Showing posts with label Angry Jess Word Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Angry Jess Word Challenge. Show all posts

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Summertime, and the living is sleazy...

You! Quit with your "But AJ, when are you going to update your blog?" messages already! Haven't you ever heard of summer vacation? I'm hip-deep in coconut oil and margarita salt here. I'll update my blog when I damn well please.

And while I'm at it, pester me not about the Vocabulary Challenge. Proboards is gorked and the search function doesn't work properly, so I have no way of searching to see if you people have used the words. And if you think I am going to read each and every post on AGPT to see if you've done the job properly, you are more delusional that I thought possible. However, I remain distressed that AGPT members are failing to expand their vocabularic horizons when posting. I'm telling you, if I see the word 'cute' used one more time I will take my knitting needles to your dolls' eyeballs. Surely you can find better adjectives? Yeah, wait, I forgot: you're all idiots. Well, fine. Since it is my sworn duty to help the linguistically challenged, I hereby declare war on the word 'cute' at AGPT. You've been warned.

I know you all want to know what I think about Rebecca and her collection. Here's a clue: I haven't spent any time thinking about her. She does not signify. FFS, all you people have cared about for the last month is Rebecca. Is it any wonder that I have been avoiding AGPT? Fine, you want to know what I think about Rebecca? She’s a pest. She’s an Old Testament plague personified. But fear not: I have the solution for this particular plague:



Rebecca Repellent, available at all fine mercantiles.

Rebecca’s collection is right up there in terms of what I’d expect from AG. Which is to say, it pretty much sucks llama fur. Mind you, I can’t begrudge the girl her samovar. But would it kill AG to make something really useful? If they can make a samovar, they can sure as hell make a hookah for the JLY line.



That's right. Doll hookah.

The Movie Dress rivals Samantha's Bridesmaid Dress for Worst Execution of a Book Illustration Ever. Plus, we all know that column dresses are the Fashion Goddesses' way of making flat-chested sisters feel good about themselves. Let me tell you, Rebecca only wishes she could fill out a halter top like I do. Oh, and it seems to me that Rebecca has more than a little bit of a hat fetish going on. Seriously, what's with all the hats? More flat-chested over-compensation, drawing the eye upwards? Then again, given the complaints about Rebecca's thin wig, I'm thinking the hats are necessary because she has alopecia. Becky, honey, embrace the baldness and shave your head already. We all know nothing turns on male libido like a smooth bald AG head. I'm also wondering about the dual purpose of that Meet hat. Can Rebecca pull rabbits out of it? Wait, no, not rabbits. She can use those kittens of hers for the Magic Hat Act...although truth be told by the looks of those kitties, she pulled them out from somewhere else.

Speaking of butts and cats:



Little known fact: Rebecca's bedroom collection is from the Youthful Bordello line, what with the one-piece pantaloons and the fantasy bed. Seriously, can you doubt the inspiration?





She needs a pearl-handled revolver to tuck into her decolletage and she's all ready to play Saloon Girl. I hear that's coming with the holiday releases. Hmmm. Maybe there's some hope for her after all....

Enough about Rebecca. I hereby declare that those AGPT members who have gone above and beyond in services rendered to the collecting community (e.g. by seeking out and sharing scoop, going to stores and taking pictures so people can get their New Release Fixes, and other actions to be rewarded at my discretion) will hereby be inducted into my very own Order of the Llama. Stupid AGPT mods have been coming up with asinine custom titles up until now to recognize people; the non-specific ones will now be replaced. So listen up: if you have some lame-ass custom title you need to PM me and I'll replace it by inducting you into the Order. Note that my Order is not be confused with THESE PEOPLE, who take their llamas very seriously indeed. Me, I just like to eat them. The llamas, that is, not people. I have my standards.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Word Challenge

OMG, you people. I did not forget the monthly word challenge. I simply chose to ignore it in favor of launching the Campaign for Anatomical Correctness. I have my priorities.

I do applaud your enthusiasm in wishing to continue this exercise in vocabularic** expansion. Here are February's winners:

Playthings members Kimpa and Chynatgr rocked the Challenge by correctly using all five words (cockamamie, intestate, obfuscate, succor, and titter for those of you with short memories). Kudos; your llama bean casseroles are being Fed-Exed. Tinkertee hit two Challenge words correctly but fell short of a third by using cockamamie as a noun. Lastly, member Jacksonvol made a respectable first time appearance in the Challenge with the correct usage of intestate. If I missed your entry, PM me on Playthings so I can amend this accordingly.

Your March/April Challenge Words are:

Abreast
Crapulence
Fallacious
Jactitation
Nictitate
Piebald

That's right, six words for this next round. Rock it out.

** Technically 'vocabularic' is not an officially recognized word. But it should be, and I can argue its legitimacy should I be forced to do so, with weaponry to persuade the doubters.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Toilet Bowl Sunday

Super Bowl, feh, whatever. I think they should pit the two worst teams in the league against one another in an extravaganza called the Toilet Bowl. Mariah Carey could be the halftime entertainment. Seriously, don't talk to me about Mariah Carey. She needs to crawl out of the whistle register, put some damned clothes on and drop the diva act. Also, some kind soul needs to deflate her before she floats into the air for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade's signature balloon of 2009. I'll grant you that Miss Glitterthing can sing, but FFS her picture is right next to the definition of "over-exposed" in the dictionary. Go away, Mariah Carey, go away. You are scary, creepy, and inappropriate.

Well, the January Word Challenge is over because it's now February, in case you haven't noticed. But of course YOU noticed, because YOU have been stalking the AG website looking for new monthly deals, haven't you? Yeah, well, good luck with that. Get a life and stop being so greedy.

Amending this entry to commend AGPT member jabberwockypie for using all five January Word Challenge choices correctly in her posts. PT member Freaktm came close, but she used "bane" instead of "banal" and of course, that has a different meaning.

The following members managed to use four of the words correctly in their posts: operaghost and freaktm. Member chynatgr worked in two words, while kimpa, mrsmac, and tinkertee each managed to squeeze out one word. I can't decide if I should award a can of llama beans to the high scorers or the low scorers. Well, consider yourselves privileged to get mentioned in my blog. If I missed your efforts, PM me with a link over on Playthings and I'll amend this post to include you. (Don't you correct me publicly; that is never, ever wise).

Here are your February Word Challenges:
cockamamie
intestate
obfuscate
succor
titter

Previous rules apply.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

January Word Challenge

You people have such boring vocabularies, I can't stand it. I am instituting monthly Angry Jess Word Challenges.

Okay, maybe not monthly. More like whenever I damn well feel you need it. Which might be daily if I could be bothered to think about it that often. Given the demands upon my time and person, that is unlikely. So we'll try monthlies and see how they flow.

Yes, that's a period reference. Deal with it.

Anyway, here's the deal: use the five chosen words correctly in sentences and in context in your posts on the Playthings Message Forum, and you'll get a special shout-out from me. No throwing random words around like peanuts on a barroom floor, you swine. Correctly and in context, or not at all. The words don't have to be in one single post, just all five used by you within a month's time. Prefixes and suffixes used appropriately are permissible. Also, no being cutesy doing cyber-waves and saying "see, AJ, I used a word!" Just use the damn word. Be natural about it.

January's Word Challenges:
Pusillanimous
Banal
Discombobulate
Peccadillo
Deliquesce

Look up the meanings on your own. I'm not your teacher.

Now get busy. January is nearly half over.