Some words of wisdom today from Lily Phoenix:



Organized religion is always an exercise in brainwashing the masses. Think about all the stupidity in the world. Then think about how many humans are religious. Coincidence?

People can be stupid, as long as they don;t try to make me stupid and then profess they are doing it for my own good. I don't think it's possible for me to benefit from throwing logic out the window. So I truly think that forcing religion on someone is the most disgusting thing. I'll respect your right to be stupid if you respect my right to not be; but if you force your religion on me, I'll force my views right back at you.

Quite a few pop into my mind, namely:

-anything by Robbie Williams,
-Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits,
-the soundtrack for Repo the Genetic Opera,
-David Bowie's Greatest Hits,
-The Best of the Cherry Poppin Daddies,
-Rise and Fall - The Kin,
-any Muse album,
-Wincing The Night Away - The Shins,
-ANYTHING by Mark Knopfler.

How can I choose one? You evil, evil bastards. I'd probably go with a Mark Knopfler or Dire Straits album. That or some good old Robbie Williams.

#1
Draco sighed as Harry pulled out of him, "Well that was different..."Where did you learn that technique?" and Harry grinned as he replied: " Your father."

#2
"Twenty-something years, Lucius," Snape murmured, "Yet still, you never fail to surprise me; I must say, the Japanese rope bondage was an inspired touch."

#3
"You're so....hot..." Fred panted, and George laughed as his brother pushed inside of him again: "A bit narcissistic, aren't you, mate?"

#4
"I have to say," Remus whispered, as he ran his fingers through Sirius's knotted hair, "This is so much more than puppy love."

#5

"I really am the greatest lover I know," Gilderoy murmured to his reflection, who nodded in agreement through the haze of afterglow.

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New #Repo trend on Twitter: one sentence smut! #1ss. Write your own dirty fanfic, but don't go over one sentence!


I participated last night with three 1-sentence long smutfics. And here we are:



( 1SS )

Went as Amber Sweet from Repo! the Genetic Opera for Halloween. Since nobody knew who the character was, I didn't bother putting on the skirt I made (I wore my older Tripp skirt) and I didn't apply any of my woochies or fake scars. Still, I think I looked pretty sexy.


Friday night was the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I actually knew more lines than most of the people there, so I had great fun yelling out all of the shout-outs and getting laughter from the rest of the theater. My friend from the dorm had never seen the movie before, so for her it was a great treat. After that, we went out partying for a little bit back on campus. I went to sleep about an hour and a half later, and I slept until 6 pm on Halloween.

Halloween: Party hopped from south campus, back to north campus and to two different parties. At the last one my jacket fell out of my arms and I lost that and my cell phone. Luckily, someone found it and I was able to pick it up a few hours ago.

Anyway, pictures are in order:

( They are rather large )

Slab Bulkhead!

Fridge Largemeat!

Punt Speedchunk!

Butch Deadlift!

Bold Bigflank!

Splint Chesthair!

Flint Ironstag!

Bolt Vanderhuge!

Thick McRunfast!

Blast Hardcheese!

Buff Drinklots!

Trunk Slamchest!

Fist Rockbone!

Stump Beefgnaw!

Smash Lampjaw!

Punch Rockgroin!

Buck Plankchest!

Stump Chunkman!

Dirk Hardpeck!

Rip Steakface!

Slate Slabrock!

Crud Bonemeal!

Brick Hardmeat!

Rip Sidecheek!

Punch Sideiron!

Gristle McThornBody!

Slake Fistcrunch!

Buff Hardback!

Bob Johnson!

Blast Thickneck!

Crunch Buttsteak!

Slab Squatthrust!

Lump Beefrock!

Touch Rustrod!

Reef Blastbody!

Big McLargeHuge!

Smoke Manmus!

Beat Punchbeef!

Pack Blowfist!

Roll Fizzlebeef!

Could Matt Cavenaugh's voice warble any more, seriously?

What a terrible choice for Tony, just saying.





I'm taling about the West Side Story revival here, folks. Late, I know. Anyway, Karen Olivo is the best of the bunch. Maria is boring.


Just had to post this, idk why.

I'm posting occasional film discussions. Live, so anyone can watch me discuss movies and such. Yay.

Now that Halloween is coming up, Rocky Horror is playing with a shadow cast nearby, and I'm going again (this'll be my third lives showing; and probably my 60th-something time seeing the film itself, although that's a pretty modest count of how many times I've seen it, lol).

To prepare, of course, I've been listening to the music incessantly. I'm also devising my own audience participation script (basically an edited version of the script with my favorite shout-outs mixed in).

I was pleasantly surprised to find Anthony Stewart Head's rendition of Frank-N-Furter as I looked through LJ. Ah yes, my favorite Repo Man is also a transvestite! How wonderful!


Most exciting, however: I finally got around to watching Shock Treatment - ya know, the Rocky Horror sequel. Suffice it to say I LOVED IT. Of course its nowhere near as awesome as RHPS, but maybe that's because of the severe lack of Frank. Still, it has that undeniable Richard O'Brien flavor throughout. I seriously doubt that I would even like it if I wasn't so enthralled with its predecessor in the first place. As it is, it took me three viewings to finally appreciate the sheer awesomeness of RHPS (but maybe that's because I only saw it in pieces up to that third wonderful viewing. All I can say is, thank GOD I decided to give it a chance and watch it from the very beginning). Anyway, this film, from 1981, managed to make a clever satire of reality TV before it even existed. I was so happy to see Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell, and Charles Gray return for this movie; I was also glad to see Jessica Harper here, who I remember fondly from Suspiria.

What I really liked most about the film was that, while it is technically a sequel (with Brad, Janet, Betty, and Ralph), it didn't feel like one all that much. Yet it still felt like a part of the Rocky Horror canon; it's all, again, because of the influence of Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien, who have such a unique approach to music and musicals. I feel that the reason this film succeeded, for me, is because the creators didn't seem to try too hard to make a sequel that would monopolize on the success of its predecessor. In fact, I daresay that I like the music from Shock Treatment better than the music from Rocky Horror.

In the end, I obviously can't say that the sequel was better than Rocky Horror; it doesn't come close. But it's great fun if you don't expect too much out of it from the get-go; I expected it to be awful, and it ended up being a great experience for me.


This Halloween is going to be wonderful.

Now that I'm trying to start up a ustream of myself playing video game I need money. I'm a poor college student, so I'm begging :)

Anyone who i a friend of mine of facebook knows I've been ranting about Roman Polanski nonstop, and the filmmakers I consider[ed] heroes who now, sadly, support him. (Martin Scorcese, Darren Aronofsky, Guillermero del Toro, Jeremy Irons, Alfonso Cuaron)

However, it took until I was sitting in bed tonight for me to realize the perfect way to express the severity of what he did to his supporters. And, of course, it involves ... Harry Potter.











Portions from the petition:

The arrest of Roman Polanski in a neutral country, where he assumed he could travel without hindrance, undermines this tradition: it opens the way for actions of which no-one can know the effects.

So because it was a neutral country, a child rapist should be allowed to travel there freely? Since when is the argument "I didn't think I would get caught" valid?

This extradition, if it takes place, will be heavy in consequences and will take away his freedom.

Of course the consequences will be heavy. They should always be heavy for a man who drugged and raped and sodomized a 13 year old and then fled to avoid justice after pleading guilty. Is the excuse really that "it happened a long time ago, and the film community doesn't want a artist to be locked up for a crime he committed because we'd lose his talent"? Please.

Nobody gave Mel Gibson a free pass because of his talent when he went on his drunken tirade about the Jews. Nobody gave Tom Cruise a free pass whenever he goes on about Scientology. So why are people allowing Polanski to have a free pass when he did something far worse?


Somebody on the imdb boards seems to think that its ridiculous for America to waste its time with a 31 year old case when we have to focus on health care. Really? He also said: The bloodthirstiness and taste for vengeance that most Americans have displayed is truly alarming.

I am American, and I do want to see justice. America has an innate desire to see true justice, not revenge. We want to see a rapist who fled justice receive exactly what he deserves. How is that something despicable?

Also, someone said: We do not allow our children to be raped in America

Bottom line right there.


I want to be a filmmaker in the future, so I keep an eye on Hollywood. I certainly don't want to be a part of a Hollywood that thinks rape is okay as long as you are talented. So I have a vested interest in the case here.

By the way, Polanski is talented and Chinatown is an amazing movie. I love his work, despite how screwed up he really is. But I cannot, and will not, tolerate this.

So I failed the Latin exam. Good news, though: I'm dropping the class with my professor's blessing. So now I don't have to memorize everything. I'll be taking Spanish in the fall I guess. Whatever, that's a language I can handle. lol

Going home in four days and I'm excited!!!

I'm officially going as Amber Sweet from Repo the Genetic Opera for Halloween. I'm making the skirt myself from scratch, and I found a $25 corset to use that is PERFECT. I need a wig, scar effects, the boots, and maybe a waist cincher if I decide to go all-out.

I'm sick. I have a cold, and yesterday I had a temperature of 99.6 degrees. I'm a bit better today though.

My BFF is coming for dinner this weekend. :)

I think I failed a Latin test today. Scratch that, I know I failed my Latin test. Whatever.

Kanye West is a piece of shit for stealing Taylor Swift's moment at the VMAs, blah blah blah... you've heard it all before. Except I'm here to say I'll still listen to Kanye West because he has talent, regardless. But yeah, even before this, he's an utter moron.

Lady Gaga's performance at the VMAs was fantastic. I freaking love her.

Pink's performance was awesome too. She's an amazing artist.

RIP Patrick Swayze. You will be sorely missed!

I laughed so hard at the new New Moon trailer. RPattz and KStew still can't act, and I love Taylor Lautner. He'll be what saves this movie for me. If its possible to save a a Twilight movie.

I watched the trailer for the Michael Jackson documentary and nearly cried. I think his death just hit me yesterday during the VMAs, realizing what an amazing impact he had on music. He truly gave birth to the art of music videos, and he revolutionized modern music. So sad. I'm glad Janet Jackson got to pay tribute to him.

My power animal is a white tiger. I'm very happy.


TIGER, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And water'd heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee?

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

-William Blake

Syracuse is awesome so far. I'm more at ease than I thought I ever could possibly be. I'm comfortable making jokes and laughing at myself, at taking risks, at talking to people I barely know.

My roommate is really great too. The first night she was here, the two of us were up at 1 am trying to figure out the microwave so we could make rice. We ended up in the dorm with four other people watching Repo the Genetic Opera.

Freshfest was the best way to start my college experience. Before many other people arrived, I had settled into college life, so I was less nervous and more comfortable meeting people. Plus, I had a few friends from Hillel already. On Friday I attended my very first Shabbat service and came to reconcile my lack of belief in God and my love of Judaism. Basically, its this: I cannot believe in something I cannot see. But I do believe in some form of God, which is ever present in nature and the world around me. It lives inside every single thing on this planet, connecting everything in one giant web. This is the part of the Wiccan faith that I hold onto. However, I do not believe in a conscious Divine energy or Spirit that controls the world and has a plan for me. My destiny is never set in stone, because I control it. I have some Divine energy inside of me, because I am part of the Godlike energy in the world. As I sat in the Shabbat service, I pondered this, and struggled with the fact that I want to be able to pray, but I do not ever want to pray to God or some form of God that is not a part of me. Therefore, this is my conclusion: When I pray, I pray to my own subconscious. I have the power to control my life, and my subconscious plays a role in that that I do not consciously know. This is because my subconscious is linked to the world in ways I do not understand. Therefore, I pray to my own creative spirit, the one thing I depend upon in life. Not some invisible God, not anything other than myself and my own ability.

Shabbat is a way to connect to my culture and still retain my personal beliefs. And when I came to realize all of this this past Friday night, I cried. I found my purpose in life. To live my life according to my own rules, to let my creative spirit guide me, and to let goodness fill me.

I have half an hour until my first class of college EVER. Latin 101. This should be fun. And no, I didn't take it because of Harry Potter. I took it because I want to understand the language that shaped the basis of so many other languages in the world, and is used so heavily in classic literature.

I'm off to class then!

<3 Lily
 

Day 2 at SU, Day 1 at Hillel:

-Said goodbye to mum and dad. Didn't cry as hard as I thought I would. Mom told me that on the way home she leaned out of the sun roof to see what was going on in traffic and she got several catcalls. She was so happy :)

-Met so many people. Hung out with dour great guys and a few girls.

-Went to a minor league baseball game. The home team sucked, but whatever. I didn't watch the game, I sat in a circle with the guys listening to Richard Cheese and heavy metal. Also played guitar hero outside at the carnival with a full band of guys. I rocked "Rebel Yell" on the guitar.

-Met Mike at the Hillel picnic, when he came over as I was playing "Only Time Will Tell" by Nelson. Started talking about music and video games. Met Matt through Mike. Jon, who lives down the hall from me, joined the pack. Met Melsack at the baseball game; she's a fashion major and she asked me if I'm an art major because apparently I look artsy. That made me happy since I'm a lover of the arts; of course my major is artsy in it's own way (film at Newhouse School of Communications).

-Went back to my dorm after the game win the guys and listened to music and made CDs. Fell asleep afterward listening to Pavarotti.

Day 3 at SU, day 2 of Hillel has begun. Right now we're playing Hillel Jeopardy, or as Matt calls it, "Jewpardy". I'm realizing that I don't know anything about my own religion and culture. Thus far I only know that Golda Meir was the only female prime minister of Israel. Oh, and the year Israel was founded. I am such a bad Jew.

More updates to come....I love college.

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Day one at Syracuse:


-Moved into my dorm from 12 pm to 3:30 pm.

-Blasted Billy Joel, Lady Gaga, The Mudbloods, Oliver Boyd and the Rememberalls, Bonnie Tyler, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

-Visited the Hillel Center and got three awesome shirts.

-Went to Cosmo's for lunch, of course. Played The Eagles, Tom Petty, and Bob Dylan from the jukebox.

-Went shopping at Manny's for the millionth time and got even more SU stuff.

-Got a long honesty box message about how selfish I am. Laughed because I knew who it was, and because I couldn't care less, since I know every word was bullshit.


Tomorrow is day 2 at SU, and day 1 of the Freshfest program. Mom and Dad are leaving by 11:30 and I'm going to cry my eyes out. Uh oh.




I'm in love with my school. <3

I'm going to college tomorrow.

I'm numb. Just numb.



I already miss my doggies. My parents are on edge. I might burst into tears tonight.




Syracuse is going to be totally awesome.

OK so I'm talking about the newest Twilight drama, okay?? Basically, Rachelle Leferve, who played Victoria in the movies, was recast. Bryce Dallas Howard is now playing Victoria in Eclipse. And now, surprise, the recasting was not amicable. Swiped from ohnotheydidnt:

Summit Entertainment has just issued its statement regarding Rachelle Lefevre's earlier interview concerning the casting change initiated for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (bringing in Bryce Dallas Howard for the role of Victoria after Lefevre portrayed the character in Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon).

Say they,

We at Summit Entertainment are disappointed by Rachelle Lefevre’s recent comments which attempt to make her career choices the fault of the Studio. Her decision to discuss her version of the scheduling challenges publicly has forced the Studio to set the record straight and correct the facts.

* Ms. Lefevre's representatives were advised as early as April that THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE was expected to start shooting in early August.

*If Ms. Lefevre was, as she describes “passionate,” about being part of THE TWILIGHT SAGA, we feel that she and her representatives would have included us in her decision to work on another film that would conflict with the shooting schedule of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE.

*It was not until July 20th that Summit was first informed of Ms. Lefevre’s commitment to BARNEY’S VERSION, a commitment we have since been advised she accepted in early June. Summit had acted in good faith that she would be available to fulfill her obligations both in terms of rehearsals and shooting availability for THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE. We feel that her choice to withhold her scheduling conflict information from us can be viewed as a lack of cooperative spirit which affected the entire production.

*Furthermore Ms. Lefevre took a role in the other film that places her in Europe during the required rehearsal time, and at least ten days of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE’s principal photography. This period is essential for both rehearsal time with the cast, and for filming at key locations that are only available during the initial part of production.

*Contrary to Ms. Lefevre’s statement, it is simply untrue that the Studio dismissed her over a ten day overlap. It is not about a ten day overlap, but instead about the fact that THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE is an ensemble production that has to accommodate the schedules of numerous actors while respecting the established creative vision of the filmmaker and most importantly the story.

The fact remains that Ms. Lefevre’s commitment to the other project - which she chose to withhold from Summit until the last possible moment - makes her unfortunately unavailable to perform the role of Victoria in THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE.

***

So because it's Summit we're dealing with here, I smell bullshit asap. I don't really care about the series, but hen again, it's fun to point out everything that sucks about the production, so here we go: some responses to the same post at ohnotheydidnt that sum up my feelings:

mellinator
2009-07-30 05:30 am
How could they recast her?! SHE'S THE ONE WITH THE WICKED CURVE BALL!!!!

gossipgirll25
2009-07-30 05:59 am
so they found out about the schedualing conflict Monday and by Wed shes already recast? I dont think it works that fast. Oviously they had to know ahead of time that they wanted to replace her. Just drawing up the contracts, finding someone theyre intrested in, having that person audition, ect...will take more then just 2 days.
I dont believe a word Summit says.

justmyowl
2009-07-30 06:18 am
they shouldn't have replaced her. i remember they arranged a special schedule for cam gigandet because he had scheduling conflict, soo they should have tried to do it for her. laaaammee.

Now my two cents:
No way would Rachelle not tell summit about her role in another movie, since it's been stated that she's passionate about her role in the twilight series. Not to mention, Twilight would mean more media coverage for her, meaning her career would be given a bigger boost than if she appeared in an indie flick. Summit never asked Rachelle if she was more devoted to her other role and then go and recast. They "learned" about her scheduling conflict and conveniently were able to recast her role with a star in a matter of 3 days or something. If they had actually talked to Rachelle first and had the intent o keeping her, I'm sure they would have worked something out. Clearly Summit did some dirty underhanded crap. Shame on them; he movies suck anyway. No many how many stars they have, the fact remains that the source material is trash.

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Yup, I'm ranting about this video right here:

http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=44b397df-cddb-48b7-970a-f1271464115c



He makes it seem like he stole something, or got caught doing drugs, the way he talks about it. His tone makes it seem as if he had done something trivial. If he truly felt so sorry about what he did, he would be hysterical and in tears. This just proves that he's going through the motions; he doesn't regret his actions because he's truly sorry; he just regrets having to face the consequences.

He didn't even write this himself. You can tell, of course, because it's all carefully worded.

The scumbag should be doing time in jail; then maybe I would believe he wan't making excuses. By trying to cut the best deal possible, he's showing that he's trying to duck out of facing the music; if he were a real man who were truly sorry, he would be serving that time in prison, because he would know he deserved it and he wouldn't put up a fight. But he went to court and he cut a deal. What kind of message does that send to young people? "It's okay to beat on a woman, as long as you say how sorry you are." That doesn't cut it and it doesn't exonerate you in my book.


...Don't get me started on the soul searching crap either. From what I have learned from Judeo-Christian techings, God would never want someone to take the easy way out.

"Trying to understand what happened and why"? YOU BEAT THE HELL OUT OF YOUR GIRLFRIEND YOU PRICK. Why: You were angry and you don't know how to control your anger. You think it's okay to beat a girl UNCONSCIOUS and to LEAVE HER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. That isn't just a slap that came out of nowhere. That was a legitimate assult that could have become murder. Don't act like its only semi-serious by reading a speech you didn't even write off of a piece of paper. And how can we possibly believe what you did will never happen again? If he's the type of guy who would do that to his girlfriend once, you can bet your ass he will do it again. It's never a one time thing. Who knows what might happen if he gets angry again, after all? He'll have a different reaction than he did before? Of course not.

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