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Tour de france, why must you start at 10pm and go on past midnight. ->- > ->

Night all

Good morning Cantina. How is everyone?

slcboston said:

Oh goody.

Another shining example of how girls should sit around waiting for their prince to come.

*has issues with the Disney Princesses*

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LadyAce wrote her Bachelor's senior project on the differences between the original Cinderella and the Disney version, part of which highlighted the commercialization effect Disney inserted into the whole Disney Princess thing.

Also--I've written more words of non-fiction than fiction in the last week and a half.

Can I still hang out here?

sianshan said:

My father informs me that the only reason babies look so cute is so you don't murder them before they're five. Apparently ages 5 -10 are golden, and then the teenage years are hell.

I have pictures though that imply he quite enjoyed the before five years, and the way he goes goo-goo over babies also implies that this is a lie.

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My dad has told me the same thing. He also acts like he doesn't really like babies, but when he holds one his face lights up. So cute.

slcboston said:

Oh goody.

Another shining example of how girls should sit around waiting for their prince to come.

*has issues with the Disney Princesses*

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I get what you're saying, but the last couple Princess movies haven't been that bad.

Also, I heard Disney is doing a live action movie about Maleficent. Now that is something I'm excited about.

AceTachyon said:

Also--I've written more words of non-fiction than fiction in the last week and a half.

Can I still hang out here?

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*tackles Ace* Of course you can still be here. You're not here enough as is.

sianshan said:

Tour de france, why must you start at 10pm and go on past midnight. ->- > ->

Night all

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Because it's in France? Don't worry, I'll keep count of inflatable kangeroos for you and you can catch them on the repeat.

sianshan said:

Is there some rule that says that you can't be hot, a guy, and half naked and smiling? Is smiling somehow supposed to ruin the sexiness?

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My take on the trend (and art history peeps can sit staring at this thought, shaking their head and crying all they want) is that we can lay the blame squarely on Brando and James Dean. You know those iconic black and white photographs of them scowling their way through most of the promo work they did? BOOM. Straight into the public consciousness, and everyone (whether they are as important, or - more usually - not) tries to pull off the same shtick. Have you seen photographs of supermodels? They scowl a LOT, and as for some actresses... Ugh, if I have to sit through another film where Renée Zellweger scrunches her face up, I'm going to give up on American films entirely. Someone tell her a joke. Quick. Make her smile.

AceTachyon said:

Also--I've written more words of non-fiction than fiction in the last week and a half.

Can I still hang out here?

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You really don't want to know what I have been writing... Srsly. There may be an uprising when I finally post my massive comparison of S*** T*** to real life...

Oh, and a certain someone (who shall remain nameless) does not know what filk is. I am restraining myself from directing this individual to nerdcore, as the revelation of the existence of two forms of music which are inherently geeky may result in cranial explosion.

'Morning, Cantina!! How is everyone this morning?

*sigh* I don't know how I'm feeling about writing right now. I can't tell if I should take a break or write fan fiction(I wouldn't really know what fandom) or just power through this feeling that I feel. I can't even really describe what I feel right; it feels like part tiredness and part frustration or something else. I mean I didn't really take a break after Camp Nano. I told myself and I kind of kept writing, may not at the same amount, but writing nonetheless. Maybe that's coming to bite me in the butt now. Haha.

Kricket said:

*tackles Ace* Of course you can still be here. You're not here enough as is.

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What she said!

Somebody get the butterfly net, don't let Ace leave!

There's an international bike race is Poland after the tour de France? I wonder if highlights will be online...

Somehow I got tagged on a Twitter conversation where I disagree with everything the people are saying. Really quite painful. Particularly as they make assumptions about YA authors, their deals, etc. It made me feel icky, so I came to the Cantina for to refresh.

sianshan said:

Tour de france, why must you start at 10pm and go on past midnight. ->- > ->

Night all

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It starts at 4 a.m. here. Husband records it, then watches when he gets up in the morning before work. (Which is good, since he runs a bicycle shop.) I'm not really into it, but I tend to read while husband is watching it. Rather excited to see what Peter Sagan can do. (He showed lots of promise in Tour de Suisse.)

I do believe I hear a thunderstorm rolling in... cool.

Tifferbugz said:

Darn sneaky POV.

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CAMueller said:

Haha. I have been having this same problem lately. I'm trying something in third for the first time and when I get going I slip back into first. Editing will be fun.

Do you think your story will work better as a first person?

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hillaryjacques said:

Ohhhh. Yeah. That.

Sometimes one POV or another is necessary for the story you want to tell. I discovered this after finishing a 95K novel. You can't find/replace "she/he" in a story with more than two characters, it turns out.

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Yeah, I think this story will benefit from being in the proper POV. I just didn't want another 1st person investigator Urban Fantasy. I don't think my reasons were true to the story.

Fenika said:

There's an international bike race is Poland after the tour de France? I wonder if highlights will be online...

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Sending you a pm

CAMueller said:

Somehow I got tagged on a Twitter conversation where I disagree with everything the people are saying. Really quite painful. Particularly as they make assumptions about YA authors, their deals, etc. It made me feel icky, so I came to the Cantina for to refresh.

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Ah, man. I'm sorry that happened. That sucks. *gives cookie*

Silver-Midnight said:

*gives cookie*

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Cookie.

AceTachyon said:

Also--I've written more words of non-fiction than fiction in the last week and a half.

Can I still hang out here?

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Um, can we not discuss fictive output?



So that's a yes.

BigWords said:

My take on the trend (and art history peeps can sit staring at this thought, shaking their head and crying all they want) is that we can lay the blame squarely on Brando and James Dean.

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*shakes head and cries*

Michelangelo's David isn't smiling, either. Of course, he has reasons to be unhappy.

BigWords said:

Oh, and a certain someone (who shall remain nameless) does not know what filk is.

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... I confess you've lost me with that one, too.

I only know what filk is because I read it on TVTropes.

I found out what filk was during Camp Nano when I asked one of my "cabin mates". I had no idea before then.

After watching The Woman in Black and seeing Linkara's quick looks at the Amityville movies, I'm kind of in the mood to write a haunted house story, but have no real ideas. Plus horror writing really isn't my strong point.

Nothing wrong with Filk as long as you nuke it from orbit just to be safe...

sianshan said:

Honestly, I wanted to poke him in the stomach to make him smile.

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Bahahahahaha. I might have to have someone do that any one of my ultra-manly characters down the road, it's too epic to pass up.

Someday when I don't suck so much at ultra-manly characters, that is. They came so natural years ago!

jallenecs said:

Somebody get the butterfly net, don't let Ace leave!

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*gets the giant, enormous, steel-reinforced butterfly net & doesn't let Ace leave*



& I know what filk is... We even had a nerd choir at one point.

astrodragon said:

Nothing wrong with Filk as long as you nuke it from orbit just to be safe...

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If I ever go insane (a distinct possibility) or get a massive bang on the head, and decide to make another short film, the thing is gonna be scored with filk...

maxmordon said:

I only know what filk is because I read it on TVTropes.

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Silver-Midnight said:

I found out what filk was during Camp Nano when I asked one of my "cabin mates". I had no idea before then.

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astrodragon said:

Nothing wrong with Filk as long as you nuke it from orbit just to be safe...

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I try to avoid Tropes just to drive BW nuts... but I Googled it. Sort of anticlimactic...