While many things the American Family Association does would probably offend me on many levels, now they seem to be messing with me personally. Via Sarah, they are replacing the word gay with homosexual in all AP stories. That’s all fine by me except when people have the name Gay. Hey there, I work hard to make those stories not get homosexual. Way to mess up my hard work, jerks. Ah I love that Tyson Homosexual, don’t you?
If you look at my Flickr stream at all you may have noticed the low quality of my pictures. This is not due to my usual lack of talent, but because my camera is dying and I am now taking most photos with my iSight. So I need a new camera. Despite having spent enough time developing my own film to make me sterile, I know little about actual camera things. Though I have polled friends, they have little to say. Does anyone have any recommendations? I don’t want a serious camera–I want one that will make me look like I know what I am doing, is tiny, and withstands my abuse (oddly, much like my list for potential mates). Also, moderately priced. Again, like my choice in suitors.
Any rave reviews or complaints would be welcome.
Take this as your official invitation to come visit the Uncensored Interview Blog, where I will also be blogging, generally about their awesome interview vids, the indie lifestyle, music, etc. My first post, about Kid Rock (oh, the high quality of my musical interests), is here, but you can generally follow my posts here. Will be sidebar linked as well for future reference. While you’re there, the videos are really cool. And they are looking for competitors in their corporate Guitar Hero challenge, so sign up if you think you can take them.
Humankind, I have just completed a task you must look upon with amazement.
I cut/skinned rhubarb and overripe strawberries while making and drinking kool aid in a WHITE SHIRT. FOLLY?! NO. I remain unscathed.
This is a fluke because I did not realize I was wearing white (my only white item of clothing) until halfway through.
It gives you little popup messages when your downloads are done or a variety of other programs that have opted in.
I have been singing its praises for months and it just keeps getting better and better. I can listen to my entire iTunes library at work with very little effort. Even better, I can listen to my friends’ libraries and see what they are listening to in mine.
This is pretty niche, admittedly, but if you check books out from a lot of different libraries, or your libraries don’t send you email updates, this is amazing. It sends me messages when my books are on hold, about to be overdue, overdue, etc. And it even recommends books I might like based on my library usage. Brilliant.
I have always loved Recipezaar. They have faceted their search for a long time, but they revamped it a while ago, and I didn’t use it as much. Now that I have gotten used to it, I like it, though not everything is tagged as effectively as I’d like. I realize that most people don’t care to the extent I do though, and it is extremely helpful to look for, say, rhubarb recipes that aren’t dessert–a search which cancels out 90% of the results to just what I wanted. I also like that you can specify which cooking implements you want to use.
H&M Viscose Over-the-Knee Socks
I have a sneaking suspicion they are getting rid of these, but they are amazing. Knee socks that stay up. I buy most of my socks at H&M and I am totally devoted to these. Never did I think I would be buying 7 dollar socks while thinking, “What a deal!” But I do. I love you H&M Viscose OTK!
Kool-Aid
I was made fun of for this, but I still drink Kool Aid. I didn’t know there was an age limit on delicious. Summer=Kool Aid. If you really are having a bad day, go here and make the slimmed down Kool Aid man dance. Him screaming, “Yeah, Oh YEAH!” over rap beats is totally frightening. I went to the website to try and find out if I can still buy a Kool Aid Man pitcher, but no info there. I also took this opportunity to look up the Tang website which still doesn’t exist. I did find an awesome product locator though which told me basically I need to go to Jersey for Sugar Free Tang. Or Flushing? Apparently the Chinese love sugar free Tang. Awesome.
I check this before I fly every time. Knowledge is power.
It is incomprehensible to me that people don’t like singing karaoke when drunk. Even more incomprehensible is people who don’t like singing karaoke but still COME TO KARAOKE. People, that’s like coming to a nude beach in an Amish dress.
Perhaps this stems from my inability to understand shyness.
Today I unfortunately found really, really horrible pornography on flickr. In a way, I am shocked I have used Flickr for this long without finding very unattractive people having sex. Bikers can be very unattractive people, and biker women really don’t like wearing a bra. If there’s anything I have learned today it is to wear a bra and sunscreen all the time. Yet all of these very (to my mind) horrifically unattractive people had lots and lots of fans even even though I would say the majority of their boobs fell into the generally accepted as unattractive “pancake” or “stretch mark” varieties.
Of course, I could not keep these horrifying photos to myself. I shared. And my friend, over IM, replied:
2:14
you are a classificationist
2:14
you’ve classified tits
And there you go. They call it a discipline because it puts rules around the way you think. Even about boobs, apparently.
To become an expert means truly being able to answer questions you never thought would relate to your field at all. I salute Curtis!
Is anyone else riveted by this story?
A man from Craigslist is giving me a free tv. Dropping it at my house tomorrow in fact. Will I be raped first and then killed, or killed and then raped?
Today I saw Tim Berners-Lee speak about linked data/ontologies/the semantic web. In addition to being the inventor of the WWW, he has really interesting ideas about women in engineering/computery things. Now I am no engineer, but in a room of a couple hundred people men, I saw maybe 10 women. Now, first, this is not news. But maybe it’s working with a lot of librarians which has lulled me into a female-dominated, computer-haxx0r haze. Seriously I cannot recall when I have been in a room with fewer women (relatively), and I went to a high school with a male to female 3:1 ratio. In fact I think this is certifiably the only time in my life where I have been the most feminine person in the room by a LONG SHOT (I was wearing a dress. With pink flowers on it.). And also the only woman under…40ish (that I saw). I am not uncomfortable in male-dominated situations. I am not uncomfortable being the youngest person in the room (though when that is taken to mean I am an idiot, it starts to grate). I am not uncomfortable at a tech conference. Yet, I was uncomfortable in that room. While I was not at the conference very long, not one person spoke to me. They did stare doubtfully at me though when TBL asked if people were familiar with the topic he was discussing, and I was the only person who raised my hand at my table.
So what I am saying, is even in this area, TBL knows what he is talking about.
mom: “I am glad you are not kidnapped by a Mexican.”
so hot *I* am drinking Miller Lite. That hot.
this made me happy, though I may also be swooning from heat. 100 degrees feels like suck.
the fact that I am drenched in sweat from making GAZPACHO should give you an idea of how exremely hot it is here. Apparently we’re geting thunderstorms and then it will get HOTTER, which seems to defy everything I know about weather.
send ice!
“Hi Bento! It’s Mommy Bento!”
This is infinitely better than my mom’s usual nickname for me, Poops. This is not due to any bodily function, but a shortening of poopsie. Explain this to my roommates, who have always enjoyed my mom calling me poops on our communal answering machines.
We went back to 50 degrees and rainy, making me do a happy dance. However allergens did not leave with summer weather. Math problem: Q. If today is a .2 in pollen count and I feel bad, and Sat. is an 8.9, how bad will I feel this weekend? A. Really, really bad.
I hate that there is no pollen count broken down anything more specific than “trees=number.” Perhaps allergists don’t want you to have more specific info than that so you’ll go in? I have no idea.
I am sure everyone at this point is like, “Shut the fuck up about your allergies.” but I have never been this bad on just a day to day basis. I thought this was supposed to be getting better, not worse.
It is very difficult to avoid the presidential election process. This is very hard when your business is news. I don’t care, and the primary annoys me. In November, I will care. Now I do not. And this morning I realized I think why it annoys me so much. Because I am still totally confused as to why people think Obama is so awesome/different/better than candidates before him. Obviously his PR, personal style, and speaking ability distinguish him. But the fact that he’s already backpedaled his strong beliefs (Rev. Wright scandal) and avoids stating any strong beliefs that might be controversial is just more of the same political machine it seems to me.
Yes, of course, everyone in this situation (war, healthcare, economy) loves change. But that depends whether your change involves blaming America for 9/11. I just see no definition of what these platitudes mean, and when there is definition it’s still so slimy politician what you want to hear. What I’d love to really hear is an educated candidate who say, “Yeah I don’t agree with everything my preacher says, but clearly the US Government has been shafting black people for a long time.” or, “YeS our involvement in Israel is a root cause of 9/11.” But he doesn’t do that, he says something bland instead. Can anyone help explain why they have an Obama crush?
I am uncomfortable with gangsta rappers kicking my ass….at chess.
