ladycroft - 08/19/10 21:51
This was like one of my favorites when I was 13! I really liked her books, and her ideas that she passed on to the other writer when she died, but then they started getting real teeny-bopper about 6 series in and I stopped.

libertad - 08/12/10 11:02
Nobody has read this book? I'm surprised.

jenks - 08/11/10 11:43
ha, I remember when those books came out. I never read them, but I remember that my friends that did thought they were all dangerous and sneaky reading these scandalous books without their parents knowing.

tinypliny - 08/10/10 20:47
I just read on the wiki that the author died of breast cancer at 63.

tinypliny - 08/10/10 20:46
My favourite was Middlemarch. I don't think I have ever read this author.

metalpeter - 07/28/10 20:27
it was kinda unclear so I just answered any ways. And That would a good idea really. What if say the person isn't out and that info of them being gay gets passed on somehow to someone it shouldn't....................

libertad - 07/28/10 13:44
I just saw this comment (e:metalpeter). I hope you didn't think that I was asking you specifically if you were closeted or on the D.L. I was saying it would be funny to add that to our list of options we ask people.

metalpeter - 07/22/10 18:31
I didn't think about the fact that you are part of a State program. I thought the information was just compieled as stats and wasn't really used. But now that you explain it, I get it completely. That being said I could see where some people wouldn't want to answer it thinking why are they asking this. But that is a general view of I have of most places that collect data on their users, that there is the giant file some place that no one uses. I wonder if other quiting places do this as well. If they do it would be interesting to compare stats and see how programs could be improved.

After I typed my 1st comment it dawned on me later, I wonder did everyone on (e:strip) get that as an e-mail message or just the people who read this journal or people who left comments? oops If I gave to much info to people.

Well now those people who have seen it might as well get a better answer that makes things clear. What one likes in movies and real life is different. Things blowing up cool, real life car blows up time to run and get the fuck out of here. Now in terms of porn. I love girl on girl and girls kissing is hot. However I have seen this (yes one girl going down on another) at a bar (fetish at diablo) and was it hot yes but it wasn't the same. Also girls kissing in person (TATS) was not the same it was more cute (not in a cat type of way but not in a this is hot , hard to explain). I assume this would be true in person as well. Some dude drops his pants I don't want to see. Now if it is some chick blowing him I might watch that that might be interesting to see. Or I might have to walk away, just cause I prefer the porn hardcore doesn't mean I would like to see that in real life.

So to answer the question that was posed to me. I'm not gay, not in the closet, not on the DL. Or at least that is how I identify my self some may disagree with that.......

One thing about SNL that I have to add quickly is that for those that don't know Night at the Roxberry that skit was bassed of an info merical for some dating thing I think, if I understand it correctly. Also I know the show get bashed for not being what it once was but weekend update is all ways funny........

paul - 07/22/10 01:24
That is so 90s. Now its LGBTQI2-S (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, inter- sex, two-spirit ) or longer. I dare you to ask people if they are inter-sex or two-spirit. Wow, out of all of those words, transgender is the one that firefox marks as spelled wrong. Options for correction: transgenic, transponder, transcendent, transcendence

libertad - 07/21/10 22:15
That's funny (e:metalpeter).

Asking people their sexuality does serve a purpose. It was the GLBT community really that asked that we start collecting the info. We know that certain groups of demographics have been targeted by the tobacco industry and we need to know that our advertisements and essentially our services are reaching that demographic. It's actually more important than you would think because as a state entity we need to show that our services are reaching all within our state especially the targeted demographics. IF they actually use this info in a beneficial way is yet to be seen. Let's see if they actually target the gay community with advertisements if we can show we aren't reaching that population.

I poke fun at the idea of an SNL skit but I think that most of our questions are appropriate and or necessary.

Because SNL is based in NY I think that this type of skit would be especially funny. I will probably black out this journal because I really don't want my job to think that I am selling them out to SNL.

I would like to add are you (e:) closeted or on the D.L

metalpeter - 07/21/10 19:01
I can just picture David Spade (hasn't been on in a long time) "being gay won't get you any patches quicker". I can picture andy dick calling in, "I need help I stoped smoking but now I smoke pole everyday" "Sir your not fooling me, you do that every day, if you wan't to the patchs send us your blow", HA.......

Seriously though I can't think of any good reason to ask about someone's sexuality. I don't see how it could be helpful.

But since you asked I'm stright. I love women and ladies and pretty girls, and men do nothing for me at all. That being said in media (pictures, movies and porn), it is nice to see a good wang when it fits. In porn the bigger the better but it is odd when it is soft and bigger then my arm, HA

leetee - 07/21/10 16:33
very versatile if the answer is bi....

libertad - 07/20/10 16:29
What scares me about it was that it was an industrial fire. You gotta wonder what is in that building that made it burn like it did. I woke up at 4am drenched in sweat and so I got up to open my windows back up! I think that the wind was going in just the right direction to have it blow over my apartment.

lauren - 07/20/10 11:06
we must practically be neighbors...we could see the huge plumes of smoke filling up the air from our front yard and then listened to the scanner to try and find out exactly where it was. luckily it wasn't a building where there were people, but that smoke was pretty nasty!

vincent - 07/20/10 00:08
Sorry about the inferno polluting your air :-(

Airport bars ROCK! I've had some happy times in them over the years. Thanks for posting the skit that is so funny and realistic, at least in my abnormal world...

libertad - 07/19/10 21:57
The second part of my title comes from SNL skit with Molly Shannon where she is in an airport bar on a blind date. :::link:::

ladycroft - 07/18/10 14:36
go live in one of my friend's (former landlord) apartments, he's super duper awesome!!!

vincent - 07/17/10 22:38
This site is does show up in google searches.

tinypliny - 07/17/10 21:25
Sorry to hear that, (e:libertad). You could consider moving into one of the buildings run by the BMG. They may be slightly greedy about rent-raises, but they have always been super responsive to my maintenance complaints. I have called them at very late hours and either they send someone to check it out or if no one is available, one of the managers comes around to resolve the issue. The last time my sink overflowed, the manager of Elliot came around to bail out all the water and apply a temporary fix himself. I saw the manager of my building at 11:30 PM the other day when he was trying to help my neighbour 3 doors down with his sink troubles. They always have been rather courteous about mostly everything. So, I do have a good opinion of them - maybe one of the reasons I have not moved in spite of the constant rent increases.

uncutsaniflush - 07/17/10 19:53
I'm sorry that you have crappy landlords. I've experienced a few bad ones myself. The thing that always amazed me about bad landlords is that they don't give a shit about their tenants OR their buildings.

If you think about it, you are doing them a favor by telling them about the problem. If they don't do anything, they might have some major water damage to repair.

libertad - 07/21/10 13:57
The brushes are in.

brit - 07/20/10 00:32
I want one! I have new house to keep scrubbed now!

tinypliny - 07/17/10 21:28
Damn. Again. Your company does not sell body brushes. And looking at what they sell, my hopes of using this one as my first fabulous body brush are beginning to sink a bit.

libertad - 07/17/10 17:39
I can't imagine using this particular brush on my body but what you do with it is your business : ) It looks just like the picture. If I am happy with this order I might make another proposal to order more stuff from their website with other peeps to make their minimum order which I believe is $30. Check out their website to see if there is anything you want. They have lots of different brushes of different material such as horsehair.
:::link:::

tinypliny - 07/17/10 13:04
Take a look: :::link:::

tinypliny - 07/17/10 13:01
Damn. I looked up Tampico fibre and was surprised to find that they are used the most in body brushes - which are excellent for exfoliating and generally getting the circulation up.

Skin is pretty durable. ;-)

tinypliny - 07/17/10 12:59
So does it look like the pic you posted or does it have a handle?

heidi - 07/17/10 12:58
No, definitely not. In baltimore, old ladies use them to scrub their granite stoops on their rowhomes. They're for floors and tubs and other durable surfaces.

tinypliny - 07/17/10 12:54
Can this be used a body brush - what do you think?

libertad - 07/16/10 15:12
I just ordered it this morning so I don't expect it for a week. At this point with (e:heidi) and (e:tinypliny) having reserved theirs I have six left.

heidi - 07/16/10 10:32
I definitely want one. I'll be back in town monday night.

libertad - 07/16/10 10:14
I use these for my sink and tub. I use Bon Ami as a cleanser but you can use them with whatever you like.

libertad - 07/16/10 10:12
TAMPICO FIBER

GRUPO INTEROCEANICO CALA is a Mexican producer and exporter of Tampico Fiber, a natural fiber unique to Mexico .

Tampico Fiber is made from a plant unique to the semi-desertic areas of northern Mexico , the “Agave Lechugilla”. It has been exported for centuries all over the world to manufacture cords, ropes and stricks or to be used as a filler in the brush making industries for brushes, scrubbers and brooms for industrial and personal use.
The natural color of the Fiber is creamy white, but it is often dyed other colors. Tampico Fiber has great liquid holding and release properties - it will absorb 65% more water than plastic fillings. It has a unique surface roughness due to crystals of calcium oxalate embedded in the surface. There is really no plastic substitute for Tampico Fiber . The fiber is unsurpassed in most general sweeping applications, and in all applications requiring liquid retention, scrubbing and surface finishing

tinypliny - 07/16/10 10:05
I know. I know. I could have wiki'ed it. But none of these seem to fit the brush profile. :::link:::(disambiguation)

tinypliny - 07/16/10 10:04
What is tampico?

tinypliny - 07/16/10 10:03
What can you use them for? I will take one regardless...

Ideas welcome. :-)