I think I just lost all faith in the United States. I just read that Paris Hilton will be paid $1 Million for her post-jail interview. Not by MTV, not by VH1 or People magazine or E!, but by NBC, one of the leading NEWS corporations in this country.

What is wrong with this country?

Something that just occurred to me, in conjunction with the paper I'm writing on Andres Serrano and the Culture Wars: What if the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) were creating anti-gay artwork? They are creating works of art, in essence, with their picket signs, even if they don't view them as such ( Read more... )

I've recently learned that Reverend Fred Phelps and the members of the Westboro Baptist Church (www.godhatesamerica.com, www.gothatesfags.com) will be protesting all the funerals of those that died in the Virginia Tech Massacre. This greatly angers and saddens me. I feel angry that they could be so insensitive and ignorant; so insane and delusional ( Read more... )

There was this photo competition sponsored by collegehumor.com, where you're supposed to submit a photo that SEEMS perverted or suggestive, but its not really. So I submitted a picture of the Washington monument in Baltimore, which, as those of you who live here well know, not only looks like a phallus, but if you look at George Washington from the ( Read more... )

Swiss parking enforcers in the city of Bern are hoping to deter male drivers parking in extra-large spaces meant for women - by painting them pink and adding traditionally feminine symbols, such as flowers.

It comes after complaints male drivers steal reserved parking spaces for women, which are usually close to the car park's exit and under video ( Read more... )

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life ( Read more... )

I am on a lonely road and I am traveling ( Read more... )

I cried, I mean really CRIED for the first time in a long time today. And it felt amazing. I need to realize that my feelings are important. I'm important. I need to stop focusing on the wrong things. And I need to learn to cry more often.

"Ay, no hay que llorar, que la vida es un carnaval, y las penas se van cantando."

~Gordon

La vida tiene sus maneras de enseñarnos. La vida tiene sus maneras de confundirnos. La vida tiene sus maneras de cambiarnos. La vida tiene sus maneras de asombrarnos. La vida tiene sus maneras de herirnos. La vida tiene sus maneras de curarnos. La vida tiene sus maneras de inspirarnos ( Read more... )

If you don't know who Fred Phelps is, don't worry, he's not worth knowing. But if you do, you may be interested in these pictures. His cronies came to Baltimore to protest a performance of Laramie Project.

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http://i28. ( Read more... )