CHASING TABOO :: A FXXKED UP LOVE STORY :: AN ONLINE NOVEL BY LINDSAY PENN

So I recently had the displeasure of enduring James Cameron’s preachy unoriginal over-indulgent sci-fi brain rapist, Avatar. I’d like to shake the hand of the netizen who named it Avatar: The Last Samurai of the Ferngully Who Dances With Wolves.

This is a movie about the evils of corporate greed… that cost 200 million dollars to make and has a promotion partnership with McDonalds, of all places. This is a movie that glorifies the triumph of a technology-free existence… that’s about seventy percent CG. But beyond the ideological inconsistencies, let’s look at the filmmaking.

The villains were poorly defined. The only thing that fleshed out their motivations was this generation’s mass delusion that anyone who wants money or war is inherently evil. And let me clue you in on something. Truman did not giggle fiendishly after Hiroshima and Nagasaki alright? We fought for a reason, and the villains in this film should have had a reason too.

In the movie the Na’vi had something that the humans wanted, inventively named unobtainium, so they blindly and ignorantly rain their tyrannical terror over the innocent blue townsfolk, but there were no active attempts to trade with the Na’vi in this whole film. Jake comments that the human race had nothing that the Na’vi could ever want, since the Na’vi were so ‘enlightened.’ Bullshit. Like the Na’vi had no use for our helicopters? Our communication gadgets? Or even our weapons, surely to God they could have used a bow and arrow upgrade.

But no… they had harmony! You know who else had harmony? The Borg.

I don’t understand why our culture geeks out about its latest iPhone apps, shares its ideas across oceans with resources like YouTube, and still propagates this idea that we’d all be better off frolicking in the forest in loincloths. Human beings have done great things. My computer, my car, and my air-conditioned home are all amazing, and I applaud the technological innovation involved. And I’m sick of Hollywood using resources created by the very people they condemn to spread these guilt-mongering messages.

Yes, the movie looked great. But my sister put it best when she said it was like getting yelled at by a beautiful, desperately stupid girl for three hours. She might be good for a one night stand but are you really gonna call her again?

We don’t have to feel guilty for being successful you guys. Don’t let James Cameron make you believe you have to renounce your humanity to be a hero. Human beings are amazing. Tell that pontificating, hypocritical motherfucker to go live in a tree after he’s done counting his Avatar cash.

Merry Christmas everybody!

Sorry for the update delay. The upcoming chapter is about halfway done… expect a twist!

I have a new Twitter account, so if I were you I would stop following my current one and click on the new link in my signature.

I hope you all are having an epic holiday. I know I am! I got a fantastic webcam, so I may be posting my blogs in video form from now on.

(Dude… TVXQ beat Christmas as a trending topic this morning! Merry Christmas, indeed!)

Chapter 13 is up. Sorry for delay… but lately I’ve been, uh, living a fxxked up love story of my own. Don’t really feel like recapping the details, but let’s just say the Ebonics is about to get a hell of a lot more convincing. Enjoy!

…because I haven’t forgotten about you!

Sorry for the silence. Just… uh… nobody’s donating, and I really need to write for publications that will pay me. :/ In fact, I’ve been toying with the idea of taking CT offline all together and saving it for professional publication once it’s completed. Thoughts on this? Or… uh… donations? XD

As soon as I finished a couple paid projects, I’ll dive back into CT, but for the moment, with school and other pieces… uh… the human brain only has so many cycles. XD

I miss Hero and Olivia desperately and I hope we meet again shortly.

Fundraising time! Since I know you are all dying to send me money.

There’s lots of stuff that I want to do, but as you well know, it takes money to make money, and I has none. (To be specific, I want to invest in more promotion efforts for Chasing Taboo and I also want to fly to northern California to visit my best friend and record my album.) That said, as some of you may already know, I make all of my own jewelry, and I thought it may be fun to offer this fundraising package!

For the itty bitty price of $45 (about €40 including intl shipping), you can have the following:

- A custom necklace and matching earrings — whatever color and style you request!

- A signed glossy 8×10 Chasing Taboo picture!

- A mention in the liner notes of my first CD! (Real name or screen name, your choice!)

- Free shipping in the United States — but international orders are available!

Here are some examples of the kind of jewelry I make so you know what you can request. I can do white or silver lettering.

After making your purchase, email me with:

- Your full name

- Requests for your necklace (color, words, maybe a picture of the shirt you want it to match)

- Your shipping address

Thank you so much! Email me if you have any questions!

Also, if you missed my appearance on Glass of Win (or you just want to keep it for the memories), you can download it here.

Lindsay Penn (that’s me! ) on web radio show GLASS OF WIN TONIGHT!!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/glassofwin

Pacific Time: 6PM
Mountain Time: 7PM
Central Time: 8PM
Eastern Time: 9PM

To call in and ask a question, call this number: (347) 327-9056

Hope to hear from you guys!!

Linz's Vain Cell Phone Self-Portraits, October 2009

So, yeah… about those every-other-week updates… *awkward apologetic half smile.*

When I wrote the original Chasing Taboo, I never made any promises regarding when the next update was going to come. They just sort of showed up–sometimes it took a couple days, sometimes a couple weeks. When approaching the new story, I wanted to be more professional and guarantee specific update times, but I’ve learned that this doesn’t work for me. I’m really sorry!

From now on all I can say is that I’ll update when I can.  This morning, I woke up in a bad mood knowing I was going to have to haul ass to tighten the new chapter in time for tonight, and Chasing Taboo shouldn’t make me feel like this. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seriously considered throwing my arms in the air and announcing that I can’t to this — but why give up when I can make this one simple change? In a world where so many deadlines can’t be controlled, I can’t let a deadline I made up control my life, so from now on, just stay on top of your inbox and every once and a while a nice little email will show up telling you that Olivia is up to no good once again.

On a happier note, I made a Chasing Taboo radio commercial for my audio class and I got an A+!

Chasing Taboo Radio Commercial | Mp3 | 756KB

Another happy note! I will be appearing on the Glass of Win Variety Show this Wednesday night! Please make sure to call in and bother me with questions!

I apologize for the vain self portraits at the top of this page, but I looked hot yesterday for no one and by God someone had to see me! I was totally stoked because I was going to make my debut as a vocalist at UTA, but alas, the show got rained out and it was cancelled. (Me and my friends ending up getting Korean BBQ instead. We took pictures, I’ll post them as soon as I can.) Did you guys know I sing? If not, check out my MySpace.

Linzer Dinzer’s Music MySpace

Oh, yeah, and I’m also a Twitter freak, in case you didn’t know.

Linzer Dinzer’s Twitter

Sorry about this whole update fuckery. I know I’ve really bitten off more than I can chew in my life, but I have trouble believing that I can’t make it work somehow. I know I’m on a brutal fitness routine (at the gym an hour and a half five days a week), I’m eating 1300 calories day, I’m working on an EP as a vocalist, I’m taking 12 credit hours, I help take care of a four year old, and I write Chasing Taboo–but is that really so much? My mother gave me a speech this morning about how I need to have some fun in my life and that I’m far too project oriented, something about how I don’t smile enough. But I feel like I’m not doing enough! Yes, I work out — but I’m not in perfect shape yet. Yes, I write music — but I still don’t have a CD. Yes, I write a book — but it’s clearly not done. There are so many girls in this world who are younger than me who have all of those things under their belt–is it so wrong that I want so badly to be one of them?

Alright. Rant over.

In closing: Please check out my music MySpace, my appearance on Glass of Win, the Chasing Taboo radio commercial, and follow me on Twitter. I’ll update ASAP! Thanks!

The next update of Chasing Taboo is going to be next week. We’re doing every other week now because of my school schedule. Sorry, and thanks for understanding!

By the one, the only, Michael J. Penn.

I hope you guys like it – I agonized over it. A lot more questions about Hero answered, particularly about his relationship with his flower ladies.

And, oh yeah, they do it in this chapter. It was hard to write – trying to make it sexy but classy but still Herolivia. You’ll see. Hopefully you’ll like it.

And quick reminder – I’m going to be on Glass of Win on October 7^th.

Oh yeah! And for any of you who live in the DFW area, I’m going to be singing at UTA’s Rock The Fall October 3rd, performing the Chasing Taboo love theme for the first time ever. So if you live in or near Dallas, make an appearance!