I have a new hero. Visit his fanclub at:
http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/
Holy cow. Ancient files upon ancient disks! I found my first attempt at Potterfic, which unbeknownst to me at the time sparked the Percy Weasley fandom. I found a ridiculous quantity of etymological research I did for my failed Marauderfic. I found pages of early HP4GU message clippings I saved for one reason or another. I found parodies I started, but never completed. And I found this gem from October 2000, back when RML was alive and kicking. God Bless Filks. ::gives Ellie Rosenthal alterego a swift kick in the head for good measure::
I could upload this to the RML website and link it here, but I’m a lazy bum. Come on, scrolling isn’t that painful.
Another Mailing List (Another Pyramid, AIDA)
Original music by Elton John and Tim Rice
Parody lyrics by Ellie Rosenthal
Ellie: While you’re wasting all your bandwidth
On the rest of all the web
Let your course start to expand with
An entirely different ebb
Now, you know, this means a changing
In the emails you’ll receive
There will be a wider ranging
In ideas you will conceive
Now, come on, you know you’ve gotta
You won’t know what you’d have missed.
Send an email to Renata
Start another mailing list
There are many who will join us
Soon we’ll have newbies galore.
Though a couple may annoy us
We can put them on “ignore”.
If this list is going to last, now
If we want it to succeed
Then our modems must be fast, now
and Renata must take the lead.
Soon our mailboxes will all be filled
And AOhell’ be pissed.
Switch subscription forms to “digest”
For another mailing list
Backups: Join it, join it. Another mailing list
Ellie: I hope you have time to read all
Of the email that we send (send!)
You’ll become an anti-social
And you’ll lose all of your friends (friends!)
By Renata’s coronation
We’ll have Lincoln on the dime
We’ll achieve world domination
One small country at a time.
All our families will gag and choke —
What step in upbringing had they missed? —
When we say we want to meet folks
From another mailing list.
Backups: Join it, join it.
Join it, join it.
Join it, join it.
Join it —
::music::
Ellie: You can check the huge list archive
See how popular it is!
So encourage all your friends to join
Renata’s mailing list.
Tomorrow, let’s celebrate Easter the only way we know how.
Presenting: Lord of the Peeps.
JAMES FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! ::dies of joy::
He’s an absolutely wonderful person. He talked with me for over an hour, answering my long list of questions. He has such a wonderful philosophy! I wonder if there’s any way I could take a class from him in the summer… ::happy sigh::
My report is going to kick seven kinds of heiney.
Muaha. Just got back from taking pictures of kidlets looking terrified. Muaha, the weird things I have to do for my art.
Why am I suddenly so obsessed with the word “kidlet”?
From the headlines: US marines hunt gazelles with rocks.
Absolutely sickening.
The moment is ripe for DOOM.
(Ask for no explanations, kidlets, for I’m not quite certain myself)
Some of you may know that I have been selected to be one of the “Snapshot” teens for the Dallas Morning News, which picks a student (usually a senior), interviews them, takes a picture, and publishes for all to see. I turned in my answers this evening, and I’ll tell you when it’s printed and scan the column. Hurrah!
In the meantime, I present some of my favourite Snapshots from the past: Nelson Huckin Hunt (he must hate his parents) and the infamous Julie Mary Ludlow Miller (a large file, but oh-so-worth the wait). Muaha. I just want to know how much of this is a joke.
Friday Five!
1. Who is your favorite celebrity?
I’m quite fond of Neil Gaiman, because he’s such a nice guy and doesn’t let celebritydom get to his head, but no obvious “favourite” comes to mind.
2. Who is your least favorite?
The Olsen Twins. They count as one entity.
3. Have you ever met or seen any celebrities in real life?
Neil Gaiman (hugged), Adam Pascal (hugged), Luke Wilson, Lisa Loeb, and all actors I have ever stalked (Scott Hunt, Heather Headley, Shere Rene Scott, etc).
4. Would you want to be famous? Why or why not?
I’d love to be cult-famous. Like how most of the world has no idea who Alan Lee is, but those that do adore him. I suppose I’d like to be known for Men at Arms: The Musical (in my delusions of grandeur).
5. If you had to trade places with a celebrity for a day, who would you choose and why?
It would be fun to be J.K. Rowling for a day, so that I could go through her files and read the next HP book early (and send the file to my friends) and find out what will happen in future books.