Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
....just trying to be a pain in my ass which won't work because I won't let it.

Yes, we all remember this about you.

[Seven of Nine]

Strange Blob Grosses Out N.J. Neighborhood
Associated Press Friday, August 8, 2003

LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- It smells like rotten eggs at best, decomposing flesh at worst. It looks like the pods from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."

To the people whose homes back up onto a Tuckerton Creek tributary where the gelatinous substance recently appeared, it's just "The Blob."

"It's frightening," said Eileen Masterson. "We can't swim because the odor is so horrible and we won't crab here because we don't know whether it's safe."

The substance, which was noticed about two weeks ago, consists of jelly-like bulbs that undulate with the waves just below the surface.

By most accounts, it generally stays submerged in about 8 feet of water in the lagoon. At low tide, some of it pokes through the surface of the water, looking like marbled rocks.

But no one's sure what it is.

The state Department of Environmental Protection poked at the blob and took samples as part of a half-dozen field tests Tuesday before deciding it's not hazardous.

"We've determined that it's not toxic. It's mostly like some algae or fungus," said DEP spokesman Jack Kaskey. "It may be an algae growth that lived on the bottom of the lagoon and after its life cycle ended, gases brought it up to the surface."

Robert Ingenito, environmental health coordinator for the Ocean County Health Department, said he hadn't seen anything like it in 30 years of public health work.

"In the dead-end lagoons, you normally see vegetative material that rots, fish kills or dissolved oxygen problems, but I've never seen anything like this," he said. "It's strange."

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Hey Paigow: I love you dearly, but fuck you and your family.

Smooches.

Oh, I am sorry. Str8- I am hungry. Should I get the gorgonzola or the parmesan put on my salad? And I am making dinner for a bunch of friends this weekend. Should I serve chocolate or vanilla pudding? I prefer chocolate, but some people are allergic to it. So maybe I should just go for vanilla even though it is just so vanilla. I am having the dinner at my really swanky apartment so I have to serve dessert.

And will someone PM mn when the disgusting fecal germs convo is over?

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Since you brought it up, did anyone watch Amazing Race last night?

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I haven't watched since the first or second week but I tuned in last night. I obviously missed whatever made Chip/Reichen hate John/his fiancee (shit I forgot her name already), but I have to say that Chip was obnoxious to John last night. Maybe it was warranted by past behavior, but it just seemed mean. As a result, I was sad that the clowns didn't make it in time. They seemed like good guys. And wouldn't you assume as a contestant if you saw others running on foot that you should reread the clue to see if that is the only permitted mode of transportation? Have the Harvard chicks taught other contestants nothing?!

Alas that shark cage thing ensured that my SO and I will not be participating in future shows.

Yeah that shark thing was the first thing I've ever seen on a reality show that made me think "hmmm these people might be in some jeopardy here." Especially seeing as how it was in Australia, where people think nothing of going out to swim amidst the box jellyfish and whatnot. For a very entertaining book read, check out Bill Bryson's "In a Sunburned Country," especially the bits about how laissez-faire the aussies are about the potential for death or extremely serious injury.

I thought Jon's line "C'mon honey, you're getting beat by a gay guy" was hilarious. They haven't shown any evidence that Jon is homophobic, but it's weird that Chip would be talking shit if Jon hadn't said or done something.

We are definitely rooting for Kelly and Jon in the str8 household. No question about it.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by mmm3587
And is the Thurgreed treatment her Tab D in my Slot C?

No, the treatment involves a girl who lacks the courtesy to inform the guy about certain salient details of her calendar. You are thinking of the Sebby surprise. Pay attention.

Sheesh! Mixing up Sebby and Thurgreed, really.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Given ebay has been around for a few years now, hasn't all the crap in the world finally been purchased by the person who values it the most?

It really warms an economist's heart, doesn't it. And the transaction costs are pretty minimal!

That said, I'm currently taking advantage of the internet market for White Stripes tickets in LA. People selling them on eBay aren't receiving very high bids as compared to what people are able to sell them for on Craig's list. I'm filling an important role here.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Once again, your experiences do not give you insight into "every guy." I gladly kiss any woman whose just blown me. Just like I've been perfectly happy to go down on a woman who has fucked me.

Really? I guess this makes you more bangable.

Edited to add...I can't believe I just used that word. You people are beginning to affect my speech.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
I thought Jon's line "C'mon honey, you're getting beat by a gay guy" was hilarious. They haven't shown any evidence that Jon is homophobic, but it's weird that Chip would be talking shit if Jon hadn't said or done something.

From the footage they have shown, Chip & Reichen seem obsessed by the idea that everyone else is obsessed with their homosexuality. Reichen yelled to Chip about Jon "he got beat by a gay guy" about 10 minutes before Jon said the same thing to Kelly. Reichen's comments just felt par for the course.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
You have my sympathies on your insomnia.

As for world records, one of my favorite things to do (and one thing I am very good at) is doing nothing - that is - standing like a statue completely motionless for hours on end. At one time I used to make money at it - stores in malls would pay me to stand in front of them in clothes from the store while people tried to get me to blink or move etc. (Of course, when you have an audience, sometimes you have to move to please them or else they lose interest).

It's really a great job if you enjoy daydreaming, or getting so motionless that you get into a sort of trance-like state. I can fall asleep with my eyes open, so that came in handy. I used to like to see how long I could go, so sometimes I would go for 8 hours standing completely still. That gets difficult without a pee break so you do have to plan for it.

Anyway, people used to tell me that I should attempt a world record. I think the world record is at about 35-40 hours and I'm not sure I'm up for that. Mind you, I think the person who set it did it with his eyes closed, and that would be easier. Not sure if he was allowed to drink some water and pee either. So one day, maybe when I am old and have nothing better to do I will try to break it.

Seven friends and I once tried to play hearts for 24 hours in a row. We would have done it easily but for the fact that we started at midnight at the end of a long day. We made it til about 7:00 p.m. the next night. Interesting, the seven of us who played together regularly at my high school came out almost exactly tied. The eighth, a friend of mine from another school who was a decent hearts player, got killed.


To actually answer the poll, I'd like to get a record that would give me some street cred, something like most 40s consumed, most weed smoked, most coke snorted, something fun like that.

[NotFromHere]

From people with too much time on their hands - how to make your PC distill alcohol...

The basics of distillation are simple, you heat alcoholic fluid until the alcohol starts to evaporate, then you cool it so it condenses elsewhere into pure alcohol. To put it simply, the key components are a heating device and a cooling device. Now the average PC, has both a heating device (The processor) and a cooling device (The fan). The question we asked was "By separating the processor from its fan and adding a few small components, could we convince an ordinary PC to distil alcohol?"

PC distiller

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys

That said, I'm currently taking advantage of the internet market for White Stripes tickets in LA. People selling them on eBay aren't receiving very high bids as compared to what people are able to sell them for on Craig's list. I'm filling an important role here.

Are you arb'ing between ebay and craig's list? Damone indeed.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Once again, your experiences do not give you insight into "every guy." I gladly kiss any woman whose just blown me. Just like I've been perfectly happy to go down on a woman who has fucked me.

I call bullshit here. You do not finish fucking a woman and then go down on her. That is not done, either as a matter of timing (usually you eat first, fuck second) or hygiene (no one eats his own sloppy seconds).

[SEC_Chick]

Likely unnecessary spoiler space

Originally posted by evenodds
From the footage they have shown, Chip & Reichen seem obsessed by the idea that everyone else is obsessed with their homosexuality. Reichen yelled to Chip about Jon "he got beat by a gay guy" about 10 minutes before Jon said the same thing to Kelly. Reichen's comments just felt par for the course.

I thought the comment about how "Jon is just jealous becuse we are more manly and masculine than he is" was the most obvious example of this. It absolutely killed me to see the clowns go (and not just because I saw Jon shot out of a cannon a few weeks back). Chip and Reichen are much more obsessed with what they perceive of their sexuality than any of the other gay teams that have been on the show. That was obvious at the beginning when they blocked the train station doors or tried to skip the line to get on the boat and then claimed that people hated them because they were gay rather than because they're assholes. They aren't any fun. Give me the Cha Cha Chas any day. And while they're jerks, they aren't as much fun to hate as the Guidos. Of course, I would probably dislike them more if they wore matching shirts every day too.

Kelly is a shrew. He needs to think long and hard before he marries her.

What frustrated me most about the episode was that it was impossible to tell how far back Jon and Al were. I am curious because if it was close, then it seems that there is a good chance that had Jon done the shark tank instead of Al, they might have made it. Jon has nerves of steel. They were my favorite from the beginning.

Unlike Chip and Reichen, I learned the lesson of the Harvard Law bimbos. The last couple of episodes have taught me to pay careful attention to signs, (even the ones for going the other way) and to continue to check for better flights even after you have the reservations. I file these lessons away, as the Amazing Race is the only reality show I would go on. Unfortunately, this might be the end, as it is expensive and hasn't been getting the ratings the network wants after trying it in several time slots.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by Niles Cran...uh, Atticus Grinch
I guess now is the time to tell everybody that the DebtSlave sock is based on my life.

And chris.

And babe_of_pigs.

I'm so ashamed.

Don't even joke about babe of pigs (sigh) like that, Mister BBC Webpage Reader. I got a shotgun in the gunrack of the Ford as we speak, and Big Ed knows how to get rid of bodies, if you catch my drift.

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
when most men have, at one time or another, eaten, among other things, their own boogers and/or scabs?

Mmmnnnn, scabs. Hhhhnnnnnnnnhhhh.

and Robust Puppy said "And there are some who like to see the money shot." Will you marry me?

Less (last said by me to SEC_Chick when she posted that she likes to eat her boogers, in a neat-o tying of threads two years apart kind of way) inSF