lotusland - nervous politics from a laid-back city

OMG ITS AIRBRUSHEDZZZ!

if theres one thing that weirds me out, it's the public's obsession with pointing out flaws in pretty people so they can feel better about themselves.  oh, i mean, because it's interesting to see what someone can do with an airbrush tool.  this is very groundbreaking because nobody knows that airbrushes are used to conceal flaws and blemishes.  i mean, it's not the common usage of the word 'airbrushing' has become a verb specifically referring to that practice.

wow, who gives a shit?  oh, it's all us girls who are supposed to feel inadequate after looking at these ads and centrefolds.  oh, seeing those wrinkles and zits and folds of fat on a supermodel has really given me a sense of self-worth!  I HAVE THOSE TOO! 

when will people stop treating this sort of crap as truly interesting?  how dumb and delusional do you have to be to notice that the people you see everyday look nothing like models?

wow, the reason everyone in magazines looks perfect is because some dork spends hours fiddling with photo editing software!!  who knew!!

people who have anniversaries but arent even married or whatever

this is going to be a bullshit personal post.  it's just that this puzzles me.

i have been with lotusland boyfriend since... i dont know?  we met in january '04, we sort of became a nerd alliance in may?  (i think).  during this time, we managed to stay in love without having an anniversary.  this period of dating incorporated all the requisite sappy bullshit, like presents and restaurant dates and movies and walks in the park, etc.  if we had an anniversary, we wouldnt even know when it was. 

unless youre married or otherwise certified, why must you have dating anniversaries?  does it remind you that your relationship actually exists?  does it convince you the relationship is "going somewhere" (that euphemism we employ when we mean the relationship is terminal and marriage-bound)? 

warren kinsella is not old, ok?

to the globe reporter who made warren kinsella feel like a fossil:

yknow, when youre in the presence of people who have lived hippie/punk/new wave, you dont have to sit there and remind them you were non-existant/a fetus/an infant at the time.  its just not kosher.  yes, punk got off its feet in the 70s.  you didnt even have any.  we get it.  ok.  i dont know if you noticed, but punk is still happening (though some snobs will bemoan its current state and all that).  people dont find that 'ooh i wasnt even born yet' shit endearing until theyre like 80.  duh.

i dont see the need for ageism.  all my generation has managed to do in the rock department is bring us crappy emo.  show some shame!

the essence of blogging

we came to the buchanan c computer lab so she could write more of her thesis and i could sit around and blog, but instead of working on her thesis, my friend natalie-anne produced this work of ms paint art entitled "ainge's life in buchanan c," a beautiful jpeg which captures the essence of blogging.

russian math nerds are taking over the world

"Everyone knows that Russians are good at maths," said Lieutenant General Boris Miroshnikov of the division known as Department K. "Our software writers are the best in the world, that's why our hackers are the best in the world."

"It used to be naughty boys (doing this)," he said. "But now they've grown up. They realize if you are clever at something then you should use it to earn a living. They are hacking to get rich and uniting over networks."

 

be vigilant

and start being nice to grown-up 'naughty boys' like that... no names mentioned... no url's hyperlinked... oh, and in your face american college kids who read the holy scripture of huntington and say things like "new cold war" - it's still the russians we have to watch out for.