The 'Diablo Cody' Tag Archive

Below you'll find all my writing tagged with the word Diablo Cody. The posts are listed in chronological order. Click the post title to read more.

September 27th, 2009

I don’t want a new Jessica, and I definitely don’t want twin Junos

When I first heard the news that Diablo Cody was going to write and produce a movie based on my beloved Sweet Valley High books I was incredulous. My first thought was, “if she turns Jessica into Juno, I’m gonna have to cut a bitch.” As Barrett so kindly pointed out on Facebook, Cody’s project [...]

April 5th, 2009

You’re just jealous

Last week I was arguing with a friend about the sucktasticness of Chuck Klosterman’s Downtown Owl . I supported by case by citing the adverbs, the weird omniscient narrator from the future, and the general amateurish writing. My adversary countered with, “You’re just jealous.” This is often the argument I get whenever I yip at [...]

December 14th, 2008

The 7 worst books I read in 2008 reviewed in 10 words or less

Today Largehearted Boy keeps peppering his Twitter with links to newspapers publishing their best books of 2008 lists. I am making my own list and currently checking it twice. However, while making the list I noticed that I read a lot of shitty, shitty books this year. Because I always want to help the gentle [...]

November 23rd, 2008

Answering the Googlers’ Questions IX: There sure is a lot of curiousity surrounding Dawson’s Creek on the Internet edition

It’s been many, many months since I’ve answered the googlers’ questions. I feel bad. All these people thirsty for information, and me hogging it all. Shame on me. What happened to Aunt Jodi? After Jimmy quit, she got married, you should have known they’d never get far. Oh, but when you look back now, that [...]

February 9th, 2008

Candy Girl makes my stomach hurt

For March, the Rock and Roll Bookclub picked Diablo Cody’s Candy Girl, a memoir about her year as a stripper/professional masturbator/phone sex operator. You know how when you buy a bag of those little gold-foil wrapped Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and the first one tastes so good that you eat about thirty-two more right in [...]