Indiana Jones 4 (SPOILER!)

*heavy sigh*

I had such high hopes for this movie. Yes, it's been 20 years and all that, but DAMN! The movie went downhill after the first 20 minutes or so, reaching cartoonish levels of unbelievability during the CGI intense action sequences.

The interaction between the characters wasn't much better. I could have heard a pin drop in the theater during several of the so-called "funny" moments, and it wasn't long before I found more entertainment cracking jokes "Mystery Science Theater" style with my friend than I did watching the actual film.

My friend treated me to this movie, but I still walked out feeling cheated as hell. The Fridge was the real star of the show.

Speaking of cartoons, this is what the new Indiana Jones movie reminds me of...



No, I'm not joking. I honest to God wish I was. There is a real DuckTales episode with the exact same plot as the movie, right down to the...


*SPOILER ALERT*


pointy headed alien skeletons in the South American jungle.


*END OF SPOILER*


Wow. I hope Disney won't sue. *whistles "DuckTales" theme*

"Life is like a hurricane here in Duckburg..."

Phaze's Memorial Day Sale!

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Wishing you a fun & restful holiday,
Aurora

http://www.whoisaurorablack.com

WHOO!

It's a great day to be alive! *flips*

New Review of "Potent Spirits"

Joyfully Reviewed was kind enough to review Potent Spirits, my Christmas 2007 bestseller for the Phaze Frost line:

Potent Spirits @ Joyfully Reviewed

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In other news, I attended the orientation at my new school this afternoon and I'm excited as hell to begin my studies. My textbooks are heavy and thick, just like I like 'em. Woot! I'm going to be a book nerd again! *happy dance*

Sweet dreams,
Aurora

Nothing New to Report

Nothing much has changed since my last post. I'm still writing, and the projects are still hush hush until I figure out what I want to do with them. I'm still going back to school in June. While it's indeed an exciting (and scary) time, right now I'm pretty mellow about it.

Mother's Day was lackluster, to say the least. My grandmother's death around that time last year has cast a thick, dark shadow over the holiday, and I'm sure it will remain for a long time. Thank God for writing and friends!

Watching this video makes me "homesick" for Greece. Specifically, the way it is during Greek Easter Week (which happens roughly a month either before or after "normal" Catholic Easter). On Easter Sunday at midnight, fireworks are lit at the churches nationwide to celebrate the Ascension of Christ. The video features one of the biggest celebrations on the island of Chios:

My Big Fat Greek Firework Battle


Now I've never been to Chios (AKA the birthplace of mastic, one of the main ingredients of chewing gum that only grows on that island in the entire world *gasp*), but the FEEL of the celebration just tears at my guts and reminds me that Greece was more my home than Detroit ever was (and ever will be).

Who Am I?

Young. Old. Rich. Poor. Genius. Simple. Goddess. Peasant. I can be the sweetest person alive or the most evil bitch who ever breathed (depends on my mood and how I’m treated). When I love, I do it with everything I possess. When I write, I cease to be a human being and become one with the words that flow from my dancing fingers.

I write erotica.

~ Aurora Black
Dark, Passionate & Evil Erotica
(and the occasional sweet romance)
http://www.whoisaurorablack.com

Pissed Off (Rant)

Okay, a quick rant before I get on with my weekend.

A couple of days ago I signed up with a new Ning community (which shall remain nameless to protect the ignorant), and within a few hours I was both swamped with friend requests (probably the usual deviants, but you never know) and banned from the group. Banned. Why was I unceremoniously kicked out of this place just after joining (and without a word, I may add)? Was I a troublemaker who started a flame war?

No. I was "temporarily" banned from this group because I used the following avatar:



This is the trademark Aurora Black avatar, which I have used (and still use) in various message boards and online communities without complaint until now. The reason I don't use it on MySpace is because of their clear-cut non-nudity clause (regarding profile pics), and I respected their rules. Unfortunately, the piss-ant community in question wasn't as forthcoming with that information, so I was unexpectedly thrown out on my ass. I repeat, this was done without a word of warning. When I contacted the moderator to see what the hell happened, he replied that he'd gotten complaints about the av, yada yada yada... and then he came out and said, "this is a place for ____ writers, not erotica writers."

What the hell? Since when are writers limited to just one genre over another? Does he mean that erotica writers can't write other things? Who the hell is he or his puritanical group to judge me because my avatar *GASP* shows a nipple? My guess is that those complaints came from some really vocal and uptight people for me to get yanked in just a matter of hours, and that pisses me off to no end.

It would have been an easy thing to change my av to something nice and safe and cutesy and then ask to return to that group (actually, from the tone of that moderator's email, begging would have been required), but I just said "fuck you and the horse you rode in on" by asking him to just delete my membership entirely. Okay, so I was a bit more polite than that. LOL!

I don't want to be a part of something that has a problem with what I'm about. Yeah, I write erotica. So what? I write other stuff as well, but some folks just lump you into the "pornographer" category the moment they catch a whiff of anything sexual in nature.

Anyway, I'm better off without them but they lost a really good thing by not giving me a chance. Screw 'em.

Have a good weekend, everybody! *waves*