The Same Watari As Always

Did you know the Gestapo's Most Wanted in France was a woman? Read all about 'the White Mouse' and her TOTAL BADASSERY.

Takashi Miike may be making a Phoenix Wright movie. YES. REALLY. grumble grumble i bet capcom still won't put the games back in print grumble

If anyone wants a DW invite code, let me know, I just got a bunch.

Scenes from a weird abandoned amusement park. There's a plot bunny here, someone should find it.

Fuck yeah, Raja, devoted to my favorite queen from this season's RuPaul's Drag Race.

Femininity is just something that comes from within. It doesn’t necessarily have to present itself in the physical or tangible sort of way, but I think it’s something that you feel and is innate within you. I really celebrate femininity in its provocative sense.

So yeah. Also, he's gorgeous as Raja and as Sutan Amrull. (And a Gemini!!)

I also present the final .gif wall for your enjoyment. SPOILERS if you follow those links.

I have kept myself from getting annoyed with the Royal Wedding madness with Kate Middleton for the Win.

This letter is fantastic. FANTASTIC.

Did you catch the fiction writing tips from The Guardian that went up in February? Read it now!

Some Saiyuki fic writer smarter than me should do something with this article on the possible medicinal effects of salvia. Kappa! Mu!

I've gotten all kinds of holiday cards, thanks to all who've sent them! And thank you, alice_and_lain. ♥!

And happy New Year, y'all! 2010 went out okay for me. I hope 2011 is great for everyone!

I've been so far behind I haven't had time to celebrate the gifting season!

Look at the gorgeous Ponyo fanart I received! Thank you again, anonymous artist, it's perfect!

And the lovely story daegaer wrote! ♥!

In other news:

Kate Harding talks sense on the Julian Assange rape accusations.

Undercover at a Christian gay-to-straight conversion camp. Exactly what it says on the box.

If you're looking for a place to donate this year, don't forget Pine Ridge Reservation.

You may have already heard about the soon-to-be infamous SPN fic, which set Jared and Jensen as a doctor and photographer in post-earthquake Haiti, but here's a nice roundup. On first glance, I thought this was well-intentioned fic gone wrong; the details are rather more horrible.

In better news, the Venture Brothers team-- along with some other cartoon artists-- are auctioning off a boatload of stuff to benefit the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and oil spill recovery. LOOK BROCK SAMSON FIGHTING PIRATES OMG.

I think I finally figured out my dark_agenda switcheroo, and how to make a reasonably long story that can actually get done by July 2-- maybe. Whee!

EDIT to fix borked HTML.

Ganked from all over the place. I think at least one of these came from FWD/Forward but I've forgotten the rest.

Pop Culture

Larry Hart got the idea to decorate his mansion with spackle squeezed out of cake-frosting tubes from a book on Versailles...

The American aesthetic of bling.

Marlee Matlin had an idea for a reality show that she hoped would bring some insight into the lives and struggles of deaf people and how they cope. But while reality TV has brought us wife swappers, party girls, aging rock stars and dieting divas, apparently no one was ready for something that real.

Marlee Matlin launches her own reality series on YouTube.

While winning the role may have been serendipitous for R.J., what he is making out of the opportunity is quite deliberate. It has allowed him to discover himself -- not only as an actor but also as an activist for the rights of people with disabilities in the entertainment industry.

A profile of R.J. Mitte.

This Is Possibly Kind of About Fandom

a lot of people look at the critical impulse, and the work that it sometimes produces, as some kind of attempt to kill their buzz

Snobbery, projection, resentment.

If you can't unsay something you just realized is horribly wrong, the next best thing is to claim you never said it.

World's Saddest Internet Argument Techniques, 2010 edition. I think I've gotten every fucking one of these.

Also:



You're welcome.

1. Wow, karose, that Speed Racer movie sure was slashy. I think I'm gonna watch it again to see Rain bite his lip. Also, if there is An Association to Give Christina Ricci A Sandwich, I would like to join it.

2. Nifty article with sartorias, aka Sherwood Smith, here.

3. In case you haven't already seen this, the Thousand-Hand Guan Yin performed by a troupe of Deaf Chinese dancers.

4. lindentreeisle is correct. The GI Joe movie looks stupid. If you don't believe me, I have one word: Supersuits. Yeah, I don't get it either.

5. Gay marriage is looking good in Maine! US NEW ENGLANDERS WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD, YO.

6. Am working on several fics and two short stories at once. Seems to be the only way I make progress on any of them. Am well aware this proves I am insane.