00 +0000

I have gotten to the end of my bag of baby carrots and am left with the one carrot that is weird looking and though I know it's like any other carrot, cannot bring myself to eat it. Look at this thing. Baby carrots should look like baby carrots, not gnarled old man fingers.

...great...now I'm thinking about chewing on old man fingers...there goes the rest of my lunch.

PS. Yes I know my calendar is empty. I jumped the gun and turned to July. Deal with it.

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:31:00 +0000

If anyone's looking for a good book to read might I suggest checking out the new book review site I started with the lovely Janelle and Daniela?

We're still new, but, if you're like me and the title of any book you had interest in goes flying out of your mind the second you walk into a bookstore or library, any suggestions help!

Check us out at Lit Snit!

Those Vampires Think They're Sooo Sneaky

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Sat, 29 May 2010 17:35:00 +0000

but I'm on to them.

In Which Erin Reminds Herself It's Just a TV Show (Lost Finale - spoilers)

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:23:00 +0000

Well...that was just...what can I even say? I still cry a little talking about it. I know it's just a show and in the grand scheme of things it's not a huge deal, but I kind of feel like I lost a loved one.

That's what made the finale so great. Sure it didn't answer a lot of questions, but I feel closure. Like I just went to a funeral of a dear friend who lived a long and good life. I'm sad, obviously, that they won't be around to talk to and hang out with, but there's a certain bittersweet pleasure in the fact that I knew them at all.

I can't remember a finale affecting me like this before. Even the Buffy finale didn't make me feel like I might burst into tears thinking about it days later. Maybe that's because Buffy felt like a loved one that lived the last few years in a little bit of misery and was just finally at peace.

Wow. TV, Erin. Not reality. Remember this.

Still, the Lost finale left me stimulated creatively and gave me a renewed energy to work on the WIP and I think that's the greatest sign of good storytelling. Yeah, okay some of the story didn't actually get told in Lost but when you have scenes like this
and this

how can you complain? (sorry, these gifs are a little wonky. I don't remember where I got them either so if they're yours & you want credit, let me know)

Yes, that's Jate stuff people. The finale made me a Kate fan like I was back in the beginning of first season. That's how good it was. I found myself cheering for her almost as much as I did for Vincent the dog showing up.

I'm going to miss these characters. I remember where I was the first time I saw Lost. I wasn't always the most devoted of fan, downright sneering sometimes (*cough* cage episodes *cough*), but I always had great hopes and affection for the show. It made me want to create characters that could touch people as these characters have. People who were flawed and a little (okay, very) screwed up, but always tried to do the right thing and in the end spent the most important time of their lives with each other.

Okay, I need to finish this before I start getting all weepy again. I just wanted to take a moment to mention a show that was damn good and went out with integrity and was a beautiful portrayal of the human spirit.

Bye, Lost. Thanks for everything. I'll miss you.

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:58:00 +0000

As you can see I may have been overzealous at the library today since I already have some ARCs I need to take home. Sad thing is I stopped at Borders since they informed me I have some Borders Bucks to use, and they will expire Monday. I had to physically restrain myself from buying anything despite the "free" money because, seriously, my to-read pile is about three times this size and I've already run out of shelf room at home.

Why do I never get Borders Bucks when I actually have something in mind to buy (or space to put it)?

This is just another one of those life's little mysteries, like why can't I ever remember the books I added to my goodreads queue when I'm in the library or bookstore? Or why do I always feel like I have nothing to read when you could probably make a small house out of all my books.

Le sigh.

I hope everyone's ready for Lost this weekend! I feel like it hasn't really hit me yet (god, I talk like I'm losing a loved one or something), but mostly because I've been distracted by the CRAZYAMAZING Fringe finale. Seriously, folks, if you're not watching, you need to get on this. It's all sorts of awesome. It almost makes up for the fact that there won't be Lost next season. That and the knowledge that True Blood starts up soon, which I've been preparing for by watching minisodes (how brilliant was the Pam/Eric one??) and listening to the fantastic soundtrack.

Now, I just need to figure out how to get home without all of these books spilling out of my purse all over the subway. (Yes, I have a bag for the library. I remember it about 10% of the time)

And, uh, not that I need any more to read, but anyone have any summer book recs?

Someone Needs to Make this a Reality ASAP

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:26:00 +0000

Brontësaurus might be the most awesome thing ever.

BTW

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:11:00 +0000

By the way, how the hell could they have canceled 10 Things I Hate About You?!
Seriously, what are they thinking?

ABC Family, I've always been quick to defend you because of my crazy love of Greek and my new found affection of 10 Things, but then you threaten Greek and cancel 10 Things??

Not cool.

Ethan Peck (and his deep voice that may or may not make me giggle like a 13 year old that just saw a Jonas brother at the mall) and the girl that plays Kat better get new shows pronto. Preferably together. I need them on my TV.

Things I Love - Part Deux

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:04:00 +0000

In this installment of Things I Love we're going to address one Ms. Kate Nash. I know some people call her a Lily Allen wannabe, and, sure, they're a little similar, but there's something so honest and lovely about her music that I just can't get enough of. Her second album, My Best Friend Is You, just came out and, much like her first album, I don’t love every song but the ones I do I just ADORE.

It's sweet, melancholy, and just a little bit angry. Her music so captures what it's like to be a woman in her 20s (or at any age, really) just trying to figure things out. Her music always says something personal and never apologizes. Even if I don’t love every song, I respect that.

Do Wah Do is awesome. I totally relate to envying "That Girl," the pretty, popular one that everyone loves and you just can't figure out why. I’m not ashamed to admit I kind of dance like a 60s go-go girl when I listen to Do Wah Do. You can’t NOT.

I can't even begin to explain how much I love Nicest Thing off her first album, Made of Bricks. I cried the first time I heard it. It's so wistful and brilliantly captures that love we're all looking for. Probably one of my favorite songs ever.

Buy Made of Bricks
Buy My Best Friend Is You

So that's what I love in music right now. What about you? I love new music. Have any to recommend?

Book Rec Time!

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:15:00 +0000

Lately, despite the awesome new apartment and the gorgeous spring weather (finally!), I've been in kind of a funk. It's work stuff mostly, that cubicle malaise is setting in and I've been feeling like my soul has damn near been sucked by the 9 to 5.

So, in an effort to snap myself out of it, prepare to be spammed by some things I'm loving for the next few days.

The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

I had an ARC of this YA novel for months, never giving it a second thought, until I read a review over at With a Good Book. (BTW: if you are a book lover or even a book liker you should be following this blog. They're awesome and are always having great giveaways)

HOLY CRAP this book is awesome. The Sky Is Everywhere chronicles one summer in the life of 16 year old Lennie, whose sister has just died suddenly from a heart condition. A former wallflower, Lennie must come to terms with who she is without her sister. To complicate matters, Lennie is falling in love for the first time.

Nelson's prose is so heartbreakingly beautiful and her characters so real, you can't help fall in love with this book. Characters that normally would irritate me, like the perpetually exuberant Joe, (who, for some reason, I envisioned as Ethan Peck from 10 Things I Hate About You) the new boy that's just "so perfect," and Lennie's best friend, Sarah who's so quirky you want to vomit, I ended up loving thanks to Nelson's ability to give you just enough of characters eccentricities without making them one-note.

My only complaint about this book would be the setting choice. Nelson introduces a strange hotel room in the middle of a meadow halfway through the novel and I just can't understand why other than because it was some kind of personal fantasy of hers. I know it's supposed to be hippie central northern California, but that just rubbed me as a romance novel cliche and seemed forced.

The Sky is Everywhere might be the best YA book I've read so far this year. Heck, it might be the best book I've read so far this year. I finished it wearing a Joe Fontaine unfreakingbelievable smile on my face. I'm currently reading it again because I devoured it too quickly, as I always do when I adore a book and need to take it all in as quickly as possible. (The main reason you will rarely see me reading mysteries. I have absolutely no patience for suspense.)

I know this just came out, but can't wait to see what Jandy Nelson is going to do next.

What about you? What are you favorite things lately? Any fantastic books you'd recommend?

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:08:00 +0000

The move is over! Huzzah!

It seemed like we'd never actually be in the new place, but here I am typing away at my new desk that I put together just hours ago from the fine people at Ikea (who perhaps need some new cartoonists on their instruction manuals—seriously, when 8 pieces of wood look exactly the same but you tell me just one fits and that Ikea man just sits there on the page SMILING at me, I kind of fly into a murderous rage).

While the process of finding an apartment was an experiment in human suffering, the actual moving process was surprisingly painless. I heartily recommend that everyone in the New York area uses Sven Moving. They're cheap, efficient, good guys who made our moving day really, really easy.

Now that I have my room finally unpacked I really have no excuse not to write, so expect to see that word count widget up again soon.

I leave you with a few move-in day pictures of the new place. And this is during the actual process of moving, so we do not, despite what it might look like, live like crazy people and my room does not look like a prison.

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:23:00 +0000

So I'm in the process of moving. While this excites me because it means I can get rid of the tiny twin bed with coils that I can feel jabbing into my back I brought with me with the thought that I'd be in New York for 6 months (it has now been over 2 years and TheEvilMattressofDoom from my Grandmother's attic has become my mortal enemy) and a desk where I can do actual work AND, best of all, a real dresser instead of one of cloth bins kept in my dresser that seem to eat socks and T-shirts, moving is EXHAUSTING.

First you have to find an apartment, so you see about 30 places, some infested pits that I wouldn't even wish on TheEvilMattressofDoom, others are fantastic magical places that drip gold from faucets and cartoon birds live in the closets and sing you awake but then the realtor informs you its TEN BAZILLION DOLLARS and you hate them for even showing you such things that will never be yours.

Maybe you find a place that's not infested and seems pretty cool, even if there are no cartoon birds, so you put in a bid, imagining your life in this place, mentally planning things like paint colors and furniture position only to learn you've been out-bidded and must return to the soul sucking process of finding a place you can call home.

Then, finally, you're so worn out and exhausted from looking at apartments every day you see one that's only minorly infested and might fit a big girl bed and a tiny dresser and just say, "fine, whatever, this works, as long as I don't have to look at another apartment again. Ever." So now all that's left is giving over every penny you have and ever will have to anyone you ever spoke to about the apartment until you wonder if you will ever see money again, and can you eat TheEvilMattressofDoom? It would probably feed you for a while, right?

So you never want to think about apartments ever again until your roommate mentions the actual act of moving and you suddenly burst into tears at even the thought that horror.

So that's where I'm at right now. Avoidance, tears, and empty pockets.

I know, I know, you're all insanely jealous of my glamorous New York life. What can I say? It's like Sex and the City up in here.

Guilty Pleasures

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:29:00 +0000

Guilty pleasures. I have a lot of them, especially when it comes to TV.

Vampire Diaries happens to currently be one of them. As a former HUGE L.J. Smith fan I was excited, even if Vampire Diaries was always my least favorite series/trilogies of hers (Check out Secret Circle and Night World. They were pretty much on constant rotation when I was in junior high), I'm enjoying the hell out of the show, pretty much because of this guy

I mean, seriously, look at him. And he's snarky and smug and all together an awesome relief to the teen melodrama. And you can totally tell the actor is completely loving playing the character which is always fun to watch.

And if Boone (Okay, Ian Somerhalder, but he'll always be Boone to me) wasn't enough they just announced that David Anders aka Alias' Sark is going to be on the show. Cue me almost choking on a pretzel reading that during my lunch yesterday.

Okay, CW, you got me. You might even start winning out over Community and Parks and Rec as Must See Viewing. Well done.

In other news, I didn't get a whole lot of words in today (barely any, really...yes, the guilt is already setting in...) but I did get a kick ass new blog template! That counts for something, right?

Yeah, I didn't think so either.

Brand New Day

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:34:00 +0000

Well hello there.

I know what you're thinking, "Oh, great, here she is, back with more false promises about how this time she's going to blog with some sort of regularity and finish that novel and generally get her life in some sort of order and become self-actualized, discover the meaning of life, etc., etc., etc."

Well, I can't make any promises (but that meaning of life quandary is days away, I swear), but I have a lovely new computer, soon to go with a lovely new apartment (just as soon as my roommate and I find it) and I'm feeling...hopeful.

What? You wanted more? Hopeful's a helluva lot! God, what do you want from me?

I don't even know if you deserve this anymore, but I've decided posting my word count on the WIP (work in process) will force me to finish this thing. The guilt of putting it all out there will work it's magic on my Midwest Catholic upbringing, shaming me in ways NaNoWriMo cannot.

This one's different though. The WIP has a fluidity that hasn't come with anything else I've worked on before. It has multiple POVs which scares the crap out of me and is incredibly daunting, but these characters speak to me. They're screwed up and incredibly flawed but I just can't get them out of my head. I see things and think, "Oh, Character #1 would LOVE that." It's a kind of crazy that might institutionalize me if I don't put it on paper (or on digital file in this case).

So there it is. It's late and I'm tired after dealing with some realtors and weather that seems to want me dead but I'm going to give it my all. This is my New Year's resolution, finish the WIP.

Better late than never, right?

...right?

Dead Like Me?

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:23:00 +0000

Let’s review Erin’s emotional state of the past few minutes.

12:00 PM General lethargy. Must not fall asleep at desk. Must at least look like I’m working.

12:03 PM Decides to peruse one of the 8,349 film/TV/entertainment blogs she reads. That will keep me awake for a few more minutes.

12:07 PM Sees that they made a Dead Like Me movie, Dead Like Me: Life After Death. HOLY CRAP! NO WAY! HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS? AWESOMEAWESOMEAWESOME

12:08 PM Comes out in February. Sigh.

12:09 PM It’s directed by Stephen Herek (The Mighty Ducks, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead). Um…well…maybe.

12:10 PM Bryan Fuller isn’t involved at all. …ugh.

12:11 PM Watches the trailer.

Who’s doing the voice over? That better not be George because it sounds like she lost all awesomeness she had in the series. And what's with the nose thing?
Desmond (a la Lost, otherwise known as Henry Ian Cusick) is in it. Kinda cool.
No Rube. Double ugh.
George’s hair. WTF?
Reggie has grown up. Into an extra from High School Musical? What’s up with her crappy dialogue?
Daisy is played by a different actress. Uh, wuh?
Mason. *smiley sigh*

This has the potential to be the greatest decimation of one of my favorite shows. Let’s all stay tuned.

Here's the trailer for your viewing pleasure (or displeasure)

NaNoWriMo Check In

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:35:00 +0000

“Hey,” someone said to me the other day, “it’s the halfway point in NaNoWriMo. How ya doing?”

“WHAT?!” I shriek. “HALFWAY? How did that happen? Why didn’t someone warn me?”

The person backs up slowly (partly to do with my sudden flailing about). “Well, you do have a calendar…”

“Calendar?! A calendar cannot tell me I am half way through November! A calendar cannot kick me in the butt and say ‘get to writing, dummy.’ Whyohwhy can’t someone build me a robot that will remind me daily that I should be writing and zap me ever time I stray from my word document to watch Home Movies on adultswim?” (Best cartoon ever? Methinks yes.)

Needless to say my friend had fled by this point and I was standing in a Starbucks yelling at the barista to give me my coffee because THERE ISN’T ANY TIME TO WASTE! I SHOULD BE WRITING AT THIS VERY MOMENT!

In fact…what am I doing talking to you people?! I have no time to update you on my super-exciting life, awesome thoughts, or hilarious anecdotes. I MUST WRITE.

Seriously. We’re at Defcon One, people. Def. Con. Freaking One..

I will finish my novel this year.

I swear.

Well, I’ll get to 50,000 words at least.

Well, 30,000 is just as good as 50,000. It’s a good solid number.

Okay, am sitting down to write.

…Oooh NewsRadio is on Hulu?

George Clooney Stares at Goats. Pass it on.

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:23:00 +0000

Who thought George Clooney could never look creepy/like your uncle Merl who always has food in his mustache?

Raise your hands ...

Yeah. Me too.

Until I saw this,

and hysterical laughter ensued.

"George Clooney dons a man's Farrah Faucet wig and handsome mustache on set for Men Who Stare at Goats. Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges are starring in the adaptation of Jon Ronson's 2004 novel about the Army’s First Earth Battalion, a group that tries to use psychic abilities for warfare. And the journalist (McGregor) who investigates. The film is shooting in New Mexico right now." [Geek Tyrant]

...so...this is supposed to be a drama?

Yeah, I don't think I can take that mustache seriously.

And I love psychic stories, but aren't movies that involve psychics always pretty lame? (Though I am looking forward to Push because let's face it, action+psychics/people with abilities+Chris Evans=fun. I don't care if its a rip off of Heroes. It's Chris Evans, people. I sat through Fantastic Four 2 for that boy. I have no shame.)

Anyway, let's hope the cast of Men Who Stare at Goats (the impressiveness of the cast is only surpassed by the ridiculousness of that title) can pull it off.