From Jhayne ( porphyre ): A nine year old girl in Peru won a television station contest where she got to star in a remake of her favourite music video. Unsurprisingly, she chose a Britney Spears video, Toxic... Remember when little girls in stripper-wear lip syncing to songs about sex was still weird? (crossposted)
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Saw THE HURT LOCKER last night. If it's showing where you are then go fucking see it. GO FUCKING SEE IT. Don't care if you don't like war movies. Working on new Inappropriate Comix. It is both funny AND inappropriate. For now, have some videos. Via thehefner , for all my geek brethren: via porphyre , something to remind us we're in the future: via Dark Diamond...
Lumping in a couple of Outlaw Band shows to the Island (the band room at the Nanaimo Cambie once wallpapered in male genitalia, an entire lower male torso drawn around the showerhead), a visit or two to Yolandivar's pre-Cedarton farm (pre-Rufoustan would be ... before 2002!?!), my trip to Saturna with Dominique and my cursed 2007 Valentine's Day visit to Victoria in order to purchase my bitter...
porphyre posted a very useful and comprehensive list of links on the protests. wisdomdancer also has a number of articles posted on his fb profile . I'll be adding more links to this as I find them, so feel free to suggest any you have come across.
I have just created a twitter account. I have set my timezone to +3.30, and my location to TEHRAN. From what I understand, I have become yet another tree in a forest for the real Iranians to hide in. This and other things a netizen can do to help out the Iranian protesters can be found here .
Fortunately, the Sparkly Paddle of Birthday Wonderfulness works forehand and backhand, in advance and in retgrograde. So regalpewter and porphyre , don't think you've escaped unscathed! This is your notification that you are officially scathed! I hope you both had terrifically terrific birthdays and the coming year brings you all the good things you ever wanted, all thrillah and no...
A 64-year-old woman has reported to doctors at Geneva University Hospital the presence of a pale, milky-white and translucent third arm. Sure, that happens. But then there's this: The upshot is that the woman can use the apparitional extremity to relieve very real itches on the cheek. It cannot penetrate solid objects. You know that's what she's pissed about. She was hoping to take up doin'...
thanks porphyre . As she points out, there are two sides... Johann Hari: You are being lied to about pirates Some are clearly just gangsters. But others are trying to stop illegal dumping and trawling Monday, 5 January 2009 Who imagined that in 2009, the world's governments would be declaring a new War on Pirates? As you read this, the British Royal Navy – backed by the ships of more...
On a whim I entered an O Face competition hosted by the lovely Jhayne Holmes, and it turns out I won! We did an interview about the history of O facing which is up on her LJ right now . Give it a look see.