Girl's suicide leaves dozens ill from fumes

"The 14-year-old girl, whose name was not released by police, followed the pattern of other deaths.

She mixed detergent with a liquid cleanser in her bathroom, police said. The door was closed, and she had affixed a sign on the outside warning, "Gas being emitted," Kyodo reported... Hydrogen sulfide gas is ( Read more... )

Can you spot Jesus in the Cheeto?

Happy Good Friday!

[edit]: My pomegranate tree has ten beautiful red buds on it! If I weren't poor & owned something other than a camera phone, I'd totally show 'em off... but alas, you'll just have to take my word for it- they are marvelous.

Went to the Cult show last night & it was fantastic. Doors were at seven, but I got there about six o'clock, & ended up getting to the very front of the show for its entirety. These three old dudes were playfully flirting with me/acting as my father figure towards drunken Mexicans digging their erections into my back (very long story). All in all, ( Read more... )

I've been using Amegy for about two years now & I have to say that they are quite possibly the worst bank that I've ever had to deal with. Their insufficient funds are outrageous, their on-line banking seems to be run by a bunch of people who flunked out of 8th grade math & their customer service is definitely lacking. Time & time again I have ( Read more... )

Turkey swiftly condemned a House panel's approval of a bill describing the World War I-era mass killings of Armenians as genocide, and newspapers blasted the measure on their front pages Thursday. Please, read more...

My favourite bit? "Its passage would do great harm to our relations with a key ally in NATO and in the global war on terror," Bush ( Read more... )

Stolen from good ol' jeffpalmatier...

"These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users (as of today)..."

Bold what you have read, italicize those you started but couldn't finish, and strike through what you couldn't stand. Add an asterisk to those you've read more than once. Underline those on your to-read list.Jonathan ( Read more... )

I'm getting tattooed by Christina next Saturday, after a recommendation from my best friend ( Read more... )

I don't know where in the Hell to begin. This weekend has been so fucked up... Lordy ( Read more... )

So I've been listening to The Situation Room on CNN & apparently, Drew Barrymore has been made an ambassador by the World Food Programme for her contribution towards African aid. Part of me thinks it's really nice that a celebrity is using their status for the betterment of the world... but then there's the part of my brain that usually does all ( Read more... )

Right now, I'd like to crawl out of my body & push myself between the pillows of the couch. I can't eat, I can't converse with the Fam, I can't smile. It's not any sort of depression; it's a total lack of feeling whatsoever. Neutrality. Like Switzerland. I am the flag of a dangerous nation. Hah. Is it weird that I miss my ex-boyfriend? Oh well. I'm ( Read more... )