So that is the deal! I also started a Flickr account for blogging purposes, but there are other pictures on there too! Lovely pictures! You can see them here.
( Righteous indignation after the cut )
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I love when the mama with the baby on its back tries to go into the cardboard box, but the baby doesn't quite fit so starts hilariously sliding off.
Might go for #3 Star Trek viewing tomorrow, if only out of boredom. That's right...movie's only been out since Friday, and I've seen it twice. Workaholic suddenly having a lot of free time means a lot of time wasters get inserted into the typical day. Nothing that I actually want to do, like writing non-stupid stuff or cleaning the house gets done. But I will go watch attractive people fire phasers three times a week. Go figure.
There was no part of it that was not awesome. That is all.
- Music:BNL - "If I Had $1,000,000"
The movie is basically Little Red Riding Hood in southern california with Reese Witherspoon and Kiefer Sutherland on a creepy road trip. And I know for a fact that eventually Keef makes his creepy wolf move and Witherspoon beats him the fuck up, but I just can't get past this rapey shit. Maybe I've just come to the point where I only like happy movies, but I just don't feel like watching this on my rare day off. Maybe I'll come back to it, but shit.
On Monday I went for my first long hike in FORVER. I will post pictures soon, but I do want to say that it was 4/20, and there were hippies smoking pot on the trail. And they had a stroller with a baby. Actually, the baby around the pot didn't even occur to me until just now. I was really just wondering A) how they got a stroller through the rocky, cliff hugging trail all slick with spring snowmelt, and B) why they would hike in three miles just to smoke pot. This was really bugging me, for some reason. I thought, "Damn hippies! Just do it in the parking lot like a normal person!"
I think deep thoughts when I hike, obviously.
1) Damn, I haven't seen this side of midnight in, like, forever. But thanks to the wonders of the PM shift, I am now either waking up late and staying up late or waking up early and bitching through a nearly unbearable day. But SOON IT WILL BE OVER and I will only work one job. Thank Jesus.
2) I stopped shipping out my tweets because I could feel my lj posts becoming shorter and more tweet-like. Also I'm very full of myself and I thought that a page of only twitter imports reflected bad on me as a writer, despite the fact that I can count my f-list on one hand.
3) Square cakes will be my Everest.
4) Kings of Leon make a good fucking album.
5) When you realize at the beginning of a workday that you're hungry, then work through the hunger all day, two grilled cheese sandwiches really do not soak up two glasses of wine. Especially if you're Asian, in which case you were wasted the moment you pulled the cork out of the half-bottle in the fridge.
6) I realize this random numerical format is a little twitter-like, but it's the only way to blog while intoxicated and I've been doing it for years so poo.
7) I have become my mother. Cheap wine is my drink of choice. Meh.
I like sleep. Gonna get some now. Zzz.
- 09:52 Yay for today being my friday! Except I have to work monday, so it's not really a weekend. More like a break in the ongoing week of life. #
- 11:45 Sometimes when at night when I'm alone in the kitchen I like to sing and dance while working. I think tonight will be one of those nights. #
- 13:32 I really need to update my music collection. Haven't bought anything new in FOREVER. #
- 20:50 I just realized that I am, for once, not feeling the crushing exhaustion that's been following me the past couple weeks. Sweet! #
http://wthashtag.com/wiki/Amazonfai
The literary world is all abuzz with tales of your fuckwittery. They're even trying to Google bomb you so that "amazon rank" becomes a trendy new phrase. It's been pointed out that this is likely the work of a wonky bot or other automated somethingorother, and no one caught it because of the holiday weekend. It seems pretty likely. But some sort of response is warranted. I don't think Amazon as a company is anti-gay, but they really need to step it up and state that:
a) something went awry
b) they do not discriminate against LGBT authors
c) they are going through that system with a fine toothed fucking comb to ensure that this doesn't happen in the future.
The whole thing reminds me a bit of the LJ purge debacle, except it's scary to see it happening in a much larger company with established authors and actual money on the line. Wouldn't you be pissed if a potential reader, when trying to search for your book, couldn't fucking find it despite the fact that it's sold on the site? Makes no sense. Bah!
ETA: HOW THIS WORKS
So I got bored and started searching authors. One big example of the derankings was Nathaniel Frank's Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines The Military And Weakens America (damn, that was hard to type after a drink), which was recently featured on The Daily Show and is selling pretty well. If you search under "books" you'll get it right away, but if you search "all departments" the only edition that comes up is the kindle one. The hardcover is listed maybe 6 or 7 on the page, and is listed as "not available." No picture, no product information, nothing.
Further fuckery: do a search for "homosexuality" and the first result that comes up is A Parent's Guide To Preventing Homosexuality. In fact, an alarming number of the titles deal with Christian perspectives on homosexuality. When I do a search for gay shit, I want to be hit with The Joy of Gay Sex(also only available for the Kindle) like, right away. None of this "can we heal teh gayz?" shit. Do that same search on google and you get a clip of Tony Blair saying he's cool with queers. wtf?
- 21:57 What the fucking fuck, hotmail? Am I high? Let me sign into my mail! Enough with this circle of stupidity. #
- 22:05 Dear self: I congratulate you on not posting that snarky comment in DamnPortlanders. Excellent restraint. #
- 13:42 I think I may need to turn to a professional for my summer haircut. Scary! #
- 13:47 Then again, my jank dye job is too embarrassing to show to others. #
- 13:42 The giant mocha I just had is making my eye twitch. Perhaps not the best idea going into a lateish night at job #2. #
- 20:32 I think I shall cut my hair tomorrow! And maybe dye it! Also clean the bathroom! It's a get things done kinda day, friday. #
- 20:34 Pass out now or have a drink and then pass out? All this exhaustion is really saving me money on booze. #
- 16:34 Turkey bolognese on the stove for just over 2 hours now...I am dying. It smells so good in here. I could just eat it, no pasta required. #
- 16:43 Note to self: do not play "how hot is this pan?" It is a game with no winners. #
- 15:13 My apt has been getting these earthquake-like shudders every half hour or so all day. Why didn't I google the Big Pipe before moving? #
- 15:15 Attempts to understand the Big Pipe have only led to giggling at the word "shaft." I can see the shaft. I'm practically on top of it. #
- 15:16 This is one of seven shafts, btw. Take that as you will. #
- 20:55 Wah wah, I don't want to wake up early tomorrow. Boo! #
- 22:12 I just had. The best cookie. Ever. Perfect end to a long week. #snnlc #
- 19:50 Am I the only one who's not big on the cheddar apple combo? Gimme pear chocolate any day. #
- 10:31 I can so get used to this pm shift thing. Waking up on my own rather than by alarm is the best ever. #
- 10:34 Sidenote: I woke up at 8, not just now. I'm not that lazy. Though I did see midnight conscious for the first time in months. #
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