Stephanie Meyer: The New J.K. Rowling?
I can’t believe that Stephanie Meyer is actually being called The New J.K. Rowling - it blows my mind fragile little mind.
If you don’t know who Stephanie Meyer, she’s the 30-something author of the absolutely horrible, over-romantic, over-dramatic Buffy/Charmed/Interview with a Vampire rip-off piece of crap known as the insanely popular Twilight book series about Bella and some fakey-Angel McLestat gleaming hunk of burning retard vampire that anyone with two nickles and a fart between their ears could have penned.
Now, I’ve got a few friends who love the series - granted, they are few and one of them is a self-proclaimed “OverGrown Tweenie Bopper with No Life”, - but most of the people I associate with who’ve read the books agree that they are complete twaddlequeef with no real structure and a lot of wishful, oversexed daydreaming about vampires who fall in love with humans - tale as old as time. Or, at least as old as Hollywood.
And, not to be one to bitch about something I don’t have the slightest idea about, when my friend Natalie became interested in the series I choked the first book down to see what it was like - Stephanie Meyer, I hate you. Your work reads like bad fanfiction. It’s drivel, and I’m sad that I wasted my time on it - though it’s better than anything I could have written, mostly because when I write I don’t write specifically to sell novels to whiney tweenies with too much money. I didn’t like The O.C., Everwood, One Tree Hill, Charmed, etc, and I don’t like your book.
You may ask yourself why I’m wasting my time writing a blog post about an author I claim to despise - well, truth be told, I don’t despise Stephanie Meyer. I don’t know her, how can you despise someone you don’t know? What I do despise is the retarded notion that somehow Stephanie Meyer is in the same league as J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, who’s richer than Odin and deserves every penny of it.
J.K. Rowling is snarky, sassy and determined. She’s a fabulous writer and a great role model. Stephanie Meyer is a third-aged Mormon with a vampire fetish, who’s a third rate author. And while I wish her all the success in the world, when it comes down to talent it’s really no contest and to imply otherwise is disrespectful and misinformed - shame on you Time.com.
Faith | Word Count: 405 | April 27, 2008 | Comments: 4 »Filed | Rants, Reading, Reviews
FETISH by Dana, anyone?
Does anyone else remember FETISH by Dana? Around 1997, with Christina Aguilera as their spokesperson, the House of Dana perfume company launched a line of teen cosmetics, perfumes, body wash/lotions and a lot of neat little accessories like henna tattoos, bindis with glue and false eyelashes and then the Fetish facet of the company went *poof* about 2001/02.
Well, in my head I still live in the late 90s and I’d love to get my hands on some of the cosmetics or accessories - especially the lipstick or bindis. FETISH was actually fairly popular, and the perfume, body wash and lotion are still relatively easy to find online, but I can’t find any of the cosmetics except the blusher and I don’t wear blush so it would be a waste of money.
However, if anyone has any idea where I can get an eyeshadow, a henna tattoo or a lipstick from Dana’s FETISH line I’d love to hear from you - and yes, I am crazy, lol.
Faith | Word Count: 165 | April 18, 2008 | Comments: 8 »Filed | Beauty, Perfume, Vintage, Status
The Comment Clause
You know what’s hilarious? People who have blogs with a comments section - then tell you what you’re allowed to say in your comments. I ran across a few, especially in the last few days, that have clauses under which you aren’t allowed to disagree with them or it’s considered ‘flaming’ them. That’s adorable!
You know, I once got banned by some idiot Despair sent me to comment on because I didn’t agree with something she’d blogged about, which I found out from a friend who’d blogged as well. I thought for a second she was kidding and then I went to that site and, low and behold, not only was I ban but she managed to call me all manner of sexy, profane names as well!
I love that kind of site - the kind where the person takes themselves far too seriously, as if anyone gives a damn. I have a note to commenters, too, but mine doesn’t suggest that you can agree with me or leave, it’s there because I know some folks aren’t fans of payperpost, which I am, and I don’t want them to feel the need to comment on a post they can’t identify with. Ooh, I’m a bitch, lol.
At any rate, I felt like ranting about this because Helen was telling me that she just got banned from some dildo’s site for disagreeing with the bloggers views on abortion - basically, all Helen said was ( and I did read the comment, thanks ) that she thinks everyone has the right to choose for themselves, and she can’t understand why someone would lobby to take that right away and harass people who flex that choice. The whole situation’s funny. 
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