No five This Friday...Just me...all alone...

Real quick, Kate went on a canoe trip for a week, so i'm alllll alone.....with my cat, my beer and beer drinking friends. Looking forward to getting stuff done, not looking forward to sleeping alone in my believed to be haunted apartment...ah well, I'm sure my killer cat will take care of me...by hiding under the bed....i'm convinced she has a casino set up under there since she likes it there so much....

And also, my bro's in another band called Luz Atomica. Check 'em out here:

http://www.myspace.com/luzatomica

Or see them play at the Kathedral on Sept. 6th. Ya!

I'm off to make myself pass out into sleep!

have a good weekend...

Let's Make her a Man!

So for those of you who don't already know, the awesomely awesome Joss Whedon has signed on to write and direct the updated remake of...Wonder Woman. Looks like all their waiting on is casting of the lead character. Some rumours have been circulating the net that it may be Kate Beckinsale...i think that would be a mistake. i mean we're talking about a Greek Amazon Princess being played by....a 5'8" english woman. I just don't see it.

So Kate and I have been throwing around a few casting ideas of our own. A few Whedon fans have suggested Gina Torres...but the whole "black " thing might get in the way of people thinking she's suppoed to be Greek. She is a hulk of a woman though...and sexy....

I had suggested Maria Del Mar from National Velvet. She certainly Looks Greek...and she's huge! (she was the first woman I actually heard referred to as an amazon, so how fitting is that?). i know she's probably like forty-five now, but hey! It's Hollywood!

Of course, seeing as it Is Hollywood, i imagine they're gonna have a hard time finding a woman who is taller than 5'10" and weighs more than my leg. Where are the Brigitte Neilson's of today? (...who Aren't actually Brigitte Neilson....although There's an idea for ya...). So my final suggestion for the day?

Well It's a New Era! So why not treat it like so. Let's follow in the steps of last year's Oscars...Let's make Wonder Woman a Tranny! C'Mon, think of who would jump at the oppurtunity to take this role! It's like a guaranteed Oscar Nomination...especially if they have to kiss another man!

Think of the possibilities....Orlando Bloom, with his soft feminine features. Or Tom Cruise in his most challenging action role yet! Or heck, go black and pick Jamie Foxx...he played a woman on "In Living Colour" he can do it again! George Clooney could play the Queen of the Amazons, and Matt Damon could appear...well...somewhere I'm sure...

Seriously, someone contact Joss, I think I've solved his casting problems....

Friday Five

Kick off your Sunday shoes

1. Do you work hard or do you take the easy way out?
If the easy way out isn't skimping...then bang on. But I am also a firm believer of "if you're gonna do it, do it right..."

2. How's your day going?
Fine and yours?

3. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
Many.

4. Do you consider yourself cool?
Definitely...I put a lot of hard work into this, so i think i can finally say fer sure....

5. What's the last song you listened to?
Play by Flunk.


Once again, this Friday Five kinda blows. Where's the thought provoking questions? Shoes? I mean really....

Who needs a Cure for Cancer...

...when we can study This!

"Study links music, teen sex" (Associated Press, August 8th, 2006)

This study was everywhere on the news yesterday. Apparently, "Teens whose iPods are full of music with raunchy, sexual lyrics start having sex sooner than those who prefer other songs, a study found."

"Among heavy listeners, 51 percent started having sex within two years, versus 29 percent of those who said they listened to little or no sexually degrading music."

"Exposure to lots of sexually degrading music "gives them a specific message about sex," said lead author Steven Martino, a researcher for Rand Corp. in Pittsburgh. Boys learn they should be relentless in pursuit of women and girls learn to view themselves as sex objects, he said."

"We think that really lowers kids' inhibitions and makes them less thoughtful" about sexual decisions and may influence them to make decisions they regret, he said.

The study, based on telephone interviews with 1,461 participants age 12 to 17, appears in the August issue of Pediatrics, being released today.

Most participants were virgins when they were first questioned in 2001. Follow-up interviews were done in 2002 and 2004 to see if music choice had influenced subsequent behavior."

Did you read that? 1,461 participants, phone interviews, over three years. And the results were let out yesterday so that's, um...two more years of looking at the results. Probably a team of, oh, ten, somewhat well paid people, a bunch of phones, some computers, a lab, all that study-like stuff...

My first and only thought when I heard And read about this was...Who Cares? Or as Mandy put it, "what exactly are we expected to do with this information?". Seriously. I mean not that there are better things for scientists to be studying like say...oh...leprousy? AIDS? Cancer? P-shaw. There are Other people taking care of That stuff...

On another, similar note (yet, oddly, more fun in my books)...

"Teens view oral sex as safer choice: study"

"About one in five ninth-graders in the U.S. say they've had oral sex, a finding that adults should keep in mind when counselling teens about sex, researchers say."

"The study, which appears in the April issue of the journal Pediatrics, was designed to gauge teen perceptions of oral sex versus vaginal sex."

""Adolescents (also) believed that oral sex is more acceptable than vaginal sex for adolescents their own age in both dating and non-dating situations, oral sex is less of a threat to their values and beliefs, and more of their peers will have oral sex than vaginal sex in the near future."

Woo-Hoo, finally the answers I have been looking for! Now I can go and....um....nothing...I guess....yup, money well spent...


Other Studies of Note:

"All Hangover Cures Useless: Study..." - Reuters - December 22, 2005
"Study finds left-handers don't die earlier" - AP - May 28, 1998
"Study Finds Worst Performance in Conservative Christian Schools" - New York Times - July 15, 2006
"Sex Speeds Up Evolution, Study Finds" - National Geographic News - March 30, 2005
"Study Finds Direct Link Between Misinformation and Public Misconception" - PIPA - October 2, 2003
"Study finds Wal-Mart contributes to poverty" - St. Louis Business Journal - May 17, 2006
"Bees can recognize human faces, study finds" - World Science - December 9, 2005



A honeybee inspects a photograph of a face in preparation for a landing. (Courtesy the Journal of Experimental Biology)



I think this officially puts Scientists on my "List of People I Love"...

more from News of the Weird

In July, municipal officials in Provincetown, Mass., held a community meeting to air numerous complaints by heterosexuals that they are targets of hate speech by the town's large gay and lesbian population. [New Zealand Herald, 7-6-06] [BBC News, 5-17-06] [Boston Globe, 7-14-06]

Random Thought

Is it weird that I think Rocky and Adrian Balboa are role models of romantic love?

TOP 5 FILM COUPLES

5) Buffy and Angel - so tragic, so in love, so fated to never be....I think I may have cried when Buffy first stabbed Angel at the end of Season 2. And I hate vampires...
4) Aragorn and Arwen - hope for long distance relationships everywhere...
3) Han and Leia - Until we found out that Leia and Luke were related, everyone was playing the "which one are you?" and "who do you think would get the girl?" game. I always voted for Han. And he won. Besides, the're a spunky couple...I bet they would have a great time getting drunk together.
2) Harry and Sally - Proof that friends can become the best lovers. And that laughter is indeed the best aphrodisiac.
1) Rocky and Adrian - Towers of support. This woman'll wipe the blood off his brow and this man'll kill anyone who makes her cry. If we could only all be so lucky.

More Time Well Spent...

So I'm reeeeaaaaaallllyyyyy busy at work...obviously.

The first four questions of this survey were useless....so i skipped to number 5.

Oh, and if you haven't already seen it, watch 1 Giant Leap. And then read up on it here:

http://www.1giantleap.tv/php/summary.php?id=1&ID=

Aight!...

now onto the survey....

THIS or THAT


004.DOGS OR CATS?
traditionally i'm a cat person....but i'd like a dog at some point. answer though, cats.
005. COKE OR PEPSI?
pepsi....sweeter, smaller company.
006. MCDONALDS OR BURGER KING?
mcdicks. bk makes my tummy hurt
007. LOVE OR LUST?
love......
008. GLASS HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY?
it's just at 50%...deal with it.
009. NIKE OR ADIDAS?
crap...adidas?
010. FRIENDS OR FAMILY?
my friends are my family...
011. A FEW GOOD FRIENDS OR SEVERAL BUDDIES?
good freinds....buddies just sleep with your exes...
012. COMEDY OR DRAMA?
comedy (see yesterdays survey)
013. LOVE EM AND LEAVE EM OR REMAIN FRIENDS?
i hate to dwell, and yet i'm in touch with all my exes...
014. CHRISTMAS OR THANKSGIVING?
CHRISTMAS! - i love that shit...
015. SUNNY OR RAINY?
sunny
016. SNOW OR SAND?
my brain says sand....my northern roots say snow...and my eyes say yes...
017. PIZZA OR BURGER?
pizza
018. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?
choco
019. BIG WEDDING OR ELOPE IN VEGAS?
is it my choice of how the wedding goes? or are we talking traditional boring snooze and drink fest? my planning, big wedding. snooze fest? vegas baby.
020. MONEY OR LOVE?
can't i have both? fine love....
021. MAKEUP OR NATURAL?
yeah! like i would wear make-up (shuddup kate)
022. DRESSED UP OR CASUAL?
yeah! like i would dress up.
023. SUN BLOCK OR TANNING LOTION?
i'm really white and i'm not a masochist.
024. POOL OR OCEAN?
ocean
025. BIG HOUSE OR BIG YARD?
geez....living in the city? house. outside the city? yard.
026. WINTER OR SUMMER?
dammit! summer...
027. RUN OR BIKE?
i don't own a bike, so run by default
028. YANKEES OR REDSOCKS?
yanks. they have better movies made about them.
029. CAR, TRUCK OR SUV?
Gertrude! my trusty P/U truck! (although i really want a nissan 350Z please...)
030. FOOTBALL OR BASEBALL?
baseball sucks! football rules!
031. BRITNEY OR CHRISTINA?
christina, in homage to my sister in law who's name is...christina. although britney is more fun to watch (she does alot of stupid things...)
032. BAD FOOD OR BAD SERVICE?
bad service, never sacrifice the food.
033. FLAT TIRE OR OUT OF GAS?
i know how to change a tire without having to walk 50 miles to buy a jerry can.
034. HEADACHE OR STOMACHACHE?
i hate them both. but i hate stomach aches more.
035. BEER OR LIQUOR?
Beer Baby!
036. CLUB OR BAR?
I gotta dance....club.
037. COWBOYS OR SURFERS?
do i have to hang out with them? and do the cowboys have their horses and guns? ah, i'll pick surfers anyways, 'cause they have better drugs...(unless the cowboys have some peyote....)
038. LAWYERS OR COPS?
i grew up in scarborugh and have years of training at dis-liking cops...at least lawyers i can argue with without getting hit with a baton or punched through a phone book.
039. MARDI GRAS OR NEW YEAR?
toughy....both good parties....but new years happens every year no matter where i am, so mardi gras.
040. OLE MISS OR MSU?
who cares....
041. REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT?
eihn, i'd love to sleep with some republican ladies, you know, start a revolution. but i am a democrat...
042. MARIO OR PACMAN?
mario
043. CRAYONS OR MARKERS?
markers
044. APPLE OR ORANGE?
red apples
045. SALAD OR SOUP?
i love soup!
046. TEXT MESSAGE OR PHONE CALL?
i prefer to hear the oether person, but i text messages are just so handy....
047. SANTA CLAUS OR EASTER BUNNY?
does the easter bunny have a knife? is it donnie darko? okay, santa....
048. PRIVATE SCHOOL OR PUBLIC SCHOOL?
public...we need to meet the people...
049. JOCK OR NERD?
nerds like the same shows i do.
050. ROCK OR COUNTRY?
country is the devil's music. so rock.
051. SAD MOVIE OR SCARY MOVIE?
well why would i watch either? to cry or be scared? Nice choices...fine, scary.
052. ZOO OR AQUARIUM?
zoo!
053. PLANE OR TRAIN?
ooooo, i'd love to take a nice train ride across country. There's this great one that goes through moutains and shit. that's my choice.
054. SHARK OR SNAKE?
shark! i know so much about them thanks to kelly and the discovery frikkin channels "shark week".
055. MANICURE OR PEDICURE?
pedicure. let someon Else take care of my freakish feet.
056. COOK OR CLEAN?
cook! I love cooking! (side note, Dave and I were talking yesterday about cooking. He truly feels that it is a different experience for men than women. He thinks they view cooking like a chore, whereas guys will open a beer, put some music on, and will be more than content to sit there for hours, turning meat. I think he has a point...and i tend to fall into the guy side of things. never sacrifice the food!)
057. BEAVIS OR BUTTHEAD?
they're both idiots.
058. GOLDEN GIRLS OR MAMAS FAMILY?
golden girls. i learned all my pick up tricks from Blanche.
059. FRIENDS OR SEINFELD?
friends...
060. GREY'S ANATOMY OR LOST?
haven't watched either a whole lot but heard good things about both...still, i guess i'll pick grey's anatomy since i've seen more...
061. TV OR RADIO?
i love music, but don't like radio stations....so TV.
062. DRIVER OR PASSENGER?
must drive!
063. SKYDIVE OR SCUBADIVE?
oh geez....i guess if i had to pick one, skydive? or scuba....i'd do both, but only after much consideration...
064. RIGHT HANDED OR LEFT?
i am right (but think i was born left...from golf swings, baseball bats, that sort of thing). and i tend to really get along with left handed people. so i pick left.
065. BLONDES OR BRUNNETTES?
i'm more attracted to brunettes. even though i'm blonde.
066. PARIS HILTON OR LYNDSEY LOHAN?
well paris says some pretty awesome things...and really who the hell is she? so yeah, paris.
067. JESSICA SIMPSON OR ASHLEE SIMPSON?
ashlee.
068. TGIFRIDAYS OR CHILIS?
don't care.
069. STEAK OR LOBSTER?
lobster
070. WAKING UP EARLY OR GOING TO BED LATE?
late...i'm nocturnal
071. PAPER OR PLASTIC?
paper
072. WALMART OR TARGET?
target...or tarjee
073. SCENIC ROUTE OR SHORT CUT?
scenic
074. FLOWERS OR BUTTERFLIES?
bitterflies are cool....but you give flowers, you get laid.
075. THUNDER OR LIGHTNING?
lightning. looks cool.
076. JOB OR CAREER?
what's the difference?
077. CHILDREN OR PETS?
pets.
078. POOL OR SAUNA?
pool...although sweating is sexy...
079. DREAM JOB OR DREAM HOUSE?
oh c'mon. the dream job. it pays for the house.


Ya!!!

Screw the Friday Five...

I tried to do last weeks Friday Five and it was ultra lame (and I felt like I had done it already...), so i found this one instead. If you happen to read it, do me a fave, pick a section (one of the lists of four) and answer it yourself. 'Cause then i can argue with you as to why you are wrong and I am right.


4 Jobs I've Had in My Life...
1. glorified grass-cutter
2. corporate button pusher
3. film producer's bitch
4. transport coordinator's bitch

4 Movies I Could Watch Over and Over...
1. Wonder Boys
2. It's All Gone Pete Tong
3. The Paper
4. High Fidelity
(apparently I can't watch dramas over and over...it's all comedy in My head)

4 Places I've lived...
1. Scarborough
2. The Danforth
3. The Annex
4. Roncesvalles
(so yeah, Toronto)

4 TV Shows I Love to Watch...
1. Friends (yeah whatever, it makes me feel good)
2. Buffy
3. My Name Is Earl
4. Arrested Development
(Comedy again....even though I love a bunch of serious shows, these ones came to mind)

4 Places I've Been on Vacation...
1. Georgia
2. Colorado
3. Florida
4. Miami
(I complain about Americans...and yet I just can't seem to get away from them....time for a passport methinks)

4 Websites I Visit Daily...
1. Maddox Best Page in the Universe
2. kate's Blog
3. Hollywood Stock exchange
4. Metacritic

4 of My Favorite Foods...
1. Prawns in Garlic Butter
2. Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
3. Korean BBQ
4. Butter Chicken

4 Places I'd Rather be Right Now...
1. Bali
2. In Kate's Pants
3. hillside Music Festival (if in my Utopia time stood still and it went on forever)
4. Valencia Spain

4 Bloggers I'm Tagging...(if you mean reading....then...um....)
1. Kate
2. Robyn
3. kate's ex (it's fun to read how life after kate has been)
4. kate's other ex (see above)


Okay, so maybe I can't argue about these questions....i'll try a differnt survey tomorrow...Then we'll have at it...

...feel free to answer anyways....

YA!