lurkworthy

and because I'm exuding all this negativity, it would be best if you drop by these awesome sites

Luxirare
this girl must have a staff working for her, or she just has too much time on her hands

Automatism
lovely (and informative) links

Shitmydadsays
nuff said

Kitchen Cow
Food porn (by pinays)

ScienceBlogs
because there's an explanation for anything

99 Percent
self help for creatives

"be morgan freeman"

stolen from scifi scanner

What Can Our Next President Learn From His SciFi Counterparts?

by: John Scalzi

This week the American people chose Barack Obama to be their 44th president, which pleases some, annoys others, and reminds us all that the role of president looms large in our lives -- making it excellent fodder for Hollywood in all sorts of film genres, especially scifi. And so I wondered what lessons these science fictional heads of state could teach our real future president. Should he emulate their courses of action? Let's go to the films.

Warning: This article contains spoilers. As if you haven't seen these films already.

President: Thomas J. Whitmore of Independence Day (Bill Pullman)
Crisis: Alien invasion!
Evaluation: Mixed, but mostly positive. On one hand, if I were president and a huge, alien spacecraft parked itself right over the White House, I'd head straight to an undisclosed location rather than wait while they decide to either beam down or blow it up. Then again, Whitmore did attempt to see if we and the aliens could live together, so he's open to diplomacy. But when push came to shove, he was also willing to nuke 'em, which I call presidential. And leading the final air attack against the aliens? Very Teddy Roosevelt.
Lessons for the president-elect: Speak softly and carry a big enemy-busting stick.

President: Tom Beck of Deep Impact(Morgan Freeman)
Crisis: A comet is coming to destroy us all!
Evaluation: Very positive. First, he manages to charm an investigative reporter into keeping a blockbuster secret through sheer force of being Morgan Freeman. Second, when he announces to the country that a massive comet is coming and might kill them all, he keeps everyone calm by exuding that Morgan Freeman charm. Third, when it's clear that the comet will indeed kill them all, he gives a soothing valedictory speech that makes everyone feel okay about dying horribly, because he does it in those deep, reassuring Morgan Freeman tones. And then, when only about half of everybody dies, he tells everyone else, "Well, it's time to get back to work," and they get back to work -- because he's Morgan Freeman.
Lessons for the President-elect: Be Morgan Freeman.

President: James Dale of Mars Attacks! (Jack Nicholson)
Crisis: Martians!
Evaluation: Very bad. He keeps falling for the Martian, "Oh, we want to be friends, please pay no attention to this vaporizing death ray we're using to vaporize you to death with" trick. Honestly, after the second time, you should really get the hint. Dale is ineffective in foreign relations, he gets assassinated in a really humiliating way, and he dresses badly (although that may just be the other role Jack Nicholson plays in the film -- it gets confusing).
Lessons for the President-elect: Don't give your enemy a second (or third, or fourth) chance.

President: The President (no name given) of Superman II (E.G. Marshall)
Crisis: Coup d'Etat from General Zod!
Evaluation: Not only does he lose control of the government, he totally kneels before Zod, and thus is full of epic fail. Oh, sure, he says he's doing it to save lives, but look: Here in the US, we don't change rulers through a system of kneeling. We have elections. Besides, any treaty with General Zod would have had to be ratified by Congress. Really, there's so much procedurally wrong with this scene I hardly know where to begin.
Lessons for the President-elect: No kneeling before Zod! Seriously. Or anyone else; you're an American, and we stopped kneeling in 1776. Also, respect the Constitutional balance of powers.

President: The President (no name given, but noted in various places as "President White") of Escape From New York (Donald Pleasance)
Crisis: Visits New York City!
Evaluation: Terrible. First, he's president of a country so messed up they have to chain off New York City as a prison, which suggests all sorts of infrastructure and land resource management incompetencies. Second, his security is so lax that terrorists infiltrate and destroy Air Force One, supposedly the most secure plane in the world. Third, when captured by New York City prisoners, he blubbers like a six-year-old girl, showing a real lack of character. Finally, he doesn't show real appreciation for everything Snake Plisskin does to save his sorry tuchus, which is just plain rude.
Lessons for the President-elect: Pay attention to national infrastructure initiatives, don't skimp on security, and if you do turn a major city into a prison, don't ever, ever, fly over it.

tactile photoshop

still the best way to tweak a pic.

(stolen from http://designyoutrust.com)

back from the crypt

photo stolen from: delinion

After a 3-day lock in and 2 days straight of shuttling between soap work and LK work, my body finally succumbed to sickness. I spent most of the halloween weekend either asleep or wandering online. Here are some great finds...

I heart Japan!
http://www.spoon-tamago.com/
http://www.h-concept.jp
http://neojaponisme.com/

and bees...
http://nymag.com/arts/articles/08/10/beeart/index9.html

and polaroids...
http://www.poladroid.net/

and pretty things on pretty girls
http://www.creativearchiveblog.com/
http://www.lovechurchandstate.com/
http://www.loricknewyork.com/

and skulls...
http://www.skulladay.blogspot.com/

and man-to-man talk...
http://rulesformyunbornson.tumblr.com



This week I'm back to work. Still a little woozy... A lot of things coming up this first week of november...
1. a decision on what path to take: the soap-writer job, or the stable corporate job (argh this is the toughest!)
2. a decision on LK's final casting
3. first day of classes
4.the presentation to Ma'am Charo
5. and this...


hope to see you all on belle & sebastian night!

Fashion Emergency

stolen from rye

no offense to my gorgeous gay friends... but in the spirit of silly sci-fi, this post helped laser beam the blues away....

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

I Want...

...motivational pop art posters



... Onitsuka Tiger running shoes


... a Karakuri robot secretary


... a tele-portation device

When you can't say anything nice...

Just pick a card...


I heart the Unmentionables. These cute printed cards by Shineboxprint are something you wish you had handy when in the midst of @#$%@#$% --people.

signs

stolen from tengal


photo credits: amarand agasi

The lover is the natural semiologist in the pure state! He spends his time reading signs -- he does nothing else: signs of happiness, signs of unhappiness. On the face of the other, in his behavior. He is truly a prey to signs.

So the proverb is a lie: love is not blind...

Love is not blind. On the contrary, it has an unbelievable power to decipher things, which is related to the paranoid element in every lover. You know, a lover combines bits of neurosis and psychosis : he's tormented and crazed. He sees clearly -- but the result is often the same as if he were blind.

Why?

Because he doesn't know where or how to make signs stop. He deciphers perfectly, but he's unable to arrive at a definite interpretation, and he's swept away by a perpetual circus, where he'll never find peace.

Roland Barthes, Playboy, Sept. 1977 (interview conducted by Philippe Roger)

solar eclipse

i hate that it rained today! i would've wanted to see this solar eclipse unlike these Slovenian kids in Hyde Park

A Solar Eclipse AND a New Moon .. new beginnings/inevitable ends... depends on how one sees it...

stolen from cafeastrology ...

At 6:13 AM EDT, a New Moon Solar Eclipse occurs in the sign of Leo. The effects of this eclipse can be felt up to six months after the actual date of the eclipse. In the sign of Leo, confidence, creativity, romance and dating, games, sports, recreation, speculation, hobbies, or children will be a strong focus on a personal level. This eclipse is about new beginnings regarding all of these matters. With this potent Leo energy, we have the chance to make progressive changes in our lives. For some of us, circumstances are such that we need to pay more attention to these matters. Flaws in an important system in our lives are revealed around the time of the eclipse, prompting us to redo or to start fresh. Something ends in order for something else to start anew.

the human calendar

These people have a lot of time on their hands... And I've been posting more than i should not because i have a lot of time on my hands... but because i have a terrible habit of procrastinating...
Working at home requires tremendous amounts of self discipline which unfortunately i don't have

Arrgh... back to work...

Seasonal Affective Disorder

photo from jaciii


Stormy weather really causes one to forego deadlines and loiter on mysticgames.

Relationship Spread Mystic Art Tarot Position 7 Position 1 Position 3 Position 2 Position 5 Position 4 Position 6 Free Tarot Readings from Mysticgames.com

So it ends with the Death card. Was I to expect otherwise when the tacky themed room already gave a foreboding of things to come? The Titanic was a gigantic ship that sunk and killed a lot of people... But hey, it was also a story of conflicted love that broke social boundaries as well a box-office records.

re-popping the cherry

After more than a year, I am a blogger virgin once more. Am coming back after being ripped off precious pageviews of my precious stolen blog content by multiply. Everything will be here from now on---fresher, brighter, better thoughts.

No thanks to this bottle of eerie substance...




The second wind I guess comes from tumultuous saturn return and the wonderful links in my sidebar. This is also an experiment to see if blogging really works in bringing extra bacon on the table.

In the meantime, I hope to see everyone here: