Sorry I've been slacking on posts lately! Sometimes I go through stages where I don't have anything to blog about. I've been keeping busy grilling stuff outside... playing EQ and powerleveling a new character. So far it's reached lvl 32 in less than 3 days of play. That's OK but it could be faster if I had a druid, but then my skills wouldn't go up so fast. Anyway, back to EQ and dinner. :) Steak, mashed potaters, and green beans. :) I can't believe it's almost July!

Generate yourself a l33t new guild/clan name with the Wank3matic 5000. Even creates a mascot name for you as well. :) Gawd... I'm lame.

DING! again



After playing EQ hardcore for the past several days I am finally level 56! I'm amazed it didn't take me 2-3 months to level this time. I started going on raids more, too.. I went to 2 Hate raids, didn't win jack, and a raid to Kael.. and boy that place is TOUGH. Today, I'm going to City of Mist for a raid and hopefully I'll get some of my shaman epic done.

Man, the Plane of Hate is so freaky and dangerous.. especially when you're raiding with a bunch of high 40's and low 50's. It even sucks worse when clerics and enchanters start to leave when you didn't have many to begin with. I went on one Hate raid wth one enchanter... the poor guy hate to buff and clarity so many people. There were 24 - 30 of us in the first Hate raid, and at one point we got jumped by 7+ mobs that hit in the mid 100's, and needless to say, we all got killed. The important thing when something like that happens in the planes is that the clerics camp out of the game because who else is going to ressurect us, if the clerics aren't alive to do it? Well... apparently NONE of the clerics camped except for ONE to went link dead (and was going LD all night) so fortunately we had someone to start raising us back from the dead. I only died once that night. The second hate raid was awesome for a while until we tried to kill our first Spite Golem which drops the Shaman armor I so desire. Spite Golems have an amazing magic resistance that hardly allows any spells to stick. Poison and disease dot's seemed to work though, but they had tons of hitpoints. When it finally got down to very few hitpoints left, it started running off... we all tried to snare and root him but he kept running and resisting... so eventually we ran into some other mobs while we were chasing him down.. a Cleric of Innoruuk, a few ire ghasts, a couple revultant rats, and a nasty loathing lich. OMG.. it was terrifying.. so many of us died.. but this time our clerics camped. I died twice that night.. and again won nothing. I need to go to more of those raids.

The Kael raid was definitely a new experience for me. I never thought those giants were really that tough... the worse ones that ever hit me only hit me in the 100's, and I had heard the giants in the Arena area hit in the 200's.. but when I was actually there myself.. I found out they hit up to 360 damage OUCH. We were getting settled into a camp spot, and out of nowhere, a giant called a Protector of Zek came out and attacked one of our raid members. This attack began and ended in 3 seconds! He was dead ... no way anyone could have healed him that fast. Then after it killed him for some reason it went straight back to where it was before.. and didn't attack any of the rest of us. Really weird.


Protector of Zek hits Ravenwood for 240 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Ravenwood for 360 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Ravenwood for 165 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Ravenwood for 300 points of damage.
Protector of Zek kicks Ravenwood for 67 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Ravenwood for 360 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Ravenwood for 150 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Ravenwood for 195 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Ravenwood for 195 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Ravenwood for 240 points of damage.
Ravenwood has been slain by protector of Zek!

Poor Ravenwood.

Now during regular battle... when we would fight the giants as a group, when Protectors of Zek would get low on hitpoints, they would normally become ENRAGED. That means.. everytime someone hits them, they automatically riposte (hit them back)... and that's when it gets scary for the clerics... because many of their tanks keep attacking and get killed or darn near close to it.

protector of Zek has become ENRAGED.
Protector of Zek hits Mosswind for 315 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Eyekwah for 255 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Arnie for 105 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Arnie for 187 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Kobartik for 135 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Kobartik for 360 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Kobartik for 360 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Whynow for 75 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Whynow for 315 points of damage.
Slimyface looks pale.
Protector of Zek hits Mosswind for 360 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Kobartik for 345 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Busfalis for 75 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Busfalis for 75 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Busfalis for 75 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Arnie for 67 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Eyekwah for 255 points of damage.
Whynow begins to cast a spell.
Protector of Zek hits Quintox for 135 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Quintox for 255 points of damage.
Knomez begins to cast a spell.
Slimyface beams a smile at protector of Zek.
Slimyface says, 'Ahhh, I feel much better now...'
Ubedyn begins to cast a spell.
Protector of Zek hits Kimo for 345 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Kimo for 135 points of damage.
Protector of Zek hits Kimo for 150 points of damage.
Plisken begins to cast a spell.
You tell your party, 'daaamn'

Lots of fun if you've never killed those giants before.

Eq Crap - If you don't play, it's all Greek to you

I finally have a new breastplate after wearing the same one for over 30 levels! (Yes, that's a LONG time)... I was formerly wearing a Bloodstained Tunic which carried me through my 20's and into lvl 55 just fine... but I was growing weary of how the red tunic looked on me. I looked like a newbie for too long. Finally, today I traded in my GEBs for a Froglok Scale Tunic and now instead of the same red top I always had on... I have this teal greenish top. It doesn't look great or anything, but at least it's different than before.



Oh, and I finally killed this high level wolf thing called the Black Dire that is part of my shaman epic quest (higher level class specific quests that grant you a super nice weapon at the end) with the help of a guildmate, and two other people in Mistmoore that happened to be there. Mistmoore is a place full of dark elves and gargoyles... I swear after the first time I went to that place I had a real nightmare about it. I was that scared. The way the NPC's are named also had to the fright. They have mobs like deathly ushers, ghoulish ancilles, dark sacrificers, soul seductresses, vampiric ancilles, shadowy scriveners, and other such mobs. It's usually a lower level zone (20-30's) but for some reason it was just us four in there today. Two level 55's, a 57 druid, and a 60 necro. Necros get some awesome pets.. it's almost unfair. Their pets are almost as good as having your very own personal monk/rogue. The Black Dire that we were trying to kill had some majorly high magic resist so I blew most of my mana just trying to lower its magic resist (ironically), and then slow its attack speed down. He hit in the 200's, but didn't have very many hit points. The only tank we had was the necro's pet and a 55 ranger. Amazingly, we killed it pretty fast without the help of a cleric or pure tank. I'm amazed.. and I'm also very happy because now I have completed another part of my epic quest. I can't wait to get that weapon... it's called the Spear of Fate, and it casts a 1500hp or so dmg DoT mana-free. I can't wait. Oh, while I was in Lesser Faydark today (a rather boring zone with some rather high level surprises inside) I came upon this:



Okay enough of the Everquest journals crap.. for now :O) Tata!

I think I woke up too early today.. went to bed around 8:30pm yesterday and woke up around 3am. Played some EQ while Chris cleaned the bathroom and kitchen thoroughly, (what a good boy!)... and now I feel like I need a nap. I have an interview on Monday.. and now I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to get there. :P

"I live my life a quarter mile at a time..."

Ohhh look!.. it's Riceboys: The Movie!

OOPS, I had the wrong URL ON HERE! Corrected: Jun 22 @ 1:10pm
I can't really upload screencaps of EQ while I'm playing, so I pointed my webcam at the monitor so you can see what it looks like. As you can see... it's kinda boring. :) I was bored.. and didn't wanna be on cam, so made the EQ CAM hehe. I can only use it if we're not both playing EQ.

An Easy Personality Test

I found this linky on Laura's site and decided to try it out for myself. It was actually pretty easy.. one step. I usually get too lazy to answer those tests that have over 20 questions, so this one was just perfect. :P Anyway, this is the analysis I got, which is coincidentally the same one Laura got, I think.

You come to grips more frequently and thoroughly with yourself and your environment than do most people. You detest superficiality; you'd rather be alone than have to suffer through small talk. But your relationships with your friends are highly intensive, which gives you the inner tranquility and harmony that you need in order to feel good. You do not mind being alone for extended periods of time; you rarely become bored.

I'd have to say the part that is the most true is the part about being alone for long periods of time and not minding it. It's also true that I'd rather be alone and have to deal with small talk...

YOU KNOW YOU'RE TRAILER TRASH WHEN...

... the things people forward ...


1. The Halloween pumpkin on your porch has more teeth
than your spouse.


2. You let your twelve-year-old daughter smoke at the
dinner table in front of her kids.


3. You've been married three times and still have the
same in-laws.


4. You think a woman who is "out of your league" bowls
on a different night.


5. Jack Daniel's makes your list of "most admired
people."


6. You wonder how service stations keep their restrooms
so clean.


7. Anyone in your family ever died right after saying,
"Hey watch this."


8. You think Dom Perignon is a Mafia leader.


9. Your wife's hairdo was once ruined by a ceiling fan.


10. Your junior prom had a daycare.


11. You think the last words of the Star Spangled
Banner are, "Gentlemen start your engines."


12. You lit a match in the bathroom and your house
exploded right off its wheels.


13. Your front porch collapses and kills more than five
dogs.


14. The bluebook value of your truck goes up and down,
depending on how much gas is in it.


15. You have to go outside to get something from the
fridge.


16. One of your kids was born on a pool table.


17. You need one more hole punched in your card to get
a freebie at the House of Tattoos.


18. You can't get married to your sweetheart because
there's a law against it.


19. You think loading a dishwasher means getting your
wife drunk.


20. Your toilet paper has page numbers on it.

I'm getting a lot of hits from people looking for the lyrics of the song on those Mitsubishi commercials with the song that goes "I wish that I knew what I know now... when I was younger.." Well.. for those people.. here are the lyrics...I'm also gonna post it on the page that they keep hitting, too.


OOH LA LA
(Ron Wood, Ronnie Lane, 1973)
[vocals by Ronnie Lane]

Poor old Granddad I laughed at all his words
I thought he was a bitter man
He spoke of women's ways
They'll trap you, then they use you before you even know
For love is blind and you're far too kind
Don't ever let it show

I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger.
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was stronger.

The can-can such a pretty show
Will steal your heart away
But backstage back on earth again
The dressing rooms are grey
They come on strong and it ain't too long
For they make you feel a man
But love is blind and you soon will find
You're just a boy again

When you want her lips, you get her cheek
Makes you wonder where you are
If you want some more then she's fast asleep
you're just twinkling with the stars.

Poor young grandson, there's nothing I can say
You'll have to learn, just like me
And that's the hardest way, ooh la la
Ooh la la, la la, yeah

I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger.
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was stronger.


- found here -

Hi Azmuth! :)

If I haven't seem very interested in updating my site lately, blame it on Everquest! I'm going through another phase of wanting to play it day and night, but believe me I still make time for job hunting and studying. I'm really working on getting to 60 soon.

If the site looks really funny or messed up right now.. I'm playing around with it!

Good Stuff


This picture was taken at a beach in Vietnam.. by a pretty keen-eyed Lomographer during his several month trip to Asia. I dunno why.. I just really like this pic... I'd love to be somewhere like that right now.

Wow.. I just woke up... I hadn't had a full amount of sleep in a long time. It was mainly the dreams that kept me asleep today. I dreamt I ran some kind of Everquest business with someone I knew but I couldn't figure out his name...but it didn't really involve playing the game much... just lots of paperwork. Weird.

Most of my sleep as has been broken up into little bouts lately. 4 hours here, 3 hours here, if I was lucky 6 hours at a time. It's really screwy when you don't have a normal schedule. I have way too much spare time right now... even after studying some new stuff I'm trying to learn. I usually spend 4-5 hours making phone calls and looking online for jobs... and then I get tired. It's easy to wanna go back to bed a few hours after you wake up, if you don't have anything else to do. We are a bit confined to the house right now with the car having a messed up transmission anyway. The VW service center is always busy... never seems to have time for us. They also sell and service Porsches and Jaguars there...I wonder if those customers get the same treatment... I don't imagine they'd like that very much. We've actually had them tell us to keep the car there overnight because they couldn't fit in our oil change the day that it was scheduled... What?? I'm not going to be carless for a day just to get an oil change!

Chris has lost 20 lbs in the past 2 months... since he started eating less carbs (with a little guidance from the Atkin's diet book), I've only lost that mysterious 7 lbs... and amazingly haven't gained it back. He's drinking Diet Coke (yuck) and has gotten used to it. I can't seem to make myself like aspertame. If I'm going to drink something sweet, it better be real sugar that's in there. Oh well, it's for his health... he found out from his mom he used to have a sugar intolerance as a kid, so now we're trying to see if sugar is what triggers his health problem. So far, that seems to be the culprit... everytime he eats sugary stuff, drinks a normal Coke, he has stomach problems and such. It must suck not to be able to eat sugar... he's handling it well though.

Anyway, since I can't seem to find something to rant or discuss today, I decided to talk about whatever.. :O)

We need to rent a car for when our car is in the shop and we don't have a credit card, any suggestions? I noticed Alamo doesn't require one, but the rates are a little steep.

Job Consideration

Why not apply to work at the FBI?

From the FBI website...

Application Process.

All applicants must be U.S. citizens. Prior to employment, you must complete the application process. This process includes testing for many positions, an interview, background investigation, a physical examination for certain positions, and a drug screening test. All candidates will be given a polygraph examination to determine the veracity of information provided in their application for employment, to include the extent of any illegal drug usage and issues surrounding security concerns.

Applicants are thoroughly investigated for FBI employment. The background investigation takes from one to four months and encompasses contacting former and current employers, references, social acquaintances, and neighbors, as well as reviewing school, credit, arrest, medical and military records. The complete background investigation is assessed before a final decision on employment is rendered.

I'd love to work for them, but I get the feeling there'd be one reason or another they wouldn't want me.. but that's okay.. it was just a weird out of the blue type idea. :)

Behind every celebrity, lies a human being.

Do you believe profiling computer users by their keyboard & mouse habits would be accurate? According to this article...

"Men like the tab key and tend to use the scrolling wheel on a mouse. Women move the mouse around more, even if a scroll wheel is available"

Personally, I am addicted to the scrolling wheel... in fact after I finally got a mouse that had one... when I'd be at work and have to use a normal mouse, I'd catch myself wanting to press down a scroll whell only to discover there wasn't one. It's a very useful tool. Maybe I'm just not typical of women computer users... or the users that have been analyzed already.

Of course, they're trying out this technology to improve on what advertisements (as if we really cared) are shown to specific audiences.

Do you think it's invading a little too much privacy for ISP's to do this even if they aren't collecting your identity information? I do... it's like being fingerprinted online. Sometimes I like a little anonymity online. Even if they couldn't tell if I was a girl or guy, I'm sure my keyboard & mouse habits are unique to me and could be somehow linked to me.

Oh look! Daign reviewed Jessithekid.com! I can't believe I didn't see it before I posted that big entry the other night.

DING!



Only 5 more to go now! Man.. 54 was really a hell level. Everyone says it's the second longest hell level after 59 where you get like 1 blue bubble after 4-5 hours of getting experience. Now that sounds torturous... I've heard of people quitting by then. I don't wanna quit till 60.

Now at 55, I get a newer pet wolf, a quicker casting/more mana efficient healing spell, bear form, a new hp buff, a higher strength cancel magic spell, and an big AoE poison spell... I have all but the poison spell and bear form which I REALLY desire because now I'll be able to fit into those tiny wood elf banks and stores. It's weird though... I've seen people in bear form and they look like big fat polar bears, and I don't see how they can fit through tiny doors when they're wider than me as a barbarian. Oh well.. logic is sometimes a very mysterious thing in Everquest.

Finally installed a comment system once again after BlogVoices became defunct. I have no idea how long this system will last... but since I don't seem to have php ability on this webserver, I am trying out something a nice person named Jesse setup for those who were previously dependent on BlogVoices.

Soccer Mom Pimps
SORRY if you find that title offensive, but that's one of the best ways I could describe it

Ever since that whole thing with the site Nay was going to model for, I've had my eyes opened to the whole new bizarre world of child exploitation...No, I'm not talking about the obviously demented world of pedophilia, I'm just talking about your typical suburban mother who takes so much pride in her daughter that she runs a website for her to promote her "modeling" pictures and videos.

Stephy @ Giddy.nu brought to my attention a website called Jessithekid.com, and after going through a few pages of it, I'd have to say it makes that PlanetGirlCo crap look totally innocent. Hell, Molly-Model.com is a senior citizen compared to these kids. I'd let Jessi's site speak for itself, but it has bothered so much that I can't keep my mouth shut.


She's a freakin 10 1/2 year old kid with her own swimsuit banner! WTF

I took a look at the links page and found out she was not alone... there were a large handful of other sites of the same type of stuff...And just take a look at the banners... don't they *vaguely* resemble some of the million porn banners out there?!?!? 10-13 year old KIDS with amateur looking modeling galleries, pay memberships, and selling video tapes of them doing really innocent stuff like "making crafts" and just plain modeling videos -- but usually in full make-up and not very conservative looking clothing. Is this similar to the syndrome that some child beauty pageant mother's have? Or are these just housewive's with children that have found a new way to capitalize?

It really bugged me when I read Jessithekid's About page and the first rule by Jessi's mom states:

"IMPORTANT - Please treat my daughter with respect."

OH yeah... I'm sure most people are going to treat your little pre-teen daughter with the utmost respect while she's wearing a buttload of make-up and prancing around in skimpy costumes. Come on... I'm sure it's not a day to day thing for them, but from the way they present her, you'd have to come to the conclusion that something is just not right about the whole picture. If you're going to demand respect for your child, get rid of the Britney Spears wardrobe and let her dress like a normal 10 year old would. Yes, the way your children dress and act also reflect on the parents, so keep that in mind.

Another thing I don't get is why some of these sites have memberships you have to pay for. Have those mom's gone mad? I even saw one site that costs $25 a MONTH! Who on EARTH do you think is going to buy those memberships? Other kids with credit cards? Other moms and dads? Couples without children? Get real!! Haven't you heard of all those nasty rumors about creepy online perverts called pedophiles? Why don't they earn themselves a mother of the year award by protecting their daughters instead of pimping them online like this? For God's sake, are Jessi's parents so ignorant to not notice that on the alt.sex.passwords newsgroup, there were threads where people were asking for passwords to her member's section? Don't you find that SICK!?!! All I had to do was lookup the word "jessithekid" on Deja.com, a HUGE newsgroup archive, and I found her name mainly associated with scum-of-the-earth newsgroups. You'd better ask for all the respect you can get!


A membership to look at little girls who model? What normal person is going to buy one?

Other than perverts who buy the videos, how big of a demand do you think there is for tapes of children modeling or traveling the world? I didn't realize there was a market for watching 10 year olds on vacation... sheesh, have I been in the wrong business all this time?! Hell, I should be out there trying to have a daughter and make a small part-time business out of her. Really though, if were doing all of this just to get your daughter's modeling career started, isn't there a less tacky way of going about it?

In all seriousness, I could be dead wrong, and maybe it's just a big coincidence and a very common thing these days for moms to sell tapes and memberships for their Britney Spears influenced daughters. It's a whole new century, and a whole new millenium isn't it? I need to get with the times.

Perhaps these moms and daughters were merely inspired by the success that Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen have had, and want a crack at the jackpot. Maaaaaaybe...suuuuuuure. Or maybe they're just trying to live their life through their daughters by making them pseudo-celebrities.

I'm not blaming girls like these or their moms, but is it no wonder kids are starting to have sex and drink at much younger ages? If 10 year olds start seeing that in order to get attention and be more popular you have to have sex appeal, only naturally will they start maturing that way and become more curious about things that should happen later on in their teen years.

At first, I thought it was bad enough that some supposed modeling company was showcasing a bunch of seductive posing younger teenagers, but now knowing that moms do it to their own pre-adolescent daughters, my stomach wretches in disgust. I realize this whole genre of modeling does not personally interfere with my life, but it just makes me feel more concerned about our noticably decaying morals.

Classy Real Estate

Looking for a new trailer? How about a trailer on the beach?


Click the picture to see more fine trailer estates for sale. If you can't afford a new trailer right now, you can always build your fantasy trailer with the Sims. Heck, there's even wallpaper and floors available for you to add that authentic trailer trash look to your home.

One day, I actually created a trailer home in my Sims game, and I created a family of 8: a single mom stuck with 7 kids of her own to take care of

It was a pretty crazy situation... it was hard to afford decent beds for that many kids and to fit them all in a little trailer, and hard to get that many children up to go to school everyday, but at least they were social with each other with kept them in a good mood. The mom had a hard time keeping her job as she was always busy making food for the kids, and never seemed to get enough sleep. I forced her into the field of entertainment, so she started out as a low-paid waitress, and the bills always seem to outweigh the income. Anyway, sometimes it's fun to play the Sims and pretend you're struggling to make it. You get to watch your Sims try to enjoy their crappy black and white TV, sitting on their barely comfortable chairs, and eating not so fulfilling meals.

Lil Thought

Sometimes when I'm at the computer and I can hear the TV in the background, it makes the TV shows sound really stupid and confusing... and they don't make sense. I guess that's why you're supposed to watch TV.

What is Wrong With PEOPLE?

As if you didn't know this already... DON'T go to Yahoo! if you're looking for intelligent discussion on a news story such as the Rwandans who were prosecuted for war crimes (involving about a million people who were massacred in the name of genocide).

One would think you would see some brainy political talk on the board, but I'd say close to 95% of the messages are PURE FLAMES. I don't think news stories as serious as this one should be excuses for people to say stupid and meaningless racist/hateful crap. It was hard to find a readable post in there amongst so many messages by immature, bigot-minded people. All the intelligible messages might as well have been a waste, because I don't think anyone on there cared about them.

The same thing happened on the Blockbuster settlement news story, too. Most people were flaming back and forth about nonsense. A lot of the posts were basically hollering at the people who return movies late (like myself) and saying that if they didn't want to pay late fees, don't return the movies late. I don't think that was what the lawsuit was about. It was about the fact that Blockbuster was overcharging for their late fees. It wasn't an issue about whether they should have late fees or not.

Anyway, at least you can ignore posts by specific users... but there are way too many to deal with so you might as well not read the boards. It reminds me of their stock message boards... now THOSE are ridiculous. Most of the time they're flames, and the rest of the time, it's usually SPAM, even though the subject line indicates that the message is about the particular stock symbol.

So even though Yahoo! is one of the most popular places people visit, why can't people maintain some common decency to be reasonable and realistic on their message boards? Doesn't it get tiring to make a bunch tiny little posts that don't have any thought put into them or dog people you probably wouldn't even confront in real life? Then again, probably most of the people who post are angsty teenagers or adults that have their own personal issues and take their frustration out on the net. I guess that could be better than them letting out their steam in real life.

I don't understand why so many people are angry and immature...

You Know I Hate Plugs...

...but sometimes there are exceptionally wonderful journalists that need to be mentioned. I may be biased because Brandi is a real life friend of mine, but I've been reading her journal lately, and I am totally blown away. She writes very well, and she writes a LOT. I know some people write a lot and it can be a bore to read, but for some reason the things she writes about captures me. Maybe it's because I know her a little more than any ol' online stranger, but still think she deserves some credit for putting so much thought into her entries. If I could have anyone's personality & brain, I'd have hers. =)

Cute & Yummy.

Yay!

I am notorious for returning my own Blockbuster rentals late... I have no idea how much I've paid them in late fees... but I'm guessing I've paid them well over $200 in late fees in the past 2-3 years -- NO joking. Heck, you should see how many reminder postcards I've gotten from them. I always pay off my late fees though, I'm good about that.

I don't know why I am so careless with money when it comes to that, but I guess it's just something I was just too lazy about to care. Anyway, yesterday it shocked me to hear about the lawsuit settlement about Blockbuster supposedly overcharging or changing their late fees without notifying their customers. So.. hopefully that means next year I'll get to rent some free movies on their behalf, and probably end up returning late and having to pay them more late fees!

Can You Believe This???



The picture above is not of women, not even young women... these are our youth, our younger sisters -- MINORS people! What the heck are they looking like that for?


I really don't like to talk about other personal websites too much, but sometimes people have entries about certain things that make me feel a little concerned. Nay announced that she was going to start modeling through a company called PlanetGirlCo.

At first I didn't think anything of it, but then I thought about it and figured people would probably talk about it on her bulletin board. So I took a look at the thread about this and realized many people were very concerned because they took a look at the website and noticed that many of the girls were young and dressed a little too provocatively, and also posing a bit too suggestively. Her readers mainly felt it was a bit too fishy and inappropriate. After looking at some of the portfolios on their site, I felt the same way. I'd be terrified if my 12-17 year old daughter was hiking up her skirt or wearing skimpy clothes for modeling pictures.

A few examples I gathered:

Gold Teddy - this girl is technically not even 16 yet

Silver Front - eek!

Ralph Lauren - no way

Blue Bikini - can't even drive a car yet, honey

12 year old CHILDREN should not dress like that!

Tubes - this CHILD is younger than my youngest sister who is in HIGH SCHOOL


I must say I am truly disturbed... I know it's not porn or whatever, but it still disgusts me to see it. Even if PlanetGirlCo is a legitimate modeling company, I don't know why they couldn't tone down the clothing and posing for the children under 18. I hope after Nay checks them out a little further or starts working for them, we can find out if they are for real.

I realize that when you're in your teens that's usually when you've got the best figure you'll ever have, but I still think you don't need to grow up that fast in pictures.

Their site reminds me of a similarly shocking site that I found on Daign's site months ago.... UGGGHHHH... I'm so worried for today's teenagers! I think these people should stick to just hiring college aged people.

Fark.com

A lovely place to comment on many issues... mainly stuff you find in online news articles. I had to open my mouth one more time about Streisand... aaah I don't know why I'm like that.

The technically challenged may be confused about the "A.I" (artificial intelligence) movie title...Ha.

Who better to ask fashion and relationship advice than from a gay guy? I wish they had sound clips. :P

Finally, I found a site that describes the different types of eyelids on Asian people. I never thought I'd actually find that information anywhere, but I figured since Asian eyelid surgery has become very common, someone had to talk about it online somewhere. In fact, it turns there's even a place called The Asian Eyelid Surgery Center based in where else but California (not surprised!). According to the diagram, I think I am type f -- "Asian eyelid with nasally tapered crease and some widening on the outer end"...



Anyway... I don't really think this matters to you if you're not Asian... but it's interesting to me since I think most people of Asian descent have had concern for their eye shape at one time in their life or another. And by the way, NO I am not considering eyelid surgery.

Ever done anything that you totally regret? I submitted a regret of mine... and that was very therapeutic.

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I think it's cute that there have been so many rumors and hoaxes about ICQ that they actually created a page full of links to information about those nasty lies called "Rumors: Lies, Damn Lies and ICQ"... I'm surprised I found the link on their overly cluttered front page.

Check +this+ out and also hover your mouse on it, too. Nice work!

What is electronic warfare, and why are there engineers needed for it?

Gummo: We discovered this movie tonight while looking for something different to watch. It's sort of a hard movie to describe... just looking at the cover you could tell it was going to be a weird movie. Plus, it was by the same creator as the ever so controversial Kids so I figure it was probably going to be a little unsettling to watch. So, without getting too into it, I think I'm going to share a few words about what you'll see in this movie if you've never seen it before.

- A real sad, raw, and somewhat realistic look at "white trash" (hope that doesn't offend anyone, but I really couldn't think of any other word for it)

- Plenty of cat killin' by kids

- Lots of foul language coming out of the mouths of amazingly young actors (like pre-adolescents)

- Sexual exploitation of a person with Down's Syndrome

- Glue sniffing

- Kids using pellet guns on animals and such

- Poor or lack of good parenting and its effects

- No plot really

Basically, it's another odd concoction of a movie with about as much shock value as Kids, if not more. It's difficult and upsetting to watch if you accept it as a reality, even if it's not your own.

Gummo makes you feel appreciative of what you have in your life -- heck, it probably makes homeless feel good about their lives. At the same time, I hope it makes people realize how important it is to have higher standards in their own lives. I know it's probably hard to feel ambitious when you feel like you'll be stuck in a small town your whole life, but in order for there to be some change, you have to put up some effort.

I've never seen such a sad, trashy place, but I do know of areas that are beginning to start looking like it and that's scary. This movie takes place in an old, primarily white town in Ohio that had been devastated by a tornado, and basically you are watching how people have moved on since. I get the feeling things weren't really any different before that tornado. I don't see or hear of other tornado strucken towns turning into a community full of rowdy, unruly, drunken bums. Then again, this is fiction, so I didn't take it too seriously. :P

Watch this movie if you're willing to spare an hour and a half of your time praying that you never have to live a life like theirs. I don't think most of us will, anyway.

One Word to Describe Barbra Streisand

O V E R R A T E D ! ! !

There, I said it, and I'm going to stop. People bashing is bad. Besides, I'm just Jane Q. Nobody, what right do I have to have an opinion? I'll just let other people talk for me.

Psst... here's a semi-sarcastic/serious review of her last final concert "Timeless".