I like that show where they solve all the murd3rs ([info]cedarlibrarian) wrote,
@ 2007-05-21 06:27:00
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Entry tags:the letters no one reads

The letters no one reads, and some other notes
Dear FanLib, Simon & Schuster, Continental Airlines, judges on Shear Genius, and just about everyone involved with season 8 of America's Next Top Model,

What the hell were you thinking? Clearly, all of you get paid to sit around and drink Diet Coke all day.

No love. Fix this crap.

Cedar

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Links might come later, but right now I'm on my sidekick at the airport in New Orleans. Phoenix Rising was muchly fun and educationally delightful, but I have no pictures yet. Forgot to bring the camera. Except...

If you're the Snape I mistook for a vampire and tried to (not really, as there was no wood-to-person contact) stake at the Masquerade Ball, I apologize.

[info]reversathon fic: 4800 words, three different endings (not counted), no middle.

Haven't slept in nearly 24 hours. Longer letter later.


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[info]mawaridi
2007-05-21 10:39 am UTC (link)
What costume did you end up going with for the Masquerade?

Sorry to hear about the crappy mail incident, by the way. People are horrible. Rar. *hugs*

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[info]cedarlibrarian
2007-05-21 11:03 am UTC (link)
Costume!

White chiffon tea-length spaghetti-strap dress with black embroidery near the hem, black strappy sandals, Mr. Cedar's black leather jacket, a big silver cross pendant on a black cord, and Mr. Pointy. I looked pretty good, if I do say so myself. I looked even better standing with [info]starrysummer, who was dressed as vampire!Willow (black corset and pants, cool gothy necklace, red hair, bored expression).

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[info]nqdonne
2007-05-21 11:00 am UTC (link)
Re: America's Next Top Model. OMG, srsly, I know! Jaslene WTF? How is she EVER going to succeed as a commercial model? Or anywhere outside the US? Oh, yeah, she WON'T. It has never been more obvious that the whole point of ANTM is to be a successful TV show, not a real modelling competition (not that I haven't had my doubts for years, lol). *sigh*

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[info]lauriegilbert
2007-05-21 01:59 pm UTC (link)
Who were you rooting for? I certainly wasn't up for Jaslene. Ugh.

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[info]nqdonne
2007-05-21 04:01 pm UTC (link)
Well, of the final two we were actually given, Natasha, obvs. I mean she, at least, really hits the international market: baby-faced Slavic-looking women. She would have, at least, definitely booked some runway shows. Up until she was eliminated, I thought Brittany. She may have been dumber than dumb and whiny, but her editorial work was fab. I think she had a new, different look, and I think she could have won it, were it not for her meltdown (and the show's political directives).

It's really too bad the two plus-sized girls were ultimately rubbish. Diana was GORGEOUS, and except for the annoyingly flat photos, is the stuff superstar plus sized models are made of (A++ face plus really nicely toned curvy body).

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[info]lauriegilbert
2007-05-21 06:08 pm UTC (link)
I liked Brit too. I adored Whitney and Brit to start, and Nene grew on me. Natasha was . . . too perky for me - and I never knew if I truly believed her perkiness :(.

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[info]lauriegilbert
2007-05-21 01:58 pm UTC (link)
Sounds like you had a blast at PR! I am also wondering what S&S did to you!!

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[info]cedarlibrarian
2007-05-21 02:45 pm UTC (link)
S&S didn't do anything to me personally, nor do I currently have a gripe about any of their books, but they just instated a new policy that is really bad for their authors. There's an entry on it at [info]makinglight that explains better than I will over my tiny sidekick keyboard :)

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[info]lauriegilbert
2007-05-21 02:49 pm UTC (link)
*toddles off to read* I can't wait for you to get home so we can trash ANTM together. OMG JASLENE?! WTF?

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[info]ennia
2007-05-21 02:48 pm UTC (link)
I knew Jaslene would win when she cried to Tyra. It was like, "America, we have a winner here." She who cries the best during the final Talk With Tyra always wins.

Natasha should have gotten it though.

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ex_pixystick865
2007-05-21 03:14 pm UTC (link)
I MISS YOU. kglfjlksdj I wish it could have lasted forever, and I'm so sad I didn't get to see your costume. I bet you looked awesome! :D ♥

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[info]cedarlibrarian
2007-05-22 12:04 am UTC (link)
Wah I wish you could have stayed (but I understand why you didn't). Also, I HAVE YOUR FLAT IRON.

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ex_pixystick865
2007-05-22 12:14 am UTC (link)
DUDE YOU KNOW WHAT SUCKS. i spent two hours today having electric shocks sent into my leg and needles poked into my leg and back. AND YOU KNOW WHAT. they found nothing. what a waste of an appointment! i could have just stayed. :(((

YOU WIN SO MUCH FOR HAVING IT. i was all lamenting the loss of it to jesse today. because i just bought it last week. and i was all why do i fail so hard. :"> i should be in NY in the next couple weeks, so when we meet up i can retrieve it! :D YAY.

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[info]starrysummer
2007-05-21 03:28 pm UTC (link)
Hey, I get paid to sit around and drink diet coke all day. Though I prefer diet Dr. Pepper and when I drink it all day, I feel like I've been saturating myself with aspartame and am going to die.

Anyway, hope your flight back went well. See you soon. :-D

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[info]anemonerose
2007-05-21 10:24 pm UTC (link)
This has nothing to do with your post (although YAY I'm glad you had fun at PR!) but rather has something to do with your icon. I finished The Golem's Eye yesterday and, just, THANK YOU for reccing this series to me. Serious serious love going on. ♥

Have you read The Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson? It's my next to-read book as it's also a Mark Twain winner for next year and the premise sounds intriguing. Just wondering if you had and what you thought!

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[info]cedarlibrarian
2007-05-22 12:32 am UTC (link)
OMG YES YOU HAVE FOUND THE LOVE THAT IS JONATHAN STROUD. Someday I want to take a writing class from that man. Totally brilliant, aren't they?

Have not read Kingdom Keepers. It's not the type of book I really like to read, but I've heard good things about it.

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[info]anemonerose
2007-05-22 01:25 am UTC (link)
Am about 150 pages into Kingdom Keepers and I am still intrigued. I think what I like most about it is that it's set at Disney World, and while I've only been twice I really *loved* Disney and am really hoping to go back.

You were totally right about Stroud's dialogue - he has *such* a way with words that makes me completely jealous. :)) I am so sad that there's only one book left in the Bartimaeus Trilogy for me to read, but before I leave the bookstore I am so going to purchase all three books as I simply must have them for my collection, and it's much more thrifty if I use my employee discount to get them. :-P

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