Fashion Board 3-5-04 to 4-6-04

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Your scientific study of this issue is just stunning. I am impressed beyond belief.

I heard that The Today Show had a feature on some survey or something about cities that have the least/most attractive people. Philly ranked dead last. You should seriously consider moving. The psychic trauma you endure daily must be unendurable.

1. I dig science. I'm like an amateur scientologist.

2. I am vindicated.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by SEC_Chick
Interesting... my problem with the movie was that it seemed to me if someone was puking up blood and not drinking, it would be dehydration rather than starvation that would kill them first, so I couldn't figure out why they were trying to figure out how long it took them to starve.

If you watched the alternate endings part of the DVD, you would see the story board for the ending that completely omitted the military compound: After the father gets raged from the blood drop in his eye, they keep him with them and try to find a cure. They end up in some hospital with a guy locked in an isolation chamber and when they're sleeping he leaves them the stuff they need to transfuse Jim's blood into the father as a cure. Which of course is totally stupid because of the idea that a total blood transfusion that ends up killing the donor isn't going to cure a virus that is so potent that someone gets it from a drop in the eye. They thought people would realize that a transfusion wouldn't get all of the raged blood out of his capillaries, so they went with the military compound idea instead.

Well, you aren't "safe" until every last one of the fuckers is dead, and presumably there would be several "waves" of infection, so the infected guys dying on day 28 weren't infected on day 1, they were stragglers who were infected on, say day 20, by guys who were infected on day 14, etc. This, as everyone knows, is what makes zombie-infestation-siege situations so dangerous - you can't just wait for the zombies to disintegrate, you have to then wait for the zombies they created to disintegrate, and all the zombies those zombies created, etc., and even one surviving zombie can start the whole thing over again.

I'm glad they rejected the "Near Dark" ending, though. It didn't really work there, either; a sad coda to one of the best vampire movies ever made. In any event, regardless of how shakey the transfusion idea is, sacrificing Jim to save the father makes no sense whatsoever - in a "wipe out the entire population catastrophe" scenario, procreation becomes the fundamental issue in post-catastrophe reconstruction, in which case Jim can reproduce with both women, while the father can do so, safely, only with one. And that the writer/director did think about, as was evident from the army-dude scenario they went with.

BR(happy for a chance to think of Near Dark for any reason - and Lance)C

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
1. I dig science. I'm like an amateur scientologist.

2. I am vindicated.

Well you just tell L. Ron Hubbard that we are anxiously awaiting the gay viagra ad to be turned into a full length movie starring John Travolta and Tom Cruise.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
From Travel & Leisure Mag:


Houston is worst in four categories.

Yeah. Serious anti-Texas bias there. Someone at that magazine has some hatred for the Lone star state. Who would be honeymooning to Houston anyway?

And why didn't Dallas make the "Best People Watching" list? Something is seriously wrong here.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Fringe, you've been on and off so many virtual drugs, that as a public service the FDA has announced that people taking certain antidepressants such as Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Effexor, Celexa, Remeron, Lexapro, Luvox, Serzone and Wellbutrin should be closely monitored for signs of suicide.
Funny, it would seem to me that people not on anti-depressants should also be watched for signs of suicide. Maybe we should all be put on watch, or orange alert.http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...ebdrugs22.html

What a nice sentiment to share. You really are letting that pool get to your head--there's still a lot of tournament left, little one. My advice is to lay low...

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
If you want to have marathon sex, all you need is three or four stiff drinks beforehand. As to the altered state, a buddy who tried it said it gave him annoying hard on which would not dissipate.

I wonder when we'll see a gay Viagra ad.

What magazines do you subscribe to?

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
If you want to have marathon sex, all you need is three or four stiff drinks beforehand. As to the altered state, a buddy who tried it said it gave him annoying hard on which would not dissipate.

I wonder when we'll see a gay Viagra ad.

Most of the guys I've known who have tried it have liked it. But it is not an every weekend kind of deal. Occasional use at best. One was freaked out when he was brushing his teeth the morning after the marathon sex that he got a hard-on while toothbrushing.

My sample consists mainly of gay guys, but there are a couple of hetero guys in thrown in. Oh, and, I've tried it. Half a pill only, but it was pretty cool. Made me feel warmer than usual (I guess b/c of increased heart rate and circulation) and resulted in very enjoyable sex due to greater sensitivity.

Sebby, you should know not to limit sample sizes on drug effects to one friend. What if the first guy you ever talked to about mushrooms had been put off by the taste of them? Tell me your life would have been as enjoyable without the all-day-sex-on-shrooms-watching-people-tripping-outside day.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Fringe, you've been on and off so many virtual drugs, that as a public service the FDA has announced that people taking certain antidepressants such as Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Effexor, Celexa, Remeron, Lexapro, Luvox, Serzone and Wellbutrin should be closely monitored for signs of suicide.
Funny, it would seem to me that people not on anti-depressants should also be watched for signs of suicide. Maybe we should all be put on watch, or orange alert.http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...ebdrugs22.html

No, it's all OK, because apparently (per your post) I have only been on virtual drugs, not any of the ones mentioned.

This is not breaking news, dearest. I have someone monitoring me 24/7, never you fear.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Most of the guys I've known who have tried it have liked it. But it is not an every weekend kind of deal. Occasional use at best. One was freaked out when he was brushing his teeth the morning after the marathon sex that he got a hard-on while toothbrushing.

My sample consists mainly of gay guys, but there are a couple of hetero guys in thrown in. Oh, and, I've tried it. Half a pill only, but it was pretty cool. Made me feel warmer than usual (I guess b/c of increased heart rate and circulation) and resulted in very enjoyable sex due to greater sensitivity.

Sebby, you should know not to limit sample sizes on drug effects to one friend. What if the first guy you ever talked to about mushrooms had been put off by the taste of them? Tell me your life would have been as enjoyable without the all-day-sex-on-shrooms-watching-people-tripping-outside day.

True, too true. I'm going to get some and give it a run...

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Fringe, you've been on and off so many virtual drugs, that as a public service the FDA has announced that people taking certain antidepressants such as Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Effexor, Celexa, Remeron, Lexapro, Luvox, Serzone and Wellbutrin should be closely monitored for signs of suicide.
Funny, it would seem to me that people not on anti-depressants should also be watched for signs of suicide. Maybe we should all be put on watch, or orange alert.http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...ebdrugs22.html

Umm, yeah, I know this was released today, but my reaction was a big "duh". I think they've known this for some time. Especially in that some of the drugs can make things worse while people are in the first week or two of taking them (some initial yucky symptoms either fade over time, or prescriptions are changed). Doctors always are supposed to ask whether a person has any suicidal thought/tendencies before initially prescribing anti-depressents.

I took Zoloft for one day back a few years ago when I thought that depression might be my problem (I later decided it was more stress over realizing that I needed to get out of my marriage than depression) and the side effects were so horrible that I decided that I would rather be depressed than take that stuff. Supposedly if you can get past the adjustment period, then that stuff goes away. Either that or you need to try something from a different class of drug if the side effects are something that you can't deal with (e.g. a Wellbutrin instead of a Zoloft). Many people I've known have had to switch drugs over time due to certain side effects.

As to the study, I'm sure it will be difficult to measure how much it relates to anti-depressants vs. the depression that caused the patients to seek treatment.

PS. I realize I've rambled all over the map on this post, and the middle paragraph doesn't really relate to the study at hand, but since it is a slow day here anyway, I am going to post this as is and not re-edit to get back on point. So there.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
What magazines do you subscribe to?

Fire Island Journal
The Provincetown Post
Castro Bathouse Times

Oh, and Male Gay Sex Weekly

... and Yankee

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I have someone monitoring me 24/7, never you fear.

Well that's good to know. Does that ankle bracelet ever give you a rash?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
My sample consists mainly of gay guys, but there are a couple of hetero guys in thrown in. Oh, and, I've tried it. Half a pill only, but it was pretty cool. Made me feel warmer than usual (I guess b/c of increased heart rate and circulation) and resulted in very enjoyable sex due to greater sensitivity.

This reminds me, there was an interesting little column in the NYT Mag this week about the fact that people are more honest and reveal more about themselves online than in person.

Kind of makes you wonder what Sebby's friends would reveal if only they were here to speak about their experiences firsthand.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I Know lots about horror films.
BR(happy for a chance to think of Near Dark for any reason - and Lance)C

I'm trying to find "Within the Woods" which is a short Raimi made to get $$ to make "Evil Dead." From review sites, I know there are copies floating around, althought it was never officially released. Do you know of a good site for bootleg horror movies?

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
This reminds me, there was an interesting little column in the NYT Mag this week about the fact that people are more honest and reveal more about themselves online than in person.

I assume you mean other than the men-pretending-to-be-women contingent.

I actually do self-edit what a say here a little bit now that I actualy know some posters IRL. Only a little bit though because all the posters I know are pervs too. Oh, and crazy.