tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79616697440519260322024-03-19T01:48:41.145-07:00Judging the BooksA time-traveling library of Young Adult books from the 70's and 80's with extremely lame cover illustrations.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-20716309597430711642009-09-01T12:16:00.000-07:002009-09-01T12:18:29.600-07:00Hope you enjoyed your visit!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1UoYtnGWLV22EmVGoaEM2yih_RSo0Ngfidf1td0daK8E3nfPrpds35qZl0YLKTz-dSJsckzl1lwFJx2ux3525io_xNLAKVimaihyuCTJXs2OWIOgJSngL37vmWYoBYdf_rDYJmnGG201/s1600-h/goodbye.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1UoYtnGWLV22EmVGoaEM2yih_RSo0Ngfidf1td0daK8E3nfPrpds35qZl0YLKTz-dSJsckzl1lwFJx2ux3525io_xNLAKVimaihyuCTJXs2OWIOgJSngL37vmWYoBYdf_rDYJmnGG201/s320/goodbye.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">What I have to say <a href="http://teegardennash.com/media/*MS/Shane.jpg">is difficult</a> but it had to happen sometime. The cache of covers from the library books I weeded over a year ago has <a href="http://www.impactlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/girl_crying.jpg">run out.</a> I hope you enjoyed the illustrations, <a href="http://pictureisunrelated.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/wtf-pics-sausage-queen.jpg">the links</a> and the commentary. I had a lot of fun giving these old covers a fresh breath of life and entertaining you in the process. A great big <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">THANK YOU</span></span> to all the sweet people who visited from week to week and had such <a href="http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/funny-pictures-you-are-making-the-little-bird-blush.jpg">nice things to say</a> - and great blogs of their own! I can be found at <a href="http://upstateoddities.blogspot.com/">Upstate Oddities</a> or on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Beth-Kattleman/1157402177">Facebook.</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.annyas.com/screenshots/images/1948/lady-from-shanghai-end-title-still.jpg">Good Bye!</a> </span></span></span></div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-36351735353021933602009-08-25T17:19:00.000-07:002009-08-25T20:14:56.075-07:00Mind Games<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDG-tnA7GJsP8TpXNnRhRYWbhjuLa79Q9ow2KYm6RgaKye4_qR5rce-apZBFXI1B72yPvyAWtpkSl5E5aQ9C52pF_i1MlJcClenHjBJeWxw04T2-dpU4tDw4byO2HT3Sy7thJ4Trb8Sag_/s1600-h/PICT0104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDG-tnA7GJsP8TpXNnRhRYWbhjuLa79Q9ow2KYm6RgaKye4_qR5rce-apZBFXI1B72yPvyAWtpkSl5E5aQ9C52pF_i1MlJcClenHjBJeWxw04T2-dpU4tDw4byO2HT3Sy7thJ4Trb8Sag_/s400/PICT0104.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Young Billy has a lot on his mind. Literally. And we all know what boys have on </span></span><a href="http://rlv.zcache.com/funny_sex_on_the_brain_cap_hat-p148920120368645129qz14_400.jpg"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the brain</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, don't we, nudge nudge, </span></span><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1x91k_the-waitresses-i-know-what-boys-lik_music"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wink wink?</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> But Billy is different. His mild-mannered sensitivity doesn't fit this gross generalization. The reveries that emanate from his neatly coiffed </span></span><a href="http://indiwo.in.com/media/images/img_63171_lego_virtualuniverse3_380_450x360.jpg"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">helmet head</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> represent a paragon of wholesomeness. Captured in his great big thought balloon is the sweet, maternal tenderness embodied by a </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_01/madonna050807_468x563.jpg">Madonna and Child.</a> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Either that or the illustrator cleverly worked a Venn Diagram into the design, one which supports an abstinence-only agenda by showing what may happen when a boy and a girl...ahem...overlap. Damn </span></span><a href="http://weblog.lowpro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/venn_diagram_example.gif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ambiguous</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> book cover! </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-79057531413507956972009-08-18T11:03:00.000-07:002009-08-18T18:13:36.450-07:00The Electric Kool-Aid Acid (Road) Test<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQSJoLE-5eQU_fiSvJM_ekYzXtiCWUBkpeAr68hWVh9HchcHN5T8zs6LbZjPe6IRl9e-s-prkpGKaoqcfl7H8iZ847-AgdXz0chz_rzjh4K67qlhTI8_-QqcnqKO__wUCxTs_Ol6bMjkg/s1600-h/PICT0111.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQSJoLE-5eQU_fiSvJM_ekYzXtiCWUBkpeAr68hWVh9HchcHN5T8zs6LbZjPe6IRl9e-s-prkpGKaoqcfl7H8iZ847-AgdXz0chz_rzjh4K67qlhTI8_-QqcnqKO__wUCxTs_Ol6bMjkg/s400/PICT0111.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371366196758302098" /></a>Would you believe me if I told you this book is about a kid whose delusional dad dreams of becoming a wrestling<a href="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c68/dsa605/The_Ultimate_Warrior.jpg"> superstar?</a> Yeah, me neither, because the only association with wrestling in this illustration would have to be the title, right? So I'm going to imagine a different story... the story of "Half" <a href="http://home.comcast.net/~matchgame/3x5pictures/CNR15.jpg">Nelson</a> and his buddy "Full" <a href="http://www.fanpop.com/spots/i-dream-of-jeannie/images/7103532/title/larry-hagman-tony-nelson">Nelson</a> on a <a href="http://laughingsquid.com/the-merry-prankster-offspring-take-a-trip-on-the-bus-further/">psychedelic joyride</a> through the highways, byways and extremely elevated overpasses of America. The ones with the teeny tiny guard rails and distracting tropical birds. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Tropical </span>birds...Um, guys? I think you made a wrong turn. Onto a monorail. Yep, I thinks that's what happened. A <a href="http://nrminmotion.com/images/parrot-jungle.jpg">little birdie</a> told me.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-8336667654977296232009-08-11T11:57:00.000-07:002009-08-18T18:59:42.015-07:00Oh, my aching head!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzroegHqU53mOTaY2mHkFoY07gUnkKPHUp-DBy1HzTKd6NQBVlyLYITg73VYXA8QjT3Ro-R7Nd8yX6craoLYlB6llYRMGMXTSF5eQ-rBO8_Y4n5Xq63KN_wZbO8ZQR8qwDa5HcdGRFrMl9/s1600-h/PICT0118.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzroegHqU53mOTaY2mHkFoY07gUnkKPHUp-DBy1HzTKd6NQBVlyLYITg73VYXA8QjT3Ro-R7Nd8yX6craoLYlB6llYRMGMXTSF5eQ-rBO8_Y4n5Xq63KN_wZbO8ZQR8qwDa5HcdGRFrMl9/s400/PICT0118.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368782417348653042" /></a>Oh, God, no... not again. Not another migraine. Ugh, I can feel it coming on, feel those <a href="http://www.bium.univ-paris5.fr/histmed/medica/migraine/gd/daumier.jpg">demons</a> cavorting on my cranium. But that doesn't really describe the agonizing ache - feels more like <a href="http://www.testriffic.com/resultfiles/12026Pinhead.jpg">pins</a> pushing through my pineal gland or...or...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(fuck, this hurts)</span> <a href="http://www.legalmoviesdownloads.com/movie_screenshots/The_Passion_of_the_Christ/The_Passion_of_the_Christ_4.jpg">thorns</a> thrusting through my thalamus. Or <a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/73/196850415_b4e20efa7e.jpg?v=0">serpents</a> slithering through my cerebellum. Oh, sweet bejeebus, make it stop! It feels like ballerinas pirouetting en pointe and executing perfect arabesques on my parietal lobe. Yes, that's what it is! Tiny dancers dashing my desire to live. I... need... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dXcimQ0QTs">relief!</a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Note to my readers: If you <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3ppoX4bVTQ">go here,</a> I promise your head will stop hurting from all those nasty links </span>:)<br /></div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-2877351355318544742009-08-04T08:58:00.000-07:002009-08-04T16:43:30.298-07:00This is how it's done<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQvFVPslrFYjn1UwjWEPsFIKjlU1E3SMWsKEHhgnsylpefewDQyRASVocGSsEHL1c-LEaXJoO4dnuUH9fXx9WeWob5T31Z6sGZN6jxqYkhxjkZoL7qRoTN9obX_-DPzYJPDCIwJS12MPf/s1600-h/PICT0716.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQvFVPslrFYjn1UwjWEPsFIKjlU1E3SMWsKEHhgnsylpefewDQyRASVocGSsEHL1c-LEaXJoO4dnuUH9fXx9WeWob5T31Z6sGZN6jxqYkhxjkZoL7qRoTN9obX_-DPzYJPDCIwJS12MPf/s400/PICT0716.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366138728703419810" /></a>The following is a handy dandy guide to the components that make up a superbly lame 1980's YA cover illustration: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(You can thank me later)</span></span><div><br /></div><div>1) <a href="http://dic.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/66/Brainthatwouldntdie.jpg">Disembodied heads</a> floating amid a neutral background. Extra special lameness if one of the heads is a geeky kid with thick glasses just waiting for you to get undressed. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(please cover book before getting into your jammies, girls)</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>2) <a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/207/514003177_8214e1ef13_o.jpg">Obsolete technology</a></div><div><br /></div><div>3) Random grouping of <a href="http://home.comcast.net/~collectiblesataclick/Photos/Melissa%20and%20Doug/DollHouse/2587-VictorianDollFamily-Portrait.jpg">lilliputians</a></div><div><br /></div><div>4) Giant central character in a seemingly catatonic state. Extra points if she's so out of it she's neglected her hair. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz8ul-gmLyA&feature=PlayList&p=9F32ABC71CB3AA60&index=0&playnext=1">(</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz8ul-gmLyA&feature=PlayList&p=9F32ABC71CB3AA60&index=0&playnext=1">Girlfriend, break out the conditioner!)</a></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div>Combine all elements, slap on an ominous title and finish with a tri-named author. Voila! You have a young adult masterpiece, moldering in the stacks of a time-traveling library near you!</div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-70081702346371331162009-07-29T09:19:00.000-07:002009-07-29T12:37:20.710-07:00Crank Dat!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAjlnvoxgkJby1MHRnzBybDuOxPV7VWxH2e0NaDdhI20UsTao5YNAcuTT_qFGJLM6_6tCo8zKiFXyzVVtMHlzm4WOqtfC2MSlIUBhJrUoKf84ab3hYsAZj0M22cJ2T3TXbqadeOxrRuIz/s1600-h/PICT0718.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAjlnvoxgkJby1MHRnzBybDuOxPV7VWxH2e0NaDdhI20UsTao5YNAcuTT_qFGJLM6_6tCo8zKiFXyzVVtMHlzm4WOqtfC2MSlIUBhJrUoKf84ab3hYsAZj0M22cJ2T3TXbqadeOxrRuIz/s400/PICT0718.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363917607065679122" /></a>Jan Michael Vincent, fresh from his hugely popular stint flying <a href="http://www.wallpapergate.com/data/media/2671/Airwolf_0.jpg">helicopters</a> for our viewing pleasure, takes on his most challenging role yet. Soldier Boy is the emotionally-charged tale of a courageous young private with a serious case of the <a href="http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/funny-pictures-sad-cat-blackandwhite.jpg">sads.</a> On leave for a few days, his heart is shat upon and shattered when his girlfriend (played by the beautiful Lea Thompson) confesses that she is smitten with an inamorato of a <a href="http://media.timeoutchicago.com/resizeImage/htdocs/export_images/210/210.x600.film.dvd.box.howardthed.jpg?">different feather.</a> But all's well in the end when our hero, stationed in the Antarctic, finds a chance for acceptance and happiness with his own <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv7dWIHaYyc&feature=related">web-footed friends.</a></span>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-44783871334963807552009-07-21T16:30:00.000-07:002009-07-21T18:48:18.747-07:00Green Eggs and WHAM!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslz-1bWrq8j2_VWX30mOXc_A9nC28VCpZc8Zl3LO09-ttAIvPdl_MCMJbZ720n6B4nGQfhbB6TegOHjBdB82HvPuQCtCsEpEe74C58jEmFMnh3B52GEc89qk_Hd2cjAYCoA3W6T0-4VMu/s1600-h/PICT0073.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslz-1bWrq8j2_VWX30mOXc_A9nC28VCpZc8Zl3LO09-ttAIvPdl_MCMJbZ720n6B4nGQfhbB6TegOHjBdB82HvPuQCtCsEpEe74C58jEmFMnh3B52GEc89qk_Hd2cjAYCoA3W6T0-4VMu/s400/PICT0073.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361060053907323938" /></a>Turtles have a <a href="http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/funny-pictures-snail-is-on-turtle.jpg">leisurely</a>, gentle way about them. They're <a href="http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z43/sevenarts/cinema/tortoisebeatshare.jpg">slow and steady</a> and don't partake in any seaside drama. But just try to mess with their eggs! <div><br /></div><div>These are some of the last known photos taken of one C. Sheldon Smith during a school field trip to the shore. Repeatedly told by his teacher "not to disturb the eggs; to look, don't touch; and to get your grimy hands off the goddamn eggs, how many times do I have to tell you, you freakish little moron," Sheldon <a href="http://www.houseofpain3.com/wlsnews/images/Doug_Hepburn_Squat.jpg">squatted</a> down, scooped up a cache of freshly laid leathery orbs, and in so doing, incurred the mighty wrath of mama turtle. </div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>May the following snapshot, taken moments before the horrible deaths of Sheldon and his classmates (and the surrounding townsfolk) serve as a warning to us all.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfW_MKloSp0zqZdOdLnv5ouXRe7q7Ho4X5hQOlbfmzhVRV0ZSFeKKBVKrZkHw_b8fW1pGZEUIdzB9JuhvidKbn5xfB0X9K4G6TMleTcKDI3Wl_wmmpUt874mzwqQZFoqTo77c7p2OVb-Q/s200/still23.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361086710149738850" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-38814729132967908392009-07-15T17:28:00.000-07:002009-07-15T20:27:09.754-07:009021...NO!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJO0EiAXXkHe9JjYRJ9nfKfRGBJxnvtxCKCh0-1rvWKvck4HMjYdr2IGsIZ0wy_FUm7WdbYP9Nef170g4eyNJEQYsq51dF5o7AUQnw3waaiVDOTCWkdFGDr6muEIDUGfKRFwJ1_w1tPrm/s1600-h/PICT0726.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJO0EiAXXkHe9JjYRJ9nfKfRGBJxnvtxCKCh0-1rvWKvck4HMjYdr2IGsIZ0wy_FUm7WdbYP9Nef170g4eyNJEQYsq51dF5o7AUQnw3waaiVDOTCWkdFGDr6muEIDUGfKRFwJ1_w1tPrm/s400/PICT0726.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358848554550396034" /></a><a href="http://www.bodybuilding.dk/files/attachments/8397-david%20silver.jpg">David Silver</a> has ditched his dreams of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHYzscGwMkE&feature=related">hip-hop glory</a> to run away with an unlikely <a href="http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g232/npgnpgnpg/brendacover.jpg">paramour.</a> With her shoulder to lean on, he travels the globe to more highly elevated and barren zip codes to escape <a href="http://sun-sentinel.image2.trb.com/soflanews/media/photo/2008-08/41906211.jpg">the face</a> that haunts his (and humanity's) nightmares. <div>But there is <a href="http://cdn.media.soapnet.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/Gallery_nocrop/20090520_tspelling_lips_445x580.jpg"></a><div><a href="http://cdn.media.soapnet.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/Gallery_nocrop/20090520_tspelling_lips_445x580.jpg">no</a> <a href="http://i.ivillage.com/E/325/90210/tori_1_325.jpg"></a><div><a href="http://i.ivillage.com/E/325/90210/tori_1_325.jpg">escape.</a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">This post is a shout-out to my old buddy Katmass and the many nights we spent boozing in The Peach Pit.</span></div></div></div></div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-71242791430973483612009-07-08T16:10:00.001-07:002009-07-11T16:46:39.256-07:00It's just a jump to the left...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8DRt6e4JoTaTDs7TxYthlZSOvX1Bdxi-2QKdI-s2926Baxn3axTiSdr1tbQHkp4vBYUqfbr4SumVeC1urTyNC42hG3sfTi-peFZQsWa_uC_30ZkQy7BVLHj-235HTsTEVbW9kScwbklVc/s1600-h/PICT0731.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8DRt6e4JoTaTDs7TxYthlZSOvX1Bdxi-2QKdI-s2926Baxn3axTiSdr1tbQHkp4vBYUqfbr4SumVeC1urTyNC42hG3sfTi-peFZQsWa_uC_30ZkQy7BVLHj-235HTsTEVbW9kScwbklVc/s400/PICT0731.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356230869000333794" /></a><div>There's an image so frightening here that shakes me to the core and turns my insides into <a href="http://blacksnob.com/storage/cos.jpg">pudding</a> just thinking about it. No, it's not the thought of traveling through time and meeting one's older, <a href="http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Bosom-Buddies-tv-03.jpg">cross-dressing</a> self as this young man has done. That would be awesome. Look above that. See the girl falling through space? Egads! I can't think of anything more spectacularly frightening than to be precariously <a href="http://www.fox-hound.us/misc/Harold_Lloyd_Safety_Last(1024x768).jpg">perched</a>, not being </div><div>able to <a href="http://www.grayclouds.net/adam/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/vertigo3.gif">hang on</a>, to lose one's <a href="http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_images/510/40033510.jpg">slippery</a> hold .......... and then <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8zMhVvyO30&feature=related">drop.</a> </div><div><div><br /></div><div>Why yes, I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">am</span> hyperventilating at the moment. So on a lighter note (and in keeping with the fun cross-dressing timewarpin' stuff) for all my friends who spent many a midnight at Uniondale's minicinema back in the day...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ7msthcyuc">Let's do the time warp again</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWXoFAaZ11M">!</a><div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-82271192983876874572009-07-02T16:27:00.000-07:002009-07-03T14:10:56.522-07:00Lucy in the Psi with Diamonds<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemzdxxl4noh4MVUvLiWvuRwk2Xyds45oWwettdpYwYE7aP96lk5QHM6Rv2ge9IORO23EmsCexo2dd3z2FHBJftkRm5fJUGyzoMJI1d_vLhQ5uNC_Iq31L2vKLWMkhyphenhyphenN2N1HcDuOztBDNV/s1600-h/PICT0044.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemzdxxl4noh4MVUvLiWvuRwk2Xyds45oWwettdpYwYE7aP96lk5QHM6Rv2ge9IORO23EmsCexo2dd3z2FHBJftkRm5fJUGyzoMJI1d_vLhQ5uNC_Iq31L2vKLWMkhyphenhyphenN2N1HcDuOztBDNV/s400/PICT0044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354008539007159906" /></a>It took an <a href="http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/12/10/128733751623428535.jpg">inspired</a> artist to draw this mind-blowing trippiness and two authors to pen it and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">still</span> I have no idea what it's about (and this is after reading the jacket blurb) except to learn that someone is the prisoner of their own <a href="http://www.searchviews.com/wp-content/themes/clean-copy-full-3-column-1/images/ouija.jpg">psychic powers.</a> Is it the haloed dude with the expanding <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/film/gallery/2008/oct/27/usa/theok6450-614.jpg">psinuses?</a> Or perhaps <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXRxxjZJqDcDYtb7PLXayGEz2h1U8W1sXQcdv9SqAdMHEZDtYFBEfYD8uRVfaUI6Royh_uIU3ldczy2wstsjnXeJiL4cyjLAMMjiQu0bb-ek9hvy4UajnQPq18Ad7heFARLBSnqUdgIPs/s400/William_Adama.jpg">Admiral Adama</a> there on the left disguised as Chief Needsmoisturizer. Could it be the boyish girl with emerald eyes on the right? The <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_63RmJ_PUOLw/SS5enTOydlI/AAAAAAAAEsg/YK_jL0WGLgI/Moe%20Howard_%20Larry%20FIne%20_amp_%20Joe%20DeRita_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg">dapper trio</a> in the corner? Or is it the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8498437@N07/2279421271">two-headed</a> biker? (I know, I know - it just looks like a two-headed biker, but any excuse to link to a Ray Milland pic is one I'm taking) That leaves our central figure. Hmmmm, the only thing he's a prisoner of would be snazzy biker fashion...and I guess <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Amanita_muscaria_3_vliegenzwammen_op_rij.jpg">psilocybin.</a> Feed your head with YA fiction, kids!Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-2874296567404856222009-06-14T16:43:00.000-07:002009-06-15T19:51:29.777-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1R5Ybq5-ugJsVgB7j0iwPz_ox8nCMjc6ERpg0UCp1p3saWQf8fKur3vHmwCULO8jUkAeUunkgl41Ox52CuuDfpkArU92juCr7ly7x2CWKqifedguxkRguMW37rbKailbBMcwMYm_jKcaT/s1600-h/busy+library.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1R5Ybq5-ugJsVgB7j0iwPz_ox8nCMjc6ERpg0UCp1p3saWQf8fKur3vHmwCULO8jUkAeUunkgl41Ox52CuuDfpkArU92juCr7ly7x2CWKqifedguxkRguMW37rbKailbBMcwMYm_jKcaT/s400/busy+library.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347346418236699474" /></a>This silly thing called <a href="http://winedivergirl.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/kitten-is-on-top-of-work.jpg">work</a> has me in its <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/2843725237_82fe99ed75.jpg?v=0">grip</a>, so I'll be taking a blog <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB3d2nPnudI&feature=related">break</a> until <a href="http://www.topham.co.uk/gallery/summerholidays/images/prevs/0158488.jpg">school ends.</a> Hope you <a href="http://www.wired.com/images/article/full/2008/09/radio_1921_630px.jpg">tune in</a> later!Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-24770357405375301622009-06-08T15:14:00.000-07:002009-06-08T16:02:21.837-07:00Look Behind You!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnjZL1klvMJgBOJm5t8JvmOzh7puofLoQFXznqpDP_vegZDBE2m6Sdmm4iAFawkR6pcvXxT0ckNiGDkzg7j1p0Rcw8xvqqcYrbaAgO_reQGQgidQuydB-mc5EMS2hwIvuAQdA9EmeRQYv/s1600-h/PICT0720.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnjZL1klvMJgBOJm5t8JvmOzh7puofLoQFXznqpDP_vegZDBE2m6Sdmm4iAFawkR6pcvXxT0ckNiGDkzg7j1p0Rcw8xvqqcYrbaAgO_reQGQgidQuydB-mc5EMS2hwIvuAQdA9EmeRQYv/s400/PICT0720.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345083767356705938" /></a>Ah, the birds of summer...the chicks of YA novels. Big sis gazes with <a href="http://images.worldgallery.co.uk/i/prints/rw/lg/2/4/Celebrity-Image-Karen-Black-244252.jpg">wonky eyes</a> at vistas most pleasing, while she gently rests her protective hands on the sun-kissed shoulders of her darling sister. And how adorable is little sis? A veritable clone of Buffy herself (no, not <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">that</span> <a href="http://sloppyjoe72.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/buffy_stab.jpg">Buffy</a> - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">this</span> <a href="http://btmemories.com/photos/images/buffy_and_mrs_beasley.jpg">one!</a>) But don't let this idyllic scene fool you. The sinister trees do stir, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Bi9mGv1J8&feature=related">bwahahahaha!</a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-28951242061949151042009-05-31T14:41:00.000-07:002009-05-31T15:25:39.781-07:00Theater Geeks of the World Unite!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ckc9wZidiAbIe8lvoSHs9-g73QCHBO1vrYBFii6zattjI4PlT-ueabr6z5n_8Q4vSqCvsHs7gfhVCvaj1gJZoqlH-W4TyS0kQnw_9PyJGYWMvE5Iu6br4vObs8v5D3K6Nd9bd1YlS0eo/s1600-h/PICT0722.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ckc9wZidiAbIe8lvoSHs9-g73QCHBO1vrYBFii6zattjI4PlT-ueabr6z5n_8Q4vSqCvsHs7gfhVCvaj1gJZoqlH-W4TyS0kQnw_9PyJGYWMvE5Iu6br4vObs8v5D3K6Nd9bd1YlS0eo/s400/PICT0722.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342106723608941938" /></a>Ah, <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%5Btheater+geek%5D">theater geeks</a>, how I love them! For all the dramaramas I knew in high school who were mocked by the jocks and bullied by the beauty queens, this monologue is for you: <div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">[clears throat, enters stage right]</span> <div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><clears></clears></div><div style="text-align: left;">Give me your teen outcasts, your shunned soliloquists, your huddled rehearsers yearning to breathe free the wretched refuse of your teeming high school hallways. Send these, the dramatic dabblers, the backstage babes, <a href="http://www.thegeorgetownpalace.org/images/events/william-shakespeare_small.gif">tempest</a>-tost to me, I lift my spot light beside the golden stage. Yes, young thespian, <a href="http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/funny-pictures-cat-hugs-itself2.jpg">hug</a> thyself!*<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*and get the boy to do your hair and make-up - I'm sure he's fabulous at it, darling!</span></div></div></div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-20237371337668734952009-05-25T15:46:00.000-07:002009-05-25T17:01:26.299-07:00The Final Battle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rgc3Xyn7YNllypDyovzDHIYJ9XipUVWSTj1ZHuaE3II7Co3iJMfcHn3cyBQ4FtvN3FTCxPJ7tVUba6NpNbYqiwMp52Lz_3ibtVi1GsUHMb8WtUpupeL8KBDsaq2COPCcPDsGXETzR3JJ/s1600-h/PICT0727.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rgc3Xyn7YNllypDyovzDHIYJ9XipUVWSTj1ZHuaE3II7Co3iJMfcHn3cyBQ4FtvN3FTCxPJ7tVUba6NpNbYqiwMp52Lz_3ibtVi1GsUHMb8WtUpupeL8KBDsaq2COPCcPDsGXETzR3JJ/s400/PICT0727.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339896890184367026" /></a>I assume the publisher's intent was to offer a cover illustration that would appeal to teen girls back in the day. This picture certainly includes some elements of popular teen style - the high-waisted jeans, the necklace dangling over the sweater collar just so, and other accoutrements that define these creatures - the teddy bears, the teen idols ripped from the pages of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanshoregirl/1511737186/">Tiger Beat</a> and the oh-so-precious knickknacks. Yet there's something a bit off about these two. Are they even teenagers? It's like they're a representation of what teenage girls would look like as rendered by someone who's never seen a teenaged girl....or by someone who's never seen a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">human</span>? I think our clue lies in that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr5fIjpQUPI&NR=1"></a><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr5fIjpQUPI&NR=1">big old V</a> in the title.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-76954108733311877892009-05-17T16:04:00.000-07:002009-05-17T16:49:37.663-07:00Yeehaw!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtMLSpIcE44wLvpA5wnlUjSBUgbpUn4uefXRYf54BQGI5ZyP70M6s0yzzGYvUN6UNNq3fA99bS7G5WisUA2Zy9lkkdjDZcX11u_lnQviYvV5PerZnVTG6F7qtfdeTfkzFQt5w-p3DHkgB/s1600-h/PICT0741.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtMLSpIcE44wLvpA5wnlUjSBUgbpUn4uefXRYf54BQGI5ZyP70M6s0yzzGYvUN6UNNq3fA99bS7G5WisUA2Zy9lkkdjDZcX11u_lnQviYvV5PerZnVTG6F7qtfdeTfkzFQt5w-p3DHkgB/s400/PICT0741.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336932974998355218" /></a>In this modern version of <a href="http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/Gullivers_Travels/images/001_gullivers_travels.jpg">Gulliver's Travels</a>, we find our perplexed protagonist waking up in the big sky country of <a href="http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/1405844710_6b85582700_o1.jpg">Montana</a> - a land of rope fonts and lilliputian rodeo revellers, who harass our hapless hero with frightful clown antics, terrifying stunts of horsemanship and an endless loop of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2VU8mP6aM&feature=related">musical torment.</a>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-42773822319561321382009-05-12T15:05:00.000-07:002009-05-12T17:25:57.062-07:00SCAT!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_r14p8szSjdlEhy3UWW5l6IINbyBYWSDvG9TnUvt_Ed5hzhyphenhyphenE02k2Ckz_Z0lt34uuS3Wc5NpCMa-LlJoFoB_-IGe_rcPXtaLf8JQLwfyj-xAigwHEdzkOQtd06YYZ3mLPXJ9rEKloORhU/s1600-h/PICT0740.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_r14p8szSjdlEhy3UWW5l6IINbyBYWSDvG9TnUvt_Ed5hzhyphenhyphenE02k2Ckz_Z0lt34uuS3Wc5NpCMa-LlJoFoB_-IGe_rcPXtaLf8JQLwfyj-xAigwHEdzkOQtd06YYZ3mLPXJ9rEKloORhU/s400/PICT0740.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335062120916612546" /></a>Whatchoo lookin' at <a href="http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j203/spyderghoul/funny-dog-pictures-cowboy-hat.jpg">cowboy?</a> If this is a muthafuckin' stare-off, you can save yerself the trouble and declare me the winner right now. What'd you just call me? <a href="http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Family-Ties-tv-03.jpg">Mallory?!</a> The name's ain't Mallory - it's Cat, see? Cat, myself! Got it? Landsakes, what kind of plumb crazy name is Mallory - that's a duck, ain't it? Oh, what's that you say? A <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">mallard's</span> a <a href="http://goatmilk.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/21369bplooney-tunes-daffy-duck-posters1.jpg">duck?</a> Well ain't you the edgycated one! Now you just back off my land, smarty-chaps, lest you want to make the aquaintance of my <a href="http://www.posteritati.com/jpg/C3/COLT%2045%20ARG.JPG">colt.</a> And that ain't no horsie, hoss. I reckon you'd best giddy-yap outta here 'fore I lose my temper. Shit.<div><br /><div><br /></div></div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-4389229121083920222009-05-06T14:01:00.000-07:002009-05-06T14:41:48.892-07:00Road to Perdita<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhvC-gK_9G-VxG5Wib9WMdIwKvwky76yBPvIDrqeskg7_2I9rqQvIeTsqWISsxYMbFuHFjaIcybGKdqsxIc-XKHR90n5q76wOkWbHD8_Ni-Xmh8rYeudG55_uHg7meKnIt_u-dX4qQ1la/s1600-h/PICT0739.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhvC-gK_9G-VxG5Wib9WMdIwKvwky76yBPvIDrqeskg7_2I9rqQvIeTsqWISsxYMbFuHFjaIcybGKdqsxIc-XKHR90n5q76wOkWbHD8_Ni-Xmh8rYeudG55_uHg7meKnIt_u-dX4qQ1la/s400/PICT0739.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332819180193627634" /></a>Not for the faint-hearted comes this harrowing tale of a recent graduate of the Andrew <a href="http://jssgallery.org/Other_Artists/Andrew_Wyeth/Christinas_World.htm">Wyeth</a> School of Modeling, who unfortunately strikes a pose at the same moment a graduate of the Jacques-Louis <a href="http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/david/enlarge_bonaparte_alps.html">David</a> School of Equine Modeling attempts to out-<a href="http://dancemf.theprojectmill.com/images/uploads/Madonna-Vogue.jpg">vogue</a> her. When asked what possessed him to trample upon a little girl's dream of posing perfection, the slick stallion replied <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acQqpUf7vzs">nonsensically.</a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-72485785468485125912009-04-30T12:39:00.000-07:002009-04-30T13:39:04.477-07:00Misty vanilla-colored memories...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZNDR3OMQ71AP8HOVjsC4I6YUJoirTwtR43_DhObQR4rghryZkdNC_3JzNlTPbybHJ1CP_Rif6weA0_xrMqTt7Teg1-qBWORWaH6M2cd-0xC2QS3rYsbR2rb60xV8pggBWkmeYxLvNFhG/s1600-h/PICT0745.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZNDR3OMQ71AP8HOVjsC4I6YUJoirTwtR43_DhObQR4rghryZkdNC_3JzNlTPbybHJ1CP_Rif6weA0_xrMqTt7Teg1-qBWORWaH6M2cd-0xC2QS3rYsbR2rb60xV8pggBWkmeYxLvNFhG/s400/PICT0745.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330571462641178178" /></a>Ah, the good times. What's there to say as I sit here perfecting my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/syd_griddlebone/2750194170/">Playgirl pose</a>? My younger sibs are eager to reminisce about growing up in this hick town, but I ignore them by contemplating a piece of straw and chuckling to myself. Hmmph. What good times? <div><a href="http://media.nbc4i.com/wcmh/gfx.php?max_width=300&imgfile=images/uploads/wonderbread.jpg">Bland.</a> </div><div><a href="http://www.newengland.com/userfiles/1.jpg">Blah.</a> </div><div><a href="http://www.adclassix.com/images/54sealtest_icecream.jpg">Boring</a>. </div><div>That's all I've got, kiddos. Take my advice - get out of here and see the rest of the world.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Wanna know what this book is really about? Teen suicide. Yep, the kid in the docksiders hangs himself! I love YA fiction, don't you?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-83049284411924979972009-04-25T17:11:00.000-07:002009-04-26T12:31:31.678-07:00Anyone got a map?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVidlDJZqS_kwBrrXhQZdSVGGPqM0aeXbgW1psTALglm3lFnv6KNjvS-Py-uxlxSzQNTSOS10CwrS-FHNxqk6b-5XdQLykqdKEXXPqR559eNLjkKC9C-rXWD8qcvpkj2RSsWB1GvEgd7MZ/s1600-h/PICT0732.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVidlDJZqS_kwBrrXhQZdSVGGPqM0aeXbgW1psTALglm3lFnv6KNjvS-Py-uxlxSzQNTSOS10CwrS-FHNxqk6b-5XdQLykqdKEXXPqR559eNLjkKC9C-rXWD8qcvpkj2RSsWB1GvEgd7MZ/s400/PICT0732.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328786701575768786" /></a>How far would I have gotten? Hmm, pretty far from the looks of it, since me and my <a href="http://www.tias.com/stores/mspackratz/pictures/z5203aa.jpg">Ford</a> have driven into an alternate (and freshly paved) universe where the sunsets are psychedelic and the ice cream is radioactive. I have a hunch there's a very large cowboy who's gonna be looking for his hat soon, and being that I'm not really a country girl - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku3519hNbac&feature=related">rock and roll's</a> more my scene - I'll be going home now. I just have to <a href="http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/5/10/gpskittehgets128549016574512827.jpg">figure out</a> how. Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-87970513192221629232009-04-19T14:46:00.000-07:002009-04-19T17:23:11.321-07:00Come with me...to the sea<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6KgaBMAVK_4TxXBIHai9nJGr1JMJqszDdk7KIF3w44NRPwD3f1ko1NAuuD71ahZCeo71lAqqT4ZM2FrKttlFSOBtoUvJKZ5Lisiv7_CGHVbcuWqKyDJwox_Ed1qhmnUx7tpz0DoXaGDk/s1600-h/PICT0729.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6KgaBMAVK_4TxXBIHai9nJGr1JMJqszDdk7KIF3w44NRPwD3f1ko1NAuuD71ahZCeo71lAqqT4ZM2FrKttlFSOBtoUvJKZ5Lisiv7_CGHVbcuWqKyDJwox_Ed1qhmnUx7tpz0DoXaGDk/s400/PICT0729.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326526832538796034" /></a>I reckon that the Beckoner, with his outstretched <a href="http://www.x-entertainment.com/updates/pics/plazm1.jpg">ectoplasmic</a> hands, is beckoning you to dive into his story. With his windswept hair and scruffy good looks he's a dreamy dude, yes? Except for that part about being a ghost. A lonely ghost. He'll do everything to convince you to stay with him, to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">become</span> him. So just lalala away his earnest entreaties, and satisfy your romantic seaside cravings by <div> listening <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3W-5nwr1aY&feature=related">to this</a> instead.</div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-62807575492277187542009-04-13T14:51:00.000-07:002009-04-14T17:07:04.923-07:00YO! yo?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOJsBs9SnMd-G7ODOA19p37pKliwNqYZLqMw1umfT0tN7T29X6-SwA3596UyhuUUz0ZEJkbdnrh5uZmaWuV8nTh1KR0dLJhjSaxLEeOjOt3xf-l0Wt1hkZ6VB1bDkdxU3tofVYuqPgGpS/s1600-h/PICT0737.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOJsBs9SnMd-G7ODOA19p37pKliwNqYZLqMw1umfT0tN7T29X6-SwA3596UyhuUUz0ZEJkbdnrh5uZmaWuV8nTh1KR0dLJhjSaxLEeOjOt3xf-l0Wt1hkZ6VB1bDkdxU3tofVYuqPgGpS/s400/PICT0737.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324297216395763426" /></a>For spring break I wanted to do something really wild, ya know, shoot for the <a href="http://consequenceofsound.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/trip_to_the_moon-300x230.jpg">moon!</a> Maybe backpack through Italy, see the Coliseum, or backpack in front of a poster of the Coliseum. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Whatevs</span>. Only hitch is that my 'rents wouldn't let me go solo. No <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">probs</span>, right? All I had to do was tack up a classified on the dorm bulletin board seeking a <a href="http://www.odeweb.jp/yuriko/SingleWhiteFemale.jpg"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">SWF</span></a> to tag along with me. This girl Hedy responded at once - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">coolio</span>, right? Wrong-o. I liked her enough at first but then she started dressing like me and getting the same kicky haircut as me <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(and she's also aged about 20 years)</span> and well, now that we've reached the Coliseum <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ok</span>, it's a poster, so what!)</span> I'm starting to get a bit <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">creeped</span> out. Good thing I packed my trusty Duncan - my mad <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB33TDGFunQ"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">yoyo</span> defense <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">skillz</span></a> may come in handy.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-44711011186049640012009-04-05T14:28:00.000-07:002009-04-05T15:01:16.728-07:00Dinos Gone Wild!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPivYpsF8IGqQXp9ui1wYNvAC2v8t0GA813eymBYPl24RyC-UMuGtBwcuklhCa77bCB4dbW_1JBzmY9pMST6Q6KIs4tWIqQWq2sUc9Vazar2Ef5Ewi2BumGdXtXP_Z90NmWPuk_AEApE9/s1600-h/land.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPivYpsF8IGqQXp9ui1wYNvAC2v8t0GA813eymBYPl24RyC-UMuGtBwcuklhCa77bCB4dbW_1JBzmY9pMST6Q6KIs4tWIqQWq2sUc9Vazar2Ef5Ewi2BumGdXtXP_Z90NmWPuk_AEApE9/s320/land.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321322420082819074" /></a>Oh lawdy lawd, it's finally come, that bright light at the end of this wintry tunnel.... <a href="http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/3/11/springbreak128497247515432372.jpg">Spring Break</a>, wooohoooo!! I'll be going wild up in the Land that Time Forgot, aka the beautiful <a href="http://users.zoominternet.net/~treasuresetc/P012609AA.jpg">Catskills</a>. No technology, no traffic, no work....me <a href="http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/funny-pictures-kitten-has-a-happy.jpg">happy!</a> Have a wonderful <a href="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2008-03/easter-island-peeps-statue.jpg">Easter</a>, and remember children, bunnies are not toys. They are living creatures that need to be treated with respect...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCI18qAoKq4&feature=related">or else.</a> Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-44395860582960245512009-04-01T14:52:00.000-07:002009-04-01T16:15:58.787-07:00Over the Edge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26RZm6fFrq_2I7Y5zEmZ2-ZTfio-FcqOmgO9cBG1_sl1mIaymj5MAAmTALZRVkW-5f6d5OiffrBs8RbYjPSE4fq6ZoMk_k7zxWjOvsHVdA0ILOLxAoOTN10DVIz7dWAKtwNakjW_C9ePg/s1600-h/PICT0726.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26RZm6fFrq_2I7Y5zEmZ2-ZTfio-FcqOmgO9cBG1_sl1mIaymj5MAAmTALZRVkW-5f6d5OiffrBs8RbYjPSE4fq6ZoMk_k7zxWjOvsHVdA0ILOLxAoOTN10DVIz7dWAKtwNakjW_C9ePg/s400/PICT0726.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319844508662100578" /></a>Young Louise had it all. Healthy shiny hair, bitchin' wheels & fun-loving <a href="http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Ferris-Bueller-p01.jpg">friends</a>. She was young and wild and living close to <a href="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/hekawi/edge.jpg">the edge</a>. Little did she know that her freewheelin' 80s lifestyle would crash and the 90s would find her slinging hash in a pitiful diner. She yearned for the excitement of her youth, the wind in her hair, the open road! So she kissed her dull life goodbye, picked up her BFF and went on an adventure that brought her not close to the edge, but damn well <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsgnG-TNXPk">over it!</a>*<div> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*I really hated the end of this movie. Harvey would have helped them. I know he would! </span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-50344953142582904472009-03-29T08:44:00.000-07:002009-03-29T09:41:48.939-07:00Attack of the Killer Koalas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpdreTfUbaNAUmymRe7fJYF92vzZ7ZCqVNkcElwfhMM8jjBMnCpA6eQg6_P4tjdSXvJrxXfOwQfjIQ-T6vlmnsD-VtHpF620ctByIBK28-4pSLaECSHaxxZ2OIoQcKBty3U7-OCqF3TEg/s1600-h/PICT0748.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpdreTfUbaNAUmymRe7fJYF92vzZ7ZCqVNkcElwfhMM8jjBMnCpA6eQg6_P4tjdSXvJrxXfOwQfjIQ-T6vlmnsD-VtHpF620ctByIBK28-4pSLaECSHaxxZ2OIoQcKBty3U7-OCqF3TEg/s400/PICT0748.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318636161953375522" /></a>I'm really digging the diagonal composition of this illustration - the delicate branches have a Japanese <a href="http://www.treadwaygallery.com/ONLINECATALOGS/Sept2004/webAC/0422.jpg">vibe.</a> However, it stops there. The rest of the subject matter is freaking me the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">frak</span> out. The title suggests science fiction. I suppose that would explain the neon tubes blasting out of the kid's jacket, as well as his super cool <a href="http://oglobo.globo.com/blogs/arquivos_upload/2007/03/51_937-Tricorder%20+%20spock.jpg"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">tricorder</span></a> and the electric blue <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/2846354516_9bc0838a9e.jpg">intrinsic field-subtracted</a> halo surrounding him. However, it does not explain these things <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">(shudder)</span>:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> </span><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRjRCfPCNIwDOykhBp9NtF6eZn6YcUwNQ4O7ECL0ElBzIFbFa5vOPOkUyMa2kOrP0F51kWy7_JJCPQwrqiiWd-arDnoKltrbQ0t1oTYP2ffR6JQdIlHdDW4H0zq_g7tYHSE19no_Ri_1I/s200/PICT0750.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318645842478666818" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </span></div><div>According to the blurb they are "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">lumpies</span> ~ gray smiling creatures, innocent yet knowing." <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Lumpies</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">shmumpies</span>! <a href="http://www.photoshoptalent.com/images/contests/koala/fullsize/koala_4977344411b19.jpg">RUN!!!!</a></div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961669744051926032.post-57718506229009538252009-03-25T14:51:00.000-07:002009-03-25T16:25:23.841-07:00Take the A Train!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1wu7fWTlcodLHbvfVeAQAkAbcPpHzRoEJfsIhj7gp_WAoR6TgqNAKMZyjqrkDYcZThKhOvGhV84Re4k0mof2vFMvLn_P7pHAPRflMc1tnk9yplecUNkmqE3g0vULG7RumNLhXkIk0E6t/s1600-h/PICT0751.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1wu7fWTlcodLHbvfVeAQAkAbcPpHzRoEJfsIhj7gp_WAoR6TgqNAKMZyjqrkDYcZThKhOvGhV84Re4k0mof2vFMvLn_P7pHAPRflMc1tnk9yplecUNkmqE3g0vULG7RumNLhXkIk0E6t/s400/PICT0751.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317246395558846642" /></a>I admit that my brother Georgie is an odd little fellow, what with his <a href="http://home.avvanta.com/%7Edr_z/Movie/Posters/Reproductions/X-RayEyes_Rep.jpg">X-ray</a> eyes and his pop issues. No, not with our dad, dodo, with pop. As in <a href="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/08Dz8iT6Ylgm2/340x.jpg">art</a>. Ever hear of it?<div>Nobody in this hick town has. Don't believe me? Here's a snapshot of my life as written by this chick Suzanne Newton:<br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div>"Neal's family harbors deep secrets. His rebellious older sister Aileen is in danger of <a href="http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_02/junoDM1002_228x519.jpg">not graduating</a> high school. His little brother Georgie has his own engulfing fear <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">[lasik surgery?] </span>which even Neal can't fully understand. Neal finds a fulfilling outlet in jazz music, but even this haven is not safe from the scrutiny of a small Southern town."</div><div><br /></div><div>Man, these crackers don't know nuthin - always asking me what jazz is. Jeez, if you've gotta ask, then you don't know, do ya? That's it, Georgie bro, we're on the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1JmCY&feature=related">next train</a> outta here! </div></div>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09779321543908938202noreply@blogger.com3