I want to know two things, and by want to know, I mean please don’t answer either of the following questions because I couldn’t possibly care less:
1. Who the fuck are the Jonas Brothers and why does everyone care so damn much? I read something about one of them giving a promise ring to his girlfriend and threw up all over my computer. I hate America.
2. Seriously, does anyone else notice that “Twilight,” which is apparently some series of books about Mormon vampires and now the number one movie in the universe forever, came out of FUCKING NOWHERE? One minute I was enjoying my life, and the next Cedric Diggory is sitting on his giant pile of cash and monopolizing my issues of “Entertainment Weekly.” I worked in publishing for three years – 1.5 of those years in children’s publishing – and I hadn’t heard of this ridiculous nonsense until about 2 months ago.
3. Blerg! When I was your age, we had underaged Mouseketeers gyrating in a high school hallway wearing only a cardigan and a maxi pad! I guess now that Britney (who is my age) has had two kids, I’m officially decrepit. Now where’s my Metamucil?
December 3, 2008 at 1:22 pm
That’s three things.
And I can’t answer any of your questions, but I’m with you on the Twilight thing. You’d probably enjoy the “rejected” screenplay though:
http://www.ericdsnider.com/snide/my-rejected-twilight-screenplay/
December 4, 2008 at 9:25 am
So if I’m reading this right what you really want is a promise ring covered in mormon vomit for x-mas…
Consider it in the works.
December 4, 2008 at 4:06 pm
hey bro – if you can get it delivered to me by a scientologist, i’ll be forever in your debt.
December 4, 2008 at 8:49 pm
that could be arranged…. right after i get out of my younglife meeting I’ll look into it.
December 12, 2008 at 4:53 pm
I haven’t yet decided how I feel about the Twilight books. I’ve read two of them (being the good librarian that I am)and they are definitely entertaining. What’s not to love about vampire/human/werewolf romance? Kids in my library are actually checking them out and reading them (a rare thing in my we’re-a-school-but-we-don’t-really-give-a-crap-about-the-library). On the one hand, I’m glad kids are reading. On the other hand, it’s kinda like reading Danielle Steele.
And you should see the YA Librarian list serve! Just about a gazillion librarians have given their two cents about whether the books promote anti-feminist, woman-as-victim-completely-controlled-by-her-(vampire)lover values, or not. In some cases, it’s almost come to blows!
I think I saw the Jonas Brothers on Regis & Kelly once…