Chaos Theory

FARK said it first:

"Finally, an opera with a little something for everyone: Hitler, Uncle Sam, Marilyn Monroe, 35 extras between the ages of 50 and 69 wearing nothing but Mickey Mouse masks. As a bonus, it's set in the smoking ruins of the World Trade Center"

Heh.

Entries from the DIY Cylon contest. UNICYLON!

Waiting in the wings (FBOFW)

"He compounds his sin by punnily stating he'll be there if she should need someone who might actually leave the Holy City of Milboring. Sure, she smiles politely but secretly wishes he'd end up like the Nazis in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". That's her story and she's sticking to it. She doesn't want him to pine away for her because it gives her a sick thrill to have men dangling on the hook. That wouldn't be nice and she's always nice. Unless you're a cheater or a picky-face, that is."

• "I think maybe it's Liz who's becoming the new Anthony. She's reminding me of the Anthony of December 2001, newly engaged, yet keeping options open with someone else. Otherwise, why is Liz not retorting, "Anthony's the right guy, so you'd better move on!"
• "Shoot, she couldn't even spin around the room and yell "If this is love, I'm loving it!" with Granthony."
• "The nerve of that Warren. How dare he pine after someone like that?
  Oh wait, Granthony did the same thing. nvm."
• "and Lynn just had to add in the thing about waiting for Liz, didn't she?"
• "I bet she's been waiting to use "waiting in the wings" for years with the flyboy."
• "Warren and Liz are no Bogart and Bergman."
• "Of all the cinnamon-bun counters in all the car dealerships in the world, why did she have to walk into mine?"  Heh heh."
• "We'll always have Saskatoon!"
• "Why is marriage of such importance in the Foobiverse if no one's supposed to respect it?"
• "marriage is important only if its Patterson approved...otherwise its wrong and needs to be broken up if it dares to fall outside Patterson blessings..."
• "But it's Lizthony that's not being respected, and that is Patterson approved."
• "Judging by recent CT entries, even the Kool-Aid Nation are seeing that this is all wrong. No passion between Liz and Anthony, Liz's body language around Warren, Warren's promise to WAAAAAAAIT!!"
• "This wedding is another example of Lynn Johnston working through her divorce and what appears more and more to be the majour bone of contention between her and Rod Johnston, i.e. when she agreed to live in Lynn Lake with the flying dentist when they were married, and then forced him to move to Corbeil.
  Warren Blackwood represents the flying Rod Johnston, who has to fly. Elizabeth represents Lynn Johnston , who has to have a stable home environment near places to shop. The affection Liz shows to Warren and the lack of "love" between Liz and Anthony represents Lynn Johnston's current belief about marriage: It is better to marry a man you don't love, who does not want to move from where you want to live, than to marry a man you do love, who wants to live some place else you don't want to live."

All I can say to this casting is...

TEEN?!?!

You know what's cool?

Seeing people you've met in photos all over the dang place, being happy.

When a leggings obsession goes too far

"Like every other bottle-blonde celebrity in Hollywood, Lindsay Lohan has launched her own clothing line. The "much anticipated" line consists of one thing and one thing only: leggings.
Does this not surprise anyone else?
Lohan's legging line, 6126, features an array of leggings. In fact, one pair even has built-in knee pads. How perfect for the city chic biker. Now, instead of looking foolish with actual kneepads you can look ultra fabulous with two-in-one biker-friendly leggings.
Give me a break.
Certainly Lohan was thinking of the environment when she designed the versatile leggings. These glamorous bottoms will surely promote bike riding among the fashionista, or maybe just the pre-teen community and help to eliminate carbon emissions from vehicles. But something tells me probably not.
If you're not a biker and you sport the kneepad legging look, one may question your moral integrity. These leggings leave wearers subject to ridicule. And really? Knee pads on leggings? That is what I call an open invitation to sexual harassment.
Aside from bike riding and provoking unwanted sexual innuendos, knee pad leggings can also be used for a number of other recreational and outdoors activities: rollerblading, volleyball, hockey and gardening.
Lohan's line isn't limited to padded wear; thoughtfully included in the line is a pair of thigh-high leggings fit for any Vegas rate street-walker. Also debuting in the line are leggings that zip from the ankle to the knee. When would you need to unzip your leggings?
Well, to rephrase, when would you need to unzip your leggings to just above the knee? I guess in searing temperatures one could unzip said leggings and have them flutter in the wind behind them for an instant cool down. Mark my words, if I ever see that, expect to be handcuffed and interrogated by the fashion police.
If it wasn't insulting enough to the fashion community to launch a line devoted to leggings, how wretched would it be to have a clothing line named after you, comprised of nothing but leggings?"

Um, guys?

Lost question: isn't Anthony "Sawyer" Cooper Locke's dad since they had the whole KIDNEY DONATION testing thing going on?

Well, that's sleazy.

"A psychologist who helps lead the post-traumatic stress disorder program at a medical facility for veterans in Texas told staff members to refrain from diagnosing PTSD because so many veterans were seeking government disability payments for the condition." (Washington Post)

Bacon zen

Link roundup.

Oooh, lampwork bead browsing

*drools*

My favorites:

• isis
• All the Terra ones, really.
• Zoozizoo.
• All the tea roses too, really.
• Terra jewels.
• Vista.
• Sphere.
• Twilight.
• Saltwater taffy.
• Ritual.
• Ribbon dance.
• Ring of fire.
• Perfume.
• Gift.
• Euphoria.
• Cherish.
• Cherry Bomb.
• Botanika.
• Cecelia.

Best beer names

Hah, I saw a polygamy shirt last weekend.

More suggestions on Metafilter.

Why?

Hello Kitty Nun.

"I own several."

Hee.

Interview with Carter Bays

Hinty-spoilerish for HIMYM.

Interview with Joss

"And I thought about it for a bit and then literally went, oh, curse word, I just came up with the show and the title. And it was the title that I knew I was doomed. Because if you have the title, you know it's right. And that's just bad.

So I went home and said, "Honey, I'm sorry, I accidentally agreed to a Fox show at lunch."
That was some lunch. What did you eat?
The Gouda pizza with shrimp at the Ivy [at] the Shore. Eliza still looks around the set and goes, "That's all the Gouda pizza." Back then, I was all hopeful about it. Now I'm exhausted about it. That pizza's ruined my life."

Cool Dollhouse spoilers.

This ______....

...looks like a duck.

I like this.

Rapunzel Rescues Herself.

Gossip trading cards.

Pure gold.

Go California

Yay, gay marriage legal here!

RIP Liz's sense of adventure (FBOFW)

"Panel 4: He agrees with that but says he'd have asked her to come with him. She says she'd have said no because she got all that silly need to expand her horizons out of her system...
Panel 5 ...while he's condemned himself to live a pointless, barren existence filled with useless things like personal growth and fulfillment. The unlucky fool will never have the freefloating rage and constant frustration that is Foobkind's destiny."

• "And herein lies my problem with Liz in the last year and a half or so: She's lost her sense of adventure.
  She went from wanting to be in the North and exploring a new life to coming home, living a couple minutes from Mommy and Daddy, settling down with Anthony, and playing And-Baby-Makes-Three with Francie.
  I want the Liz who had a lust for life. Not the Liz who has a mild interest in it."
• "That Liz died the moment she yelled "WAIT!!" at the news that Anthony was single and available."
• "I suspect it's some kind of Manchurian Candidate take-off. The trigger was news that Anthony was available and the brainwashed drone Elly had prepared subsumed Liz's own personality."
• "Now I'm trying to picture Iggy Pop singing "Mild Interest In Life," and even as a commercial for cruise lines, I'm not feeling it."
• "Did Lynn intend for Elizabeth to appear madly in love with Warren here or what? She looks like she's quietly in awe of him for having such an adventurous future ahead."
• "I can't believe Warren would actually believe Liz would be willing to move across an ocean. I mean, this is the same woman who gave up a good and happy life at a relatively long distance from home just so she could marry the blandest man alive.
  And he thinks she would move thousands of miles away?  What drugs is he on?"
• "Aaaand the character assassination is complete. Not only is Warren a total cad, he's willing to work overseas for an OIL COMPANY. *gasp*! Because you damn well know if this was Blandthony, he'd be leaving to deliver shipments of 100% organic cotton pillows to refugees."
• "And he'll be dead before September."
• "Thank goodness we won't see much of how Liz's life pans out because it would be as bleak as something Tom Batiuk would churn out."
• "AUGH. AUGH. This is the exact same situation Liz had with Paul, only the positions are reversed! Why was it perfectly acceptable for Liz to suddenly want to move hundreds of miles away and ask Paul to follow her, yet Warren is stupid and naive to want Liz to do the same? Granted, Liz and Paul were in a real relationship at the time (supposedly). But still. Here Liz is all "Duh, of course I wouldn't uproot my entire life just for your whim, and that's why a relationship between us couldn't last." But she was asking Paul to do the exact same thing, and was shocked, SHOCKED when the relationship fell apart.
  Actually, Liz's expectations for Paul were even more presumptuous. At least Warren hasn't asked Liz to transfer to a new area & new job to be closer to him, and then suddenly dumped the overseas thing on her."
• "Wait, the dialog's not quite right... let me fix it.
  WARREN LIZ: I'd have asked you to come with me!
  LIZ PAUL: And, I'd have said "No."
  LIZ PAUL: And... you'd have gone anyway."
• "Warren does not get it. Liz will never leave Milborough. She destroyed her relationship with Paul Wright in order to come to Milborough. She is going to marry a man she cannot say she loves, because all appearances are he is the type of guy to never leave Milborough. The only way Warren can court this Milborough-obsessed woman is to get a job in Milborough and promise to never, ever leave the wretched, Patterson-infested place."

Oprah, Queen of Dogs

Yup, freaky sculpture guy is back.

"Edwards has transformed Winfrey into a golden goddess, replete with flowing mane and supporting life-sized likenesses of her dead dogs Sophie and Gracie atop her stately head. Yes, that's right. She's immortalized toting two dogs on her noggin -- which may just be slightly more asinine than Sarah Jessica Parker's "Sex and the City" premiere hat and conjures up many questions about sanitation and, like, if there's a dog park or something up there for them to relieve themselves. I know I'm being too literal and not sitting back and letting the "artiness" of the experience wash over me, but we're already being asked to disregard several laws of physics and the fact that the real Oprah would have Gayle King -- not her dogs -- perched up there.

Earlier this year, he debuted the Egyptian-esque Oprah Sarcophagus to an equally sickened-yet-fascinated public."

Oh Cary Tennis no

I won't bother to copy anything from today's letter in Salon (I will just leave it at, he didn't bother to answer the question even, COME ON), but I liked this letter in response to the non-answer:

"Cary, honey, no: Today's answer: well intentioned but all wrong. It's a little like watching you get repeatedly punched in the face and claim the abuser just happened to trip and land fist first on your face."

Wow.

What a dragon!

Huh.

First review of Zack and Miri comes out. There's...issues.

OH WIKIPEDIA NO

I had to laugh and laugh at this. Reposted and copied for obvious reasons:

"Although Edward lived as a vampire without romantic love for nearly a century before meeting Bella, he finds it difficult to live without her, becoming depressed at the prospect of an infinitely long and meaningless life. After mistakenly believing that Bella is dead, Edward attempts EDWARD CULLEN IS MADDD SEXXXYY DONT TAKE THIS OFF YOU JEALOUS PEOPLE> YOU KNOW HE IS SOO SEXYYYYYto convince a group of Italian vampires, the Volturi, to kill him."

But don't you want a traditional suburban life? (FBOFW)

You have to, don't you?

• "This strip is the compendium of crap. It has everything that has gone wrong with the Foobs in the past few years, all in four short panels. Character assassination, constant coffee drinking, windshield wiper Liz, retcons, ugly faces, a gobsmacked look, lips of loveliness, an atrophied hand. It just doesn't get much worse than this, that is until tomorrow's strip."
• "I also love how Liz just assumes that because he's now heading towards a career that will keep him in one place she assumes that he'll follow the "Patterson pattern" now that all that nasty adventuring is out of his system. Of course he'll want to meet someone, settle down, buy a house and raise a family. And of course, he's the bad guy for not wanting to be tied down."
• "But honestly now. Now that you've decided to settle down and get a regular job, a fellow is supposed to AUTOMATICALLY want to marry, buy a house & raise a family? Thank God Anthony is going to marry Liz, Thank GOD in all His Variations! If that's as adventurous as The Adventurous One wants to get, then yes, Anthony is just right for her. Nothing against this way of life, mind you, but the way it's written, it's as if this is the ONLY way of life NORMAL people should ever want. And there's no hint of interesting or fun hobbies or adventures on the weekend or vacations; no, the Patterson idea of fun is trying decaf or a cleverly decorated coffee mug.
  Run, Warren. There's no law that says you can't fly AND have a regular job at the same time. News crews and police chopper pilots do it every day."
• "I also can't get around the trajectory--if you get married, you MUST immediately get the house and family. Gad, has Lynn not ever heard of COUPLES who continue to do fun exciting things without jumping into middle-aged responsibilities?"
• "She makes me ashamed to be middle class and white."
• "Warren’s refusal to accept the Patterson way of life, so surprises Liz that she causes her coffee cup to levitate between her hands and makes the back of her chair disappear. I think Liz did not seem to get the idea that Warren’s decision to quit his job and move to Milborough was only for the purpose of satisfying her desires in a man, and not because he actually wanted to do it."
• "Liz, on the other hand, has decided that Warren should stay in Milborough with a wife, kids, and a house. The obvious assumption is that this is because that's what she sees as the ideal life. However, it's also interesting to note that she wants him in Milborough. From his last visit she knows that he's crashing at a friend's apartment. He certainly hadn't committed at that point to permanent residency, and it's unlikely that he's decided to after Liz (the only reason he's there) dumped him. My guess is that Liz still wants to keep Warren around as a spare."
• "There's nothing wrong with wanting a normal, settled, house-and-kids life, but I hate the way the strip portrays people who DON'T want this life as damaged somehow. The few supporting characters who haven't fallen into this lifestyle all have something wrong with them--Weed was neglected by his parents throughout childhood, Fiona was outright abused and abandoned (according to the bio), Candace was preyed upon by her creepy stepdad."

"Both managed to make it to Wednesday without being busted again"

This is just all kinds of disgusting.