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...WTF.

2011-03-11T20:59:50Z

Originally posted by lavenderfrost at ...WTF.

Well, there goes my good mood for the day.

NYTimes, the bastion of quality reporting, reported on the gang-rape of an 11 year-old girl in Texas that's led to charges against 18 high-school boys so far - all well and good so far, right? Shit like this NEEDS publicity to raise awareness.

Only problem is, they repeated - without refutation or critical commentary - the claims that the girl brought the rape on herself because of the way she was dressed.

Choice Quotes (No cut b/c everyone needs to see this - DEAL.):

“It’s just destroyed our community,” said Sheila Harrison, 48, a hospital worker who says she knows several of the defendants. “These boys have to live with this the rest of their lives.” As opposed to the victim, who's gonna bounce back lickety-fucking-split, right?

Residents in the neighborhood where the abandoned trailer stands — known as the Quarters — said the victim had been visiting various friends there for months. They said she dressed older than her age, wearing makeup and fashions more appropriate to a woman in her 20s. She would hang out with teenage boys at a playground, some said. TOTALLY BEGGING FOR IT.

THIS IS RAPE CULTURE, PEOPLE.

Now, what's being said and done in this community is bad enough, but the NY Times should be fucking ashamed of themselves right now.

( Here's how to contact NYT: )

POP

2009-06-28T03:31:06Z

IT IS NOT SODA.

IT IS POP.

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dilemma

2009-05-05T23:18:10Z

say someone has really fucked up eyebrows and they just look horrible and they continue to do their eyebrows the same way even though they look like shit. do you tell them? i mean, it's not like saying they have a fat ass or big nose or something; it's something they could easily change.

i find it comparable to telling someone they have food in their teeth. you don't want someone walking around looking like a fool.

or is that just rude?

efface @ 2009-03-18T21:17:00

2009-03-19T01:17:57Z

which do you say?

"i was standing in line."

or

"i was standing on line."

i always say the first. the second one is so awkward.

peeve

2009-02-14T19:51:29Z

when people post photos of themselves and someone else and say, "[person's name] and i." it should be "[person's name] and me."
if you were posting a photo of yourself alone, you wouldn't say "i", you would say "me". i see this CONSTANTLY on facebook (where i've been spending too much time.)

anyway, i think people do it because they think it sounds correct and saying "and me" sounds wrong, but it's not in this instance. if you're unsure about "i" vs. "me", just remove the other person's name.

examples:

"mary and i went to the store." correct
"mary and me went to the store." incorrect
why? if you removed mary, "i went to the store" is accurate. "me went to the store" is not.

"steve saw mary and me at the store." correct
"steve saw mary and i at the store." incorrect
why? if you removed mary, "steve saw me at the store" is accurate. "steve saw i at the store" is not.

and don't even get me started on "mary and myself". i have a certain ex who felt the need to talk like that all the time. "if you have a problem, see mary or myself." once again, take out the "mary" and see if it makes sense. it doesn't. i don't understand why reflexive pronouns present such a problem to people.

there you go. another lesson from the should-have-been-an-english-teacher.

efface @ 2009-02-06T23:35:00

2009-02-07T04:35:11Z

fuck

efface @ 2009-02-03T17:56:00

2009-02-03T22:57:27Z

in case you missed it in the news, christian bale went all balls-out vulgar nutty on some light guy on the set of the new terminator movie.

anyway, this being the internets and all, someone took the shit he said and made it into a techno song. so, i present to you, my new favorite song:

efface @ 2009-01-22T21:23:00

2009-01-23T02:24:17Z

tell me about your god(s)

efface @ 2009-01-12T21:08:00

2009-01-13T02:09:53Z

OMG IT'S BIFF FROM THE BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY!

p.s. here's some music loving and more

2009-01-10T16:41:33Z

the band ARCADE FIRE totally rocks my socks. seriously. my socks are totally rocking right now.

two tracks i recommend to blow your mind:

neighborhood #1 (tunnels)
black wave / bad vibrations

this is my latest, greatest discovery. i've been listening to a lot of them and music from silent hill 2 and silent hill 3. akira yamaoka is amazing. i've listened to those soundtracks for many years now and they're still so beautiful.

speaking of silent hill, i watched the movie again the other day (i've seen it so many times) and i think a real fan of the video game would really appreciate it. don't look at it as another horror movie with lame acting; there's just so much more than that. so many throw backs to the games and the story is actually pretty deep. strange, but deep. i want to watch it again. i might do that today. i'm totally snowed in.

another great, semi-recent band discovery is interpol. i recommend pretty much anything on turn on the bright lights. also, the song "pioneer to the falls" is one that's so amazing i just listen to it on repeat. oh, interpol. they're so wonderful.

efface @ 2009-01-09T22:56:00

2009-01-10T04:10:32Z

the duggar family really pisses me off, and yet, i'm oddly fascinated by them. i've been watching their show 17 kids and counting and... i don't know, i just really don't like them. i think it's totally selfish to have so many kids (and not even spend time with them.)

but whatever, i keep watching. i'm strange like that.

in case you don't know anything about them, let me break it down for you:

- they have eighteen kids (michelle just popped out number 18 last month. time to change the show's title!)
- they are home schooled, have limited internet access, and watch very little tv.
- they are (obviously) very conservative and religious. they follow the quiverfull movement, which basically means that every child is a gift from god. that means no birth control. just babies, babies, babies.
- all of their children have names that start with "j". i would list them all, but just no. go to the wiki page linked above if you're that curious. but i will mention "jinger" (pronounced "ginger") just because i feel so bad for her having that awful name.
- they don't believe in any sexual relations before marriage. yes, that includes kissing. actually, they don't believe in being alone together before marriage. chaperones are always present.
- THEY DON'T LET THEIR DAUGHTERS GO TO COLLEGE. a woman's place is in the home, right? the girls are also not allowed to wear pants (it pleases the lord), wear makeup, or cut their hair. oh, and they're required to perm their hair because jim bob (their dad) likes the way it looks.
- each child has a buddy (one older, one younger). the older child helps the younger child with everything. basically, the younger ones are pawned off on their older siblings while michelle and jim bob make more babies.
- all of the boys share one room and the girls share another.
- no one has their own clothes. everyone shares from one giant closet.
- jim bob can't remember all of his children's birthdays.
- the children have a sign up sheet to spend time with their parents.

i really don't know what else to say. i just really don't like them, but i can't help but read about them and watch their show.

LOL OMG

2009-01-06T20:22:07Z

i was just watching the mary martin version of peter pan on youtube. i haven't seen that since i was really, really young. i used to LOVE that movie. i never realized how incredibly cheesy and ridiculous it was.

best part? tiger lily, of course!

p.s. if you feel like watching the movie... :)

efface @ 2009-01-02T15:40:00

2009-01-02T20:43:49Z

OMG, i found the funniest site!

you type in some sort of english sentence or phrase and then, it translates it back and forth from french to english to german to english, and so on until, like a game of telephone, your original phrase becomes totally fucked.

for example:

i think i stubbed my toe on a big, wooden table.

became:

load where unrooted in the great one means the toe, of countings of the wood.

CHECK IT OUT

OMG WTF

2008-12-29T02:19:15Z

i decided to do something a bit random. so here's a picspam of christina aguilera circa her "stripped" and "dirrty" era. let's marvel at ludicrousity of it all. and i don't care if ludicrousity isn't a word; it fucking is now.

i don't care what you say, this is a fierce bitch.

FIERCE BITCH

i can't decide if i love or hate that look.
but one thing is for sure: her eyebrows suck.

FIERCE

and because this should be in any xtina related blog post, here you go:

efface @ 2008-12-07T10:16:00

2008-12-07T15:17:17Z

i just really want to see some dicks right now. people, post pictures of your dicks.
and don't be funny about it, like showing pictures of your boss or something. i want PEEN. PEEN. PEEN.

you can throw in some tits if you want to, i suppose. but give me cock.

FUR&LEATHER

2008-11-25T04:02:05Z

what are your thoughts on:

fur?
vintage fur?
fake fur?
leather?
vintage leather?
pleather?

efface @ 2008-11-06T21:38:00

2008-11-07T02:40:56Z

someone please explain to me the appeal of:

- gossip girl
- world of warcraft
- twilight
- high school musical

for some reason, these four things are all i ever hear about anymore from anyone and i want to know why they're relevant and if i should be jumping on any of these bandwagons. i could google or whatever, but i'd rather hear from anyone bored enough to read my journal if they have opinions or information.

efface @ 2008-11-04T17:52:00

2008-11-04T22:52:20Z

i voted. :)

efface @ 2008-10-28T16:12:00

2008-10-28T20:13:27Z

i don't care what anyone says, cloverfield was great and i could watch it again right now even though i just finished watching it like a half hour ago.

efface @ 2008-09-16T15:50:00

2008-09-16T19:51:05Z

ok, somebody here has to watch weeds, right? i need to discuss the finale. who watches it? anyone?

efface @ 2008-09-09T19:20:00

2008-09-09T23:22:30Z

who should i vote for and why?

i am being extremely open minded in this question and would appreciate intelligent answers. i'm very ignorant of the nominees and would be interested to hear your opinions and what we, as a country, would stand to gain or lose with any candidate.

i'm also interested in hearing who i should NOT vote for and why. no trashing and bashing, please. i'd just for once like to have a political dialogue where everyone is civil. i don't plan to contribute much because, like i said, i don't know much.

enlighten me. :)

important lesson #831

2008-08-28T00:22:52Z

ALOT is a town and a nagar panchayat in Ratlam district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.

this is not to be confused with the term A LOT, which means "numerous" or "many".

i want this slide.

2008-07-13T23:46:10Z

randomly found in yahoo answers...

2008-05-26T01:27:38Z

Could I have AIDS from drinking the wine at Church? If someone with cancer or what drank it before me?

efface @ 2008-05-20T22:06:00

2008-05-21T02:10:32Z

i love this idea. i really hope it gains popularity here in the US and i really, really hope that, by the time i die, we'll have some of those cemeteries here in ohio.