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Post by Dante on Aug 17, 2012 14:58:51 GMT -5
This is all over Google News, so I figure a lot of you will probably notice it soon. Slate.com probably tells the story best. www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/08/16/lauren_conrad_destroys_books_lemony_snicket_responds_.htmlShort story, some Z-lister posted a "craft video" demonstrating how to cut the covers off Snicket books to create a box or something. Much furore arose out of disgust at the destruction of the books, and Snicket himself was eventually pressed for a comment, and came up with the following: "It has always been my belief that people who spend too much time with my work end up as lost souls, drained of reason, who lead lives of raving emptiness and occasional lunatic violence. What a relief it is to see this documented." |
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 17, 2012 15:55:35 GMT -5
thedoctororwell posted the video a while ago, actually, and we were discussing it here. I've seen this "craft" before on other sites, but at least they had the decency to use books that were basically unreadable. |
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Post by csc on Aug 17, 2012 16:00:35 GMT -5
They were brand new!
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Post by B. on Aug 17, 2012 16:04:38 GMT -5
I will be creating my book box from these books:  |
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 17, 2012 16:18:08 GMT -5
The video is here in case anyone missed it. |
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Post by csc on Aug 17, 2012 16:21:33 GMT -5
I will be creating my book box from these books: Nice. |
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Post by allegedly bryan on Aug 17, 2012 21:22:32 GMT -5
Oh, I didn't realize it was her. The video was taken down before I saw it and I thought it was some random unknown person. I mean it basically still is. But it's wierd that she chose ASOUE.
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Post by feryl on Aug 18, 2012 13:51:15 GMT -5
Obviously, this is a deeply disturbed woman who deserves our sympathy. Only a misguided sadist or a complete jerk would take such excellent books, rip them apart, and use them as decorations. If she had simply used the infallible websource known as Wikipedia, Ms. Conrad would have known that books are actually meant to be read, not disemboweled.
Seriously though, modern interior design can be pretty silly sometimes.
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Post by Anka on Aug 19, 2012 14:13:44 GMT -5
This is absolutely silly! It can be useful to create things you can use out of things you can't use. But this woman has books that can be read and a box you can put things in and she creates a box that looks a little different than before and no books anymore...
And she doesn't even put the books in the right order!
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Post by Cafe SalMONAlla on Aug 19, 2012 14:37:42 GMT -5
And she doesn't even put the books in the right order! I know! That absolutley infuriated me. Anyway, I'm going to make my box out of mutiple copies of this:  |
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Post by ghostie on Aug 19, 2012 16:43:34 GMT -5
"It has always been my belief that people who spend too much time with my work end up as lost souls, drained of reason, who lead lives of raving emptiness and occasional lunatic violence. What a relief it is to see this documented." OOOOOOOOOO DISSSSSSSSS But really. Lemony Snicket just owned Lauren Conrad. |
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