Roz Kaveney ([info]rozk) wrote,
2004-10-06 09:36:00
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On the necessity of hiding one's eyes

Last night I watched 'Six Feet Under' and we have got to the point where Celeste and Keith have sex. Celeste, for those who don't know, is a Britneyesque (or possibly Aguileroid) pop singer whom Keith, David's boyfriend is bodyguarding, and is played by Michelle Trachtenberg. I fear that Celeste/Dawn may be a pairing that is on the cards, and certainly that, if I ever actually write the Dawn/Kennedy/Ilona, Dawn getting mistaken regularly for Celeste is going to feature in the plot...

One of the many other 6FU developments was that Claire went to bed with Edie and realized that she just wasn't interested in Edie sexually - emotionally, aesthetically, and just about every other way, but not sexually. Which is, for me, an odd distinction, but I suspect that says more about me than the show or its characters. I don't think I have ever experienced finding someone ( even of whatever the wrong gender at the time was) fabulously interesting, gorgeous to look at, fun to be around and totally compatible as a companion and not at least considered sleeping with them if they were interested in me. I mean, sex that is not the most fabola sex ever is still sex, and if everything else works, well worst case you get to spend more time with them...Obviously I am just a big slut.

Meanwhile, it becomes ever more necessary for people who supported the war and now don't to accuse Bush, Cheney and Blair of falsehood or at least recklessness. Cheney last night was pushing the argument that because Edwards supported the war when it started, he is obliged to persist in error.

And the Saudi religious authorities have banned stuffed toys as well as Barbies. Sometimes news like this sounds to me like religion having a nervous breakdown.

Everyone should check out [info]cluegirl and her explanation of why J.K.Rowling is Lovecraft fanfic.

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[info]the_lemur

October 6 2004, 02:05:32 UTC 7 years ago

They can't ban me!

[info]briargate

October 6 2004, 03:26:48 UTC 7 years ago

emotionally, aesthetically, and just about every other way, but not sexually. Which is, for me, an odd distinction, but I suspect that says more about me than the show or its characters.

I think it's all down to personal experience - it's a boat of been in many times, both with friends and people I've been dating. But then I've got that many issues with sex that it's so far down my list of priorites it usually ends up missing the list entirely.

Cheney last night was pushing the argument that because Edwards supported the war when it started, he is obliged to persist in error.

While I can understand (if not like) the fact that the American Government don't want to hold their hands up and admit they fucked up, I'm still baffled by their insistence that to actually do so would be a sign of bad leadership.

[info]john_d_owen

October 6 2004, 03:35:32 UTC 7 years ago

Yeah, as if somehow persistence in error is a sign of strength, when in fact it is the exact opposite. "We are big macho men, and we make strong decisions and stick with them": the sub-text being "...right to the point where we are ten foot over the edge of the cliff and realise there's a thousand foot drop beneath us". Oops! Not a good trait in the self-proclaimed "Leaders of the Free World".

[info]i_kender

October 6 2004, 04:05:29 UTC 7 years ago

re: Saudi religious authorities

And the Saudi religious authorities have banned stuffed toys as well as Barbies. Sometimes news like this sounds to me like religion having a nervous breakdown.

Look! Mehran bait!

Fantastic... this from the country that tried to ban satellite TV and mobile phone cameras only to fail because the common people *like* their techno toys so much.

(see http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4525528,00.html for full details)

Clearly they fear not only cultural invasion from the West but also an intergalactic alliance of Barbie and Pokemon using mobiles to capture spy secrets from government installations, while back on the mothership Barney the Dinosaur brainwashes Saudi children through satellite transmission, hardwiring them with capitalist values while subtly flashing subliminal images of pornography and Budweiser adverts.

Hmm... sounds about right to me. Surely that happens here too?

At least in England we don’t have a black market that trades in bathtub-brewed alcohol, hard drugs, and third world sex slaves imprisoned in dingy bedsits.

Oh? We do? Well... two out of three isn’t bad.

[info]rozk

October 6 2004, 04:21:05 UTC 7 years ago

Re: Saudi religious authorities

What appals me about the dignitaries of various religions is not their critique of the utterly horrid aspects of modernity, but their utter silliness about trivia. And the fact that, in the case of the Saudis, the lunatics are in control - I would be equally worried if the Archbishop of Canterbury were campaigning against Halloween and Harry Potter.

[info]cluegirl

October 6 2004, 07:06:17 UTC 7 years ago

Thanks for the rec!

And I completely agree about the religion having a nervous breakdown, but I wonder if it isn't more the reigon having one -- a bit of zeitgheist to make everyone's day more hellish?

[info]flyingtapes

October 13 2004, 06:08:08 UTC 7 years ago

Hey Roz. I don't know if you have time, but I'll be in London Nov 5-7--would you like to get lunch or something? I love meeting fannish people when I happen to run through town.

[info]rozk

October 13 2004, 13:53:49 UTC 7 years ago

That would be very very cool - let's contact each other nearer the time. My e-mail is rkaveney@cix.co.uk

[info]flyingtapes

October 15 2004, 13:25:26 UTC 7 years ago

Brilliant. I'll make sure to do that. :)

[info]odelenu

October 13 2004, 10:54:17 UTC 7 years ago

Hey where did you go? No posts for a week? Are you having fun at least?

[info]rozk

October 13 2004, 13:55:14 UTC 7 years ago

Not entirely - good times on Friday when I got good work done in the am and then played with Heather in the afternoon. Reasonable Saturday and then two days of grot, followed by two days of catchup.
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