Go SHARKS!
By that I mean those Sharks that got a silver keepsake from Vancouver and those that had to settle for a golden one.
Actually, some had to come back to the Shark Tank with nothing. Sux when your own teammate is going to bring that up in conversation.
Is it bad form to high stick your own teammate in the locker room? Yeah, yeah it is.
Pluto has been demoted to a “dwarf planet”.
“a celestial body that is in orbit around the sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a ... nearly round shape, and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit.” has become the new definition for a planet.
In short, becuase of its smaller size and elipitcal orbit around the Sun they are creating a new sub-planet category for it.
Personally, I feel slightly upset by this. I suppose its useless to get emotional about an astronomical definition. Still its a little sad.
There apparently was no previous definition for a planet.
It’s early morning
The sun comes out
Last night was shaking
And pretty loud
My cat is purring
And scratches my skin
So what is wrong
With another sin
The bitch is hungry
She needs to tell
So give her inches
And feed her well
More days to come
New places to go
I’ve got to leave
It’s time for a show
(Chorus)
Here I am, rock you like a hurricane
Here I am, rock you like a hurricane
My body is burning
It starts to shout
Desire is coming
It breaks out loud
Lust is in cages
Till storm breaks loose
Just have to make it
With someone I choose
The night is calling
I have to go
The wolf is hungry
He runs to show
He’s licking his lips
He’s ready to win
On the hunt tonight
For love at first sting
(Chorus) X2
Three years later we are still in Iraq. It is not a huge secret, nor is there anything I can contribute to the conversation that has not already been said ten thousand times. However I do feel compelled to discuss this as I have now a very personal reason for caring what is happening in Iraq.
I am thinking about you brother-in-law. mrs mice and I are praying for your safety every day. Come back home safely.
I’m not saying the war is wrong, nor anything about our President. This blog isn’t terribly effective at relaying political views nor information. I’m just saying I am selfishly worried for the welfare of a family member.
Just come home safely and soon. As soon as possible.
I know many of you were dismayed to find that I was Crystal Parizanski’s number one fan. Instead you were wishing that you were Crystal Parizanski’s number one fan, or at least be one of her myspace friends.
I was thinking about ol’ CP as Bo Bice made an appearance on American Idol. You see, I was informed by my friend who does not have a moneky face that I was in fact Bo Bice’s number one fan laste year. Lest you think that I deserved that title, it was only to annoy me. I can’t stand the guy and my feeling is that you must be 1. female, 2. desperate, 3. tone deaf to be any sort of fan of the Bo Bice, never mind his numba one. Now I am much more suited to my new title of CP’s #1.
Ok, so getting back to my idea. I was thinking about CP’s wild look. It seemed kinda hip, sorta trashy, and very materialistic. I feel that she is on the edge of something in America that happened in Japan nearly 20 years ago. That is Kogal style.
Kogal style, as near as I can figure is/ or was mostly high school students with bleached brown or lighter hair, tanned skin, and dramatic makeup. It somehow involves loose socks like leg warmers and hiking up your school uniform skirt into a miniskirt. Kogal styel of course involves a deep materialism and you alwyas have to have the latest keitai denwa, yeah thats cell phone for you non-boing boing readers sometimes affectionately refered to as Boomers.
It is related to Ganguro style. Supposedly Kogal is different from Ganguro, but I am not entirely sure what that difference might be except a Ganguro gal might not be in school any longer consequently she will not don her school’s uniform, nor loose socks. Instead she may hear huge boots ala the now defunct (they aren’t funky any more) Spice Girls. It seems liek Ganguro in the extreme is called Yamanba whcih translates as mountain hag - a Noh character and myth of an ugly witch. Ganguro to me seems to be a contest to see how extreme these girls can go. To me it seems in some ways to be a characture of California / Valley Girls.
Here is tips on how to do your eye makeup.
It’s super stylized and almost Kabuki in the steps. And the end result is very odd and severe. But now who deos that remind you of? That’s right, my girl Crystal Parizanski.
In conclusion, Crystal Parizanski has somehow latched onto an American version of a Kogal/Ganguro style - a style in which Tokyo girls and young women parody American women.
How much more postmodern could it get? The answer is “none”.
If you thought the kid who traveled to Iraq alone was nuts how about the kid who is spending 1 year at Walt Disney World? Oh don’t worry he is recording every minute of it and uploading it to his site every seven days.
I guess there are some kids out there with some disposable income. Uh Yeah.
But really kids, there are better way of going about what you want than this. For the Iraq kid. OK maybe you could work with an aid agency. For the Disney kid. If you really want to get the inside scoop you could work there. I know, call me crazy. But that is a crazy plan that just might work.
Hoo boy. I should just stop reading the news. It is killing me.
