Wednesday, October 22, 2008
I was thinking about eugenics, and had a thought about gay culture… Historically, homosexuals (male or female) have still had children because it was “expected of them” and homosexuality was an underground movement. Now that homosexuality is acceptable, and there’s no stigma attached to having a same sex partner and not reproducing biologically, it seems quite likely that in a few generations the genes for homosexuality will be almost completely eliminated from the human species. How ironic that the biggest contribution of gay culture to the human condition may be the complete elimination of homosexuality.
If Christian nutjobs actually wanted to be rid of homosexuality, the best thing they could do would be to support gay unions and pray for the results of the selective non-breeding it will bring about. However, by pushing it underground and encouraging “orientation denial”, they ensure the gene persists. Of course, Christian nutjobs don’t believe in evolution, so good luck convincing them of this.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
I think my favorite E/N blogs is Dark Roasted Blend, and today they did a feature on dolls, which had two great videos. First, the hilarious “Rad Repeating’ Tarzan” doll, sold in 1999. Caitlin chided me for interrupting her viewing of Paris Hilton’s my new BFF by watching this over and over giggling.
And then to knock those laughs out of you… some laughing!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
I put some t-shirts up… Click the pic to access my initial selection.
I forgot how much I like potato gnocchi. Nefarious got it in her head that we should have skewers today, and seeing that large shrimp was on sale we picked up a bag. I grilled the shrimp in sesame oil and garlic with a lemon and spicy black bean marinade, and did gnocchi and broccoli in the same. Crazy delicious. For desert we made a DIY double chocolate and butterscotch lava cake with whipped cream and sugar sprinkles. Also crazy delicious.
Then Frog and Toad, Babar, and another chapter of her latest fairy novel…
Caitlin did her own makeup and Nefarious’s makeup, and helped me get my appliance glued on and then I did the remainder of my makeup. It was all done with a mix of regular face paint makeup, fake blood, liquid latex, and a latex appliance and spirit glue. The last three photos were taken after we returned, so as you can see it survived pretty well.
We had a great time at the zombie walk today. There must have been about three thousand zombies there. Maybe a bit more… It’s hard to guess. We got there at around 2:30 and then left at about 4:45 after walking up Bathurst for a bit. In the photos below (the numbering is off — the earlier ones are in the previous entry):
7. Kids talking to Satan.
8. Miscellaneous zombies (check flickr and so on for more).
9. Ari gets a phone call from Mommy.
10. Still on the phone.
11. Eating Smarties.
12. “Zenbie”.
13. Heavy Metal Battle (not sure what the relation to the zombies was).
14. Ari meets a zombie clown.
15. The zombie clown was a big hit with her.
16. But not as big a hit as the zombie princesses.
17. A shot of the crowd.
18. Another crowd shot. This was only a part of it!
19. We run into Chloe and other classmates of Ari’s.
20. Riding the TTC home.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Nefarious wrote her first “book” today, based on Frog and Toad. It goes like this:
Translation:
1. “frog and tod / bi ari”
(Frog and Toad / By Ari)
2. “frog and tod gow to the prc”
(Frog and Toad go to the park.)
3. “tod goz to the prc and plaz”
(Toad goes to the park and plays.)
4. “frog wz wochin tod”
(Frog was watching Toad.)
We took the pages she made and I reprinted them at 1/4 size and bound them into a little book, which she then read to her dolls (cutest scene ever). The calendar by the way is a daily x-off until Halloween.
I did a little work on my Uilenspiegel painting as well. This is the base colour. It’ll be touched up of course, but the big change is that it’ll all be lined in the final stage which is what really brings it out. I have high hopes for this particular painting and think it’s going quite well so far.
We’re all prepped for tomorrow’s zombie walk (watch out)… click the flier below to visit the official site. Caitlin (who will be the primary makeup artist) I think is going as a walking autopsied corpse, Nefarious is a princess party zombie with an extra eyeball, and I’m going with gouged out eyes and a wide stitched up wound. I’ll post photos tomorrow evening.
