bad news for str8outtapasadena
 

You mean, not any of that Pirates of the Carribean horseshit or rock and roll grunge tip?

not7y(Big Winner)S

Juicier than You
 

You have read so much into so little. You are smart.

almost to ignore button status
 

Hmmm, paigow's invocation of 2001 made me realize that it actually is kind of hip to be 1998, but only if you do so in an ironic way (all the while realizing that it is not actually ironic to self-consciously reference the styles or trends of a past era). The problem I face is that it logically follows that being trendy, which is currently in and therefore is so 1998, is thus hip (with the above caveats about how you go about being so 1998). But, the original premise was that not understanding irony was trendy, and that trendy is in. This leads inescapably to the conclusion that not understanding irony is trendy, which is currently in, which is so 1998, which is hip, but only if you are so 1998 in an ironic way but with the understanding that you are not really being ironic. In short, not understanding irony is actually hip, but only if you understand irony (or at least the lack thereof), which may itself be ironic, but I'm not really sure.

almost to ignore button status
 

1998 is trendy. Listen to 1998 Grammy Award winner (Best Neew Artist) Paula Cole's "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" and you'll understand. That was back when rock'n'roll really meant something.

from the mount
 

Its not really a handbook, more like tablets, but we call them the Ten Commandments. WE think BRentanos has them in paperback form.

Shalom.

almost to ignore button status
 

Goddammit, I am now completely confused. I think I will have to stick to plain old sarcasm, which seems to be immune to trends, ergo, a timeless classic.

Pot, Kettle?
 

Wow, Paigow. I'm amazed by the level of self-loathing in this post. Is it possible to ignore yourself? Having yourself on your laminated list is understandable though. NTTAWWT.

almost to ignore button status
 

If I were a guy, I would so have a mancrush on you.

SEC (that is, if mancrushes weren't so last Thursday) Chick

Edited to correct date of mancrush discussion.

PAIGOW:CHECK YOUR EMAIL!!
 

Sounds great! LOL! Meet us in Less' kitchen for mojitos and waxxxing.

Continuation of my saga from a long time ago (spring 2001)
 

I missed it, to my immense sorrow, however, there was a NYT article a day or so about it that took a different view of the whole "gay presentation in the mainstream" thing. Their view was that, regardless of the stereotypical characatures (or maybe even more so because of it), the show was a pretty cool thing for gay culture because it illustrated and reinforced the extent to which straight culture is no longer afraid of, and in fact admires, some of the more highly visible aspects of gay male culture. Straight men no longer look at guys with waxed eyebrows, decorated apartments, well-fitted clothing and other things that mainstream culture associates with gayness and dismiss or ridicule the guy for being a "fag," they look at him with envy and as someone to model their own behavior after to make themselves better, and more desirable, men. Mainstream culture increasingly embraces, not just the gay men who "fit in" or "pass," but the ones who advertise and celebrate themselves as different, who stand out and rub straight's noses in it. That's HUGE, and, I think, rather more important than the whole "but we're not all like Jack" thing.

Lamentations
 

Where is GFSK when we need him?!!!!

Lamentations
 

There's no need in this case is there? I WOuld gUess not.

from the mount
 

Interestingly, so do many Bible Belt courthouses run by extremely Christian judges.

almost to ignore button status
 

No, Irony is too elusive a term to be trendy for the masses will never get it. You are trendy and irony is a part of who you are. For awhile, you were passe, like when sunny bunny finally discovered the wonders of you and kept putting you on cursh lists and cyberstalking and announcing her devotion. At that point, I said "Oh man, the flower is so over". But it appears that now you are back.

And speaking of over. White Stripes. Done.

Pluck you
 

"Waxed eyebrows" are gay.

not7yS

almost to ignore button status
 

And just like that, the Flower is so over. He should be on the vover of In Style magazine any minute now.

Lamentations
 

Darlin, I have a bridge I would like to SEll you.

Please, using the double caps to invoke me as a puppeteer is so dumpy rhodes circa 2002.

from the mount
 

Exactly. All part of our vast zionist wing plot. Jesus was really a jew (ssshhhhhhh, don't tell anyone!). Our sock. Sent to infiltrate these idiot christian masses with G-d's commandment.

Between our subliminal control of the christians and total control of the media we will rule the world.

except for those pesky islamics. Our Mohammed sock sort of backfired.

from the mount
 

I'd hold off on buying. The Weekly World News has reported that 3 new Commandments were found in Iraq.

No more Brazilians
 

Getting a Brazilian is soo last spring. It is now officially a MOBY.

go getta Moby

Moby has a new dubious claim to fame. The bald techno rocker’s name now refers to a total and complete bikini waxing. Notes Moby, “I’m so honored.”


In other news...Are Jennifer Love Hewitt and Orlando Jones an item? The two were spotted looking quite cozy at Los Angeles restaurant G. Garvin’s. “They arrived separately, but sat very close and it wasn’t due to lack of space,” reports our spy, who adds, that the twosome “were acting as though they were really into each other — touching, looking, laughing.”

And Monica is at a fat farm (not phat farm)...
MONICA LEWINSKY is said to be a guest at the $600-a-day Grayshott Hall, near Guildford, England.
“She looks very heavy, big hips and bum,” an unkind source told the London Mirror.

from the mount
 

Silly mammals.

Continuation of my saga from a long time ago (spring 2001)
 

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The fashion guy, Carson (?) bugged the crap out of me with his over-the-topness. I know a couple of guys like him though, so it's not like he's not being himself. One of the guys that I know like him owns a modelling agency, so I think it's the combination of fashion and gayness that really brings out the flamboyance.

Other than him, I didn't really think that they were that flamboyant. I was amazed at what they were able to do to their subject, and I think that he was very pleased with the results. I was heartily amused at the peanut gallery's commentary on the gallery opening and watching that female "friend" react to the transformation. My guess is that the apartment is going to be fairly messy, but with a much more usable layout. The kitchen transformation was good. I think that he's going to keep his hair like that, and his wardrobe adjustments will remain intact for awhile. Also, if the guy's art starts selling, he's going to care a little more about his appearance for openings and the like.

I was convinced the second guy was a no hoper, and I'm pretty sure that his wife was an enabler. That living room was terrible, as was the kitchen. He looked like he was going to try out for the Sopranos in a few weeks as a very low level mobster. I was most impressed with the transformation of the house than the guy, since he looked so uncomfortable that I know he's going to revert back to his old self eventually. He'll make his wife happy for a few weeks and then everything will go back to normal.

Lamentations
 

But no, it is obvious that if you were to sock now, you would invoke the double caps so as to throw people off of your socking trail. Or something like that.

Lamentations
 

You may rely on it.

speaking of wackadoos
 

I am of the opinion that kike is a harsher . . . not insult, but you know what I mean, than a joke based on Footloose. Bilmore was equating them (saying that kike was an appropriate response to the Footloose joke) and then turned around and mocked Pat Robertson, who I'm sure holds close to his heart certain beliefs about the afterworld and would be very offended if someone suggested Allah rules it.

from the mount
 

That is such bullshit. You know perfectly well he converted. :mad:

critical literary theory rules
 

in a non-scientific poll with a really small sample size, "Assjack" was narrowly leading "Asshat" in the category of "quality putdowns beginning with the word 'ass'", with "Assmuffin" running a distant third.

The generic "Asswipe" was deemed to be too 1988.

:D

Lamentations
 

It's just so meta.

Pluck you
 

Just because you've come to peace with the unibrow doesn't mean others should stop striving for a more evolved appearance.

xxoo

critical literary theory rules
 

The Nic Cage-SNL pronunciation makes as-wee-pay timeless.

almost to ignore button status
 

It was a good ride, but frankly, I'm glad it's over. I'm just looking forward to having a little quiet time, and maybe hanging out with Jack and Renee.

speaking of wackadoos
 

Not to demolish my status as one of the people too smart to stick her nose into this one, but in fairness, Bilmore didn't equate the two, and never suggested that either comment was "appropriate", either in the first instance or in retaliation; he pointed out that some of the same people who freak out when righteously (and justifiably) trouncing someone's biggoted comments about Jews insist that sweeping stereotyping insults aimed at Christians or sects thereof are "funny," and that there is some obvious hypocracy there, no matter how much Thurgreed insists that "you people just have no sense of humor."

Jokes about individuals for things they actually did or said are clearly distinguishable, without commenting on their appropriateness.

critical literary theory rules
 

My favorite = Ass Marionette

from the mount
 

I find this sock offensive.

ANd I am a JEw.

PLF Translator -- In Stores Soon
 

Meowlingual will debut soon in Japan.

Japanese toymaker offers cat-language interpreter

TOKYO (AFP) - Takara Co. of Japan will launch a device that translates cats' meows into human speech in November after the smash-hit dog-language electronic interpreter Bowlingual, a spokeswoman said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...hnology_takara

from the mount
 

My sources say no.

Pot, Kettle?
 

Ohhh, this is going to be SWEET! It's like "free shots" in the schoolyard. There's no defense.

And you can't respond, because if you do your "ignore list" becomes meaningless and everyone will know it.

Pluck you
 

It's the new style.

http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/MoreInfo/...mg_ma/bert.jpg

speaking of wackadoos
 

Mercifully, Bilmore did not produce shit for an argument so I won't have to shovel it. Can we kill this now? This conversation is so yesterday.

Thanks for the mercifully short post, btw and fwiw and ymmv.

Inmates
 

Judge Rules Against New York Vegan Inmates

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has refused to order New York City to provide vegan meals to prison inmates who say their Jewish beliefs forbid the unnecessary infliction of pain on animals, according to court papers released on Tuesday....