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gogmagogHaha, as an actual fan of boybands, I find this song HILARIOUS.
And speaking of hilarious, I got the most awesome book from the library and zoomed through it today because it was so trashily good. First, I should comment that I rarely manage to get any fun reading done during the semester unless it's graphic novels, just for time purposes, unless it's a new book by one of my favorite authors. But this was amusing enough that I managed to get all the way through it during the semester - in a single day, even!
It's called Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary, and I believe its tagline describes it all: "Her soul was pure. Her desires were sinful. Her typing was impeccable."
...you see now why I couldn't NOT get it from the library. XD
Anyway, the story itself indeed lives up to its description. It's sort of like a cross between a pastiche of lesbian pulp fiction and a Nancy Drew book. (I was going to say it's like a lesbian Nancy Drew book, but that's actually the Nancy Drew book themselves - even as a kid I totally thought that Nancy's BFFs Bess and George, who were cousins, were totally in love with each other.)
A sample:
"Sorry to burst in on you like this," she began, then stopped. Maxie and Pamela were kissing passionately, entwined in a tight embrace!
Her eyes took in the whole scene in a split second - Maxie in her silk kimono, half lying on the bed, Pamela still in her green sheath, her shoes kicked carelessly to the floor, bent over the supine girl, the pink comforter twisted and crumpled underneath them.
And then, just like Lois and Mrs. Pierson earlier, Pamela and Maxie became aware of her and pulled apart. Maxie tugged her kimono closed, and Pamela sat up and smoothed her hair.
"Why, Lois!" she faltered. "We were just - I was just showing Maxie - That is, Maxie had a muscle cramp..."
Then she threw up her hands. "Oh, I give up! Maxie and I are lovers, Lois!"
"Lovers!" Lois gasped.
"Sort of like steadies," Maxie put in helpfully. "Like you and your boyfriend, Bobby."
"Billy, and we broke up before prom," Lois corrected.
"Whoops, sorry!" murmured Maxie sympathetically.
"It's all right," Lois reassured her. "We're still good friends."
"We're Lesbians!" Pamela broke in desperately. "You know, deviants! I know even Walnut Grove has heard of deviants!"
"Deviants..." Miss Gill's phrase, "man-hating neurotic," echoed in Lois's head. "Girls, do you know something?" she said in an awed voice. "I think I'm a deviant, too!"
Pamela and Maxie stared at Lois, mouths agape.
"Good Lord," said Pamela at last. "How could we have been so blind?"
"Suddenly it seems obvious," agreed Maxie. She gave Lois a wide smile. "Welcome to the secret world of Lesbian career girls, Lois!"
Note that this happens immediately after her overbearing boss has made her dress up as a French maid and inadvertently introduced her to dominance/submission in the process. XD
Anyway, the book is deeply stupid (intentionally so; the denouement involves blackmail, jilted girlfriends and subliminal Communist messages transmitted through lingerie ads), but nevertheless really endearing; I kind of want it to be a series now.
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jantalaimon, it does indeed include lesbrarians; the Dewey Decimal System actually plays a rather large part in the plot. XD
And as far as videogame nattering goes, I downloaded and tried out the demo (PS3, though it's also being released for Xbox 360) of Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War, which is an interesting little Dynasty Warriors-meets-RTS game from Koei set during the Hundred Years' War between England and France. I'd heard about it, thought "oh, I like that period, I should remember to check that game out one of these days" and left it at that; but I should have known it would turn out awesome. (Koei's Kessen was my first game for the PS2, and while it had its flaws I still have very fond memories of it.)
Basically, you assume the role of a mercenary (male OR female, in case you want to do the whole Joan of Arc thing) and accept jobs with whichever side of the conflict you want (English or French). You can lead numerous types of units, from infantry to cavalry to archers to spearmen; judging from the menus, I think later you get elephant and camel cavalry, which is COMPLETELY AWESOME (if not entirely historically accurate). Basically, for each battle you lead whatever unit you pick into Dynasty Warriors-esque battles; if it starts to become less effective, you can leave that unit and take over another, more effective unit (once you find an allied version). As you use each kind of unit, you level up their abilities; you can also buy equipment, equip pennons that have an effect on whatever unit you're currently with, and accumulate treasure, money and fame. (I'm sure there's more complexity, but sadly I've only played the demo.)
After a playthrough of the demo this morning, my medieval-geek reaction is that I will be getting this ASAP: it comes out in early November, so not too long to wait. :D
Finally, Rob Liefeld rags on Alan Moore. My reply? DIE IN A FIRE, LIEFELD, YOU'RE NOT FIT TO PICK LICE OUT OF ALAN MOORE'S MOUNTAIN-MAN-SLASH-UNABOMBER BEARD.
And speaking of hilarious, I got the most awesome book from the library and zoomed through it today because it was so trashily good. First, I should comment that I rarely manage to get any fun reading done during the semester unless it's graphic novels, just for time purposes, unless it's a new book by one of my favorite authors. But this was amusing enough that I managed to get all the way through it during the semester - in a single day, even!
It's called Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary, and I believe its tagline describes it all: "Her soul was pure. Her desires were sinful. Her typing was impeccable."
...you see now why I couldn't NOT get it from the library. XD
Anyway, the story itself indeed lives up to its description. It's sort of like a cross between a pastiche of lesbian pulp fiction and a Nancy Drew book. (I was going to say it's like a lesbian Nancy Drew book, but that's actually the Nancy Drew book themselves - even as a kid I totally thought that Nancy's BFFs Bess and George, who were cousins, were totally in love with each other.)
A sample:
"Sorry to burst in on you like this," she began, then stopped. Maxie and Pamela were kissing passionately, entwined in a tight embrace!
Her eyes took in the whole scene in a split second - Maxie in her silk kimono, half lying on the bed, Pamela still in her green sheath, her shoes kicked carelessly to the floor, bent over the supine girl, the pink comforter twisted and crumpled underneath them.
And then, just like Lois and Mrs. Pierson earlier, Pamela and Maxie became aware of her and pulled apart. Maxie tugged her kimono closed, and Pamela sat up and smoothed her hair.
"Why, Lois!" she faltered. "We were just - I was just showing Maxie - That is, Maxie had a muscle cramp..."
Then she threw up her hands. "Oh, I give up! Maxie and I are lovers, Lois!"
"Lovers!" Lois gasped.
"Sort of like steadies," Maxie put in helpfully. "Like you and your boyfriend, Bobby."
"Billy, and we broke up before prom," Lois corrected.
"Whoops, sorry!" murmured Maxie sympathetically.
"It's all right," Lois reassured her. "We're still good friends."
"We're Lesbians!" Pamela broke in desperately. "You know, deviants! I know even Walnut Grove has heard of deviants!"
"Deviants..." Miss Gill's phrase, "man-hating neurotic," echoed in Lois's head. "Girls, do you know something?" she said in an awed voice. "I think I'm a deviant, too!"
Pamela and Maxie stared at Lois, mouths agape.
"Good Lord," said Pamela at last. "How could we have been so blind?"
"Suddenly it seems obvious," agreed Maxie. She gave Lois a wide smile. "Welcome to the secret world of Lesbian career girls, Lois!"
Note that this happens immediately after her overbearing boss has made her dress up as a French maid and inadvertently introduced her to dominance/submission in the process. XD
Anyway, the book is deeply stupid (intentionally so; the denouement involves blackmail, jilted girlfriends and subliminal Communist messages transmitted through lingerie ads), but nevertheless really endearing; I kind of want it to be a series now.
Oh, and for
jantalaimon, it does indeed include lesbrarians; the Dewey Decimal System actually plays a rather large part in the plot. XDAnd as far as videogame nattering goes, I downloaded and tried out the demo (PS3, though it's also being released for Xbox 360) of Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War, which is an interesting little Dynasty Warriors-meets-RTS game from Koei set during the Hundred Years' War between England and France. I'd heard about it, thought "oh, I like that period, I should remember to check that game out one of these days" and left it at that; but I should have known it would turn out awesome. (Koei's Kessen was my first game for the PS2, and while it had its flaws I still have very fond memories of it.)
Basically, you assume the role of a mercenary (male OR female, in case you want to do the whole Joan of Arc thing) and accept jobs with whichever side of the conflict you want (English or French). You can lead numerous types of units, from infantry to cavalry to archers to spearmen; judging from the menus, I think later you get elephant and camel cavalry, which is COMPLETELY AWESOME (if not entirely historically accurate). Basically, for each battle you lead whatever unit you pick into Dynasty Warriors-esque battles; if it starts to become less effective, you can leave that unit and take over another, more effective unit (once you find an allied version). As you use each kind of unit, you level up their abilities; you can also buy equipment, equip pennons that have an effect on whatever unit you're currently with, and accumulate treasure, money and fame. (I'm sure there's more complexity, but sadly I've only played the demo.)
After a playthrough of the demo this morning, my medieval-geek reaction is that I will be getting this ASAP: it comes out in early November, so not too long to wait. :D
Finally, Rob Liefeld rags on Alan Moore. My reply? DIE IN A FIRE, LIEFELD, YOU'RE NOT FIT TO PICK LICE OUT OF ALAN MOORE'S MOUNTAIN-MAN-SLASH-UNABOMBER BEARD.
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Date: 2007-10-15 01:50 pm (UTC)You do realise, you had me at the title of that book?!?!?! The tagline + description were just gravy, and THEN as though I didn't feel targetted enough, you mentioned the lesbrarians. >333333333333
I so need to obtain this book immediately.
*goes off to Half.com to spend more money*
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Date: 2007-10-16 01:21 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-16 04:24 pm (UTC)Also, I forgot to mention it earlier: Bess and George were SO OTP4EVAR. I mean, MUCH more than Nancy/Ned EVER were. EVER. Not even a question! When I was little and I first started reading those books, before anyone had ever said or implied to me (well, as far as I know) that Nice Girls Don't Like Other Girls Like *That*, it was just accepted knowledge in my reading of those books. Seriously. IT IS CANON.
Now, interpreting this to mean Bess and George were trying to subvert Nancy and cause her to give in to TEH DARK SIDE, well. Surely fanfic has taken care of that...and oh god, I did *not* just implicitly ask for info on Nancy Drew fanfic...XD
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Date: 2007-10-16 08:15 pm (UTC)(The book I'm referring to is book nine, The Sign of the Twisted Candles. It's really sad that I remembered that completely off the top of my head, though I verified it with Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sign_of_the_Twisted_Candles).)
Also, Nancy/Ned was indeed like the most boring pairing ever. I'm still convinced Ned was just a cover for Nancy's tormented passion for George (who was actually more manly than Ned). XD
Also I have no idea why you think I might link you to lesbian Nancy Drew fanfic (http://books.adultfanfiction.net/story.php?no=5441782).*innocent whistle*(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-16 08:47 pm (UTC)Yeah, you wouldn't know where to find pr0n if the splatter hit you full in the face. >3
I am utterly terrified, but you know I'll click that link anyway...XD
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Date: 2007-10-16 11:07 pm (UTC)Also, if the link's not working, just go to AFF and click on Books -> Nancy Drew. There's only three fics, I think you'll be able to tell from the description which one I'm talking about.
(Don't worry, it's not all that pr0ny...though it IS titled "The Mystery of the Squeaking Springs." XD)
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Date: 2007-10-16 08:54 pm (UTC)Aww damn, the link isn't working for me...I do the age verifier thingy and just get a blank page...:P(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-15 07:17 pm (UTC)I think I'd like to have a go at the real thing before a parody. ^_^;
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Date: 2007-10-16 01:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-15 11:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-16 01:28 pm (UTC)