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this is so awesome, and I don’t even like Barbies. But hello, what? No ashtrays or martini glasses? C’mon now! And also, the Joan Barbie  should totally be curvier, that is what makes Joan so sexy; those womanly curves. *goes to stare at pictures of Joan* Isn’t the new season of Madmen starting again soon? I hope so, and by hope I mean NOW, and by Now I wonder if Joan will ditch her loser of a husband. I liked her better with Sterling. Not sure why, as it was adulterous and all that. I just… did. And hello, look at me pinning away for a HET couple. I think the world is slightly tilted because of this.

There have been some news headlines lately about how men retain their sex drives into their 70’s, while women lose theirs. Um, I call bullshit. Because any one who has half a brain knows that if there wasn’t this massive industry for MALE ENHANCEMENT (and take all the pills you want, it ain’t enhancing anything) men’s libidos would taper off about mid fifties to sixties. It’s simple biology. A man can no longer provide for his family (in the I’m a strong and verrall hunter way) and so his body begins to lessen in strength and potency. We are animals. And at that baser nature why would evolution want men to procreate when they cannot provide for the young? Hello? *tap tap* is this thing on?

I am not man bashing I am just saying, humans are animals right? Aside from our ipads, iphones, ipods and hybrid cars that don’t break *srsly Toyota!* we are animals. So why would we be the only animal that has such a long mating cycle? Could it be that men associate all of their power with their you know what, and they want to retain that power until the day they die? Actually, when I put it like that, it does make more sense. I don’t want MY power to fade away when I am sixty. Because that only leaves me >30 years left. Which totally not cool.

On to less weird topics (430am does odd things to my mind) writing is going okay. Not stellar, but okay. I think my RL is stressing my FL out. This is not very nice, or appreciated dear RL. So knock it off!

Speaking of RL; off to work I go.

I am more than a little annoyed at the US Government. It has been deciding that it needs to control my medical coverage, okay, I can go with that, because I think that giving people medical coverage will in the long run keep my costs down - I know all the low income people use the ER for their primary care,(this is an actual fact. i was there, i know it) and I end up paying for it in my insurance rates. But I DO NOT like that they are now saying that the will not pay for abortions, (hello we need to do something about these people having kids! FTW) and they will allow companies to charge ME more money because I drink, smoke, have ‘dangerous‘ sex. WTF? Either give all Americans health-care for everything at the same rates or DONT.  STOP MAKING LAWS that are governing my civil liberties. Preexisting conditions. Is it okay to charge more to the fatties? NO THEN HOW COME IT IS TO CHARGE ME FOR SMOKING?
I CALL BULLSHIT
See, here in the lovely state of Washington we have exurbanite (i.e. bullshit) taxes at the time of purchase on cigarettes. This money is to go to the state to pay for anti-smoking campaigns for little kids, (which good, as i started smoking at 12) and for the cost to the state for TREATING SMOKING REALATED ILLNESS. So the BULLSHIT here is that the federal government wants to make me pay more because I am a smoker and therefore I (may have) will have smoking related illnesses as I get old. But I am already paying for that when I drop 6.50 for a pack of smokes! How does that make sense. It is like the tax they wanted to add to pop. As in soda pop. If our government is in such a financial crunch why don’t they stop giving money to organizations who do not deserve need it (ACRON) or other countries who really don’t need to be supported by our tax dollars. But does it really matter? Because we are a Walmart nation, and therefore are a few zeros away from being part of China anyway. Oh, and you can still SMOKE in China. I am sick and tired of the government making more and more rules about who I can be and how I can live my life. There is only one doctor I would really care to listen to at this point, and that is Dr. Claire Saunders.
(Nice segue Amanda!) (Thanks!!!)
Though, after last week I am not sure that we will be seeing Dr. Saunders this week. Too bad.

It is Friday and we have all sorts of goodness coming to us care of the Dollhouse. Don’t forget to set your DVRs, or stay home. I know for me it will be the latter. I am going to call it an early night, as I will be kicking around my town for the 40th Salmon Days Festival here in Issaquah. Woot! I am very excited about it. If you are in the area, attempt to come by, walk around the town and see the sites. It will be a blast!

Ran across this interview at Time with the lovely and talented Felicia Day. We here love her. She is all sorts awesome, and inventive, and a woman who is driven and creative. Plus; part of the Whedonverse and was on Dollhouse.

I am reading an amazing book right now; Patient Zero, and I will comment on it at Goodreads, so check it there. But it is in essence about Zombies! And we know how I love Zombies, and Zombieland is coming out today, and I still need to play Resident Evil 5 on my Xbox, and and…. ZOMBIES! Everyone knows about them, how they will take over the world in their slow gait sort of way. Well it appears that the University of Florida had loaded some information online about how to survive the Zombie Apocalypse. But took it down. This is not a joke people! Be prepared. *wink*

Ah, Fridays. Got to love them.

The entire Ursine Casa (think about it) smells of roasted garlic. A good thing, if you are me. Because 1.) you love to cook 2.) are always excited about cooking things that are amazing 3.) simple pleasures rock. So on the menu tonight is homemade(ish) pizza! (my cheat is using dough I bought. moderate fail) Hazzah! And no, not a Americana pizza with red sauce and pepperoni. But a Italian pizza, with olive oil, roasted garlic, mozzarella, gorgonzola, parmigiana, basil, and prosciutto. Yummers! I am excited about it. 4 hours and the magic will happen.

Let’s jump into some snarky Friday chatter, shall we? Let’s be a cutie bumper first (omg. cutie bumpers = little squares of fried tofu goodness at my favorite Thai Restaurant (NoodleLand in Redmond) Go there, now.) Today is the start of the Evergreen State Fair! (key up the festive music) This excites me. I love LOVE love the Evergreen State Fair. It is a wholesome, old timey, good time damnit. Everyone should go. Don’t bother with the Puyallup Fair; which is a commercial blow. Go up to Monroe and check the Evergreen State Fair. It is just a big bowl of fun. And it is pretty affordable in these tough economic times. I loved going last year. And I am thrilled for next weekend, when we will be heading up north for all fun all the time. (I think on Saturday, as on Sunday we will be off to Bumbershoot. More on that next week.) I hope to see the Mexican dancers, and seeing the adorable piglet races. So. Much. Fun. I know it sounds trite, but the pig races are seriously a moment that hearkens back to the good old days, it’s weird. You get this sort of nostalgic feeling, the smell of the hay, the sound of the pigs, the cheering little kids. It is sort of this magical moment. So get there. Piglet racing. A # 1. And take a walk through the 4H stalls, and see all of the baby animals. Seriously, like a million and four types of baby chickens. Seriously!

I ran across a couple of things talking about a movie called INK. Okay, go over to the link, and check it out, watch the trailer. And then tell me if you are not completely blow out of the water. Because this movie looks freaky / amazing /poignant/ freaky / entertaining. I want to see this. I will put a reminder on my desk, so I can see this film. I hope I can see it in my own home (because scary movies freak me out, and I like to be able to hold a pillow teddy bear over my face and peak around it to see the eep causing scenes.) I just watched the trailer again. FUR UP. I need to find out if this was based on a book. Must! If you know, hit a girl up.

And lastly on this melodious Friday afternoon. Currently there is a teacher’s strike going on in lovely armpit ghastly yokel Kent, Washington. Now, I added a little local news link, but there is way more about this than you can find in any one place. My thought on the whole thing is the following; ‘Shut up and get your asses to work.’  In the world we live in today, the hooey they are coming up with is B.S. And I am sort of vested… see I went to Kent Meridian High School for my Senior Year. Let me tell you, I went to 3 different High Schools (thanks MOM) and from that I learned many a thing. The poignant thing for today’s topic I learned is that The Kent School District was the worst one I went to. I ditched for about 65% of the time; and PASSED classes. I was stuck attending classes that I had ALREADY TAKEN in California, and the teachers at Kent Meridian didn’t even cover 35% of what I already learned in California. So again. Kent Teachers are nothing special. And them striking, saying it is for the kids, is a misnomer. They want more teachers so they can have smaller classes. There is no money for more teachers, unless the State takes the 3% wage increase (yes INCREASE in the current economic climate) they offered and use that to hire teachers. Hello. The Union will never go for that. So they are walking around on the street, saying how they are all doing this for the kids. I call BULLSHIT. They need to accept the contract and get back to work. Before Monday. *snap*

Now go and plan your weekend, and try to incorporate a visit to the Evergreen State Fair. It will be worth it. *nods*

Yes, I know, This is a image heavy post. Not that there isn’t a billion things to talk about. But rather, I just have to put my foot down. (and yes I know it won’t matter all that much, but still I am putting it down!)

So as I was skimming Felicia Day’s Twitter (I am still against Twitter, and friends don’t let friends twitter!!!! BUT, I do enjoy looking at the celebrities tweets.) And I read that there is talk about the next Batman, and who they have slated to play Selina Kyle, aka The Catwoman… Megan Fox… OMG! ARE THEY SERIOUS? A card board cut out who is bland and who is not attractive at all. I am serious when I say that this woman person looks like a tranny who went a little to crazy with the silicone injection in her lips. You know I am right on this! The picture of the NOT Hot Megan Fox is the only decent one I could find. Because I don’t want an ugly tranny on my blog. ((and point of fact, before you get all annoying and angry at my use of the word ‘tranny’ I know many a tranny, and thus I am given the magic card to use that moniker as I see fit. Just like I can say fag, dyke, dingo, mic. Okay? So get over it.)) This girl should be no where near the set of Batman. They finally got a good franchise going, with amazing actors who are bringing the comics to life… and then they muck it up by saying that Megan Fox will be Catwoman? Maybe Poison Ivy… but CATWOMAN!!!

No No NNNNOOOO.

I say, you want someone attractive, HOT, and a talented actress to be Selina Kyle? Why not:

Charlize Theron? Looks great with blond hair or dark hair. And we KNOW she can act!!

Zooey Deschanel, fits the physical ideology of Catwoman, and image that, she can act!

Summer Glau. I know right? Did you see that one coming? Probably not. But isn’t it a good fit? Think about it. Complex and kick ass. Think about it!

Emily Deschanel, while I think she is a little flat, but she TOTALLY fits the bill. Did you SEE her in the Halloween episode of Bones where she was WonderWoman? …. ooooo WonderWoman.

I am staying on point. I get that physically a female with Dark Hair and Light Eyes is Selina Kyle. But more so it is (I admit) physical attributes that I am most attracted to. But that does not mean that I want a rich and diverse character such as Selina Kyle to be played by someone who does nothing but wears hot pants, bends over, runs without a bra on and makes that stupid face. That ‘duh I’m a girl, I don’t know how to do anything’  I call BULLSHIT on this casting choice.

I will be seeing the next Batman movie though… It is BATMAN after all. And If I watched Batman & Robin, I can watch anything. Doesn’t mean I am going to like it.