47 posts tagged “media whore”
Click to embiggen, but I really recommend checking out the link to see them in proper detail.
I guess there's a message here, but I'm not sure which one it is. Is the moral that beauty can be found in the most prosaic of life's offerings? Is it that while cleanliness is next to godliness filth is next to art? Perhaps the message is some people have way too much free time.
So I've been on a Buffy jag lately, what with David Boreanaz being medically advised and all, and I'm left wondering one thing:
If Rudy Giuliani ever watched any episode of Buffy with Principle Snyder in it, would he recognize himself?
Would he approve of the arrogant, misanthropic, perpetually angry little toad that Snyder always was?
Would he modify the stuff he says in the slightest if he were made aware of the resemblance, or at least try smiling convincingly?
OK, as long as that's more than one question, how come Buffy didn't use the big honkin' Judge-stopper gun ever again, especially when carousing with Riley would have been able to put some sort of official stamp in it. That's the kind of thing that would ease my pain, right there. Former great love exiled elsewhere to never risk a moment of true happiness, no personal future that doesn't end in bloodshed and triumph for evil, an unending task keeping said evil at bay...all that would have been easier to deal with given the judicious use of My L'il Rocket Launcher.
I'd name it Sparkle.
Eventually I'd devolve into using it to get good parking at the mall. Hey, it's not like there wasn't already a line of substitute Slayers to replace her, and besides at Christmas that place is packed. I gotta think that stuff that's good against the Judge, vamps and ordinary nasties wouldn't be too crazy about either. I bet Buffy could have successfully run for office with that thing.
Le sigh.
why Buffy didn't use the big honkin' Judge-killing gun over and over again.
Y'know when it's really hard to find someone in a conflict to sympathize with?
Exhibit A:
(Found at jeffbridges, via digg.)
I have to wonder if there was any actual printed sign about the contest that she actually read, or if such a sign was not available or she just didn't bother reading it. I have a hard time feeling for someone who can't spell Jody.
Also, is it very awful of me that I don't tend to think highly of waitstaff in general, but especially Hooters waitresses? This is another case that I'm dying to watch play out, like those pregnant teens that busted out of the home in Utah last spring.
At any rate, I imagine this woman adding "mental cruelty" to her suit when she starts attracting lots of attention from Star Wars geeks...who only love her for the never-removed-from-box collectible that she's got.
Got an email from the library that stuff was ready for me to pick up. Two of these waiting to be ravaged were Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (wasn't sure I could afford to buy it, what with everything else) and the new Chuck Palahniuk.
If only I'd checked my email sooner! I got to the library with visions of starting in on Harry Potter before I could buy it, then hand it off to someone else and rip into Rant, but I got there about fifteen minutes after closing.
Foo.
So via digg I found this heartwarming story about a young man who travels on foot, door-to-door, to spread the good news that is the Word of the Lord. Then, he gets struck by lightning. Yes, out of a clear blue sky, no less.
Mwahahahahaha!
What would really get me giggling as a rosy-cheeked schoolgirl is if we found out that that last door he was about to approach was that of a Satanist.
Is it very wrong of me to think, "Where is your God now?"?
So at shakesville (long may it stand!) it was great fun watching Tony Snow squirm, but given this administration I don't think it's enough.
A notion:
If a White House Press Secretary should be caught lying once, they're issued a yellow card, like in soccer. If they do it again, they get a red card which they must display at further conferences. A third time, and they get a little collar clipped on their neck, capable of electric shocks. The controls would be in the hands of those press members who attend conferences. If something needs to be fact-checked, then the inquiring press agent may borrow a control for a day to prove a claim or administer a shock (whenever during that day) as seen fit.
Guaranteed more people would watch press conferences.
You also know that there would be a lot of people out there watching to see what news agency would be quickest on the draw. I'm imagining there could be color commentary and firmer rules on interrupting. Maybe the zapper could shout out what the zap was for and maybe big long zaps could be permissible for real whoppers. I suppose it would be only fair to allow removal of those who couldn't back up a "liar!" charge (heh-heh, charge? get it? I joke like the Preznit does). But watching Tony Snow spew his garbage, I bet Fox could make more money of a show that just showed Tony get zapped for half an hour.
Just sayin'.
I'd like to see a whole lot more attention given to the BushCo cronies and their various and blatantly illegal ways. Where was the "liberal media" when the latest fall guy got convicted for obstruction of justice? Was the news tucked in with word of Paris Hilton finding religion in jail? (Honestly, if she didn't turn Amish, I don't want to hear it.)
Feh.
Personally, I just have one tiny wish.
Given all the times that Bush and Cheney, personally, have seriously broken laws and been derelict in their duties and capped their outrageous follies with the latest insistence that they are not subject to oversight and will not respond to subpoenas...well, I say that they can have that.
If that's the case, and the law of the land doesn't apply, that's the point to begin tar-and-feather maneuvers. Hey, since waterboarding is "just like frat house hazing pranks" then give 'em that bit of nostalgia. For a few hours. (You'll note I resist the urge to say "bring it on". Only the dumbest, most belligerent, most short-sighted of dry-drunk overcompensating jerks could say something like that during wartime, especially when they don't actually have any moral ground to support their position. Oh, wait...)
Please, someone wake me when I'm back in an America I can be proud of.
I've heard that I should channel my more femmy side, with the nurturing and the kindness and the comfort and all.
Well, screw it. This is the closest I get. Enjoy.
Found from digg a couple of days ago and it still makes me giggle like a little horndog schoolgirl.
I keep imagining a bunch of janitors led by a big bearded Head Janitor. And when he says caution, dammit he MEANS caution!
Now I want to start an underground group of social vigilantes, modding signs to restrooms and parking lots and school crossings and ...
So I see on boingboing a piece on Livio de Marchi, the Venetian artist with the cool wood creations I wrote about.
For once I'm not the last one to know!
The link for Livio de Marchi takes you directly to his site, which is in Italian or English as you prefer.
Really, can you think of a more fun way to polish your Italian that doesn't involve nudity?
