everybody gets one

everybody gets one obsession.
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the side of a downtown LA building:

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days left til may 4: 5
finals btwn now and may 4: 2
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family guy spidey 1:

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female character i hate: mj
female character i love: gwen
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family guy spidey 2:

3D rooms

there are, i think, very few things in life as cool as this.



rooms that are painted a certain way such that when you stand in one position, a 3D image appears. badass. SEE THE REST HERE.




and check out the outdoor version of this trick here!

tpfd? why, yes

so it occurs to me i've been very article-heavy lately in my blog.

jon always gives me a hard time that my longer posts slow down his compulsion to fully cyberstalk everyone he knows within a certain time frame -- he always has to save mine for later, like some heavy dessert waiting around for the right holiday or something.

but if he'd found the time to ping me lately, he'd be right. i've done a LOT of articles. sorry, all you bored figment of my imagination readers - or skimmers. so i decided to go with a smattering of my favorite toothpaste for dinner comics.

like cleansing your pallete before i hit you with a nyt article about how the NJ high court granted equivalent legal rights to gay couples. kidding! (but you can see it here. yay!)

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"no underwater level"
love this one. took me a minute to get it.

great gamer joke.
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"melodrama"
ah. this one holds a special place in my heart.

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"what's for lunch"
you know how you can point back to a specific moment in time when you fell in love?

i'm pointing at this comic.
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no, i don't own them. go to the site. drew's a genius. drew, don't sue me. copyright drew, okay? look, linkys everywhere!

she told him, don't forget about me

will i be forgotten?

more at exploding dog

and, on a related note...

love and loss

krisana marie. i love you.

11/23/82 - 07/25/01

photo blog 3 - anime expo 2006

anime expo, at the anaheim convention center, 2006.

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gundam wing cosplayers

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tiff and i waited in line behind shuya, from battle royale. =D he has my favorite weapon on the island - a pot lid. lol.

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i have no idea who these cosplayers are supposed to be, but their costumes were amazing...

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amazing black kimono. she had a lovely pose, as well.

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look at those red tulips pop! this is from an anime called ouran high school host club.

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sanosuke from kenshin. lol, elaine would have a fit, ne?

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tiff's friend mike as sora, from kingdom hearts - he was the best sora there, by far. ^_^ i love the motion behind him in this photo, like one of those moments in film when the focus of the camera is still, but everything is still humming around him. (prime example.)

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the paper umbrellas and the great poses really make this shot...

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sweet lolita. her wig was the most gorgeous white-blonde :) i wish i could have captured it better...

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it's-ah me, ah-mario

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i don't know what anime she's from, but she is striking. (ps. she is a he! *sigh* some people are so talented.)

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gorgeous costume - look at the colors

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the green hair. the cigarette. the drinking problem. yellow collar, blue suit, hands in pockets - if i could have spike's arms around me every day i would never complain again.

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even though i was already a schoolgirl for halloween, my cuz and i also joined the fun with a japanese version. =)

photo blog 2 - eddie money says, take me home tonight

everyday, i take the metro home from downtown LA.

union station is the primary hub in downtown; i love it, it's very quintessential LA - you know, palm trees out front, always a movie being shot (actually, the tv shows numbers and alias both like to shoot here, too). i like how the architecture is very old style hollywood, right down to the font (i love the font!), and the interior is big but not bustling in an intimidating way, like grand central or anything.


LOL this dude was crazy. look at his outfit!!


stairs that lead down to the red line.






the red line approaches.


i like this shot. i wanted to see what my ears would look like with the ipod earbuds, and when i looked at the photo, i was surprised - i forgot about the flower in my hair.


i wondered what this guy's story was. who were those flowers for? =) lucky person.


The train passes over the LA reservoir.

she's alive!!!

i present to you, a post in bits.

currently
* on vacation in seattle
* apologetic about lack of posts. i blame finals.
* just read a graphic novel version of kafka's "the metamorphosis" (grazi, erin). reminded me of the gregors in my apartment, but unfortunately i am neither as kind nor as beautiful a young woman as grete; thus i am unsympathetic to their plight. i swear if i find another one i am going to bitch to my f-ing weird-ass landlord.
* currently navigating my way through james frey's "a million little pieces." haunting, riveting.

to come...
* photo blog about my metro commute.
* a rare personal post about my complete breakdown during finals period. you know i don't do personal stuff often. i'm still trying to decide if i want to post it.
* a great, in-depth post about why i love comic books. people have heard various bits of this on and off, but i wanted to compile it all...i am so nerdy. you love it. don't hide it.
* flickr updates on the Haircut and donation.

happy new beard, people.

photo blog 1 - halloween, pt. 1

erin and i, dressed to go out to west hollywood on halloween night. i've never been to mardi gras, but i have heard it is essentially the same kind of riotous party in the streets.


saw this, thought of marcos, HAD to get the photo!


always a bridesmaid, never a ... transvestite bride?


OMFG i f-ing freaked out when i saw them. literally, screamed across the street to ask if i could get a photo. LOOK at her gail costume, it is PERFECT, i am having my own little frank miller-induced personal thrill right now...


i love this photo - these guys were dancing together, and with the colors it looked simply incredible.


now that's one big fairy.


we actually got drinks at fiesta cantina.


our waiter offered to shoot us with an arrow so we could get some lovin'.


LOL diane...is so pleased in this moment.


more photos here.

admit it. you're bored.

here's my tank!
Originally uploaded by jadis.

so, explore my fish tank. click the photo to learn more.

katrina & CL

i was trolling craigslist and, for the first time in a long time, checked out the rants and raves. the topic of choice right now for fucking insane people is hurricane katrina, and - heartbreakingly - the majority of posts involve arguments over comments like, "THERE IS NO KATRINA BUSH IS JUST TRYING TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM HIS FAILURE IN IRAQ" and "KATRINA = GOD'S PUNISHMENT OF HOMOSEXUALS".

nothing. makes me madder than shit like this. nothing.

i fucking think bush is a narrow-minded idiot, but...honestly, to imagine all those people, husbands, wives, children, businesses, and *hisotry* in louisiana and mississippi, completely devastated, lives lost, families with nothing...and then to turn around and say that it's something the government made up? are you seriously writing that?? how can you assholes SAY something like that, it's so insensitive - even if it's a joke, it's heartless, there is real tragedy happening.

and, bringing back memories of crazy talk back in christmastime when the popular hate theory was that god was punishing the southeast asian nations (oh, and sweden.) for, i dont even know, for whatever, with the tsunami, we have the radical right saying this is a big God is punishing gays/decadence/deviance issue. fuck you. god did this to punish homosexuals? i don't fucking think so, and how dare you. there are people homeless, spouseless, penniless, hungry, scared, and hopeless out there, and you choose to make this a gay thing? FUCK. YOU.

*sigh* my heart goes out to all those in the gulf states. donate where you can, guys.






stop by flickr to see more of hurricane katrina photos.

car. ears. eggs. - article

ladies and gentlemen. don't say i never gave you anything interesting.


Man pulls car with ears while standing on eggs

A Chinese man pulled a car with his ears while walking on eggs without breaking them.

Zhang Xingquan, 38, pulled the car for about 20 metres in Dehui, Jinli province.

His performance drew a big crowd of astonished onlookers.

Zhang said he began to learn the stunt when he was just eight years old.

He can also pick up a 25kg bicycle with his mouth while standing on eggs.