Does anyone have suggestions for good online writers' resources? I'm dabbling with a fantasy novel idea I've had for a while, and feel like it would be nice to see what's out there. Thanks in advance!

( Or, it's not TV, it's not HBO, IT'S FUCKING CRACK -- True Blood 2.10 )

I also have important opinions about Project Runway and a report about my awesome weekend. But I'm tired. so you all need to wait.

I once bought Anthony Stewart Head a Corona at a Buffy Con.

I think Buffy barked a little while ago. (Technically, I believe it was a sneeze -- but an eerily barklike sneeze that sounded like nothing that should ever come out of a cat's mouth.)

(Hee, I'm looking at my Big Poppa icon, and I wonder if Buffy's dearly departed big brother is doing his best Whoopi Goldberg: "Person who fed me -- you're in danger, girl!"

Like ARod if he were a vampire playing on the Cullen's baseball squad.

Thank you Top American Designer Michael Kors for providing the perfect three words to describe what has so far been an eventful and productive weekend. And to think it's not even 1:30 on Saturday afternoon yet.

I too went to ComicCon!

Highlights

* During the Women in Sci-Fi panel, I asked the panel how long they thought it would take for there to be a similar panel about kickass gays and lesbians in sci-fi. Hollywood Royalty Ms. Sigourney Weaver (!!!) answered my question very thought-provokingly, and ... honestly, I don't remember what she said exactly because SIGOURNEY EFFING WEAVER talked to me! I was totally starstruck. Also during that panel, I decided that Zoe Seldana would be PERFECT for Wonder Woman. Oh sure, fanboys would pitch a hissyfit over a woman of color in the role, but mark my words -- cast her, and then show 15 minutes of Zoe as WW at ComicCon, and *everyone* will be on board for that casting. Ooooh, I also learned that Eliza kinda needs to get over herself a little bit.

* Thurs night, I caught a screening of the Green Lantern animated film and Trick R Treat, a horror anthology film. Both were fantastic. I can't recommend either enough. Trick R Treat stars Anna Paquin, Tamoh Pinnekehottie, and a couple of Hey!It'sThatGuys, and reminds me a bit of 3-4 really awesome interconnected Tales from the Crypt segments. If you like old school, 80s humor/horror, this is totally for you.

* The Warner Bros. panel included previews of Where the Wild Things Are, the Nightmare on Elm Street remake starring Jackie Earle Haley as Freddie, The Book of Eli, The Box, Jonah Hex, and Sherlock Holmes. I agree with swsa -- the WtWTA footage made me cry. They seemed to have done it in such a way where the kid in it is an actual kid, and not a typical smartass Macauley in Home Alone stand-in that EVERY children's movie features. I know the movie has had some bad buzz around it, but I can't help but think that's because the studio wanted the same kind of vibe that recent children's books adaptations have (i.e. all the Seuss abominations) and that's not what they got. We shall see...

* From the same panel, The Box looks like another hot mess, and I feel sorry for Richard Kelly (but I'd still hit that in a HEARTBEAT). Megan Fox, on the other hand, did NOT look hot in person. V.v. disappointing. And swsa, I wonder if this is why Jude wasn't at the panel? Oh yeah, the new Nightmare looks creepy as FUCK. Plus, it stars Beaver from Veronica Mars!

* On Saturday, I saw Scott Wolf, the space whore from Firefly, Ian Sommerholder, and fucking CARROT TOP in a hotel lobby. The first three, I assume, were chilling before their respective panels. Why CT was there I'm not sure. Probably to give me nightmares.

* I missed the V panel to catch Glee. And as many good things I've heard about V, I'm glad I did. They showed the second episode, and it was 3 times better than the pilot. I'm telling y'all right now, I foresee myself becoming as big of a Glee fangirl as I ever was for Buffy.

* On Saturday night, I ended up chilling w/my pal Wendi, her BF, and some of his pals at their hotel's bar. After I had imbibed a few, in walks STAN FREAKING LEE. Him walking into one of the LBTG in Comics panels was one of 2008's highlights for me, so I was thrilled to see him in the wild, so to speak. I offered to buy him a drink -- after all, his comic books made up such an integral part of my childhood -- but he politely declined, saying he already had 5. Cool.

* Ooooh, I almost forgot. At the Human Target panel, I think I pissed off Mark Valley when I asked him about playing Jack Deveraux on Days of Our Lives. Ooops! *tee hee*

So I've had a super-enjoyable summer so far. A trip home and to Miami, R&R, sleeping in, and some workshops. Fun! Really looking forward to Comic Con and San Diego, of course. Here's is my tentative schedule.

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So when I'm not busy responding to LJ's inane Question of the Day or walking children in nature, I cook and eat. I recently discovered that you can make spaghetti sauce that's SO MUCH BETTER than whatever brand that's a step above Ragu but not quite gourmet/organic fancy ass in the privacy of your own home, WITHOUT paying retail prices. Whilst cooking pasta and browning ground turkey, I realized I had no can of pre-made sauce. After self-defibrillating, I realized that all you have to do is open a can of stewed and/or diced tomatoes, throw some spices in it, cook, and pray to Julia Child. It turned out super-yummy!!! I will never buy Prego again.

Wow. I just love how random these are getting.

Sarah Palin.

"Manage a tois" sounds so much more romantic, so much more intimate than "doubly-penetrated cum dumpster."

I'm a monognostic. I believe it may exist, but I have no personal proof, nor interest in finding out for sure one way or the other.
;-)

I have opinions about nationally televised karaoke contests (reposted from Snarkfest:)
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I PROBABLY won't be making time for AI next year, unless there's four or five decent contestants (unlike this year when there were 3 good ones.) I appreciated the fact that I could DVR it and run through it in 15 minutes by skipping over the crap. But next year, no thank you. It's not even like I really like the sort of music AI is set up to market, but I guess I watched this year out of weird curiosity. So why am I wasting my time with this crap, especially when I have some Make Me a Supermodel to watch?????

ETA: Jesus Christ Snarkfest, groupthink much? I may need another OTZ backup site for my gossip needs, because I am selling my time share at SN.

For the past 5 or so years, I haven't used my library card. I SWEAR I remember looking up my account online and seeing that I had a fine for a book I lost. I was all, "They're charging me WHAT???" and just kinda sorta never got around to getting it taken care of.

So tonite I decided to just be a man and get this shit dealt with. I'm helping with a school-wide Olympic tie-in, and thought I would have some of the 7/8th graders read sports and Olympic-themed books to the li'l ones. So I went in prepared to pay what I remembered was kind of an outrageous fine, so I could stock up.

The fine? $5.90. Maybe I turned in the book and just forgot that I had? Maybe it disappeared from the system? Who knows. Anyway, I returned home with about 25 sports books and some comic book trades. And that Charles Schultz bio that came out last year!!! Yay, books!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT THE HELL IS DREAMWIDTH????????????

I just spent 10 minutes looking at the Write-a-Prisoner site skimming for inmates who, um, were kinda hot. While I'm at it, I should admit that I often spend at least 30 minutes on Saturday watching one of MSNBC's Lock Up marathons. If you'll excuse me, I need to Netflix Oz now.

If you're like me, you've enjoyed watching that inane "Gathering Storm" anti-marriage equality video and wondering how many of these uncomfortable-looking actors are flaaaaaaaaming gays and secret dykes. You've probably also enjoyed watching the bizillion parodies. This one might be my favorite so far.

The blog I posted to in yesterday's post prompted me to further examine the meaning of this time of year, which plays a central role in two religions. What is the meaning of rebirth? Does everyone have a moment of dark reflection and dread in their own personal Gethsemane? What are the consequences of betrayal?

After much thought, I decided to do another batch of Saturday Sizzlers.

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Check out Searching For the Gay Jesus. I thought it had some provocative, beautifully written thoughts about Jesus, Christianity, and homosexuality. Even the comments section has some good discussion. Some highlights:

From a historical perspective, there's so little known about the actual man from Galilee that every depiction of him is bound to be wrong. Certainly, it's far more likely that Jesus had a same-sex relationship than it is that he was a six-foot blond-haired, blue eyed Arayan, for starters. Every culture depicts Jesus in their own reflection, so from a purely historical perspective, the question of Jesus' sexuality will always be unprovable sexuality, one way or another.

So, when we talk about Jesus, we're talking about the person depicted in the Gospels, who is both man and God in one. In essence, we are talking about the nature of God.

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Or as John puts it more succinctly earlier on in the Gospel, "God is love." Jesus is pretty much all about love, regardless of gender and implores his followers to "love one another as I have loved you." In fact, the primary goal of Jesus' ministry is to get people to love each other.

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And for something completely different from the same blog, feast your eyes on the Brazilian Zac Efron.