My Big Fat Greek LJ. And the undead.

Saw it! Loved it. The SO loved it. The SO is turning into a closet Joey fan. Traitor. The bad, bad SO also taped Scooby Doo over the Conan interview with Fatone. But love is, if not blind, at least willing to wear a blindfold.

I went and bought the glossy Cosmo Girl with Nick, and the EW with mini-Sync on it. The SO hid, and wouldn't come up to the counter with me. We've taken to calling Cosmo Girl my "controversial literature". But we entertained other theatre-goers by reading portions of it aloud. Two teen girls were looking at EW when I was browsing, and one of them shakes her finger at the other and says "You aren't buying it because of *him*, are you?!" and the first girl says "Oh no, I just wanted this article".

::snerk::

So, snippet.

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After Life
Part One b
by surfergiantbilly

Chris was, unbelievably, even more annoying than Joe.

"How do you deal with his crap?" Billy asked JC one evening, after watching Chris systematically demolish the hotel room he and JC were sharing. Chris was quiet for the moment, happily beating the excessive cockiness out of Justin on Justin's X-box.

JC shrugged.

"Well, I laugh at him, mostly. And sometimes I mock him in code, which is fun. Justin helps. And he keeps Justin occupied a lot." Justin needed to be kept occupied in order to get him to stop trying to convince JC to sleep with him, apparently. "And, just, you know. I love him a lot. He can be very sweet, underneath."

Billy understood. Joe had once shoved a burger into his face while he was sleeping, and proceeded to bitch at him for an hour straight until he ate the damn thing. Later Billy realized it Joe had spent their last dollar on it, and hadn't eaten for a few days himself.

The first morning he and JC woke up together, Chris had scared him senseless, then demanded his autograph. He'd been briefly calmed by JC, and then had rushed into the hall screeching for someone called Joey, to "come see this, man, JC had SEX last night! You'll never guess who he's naked with!"

Fortunately, Joey was an big, friendly guy who had only threatened to kill him if Billy made JC cry.

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Night!

Stunned into Submission

I made the horrible mistake of trying to actually watch Longshot.

I'm stunned stupid, folks. No snippets tonight, my whacked-out cynicism quotient is at an all-time high.

So here is my list of-

Words and phrases that should never again be spoken by any pop star, as part of the “getting honest” trend.

taking it to the next level
reinvent
more myself
[insert claim of friendship with other rising celeb]
stripped down
raw
influenced but still me
next big thing
more honest
get real

Because, darlings, we’ve got it. You are all graduating from Pop U. this year. We know you want us to buy the album. We understand you are being “genuine” now. We realize that you are trying for a less plastic image.

Yes, yes, you are all so original and unique. All of you. And raw, and dangerously wild yet sweet. Adult, grownup, in charge. But lovable. We get it.

And if you won’t quit with the beating us over the head about it, we are going to force you to wear the hats with the little Mickey ears. And listen to the Pogues on headphones. While we laugh, and dance to old skool ska. Oops, old skool is on the list.
I'm messed.

Night guys, stay sane.