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Now far beyond DefCon Hello Kitty

07/02/2009

Via Twitter, I now have PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE that ELS is in Georgia, North Carolina and Massachusetts (shelved at B&N).

Edit: to include Virginia.

Edit 2: We now haz a map. *G*

Cutest collection of excited book bloggers you may ever see on Twitpics... at least to ME.  *L*

Calm down, we are still at Level: Cobalt Flame

06/29/2009

I realize with each day that passes that the likelihood of getting a squee email or tweet or blog note from a friend saying "I GOT YOUR BOOK" increases exponentially. sunilsebastian  actually received a shipping notice, then an "out for delivery" email that is taunting us.

Per a conversation with him and jennawaterford on Twitter, we have: The Threat Levels (Incoming Hardcover Copies):

Right now, we are at Cobalt Flame, which is only slightly higher than Egyptian Plum. Next, we'd proceed to Green Room, then Pandemonium Yellow.  If I actually got a shipping notice from Amazon, I'd raise us to Fizzy Orange Drink, with the final (cue explosions of the glitter cannon) when we hit Shocking Pink.  (Just above THAT is Hello Kitty Pink, with signals the END OF THE UNIVERSE.)

Because you can't go wrong with Hello Kitty.  Until you do:

Thoughts... I haz them

06/27/2009

And no real time to type them up in any coherent way.

But we went to see Up today. I cried. A lot.

Then I came home, and got a bit irritated that every main character in the movie (with the exception of Kevin) was a dude. The crotchety old man, the Cub Scout, the explorer, the DOG.

And then I started thinking back. Sure, Pixar has come up with some seriously kickass female characters... Eve (WALL*E) and Elastigirl and Edna (The Incredibles) but none of those characters is the lead.  Dory in Finding Nemo is a main character, but as lovable as she is, she's a complete ditz and the story is really about a man's journey to find his son. We have male rats and male chefs running around in Ratatouille. Cars was essentially a digital Doc Hollywood.  Sully and Mike reign supreme in Monsters, Inc. (although, duh, Boo is a girl.) And Toy Story is really about Woody and Buzz.

What the eff, Pixar?  Is this coincidence? Is it a digital animation thing?  Is it Disney's answer to the Princess Juggernaut? Is it shades of Harry Potter, where little girls are relaxed and groovy about viewing movies where the lead characters are predominantly male, but you fear it doesn't work the other way around?

Those were my thoughts whilst making dinner, anyway. Floor open to discussion.

Edit: So Linda Holmes over at NPR voiced everything I was thinking far, far better than I ever could: Dear Pixar, from all the girls with band-aids on their knees

Backstage Pass: Update

06/26/2009

With all the launch/revisions craziness, I've neglected to gather addresses for the people who will be getting Backstage Pass Bracelets (except for Chloe and Ley... I've got yours!)

So if you had an entry I posted here... shoot me your info, PM or email to lisa at lisamantchev dot com 

Thaaaaank you!!

First of the season

06/26/2009

The first (!!!) routine of this season's SYTYCD that I've liked enough to put here. And it's the hiney dance. *facepalm* It had everything: great music, characterization, chemistry... Evan bobbled twice (once with the shoe, then with Randi's leg over his head) but it didn't matter because they danced the heck out of it. And now, to iTunes for the song!