The lulz that brings me joy.

[heywilma]

Apparently it's mating season already, 'cause the birds down by the lakes are being chased. (And I do mean birds - as in the feathery winged things) It's hilarious because the fat ones wobble dangerously when they run, and are pretty much adorable.

The first so-bad-it's-good movie I've seen in ages: The World Sinks Except For Japan. Though slightly bordering on so-bad-it's-just-plain-bad, it's funny enough if you're multitasking, so that you won't be bothered by the nonexistent plot or atrocious acting, and just have a good laugh.

Believers and non-believers, I'm sure many of you have already read these, but cleolinda's recap of Breaking Dawn is bloody amazing. You can tell by the recaps that it's an awesome awesome book, and although my usual policy has been don't knock it til you've tried it, I think it can be waived this once for the Twilight series.

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[animadverted.livejournal.com]

I was in Borders the other day, purchasing what is turning out to be quite a good book (The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen). Anyway, I was all lined up at the information desk when a pack of 12/13yr old girls (dressed like 18 yr old girls) saddled up and typed Breaking Dawn into the computer before debating between them whether or not to ask if it was in store. This was on August 3rd.

Girls: "C'mon, just ask, it says on the computer..."
Me: *Interrupting* "Umm, sorry but.. *points to poster not 2m away* I think you may have to wait until tomorrow"
Girls: Oh.... *group huddle and walk away*

This was when I decided that the twilight series is not for me. It was an interesting reminder of how girls work when they're 12 years old though.

[zenni.livejournal.com]

With Twilight I've noticed the readers usually fall into three categories - the ones who read it for the funny, ones who see the series as a guilty pleasure, then there are the ones who take it seriously and get really into it. The third kind of reader are the scariest. And most likely to be like the girls you saw. I was at Borders on release night for a story, there was trivia and everything, and all of the fans gathered where teen or pre-teen girls. Oh, and a couple with a baby, who dressed up.

So tell me about this book that's shaping up to be good.

[animadverted.livejournal.com]

Well, see, the thing is its serious fiction. It's really been a while since I've read serious fiction. Like, Kathy lent me the Time Traveller's Wife recently but this is a much more serious style of book. And it's good, it's very fiction but its also very well written.

It took a lot of getting used to to begin with. Like, firstly, it doesn't have chapters, so even something like that was a bit hard for me to deal with, but it goes beyond not having chapters in terms of how its written. Its full of sub-stories that are very relevant and well constructed in the story but kinda random so its got nothing of the well-ordered chapter structure. For all that though, it all comes together into a very smooth flowing story that you'd have to make a concious effort to stop reading because the story itself doesn't 'stop' very much.

It's very good but it's a bit of a commitment as far as books though. Fairly intellectual fiction so you'd want to have read some lighter stuff before and I'm going to be reading something light after it too.

Sorry for the length, I'm glad you asked me though. I kinda want to talk about it... but I don't know anyone who's read it. Suppose I can wait, I'm like 10% of the way through and it's ~650 pages.

[elagnithgins.livejournal.com]

Does that movie have anything to do with the Sinking of Japan movie? Cause that would bring so much lol. (Have you also seen that movie? :D)

[zenni.livejournal.com]

I've not seen that movie! But now I am totally going to look for it. This world sinking movie has some sort of message, or it was trying to send some sort of message, or something, I think, but it was totally lost amongst the badness :D

[elagnithgins.livejournal.com]

OO it is apparently a parody of the Sinking of Japan movie! It must be bad on purpose!

You must go see it ;DDDDD

[dammitliv.livejournal.com]

[zenni.livejournal.com]

OMFG

[liangzhu.livejournal.com]

I want to name my kid Edwob. And then I would call him Wobbie for short. Or long, as the case may be. >.>

[zenni.livejournal.com]

Lulz Liz. Obviously you want your child to hate you.