Dusty Chalk

(waves in a generally Northerly direction at Mike) Sympathies, Nate. You know it's a crystal, and some success has been had with soundwaves tuned to the resonant frequency? Might be worth a DIY shot, it should be completely harmless, since there are no natural crystals as part of the human makeup.

Venetian Snares, Infolepsy link That's some pretty fucked up shit right there.

Alright, but just do yourself a favor and ask for pictures of how Brent dresses himself before you go putting your ballot in that basket.

What's wrong with dressing like Colin? All the girls're crazy 'bout a Sharp Dressed Man... And if you're saying that just because Brent says it...well, think that sentence through in its entirety.

Well I am now. But before that, I was strangely turned on. That's gone now.

I don't think I'm allowed to even look at the lower left corner of that last inside pic.

no dude, i still have to watch all of seasons 2 & 3

Was that today? @ self

I have no idea why I love the Police as much as I do, but that "Message in a Box" set of their entire catalog is just stupendous. I need to have all their SACD's (I think I have half of them). One of my favourite box sets, right up their with Citizen Steely Dan and Allman Brothers' Dreams. Me, taking a slight detour from a Pineapple Thief binge for Diary of Dreams' The Anatomy of Silence. EDIT: And Diorama.

"I think he wants a mother." "Well that's ridiculous. He's got you, he's got our mother. You think that would turn him off from the entire concept." "I don't have the milk of mother's kindness in me any more." "Yeah. That udder's been dry for a while now, hasn't it?" Oh and maybe my favourite episode yet: "Justice is blind." EDIT: "C'mon, have a drink, there's some stuff coming up that you might not be able to handle sober." Best. Show. Evar. EDIT: "He wrote one song that made Joan Baez call him the shallowest man in the world."

They're lying to themselves if they honestly believed that. If they knew about the relationship and did nothing about it (legally, or, fuck that, as parents), they were endorsing the relationship. No, if they knew about it, were against it, and still did nothing, they were using their own child as a pawn. That's more fucked up than anything.

I will say that I was brought up in an era (the 70's) where sexual freedom was a little more...freer...er...that sex was done with a bit more freedom than it is now. Case in point the relationship between Penny Lane and Russell Hammond in Almost Famous. People just weren't as up-in-arms about the more borderline cases of pedophilia as they are now. I mean think about it -- before the industrial revolution, when people used to only live 'til 30, they'd get married at 13 or 14, and it wouldn't be creepy at all. Even though I'm alright with that concept for that period intellectually, it still creeps me out emotionally to think about it too much. It's a culture clash thing, where I was raised in an entirely different era, and probably can't judge theirs, not understanding it completely. So as to your analogy, yeah, I'd be just as miffed about the parents if the one that turned 18 was a dude. Sorry, but I think a precedent of approval of the relationship has been set by the parents not saying anything during the weeks/months(/years?) leading up to the kid's birthday. At the very least, the kid shouldn't be tried or punished as an adult. Most 18-year-olds that I've know weren't that much more mature than their underage counterparts. And parents should be more involved with their kids anyway. Unless their abusers, then they should be less involved. That said, I know a lot of us think of Tatu when we think of underage lesbians, so probably shouldn't be allowed to comment on the subject, not being of entirely sound mind and body, thinking with less blood flow to the brain.

Kwoon, Tales & Dreams

The second to last paragraph is fucked up. Regarding the last paragraph, there are many states that have different ages of consent, a lower one with the parent's/parents' permission. For example, back in the 90's, the age of consent in both Virginia and Maryland was 18, but 16 with the parent's permission. As to why she would do that, it was probably some sort of societal retaliation in her mind. "If I get in trouble for it, so should everyone else." Depending how different their ages were, she should have just remained celibate during the intervening days/weeks/months/... Yeah yeah, I know, easier said than done, especially at 18. NP: "I Saw Her Standing There"

Yeah, I don't think you realize we had reel-to-reel and records since ...since... Fuck I'm getting old. Since before I remember!

I'm sorry to be Mr. Politically Incorrect Comedian, but the completely inappropriate jokey thought crossed my mind, and I had to share it with someone: Of course sexual predators are going to want to become scout leaders, how else are some of 'em going to get laid... ...and where else are they going to learn those bondage knots... No, seriously, if you're friends with me on Facebook, then you know how important LGBT rights are to me, so you know that I am for any of this kind of progress. And it's not like it was a whole lot of effort, if they were to ban 'em, they'd lose a lot of members. Oh, Shelly, here's a fun factoid -- the only thing in the bible about gay and lesbians is that "a man shall not lie with a man as with a woman", so technically there's nothing in there about lesbians. So the next time some Christian gives you crap about lesbians, just tell them "your god is alright with that". I double-checked that with my LDS friend (since I'm not about to scower the bible myself), but feel free to double-check however you like.

Kwoon, When the Flowers were Singing -- can I just say how Sigur Ros-y this is? And can I say, delightfully so. Probably more so than Sigur Ros themselves.

"14 years, you gotta be doing something right." "Well if you call 'not filing for divorce' something right..." Clue #2: Portia de Rossi's coming out speech, or quote from a television show:

Shit, now I'm hungry, but strawberries (the only fresh fruit I have right now) don't really go with DIPA, so I'll have something else -- probably chips and salsa.

"Biscuit" is British for "cookie".

Happy last few minutes of your Birthday! (party favour noise)

Happy Birthday, Jin! (party favour noise) ...even though you never come here no mo'...

Guess how I pronounce this.

I was trying to look up the movie, "The Forgotten", and when I typed the first 3 words, I got this list:

Sweeeeeheeeeeeat.