I no longer feel like a lone voice, screaming in the darkness.

When You Work at a Nonprofit

There's no point in placing any one gif in this blog post -- they are ALL relevant. *cries*

Sweet jeebus.



















Men's Jumpsuits, 1970s

You must embiggen and read the copy on this one. omg. I cannot believe I was alive when this also came into existence. Epic.

It seems I may have dismounted from the low-tech high-horse for good.

Wait for it...

I now have an iPhone. Me, of all people. And yes, it is so insanely cool I don't think I quite know what to do with it, or myself.

It's the end of the world as I know it, and I feel fine. I think.

Harvey "Bad Lieutenant" Keitel to play Jerry Springer. In an opera.

I need to lie down.

Neil Gaiman reports that Stardust was deemed "Very Offensive" per a reviewer utilizing the moral ratings guide of the Christian Spotlight on Entertainment. I was curious to see what the criteria was for this rating, and it looks like it stems from the way women are treated in the film (geez -- classic fairy tale archetypes true to era anyone?) and, of course, the pagan aspects of Faerie.

Also curious to me was the going on and on about the horrible violence for a PG-13 film and the terrors of "fantasy violence," yet the site's sunny review of the excellent PG-13 violence-fest The Bourne Ultimatum doesn't admonish the film at all for its insuitability "for the children" and in fact deems it merely "Offensive."

I just wish Goody Hysteria would have left the Stardust review at problems with the heathens and the presentation of any worldview outside of Christianity, because we all know that's the real stinker. The hypocrisy of padding out the review with the other bits to be more well-rounded in criticism is just laughable.

Anyway, there are bigger fish to fry, heathen-hunters! Can't wait for wild-eyed hysterics over the upcoming PG-13 holiday film The Golden Compass. Never mind the daemons and organized religion-power-trippin' story -- the bits concerning The Authority can't get much more in your face for misguided people who are constantly sniffing around for "threats" to their faith. Won't say more in order to keep y'all who haven't read the series by Philip Pullman in the dark, but let's just say oh glorious impending trainwreck.

Don't hate me for saying this, but I didn't care for the book. But check this trailer yo!



Going to hike, laze around, eat caramel apples, get a massage, and see Immortal Technique this Friday and Saturday in Santa Cruz. Can't wait!

Haha!



Apparently, this rating was determined based on the presence of the following words:

sex (12x)
hell (6x)
crack (5x)
pain (3x)
kill (2x)
knife (1x)

...none of which should, in my opinion, make baby Jesus cry, but hey, what do I know?