Random Stuff

[revid]

Of interest to various assorted people on my flist:


Via cleolinda: A very interesting and cogent essay on the differences between fiction and fanfiction by dien. Worth a read.


A blog by some dude on some TV show called "Heros."

For a few, brief, shining moments we thought there might be news about Green Day, but alas our hopes were dashed.


Of interest to me:

Gale Harold was delicious (well, except for the hair cut--IT MUST DIE) last night on Desperate Housewives. I counted at least three clear shout-outs to Queer As Folk, proving that Marc Cherry is a big ole closet (no pun intended) QaF fanboy. In my dreams, he'll write a guest role for Randy Harrison next.

Funniest scene: A karaoke cover of the Ramones!

Yes, as a singer, he's a fine actor. :-)

Comments

[thirdbeatred.livejournal.com]

Yeah what was the deal with that Green Day rumor? I'm a working stiff now so I missed all the drama.

[revid.livejournal.com]

The rumor was that someone supposedly saw an ad for a new Green Day single on MTV2 in the UK which, prima facie, seems unlikely. Andres at GDC emailed PMC, and they denied it pretty quickly.

[my-own-beat-now.livejournal.com]

I have to agree - while your dude is definitely a billion times hotter than Joey Ramone (well....no offense to Joey, but who isn't, right?) I think he should stick to taking his clothes off and banging other hot dudes. I'm guessing you like him for his looks and penchant for being nekkid rather than his karaoke talents! :)

And the short-lived but rather exciting "new Green Day song" rumour - that's just more sighing than I'm capable of with these guys right now. Just not enough sighs in the world for this :(

[revid.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing you like him for his looks and penchant for being nekkid rather than his karaoke talents! :)

Oh, I could never be that shallow. I like him for his acting chops. *coughiconcough*

God knows what's up with GD. I don't know what to believe.

[and-ed.livejournal.com]

Very good fanfic vs realfic essay...respectful and accurate. And totally what I've always felt. I write fanfic BECAUSE its easy and fun (and hot). I have no delusions about it being of great literary value, but it is of entertainment value and that's good enough for me.

Heroes in your LJ? Awesome. Green Day rumour? Sucks. That its not true, I mean - duh. Gale? Hot, though he has been saved my mocking his karaoke because youtube won't play nice tonight. Lucky boy. ;)

[revid.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked the essay. I thought she made some excellent points.

I tried to find something interesting about SPN for you, but failed.

The whole GD thing is very frustrating. I wish everything wasn't such a big fucking secret all the time.

Not to worry. You will have plenty of opportunities to mock Gale and my love of him over the next few months, I am sure.

[sick-of-me03.livejournal.com]

Just popped over to GDA and noticed a small blurb that said the dude from Plain White T's had ran into Green Day because they were looking to a house in Malibu to record in.

I get the feeling we would know if the boys were a stone's throw away from LA recording an album.

[revid.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Who knows what's going on with those guys.

Have you heard the new TLE? It sounds great. :-)

[sick-of-me03.livejournal.com]

Have you heard the new TLE? It sounds great.

Yeah! I've had the album since the release so...late July? I absolutely love it. Moment In The Sun has been getting tons of play. I hope they make it back to the States sometime next year.

I MISS YOU!! *snugs* I'm sorry I'm so MIA as of late. I hope to be around more often, especially this weekend. I have a major post planned with lots of announcements. ;-)

[tasyfa.livejournal.com]

Cheers for linking the fiction vs. fanfic post. The OP is completely right and expressed the divide wonderfully, I thought. One of these days I'll get back on the fiction track, too. (Though it's not the writing that's the problem for me - I can worldbuild and character-build just fine - it's what comes *after* that, with the publishing and marketing crap. Ick.)