Grumpy Bunny/Badger/Bear Flog

[lilacwire.livejournal.com]

Hi, everyone! This is my first flog although I've been commenting here for a few months.

LKH's original blog here: It's Grumble Bunny Day

My flog below the cut. LKH in italics, me in normal.



Woke to a rainy, messy, chilly, day. Maybe it’s the weather, but I’m a grumpy-bunny. How grumpy?

Already we start out with a painful grammar error. Laurell, you don't need to use a hyphen to modify bunny with "grumpy." Seriously. It reads the same either way. Also, do bunnies get grumpier the longer ears that they have?

I’m wearing my badger shirt, my bear pentagram, drinking out of the mug that reads, "Psycho Bitch from Hell,", and wearing a new button I got yesterday. What does the button say? "I haven’t had my coffee yet. Don’t make me kill you."

People actually wear buttons they buy? I don't mean to insult if anyone here does, but I always figured buttons were a bag or backpack type thing. Putting one on your chest is like saying, "Oh, hi! Look at my witty repartee!" And did anyone else get an image of Laurell's shirt being made from actual badger pelt?

So, I’m wearing the button, and I’m trying not to embrace the less pleasant aspects of badger and bear. But this is the sort of day when I want to go into my den, cover the entrance up, and sit and brood. It’s okay to go into your hidey-hole and think about things, but brooding is counter productive. I know that, but as I cling to my Psycho Bitch mug, with only my third dose of hot, caffeine for the morning, I fight not to brood.

I don't even know what to do with the comma between "hot" and "caffeine." Beyond that, is anyone else picking up the strong Anita Blake vibe from the mug talk? Laurell says she's not Anita? HA! Laurell also seems to have massive animal confusion going on here. From bunny to badger to bear. I guess it's a "B" day.

I don’t want music. I don’t want to cheer up. I bought a second button yesterday, that sums up my thought on cheeriness right now, button reads, "Well, aren’t you just a ray of freaking sunshine?" And no, the original button doesn’t say freaking, but I can’t remember the rules for everywhere the blog goes up, so I’ll err on the side of caution.

I'm imagining that Laurell has this HUGE drawer of buttons that all have sarcastic sayings and she uses them more and more to express her inner emo self. Because the sun is so bright and nobody understands her pain. I admit, a good button can pin my mood every time. Get it? Pin?

I feel like a grumpy bear today, and I just want to sit in my cave and be left the frak alone. How do you spell frak? Does it need an "e" on the end, or not?

This coming from a woman whose main heroine's last name wouldn't be pronounced "Blake" unless it had an e at the end. This kind of saddens me. I know some people suck at spelling, but doesn't anyone play the "what does it rhyme with" game? Blake--Flake. Frak--crack. I could see inserting a "c" into the word before an "e." Maybe I'm too harsh. Except now Anita's name is Anita Blak.

All right, I’ve made myself put up the Psycho Bitch mug, - That's 3 times now, folks, count 'em! - and I’m drinking tea out of a fine, china mug. It has a badger on it, but also squirrels, rabbits, fox, and even cats. It’s all drawn like a wild life scene, in fact, I believe it’s from the Dunoon wildlife collection. I tried to make myself break out the Brambly Hedge mice teacup and saucers, but I’m not quite ready to be that happy. Baby steps.

Nothing quite says "angry and emo" like a wildlife collection.

Comments

[darkese.livejournal.com]

I don't mean to be mean either but really, wtf with the buttons? She sounds so tacky with her animals on her shirts with buttons and a big saying on her cup. It is all just so tasteless and ugly.

I really like how an author can't express herself outside of pictures of grumpy animals and buttons. Use your words woman!

[gwynethfar.livejournal.com]

MY NEW AGE, MORE WICCAN THAN THOU T-SHIRTS AND ASSORTED PARAPHERNALIA: LET ME SHOW YOU THEM.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

I'm still boggling over "bear pentacle." What on earth does that mean?

[muteerror.livejournal.com]

Wait, It's Anita...Black...? Not said like Blake that rhymes with Flake? Granted, I've never listened to anyone else on TV read out the character names, or LKH in specific.

[lilacwire.livejournal.com]

No no, it is Blake - but the fact that Laurell doesn't seem to understand what an "e" does to affect how a word sounds (Frak vs. Blake) really just struck me.

[manekikoneko.livejournal.com]

She seems to have bought her commas in bulk and now she has more than she can reasonably and correctly use.

I, personally, have taken to heart something that one of my heroes, John Barrowman (who is kind of the anti-Laurell in a lot of ways), says. To paraphrase, if you wake up feeling crappy, indulge yourself for one day (assuming you have that ability, which LKH certainly does). Stay in bed, mope, take the day off. One day, and then back to the business of life. (This was his response to the question of why he always seems so cheerful, incidentally.) Nine times in ten, I've found that he's right.

BUT of course, then you can't go on your blog and cry, "Woe is me! My life is so hard!"

[lilacwire.livejournal.com]

John Barrowman is definitely all sorts of smiling win. That is great advice.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

That makes me love John Barrowman even more. And I already love him more than I have ever loved an actor.

[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

I, too, am now even more a fan of Barrowman!

[deadsong.livejournal.com]

Special Snowflake, party of one, your flamethrower is ready.

Jesus, attention-whoring much, Laurell? "I'm in a bad mood. I have on my bad mood shirt and button. LOOK AT ME AND NOTICE."

[aine-de-danann.livejournal.com]

I couldn't figure out how to add a picture in the body of my comment, so here is a link to the Calvin and Hobbes I thought of when I read this flog:

http://www.s-anand.net/calvinandhobbes.html#19951107

Calvin pwns you, LKH.

[missrogue.livejournal.com]

OH no. LKH, do not ruin the use of the BSG word "Frak" for me.

I didn't think anyone actually wore buttons. It used to be awesome back in the early 90's, but now? This confirms for me that LKH is a walking fashion disaster, and needs to never show herself in public. Ever.

[lilacwire.livejournal.com]

This just adds to the badness of the author that has her main character wear a fanny pack instead of carrying a purse.

And you can counter the "frak" injustice! Season three of Veronica Mars makes it into total win. <3

[teanni.livejournal.com]

I’m drinking tea out of a fine, china mug. It has a badger on it, but also squirrels, rabbits, fox, and even cats. That, dearest Laurell, isn't fine. It's kitsch.

I’m wearing my badger shirt, my bear pentagram, drinking out of the mug that reads, "Psycho Bitch from Hell,", and wearing a new button I got yesterday. What does the button say? "I haven’t had my coffee yet. Don’t make me kill you."
God! If this was fanfiction, the Mary-Sue alert would go off any second now. And I was like playing with my hair and like really pissed off and there was a single tear glittering in my big blue orbs....Oh, come on!

Sorry, I'm in a bitchy mood as well... ;-)

[lilacwire.livejournal.com]

Make sure you wear your badger shirt if it's a bad mood. I hear that's the cure! :P

[amamelina.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'm out of the loop, but what is a bear pentagram? I know what a pentagram is. I've seen several pentagram necklaces, but none of them have a bear on them. A raven, maybe. A fairy on a few. A dragon, yes. But never anything as hulking huge as a bear.

[lilacwire.livejournal.com]

You know, I was wondering that too. I don't know much about the belief system that uses pentagrams, so I didn't want to touch that in a flog and possibly stick my foot in my mouth. But I'd be curious if anyone else knows.

[astronauta.livejournal.com]

I.. I think I'm going to change my default icon now.

[kerame.livejournal.com]

She taints everything, doesn't she?

[oh-hay-britney.livejournal.com]

LOL. Icon. Yes.

[lastshotringing.livejournal.com]

Lol pins and wildlife. Laurell is so hardcore. 8,)

[oh-hay-britney.livejournal.com]

Is Badgerbunnybear related to Manbearpig, do you think?

[ladymuttly1.livejournal.com]

You know if I was in a bad mood, some blend of native american wicca and believed that what I wore influenced my mood I wouldn't wear a bear pentacle. Since bears hibernate presumably that would make her feel even more antisocial. Instead I'd get down on the floor and romp with my dog. That's a guaranteed pick me up.

But then again I'm not a special snowflake.

[easol.livejournal.com]

Oversized Tigger T-shirts also help. But I guess that isn't Wiccaey enough.

[sharkbytes.livejournal.com]

Oh man, she's a buttons-with-trite-sayings type of person. LOL. I'm sorry, if this sounds unkind, but what a loser. All she's missing is a t-shirt that reads, "Don't push my buttons!" *vomit*

OT

[christraven.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, if this sounds unkind, but what a loser.

It's not unkind, it's about as dead on as one can get.

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

The only things that badgers make me think of are Hufflepuffs. I've tried looking up badgers and bears in Wicca, but honestly, I've no idea what's she's going on about.

And God, does she ever stop whining and just DO something? Anything?

[lilacwire.livejournal.com]

I thought of hufflepuffs too, but they're hard-working and she's whining. No similarity!

[othellia.livejournal.com]

Sometimes she really reminds me of this (http://youtube.com/watch?v=q8IHMctrKCg) song with all the whining she always does... except for she's like... 100 times less awesome.

[dwg.livejournal.com]

I read this last night and giggled crazily. Because our heroine is so badass.

I can't get over the frak part. I mean, really? If you're going to be a BSG nerd, FRAK. It's not FRAKE. Not unless you mean Jonathan Frakes. Who is in the Trek, not the BSG. But there may need to be FRAAAAKES ON A PLAAANNNNE! just for the puntasticness...and SamJack taking him out.

To me, that part just seems like she's trying to get down with the hip and nerdy set and failing so horribly there's no way that we'd let her into our labs to touch our beakers.

[lilacwire.livejournal.com]

XD! I was going to make the Jonathan Frakes joke, but then decided it might be too esoteric or something. I'm glad you mentioned it!! <3

[fadeinthewash.livejournal.com]

Possible bear pentacles:

http://www.magicalomaha.com/dsbearpentacle.jpg
http://www.tween-the-shadows.com/p/pents/3d_bear_pentacle_pent54_th.jpg

/too lazy to rehost

[tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com]

Oh that second one is cute!

[harlette.livejournal.com]

I'm going against the grain.

I know a lot of people that wear buttons. But it's usually on their leather jackets or across their guitar straps. I've never seen anyone wear one on a shirt.

They also don't say such lame phrases as what LKH's says. And unless she's wearing one of those huge buttons, how can all those words fit on it without looking sloppy?

[easol.livejournal.com]

I have a few buttons, but I usually attach them somewhere random on my purse.

[cheeky-duckie.livejournal.com]

Nothing quite says "angry and emo" like a wildlife collection.

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