In the WooWoo Wonderland™

I'm not crying, my eyes are just sweating.



Long Abandoned Dixie Square Mall Finally Demolished

Walk with me, won't you? Walk with me as we enjoy Dixie Square Mall, the place that turned me on to "urban exploring" (at least looking, anyway) and stalking abandonedplaces. ( I said walk with me... )

I guess you could say my love affair with DSM also led me into This American Life since it was an episode someone mentioned in abandonedplaces that got me listening. That episode, by the way, is one of the best ever and you need to listen to it right now. Go here!

Cross-posted to Tumblr.



Almost instantly a public debate arose when the announcement came late Sunday night that Osama bin Laden had been killed by Navy SEALs: is it okay to celebrate the death of a human being?

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I'm going to share something about me with you that you probably already know.

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Oh, complaining about television. Ain't living in the free world grand?

So I enjoyed Family Guy back when I first saw it, at all of 15 and a half and squeed over the jokes built around vaudeville and Silent movies and enjoyed the spark it seemed to have that The Simpsons was started to lose by the late 'nineties. Then it seemed to become less and less funny and as of late, downright unwatchable. This article from a few years ago gives excellent reasons as to why.

From here:

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I don't agree with all the points (I greatly enjoyed The Critic), but I do agree with most of 'em, particularly the smugness factor. Soooo, add on top of that I had noticed from the get-go that it was almost blatantly ripping off the tone of the earlier, better Simpsons episodes (including the flashbacks which Simpsons writers have admitted after the popularity of Family Guy they've stopped doing), particularly Homer's id, but I didn't particularly care since it was an animated show about a family (or so the advertising went) so of course there were going to be some similarities. Of course, comparing the two directly really shows the "theft" rather than the "similarities". And lest we forget that this article was written nearly five years ago and the show, in my opinion, has nose-dived since then.

Oh, FOX network, when will you pull your head out of your ass? You've let so many brilliant shows die or go to shit.

“This is what I believe: That I am I. That my soul is a dark forest. That my known self will never be more than a little clearing in the forest. That gods, strange gods, come forth from the forest into the clearing of my known self, and then go back. That I must have the courage to let them come and go. That I will never let mankind put anything over me, but that I will try always to recognize and submit to the gods in me and the gods in other men and women. There is my creed.”

---D.H. Lawrence

Things I Hate That People (Can) Love
1. Talking on the phone
2. Professional sports
3. American Idol and variants thereof
4. Okay, technically this is more of an occurrence I hate in general rather than think anyone could love, but being told for the umpteenth time that if I don't read/see Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings/something else I'm somehow less of a human being. YOU'RE NOT CONVINCING ME.
5. The Playboy symbol: ok, enough that you're wearing a corporate logo without an endorsement deal, how about what it represents? Gross. Also, you should know that by wearing it, you're not somehow increasing your chances to appear in the magazine/reap the "rewards" of Playboy fame.

Things I Love That People (Can) Hate
1. Halloween decorations: no matter the quality, I always seem to like 'em. I'm one of those year round Halloween people.
2. Coffee breath: not so much love as think it's not a big deal. I mean, would you prefer someone with cigarette breath or garlic breath?
3. Dancing in public: I've taken lessons most of my life, but I know people with infinitely more training than I have that refuse to do it. I guess I'm already convinced I'm ridiculous looking enough as it is, so I might as well enjoy the music.
4. Nearly anything banned/opposed from/by "Focus on the Family", Wal-mart, The Catholic League, et cetera. That just means it's that much better!
5. Thinking up variations of MILF. I mean, I know it's been done, I know it's overused, but it's so damn much fun. And if I have to put up with hearing "bling", "diva", "wannabe", and the like all the damn time, I can have this.

My homemade Clara theme is being retooled since I just got a shitload of new pictures of the once and future IT girl. In the meantime I am enjoying the Tori Amos lyric theme by [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]. Pretty!

Holy fuck. George Carlin, one of my oft-quoted philosophers is dead.



Comedian George Carlin Dies at Age 71

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Now when I say "Bullshit, Klaus!" it just won't be the same.

We've lost so many talented people this year.

Isn't it time for another piece of shit like Jerry Falwell to die the fuck off?

I'd like to once again bestow my deepest, deepest, crazy deepest thanks to the two gorgeous babes who made my journal so pretty and who have allowed me to fill up my icon storage with all kinds of fun, crazy shit. [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] and [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], you biyaatches rock mai SOCKS!