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Jul. 5th, 2009

02:25 pm - Be confident or die

On Friday, I got news via email that Bonnie Tinker died in a bike accident in Virginia. Bonnie was a queer activist and peace activist in Portland; she was also a pillar of the Multnomah Monthly Meeting of Friends, which I've been attending irregularly since last year. She was 61 years old. I didn't really know Bonnie, but her involvement in the meeting, as an advocate for queer rights as a social justice issue and otherwise, was always one of the things that made me feel I was in the right place.

The kind of accident that killed Bonnie is so common that it has a name: the "right hook". In her case, a truck overtook her on the left while she was riding straight, and struck her when it turned right in front of her.

Unlike some types of accidents, right hooks are completely preventable: they don't happen when cyclists ride in the center of a lane where right turns are permitted. This doesn't mean that all the responsibility for preventing these accidents lies with cyclists. Motorists have to cooperate too, by respecting cyclists' legal right to occupy the center of the lane when keeping to the right would be unsafe.

If you ride a bike, you need to know the following information; it could save your life. It's natural to feel that it's safer to ride close to the curb all the time, but because drivers (unless extremely drunk or unskilled) don't hit objects that are in front of them, in many situations it's safest to ride in the center of the lane where you will be seen. When riding in a substandard width lane (that is, a lane where a car can't pass a bike safely), riding in the center of the lane communicates your intent (to continue riding straight) to other drivers, just as when you're driving a car, driving in the center of the lane communicates your intent to continue occupying the lane.

If you drive a car, the following is your moral responsibility as well as your legal responsibility: if a cyclist is riding in front of you, wait until it's safe to pass and then pass in the adjacent lane (possibly meaning waiting for a break in oncoming traffic and passing in the oncoming traffic lane), the same way you would always pass a slower vehicle.

When you honk at a cyclist, try to run a cyclist off the road, or otherwise make a cyclist feel unsafe riding in the center of the lane, you could kill someone -- indirectly, when they expose themselves to danger from right-turning vehicles because they wish to avoid angering drivers by riding in the lane.

I don't think Bonnie had to die. I know that cyclists have died because drivers have refused to accommodate cyclists who try to ride in the safest way it's possible to ride a bicycle: vehicularly.

The following is from John Forester's book _Effective Cycling_ (sixth edition, MIT Press, 1993; accessible through Google Books), starting at p. 313.

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Tags: cycling, death

vintagehair

artdecodoll

10:31 pm - hairdo please =)

Hey gals!

Can someone tell me how to do this updo ? ^^

It looks simple but..

Oh well I have shoulder lenght hair and bangs just like her.

Thanks

xoxo

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djeltoro

01:52 pm - tip-toeing

I know I've been spending too much time discussing The Omnivore's Dilemma and organic farming when I elect to spend twice as much on sauerkraut, just so I can enjoy it with a clear conscience.

Speaking of pickled vegetables... I truly do appreciate why novices are reluctant to tackle pickling and canning. Botulism is no laughing matter. It is bad form to kill your new neighbor. Especially with a housewarming gift. Next thing you know, everyone's referring to your humble offering as the Baby Carrots of Death or the Gherkins from Hell.

Looking forward to interviewing Handmade Nation director Faythe Levine. Even more so since I found out her Mom operates this organic dairy farm. I was already a fan of their fresh cheeses. I just purchased a quarter-wheel of their Black Mombazo and a wedge of Chipotle Cheddar (that's it left of the sauerkraut) at today's farmers market. Now that I might get to go see them being made, I'm doubly excited.

On our way home from market—isn't that totally affected, saying just "market" instead of "the market"?—m3warlord suggested we start having a weekly "Pot o' Beans Challenge." Each week, we take turns making a different pot of beans and using it as the base for as many delicious meals as possible. I suspect he was half-kidding, but I took him up on the challenge. My mind is reeling with visions of chick peas!

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vintagehair

miss_tami_lee

01:14 pm - Wedding time

My first non-family wedding! My friend Sarah from high school got married this weekend. It was a traditional Pakistani wedding, which blew my mind.

( right this way )

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vintagehair

0misspumpkin

09:37 pm - Little hair tutorial

Hello girls! I haven't posted in ages, bad bad member I know!

A while ago I did a little tutorial on how to do a super quick side updo, it's super easy and has a retro feel to it, so I thought it might help some.

Now that it's getting hot, we have to find new ways of dealing with our locks!

Sorry about my accent, it's not the best! *blushing*
If you don't have bangs, you can combine it with some victory rolls, or a nice pomp at the front, too!

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kdotdammit

11:57 am - KDD on Public Enemies

Note: I saw this movie twice in less than 24 hours, and I couldn't even come close to saying everything I have to say about it. I'd be writing for a week.

Let me just start by saying this. Michael Mann’s Public Enemies is unequivocally the best Hollywood movie of the year. There will be nothing else coming out of Hollywood that comes remotely close. Then again, that’s because Public Enemies is a Hollywood movie that is not a Hollywood movie. Focused on the mythic bank robbing icon John Dillinger, this is no emotionally deep biopic, no in depth character study, no story of human frailties and flaws, no fateful melodrama. It has none of the character depth of early gangster films like Little Ceasar and Public Enemy, no human depth like the epic Godfather I and II, no sexual complexity like Bonnie and Clyde (though it certainly pays tribute to all those films). Public Enemies does what Michael Mann does best. It shows the complexities of men at work and operating in the matrix of other men, and he delivers them as if he were choreographing a minimalist ballet. Men wearing suits and fedoras and wielding machine guns weave through this film like dancers on a stage in which every slight movement stands in for something much larger or simply exists for the pure beauty and mastery of the movement. The film, with its impeccable photography, economy of dialogue, and precisely mastered editing, presents more like an abstract geometric plane flashing with gunfire and leaking blood than an actual movie about characters and incidents. For the most part, it’s hard to make a good film based on real people and events without falling into the tedium of recording history. Public Enemies is successful because it distills all the tedium out of the Dillinger story. The film’s bare minimalism and extreme economy make every single moment in the film count with no extraneous emotion or human excess to weigh down the brilliance of the film as a mythic object in its own right.

This is not to say that the film is simply an abstract exercise about John Dillinger. After all, the movie is called Public Enemies, as in more than one. The interesting thing is that while Dillinger is the focus of the film, he is not the enemy. He is the hero. The enemies in this movie can be found everywhere -- from the criminal world to law enforcement to federal agencies -- but not in Dillinger. Paying tribute to the notion of good guys and bad guys in cinema, Mann blurs the divide between sides. The characters in his movie could be divided into four categories: 1) the Good Good Guys; 2) the Bad Good Guys; 3) the Good Bad Guys; and 4) the Bad Bad Guys. No, John Dillinger is not the enemy in this film. He is the Good Bad Guy. He is the guy who lives by a code of honor. He is the guy who robs banks, not people. He is a guy just trying to make it in the world. Indeed, a Code Of Honor seems to be the defining factor in Michael Mann’s movies between the Good and the Bad. On the criminal side of this picture you have the impulsive, selfish, excessively violent and greedy Baby Face Nelson representing the Bad Bad Guy. He exhibits no respect for honor for human life, and he will shoot anyone for sheer kicks. He brings everyone down when he casually guns down a bunch of innocent bystanders during the film’s final bank robbery. Dillinger, on the other hand, certainly commits his share of pistol whipping and thuggery, but it is always with clear a purpose and mission (e.g. get the money from the safe). Those he assaults represent systems (banks) and not individuals.

The Good and Bad divide extends beyond criminal lines. Like in Francis Ford Copolla’s gangster opus The Godfather, Mann shows us that the real public enemies reside on the side of the law. Indeed, the biggest enemy in the movie is J. Edgar Hoover’s Federal Bureau of Investigation and its fascist pursuit of the “criminal elements” in society. Played with quiet, creepy, psychopathic, megalomaniacal menace by Billy Crudup, J. Edgar Hoover comes off as the face of American fascism that has extended its white gloved hand into the present. In one scene, Hoover literally quotes Mussolini (“It’s time to take off the white gloves.”) right before he awards a row of young white boys lined up in uniform (and looking a hell of a lot like the youth of the Third Reich) with honors for exposing criminals. In Mann’s concise and economic cinematic vocabulary, he uses the Hoover character to expose such pertinent U.S. government practices as illegal surveillance, wire tapping, and torture. As in everything else in this film, these elements are delivered with the lean jolt of rapid fire bullets. In one scene, we see Feds listening in on phone calls and reading the transcriptions of private and intimate conversations. In another, Hoover orders Dillinger’s family to be hunted down, detained, and pressured to informing even though Hoover’s agents explain that Dillinger hasn’t seen his family in years. In a particularly grueling scene, Hoover orders one of his agents to torture one of the apprehended criminals by denying sedation while he has a bullet wedged between his brain and eyeball. To make matters worse, the agent takes sadistic pleasure in pressing on the criminal’s skull and listening to him scream in agony. Certainly these scenes depict historic moments from Hoover’s reign, but they also could be things we’ve read in the newspaper in recent years; they are all uncomfortably familiar. Speaking of the sadistic cop who enjoys watching pain, he would fall into the category of the Bad Good Guys, along with J. Edgar Hoover, and the pig faced cop who gets his jollies beating Dillinger’s girlfriend Billie Frechette.

Then there are the other lawmen in the movie, most notably Dillinger’s pursuer Melvin Purvis, played with perfect stoic confliction by Christian Bale. Purvis is not a Bad Good Guy. He’s just a guy trying to maintain a personal code of honor while performing his job in a system (Hoover’s and America’s increasingly fascistic system) that is far from honorable. In a way, Purvis and Dillinger are two sides of the same coin. They are both men who need to work to make a living but live in a system that could give two shits whether they live or die. Purvis takes the “legitimate” route as a Federal agent, but he is increasingly haunted by the faces of the dead men who he himself has killed and who have been killed by the system he works for. According to Mann’s vision, working for the system is a murderous blood-soaked operation, not unlike the criminal world. This obviously torments Purvis as Michael Mann plays on Purvis’s obsession with (and fear of) the look of dead men. Every time a significant character dies in the film, Mann moves in for the close-up and details the slow passing of life and the sheet of death coming down on the face and the eyes. He asks us to watch this through the eyes of characters in the film. We see Purvis’s agents and the criminals he pursues die through Purvis’s eyes, and when Dillinger looks into Purvis’s eyes, he sees the toll of Purvis’s job. “Maybe it’s time to find a new line of work,” Dillinger advises Purvis, and the words hit the lawman as effectively as if Dillinger let him have it with his machine gun. It’s hard to find a job that doesn’t eat your soul when you work for the system.

Dillinger, on the other hand, has refused to be a part of the system, other than the small fraternal group of outcasts with whom he works. He’s just trying to make it the best way he can – by robbing the system (economic power and control as represented by banks) that would just assume rob him. Dillinger was a hero for the Great Depression as much as he is a hero for our times (and our own Depression). He is the man who has liberated himself from the fetters of the system by robbing the system that robs the struggling working people. When he meets Billie Frechette and she asks him what he does, he says, “Just catching up.” Indeed, rather than being another disposable cog on the wheel, Dillinger chooses to take control of his own destiny and rob the system that is fucking over the public and “catch-up” the best he can. In a short and effective snapshot moment, Mann shows Dillinger telling a regular working guy to keep his money during one of the bank robberies, and in another scene he shows a crowd of people waving to Dillinger like a hero in a parade as he is escorted to jail in a police car. Indeed, Dillinger as we see him in this movie and as he has been remembered as a mythic icon, is not a Public Enemy but a Public Hero, an icon for revenge against the system, but according to Mann’s definition of heroic, Dillinger is a hero because he lives by his code of honor. He is true to his fraternity of brothers in crime, and he does not sacrifice the safety and stability of the fraternal unit by his own impulsive needs.

In Public Enemies as in his earlier film Heat, Mann shows us that it’s not necessarily the rogue free agent who is a hero, but the free agent who works within a system of free agents who want to liberate themselves from the system of economic power and disparity by robbing it. The heroic act is the ability to honor each other and the mutual goal at hand (a jewelry heist or a bank robbery) and not let impulsive self-interest put the group in danger. It is actually the rogue agents (the Bad Bad Guys) that threaten the subversive system of the criminals who are really just working guys trying to beat the system by robbing it together as a job. Mann’s impeccable photography continually frames these men, Dillinger and his gang, within the matrixes of urban and institutionalized spaces. Apartment buildings, hotels, streets, jails, and bank vaults are composed of intersecting grids of windows, doors, and hallways, showing the characters operating within a matrix that is mimicked in the vast network of phone lines within the telephone surveillance headquarters. The grids that intersect the frames of the film are the grids that Dillinger and his gang have to navigate their way through without being caught. They can only successfully navigate their way by working together as a unit operating on a code of honor and trust. No scene in the movie illustrates this more effectively than the Indiana jail breakout scene which is delivered like a perfectly executed ballet. Working together, Dillinger and his cadre of jail mates, literally break through the grid that traps them as they work together to break through layer upon layer, door upon door, of the jail. They break through one door which leads to another and another. In their movement through the grid, they pass bodies between each other like dancers. They grab guards and guns in beautifully smooth balletic movements, until finally they break free of the multitude of locked doors and cells that have kept them imprisoned. The scene is done with economic efficiency yet moves with a fluid beauty that is mesmerizing to watch.

Indeed, the entire film with its paired down minimalism and perfectly orchestrated choreography works more like an abstract ballet than a Hollywood movie. With all the characters reduced to minimal icons not unlike ballet characters, the individual scenes flow like movements in a dance, each one orchestrated by the sublimely beautiful cacophony of machine gun fire. Never have machine guns looked and sounded so stunning. Simultaneously gorgeously excessive and formalistically avant-garde, the movie contains multiple extended scenes that consist only of gunfire – the flash of the machine guns, bullets riddling walls, bodies falling and dying, cars punctured in an ferocious fury of ammunition. In a way, the machine gun is the true star of this movie. Men on both sides are armed with them, and men on both sides die by them. This is a violent world, a world where men bear guns and use guns. The men who work for the law and the men who work outside the law are joined together by this singular weapon – the machine gun, while the banks stand in the middle and the federal agencies stand by the side and watch the men kill each other. The scene at Little Bohemia Lodge in which Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and their crews shoot it out with Purvis and his crew is an absolutely avant-garde explosion of violently beautiful machine gun fire. Every single fraction of the space of the film is riddled with gunshot. While walls disintegrate and windows and bodies explode with bullets, the men hold onto their guns and keep firing as the literal physicality of their world crumbles around them with an excess of bullets. If Jackson Pollack were to paint with machine guns, it would look like this, every inch of the canvas sprayed with gunfire.

Mann engages his economy of style with flawless discipline throughout the film. Much of the film is awash in the abstract geometry of suits and fedoras. All the men are wearing them on both sides of the law. They hang on racks. They are held up as evidence. This is the world of men. When they move out of the urban environment and enter the rural landscape, the shots are as austere and weighted with meaning as the internal grids of the city. In shoot-out scenes in the forest, the characters are reduced to iconic images of hunter and prey, showing the kind of primal violence that is part of the same system in the “civilized” city. In the scene when Purvis shoots Pretty Boy Floyd, it’s like he shoots a stag, the wild beauty of nature represented by Floyd’s bright blue suit running through the woods. In the scene when Dillinger and John flee the lodge, they leap through the forest like deer on the run.

Mann’s minimalism is also extended to dialogue. The lines that the characters deliver were chosen with utter precision. No words are wasted, and each line carries the weight of a hundred words in delivering Mann’s point. For example, the dialogue is carefully chosen to depict the financial economic framework in which Dillinger operates, a framework in which the consolidation of power and economic forces reigns. In one US senate scene, J. Edgar Hoover is called into question for “spending more tax payers’ money on his bureau than the robbers are actually stealing.” In another scene, Dillinger explains how he was sentenced to ten years for stealing 50 dollars, and that’ show he met his brothers in crime. In another scene, one of the members of the Syndicate stands in a call center where they are taking bets on horse races, and he explains that everyday they make as much money as Dillinger makes robbing a bank because they are “connected coast to coast,” showing the stretch of economic control. All these short lines and scenes are delivered like terms in a larger equation, the sum total of which is that government and the criminal syndicate are one and the same and are in collusion for one thing – the consolidation of economic power. Ultimately, Dillinger is a danger to that economic power, so the government and the Syndicate work together to bring him down.

The final scenes in the film are some of the most complex and beautifully done. The last part of the film is layered and loaded with self-reflexivity. It doesn’t just detail the eventual shooting and killing of Dillinger, but it also explores Dillinger’s status of mythic icon. Using cinema itself and representations of Dillinger and gangsters in film and media, Mann shows Dillinger reflecting on his own status as a mythic icon while also asking us to reflect on our relationship to him and how he functions in Mann’s movie itself. In one scene, Dillinger sits in a movie theater while J. Edgar Hoover talks on the screen about his mission to capture “Public Enemy Number One.” The lights in the theater come on, and the audience is asked to look around for Dillinger. As the audience looks side to side, Dillinger looks out of the screen at us, the audience sitting in the theater in 2009 watching this Dillinger movie. In other words, we are asked to question on our own implication in government witch hunts propagated by media but also at our own romanticization of the Dillinger myth because no one in the audience wants Dillinger to be caught. He is the hero. In another witty and clever scene, Dillinger actually enters the Dillinger Squad Room at the police station and studies all the documents on the walls, the photos of him and his gang and looks at himself from the outside, a brilliant moment of exploring his identity as an object removed from himself but also inextricably wedded to himself.

The final Dillinger scene in real life as well as in this movie takes place in the movie theater. This scene brilliantly recognizes Mann’s role in orchestrating the story of Dillinger through his cinematic vision while also using the cinematic apparatus, a film within a film, to show once again that heroism is defined by codes of honor not by what side of the law you reside on. Dillinger is watching Manhattan Melodrama, and Clark Gable is a gangster who has been issued the death sentence. William Powell tries to save his life, but Clark Gable says that would be hell, that he would much rather “die on the inside like he lived on the outside.” That sets the table for Dillinger’s death. It was only in my second viewing that I realized that when lawman Charles Winstead cleanly shoots Dillinger in the back of the head that he is performing an Act Of Honor from one brother to another. By executing him cleanly, Winstead allows Dillinger go out the way Clark Gable wants to go out in Manhattan Melodrama. Mann has a hero kill a hero, and the Good Good Guy kills the Good Bad Guy in the final heroic act. Dillinger is not shot down by the sadistic pig faced cop. He is not captured by the Feds and hauled back into the system. He dies by the Code of Honor on the street in front of the movie theater. He dies in his full mythic status in front of the movie theater on the screen as we watch him from our seats in our own neighborhood movie theaters. Now I undertand why there have been so many books (including a book-length poem) written about “the man who shot Dillinger.” He is the quiet hero in Dillinger’s death, at least that is how Mann portrays him in the film as we watch the final scene in the movie when Winstead delivers Dillinger’s dying message to his girl Billie Frechette: “Bye Bye Blackbird.”

As the final credits role, there is no doubt in our mind that Dillinger was not a Bad Guy. He is not the Public Enemy in this movie picture or the the picture we are living in today. But what makes this movie so successful is that Mann doesn’t exploit Dillinger as good either. Mann doesn’t give us easy access to Dillinger’s character, his humanity, or his depth. What he gives us is a portrait of an icon, and Mann maintains Dillinger’s status as icon by delivering him with precision and economy as a work of art. The closest we come to understanding Dillinger as a human is when we see him in relation to his own iconic status (e.g. in the squad room and the movie theater). Mann distills the Dillinger legend and the characters and stories that surrounded it into a cleanly executed document that resists emotional investment or standard biopic character exploits. To me, it is precisely this economy and lack of depth that makes it so watchable. Like a poem or a ballet, every word and every movement stands on its own for a thing of beauty and meaning. It needs to be appreciated in each singular act and frame and how they connect and interconnect without relying on easy access. I saw the movie twice in less than twenty-four hours and wasn’t bored in the slightest. In fact, I was even more enthralled during the second viewing because I could savor each piece of the film as if I were dissecting an intricate machine. If the movie was cluttered with excessive emotion, character and story, I could not appreciate how so much is delivered through the balletic poetry of image, line, and form.

Nevertheless, as abstract and experimental as the movie is, it is still a movie of our times, a time when it seems like we need to be reminded of that legendary hero who beat the system by robbing the banks that represent it and that rob us. A time when we need to be reminded that the government, the bureaus it creates, and the economic forces that support their power are their own kind of criminals. They are the Public Enemies. But it is also a time when things should not come easy, when we should be asked to think rather than blindly consume. Though I must admit, it is also a time when shooting machine guns sure looks good.

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vintagehair

msbettyblueeyes

12:50 pm - Moxie Beauty & Hair Parlor, Opening Soon in Grand Rapids!

Moxie Beauty & Hair Parlor will be opening its doors in August!!

Moxie is a unique shop for all your hairstyling needs. Have your pompadour shaped up while listening to the tunes of Chuck Berry, Social Distortion, Johnny Cash, The Supremes, Stray Cats,etc.!
The location is a traditional barbershop setting......an established location for over 30 years! Our decor includes many retro & vintage items. Come check out the Moxie Beauty & Hair Parlor experience!

We service women, men, and kids. We specialize in retro/vintage hairstyling as well as the latest modern trends in both hair cutting and color!

Moxie is where modern & retro meet!!

We offer Hair, Make-up, & Nail services.
Color services include natural colors & special effects colors.

We offer unique "Look" packages for a complete look from the 30's,40's, 50's, or 60's! This includes hairstyling, make-up, & nails!

We cut pompadours & D.A.'s!

Moxie uses top notch professional products such as Rusk, American Crew, ISO, Pravana Color, etc.! We also use American Greaser Supply pomade, Lucky 13 pomade, Kustom Klaws nail art, & more!

Many unique items for purchase as well!!

Stay tuned for more updates & photos!!

Moxie Beauty & Hair Parlor
4329 Kalamazoo Ave SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49508
Staff: Stephanie Strwobridge & Caroline K.

Feel free to message me with questions! ~ Stephanie
www.myspace.com/cutscurls

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syz

10:21 am - Damian's rock medley

This morning Damian was in his room playing with one of his toy cars, and I guess he was pretending the driver was listening to music, with a capella soundtrack provided by him, of course. Here's a partial transcript taken down by silestra:

I... I will be king... and you.. you will be queen... nothing will keep us together... standing by the wall... Ch-ch-ch-changes.. base the strange... watch out, you gotta rock-n-rollers... ch-ch-ch-changes.. baby you can drive my car... yes I'm gonna be a star... baby you can drive my car... yes I'm gonna be a star... baby I love you. Beep beep, beep beep, yeah! Beep beep, beep beep, yeah! Beep beep, beep beep yeah!

I will be king...

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the round...

Heroes... E-I-E-I-O... Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O... and once he had some geese... he had a beep... he had a cow...

I'm gonna be hiiiIIIGH as a kite by then... rocket man, burning [unintelligible] pee alone...

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newyorkers

axfxn

12:35 pm

Hey all,

I did a brief look thru the tags but didn't see my exact question.

My girlfriend and I are coming to visit NYC. We're only staying for about a day (Arriving around noon on the 19th, leaving around 5pm on the 20th). We need to find a hotel for the night, and I was wondering if you guys knew any (preferably near Times Square) that are decent and not too expensive. I've looked at hotels(dot)com but I honestly don't trust the reviews on there. I'm sure most are from hotel employees trying to make it look better. No way a 145 dollar a night hotel gets a 5 star rating from every person on there. Doesn't seem logical.

We already have planned out the basics of what we want to see (certain museams, head over to staten island, basic touristy stuff) but if you all have any suggestions as to what a first timer in the Big Apple should see, I'll gladly listen.

Thanks in advance

-Andrew

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lapsedmodernist

04:37 pm - ha

Current Mood: amused

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vintagehair

joulukaktus

05:33 pm - Saying hello and some pincurls

Hi to all you lovely ladies and the occasional gentleman!
I've been watching this community for a year or so, but didn't have the courage to post here until now.
Last April I attended the wedding of my friends and did a pin curl set called Glamorous Casual (can't find a link just now). Anyways pics and more detail after the cut.
( Pics and more )

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wicker_girl

03:36 pm - sunday bloody sunday

Oh my god I am so freakin bored. I'm dangerously, criminally, offensively bored. All of them time. Lately I just feel like a child in the middle of the summer holidays stuck at their grandparents in dorkesville or something.
So bored that the other night it actually seemed like a good idea to play a drinking game that envolved sellotaping glass bottles to my hands on a roof.

I need some new hobbies or some new friends or both, but as is so often the way when you feel like this, I just can't seem to work up the energy or sustained attention to do anything much about it.
Anyone have any ideas for fun activites? My life is just all reading, drinking too much and sitting around doing nothing in particular. The Jonathan Creek box set arriving was actually the highlight of my week last week. I totally need to get my arse in gear about this MA, because as far as I can see it's the only possible way out of the mental stagnation and social isolation in which I seem to have immured myself.

In a bit me and Ally are off to drink cocktails and then watch Johnny Depp draiving like a madman in awesome thirties suitsd shooting the hell out of people. Fiiiiiit. How I love the romance of crime.

In other news, I want some more tattoos so badly I can taste it.
And I really need to get my internet fixed, really really badly.

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sidspencer

07:28 am

well, i failed to do anything last night. i woke up at 2am to some couple screaming in the alley. but the fireworks? like they never happened. how nice and shitty.

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seattle

k2_d2

04:31 am - Laser Tattoo Removal

I'm looking for a place in Seattle (or surrounding) that does laser tattoo removal. Google provides me with names, but I'd like to see personal experiences.

I scanned the archives of this community and saw this post, with no real recommendations.

Are there any places that people have personal experience with? Living in Los Angeles, I went to Dr. Tattoff, and have been generally pleased with the results. However I moved before the removal was complete and now have a 3 year old tattoo that looks as if it's 30 years old, making it even more asinine. Money isn't really an issue, and I definitely don't want to cover it up, so any advice is really appreciated.

Also, I won't post a picture of the tattoo, suffice it to say it's one that could end up on one of those "OMG WTF" tattoo communities.

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sisterblister83

11:54 pm - Saab Memories

I'm on my 4th Saab and feel the need to commence my newest Saab but also remember the old ones. My newest Saab is a 1993 900 Turbo 5-Speed, forest green in color. My car has an affinity for Simon and Garfunkel and thus prefers to be known as "Scarborough". Its previous owner was a media/entertainment person who listed to a lot of S+G while driving the car in brief spurts around suburban Connecticut. I was the very lucky driver who learned stick shift in an hour or so and had to drive a very sluggish car through the mountains of Southern Mass. Apparently simon and garfunkel did not provide enough enthusiasm for Scarborough's previous owner to affirmatively use the gas pedal... thus carbon buildup and an unhappy turbo. But not the turbo works, but we have realized that cheap gas was put into Scarborough, so cheap and badly that even pumping 93 into her hasnt helped nor has fuel cleaners. There is some inconsistency and clogging with the gas particularly in going to first gear where Im getting the same rpms as usual to put it into first but the car stalls out... GAS GAS GAS.. and the car really hates stop and go traffic and I live in a city so great. So on nice non-humid summer days I take her out on the back roads to go whizz up and down them for a bit. And we beat out the Beemers and Buicks with glee.

And with each Saab I've owned, each one is very particular with its needs and driving, mostly because they are used cars but if you treat them well, they are a complete joy to drive. I've never driven a car that makes me outright giggle after I spent 3-4 days driving it in a particular Saabish way and putting lots of fuel cleaner and 93 gas in it. It's a car that is beyond peppy or speedy; SAABS are downright spiritually robust!

Here are my other previous Saabs:

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Tags: cars, engineering, production, saab, spirituality

Current Music: aimee mann

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chaircrusher

03:51 am - 4th of July DJ Mix: All FXHE, All The Time

Omar S is kind of a big deal these days. A mix CD for Fabric, gigs in the UK and Europe. But this is a guy who has stayed independent, and done his own thing his own way. I was completely blown away by his afternoon DJ set in Greektown this year during DEMF, so when I got home I went to the FXHE site and bought all the MP3s he offers and some vinyl as well.

Turns out when you order stuff from FXHE, you have to exchange e-mails with Alex himself, which is kinda cool. Great guy, too — he ended up sending me more MP3s than I actually ordered.

So in honor of Independence Day, I give you an all-FXHE mix.

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Luke Hess “Motor Dub”
Marcellus Pittman “Obsession”
Oasis “1″
Omar S “6600 3″
Luke Hess “Sacred”
Oasis “3″
Omar S “Always There”
Omar S “Bladerunner”
Omar S “Congolese”
Omar S “Foe Show”
Omar S “Give It To Me”
Omar S “Groove On”
Omar S “Morning Drive”
Luke Hess “Real To Real”
Oasis “13″
Omar S “AM Mix”
Omar S “Just Ask The Lonely”
Omar S “Obsession”
Omar S “Out Of Control”
Omar S “The Maker”
Omar S “Set It Out”
Omar S “The Grandson of Detroit Techno”
Omar S “Turn And Walk Away”

Omar S at the Max Powers Rooftop Party Memorial Day Weekend 2009

Originally published at Do My Eyes Look Scary?. You can comment here or there.

Tags: detroit!, fxhe, music, omar s

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joshc

08:26 pm - Independence Day at Ludington city beach

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thriftwhore

katmax1

10:51 am - Recent thrift finds

This is my first post here....see below the cut..
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Jul. 4th, 2009

fox1013

10:55 pm - I'd do that for a dollar!

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Tags: bb11: pre-show, fandom is awesome, fandoms that aren't mine, tv: big brother

Current Mood: [mood icon]

bored

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thriftwhore

bridges_cheddar

08:48 pm

hello fellow thrift whores! i've got some old & some new.

( sorry if they're giant )

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vintagehair

naominekro

06:57 pm - Playing with my hair and makeup.

SInce I got my hair cut I wanted to play around with it.
I was inspired by Barbie with my lipstick, trying something other then red for once!

( Just for fun! )

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seattle

kaligrrrl

03:16 pm - Walking for homeless pets.

the amazing Itty Bitty Kitty Committee is raising money for homeless pets in the Tacoma Humane Society's Dog-a-Thon Walk.

Help them reach 15 squillion!

Current Mood: hopeful

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newyorkers

subarashiine

05:54 pm - VAMPS ticket

I'm sorry to have posted this for a second time, though the last time was a few weeks ago...

But anyone here interested in seeing the Japanese band VAMPS at the Fillmore theater?
I have ONE ticket I bought for $45 and am willing to sell for $35.
The show is THIS SATURDAY, JULY 11TH.

Please contact me at ras576@nyu.edu

-Rachel

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kdotdammit

02:10 pm - Windtunnel

For those who want the final chapter in the KDD Birthday Vacuum Saga, this is it. No, I'm not spending my birthday vacuuming. Unfortunately, I am not yet the proud owner of a new vacuum. But the reason is a good reason. I finally decided to get a Hoover WindTunnel, and just as I was about to turn my hard-earned money over to Home Depot or Sears or whatever, I got a flyer in the mail announcing that Costco has the vauum for at least $60 cheaper than other retailers. To top it off, starting on Monday, July 6, it will be on sale for an additional $30 cheaper. So there is no way that I can't postpone my Birthday Vacuuming Euphoria by a couple of days because:

I'm going to save about 90 bucks which is no small amount of bucks to ignore.
The most important thing: I CAN SUPPORT GOOD LABOR PRACTICES since Costco is one of of the best, if not the best, retail employer in the United States. So I can feel good about where my $139 is going. It's going to a business that pays its employees well and provides them with some of the best benefits availble to the American workforce.

So no vacuuming for me today.

End KDD Birthday Vacuum Saga. I'm sure I'll report from the frontlines of Crud Sucking on Monday.

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thriftwhore

uberliz

12:44 pm - I'm a newbie. Please forgive my ignorance.

This is my first post, so I'll try to keep it short.

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luna_k

03:46 pm - Like, Seriously?

You know what I don't get? Why so many people like Sarah Palin. I mean, I don't LOATHE her. I don't hate her the way Republicans hate Hillary Clinton. I just seriously, honestly, absolutely DO NOT GET why so many conservatives love her so much. Yeah, she gives good speeches. I actually wrote a paper on her OMG AWESOME speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention thinger. (I'll upload it if you want to read it). But, beyond that, what's so great about her? She's basically done NOTHING. She is (was) the governor of a state with the 3rd lowest population in the country. Like, less than 700,000. My COUNTY has like, twice as many people as that.

Not to mention, she's a giant fucking hypocrite, what with the abstinence-only education stance and then her daughter getting knocked up at 17. And don't get me started on Trig - she parades that poor baby around like he's a political statement or something. Gaaaaaaaaah.

I mean, in a way, I understand. I love Hillary Clinton. I supported her in last year's primaries until it was painfully obvious she couldn't win. She's one of my heroes, in fact. And when people ask me why I love Hillary so much, I basically say, "Just because". I have actual TRUFAX reasons why I love her, but basically it just comes down to I think she's awesome, and that's all that counts. I bet it's something like that with conservatives who idolize Sarah Palin. But I still don't get it.

I'm hearing that the reason why she's stepping down as governor is so that she can focus on a presidential run. ::shudders:: THAT IS JUST SO HORRIBLE I CANNOT EVEN CONTEMPLATE IT. And honestly, does she really think she can win? Come on, Sarah.

Tags: political

Current Mood: [mood icon]

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Current Music: Something by Chris Issack

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luna_k

03:25 pm - Happy Fourth!

Hey, Happy Independence Day to me and all my fellow Americans!

Wikipedia has a cool article about the day.

I'm spending my holiday by: sleeping in late, hanging out at Starbucks playing on the internets, studying for a test that I should have taken a week ago, and then watching Independence Day (the one where Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum and an old school Mac Powerbook save us from the aliens). So, pretty much a perfect day.

Except for the studying part... yeah. So basically remember that English class? It was technically for the Spring semester, but it was an online class and thus had a different timetable. It started March 2 and ended June 29. Except that I got bronchitis a couple weeks ago, and then I was in the hospital, etc etc so I still haven't finished the class yet. But I emailed my professor, and it should be cool. I turned in (that is, emailed) my final paper today and plan on taking the final exam on Tuesday, my next day off.

So basically I need to figure out the gist of An Essay on Man and review all the past 3 months of stuff I read & studied about, and take the test, and I'm good. Wish me luck!

Random: one of the things I love about living in Reston, Virginia is that it's very liberal. At least, it's very eco-friendly. This is like, the land of a thousand Prius's. I'm looking outside at the parking lot right now, and I see 3 Prius's and one of those little tiny cars that almost look like golf carts. You know what I'm talking about, those teeny little things that basically have room for the driver, 1 passenger, and like, 2 bags of groceries. I see those cars around Reston all the time. It's awesome.

Of course one of the reasons we have so many Prius's in Virginia is that this state used to let people with hybrids drive in the HOV lane without passengers, but the General Assembly stopped that shit years ago. I can thus only conclude that the reason there are so many Prius's here is because WE ARE AWESOME.

Tags: holidays, me, school, va/dc/md

Current Mood: [mood icon]

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Current Music: Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy

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catamorphism

01:44 pm - Today, I am a man.

The scene: Midway Airport, about 1:20 PM on Independence Day 2009.

I walk up to the TSA worker in the "Expert Traveler" line and show my driver's license and boarding pass. She shines the little purple light on it that presumably lights up with the letters "tErRoRiSt" at appropriate times. She hesitates.

She calls one of her colleagues over and they turn away from me, holding my ID and boarding pass and whispering.

I know what it's about. It's never happened to me before, but for two and a half years, my license has said "Chevalier, Timothy Jan" underneath the picture and "F" underneath where it says "sex". It was just a matter of time. I hear one of them whispering to the other "it's one of the things they tell us to look for..." and the other says "...but we're not allowed to ask them..."

She asks me to step over to the desk on the side. A third guy comes up and asks me whether I prefer "Mr." or "Mrs." Choosing for now not to point out the incompleteness of his list, I said "Mr." He looks almost as if he's expecting me to explain, but I don't think I need to explain anything. "But it says here..." I may have cocked an eyebrow at this point. "Is it an error?" "No." [pause] "It's my legal sex." (In retrospect, I shouldn't even have volunteered that.)

"Do you have a previous name you used?" he asks me. I was on the verge of answering, and then the voice in my head said, "Fuck, you don't have to answer that question." I asked "Are you allowed to ask that question?" He said they had to verify my ID. I asked if there was a supervisor I could talk to. He said he was the supervisor -- wrong answer.

After asking me how I say my middle name, he asked me to sit on the window ledge while they waited for a fourth person to come. He asked me if I had another ID. I gave him my Portland State ID.

Fourth person came. "Is it an error?" "It's not an error." "Well, because it says 'F' but you said you prefer 'Mister'..." (Well, what? I think.) I didn't say anything. She and the "supervisor" looked at each other. She said "I think it's okay" and shrugged. She walked away.

The "supervisor" gave me back my IDs. He asked me whether I'd ever had a problem before. I said "no", truthfully. He said "well, you should have that error corrected." (I'd said it wasn't an error, twice.) I said that legally, it was impossible for me to change it. I'm not sure what he thought. He let me go through security.

I was lying when I said it was impossible -- in Oregon, your driver's license can have whatever gender marker you like (as long as it's "M" or "F") as long as you get a letter from a DMV-approved therapist affirming that your gender is really what you think it is.

Read that again: "DMV-approved therapist".

I don't want to give my tacit approval to a system that says it's the state (and its approved therapists), not me, that knows what sex my brain expects my body to be. If I don't change my mind about that, I'd better start budgeting an extra half an hour when I go to the airport.

I think it's important to stand up for your rights. I like an opportunity to kick ass and take names as much as any other guy does. That doesn't mean I relish the threat of public humiliation. I was shaking when I got to the place for taking my boots off and my laptop out.

I have multiple friends (some who are trans, some who are cis) who've been strip-searched for less.

I'm going to Europe in two months. Getting the gender marker on your passport changed is more difficult than getting an Oregon driver's license changed. To change it, I would have to submit a letter that says that I have "completed sex reassignment surgery". Many cissexual women have breast reduction surgery; the surgery that I just had is substantially similar to breast reduction. It's unclear whether the US Passport administration would consider my surgery "sex reassignment surgery", and there are no clear published guidelines that suggest either that they would, or that they wouldn't. Passport change evaluation is opaque.

This is what my boarding pass looked like after the four TSA workers got done with it. I guess the initials "AS" mean "we checked this person's gender and determined they weren't a terrorist based on that."

If you travel by air, do you feel safer after reading this story?

This entry was originally posted at http://tim.dreamwidth.org/1437.html. Please comment there using OpenID.

Tags: gender, security, trans, travel

seattle

sage_brush

10:26 am - Fine dining...

My husband and I decided to celebrate our 8th year together with some Indian food last night. Every thing was perfect. Outdoor seating, wonderful food, a nice cold beer, and about 800 zombies yelling, "BRAINS!" and "NAAN!" at us. Only in Fremont, eh? Maybe next time I go out I should bring a chainsaw. This was an anniversary to remember. :)

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seattle

mahariel

11:10 am - Etsy Summer Tour '09 - Admin visiting Seattle on July 13th

Of possible interest to Etsy sellers in the Seattle area.

* Who: Maria (Etsy.com CEO), Matt and Anda (Etsy Admins) will be in Seattle for one night to visit, talk a bit and answer questions!
* What: Etsy Summer Tour '09 Seattle
* When: Monday, July 13, 2009
* Where: Greenwood Collective, 8537 Greenwood Ave N Suite 1, Seattle, WA 98103
* Time: 6:00pm to 8pm (open to the general public also!)

Here is a Google map link

This event is Open to the General Public.

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thriftwhore

begintohope

01:56 pm - Cheap finds galore

( A whole bunch of thriftalicious outfits )

Keep on thriftin', lovelies :)

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vintagehair

sillyangul

01:03 pm - Birthday rolls!

Hello people! I just wanted to show you my vintage rolls that I had done for my birthday. I've already shown you my rolls before. That was my test run. so here is my unveiling!

( Birthday rolls )

Tags: rolls, vintage

Current Mood:

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Current Music: New Order - Ceremony

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syz

10:46 am - Quote of the Day

"Tina Fey just resigned from "30 Rock." She told the AP that she can do more as an actor and comedy writer without actually starring in or writing hit shows or movies." -- beatnikside

Speculation in some quarters is she's setting herself up for an Oscar run.

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fox1013

01:01 pm - The one who wins the windfall will be the one who finds the

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Tags: lit: kidlit

Current Mood: [mood icon]

cheerful

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punketta

12:20 pm - Happy Explosions Day!

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thriftwhore

garconniere

10:58 am - a weird aztec print and an awesome trunk

trunk, thrifted for $50 (originally marked at $100)
trenchcoat, thrifted ages ago for $10

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for all fairweather thrifters in the province of québec, friends, comrades! now is the time to strike! since everyone moves on july 1st, they are overflowing with treasures at half price, or even free, at least in québec city. i've been thrifting every day for the past four days and will keep going until i find myself a coat tree.

Current Music: wax mannequin - you and all your friends

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seattle

jenndolari

08:18 am

Looking for something to do this Fourth of July? Might I suggest a scenic drive or four?

Seattle Northwest - http://www.dolari.net/pub/seattlenw.pdf
Seattle Northeast - http://www.dolari.net/pub/seattlene.pdf
Seattle Southwest - http://www.dolari.net/pub/seattlesw.pdf
Seattle Southeast - http://www.dolari.net/pub/seattlese.pdf

All four trips are based on the 1962 World's Fair Scenic Routes, and are adapted for changes in traffic patterns since the sixties (well, as best as I remember them, so don't sue if you can't make a left turn, drive off a cliff, or smash into pedestrians walking around Green Lake). I've driven all four of them, and I'm a big fan of the Northwest and Southwest trips, but I'm a sucker for water.

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newyorkers

starshine853

10:56 am

my friend has an apt on 90th and west end ave with a balcony that overlooks the hudson river. will we be able to see the fireworks tonight???? thanks

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thriftwhore

ky_backwood

09:26 am - Awesomeness.

Happy 4th everyone!!

I've been looking for a little loveseat, cheap at the local thrifts for a while now. And I snuck into one yesterday who happened to be having a huge sale.

This bad boy was sitting with absolutely no lovin' at all. :(

( The best find in the history of finds. :) )

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fox1013

09:58 am - But first...

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Tags: bb11: pre-show

Current Mood: [mood icon]

chipper

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rockgeisha

08:15 am - And on this day, my history nerdity knows no limits.

Tags: colonial crushes, history, holiday, united states of awesome

Current Mood:

chipper

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seattle

drbonesjones

01:00 am - Pop Out Cake

Hey!
Does anyone know of a place where I can rent a big cake for someone to jump out of?

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Jul. 3rd, 2009

kdotdammit

10:34 pm - Last Day

Today, my last day of my 46th year on the planet, I took it easy. Well, insofar as taking it easy works for me. I got up early and got my kidlet ready for theater camp and for her big performance as Dorothy in Wizard of Oz. I dealt with all the last minute crises like finding a needle and orange thread and a pair of white socks. I went to the gym and busted my ass running on the treadmill, doing the Stairs of Terror, pedaling on the exercycle, and doing a buttload of free weights while standing on a yoga ball. I then rushed home and scrubbed my kitchen for two hours before giving up housecleaning to go see Public Enemies for the second time in less than 24 hours. Didn’t regret my decision because it was just as good if not better and most definitely is and will be the absolute best Hollywood film of the year. Period.

I came home, made myself some lunch, then met my dad to go see our Superstar play Dorothy. My dad was so happy to see his granddaughter (and even happier still that a certain other party did not join us). Bean was amazing. All the kids were amazing. Nothing can put smiles on your face like watching a group of kids sing, dance and act with all their heart. We were surprised when our good friend E drove down from Phoenix speeding at 90 mph all the way to make it to Bean’s performance. That’s the kind of thing that a Good Friend does, and it’s nice to have a good friend right now.

We came home and I cooked a fantastically delicious meal. We then had to “bite the bullet” and go see my parental units because my dad got me a surprise birthday cake, and since I spend my birthday in the quiet peace of my own home, we did that tonight. It went pretty well, all things considered. I won’t go into the details of the “all things” right now. My dad gave me fifty bucks. I’ll use it to buy new running shoes. I always do. Can’t wait to run with shock absorption again.

Came home and I worked on a “July Collage” while E and Bean watched Wizard of Oz. Now the sky just busted open with big ass thunder that is shaking the house at its roots. Nice way to ring in the last few minutes of this day.

Bean has just informed me that she is exhausted, and as a matter of fact I am too. Time for bed.

End last blog entry of my 46th year. I’m posting it for the record.

Good night.

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syz

10:14 pm - Question

What's the difference between a former Alaska governor and a pit bull?

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seattle

skycrashesdown

10:05 pm

A couple questions for y'all:

1 - If you wanted to donate a decently sized collection of comics, where would you start? Children's Hospital? Some charity?

2 - If you wanted to take a friend somewhere in Seattle to begin teaching them how to drive, where would you recommend?

Snark will be graded on a scale of 1-10.

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vestalvixen

09:32 pm - Burlesque photos

Here's the whole set. No one told me that flickr has built-in editing software. I cropped and brightened the solo photos to the best of my half-assed ability.

Oh, and let me stop you right now, I'm already performing this in public, with whatever random creepy dudes taking photos. So I'm not terribly worried about posting my own photos and making them readily available to the internet. Plus, with some of the stuff I've read and seen, I have a better sense of personal privacy than the average person.

Here are my favorites:

I've never looked so graceful! Except for the pastie poking out the top of my... top. Those are red and black dollar signs, by the way.

( Cut because I decided to take pity on your loading times... )

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thriftwhore

silverchopstix

09:36 pm - <3 cat!!!

The cat that protects my dreams
2 pillow cases for a dollar from the Salvation Army :D

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zoje_george

11:23 pm - It Looks Civilized!

My goodness it's been a busy day. First, La Cyn actually Got Up Early!

After I recovered from my shock, we piled into the car and went to the Home Depot, where we collected plants and mulch and various implements of garden destruction. From there we returned home and commenced tearing away at our miserable garden.

( Before and After Under the Cut )

Tags: home, in a version of the city, nature, pictures, plant killah!, the house of cats and women

Current Location: half asleep in my chair

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thriftwhore

sindymalicious

09:03 pm - Stamps!

Hey I found alot of really good stuff today, here's a few neat stamps I found at a thrift store in Tucson, AZ on Grant & 1st, it doesn't really have a name, but I always find good stuff there.

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Current Mood:

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Jul. 15th, 2009

thriftwhore

msm00nlight

10:14 pm - Awesome sauce.

What's in the box?

( Gwyneth Paltrow's severed head? )

Current Mood:

cheerful

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Jul. 5th, 2009

02:25 pm - Be confident or die

10:31 pm - hairdo please =)

01:52 pm - tip-toeing

01:14 pm - Wedding time

09:37 pm - Little hair tutorial

11:57 am - KDD on Public Enemies

12:50 pm - Moxie Beauty & Hair Parlor, Opening Soon in Grand Rapids!

10:21 am - Damian's rock medley

12:35 pm

04:37 pm - ha

05:33 pm - Saying hello and some pincurls

03:36 pm - sunday bloody sunday

07:28 am

04:31 am - Laser Tattoo Removal

11:54 pm - Saab Memories

03:51 am - 4th of July DJ Mix: All FXHE, All The Time

08:26 pm - Independence Day at Ludington city beach

10:51 am - Recent thrift finds

Jul. 4th, 2009

10:55 pm - I'd do that for a dollar!

08:48 pm

06:57 pm - Playing with my hair and makeup.

03:16 pm - Walking for homeless pets.

05:54 pm - VAMPS ticket

02:10 pm - Windtunnel

12:44 pm - I'm a newbie. Please forgive my ignorance.

03:46 pm - Like, Seriously?

03:25 pm - Happy Fourth!

01:44 pm - Today, I am a man.

10:26 am - Fine dining...

11:10 am - Etsy Summer Tour '09 - Admin visiting Seattle on July 13th

01:56 pm - Cheap finds galore

01:03 pm - Birthday rolls!

10:46 am - Quote of the Day

01:01 pm - The one who wins the windfall will be the one who finds the

12:20 pm - Happy Explosions Day!

10:58 am - a weird aztec print and an awesome trunk

08:18 am

10:56 am

09:26 am - Awesomeness.

09:58 am - But first...

08:15 am - And on this day, my history nerdity knows no limits.

01:00 am - Pop Out Cake

Jul. 3rd, 2009

10:34 pm - Last Day

10:14 pm - Question

10:05 pm

09:32 pm - Burlesque photos

09:36 pm - <3 cat!!!

11:23 pm - It Looks Civilized!

09:03 pm - Stamps!

Jul. 15th, 2009

10:14 pm - Awesome sauce.