Did you ever read a book or, even more appropriately, watch a movie and leave feeling cheated? Things weren’t resolved? No payoff? Not what you expected? Then, OMG, do I have a site for you. It’s called, believe it or not, How It Should Have Ended. Or HISHE, for short. (I’ve decided to pronounce it His He.)
So, go there. Blair Witch and Twilight were really good. I’m off to see how It’s a Wonderful Life should’ve ended.
Love the name. I remember being a child/teen and being so absorbed in stories, so carried away by them. They were crucial to my existence. And, once or twice, I did read by flashlight. Hell, I’m still a sucker for a booklight. Every freaking time.
So, there’s a site. Flashlight Worthy Books. And it has reading lists. Over 300 of them. Awesome? I think so.
Seriously, take a look at some of these.
Heh. I just made a list of booklists. But, seriously, go there, now, and find your own must-reads.
Almost forgot to add: I follow FLW books on Twitter. Always great info on books, authors, and–naturally–lists. You should, too.
It’s Wordle and it’s adorable. Here’s mine:
Make your own at wordle.net.
I don’t know why “th” is apparently a word I use a lot, unless I’m seriously typoing the hell out of “the”, and I know I only used ye in the post on talk like a pirate day, so I’m surprised at it’s largeness. On the other hand, I kind of expected awesome to be about two feet tall. So, I like it.
This site, cassettefrommyex.com, describes itself:
They were into you, so they made you a tape. Today you don’t have a cassette player, but you still can’t toss that mix. We share the stories and the soundtrack to your earliest loves.
It sounds so cheesy, but when you go there, read the stories about how the tape came to be, it sort of sucks you in. And it must do that to more than just me, because there’s an upcoming book.
I think the best part is there’s even a track list. That and it reminds you of those mix tapes you made and received. Also, you might even find some songs to write to that you’d completely forgotten about.
Go to fontcapture.com and create your own free handwritten font. It said use a sharpie, but I wrote too big and cut off most of my letters. The instructions are easy–you just need a printer and a scanner. You must try it! Go now.
Given the recent scientific study of zombies, my stumbling on this one night just seemed like serendipity. It’s a very moving, engrossing, can’t-stop-reading piece of short fiction by Isaac Marion entitled I Am a Zombie Filled With Love.
Go on, read it. Tell me it’s not awesome.
Update: Since I seem to be all about the zombies now (why? no clue), I thought I’d throw this bonus link in: 30 Frighteningly Fantastic Zombie T-Shirts.
My favorite:
This is not an amusing joke, like Zombie Harmony. This is real, serious research, people. What if zombies were real? What would we have to do to stop the spreading of this “infectious disease?”
Some nuggets of wisdom. You know, just in case.
Professor Robert Smith? (the question mark is part of his surname and not a typographical mistake) and colleagues wrote: “We model a zombie attack using biological assumptions based on popular zombie movies.
Okay, well, as long as it’s based on biological assumptions garnered watching movies.
To give the living a fighting chance, the researchers chose “classic” slow-moving zombies as our opponents rather than the nimble, intelligent creatures portrayed in some recent films.
“While we are trying to be as broad as possible in modelling zombies – especially as there are many variables – we have decided not to consider these individuals,” the researchers said.
So, either we’re screwed if the zombies aren’t slow a la George Romero or these scientists are total bigots against fast-moving zombies. Whatever, Mr. Smith?. Not a typographical error. It’s his real name.‘
In their scientific paper, the authors conclude that humanity’s only hope is to “hit them [the undead] hard and hit them often”.
They added: “It’s imperative that zombies are dealt with quickly or else… we are all in a great deal of trouble.”
You know, I sure am glad someone got this shit figured out before the actual zombie attack that will never happen.
According to the researchers, the key difference between the zombies and the spread of real infections is that “zombies can come back to life”.
Also: real infectious diseases are real whereas zombies are just some low paid actors dressed up in fake blood and gore. Did you hear me, scientists? Fake blood and gore.
What’s next? The scientific answer of how to get Freddie Kreuger out of your dreams, for good?
The source and thank you to the lovely Jen, who found this gem.
It’s called texts from last night. And, there’s some seriously wrong texts there. So, if you’re at work, or your kid is looking over your shoulder, or your grandma, or you think semen or queefs are gross, or you even need to look up the word, queef, don’t go there and be mad at me.
How is this related to romance or writing in any way? It’s not. It just makes me laugh. And it’s link licker Thursday!
She’s my new BFF. Well, if by BFF one means a person who has no idea that *I* exist, but I’ve spent 19 pages so far reading her every thought and act and added in her comments section that I was totally devoted to following her anywhere, but not in a scary stalker way. Seriously. She’s awesome.
Read. Laugh until you nearly pee yourself. Repeat.
I found this hilarious widget at The Frisky, an edgy and awesome website about love, relationships, and sex.
