HA! That's awesome ... somewhat.

Okay, the cat jumping onto my footrest with his stuffed cow in his mouth and waiting patiently for me to play fetch with him will NEVER stop being adorable.

\o/

Can't brain today. I have the dumb.

So I've been thinking for the past few hours about a coherent explanation of why I was so bothered by the Veronica Mars finale.

( A little bit of venting, a lot of overanalyzing. Also, cake. Or not. )

I'm in that kind of a mood.

Boosted from mcee:

Name any TV character I know and I'll tell you three reasons why s/he sucks.

1.) Get fanfic! -- 2.) ? -- 3.) Profit!

So I wasn't going to say anything about the whole Fanlib thing if only because everybody else, professional and amateur writers alike, has covered nearly everything that's bothered me about the whole situation.

However.

1. The sexism view on Fandom_Wank is fucking ridiculous. Not the view that the Fanlib crew don't seem to understand just how much of fandom is composed of women -- that one's fairly obvious considering their advertising -- but the view that fandom has snapped back at Fanlib because they're men. What? I'm sorry, but no. Fandom smacks women upside the head just as often as it smacks men ... hell, more so, considering the high number of women in fandom. And the fact that it's run by men doesn't change the fact that it's apparently run by STUPID men.

2. In the same vein, I really want to contact their clients and investors and ask them if they understand just how many women are in fandom. Because really, the fact that Fanlib's board appears to have no concept of who the average fan is says a LOT about their marketing skills and lack thereof. If they can't even figure out that they should be trying to appeal to women from 21-45 rather than sloppy teenage male geeks living in Grandma's basement, then why would you invest with them? They don't even know their fucking demographic.

3. Again in the same sexist vein, I know a lot of women are offended by that skinny guy/muscular bodybuilder ad because it obviously shows no grasp of who they're trying to appeal to, but am I the only one offended on behalf on the men I know in fandom? I don't know a single guy in fandom who looks like that. NO ONE. And Fanlib thinks you're all scrawny dorks. Smooth.

4. Who in their right mind is still defending this place? We've all seen the TOS. Even if they weren't planning on using it to manipulate the authors on the site -- and their brochure and marketing plans seem to indicate they will -- they have that option. I don't like that a place that wants to profit from what I'm doing also considers me posting a story on their site as signing away my fannish life.

5. I think I hate them most for giving me a new and shiny appreciation for Fanfiction.net. Say what you will about the Pit of Voles but it looks a hell of a lot less tacky and is less likely to pull this shit on us.

*grabbyhands*

There's this new commercial for Petsmart, and there's bulldogs, and ... and.

This may be the most adorable commercial I've ever seen in my life.

This is not helping with my desire to get a puppy, which is great considering I'm just lucky I'll be able to pay my rent next week.

EDIT: Oh, my God. OH MY GOD. I am not allowed to sign up for heroes_bigboom. NONONONONO.

*sticks fingers in ears and runs away singing loudly to drown out my muses*

"Shear Genius"

This may be my favorite reunion show ever.

*pats them all on their little heads except Andy Cohen who's an idiot*