Comments on The Rejectionist: Nitpicking

DAMN RIGHT I MELT FACES. thnx for linkage! redeem...

2010-07-31T12:41:13.357-04:00

DAMN RIGHT I MELT FACES.

thnx for linkage! redeeming quality of mad men: it always involves an excuse to wear fancy shoes and drink large amounts of semi-classy booze at the apartments of friends-who-have-fancy-electronics-like-televisions on sunday nights. and i am always down for fancy shoes and semi-classy booze.

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I also abhor Mad Men. Other people don't under...

2010-07-31T12:07:39.841-04:00

I also abhor Mad Men. Other people don't understand, and then I tell them that it makes me want to punch everybody. And then they really don't understand. *sigh*
Yay Rejectionist! for saying such things better than I ever could.

I've never seen MadMen. Why would I watch a hi...

2010-07-31T08:46:04.929-04:00

I've never seen MadMen. Why would I watch a highly stylized program glorifying a time of even greater patriarchal domination? Also, we cannot afford cable nor do we have a tv antenna. This is not, as it turns out, a tragedy at all.

hehe - I'm one of the other 2 people in the un...

2010-07-31T00:30:35.457-04:00

hehe - I'm one of the other 2 people in the universe who can't stand Mad Men. People keep telling me to give it a second chance. I say, why?

I don't watch modern TV, so I've never see...

2010-07-30T23:44:34.434-04:00

I don't watch modern TV, so I've never seen Mad Men either. It's set in the sixties? Is there Illya Kuryakinness? Is there snark and banter? Is there improbable psuedo-science and blowing stuff up for no apparent reason?

No? Not interested. :P

(Hey! My word ver is "blerfbot"!)

SO NOW THIS IS HAPPENING: Nitpick all 3,127 mistakes in this picture!

Hint to get you started: The filing cabinet is named Tiffani with an "i." Now find 3,126 more!

I'm really, really sorry, Le R.

Here's a few stats on the usage of the name
2010-07-30T19:32:11.288-04:00
Here's a few stats on the usage of the name Bethany.

They support that the name didn't get common usage for babies until around 1980, at least in the US.

I don't watch TV much, so Mad Men is a rumor to me.

I've never even seen Mad Men. I'm o...

2010-07-30T16:01:24.397-04:00

I've never even seen Mad Men. I'm one of those hardcore motherfuckers without cable. Fear me.

But if it's about well-dressed Americans in self-destruct mode, I can't imagine I'm missing much.

I get to watch people in my real life self-destruct. I turn to fiction in any form in the hopes that those people will be smarter.

^ Laurel, I couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks for that. This is my exact problem with a lot of lit fic too.

I'm excited to see guest posts! Which reminds me, I need to kind of get up on writing one...

Nitpicking: MJR, that is incorrect. Bethany was us...

2010-07-30T15:55:15.746-04:00

Nitpicking: MJR, that is incorrect. Bethany was used as a name as early as the 19th century and came into popular usage in the 1950s. Having a person named Bethany in the show is perfectly reasonable.

Etymology of Bethany

I think the fact that you use "Huzzah" a...

2010-07-30T15:28:39.038-04:00

I think the fact that you use "Huzzah" as daily speech is awesome, and probably one of the reasons that I love you. At the very least it is indicative of the fact that you must be fantastic.

Keep it up.

I love MAD MEN. I think it's pretty accurate e...

2010-07-30T14:25:47.013-04:00

I love MAD MEN. I think it's pretty accurate except the names. Women in the early 60s were named Barbara and Carol, not Bethany! That's a big boo boo--some of the names they've chosen. But otherwise, the show is eerily accurate. After every show, I show my husband a picture of me as a kid wearing the same outfits as Sally (little girl) or pictures of my mother with same hairstyle as Betty Draper.

I love the style posts they do on the clothes of M...

2010-07-30T13:52:16.088-04:00

I love the style posts they do on the clothes of Mad Men over on Project Rungay (I know it has a new name, but it isn't as distinctive), but I can tell what they say about the episodes that I wouldn't be into them. Which is cool, I watch too much TV anyway.

BTW, I love you for the Dragon Tattoo post. I don't understand why more people don't see those books that way.

I DON'T CARE THAT DON DRAPER IS BAD, HE LOOKS ...

2010-07-30T13:34:31.129-04:00

I DON'T CARE THAT DON DRAPER IS BAD, HE LOOKS LIKE A CARTOON PILOT AND I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE HIM. I WANT HIM TO DO DISASTROUS THINGS TO MY PSYCHE AND MARVELOUS THINGS TO MY OTHER PARTS.

A second on Bao Phi. You can see him on HBO's...

2010-07-30T12:55:42.044-04:00

A second on Bao Phi. You can see him on HBO's Def Poetry here.

And I love Good Morning Midnight’s Braille tattoo (July 19). She didn’t say what it says, but wiki showed it’s the alphabet.

i'm too distracted by that hoodie to focus on ...

2010-07-30T12:46:03.328-04:00

i'm too distracted by that hoodie to focus on anything else of note in your post.

WHY THE HELL DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?!

i'm going to sharpie everything i own.

I don't watch TV unless it's sports. Yes, ...

2010-07-30T11:27:22.444-04:00

I don't watch TV unless it's sports. Yes, I admit it, I was a half-breed Jock-Nerd.

And, on a serious note, may I say that the personal essay by Bao Phi was awesome? Because surely it was.

I have yet to get caught up in the Mad Men frenzy ...

2010-07-30T11:27:06.415-04:00

I have yet to get caught up in the Mad Men frenzy either. Though I do see them everywhere.

Can't wait for theme week!

@ Joseph and Madeline: Thank you. That's also ...

2010-07-30T11:08:40.768-04:00

@ Joseph and Madeline: Thank you. That's also my problem with a lot of lit fic. I get to watch people in my real life self-destruct. I turn to fiction in any form in the hopes that those people will be smarter.

Aaaand...Yay for theme week!

Exactly. The characters are not redeemed by being ...

2010-07-30T10:06:08.848-04:00

Exactly. The characters are not redeemed by being attractive and quick-witted. Relentless inter-personal destruction quickly gets old for me. Even when wrapped in cigarette smoke and empire waists.

Thanks for making me feel less like a leper! (Though lepers are people too.)

I'm super amazingly pumped for next week. I&...

2010-07-30T10:03:05.202-04:00

I'm super amazingly pumped for next week.

I'm going to spend the next week-end doing push ups and re-typing "A farewell to arms"

I watched the first disc of the first season of Ma...

2010-07-30T09:56:51.662-04:00

I watched the first disc of the first season of Mad Men. It was a downer. I don't like watching shows/plays/movies about horrible people doing horrible things. It may the greatest show ever OMG but it's not for me.

Perched on the edge of my chairsy.. Can't wait...

2010-07-30T09:53:31.133-04:00

Perched on the edge of my chairsy.. Can't wait!!

have a great weekend