My friend Nathaniel hit his finger by accident with a rubber mallet and as a result his finger has a sad face on the end of it. If you look closely it appears to be crying as well. Awwwwww! It's so sad! Poor bummed out finger!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Dont Be Sad
My friend Nathaniel hit his finger by accident with a rubber mallet and as a result his finger has a sad face on the end of it. If you look closely it appears to be crying as well. Awwwwww! It's so sad! Poor bummed out finger!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Spotlight On: Seal (the animal not singer) has Sex with Penguin
A seal has been caught on camera trying to have sex with a penguin.
This seems to be the first example seen in the wild of a sexual escapade between a mammal and a different kind of vertebrate such as a bird, reptile or fish, "although some mammals are known to have attempted sexual relief with inanimate — including dead things — objects," said researcher Nico de Bruyn, a mammal ecologist at the University of Pretoria in South Africa.
One summer morning, scientists observing elephant seals on a beach on Marion Island near the Antarctic spotted a young male Antarctic fur seal subduing a king penguin.
"At first we thought it was hunting the penguin, but then it became clear that his intentions were rather more amorous," de Bruyn recalled today via email.
The roughly 240-pound seal subdued the 30-pound adult penguin by lying on it. The hapless bird of unknown sex struggled, rapidly flapping its flippers and attempting to stand and flee, without luck.
The seal then alternated between resting on the penguin and thrusting its pelvis at the bird in vain attempts to insert its penis for 45 minutes. Natural, unsuccessful sexual escapades by this variety of seal with members of its own species may last as long as this penguin assault did, "but yes, it is quite a long time and thus unusual," de Bruyn told LiveScience.
The seal then abruptly gave up, moving to sea and completely ignoring the target of its affections. The penguin apparently did not suffer any injury. The scientists detailed their findings in the May issue of the Journal of Ethology.
Sexual harassment is common in the animal kingdom — "Homo sapiens are often testimony to that," de Bruyn said.
Many species perform some form of sexual harassment on members of their own species, "for a variety of reasons many of which are hotly debated," he added.
Many species of seal are polygynous, where one male mates with many females. The males often fight each other to control females.
"This system thus promotes extreme aggression in males towards each other, and if a male cannot control a beach, this aggression may spill over to sexual aggression directed at outlying females, pups or even in rare cases other seal species," de Bruyn said.
And this sexual aggression apparently might leap well beyond the species gap.
The Antarctic fur seals of Marion Island are the only seals known to eat king penguins. The thrill of the hunt felt by the seal the researchers saw may have channeled into its sex drive, as the mating season had just come to an end.
"It may have wanted to eat it and half-way through the chase changed its mind," de Bruyn speculated. "I personally believe the link between aggressive and sexual behavior is evolutionarily far closer linked than we currently believe. This has obvious implications for humans."
This seems to be the first example seen in the wild of a sexual escapade between a mammal and a different kind of vertebrate such as a bird, reptile or fish, "although some mammals are known to have attempted sexual relief with inanimate — including dead things — objects," said researcher Nico de Bruyn, a mammal ecologist at the University of Pretoria in South Africa.
One summer morning, scientists observing elephant seals on a beach on Marion Island near the Antarctic spotted a young male Antarctic fur seal subduing a king penguin.
"At first we thought it was hunting the penguin, but then it became clear that his intentions were rather more amorous," de Bruyn recalled today via email.
The roughly 240-pound seal subdued the 30-pound adult penguin by lying on it. The hapless bird of unknown sex struggled, rapidly flapping its flippers and attempting to stand and flee, without luck.
The seal then alternated between resting on the penguin and thrusting its pelvis at the bird in vain attempts to insert its penis for 45 minutes. Natural, unsuccessful sexual escapades by this variety of seal with members of its own species may last as long as this penguin assault did, "but yes, it is quite a long time and thus unusual," de Bruyn told LiveScience.
The seal then abruptly gave up, moving to sea and completely ignoring the target of its affections. The penguin apparently did not suffer any injury. The scientists detailed their findings in the May issue of the Journal of Ethology.
Sexual harassment is common in the animal kingdom — "Homo sapiens are often testimony to that," de Bruyn said.
Many species perform some form of sexual harassment on members of their own species, "for a variety of reasons many of which are hotly debated," he added.
Many species of seal are polygynous, where one male mates with many females. The males often fight each other to control females.
"This system thus promotes extreme aggression in males towards each other, and if a male cannot control a beach, this aggression may spill over to sexual aggression directed at outlying females, pups or even in rare cases other seal species," de Bruyn said.
And this sexual aggression apparently might leap well beyond the species gap.
The Antarctic fur seals of Marion Island are the only seals known to eat king penguins. The thrill of the hunt felt by the seal the researchers saw may have channeled into its sex drive, as the mating season had just come to an end.
"It may have wanted to eat it and half-way through the chase changed its mind," de Bruyn speculated. "I personally believe the link between aggressive and sexual behavior is evolutionarily far closer linked than we currently believe. This has obvious implications for humans."
Monday, May 12, 2008
Shut Up! Gossip Girl is Good!
I'm so not ashamed. Gossip Girl is an incredible show, I have no doubt it will win several Oscars this year. It's totes worthy. The last episode just ended 31 minutes ago and I'm feeling the symptoms of withdrawal as I write this. I know what would help pass the time until next Monday: Gossip Girl Chat Room! Last week I signed up for the GG chat and I totally spoiled it for someone. They were pi-essed! Whatevs, if you're a true fan you'll just watch the show and then nothing will be spoiled. I also tried to create my own GG avatar but that program is built for 15 year olds. I'm not as smart as a 15 year old and therefore failed to enter the GG Second Life. On a side note, how scary are teens?
Update: I hate myself, I'm so ashamed. Someone take away my TV. I'm a loser.
Homemade Prom Dress Deemed Too Skanky- Girl's Heart Broken.
The poor girl, she probably spent months and months making her dream dress: a gold number with a whole lotta skin and a train. She probably spent those same months day dreaming of the moment she walked into the Marriot, the record would skip and a beam of light would focus on her and her glorious gold dress. She would say something like, " Lez git this paerty stahded!" and then Riahnna's "Please Dont Stop the Music" would pump through the Marriot's Conference Room "B" Speakers and it would be a night that she would never forget. Live the dream, Marche! I say fight for your right to dress as you like! If your mama is cool with this than I say, go on!
Monday, May 5, 2008
Creep Out! I may be the last person to have found this but whatevs..
The image of Sonar 2008 is mainly in video format and can be seen on the Internet. It consists of seven 1-minute recordings in home video format, filmed in a in mysterious location and showing beings with a disconcerting genetic make-up, that are half human and half animal.
The videos are shot in the back of a "genetic experimentation" laboratory in a remote location in central China . The beings that are the results of biomolecular experimentation are filmed in this setting. The ultimate objective of these experiments is to create a new species of pet like those that used to be exhibited in travelling circuses, like the alligator woman or snake boy.
The pets are shown locked in cages and laid out on a kitchen table while they timidly answer the questions asked in Chinese from outside the cage by unseen speakers.
These videos have been gradually uploaded, as viral marketing, to the fake website http://www.b1158.cn/b1158.html and on YouTube, with no links to the Sonar festival made clear. The result has been spectacular - there were 180,000 hits in only two days, it was no. 13 in the YouTube "Most Viewed" ranking" and no. 3 in the Science and Technology section.
The escape of “ La Pajarraca ”
The videos are shot in the back of a "genetic experimentation" laboratory in a remote location in central China . The beings that are the results of biomolecular experimentation are filmed in this setting. The ultimate objective of these experiments is to create a new species of pet like those that used to be exhibited in travelling circuses, like the alligator woman or snake boy.
The pets are shown locked in cages and laid out on a kitchen table while they timidly answer the questions asked in Chinese from outside the cage by unseen speakers.
These videos have been gradually uploaded, as viral marketing, to the fake website http://www.b1158.cn/b1158.html and on YouTube, with no links to the Sonar festival made clear. The result has been spectacular - there were 180,000 hits in only two days, it was no. 13 in the YouTube "Most Viewed" ranking" and no. 3 in the Science and Technology section.
The escape of “ La Pajarraca ”
Hungry Eyes x Coachella 2008
Sorry I haven't posted lately, shits been busy yo! Work may be taking over my life but at least my job gets me to LA once in a while. Most recently I was shipped off to LA for some paid slavery at the perfect time: Coachella! I arrived in LA on Friday night, did some wardrobe consulting with my BFF Caitlin and by morning we were enroute to Indio, CA. My friend Marc, hooked us up with all-access passes which is really the only reason we went. Not that we're above seeing a show from the audience, it's just so much better with air conditioned bathrooms and golf carts to transport you from stage to stage. Walking can be like, totally hard you know? Highlights of the festival include: festival people watching (i never want to shop at Urban Outfitters or American Apparel again!!) Prince! Portishead, Hot Chip, reuniting with Frankie Sharp and his mad posse: Jeremy, Corey, Agyness, Anouk, Carey, MIA, Sia, Cool Kids... The ultimate highlight was the Jeremy Scott after party at the Frank Sinatra Mansion in Palm Springs. Need I say more??
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