Party!!

Yay! The party is this weekend. Aaah, my drunken, hooligan friends, how I appreciate you. We're all going to have so much fun. I'm just biding my time 'till noon rolls around and then I'm off to the great, leaf-blanketed north. Well, first I'm off to visit a friend who lives on the way and then I'm off up north. Tee Hee!

My poor Scrappy, he's going to be so lonely this weekend. He's a crazy, sociable kind of dog and he pines for people when they're not around. Okay, maybe 'pines' is a bit of an exagerration, however, he gets into loads and loads of trouble when he's left on his own recognizance. He doesn't even need to be drunk to be a hooligan, it's part of his genetic makeup. I suppose the 'rents will just have to try and control/console him this weekend and I'll expect his hyperactive welcome home when I get back.

The craziest thing happened on my drive to work this morning. I was heading down the freeway and someone was trying to pass me on the left (as oft-times occurs) when suddenly this person's car spun out of control, swerved to the left and then to the right. I guess he/she blew a tire, or something, but I was darn grateful the driver was so skilled. That could have turned into a very nasty situation for your's truly and any of the other people on the road if not for the driver's ability to keep the car under control, even under such surprising circumstances. A rather harrowing experience, all told.

Quiz!

I don't know why I love these things...;-)


Super!! You are WILLEM DE KOONING.
You think just like you paint: in the abstract. You
live well outside of the box and never know
where life will take you next. Your friends
admire your ability to fearlessly veer away
from the boundaries of society.


Which famous artist most reflects your personality?
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I've never heard of this artist, now I'll have to do a little research (Yay!). The pop-psychology definition is almost how I see myself.

Real and Fiction

A report on a column by Stephen King (that can be found here) brings to mind a pervasive problem in the world of fandom and fans in general. When does fandom take appreciation for a product and/or actor beyond the realm of reason?

Fans frequently scrunch together the names of two characters to express a relationship they're fond of (ie Spuffy for Spike/Buffy of Clex for Clark/Lex) and that's all fine and good in a fun spirited, fandom way. The characters are fictional so us fans having a little fun with their love lives is fun and relatively harmless.

It's not at all harmless when we're dealing with real, actual people. What a horrific name Bennifer is. The people who plaster the tabloids with these kinds of stories are playing with actual people's lives. They're not fiction, we can't turn them inside out to satisfy our whims. Show some respect, or at least some common courtesy. We know that the objectification of celebrities can be a dangerous thing so act with some sense and let everybody have a little privacy.