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[elisi]

[Doctor Who] 50th Anniversary BAFTA Tribute

Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown. (Go read. But no liquids near keyboard.)

And via poshcat, the most brilliant thing you'll see all day:

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Comments

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

I've been grinning at that Dan Brown article all day. It's so... accurate.

[elisi]

I'm not sure I dare click the link. Mostly I could CRY that he dares touch Dante. That should be FORBIDDEN!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Dare! Dare!

Also, there's this:

Dan Brown: Annoying Facebook Friend

Janet Maslin: Can you ease up with the italics?
Dan Brown: Not italics. My innermost thoughts.
Janet Maslin: They're not just your thoughts, Dan, we can see the italics in your comment.
Dan Brown: Right. If you only knew what I'm capable of.

[elisi]

My icon expresses my sentiments exactly! :D

[dweomeroflight.livejournal.com]

OH. MY. THANK YOU RANDOM STRANGER FOR THIS LINK!

Seriously!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. :)

Here, have a clip of Dan Brown trying his hand at a career as an 80s pop singer. In 1993.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/da-vinci-code-author-dan-brown-wrote-a-song-about,97683

[elisi]

I'm not sure I dare watch...

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

There's nothing to watch, just a brief audio clip.

But it is disturbing.

[elisi]

'Before he combined the conspiracy theories of a hundred Geocities sites with the point-and-click puzzle-solving of a dozen CD-ROM games, thus creating literature'
*dies laughing*

That alone is worth the price of admission!

*goes off to read the rest*

*and listen*

Wow. It's like a time warp! A disturbing time warp...

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

I saw that kitten video on Facebook earlier today and even with repeated viewings, it so far hasn't once failed to get me to laugh!

[elisi]

I showed it to Darcy and told him it'd make him laugh. He didn't believe me. But it did. :)

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Thankies, for the links, bb!! The kitten was hilarious and poor Dan Brown hoisted on his own thingamabob that is a stick, or at least looks like one with a pointy end that he likely can get hurt on with all the being hoisted upon it...the comments were an added hilarity to this post.

*HUGS*

[elisi]

Happy to cheer you, Sweetie! <3

[desdemonaspace]

I have never read Dan Brown, but I think I may have to check him out. (I amuse myself every couple of years by picking up Jean Auel's Shelters Of Stone again, saying to myself, "It can't have been that bad, was it? Surely there's SOMETHING redeeming in it?" But there isn't, and I marvel anew."

Library, not purchase. I don't want to line the pockets of either moneybag.

[jerusha]

Oh, good heavens, Jane Auel. I read Clan of the Cave Bears and...what's the second one? Valley of the Horses? My mother told me that "good Christians girls don't read books like that," but I think she should have said, "There is absolutely nothing redeeming in those books, and I'm sorry you've been scarred for life. We've all been there."

I haven't been able to make myself pick up Dan Brown yet. Maybe someday.

[desdemonaspace]

My mother said the same thing to me! Except that it was when she found Fanny Hill and Candy under my mattress.

[jerusha]

LOL! Nice to know that there's nothing new under the sun.

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

My good christian dad read those books. They were teh thing when I was in middle school; I snuck them off the shelf and hoped he wouldn't notice. I know they wouldn't have been approved reading for middle-school me! But you're right; "There is absolutely nothing redeeming in those books, and I'm sorry you've been scarred for life. We've all been there." would probably have worked best to disuade me!

[jerusha]

A friend of mine tried that tactic with the Twilight books with her kids. Basically, "Oh, you want to read Twilight? Well, you're going to read EVERY WORD," since you decided to ignore my warnings that it was terrible literature.

Personally, with every genre my parents banned, I had more invested in reading a sampling of that genre just because. It was a small rebellion. On the other hand, if my parents had said, "Oh, gee, you're reading books we don't like? Read ALL THE BOOKS. BINGE ON THE BOOKS. And then we'll talk." I probably wouldn't have been so intent on reading the books.

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

My parents never banned any books. But I was well aware of which ones they would be disappointed in me reading. So I didn't make an issue of things that would get that reaction. In all fairness I would have got the same reaction for reading romance novels!

[eaweek.livejournal.com]

LOL, I'm glad I have a mother open-minded enough to share smutty fic with. We both read the first two Auel books, and her comment was "I don't think the sex she describes is physiologically possible." My response was, "I'm pretty sure it took longer for her to describe the sex than it did for the characters to actually have it." (Kinda like the Titanic sinking faster than the running time of James Cameron's movie).

[elisi]

I have never read Dan Brown, but I think I may have to check him out.
I haven't either, although I've watched The da Vinci Code, which was so bad it was almost good. :) If you like to punish yourself (like Bad Fic?) then I guess it's hereby recommended.

I amuse myself every couple of years by picking up Jean Auel's Shelters Of Stone again, saying to myself, "It can't have been that bad, was it? Surely there's SOMETHING redeeming in it?" But there isn't, and I marvel anew."
I never read any Jean Auel - I meant to, but never got around to it... If I see a cheap copy (50p?), I might have a go. :)

Library, not purchase. I don't want to line the pockets of either moneybag.
I hear ya!

[desdemonaspace]

Her first book, The Clan of The Cave Bear, wasn't bad, but the main character Ayla became more Mary Sue with each book, it wasn't even funny. If you Google "Ayla Mary Sue," there's a wealth of hilarious links.

[elisi]

Thank you, I might just do that when I need a laugh! :)

(Mary Sue's are funny. Although I find it quite a strange thing... my OCs are all so very much themselves, I couldn't imagine making them more like me/utterly awesome. They'd refuse.)

[desdemonaspace]

"Ayla is a Mary Sue who invented domesticating animals, sex, pottery, printing, gunpowder and the Apollo space Mission," sez one site.

I couldn't resist.

[elisi]

O... K. That's impressive.

[desdemonaspace]

Actually, this. But still!

[elisi]

From another part of that article:

'She does have a knack for inventing things, and is credited with many innovations actually made over thousands of years of human history.'

[jerusha]

I am so glad I heeded your warning about liquids with the Dan Brown article. *dies laughing*

[elisi]

It truly is a thing of beauty! :)

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

I really needed cheering up today. Both of those worked nicely; thanks!!

[elisi]

My pleasure darling. ♥

[eaweek.livejournal.com]

From the Dan Brown thing:

"Renowned author Dan Brown got out of his luxurious four-poster bed in his expensive $10 million house and paced the bedroom, using the feet located at the ends of his two legs to propel him forwards."

Thank you so much for the link to this piece... and thanks also for the warning about liquids and keyboards, or right now my workplace's IT department would not be very happy with me. ; ) And ROTFL--that's exactly how Brown writes. I had the misfortune of reading The DaVinci Code... it was awful. The terrible thing was, there were some neat ideas in there, and the novel could've been brilliant in the hands of a writer who understands basic things like plotting, dialogue, and characterization.

[elisi]

and thanks also for the warning about liquids and keyboards, or right now my workplace's IT department would not be very happy with me. ; )
Are IT ever happy? (Mind you we have a Mr Gorgeous in our IT department, who comes and 'touches' my computer in all the right places & makes it work again. I swear, the innuendo just APPEARS out of thin air...)

And ROTFL--that's exactly how Brown writes. I had the misfortune of reading The DaVinci Code... it was awful.
Watching the movie was bad enough. (Which reminds me of stoney321's review/blow-by-blow description. Still no liquids!)

The terrible thing was, there were some neat ideas in there, and the novel could've been brilliant in the hands of a writer who understands basic things like plotting, dialogue, and characterization.
And now he's tackled Dante. I feel that there should be some sort of punishment for this. He is the anti-Dante!

[eaweek.livejournal.com]

Also LOL at the kitten thing. (Our cat cannot be left near any creatures smaller than she is.)

[elisi]

Kittens are the best! <3

[eaweek.livejournal.com]

Have you watched the Murkin and his kittens videos on You Tube? That's my go-to site for stress relief. : )

[elisi]

*makes note*

Thank you!

[yourlibrarian]

Hee! Honestly the lizards needed to understand that tails are made to play with! What else would they be for?

[elisi]

Indeed. And I hope the kitten doesn't have a heart attack on a daily basis... :)