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So I’ll admit to getting totally sucked into Occupy Wallstreet news. For days I’ve been getting all my news through Twitter hashtags. When a friend asked why I still hadn’t responded to her email from last week I had to admit my inbox and blog were sorely neglected.
I’ll be back to blogging soon but in the meantime here’s two funny videos:
Stephen Colbert’s Plot to Co-opt Occupy Wall Street Foiled by Ketchup and Justin
Posted by Vixen as Musings at 11:12 PM CDT
I’ve been seeing the above graphic on Facebook a lot the last few days. It makes an excellent point.
Posted by Vixen as Musings at 10:19 PM CDT
I was typing up a blog post tonight when I got some food cravings. I wanted bacon and chocolate. Then I wondered-why hasn’t anyone put bacon in a chocolate bar? That would be delicious. One Google search showed me it exists:
“Mo’s Dark Bacon Bar: applewood smoked bacon + Alder wood smoked salt + dark chocolate”
This looks delicious!
Posted by Vixen as Musings at 10:24 PM CDT
This week I got the latest issue of Whore Magazine in the mail. The magazine comes in a flat, stiff envelope and wouldn’t fit in my mailbox so I had to pick it up at the counter.
“Oooh look where this package is from,” the postal lady teased. I looked at the envelope and saw the large print of “Whore Magazine” in the return address spot.
“That’s a great magazine!” I countered as I felt my face go a little pink. I’m all for reclaiming the word whore but I do live in a small town and was feeling a little embarrassed right then.
“I’ll have to take your word for it,” she answered. I inwardly chided myself for feeling embarrassed. This was just friendly banter. And besides there’s something funny about getting a package from “Whore Magazine”.
I told her it was “post-feminist” and she smirked. Ironically this issue has an article titled “What is Feminism?”
Posted by Vixen as Musings at 10:51 PM CDT
Today is my sixth blogging anniversary. When I started back in 2005 I had no idea how long I’d blog for or if anyone would even read it. But here I am six years later-woot!
Thank you to my blog readers, to those who’ve emailed me and the affiliates who’ve sent me goodies to review and give away. Here’s to another year of Radical Vixen!
Posted by Vixen as Musings at 12:08 PM CDT
Jesse Cox told me I had to watch the Puppy Bowl this year. I was skeptic at first but tuned in today. ZOMG the cuteness!!! They have chicken cheerleaders too. Plus they promote animal adoption. I’m a fan.
Squee-They have a kitteh halftime show!
CNN covered the game:
The other big game this weekend: Puppy Bowl
“Canine chaos reigns at the Puppy Bowl, Animal Planet’s adorable response to the other big game this Sunday.
What started seven years ago as a network space-filler is now an annual event watched by more than 8.6 million people. Executive Producer Melinda Toporoff said no one expected such a tremendous public reaction.
(snip)
Aside from boosted ratings, the Puppy Bowl — a mock football game played by puppies drafted from shelters across the country — offers help for homeless animals.”
Posted by Vixen as Musings at 5:15 PM CST
I’m fine with getting older, I just don’t want to act older. It’s my birthday so I’m off to play with yarn!
Posted by Vixen as Musings at 9:56 PM CST
Since Ghastly’s Ghastly Comic has sadly faded I’ve been searching for a new web comic. (You can still scroll through his archives though!) I think I’ve found it-Hyperbole and a Half. It’s hilarious and often I’ll laugh so hard I cry. Her Christmas comic The Year Kenny Loggins Ruined Christmas was awesome! I don’t want to ruin the plot so I’ll just say it’s super funny.
My favorite strip so far is This is Why I’ll Never be an Adult. I find myself quoting her “Going to the motherfucking bank like an adult” often.
Posted by Vixen as Musings at 11:13 PM CST
From the Washington Post:
In a rarity, both lunar eclipse and winter solstice to occur Tuesday
“There are not many days like Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. Take it from people who know - astronomers. There was maybe one day like this Tuesday in the past 2,000 years.
On Tuesday morning, astronomers say, there will be - or depending on when this is read, was - a total eclipse of the moon. And on the very same day, the winter solstice arrives.”
I’ve been running in and out looking at the moon. As a Pagan I’m so excited about this special occurrence. It feels so magical tonight! It seems to have started early too. My friend A called and said “go outside it’s starting”. I wasn’t expecting anything to happen until another hour or so. I love how people get excited over eclipses-I know I do!
Posted by Vixen as Musings at 11:58 PM CST
One of the highlights of my NYC trip was seeing Green Day’s American Idiot. My friend M suggested I see a musical while there and I knew it had to be American Idiot.
The show was fucking amazing. I totally fan girled out and cried through the whole thing. That doesn’t mean it’s sad-I was just so happy I couldn’t help it. My fingers were tingly too. As corny as it sounds if felt like a spiritual experience it was so damn good.
From the Amercan Idiot Musical site:
“The smash-hit, Tony Award®-winning AMERICAN IDIOT is Broadway’s most exciting new musical. The New York Times calls it, “thrilling and emotionally charged, as moving as anything on Broadway!” Based on Green Day’s Grammy® Award-winning multi-platinum album and featuring the smash hits “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, “Holiday” and “21 Guns”, AMERICAN IDIOT is the story of three lifelong friends, forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia. Their search for meaning in a post 9-11 world leads them on the most exhilarating journey of the Broadway season.”
The stage was so punked out and the themes were so raw the whole thing felt radical and revolutionary. But it got even better. I was fortunate to see the musical when Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong played the role of St. Jimmy. He only did it for a week and I was fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time. When he first appeared on stage the audience Screeeeeamed. It was awesome. Seriously, getting to see this sex god up close?
Goddess that man is yummy. It was beyond spectacular to see Billie Joe play St. Jimmy. He played the role with a wicked prankster tone which I think rocked. The experience felt like part rock concert/part musical/part political activism/part performance art. I was high on fangirl excitement for days and days.
I can’t recommend this musical highly enough. It was awesome, radical, revolutationary, mind blowing, damn enjoyable and worth every penny. I’d see it again if I was in NYC in a heartbeat.
Posted by Vixen as Musings at 10:48 PM CST
I won the coolest prize at Kink Academy’s open house during my NYC trip-a Holy Bible purse! ZOMG!
When the Kink people announced they were hosting a contest with prizes I hopped right up. I love prizes. It was actually a deepthroating contest. I can’t remember the woman’s name who gave a deepthroating demo before the contest but she was really good at it.
Now, many women don’t like admitting this but I’ll fess up-I’ve never been good at deepthroating. My gag reflex is strong. I’ve tried doing the toothbrush on the back of the tongue trick but no luck. The demo though proved really helpful. My trouble had been I was always tilting my head up when I should have been tucking my chin down. I never would have guessed that. We used bananas for the contest.
All the contest entrants won prizes. There were other goodies but when I saw the bible purse I snatched it up.
How could I resist? I mean really-the jokes write themselves:
Posted by Vixen as Musings at 10:33 PM CDT
The NYC Sex Blogger Calendar party was fabulous! It was such a delight to meet so many bloggers that I’ve been reading online for years.
Our cover girl, Nina Hartley, looked gorgeous. I only got to talk to her for a tiny moment because she was swamped by many, many fans.
I was humbled to get my own little taste of celebrity. Lots of people came up to me and asked me to sign their calendar. Thank you to all who did! I was quite flattered. Here’s me signing one:
At first I was tempted to write something like “kill your TV” or “buy guns while you can” with my autograph. But my picture is nature based and looks really spiritual (well to me at least). So instead I went with “Blessed Be” and “Viva Revolution!”
The raffle prizes were impressive. This is only a fraction-the entire table was covered in prizes:
As drool worthy as the toys were there were two stacks of books as prizes that got me really excited. I bought tickets myself but didn’t win. But I got a gift bag which was a prize in and of itself.
What an awesome night-Brandon B.was the first fellow model I met, hanging out with Mollena in the model balcony, talking to Jason-the guy who put the calendar together-he was so funny, meeting Bad Bad Girl who is all sorts of adorable, Matthew Lawrence who was a joy to chat with, chatting with Audacia about $pread, Lillith Grey, Luna-actually here’s a quicker way, the list of models. The majority of us were there which was quite a treat.
I’d like to send out a BIG thank you to Tess and Diva for including me in this year’s calendar! I’m honored, I’m humbled and I love being Miss March 2011!
Oh and if you haven’t already-BUY A CALENDAR! Proceeds go to the Woodhill Foundation. Members of WF were there and I got to meet a few. It’s a good group and could use the support. Plus this calendar is all sorts of sexy.
Posted by Vixen as Musings at 11:45 PM CDT
From Prison Planet:
Naked Body Scanners: Monumental Cover Up Exposed
“Feds admit they lied over storing images, why trust them over safety, functionality and efficiency of radiation-firing machines?
At the height of the furor over airport body scanners earlier this year, the TSA publicly stated that it was not possible to store, record, transmit or print out the images that show in detail the naked bodies of men, women and children that have passed through them. At the time we presented evidence to the contrary. Now it has been conclusively proven that the TSA and other federal agencies using the scanners flat out lied to an unwitting public.”
From Bloomberg:
Airport `Naked Image’ Scanners May Get Privacy Upgrades
“The concerns of travelers such as Powell, which led privacy advocates to sue the government, may soon be eased. L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. and OSI Systems Inc.’s Rapiscan, makers of the scanners for U.S. airports, are delivering software upgrades that show a generic figure rather than an actual image of a passenger’s body parts. The new display would mark sections of a person’s body that need to be checked.
The revisions “certainly address most of the privacy concerns,” Peter Kant, a Rapiscan executive vice president, said in an interview. Every passenger will generate an avatar that “looks like a guy wearing a baseball cap,” he said.”
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During my NYC trip there were body scanners at one airport I went through. They look eery. I didn’t see anyone else opting out but then again I was feeling nervous so may have missed it.
Why was I nervous? Well, I had to walk up to a bunch of grumpy looking TSA agents and ask for a pat down. The reports of the pat downs have been creepy. I didn’t want to be groped at the airport but figure therapy could mend me up. If the reports are true about these machines fucking with people’s DNA then that’s worse than being groped. I don’t know of any therapy that can fix that.
But I calmed myself down and went up to say hello. I explained that I was “new agey” and was nervous about the body scanners. “Are those the ones that scan you and take your picture?” I asked. One TSA agent answered me by telling me that no they weren’t the ones that took my picture but that they did scan my picture. That made no sense but I hadn’t planned on trusting their answer anyway. I recognized the machines from pictures I’d seen online.
I said the machines creeped me out and that I’d like the pat down please. I smiled and was polite. The TSA agent said the machines weren’t dangerous. I said I understood but that they creeped me out and that I’d like the pat down please. (I didn’t want to argue I just wanted to request the opt out alternative.) He sighed and pointed me over to another TSA agent that was supervising the metal detectors for carry ons.
I walked over and said hello. Again I was polite and smiled. I said that the body scanners freaked me out and that I’d like the pat down please. She frowned and said they weren’t any more dangerous than a cell phone’s radiation. I said I understood but that the body scanners freaked me out and that I’d like the pat down please.
She sighed and looked around. Then she told me to go through the old metal detector. I said thank you and did just that. And that was it. I was through security. I picked up my bags and walked off to find breakfast.
If you don’t want to go through the body scanners know your rights. I knew I could ask for a pat down. They were annoyed but complied. I purposely arrived extra early in case the pat down took awhile. But the whole incident took maybe three extra minutes if that.
Posted by Vixen as Musings at 11:56 PM CDT
Wow what a trip! I’m back home now and am catching up on sleep. I’d like to send out a special thank you to my friends M and R who were my hosts in the city. What a fun mini-vacation!
Posted by Vixen as Musings at 10:24 PM CDT