Urge to Kill, Rising

Goddammit...

BREAST-enhancing padded bras for girls as young as six are being sold in Victorian shops.
Childhood experts have warned parents they could be baiting pedophiles by dressing their young girls as raunchy women.
Tiny matching lingerie sets of lacy bras and knickers in many children's brands including Bratz, Saddle Club and Barbie, have hit the shelves aimed at girls who are barely old enough for school.
The Herald Sun last week revealed the latest Bratz Babyz range included sexually provocative baby dolls dressed in leather and lingerie.
The padded Bratz "bralettes" were among more than 30 different junior bra styles starting at size six on sale at a city Target store visited by the Herald Sun yesterday.
The Australian Family Association warned parents against sexualising their children. "We have a growing problem with pedophilia and people viewing children as sex objects," spokeswoman Angela Conway said.
"Children do not need these products and I am appalled. It is more than bad taste. The sexual portrayal of children in this country is illegal and these products are pandering to just that."
Australian Childhood Foundation CEO Dr Joe Tucci said padded bras were "the most ridiculous piece of clothing a parent could buy".
Bratz distributor Funtastic defended the range.
"The idea of the padding is for girls to be discreet as they develop," a spokeswoman said.
"It is more about hiding what you have got than showing it off. It is certainly not there to make children look like they have breasts."
Target also stood by the underwear range. It provided "fashionable items that give girls modesty and style as they go through development changes", a spokeswoman said.

So many things wrong in here, I don't know where to begin. Oh, wait, yes I do-SIX YEARS OLD?! No 6 year old on this planet needs a bra, and if they do, there's obviously a medical problem that needs attending to, and a cute bra isn't going to help any.

And can I tell you how much I hate those f*cking Bratz dolls? I can? Thanks, I think they should all be melted down and resold as medical supplies. I never played with Barbies much as a kid. I mean, I had a couple and a lot of the clothes, but it just never held my interest. But the thing there is, Barbie wasn't-at that time-a white trash hooker doll, marketed to the grade school set. Bratz dolls-with their giant heads, slutty clothes, and bizarrely charicaturized features-ARE.

ARGH!

News.com.au

"Career Orientated Chick"=Best Phrase Ever

I get the feeling that upon reading this, the entire female populace of England locked themselves inside their homes, never to venture out again. Oh yes I did just hassle the Hoff.

David Hasselhoff is on the prowl for an intelligent English girlfriend.
The former 'Baywatch' actor wants to put his recent divorce from Pamela Bach, his wife of 16 years, behind him and is planning on finding a "career-orientated chick" when he comes to the UK next month.
He said: "I'm coming to England in September and I want to find myself a beautiful girlfriend. But I don't want some dumb blonde. I'd like a woman who is really intelligent.
"I saw this girl recently who must have stepped out of the office during her lunch break and was wearing work clothes and glasses, and I thought to myself, 'That's what I want, a chick who is career-orientated.'"
Hasselhoff's previous trips to Britain have not been entirely successful.
In July, the star was banned from boarding a plane after turning up intoxicated to London's Heathrow airport for a flight to Los Angeles.
The actor continued to knock drinks in the British Airways first class lounge before staff decided he was "unfit" to travel.
In June, he had to have emergency surgery after he severed a tendon in his hand in a bizarre shaving accident at a London hotel.

http://www.24dash.com/showbiz_slapdash/9842.htm

Scary Study of the Week

I will admit straight off the bat, that I don't 'get' the whole MySpace 'thing' (MySpace culture, maybe? Sure, that'll work). I signed up for one once so I could see a friends photos, but I promptly forgot about it and I've never added anything to my little page thingamajigger. However, taking into account my MySpace ignorance (Read: ambivalence), my common sense still dictates that, perhaps, just PERHAPS, if this kind of thing is THAT much of an issue, then there seems to be a much bigger problem at work than just MySpace:

Tampa, Florida - Researchers at The University of South Florida want to study whether popular web sites like MySpace that have memorials and farewells to dead members prompt them to commit suicide.
Doctor Ilene Berson and a USF faculty team are seeking funding to study whether social networking web sites create a suicide contagion effect.
The popularity of MySpace has given rise to MyDeathSpace.com. The site archives profiles of deceased MySpace members.
Berson says adults get concerned when a young person who kills themselves is highlighted in a newspaper or web site because they worry other kids will hear about it and relate with that young person, especially if everyone is saying all these wonderful things.

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=38342+

Kevin ♥

I have quirky taste in men. I have for a long time. As a teen, when I told my friends who my current crush was, it would ellicit a chorus of "Ew!"s and "You're weird!"s. When they would talk about whoever it was that got them worked up, I would sit and smugly smile, comforted in the knowledge that I was deeper and too complex to fall under the thrall of the cookie-cutter boy dujour. Admittedly, I sometimes still think that, but as I've gotten older I've realized that "You're weird" was (and is) probably a pretty accurate assessment of me.
After a recent conversation, a decade-old crush has been re-ignited (I had no idea I was so suggestible). I don't know what it is about Kevin Spacey. The man just does something to me. Partly, it's his voice: it makes me NUTS. Or, it could be the fact that he plays such a great villain: to me, there's just something sexy about evil (on screen at least. In reality, I try to avoid it like the plague). I don't even care about the rumors. Hell, it's not like I'm ever going to meet him and be let down because I don't possess the right equipment.
At any rate, I can pinpoint the EXACT moment when I fell for him. It falls at the 4:28 mark in this clip. If you haven't ever seen the Usual Suspects, I suggest 2 things. 1st, don't watch the clip, obviously. 2nd, get up from your desk, get in your car and go to the video store and rent it. RIGHT NOW. I don't care if you're at work. Do it!

(PS-I'm aware of the fact that there's a picture of him not 3 posts down. That post wasn't technically about him, so it doesn't count. It's my blog and I'll do what I want. So there.)

Is There Still Enough Time for Kilgore Trout to Co-Author My Memoirs?

Kurt Vonnegut says the end is near. It's Kurt Vonnegut, so I'm inclined to believe him:

"I'm Jeremiah, and I'm not talking about God being mad at us," novelist Kurt Vonnegut says with a straight face, gazing out the parlor windows of his Manhattan brownstone. "I'm talking about us killing the planet as a life-support system with gasoline. What's going to happen is, very soon, we're going to run out of petroleum, and everything depends on petroleum. And there go the school buses. There go the fire engines. The food trucks will come to a halt. This is the end of the world. We've become far too dependent on hydrocarbons, and it's going to suddenly dry up. You talk about the gluttonous Roaring Twenties. That was nothing. We're crazy, going crazy, about petroleum. It's a drug like crack cocaine. Of course, the lunatic fringe of Christianity is welcoming the end of the world as the rapture. So I'm Jeremiah. It's going to have to stop. I'm sorry."

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/11123162/kurt_vonnegut_says_this_is_the_end_of_the_world

Val, Wha Happa?

I've always had kind of a love/hate thing when it comes to Val Kilmer. On the one hand, he's a notorious asshole and has dreadful taste in women (Do a Google image search of him and Paris Hilton-come on, I DARE you.) On the other hand, he's done some great work (The Salton Sea, Tombstone and I've always had a soft spot for Real Genius) and he WAS nice to look at.

Guess which way the love/hate scale is tipping now?

Roundabout Birthday Tribute

Today is BJ Thomas' birthday. I could not POSSIBLY care less. To be honest, I really don't like him at all, but I love the hell out of this scene and this gives me a reason to post it.

Random Star Trek Post

I hate the original Star Trek. With a feverish passion. I find it to be sexist crap. Usually, I like crap, but I just can't seem to find a place in my heart for the show (Next Generation is another story: love me some TNG). However, the people associated with Trek are a veritable fount of weird, and as you know, I love odd stuff. It is my air. My essence. My very reason for being, if you will. This first clip, is Leonard Nimoy singing an ode to a Hobbit, backed up by people in sweatshirts and pointy ears.
The second, is William Shatner singing "Rocket Man". I'm sure most everyone has seen it, but it's always worth a second look. Besides, I needed it to justify posting the first one.

PS: I never realized how much Spock looks like DJ from Roseanne. Is it just me? It is? Nevermind.

Last night, I was reading the posts at one of my favorite sites, Four Four, and ran across what is , quite possibly the funniest review I've ever read. Even if you haven't seen Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, I guarantee it will give you at least a chuckle. If all else fails, check out any of Rich's other posts, and if you're a cat person, aquaint yourself with Winston and Rudy, 2 of the funniest, most photogenic cats in the world.

http://fourfour.typepad.com/fourfour/2006/06/this_is_not_a_s.html#more

I haven't quite decided what I'm going to do with this blog. Probably put insane ramblings about things which no one gives a rat's ass about-Hey it's my blog, right? Maybe 'll post reviews of stuff I like, and conversely, stuff I hate, because when you get down to it, that can be alot more fun.

I'll have to think on it for a little bit......