flounceapology

I think this is what makes it wankworthy. You lie in a lame way, whatev; but you flounce and it becomes noticeable.

still kinda ungainly, in a just-recently-a-golden-retriever-puppy sort of way. But he's maturing very well.

He's also, apparently, a klutz, so maybe he'll never grow into that weird taffy-pulled body of his. But when he was on Gilmore Girls, I swear he was auditioning for the role of Lurch on the Addams Family.

I've been impersonating a left-wing atheist for years. Actually, I'm a NeoCon who's working to establish a Christian theocracy. Death to apostates!

There is that chick that claims to have had a steamy thing with Keith Olbermann. And that he wasn't any good. And she has the e-mail to prove it. Whatever she was or was not able to get from KO, she sure has made Rupert Murdoch's dick hard...she's been in NY post three different times threatening to reveal all if she doesn't get(this is the part I'm not clear on)

Because although everyone may not think he is a genius, as well as the world's hottest news guy since Arthur Kent took off his flak jacket, how dumb of a public figure would he have to be to comment on *that*? Cletus dumb.

I'm really a chirpy optimistic extrovert.

ow. That hurt.

I was thinking about cultural relativism today on the bus. Here are some things that are rather absurd to me, but are normal to "mainstream america":

Women take an extremely sharp piece of metal and remove any hair that grows under their arms, on their legs, or on their pubes. Men mostly only do this for their faces. Never mind WAXING!

3 people die from E. coli and the entire nation stops eating spinach. How many people die in car accidents daily, but we keep driving?

Breast implants. I mean, really. Bags of salt water under your skin. Also, Botox is a poison, people!

What would you add (or delete)?

You're a weirdo if you're a woman and go out without painting your face. Which I often am, btw.

Also, Botox is a poison, people!

Meh, so are most antimalarials. Everyone I know who's gotten Botox treatments got them for medical reasons -- to treat otherwise intractable nerve pain and/or migraines.

flea, you might want to check out an article on cultural habits of the Nacirema. Not sure when it was published, except it had circulated pretty widely by 1980. Your friendly neighborhood Sociology Department should be able to put you on to a copy.

Basically, it's a look at American culture ("Nacirema" backward) from an outsider's perspective, much as Western anthropologists would write about a tribal culture.

Botox is a poison, people!

Eh, we inject all sorts of harmful things in non-harmful doses to get a desired effect. Maybe a lack of wrinkles isn't a good enough reason, but what about all the others? Medically used botox is still as poisonous, and not that dangerous.

You're a weirdo if you're a woman and go out without painting your face

I've never gotten that. I mean, there are tons of women out without much or any makeup on. At my past job, a woman with foundation and eye shadow stood out terribly, just like a man in a tie.

Sorry, Plei. I meant Not!Dean. I confuse myself.

Maybe a lack of wrinkles isn't a good enough reason

My only issue with cosmetic botox is that it doesn't make you look younger, just perpetually surprised. Which for most people is not an improvement over natural aging.

I've never gotten that. I mean, there are tons of women out without much or any makeup on.

I've never worn makeup in any workplace, except at the interview, and it's never once been commented on. Even when I was temping at Revlon, where you'd think it'd be an Issue.