tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9476876.post114645630389379198..comments2023-10-01T08:58:10.074-04:00Comments on Nothing more than vanity run amuck: When left without supervision for too longLizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483918251084132153noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9476876.post-1147447435055150402006-05-12T11:23:00.000-04:002006-05-12T11:23:00.000-04:00Your cubicle is awesome! Relaxed attitude meets e...Your cubicle is awesome! Relaxed attitude meets efficiency! Job-related decorations that are still pretty! Obviously well-organised filing system! I rate it a solid five Copper Coffee Cups.<BR/>ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9476876.post-1146939252047561472006-05-06T14:14:00.000-04:002006-05-06T14:14:00.000-04:00I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THERE BEING AN "OTHE...I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THERE BEING AN "OTHER" HEATHER IN YOUR LIFE.....<BR/><BR/>MAYBE SHE SHOULD WATCH OUT....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9476876.post-1146853413312460642006-05-05T14:23:00.000-04:002006-05-05T14:23:00.000-04:00Lizzie,Thanks for visiting TWR! To answer the ques...Lizzie,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for visiting TWR! To answer the questions you left on my blog...<BR/><BR/>1. It is Kelley...the extra "e" is for...well, something.<BR/><BR/>2. World Cup webcasts? Hmm. Soccer/football is really not my thing. I was thinking that <A HREF="http://soccernet.espn.go.com" REL="nofollow">ESPNsoccernet</A> would have something about webcasts, but I don't see anything. The <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4932268.stm" REL="nofollow">The BBC's World Cup 2006 site</A> doesn't look like it will be providing a webcast either (even so, I'm sure there would be some kind of block on IP addresses outside of the UK due to issues concerning territorial broadcast rights). And the <A HREF="http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/" REL="nofollow">official FIFA World Cup 2006 site</A> doesn't mention a webcast.<BR/><BR/>3. I didn't mean to come down so hard on "chick lit." My first mention of chick lit wasn't a dig...I was just saying I wouldn't be reading it. But my calling it crap was a bit harsh, I guess.<BR/><BR/>I think my point is that Kaavya Viswanathan didn't set out to write a book...she set out to make money by building a book out of scenes, dialogue and even narration "borrowed," or as <A HREF="http://www.mikedoughty.com/blog/archives/000489.html" REL="nofollow">Mike Doughty says "ganked"</A> (more on that in a moment), from other best-selling books in that genre. If you're going to do that, you might as well take it from more classic sources (how many times has Shakespeare been adapted?). At least that way you might get away with it. But she took parts of popular chick lit books and put them in her chick lit book...and didn't expect anybody to realize this?<BR/><BR/>If anything, Viswanathan undermined the intelligence of chick lit readers. She apparently didn't think they were smart enough to figure out her scam. Thinking about it more...this was one of the dumbest things ever. How did this girl get into Harvard?<BR/><BR/>And, of course, reading chick lit is better than shooting up a school...no arguments there.<BR/><BR/>Getting back to Mr. Doughty, though, I don't think Mike has really looked at <A HREF="http://blogbk.blogspot.com/2006/05/how-opal-mehta-got-copied-got-exposed.html" REL="nofollow">the extent of Kaavya's ganking.</A> I mean, I'd give her a break, too, if it were just a few passages, but the examples on my post are just some of the similarities pointed out by <A HREF="http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=512965" REL="nofollow">The Harvard Crimson.</A> <BR/><BR/>What she did goes WAY beyond ganking.<BR/><BR/>(By the way, I apologize for this ultra-long comment...this is why I'm a writer.)BKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00221933433272844200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9476876.post-1146751253649880682006-05-04T10:00:00.000-04:002006-05-04T10:00:00.000-04:00do you still have the I *heart* lizzie post it up?...do you still have the I *heart* lizzie post it up?<BR/><BR/>I think I see it in the corner near your inbox, but I don't remember as I put it there in November and I've lost a lot of brain cells since then.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03916529052504721195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9476876.post-1146495634401184582006-05-01T11:00:00.000-04:002006-05-01T11:00:00.000-04:00I love Blogging Lizzie!Also, there needs to be som...I love Blogging Lizzie!<BR/><BR/>Also, there needs to be something from me in that cubicle. I will have to think about it...that mckim girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708248624957499496noreply@blogger.com