Wednesday, May 17, 2006
HUMP DAY
Hi Chad. It's hump day today.....and you (and Phillip) know what that means!
BEFORE WE GET STARTED: apologies for the late posts yesterday and the day before and THANK YOU to those who notice....
First thing is first: DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID: my request for Mike Anello to be involved in the Alison MIXED/MIX CD contest or any other contest for that matter has been REVOKED. Mike is no longer allowed to play with my blog..... This shouldn't surprise anyone (incl Mike) as he has been shunned http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunning by society many times before and thinks he doesn't care, but will when he has no friends left.... (there ya go Mike, bad press is still press) 
Moving on: STILL NO NEW NETFLIX at the Prumley house but K&C and A&S had a stimulating game of Scrabble last night (I wonder Chad, if we keep hanging out like this, will our blogs be exactly the same?)
Scrabble is a deceivingly hard game and I really suck at it, but I make myself get excited about it anyway. It's like sweet vs. savory dilemma at Sunday morning breakfast, do you hold out for QUEASY or ZYGOTE or do you go with the old standby, DOOR? And, if you DO hold out for the big points, you may never get to play....but if you stick with DOOR, you might not WIN! Argggg. SOMEHOW (if you really really really really really really REALLY think about it, this seems metaphorical… or is it analogous?) really.
ANYWHO: The weekend Birthday camping trip extravaganza may be done for. Weather.com is telling us it's going to rain this weekend and camping in the rain SUCKS ASS. It's ironical because Oregon is so perfect for camping, except all the pissy crappy water that falls out of the sky and onto your campfire...but then the rain makes everything so perty....hence ironical
Today's WEIRDEST AND/OR CREEPIEST BLOG EVER goes to: http://xplorm.blogspot.com/ As far as I can tell (with my limited attention span) this is the sexual diary of a bi-sexual man. It's actually pretty well written and entertaining, which may put it in the WEIRD category, although writing about sex is a little CREEPY….and in the last few posts there's even some dialog recounting a sexual encounter erotica style for free even….sweeeet...
SPEAKING OF FREE: How much longer do you think I can do this without paying money? Sites like Flickr, Myspace, and Blogger all offer FREE something…identity….space….sense of communication? of course THEY are reading everything or at least searching automatically for…what....PATTERNS? What are they searching for anyway? I guess I'm paying with my identity, but is it really my identity or am I just a series of ones and zeros? AM I A COMPUTER? Seth thinks I am…or at least he used to...
And why is there no advertising on craigslist? Lianne?....Allright, enough damn questions.
Here's some COOL COMPOOTER SHIT:
FRACTAL ART: http://www.fractalus.com/gallery/showgallery/best/
"A fractal is a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be subdivided in parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole. Fractals are generally self-similar and independent of scale."
In my opinion, FRACTAL ART IS RAD. It's cloning and it's random and it's digital, but it looks organic or at least most of these artists try to make organic looking images (because they're humans)…. http://youtube.com/watch?v=yCGXmvfMsJk&search=Conchords 
LASTS NIGHTS PARTY: http://www.lastnightsparty.com/ this website confuses, disgusts, and titillates me all at the same time (mmmmm) WHY WHY WHY WHY but, hey click click what's going on at THAT PARTY! It's sort of like a Girls Gone Wild Fiona Apple video of the hipster Hollywood crowd. There's something narcissistic and postmodern about a whole website devoted to party pictures, most of which are not flattering, as if the photographers and web designers have combine Jerry Springer with W magazine. AND these people are not really that young, but they have a large disposable incomes and a lot of leisure time. I'll admit, I'm jealous.
Okay ladies and gents. I'll leave you with some images I took while waiting in the doctors office (for an hour) at a low income neighborhood clinic in Escondido California....only to be diagnosed with strep throat and given the wrong perscription. God Bless America. 
ttfn,
Alicia
