| Lo Fun Fact #1 |
| "Lolita Files" is my real name. It is not a pen name, as incredible as that may seem. There are plenty of Files family members and people who have known me for years capable of validating this. As for the "Lolita" part, my mother named me after the movie based on Nabokov's book, although she saw or read neither. For as long as she lived, she had no idea there was anything sexual or seedy about being called "Lolita". |
| Lo Fun Fact #2 |
| I love fried chicken and fabulous shoes. If you ever want to get on my good side, send Popeye's or Mr. Chicken (my favorite spot in Cleveland) and a pair of
Christian Louboutins. |
| Lo Fun Fact #3 |
| Never show up unannounced or without a Pepsi (preferably Pepsi Jazz Caramel Cream). Better yet, how about not show up at all? |
| Lo Fun Fact #4 |
| I hate the telephone. Don't get mad if I don't call you. I don't call anyone. Don't call me asking why I don't call. Just don't call, okay? |
| Lo Fun Fact #5 |
| I love the internet!!! I love communicating through the internet!!! You can e-mail me and odds are I'll e-mail you right back (if I'm not in the middle of a major project). Makes up for my hangup about the phone, doesn't it? See, I'm not so bad after all!!! |
| Lo Fun Fact #6 |
| I can't stand IMing. Please don't IM me. You will get the cold shoulder. I don't like giving people the cold shoulder, so please don't put me in that position. |
| Lo Fun Fact #7 |
I have four five six wonderful, slap-happy dogs, a bird (some kind of dove/pigeon mix), and a cat, all of whom I love to pieces. If you meet me and ask me about my dogs, bird, and cat, we'll be instant friends. If you meet me and ask me why the f*ck I have four five six dogs, a bird, and a cat, see the above fun fact for how I will respond. |
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| Oprah 'Holds On' To Frey's Million Pieces; Blames Fuck-Up On The Publishers. |
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 |
 Authors everywhere did the Snoopy Dance as the retardedly-remote hope of being picked for the book club continues to live on.
 A few of The Great O's words when she called in to Larry King Live last night towards the end of the show, where the guest was James Frey, author of the recently much-maligned A Million Little Pieces:"We rely on the publishers to define the category that a book falls in and also the authenticity of the work..."
"I feel about A Million Little Pieces that although some of the facts have been questioned---and people have a right to question because we live in a country that lets you do that---that the underlying message of redemption in James Frey's, uh, memoir still resonates with me and I know that it resonates with millions of other people who have read this book, and who will continue to read this book..."
"To all those people out there who have received hope from reading this book, keep 'holding on,' because the essence of that, I don't doubt."
"What does this mean for the larger publishing world...in this memoir category?"
"To me it seems to be much ado about nothing...the majority of the story is inside the clinic."
"I certainly do recommend it for all...of the people out there..." So there you have it, people. Oprah hath spoken.
 Don't throw rocks at James, throw them at his publisher, which should have vetted the damn thing better in order to distinguish fact from fiction. Oprah still loves the book, and she still loves James, who, along with his mother (who joined him on the show), seemed to drop major loads in their undies as they listened with relief to Ms. Winfrey saying she still supported the book and believed in him. Larry asked James if he wanted to say something to Oprah while she was still on the phone.
Duh. Of course he did:"I admire you tremendously and, um, thank you very much for your, for your support and, uh, you know it's, I'm still incredibly honored to be associated with you and I will for the rest of my life." Wonder what it felt like to thank someone while sitting on a squishy mountain your own panic-born doodie. Maybe that'll be the subject of James' next book:
A Million Little Shit Stains.
CNN.com: Larry King Live
Previously: The Lo Zone: The James Freying of America
Previously: The Lo Zone: A Million Little Refunds
Previously: The Lo Zone: A Million Little Dashed Hopes |
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