Below are the most recent 6 friends' journal entries.

Sunday, November 29th, 2009
randomsome1	8:20p	iLolled From twitter: Baronetess, aka our KBella: 2,333 views on the New Moon spoof. That's word. Me: @baronetess - I'm going out to subject more people to our creation. And by "more people" I might mean "bellydance superstars." newageamazon: @acaseofrandom YOU ARE NOT SHOWING THAT VIDEO TO RACHEL BRICE. ~~ Dear bacon-cheesy jeebus, this weekend was awesome. I kept up with the Rachel Brice seminar, then I overloaded on Mardi Love's subsequent seminar and ended up in the back of the room with a bunch of other overloaded people, muttering on about how this was not Sparta and I was lost. The show on Saturday night was ridiculous--and possibly the biggest turnout for a bellydance show I've seen in the Pittsburgh area. And Zoe Jakes brainsquished the hell out of me on Sunday with the variants of pops & locks, then with the how-to of her choreography from the night before. Also, I can still walk. I'm astounded. Apparently working out worked for me. I'm not sure I expected them all to be so personable. Mardi made faces back when I made faces at her and I kept my hands to myself this time, Rachel struck funny poses (and got photobombed) and made terrible jokes and randomly kissed me on the cheek RACHEL BRICE KISSED ME, and Zoe told stories of boobies and misbehavior and fire-setting at Burning Man--stories which, if she follows through and comes to Pennsic, will result in us making the Pyro Pirate Party. And possibly in us getting kicked out for stealing golf carts and/or setting things on fire. God, I hope she comes to Pennsic. ~~ Also, Pittsburgh's Southside being what it is on the weekends, I got to watch a drunk douchebag assault a city bus. The show started with him standing in the middle of the crosswalk like some smashed, overly territorial pigeon, yelling at nothing. No words--just yelling. "AAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Someone went out and tried to move him before the light could turn. He resisted, squirmed loose, and kept yelling. "AAAAAAAHHH! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" The would-be savior left, a bus pulled up at a nearby lane . . . and the kid launched himself at it. "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" At first he just waved his arms at it--then flattened himself to its windshield and slapped the glass. Still yelling. The light turned, but for some reason no one moved. "AAAAAAAH! AAAAAAHHH!" This is about the point where the cops pulled up. For some reason, this is also about the point where the kid got very quiet. They tried to guide him off the street, he resisted, one pointed a taser at him, he bolted--and immediately hit the concrete. Last I saw they were cuffing him. Snarky commentary was provided by me, random street musicians, and a panhandler. ("Don't tase him, bro!"--"Tase him, bro!") ~~ Also: The cheery take on fmylife.com is itmademyday.com. I won't say it because it'd be redundant. :P (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
randomsome1	11:04p	Racefail: The bestselling YA version As I've mentioned before, Mark of Buzznet has been reviewing the Twilight series chapter by chapter. He's sworn at it, he's snarked at it, he's macro-spammed at it, he's written his own autopsy and claimed his death was caused by the books. But I think this is the first time I've seen him be so outright, clearly, pointedly angry. What'd he get into to make him this pissed off? Oh, just SMeyer's writing about how Mexicans are violent awful people (as opposed to the "civilized" north), and how being a vampire automatically makes you white. This shit makes me tired. (17 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
randomsome1	7:26p	I've realized I've picked up a horrible habit of writing characters who have to make really awful decisions. I've also realized it's pretty hard for me to write my way out of these really awful decisions. . . . I also know that pulling these things off will make for a much stronger storyline. It's an awful slew of things, too. From possibly justifying genocide, to stripping away a person's free will, to a group out to trick society into a religious revolution, to this terribly fucked up ficwreck that takes a half an hour to explain the setup for let alone write . . . Sometimes I wonder why I never get anything done. (But if I get two of three of those done, there's a very high likelihood they'll be marketable. Just need to get back to work.) (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 20th, 2009
randomsome1	8:40p	the best worst movie ever Today, two young women got dramatically offended because I suggested a book to them that wasn't Twilight. It seems Twilight means very much to them; so much that it was untoward of me to suggest other reading material. Dear bleached-blond bottle-tanned Barbie-wanna-be Twitards, Why so serious? We're gonna get flamed so hard. It took less than a half hour for us to get our first flame. :D (12 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
randomsome1	1:31a	randomness Me: I'm outside your houuu-seeee! newageamazon: Okay! Me: With my pants in my lap! newageamazon: . . . What? ~~ Also, it appears the publisher Harlequin has shot themselves in the nuts. They added on a new vanity publishing wing--a wing towards which authors who are rejected from their commercial branches will be funneled. Reactions seem to vary from "But self-publishing isn't bad!" (which completely ignores how this isn't self-publishing, it's vanity publishing, and yes it fucking is) to the hardcore, as the RWA (Romance Writers of America) has (have?) revoked Harlequin's recognized publisher status. I'll be the first person to mock the romance novel section, sure--but that's still one hell of a shitty thing to do to potential authors: lure them in with an established name, reject their novel, then flip them over and shake them for whatever money may come out while telling them that this is really the best way for their career to start. (You go, RWA. Rock on with your bad, frequently badly written selves.) ~~ Also, Gunnerkrigg Court ate my brain. It's much fun. (19 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
randomsome1	4:53p	Poll #4604 So . . . Open to: All, results viewable to: All If Random really wants to be healthy, what's the least healthy thing for her to keep doing? View Answers Having a clove every two weeks or so. 3 (42.9%) Having a meal at the Chinese buffet every week or two. 1 (14.3%) Turning her ankle every time she goes to walk a dog. 3 (42.9%) Things to keep in mind: Cloves are awfully hard to get in the states anymore, and make me hungry. The Chinese buffet has all-you-can-eat sushi. The doggies need exercise. So do I. I can't read the warnings on my clove package--these ones are from Indonesia--but I know what they say about all the awful things that can happen to smokers. A typical buffet run involves two plates and me whining about a food coma for an hour afterward. I am gimping ever closer to the day when I will be a cranky old lady hitting people with my cane. (29 Comments |Comment on this)