gideon's (other) bible

at least she didn't get shot?

this lady from flint, michigan says she found God on a train in center city.

i’m having a hard time deciding upon who this reflects more - flint or philly.

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moreso than science fiction itself, i like it when chicks drop knowledge.

“If there’s something keeping women away from enjoying science fiction, it’s not spaceships. It’s not “aliens on some far-off planet.” It’s the fact that people on our very own planet keep telling us that women aren’t supposed to like science fiction. It’s a self-confirming prophesy, because the more that scifi creators are told this, the more they imagine that their audience is all boys. So they write rich, believable male characters and boring, cookie-cutter lady characters. They organize conventions with panels devoted to shit like “the hottest women of science fiction” and nothing devoted to female heroes — or the kinds of hotties that straight women might want to see (i.e., men).”

from annalee newitz’s io9 blog

scifi has has been reintroduced to me in the last year or so, and i think it might be one of the most highly underrated (or at least “socially miscategorized”) genres of media, literature, film and television.

p.s. i said “drop knowledge.”

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what's the matter, you've never seen a famous person before?

this whole day has seen everyone in my office a-twitter because owen wilson and that gay mcdoctor dude from that stupid show are filming outside of our building. i hate how people act when they see famous people. they’re just PEOPLE.

however, i left the office for five minutes to run an errand and saw the masses on broad street snapping photos with their camera phones and calling everyone they know, when suddenly, walking next to me was owen wilson, and my internal monologue turned directly into “what the CRAP— OWEN WILSON IS WALKING RIGHT NEXT TO ME. HIS HAIR IS VERY BLONDE - OMG - SHOULD I TELL HIM I JUST WATCHED DARJEELING UNLIMITED AND I LIKED IT?? OWEN WILSON AND HIS FUBAR NOSE WERE WITHIN ARM’S LENGTH OF ME. OH MY GOD - WE ARE WALKING IN TANDEM DOWN BROAD STREET TOGETHER — THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE. YOU PEOPLE CANNOT HANG WITH US BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT FAMOUS LIKE ME AND OWEN. GO STUFF YOURSELVES BECAUSE OF OUR AWESOMENESS. YOU ARE NOT WELCOME TO BREATHE MY AIR.”

…some people just have no tact. at least i didn’t take out my phone and take his picture, though.

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blllleeeuuuuggghghhhMUSICMUSICMUSICllleeuugggghhhh

here, i puked you up some tunes:

santogold

the heavy

man man (from philly!)

kevin drew

the extraordinaires (also from philly!)

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a catalog of familial nicknames, for reasons of posterity

in chronological order:

elizabeth jean:

e.j.

bloopy

libbeh

lizard breath

nicholas scott, jr.:

yuk yuk

techos

skwat

katherine leslie:

t

kt

kt lynn

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anne gideon:

bannaneth

annekin

ian

alexander kelso:

schtink schtink

turk lurch

dude dude

babykins

janie lynn (eschrich):

wynski

crunch and munch

numbnuts

thanks to kiffin for his awesome photoset of my dad’s wedding

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i think he thought that's who i voted for

my dad, who grew up in rapid city, south dakota, forwarded me, his daughter who moved from a mid-sized city to a large one, this article, written by a friend of his, who he says was also raised in the northern state.

dear barak: you’re wrong about small towns

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who wants to be ordinary in a crazy mixed up world?

this here is a genuine, teary-eyed thank you to the very nice person that spent the time uploading the old sorority life episodes onto youtube.

WE SALUTE YOU.

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all years

are the formative ones.

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traffic, THE OLD FASHIONED WAY.

me: maybe she's kind of a very self absorbed elitist artist type.
rollertrain: please tell me if i ever start acting like that
me: okay. stop putting your boobs on the internet.
rollertrain: why is it weird that i put my boobs online?
me: once, twice - not weird. all the time - begging for attention.
rollertrain: whatev. if i had a naked girl @ my disposal i would use her instead
me: great. put an ad on craigslist.
rollertrain: also, my pageviews explode any time i post anything naked
me: SHOCKING. it's a copout for traffic.
rollertrain: DUH. i'm an art student, i will take traffic any way i can get it. i thought posting the n-word was a lot crazier. sigh
me: those girls that tony always croons over on the busblog are worthless. all they do is put idiot myspace-staged photos of themselves in panties all over a website and call it a blog, and people FAWN over them like they're oprah winfrey. it's unreal. REAL feminists don't need to show themselves in their skivvies to make a point. i don't care how proud women are of their bodies - those girls are exploiting their bodies for power, and it is the exact opposite of using your intellect to prove you are worthy of attention.
rollertrain: i agree with parts of this. however, in defense of the naked internet, if you're not one of those girls (LIKE ME) and you post photos of your slowly aging nudity on the web, like when you're going in for a second mammogram, it's embarrassing, vulnerable and a little brave
me: you're not posting them because you're going in for a second mammogram.
rollertrain: that one, i did. absolutely.
me: yeah, that ONE. what about the other 12?
rollertrain: i can see how it might be really annoying to have a sister who constantly acts like an asshole on the web. sorry for that. but i yam what i yam.
me: yes. WE KNOW.
rollertrain: did you see my big project yet? the bees?
me: the <a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rollertrain/sets/72157604716159302/>american gothic painting</a>?
rollertrain: si
me: yes. it's amazing. i especially like the fact that it doesn't have any boobs in it.

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about two years ago, my friend steve shoppman called me over to his house and asked if i would help write a press release. steve, and his roommate, steve, had decided they were going on an expedition around the world.

big woop, right? what’s newsworthy about a couple of middle class white dudes going on a tour around the world? i know like six people that did that, and there was no press release involved.

then they told me they were planning on driving around the world (my initial thought was, of course, how they’re going to rent a car in antarctica). after looking at the mock-up of the route they wanted to take, they told me they were going to convince someone to give them trucks to do it.

this is where anne started to zone out. who’s going to give a couple of middle class white dudes some trucks for free?

stevenson toyota in denver, that’s who.

when they got the trucks, i started to scratch my head. steve shoppman’s done some crazy shii—-stuff, but this was starting to get a little unnerving. they had boxes of internet printouts on visas and entry documents for contries in africa and eurasia that i’d never even heard of, and i started getting nervous.

“steven, i dunno if this is the hottest idea. i think americans get like, kidnapped and sold to land mine farms or something there.”

and his response was so on point that i decided to shut up and support him however i could. “that attitude right there is exactly why we’re doing this - to show americans that not only CAN you travel to the places they tell you not to travel, but that you SHOULD be travelling there so you can help show what happens when nonsensical reputations get in the way of expanding your horizon. americans live in their safe cubbies of federal regulations and bix box chains and forget that there are a million other ways of doing things that can help you think about the world and why you’re in it.”

huh. okay. here i was thinking shipping my tooshie from denver to philadelphia was this huge cosmic adventure, and this kid is going to be in the far reaches of nooks and crannies that this planet has to provide.

and they DID it.

and they’re DOING it.

amazing.

i am amazed by possibility.

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