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March 13, 2008 - 8:18am — Grace MoonI’m having that bittersweet feeling over the impending last season of The L Word. It’s like a good friend whom you’ve had a long and involved relationship with moving to another country. You savor the good memories and make the most of the time you have left together.
Even though OurChart has embarked on a brand new chapter,
I’m feeling a little nostalgic, so let me continue the love fest. I was not
totally sure what to expect working for OC, but what I found very quickly is
that we have a really, really smart boss.
Not just because she hired me (I’m
kidding), but because she has really awesome ideas. To start, it was
Ilene’s idea to take the blogs by the horns, diversify and organize them into
content categories. As Lisa “Commander” Bang
so clearly elucidated in her opening post
yesterday, you can find blogs by topics now as well as a host of other new
features, including The Chart Report. Ilene also has a really brilliant idea
for a Sex Up column, which we will be putting into practice very shortly. I
can’t disclose what it is yet, not because I’m trying to be cryptic, but
because I actually have to implement it. So sorry for the delay guys. Once I
finish this blog, I’m getting on it.
While I’d like to take credit for bringing in Diana Cage, it was really
Commander Bang who brought Diana into OC last summer. Diana and I do share a
colorful past together. Our working relationship has been full of creativity
and creative explosions. Diana and I also share the same astrologer who said
that we should never work in the same office together. It’s like fireworks:
great to watch from afar, but dangerous up close. So, at our safe distance from
each other, I enjoy watching her brilliance illuminate the blogosphere.
Did you see that movie Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa?
Well, finding contributors for OC has been a bit like that: looking in
unexpected places and culling through lots of great referrals. I’d like to take
credit for bringing Katie Liederman in, but she was referred to me by Diana. In
fact, Diana had to incessantly pester me to give Katie a call. And now Katie is
like the Toshirô Mifune charater in that Samurai movie.
Katie babe, your bad luck girlfriends make
for great entertainment. Keep it up honey.
Photo by www.ew.com
At heart, I am a sap and could go on and on about how much I love everyone and how great they are, but I don’t have enough space or time. I haven’t even been able to give a shout out to our new photographers! So allow me to introduce you to two more new bloggers, and I’ll get to the photography in another post.
I met Sabrina Artel a few years back when her trailer was pulled up outside of a Marga Gomez show. I invited myself into her little studio and demanded to be interviewed. She was kind enough to humor me and not kick me right out of there. Years passed, and Sabrina ended up taking yoga classes with my mother up in the Catskills. So, just a couple of months ago, we became reacquainted, and now here she is.
Mitch McEwen is the quintessential Renaissance woman. She has two Ivy League degrees tucked under her arm; and, when I first met Mitch, she was working as an urban planner for the City of New York. I originally asked her to blog about architecture and the urban environment. But Mitch said, “You know, I used to work for the Fed in San Francisco. I worked on mergers and acquisitions during the dot-com days in Silicon Valley.” Well, you just don’t argue with someone like that. How lucky! We’ll finally figure out how interest rates and inflation work and hopefully break our broke-ass lesbian stereotype.
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Where is "Come On Ilene?"
I found the "Come On Ilene" videos by doing this: Click on the "All Things L Word" category. Look in the right window. At the top you see categories for videos. You'll need to click on the arrow to display more categories of videos to find the "Come On Ilene" videos. OR click on the playlist icon, which gives you a drop down menu.
Hope this helps!
Horrible Interface
The new site looks horrible. Whoever misconceived of your user interface apparently did so under the influence of drugs and alcoholic spritzers. It's way too busy, not easy on the eyes, and makes you scroll or perform rapid eyeballing just to get a handle on anything. When the L word is gone, so am I. Unless OC provides some good webisode series. FYKE looks dumb, if I wanted to see women getting pounded on I could watch "Cops." If I wanted to see lescullinary delights I could tune into the foodnetwork. I know somebody up their is queerish. And if I wanted to view self-righteousness in all it's palatable and unpalatable forms I could hang a right at Chris Matthews or some other infonews debacle.
More webisodes, less stuff. Oh, maybe try a contest for webisode scripts?
Lescullinary (sic) delights
"If I wanted to see lescullinary delights I could tune into the foodnetwork."
Hey, do not begrudge me my culinary delights from Ilene Chaiken. Lesbians get hungry too, ya know.
L'Word addicts
My fellow Tibetter Britt, L'Word lover RoverMom, and all others. You should definetly check out Mitch MCewen"Blogging for ur Money". Yup, I bypassed it initially myself. But, honorable mention in here peaked my curiousty. I must say i'm excited to learn some money management tips, and to have a place to stay in tune to finacial happenings. Check it out ppl.
Ms. Moon see what you've started. You have lured me away from my Tibette obsession. MMmmm, decisions, decisions, check the blogs out or surf the L'word rooms for Tibette topics/info. Whats a gurl to do.
Yea
Yea, I read that one and it was really good. I have to say though, my favorite blog, and the only one that has managed to take my mind off Tibette for a moment (the only the progress I've made so far....yea I'm a loser), is "Me and My Weave" by Katie Liederman. That blog was soooooo funny, I was laughing out loud so hard! I like her, I'm glad that got her to blog on OC. --Britt
Katie
I'll have to check it out. I enjoyed her other one, she was on my list to hunt down next for a new blog.
!!!
Holy fock! I had not been to Tibette.com (Very surprising I know)but I just went and I'm sure that I'm going to be skipping college now, lol! It's amazing there! I bet that's what Heaven looks like! Haha... I kid, I kid. But no it's absolutely great, thanks for the recommendation. --Britt
Tibette
The Tibetters have to look out for each other. Glad you like the site, it can be addictive too. lol
The new blogs
Hi, I really liked so much of the way the OC was organized. I am writing for the first time on issues that are not related TLW and I believe that is because the site has a new organization.
I understand that this new organization is a symbol of the independence of the OC. That even without the TLW the site will have a brilliant success.
I feel a bit of nostalgia too, but new times seem arise.
I will continue to carefully blogs of OC, and I thank all the concentration of intelligences.
I do not have the knowledge of English ... But with a dictionary on line I am trying.
A Hello from Brazil.
L word final
What do we do when the only decent representation of dyke-life goes off air. Back to watching 'Sirens' late at night and lusting over Lauren Bacall....
Damn, i only just came to terms with being gay.
Still, I live in NZ and I'm pretty sure we are way behind most of you guys so my L word fix will keep coming for a while...
Sid...
Ok, i don't know when
Ok, i don't know when everyone else found out about this final season stuff, but i'm completley ignorant! Im feeling kinda dumb that i missed out. Can someone tell me where to get the lowdown? or tell me that there's been a huge mistake??? i read the opening sentance of this and felt kinda feint. (seriously, please let this be a mistake!!!)
Final Season?
I agree with you on the whole last season thing. I just got into this show at season 4 and am hooked on it hardcore and to know that it's going to be over sooner than later totally sucks. There were a couple videos on youtube talking about the end of season 5 and what would be coming in season 6, but nothing about the final season or anything.
Here's a link
http://www.ourchart.com/node/348438
Oh Grace
I would never consider kicking you out of my... trailer!
It's funny how you joined me that late night after Marga's show in the East Village and now this. I'm thrilled to be writing for OC and am so excited to be joining the conversation. You're the best.
xxo, S
Sabrina
I just watched your clip. Do you still maintain hope for humanity after hearing so many thoughts & opinions? Politic to me feels like empty rhetoric. I do Vote, but after Bush won 2x. My sense of hope has decreased.
Your clip reminded to a degree of Jodi Fosters movie "The Brave One".
I get it
I get it now, radio on the streets.
Call Me An Optiholic
Absolutely, that's why it's so important for me to invite people of varying opinions to voice them over a snack at the kitchen table. Increasingly we're separate from each other and not coming face to face. I'm being inspired and invigorated by what I learn from people during my public conversations. What's the alternative?
How does the clip remind you of "The Brave One"?
karma
karma
Hmmmm, old friends
Well, Grace, for me the ending of the L Word isn't so much like saying goodbye to an old friend, but more like saying farewell to an ex, with whom I was alternately in love and disllusioned. It was never as good as it could get, but there were plenty of good times to make it worthwhile, nonetheless.
Anyway, I'm nothing but sweet on you being here on ourchart. Smile.
i was going to use the
i was going to use the ex metaphor, but decided that it was too loaded. Plus OC is the new chick we'll be datin' in the hopes of a long healthy relationship together. xo
Hmmm
Perhaps OC is the new chick we'll be dating, but she'll never be as good as Tibette! .... yea I'm L Word obsessed, can't help it. --Britt
Oh Britt, sweetie pie
You do know that no one is allowed to say the word, Tibette, in my presence. Hah.
:-)
Lol. You know you love them! ;-) --Britt
Minnie that's perfect
Minnie that's perfect description of the parting of the ways(lol) Maybe the next 'girl' will be all we want her to be:)
perfection
'Maybe the next 'girl' will be all we want her to be:)'
In which case I hope she's made of an everlasting supply of chocolate and laughs at all my jokes.
My Blog Of Love
www.lezbang.com
Blogs
My attention was never captured previously by Blogs until Now. I am horrible with names, but good about retaining the content. The one Katie did still brings a smile to my face, and (bowing head)I know ur name due to ur pic being in here. Lol. The other 3 that cracked me up & made me think were about; the dog refusing to let his mommies have intimate time; the ex calling & confessing she voted for Obama due to seeing elderly blk ppl waiting to vote, and the one with the ex who had the audacity to call for money. I love how all the writters bring thought provocking content via witty writting styles. I guess with the L'Word getting ready to takes it last bow,its time to find other things to do here on OC. Wow, no more begging & pleading Ms. I.C for Tibette reunions, scene's. etc.. It's time to become a blog addict<>.
So Ms. Moon, I'm looking forward to seeing what you bloggers have up your sleeves to replace my Tibette addiction.
Me too
"So Ms. Moon, I'm looking forward to seeing what' you bloggers have up your sleeves to replace my Tibette addiction.
Yea that's exactly what I've been thinking. Trying to top Tibette though, whew, that's a lot of pressure on the bloggers. Hope they're prepared. They've been doing a GREAT job so far, but we still have Tibette so it doesn't count, lol! Much love --Britt
Britt
My fellow Tibetter. So r u going to do a paper about O.C? I hope ur not skipping classes, due to your Tibette addiction. My studies would have been in trouble if O.C was around in my college days.
Haha
Lol, no I wasn't skipping- that's the GREAT thing about college, I can schedule my classes whenever I want them and I decide how many classes I want a day. So, being the college kid I am, I have 2 classes a day from 11-2, my ideal of a perfect schedule lol. So there was no need for skipping, I was done for the day! Anyway, I'm not doing a paper on OC quite yet, but the day that it was announced that S6 was going to be the FINAL season of TLW, I was (and still am) an emotional wreck. I wrote my English professor (she's also my Lit of War professor), Dr. Nester a long email talking about why and how we get so caught up in T.V. shows and movies. I mentioned OC and TLW, so everybody know that I gave a shout out to ya! Haha. Dr. Nester was probably thinking wtf is wrong with this kid? Haha. Dr. Nester just doesn't understand Tibette addiction! --Britt
LMAO
Please, you should see how we are over on Tibette.com. But, you probably have already been over there since your a card carrying member of the Tibette Nation. I dont think it'll hit me till they roll out that last L'Word episode for season 6. I thought the end was upon us with the ending of Xena, now to say goodbye to another lesbian iconic couple. Whats a gurl to do, but search thru these blogs.
For a moment there I thought
For a moment there I thought you were going to say high school days. Shit, I just showed my age.
rovermom :)
Life is a 3D puzzle and everyone has a piece!
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Too Funny
Lol...heaven forbid. If I was in High School, my christian mother would have made sure I wasn't on this site. lmao. Awww, Independence, it's a beautiful thing.
It sure is! But as a mother
It sure is! But as a mother - I'm realizing I need to arm the computer. I never had this problem before, but I was out visiting my mom and family for Christmas and my son was playing on the computer in the middle of the night, while I was knocked out cold in the living room. I noticed he was surfing and searching under specifics. I told him to knock it off - and that it wasn't his.
My son went home earlier then me, and my mom and I had lunch afterwards. She said that he was doing odd searches. I asked her what was he searching for. She said hairy pussies.
Awkward moment is putting it light. Tell your mom to email me. I need to know the secret.
Well, at least now I know he isn't being curious of hairy dicks...
rovermom :)
Life is a 3D puzzle and everyone has a piece!
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OMG MOM
I can't believe he did that on your moms computer. He must no realize that his searches can be viewed. I dont think search engines were at the level they are now. When I was his age. So it was easier for her to control what we viewed. But, yes you definetly want to utilize that parental control feature. The sites he's viewing will most likely give you a computer virus. Good luck with the battle.
:-)
Amen! --Britt
Good conclusion, my wise
Good conclusion, my wise Eyez.
xo
Eyez
like they say, The eyez are the mirror of the soul.
Yes, yes
"I’m having that bittersweet feeling over the impending last season of The L Word. It’s like a good friend whom you’ve had a long and involved relationship with moving to another country. You savor the good memories and make the most of the time you have left together."
-You took the words right out of my keyboard. Hmmm it would be great if we could convince our good friend (L Word) to not move to another country. Oh the wishes.... Much love! --Britt
My first original spec
My first original spec screenplay was a beat by beat homage to (rip off of) The Seven Samurai - it was a scrappy little futuristic girl action movie that never got made but got me the job writing Barb Wire. I've watched SS at least 25 times, dating back to my early teens when, once a year, my karate sensei would take the whole dojo to see it. It's one of my two favorite movies, the other being Casablanca, which I totally ripped off for the story underpinnings of Barb Wire.
Gosh, mine beats that by a yard....
My first original spec screenplay depicted the life of a lesbian superhero who worked undercover as an activities coordinator - in a nursing home. Oh, yeah. Hahha.
Domo arigato, Chaiken-san.
Domo arigato, Chaiken-san.
OMG, Catherine Deneuve
She is out-of-control HOT. Did you see The Hunger? Like I said on my profile "catherine deneuve, bite me, please." Smokin' hot. :) Peace, Jodie
Ilene
You're a little late with the rip-off. It's been done in the form of "The Magnificent Seven" penned by William Roberts, directed by John Sturges. (I love IMDB. Don't you?)
There's a thin line...
The Magnificent Seven was a
The Magnificent Seven was a fully attributed remake. And I spent my share of time on the balcony at Studio 54.
By the way, Ilene
Does my failure to note (know) that "The Magnificent Seven" was fully attributed and not a rip-off disqualify me from groveling, begging, conniving and otherwise attempting to wrangle a writing gig on TLW?
There's a thin line...
I stand corrected.
As for Studio 54, I never went. I spent my time hanging at the Continental Baths or the Better Days, where my brother was the DJ Tee Scott, or the Paradise Garage, the Loft, or Tracks DC. So many clubs, who could remember them all. But I could totally see you hanging at 54 as a young alpha doing her thing.
There's a thin line...
Too bad that was before my
Too bad that was before my time...
Do tell
Sooo, Ms. I.C, were you behaving up there on the balcony, or did you just say No.
Interesting
Not that this is significant, but today my professor from my Literature of War from the 20th century class, said that she almost brought Casablanca to class as a war film. I thought it was an interesting statement because so many who love the movie focus on purely the love story, but she went on to say how looking at it from a different viewpoint could change the entire film. --Britt
Now why can't I find
Now why can't I find lesbians like Mitch on OC who are SINGLE and not crazy? I've looked and looked for that lone heart surgeon that should be free now that Tina Kennard isn't dating her any more,but alas I haven't been able to locate her either:(