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07/21/2008 21:39 #45096

Greased Pole Festival
Oh the exotic places I have been.

Yesterday I had to go to the Greased Pole festival at the Olivencia center on Swan. It was so freakin crazy. For those not familiar with it, as I was, it goes like this: you take a telephone pole, staple a six pack to the top, and grease the whole thing. Next you have teams of people climb on top of each other in an attempt to reach the top and win prizes. The people though are only partially clothed. A pail of shorts and a shirt pulled over the neck with the arms still in, giving something to grab on to as the next guy climbs up.

A pile of greased up guys with no cloths on, and the homoeroticism is just getting started.

One grip is the shirt, but before that you pull on the shorts. Then you use the shorts as a foot hold. Add several tons of crisco and the shorts were just slipping off. There were so many asses it looked more like Marchelas.

The South Park team won easily. But saddest of the five teams was Rochester (when said in Spanish sounds like Rach-Chet-Tar). They came all the way to Buffalo to barely get two guys up. South Park needed six guys standing on top of each other's shoulders to win. Too bad RachChetTar. Come back again next year and give it your all.
fellyconnelly - 07/23/08 07:19
the picture in my head is of how people staple flyers to telephone poles and how most are now so covered iwth staples, there is no actual wood left on the surface. And how this must feel scraped against the skin.
lauren - 07/22/08 13:21
oh buffalo.
tinypliny - 07/21/08 22:50
oh, I meant that as an expression of stupefaction that such an outlandish and totally fun game existed here. We have a "Desi"* version during the festival of Holi. A huge pole is set up and a clay pot with milk or water or some gooey sticky liquid is tied to the top - sort of like a piñata. Teams take turns at climbing the pole and whacking at the pot with a stick while they get pelted with water balloons, colour sprays, and other unimaginable coloured wild stuff. I am not sure what they win when they finally break the pot to make it worth all the pelting though. They get drenched with more ickiness. :)


  • Desi: Hindi for the adjective of country. I could have said "Indian" but that doesn't quite hit the spot. The word is a combination of
adjectives. It could also mean idiosyncratically or characteristically Indian. If you said it, it would mean the same, but for the US.
james - 07/21/08 22:41
Ya, no pictures.

It was the first public event I went to in Buffalo where police patted me down before I could go in.
tinypliny - 07/21/08 21:55
WTH?
paul - 07/21/08 21:54
What no pictures? I am sad to have missed it.

07/17/2008 18:22 #45053

The Gay Guy
Howdy,

One of the great things about being the gay guy on the campaign is that everything gay gets put on my lap. And please, do take that sentence out of context. Today, I met with a bunch of members of the GLBT political community and talked about what we can do to get our guy elected. It was a lot of fun.

So today I arranged two fundraisers in Gay bars this August. It will be super fun. I am trying to get one to do an open bar. ANd open bar = crazy balls out fun. That is the sort of fun that politics often lacks. Oh sure, I got all happy looking at the new Nevada poll. But that is nothing like an open bar. When everything is finalized I will get you guys information and some passes if needed.

love love

-James
mike - 07/18/08 09:45
i like fund raisers at bars...particularly ones with open bars.....keep us updated
tinypliny - 07/17/08 18:26
you ---> your
tinypliny - 07/17/08 18:26
GOoooooodddd LUUUuuuuuucCckkkkk! I am sure you candidate is well on his/her way to victory! :)

06/28/2008 22:42 #44814

Thank you Stephen Colbert

tinypliny - 06/29/08 17:20
Strike a pose, strike a pose. Hahahaha
fellyconnelly - 06/29/08 09:12
hahahaha what a sexy sexy man

06/26/2008 23:22 #44796

Terrible Poem
Category: poetry
Hi,

I was talkiing to (e:TinyPliny) in the chat yesterday and I mentioned that I once wrote a terrible, terrible poem. Years later I put into an online translator, Babel Fish. I translated it from English to French to Spanish to a dozen other languages and then retraced my steps translating it in the opposite order back to English. When I got it back it was lovely nonsense. So, here is my nonsense.

Throw manner hide themselves
I in the town
ways which in the bucket kitchen
the will Ing of migration is
that I and the time find you?

How does the water of bath run far
the way is
and flesh is boneses
which these boneses
wandering and these boneses

find you cold my flesh in the angle air? ,

Or does run away the bucket hide
Smoldering that continues put roofs of roof,
there in the panels of floors or perhaps,
will want you,

find only this part
ventilates the part that I
I far hid throw in mount and
in wandering in the sky the will
that you zoekt here after me?

Since you take the bladen to doré
air melt red and flesh these taters
fall and these boneses are gold
where turn I these find?

Have a spirit under your bladen
of bed of fragrance which is
remaining with the taste of the
wasgott on your lips or a white breath

perhaps swims in air,
one has expired,
I remain memory,
in the part contain thrown far


tinypliny - 06/27/08 15:21
Yeah, my choreography would fit like a glove on (e:zobar)'s version. (don't forget the bit waitress part - maybe I can pour acid over unruly patrons or the choir who wants to find something. I could say, "HERE YOU GO SUCKERS. You just found acid.))
-j
lauren - 06/27/08 11:29
mmmm taters.

metalpeter - 06/27/08 10:20
Hi James It was nice to run into you the other day it was kinda a surprise, hope things are still good on the political front. Secondly it would be cool to put up the really bad poem so we could compare them.
james - 06/27/08 10:06
Tiny: Can you do the choreography for our soap musical extravaganza?

Zobar: now I understand why black metal lyrics never make any sense.
tinypliny - 06/27/08 09:16
I love your version!!! I am all about inflatable demons...
But where is the bit waitress part???
zobar - 06/27/08 09:09
You've just got to read it right. I prefer the key of 'progressive Teutonic elf-metal' with just a touch of 'Andrew Lloyd Weber:'

AIR MELT RED AND FLESH THESE TATERS.
[and the guitar goes:] JOW JOW JOW JOW
FALL [FALL!] AND THESE BONESES ARE GOLD!
[JOW JOW JOW JOW]
[and then the choir goes:] Where turn I these find?
[JOW JOW JOW! … JOW JOW JOW!]
[and the drummer goes BLAP BLADDLE BLADDLE BLADDLE BLAP BLADDLE BLADDLE BLADDLE on the double bass drum]
[cue the flash pots as the inflatable demon descends upon the stage]

- Z
tinypliny - 06/26/08 23:49
That is superlative! Does it translate to:

Part I: The Flesh

Taking bath in a clawed bathtub,
I saw acid come out the faucet.

Limply stared as my body melted
I flowed down into the panels.

The eyes floated in the wreck of my soul
I gazed up at the roof.

Static, my bones remained
I felt them and they were made of GOLD!

Part II: The spirit

My greed got the better of me
I wanted them, oh how I wanted them!

I died but my spirit remained to watch
As my bones glowed, bright and yellow

The delicious poisoned wine that I drank
The taste remained as my lips grew cold

I swim in air but my memories are below
They anchor me even as I drift far beyond.
--------------

You have an epic in your hands... If you combine this with (e:mike)'s soap opera (and give me the bit part of the snarky waitress) we have a broadway hit on our hands. THIS COULD BE PHENOMENAL!!!!










06/24/2008 20:09 #44775

Who wants a job!
Howdy,

If you know anyone that wants a job making a living wage for a couple months have them email me. The job would be talking to people about issues and political candidates. Qualifications are you must be 18 or over, able to walk, and good talking with people. We do all training so no experience is necessary.

-James
lauren - 06/26/08 11:30
Congrats on your new position my friend! And although I see that Felly has already gotten to you, I am not the door to door type. I hated selling Girl Scout cookies and therefore decided to quit. Terrible, I know :)
fellyconnelly - 06/25/08 07:12
ask lauren!
drew - 06/24/08 21:55
I know some people that are looking for work at my church. Can you email me exactly what the job is and the qualifications? Can students do it?