Even Norway has the batshit, it seems

[misscam]

Norwegian film maker suggests JK Rowling Conspiracy

"I think the secret behind JK Rowling is guarded more strongly than the entrance to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory," Grünfeld wrote. The truth, she believes, won't emerge until "the market for Harry Potter is saturated, until the actress behind JK Rowling gets tired of her role and not until the real authors behind the pseudonym feel an enormous need for recognition."

Excuse me while I guaff not-so-quietly. Guaffguaffguaff. Oh, Norway. You just had to add to the batshit of HP fandom, didn't you?

In other news:
US carries out 1000th execution
US 'admits' Iraq propaganda drive
Canadian election gamble
Stowaway cat flies home in style
Squirrels kill dog

kittkatbar77 tagged me, it seems.
Ground rules: The first player of this "game" starts with the topic "Five Weird Habits of Yourself" and the people who get tagged need to then write a LJ entry about their five quirky little habits as well as state the rules of this game clearly. In the end, you need to list the next five people who you want to tag.

1. I refuse to wear socks, even in winter. In other words, one gets to see my naked feet a lot if living with me.
2. I can't sit normally in a chair. I either stick one foot under my ass, sit "Indian" style, or in a pinch, one leg cross over the other.
3. I like to suck peanuts.
4. I always peek at the last page of a book to see what the last word is.
5. I talk to my television.

I tag, picked at random: idreamedmusic, lotus79, unendingreverie, armeniel & pulsarkat

Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one of a lot of reason[s] why I like/love/adore you. Then put this in your own journal, and spread the love

Comments

[j0llipops.livejournal.com]

*replies* Love on me!

[misscam.livejournal.com]

That we're so different in outlooks and opinions and still manage to get swimmingly along. Also, you're nice. Genuinely.

[distaff-exile.livejournal.com]

Replying! ^_^

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You're not afraid to bitch when you need to.

[pennhothwen.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, THE SQUIRRELS ARE ATTACKING!

How much do you want to wager that this has something to do with Evol!Evolution resulting from radioactive contamination of the local ecosystem?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Should we start being afraid of squirrel ambushes?

Hee, icon-love.

[munchkin62.livejournal.com]

I am the same way with #2 and #5. My SO thinks I'm weird when I start yelling at the news on TV. Hence, I don't watch the news much.

When I was young, I could not do work in class/eat without standing up. I'm much better now, but I still fidget and change positions ever so often. (I am sitting with one leg underneath my bum right now, actually)

Replies for the love!

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Heh, me too.

You know where your towel is and you read in the bathroom.

[sinneahtes.livejournal.com]

Was I reeeeeally tagged "at random," or is this some sort of plot designed to get me to reveal some of my weaknesses? *shifty eyes*

(Er, that would be the best "reply for the sake of a reply" I could come up with.)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You're a smart, sensible weathergal ;)

I hit you at random at least, I can't speak for fate. :P

[jocelyncs.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, isn't it a great day to be a Harry Potter fan? There's always some new, fresh, utterly-incomprehensible, no-connection-whatsoever-to-rational-human-thinking, batshit behavior to laugh at. An endless source of entertainment.

Come on, if some Corporate Conspiracy had penned those books, they wouldn't be nearly as good. Much of the humor is way too subtle for anyone but a serious writer.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Also an endless source of headdesk'ing and too much of that is hazardous to your health. Or so I've heard.

Not to mention there sure as heck would be more of them, milking it for all it's worth.

[the-grokster.livejournal.com]

Ditto on the sitting weirdly thing. And I go a step further, I don't just talk to the television, I yell at the radio as well. If so many people do it, is it still weird?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[honorh.livejournal.com]

I was wondering when that little piece of insanity would make its way into your journal. Good to see that not *all* of the Crazy resides in the U.S. Incidentally--"guaff"? Is that, like, Norwegian for guffaw?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Maybe :P

Oh, I was aware of it a bit earlier (posted it to GAFF and all), I was just a bit too Dalek loving yesterday to do a bit on it.

[stycaptain.livejournal.com]

Dear German Film-Maker:

You are being very, very, very, very, very stupid indeed.

Signed,
stycaptain.

Why, precisely, do you refuse to wear socks? I mean, the others make some sort of sense, but is there any actual reason?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Except she was Norwegian, not German.

I hate the feel of wearing them.

[avendya.livejournal.com]

In want need of ego boost.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Cleverly snarky. Also, you care about your writing, which is more than I can say for a lot of people.

[adoraheatherly.livejournal.com]

Me? :)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

We can have conversations on just about anything, you're nice enough to spring LJ layouts on people, you're creative and skilled and you kick ass, quite simply.

[erhothwen.livejournal.com]

Yes, there is already a lot of batshit involved with the fandom, we do not need anymore. *patpats Harry*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Yet the batshit gets added to and added to and added to... One wonders where it will end.

[aj.livejournal.com]

*reads the post and pokes out of curiousity as there's not been much cross chatting and is vaguely interested*

No fair saying 'locquatious!' No fair!

(And I've not attacked you with glee for the Phoenix drabble you wrote me forever ago. *attacks*)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You write explanations on your icons. Hee. Also, your deep hatred of badfic pleases me. Yes.

Sister Locquatious

*bolts for the trenches*

[highwindpav.livejournal.com]

Think that conspiracy nut is a disgruntled Harmonian?

I shudder to think I actually know what that is...

[misscam.livejournal.com]

If so, I may have to smack her with a trout. It's bad enough that we had a Tinhat-Swede. Do not make Scandinavia look insane, kthxbye.

[kittycatness.livejournal.com]

I second numbers two, three, and five. I don't talk to the television, I scream at it. Because so many people on it are daft.

Aww! Cute cat. And those squirrels (even if they did attack the dog) are rather cute.

I wonder if Jo Rowling has seen that yet?

-replies-

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I don't think she watches Norwegian news, luckily.

I never think of you as a teenager, yet agewise, you are.

[chunkylimes.livejournal.com]

We need to add this to the list of stupid conspiracies!

[misscam.livejournal.com]

It'll be in good company.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

You evil tagger person, you. Making me update my journal for a second time on the same day!

And yeah, me being an attention whore and all... go on, stroke my ego. :D

This has rather depressed me today. :(

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Aw, what to love you for? There are so many reasons. You're undoubtedly my best online friend, you're amusing, kind, Grammar Guru and we've known each other for years and years and still find stuff to talk about. Yay.

[evilstorm.livejournal.com]

*shrugs* Hit me. *g*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You're a classic.

[reia.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do #1 and #2. In fact I'm barefoot right now with my left foot under my butt, as we (net)speak.

Socks drive me crazy. I have a cousin who wears those socks with individual slots for the toes. It dives me bat-shit to see her wear them. In fact I get this insane desire to yank them off of her feet and set them on fire.

But I'm not crazy, I swear. ;)

And as to the J.K. Rowling theory... Is this one just a tad bit mad? I mean, there are little things about the books that just scream that one person is writing it. First the Harmonians, now Rowling's a fake. I wonder what people will come up with next.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeeeeeevil socks. Burn them with great fire.

A new religion based on it?

[git-the-goddess.livejournal.com]

I must remember to reply.
*replies*

I *knew* squirrels were evil. Also. I do not talk to the telly. Often. I scream at the characters in my computer games instead.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You're cruelly mean. Yay.

[idreamedmusic.livejournal.com]

Yay! Another sock hater. Okay, I do wear them in winter, but other than that it's flip flops all the way ;)

You mean talking to your tv is a weird habit? Hm...

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Everyone around me tell me it's weird.

I don't even wear socks in winter. I hate them that much. If it's a choice between socks and death, I have to think about it.

[visp.livejournal.com]

Norwegian film maker suggests JK Rowling Conspiracy
Jaysus! I swear that series has some secret "create batshit crazy" spell woven in the words.

US carries out 1000th execution
Well that's quite a landmark. I wonder who I should send the congratulatory card to.

US 'admits' Iraq propaganda drive

"Things like this happen. It's a war," Warner said. "The disinformation that's going on in that country is really affecting the effectiveness of what we're achieving, and we have no recourse but to try and do some rebuttal information."
Meh, fair enough. Not the smartest thing they've ever done, but propaganda during wartime is nothing new.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Nothing new, no. But it never looks to good still.

To Bush, who's been governor for 154 of those executions?

[roguem.livejournal.com]

Hehe, Harry Potter conspiracy. How amusing.

[elvenpiratelady.livejournal.com]

*replies*

I used to do #4 and I seem to talk to inanimate objects more than animate ones. I once baby-talked a cloud. *is sheepish*

[git-the-goddess.livejournal.com]

What did the cloud look like?

[falena]

I need some love, please!:P

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You're a smart, enthusiastic, Berlusconi-hating Italian amore.