The Point of Valentines Day For A Lot of Guys

after all the chocolate, flowers dinners and other Valentines Day cliches
I’m not even sure how I came upon this video but two young men seek to answer a question of utmost importance regarding oral sex or intercourse
From the youtube description
Me and Mike ask Katie why do some females treat oral sex more special than intercourse

(the relevant part of this video is within the first 5 minutes- the rest is even more boring, and that insult to Kurt Cobain was uncalled for)
I guess it’s different for everyone but I really don’t get where girls who view intercourse as less “special” than oral, coming from- for me and (a few of) my friends it’s the complete opposite. Especially when you’re not with a boyfriend. Don’t mean to be so whorish but I’d much quicker go down on a guy then go to bed with him, I don’t know maybe its because I’m lazy, it seems safer and far less intimate/non committal or I just have an oral fetish. Sometimes when I’m out and drunk it’s so much simpler and I don’t mind it. Sometimes I think of it as a challenge… but I’d think my ratio is at like 4 to 1. Though I totally get that it can be thought of as demeaning or degrading and I’ve felt that way too, that it’s like a chore
But I am certain that I haven’t reached 37 yet

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Don’t Forget Sarah Marshall

I knew a girl named Sarah Marshall.
We have a bit of a complicated history
And so sometimes I’d like to forget her.
Which is why whenever I see mention of the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall I am always amused.
And after seeing this trailer I am really amused



What a cast
Kristen Bell (from Veronica Mars)
Jason Segal (from HIMYM)
Kenneth from 30 Rock (Jack McBrayer)
Paul Rudd from my fantasies
and Kristen Wiig.
Color me excited.

(and I really feel like I’d want to see this movie with Sarah just for my own personal inside joke)

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Ice Skater Meet The Base of This Hill

Yeah and the IRS and the federal government is one heckuva hill to try to ice skate up
Don’t worry Wesley, you could have 3 years to work on it

Actor Wesley Snipes, star of the "Blade" movie series, was found guilty of three misdemeanors by a U.S. court on Friday for failing to file tax returns for three years.

The actor and two co-defendants had been charged with six counts of failing to file tax returns, two of fraudulently claiming tax refunds and one count of conspiracy to defraud the government.

Snipes could still face up to three years in prison, according to prosecutors.

Oh Wesley, where’s your Nuwaubian god now?
I guess there's always prison boxing...
(ps this post makes a lot more sense if you’ve seen Blade and know the best line perhaps ever said “ Some muthafucka’s always trying to ice skate up hill”)

[UPDATE: Bravo is showing US Marshals tonight, a movie where Wesley plays an escaped federal fugitive. Coincidence? or an indication that it was all a big conspiracy and Bravo knew what the verdict would be beforehand through government channels and so they showed they knew to broadcast this film on this night of all nights to capitalize on the "coincidence."]

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Your Stuck in my Head Song of the Day

Today is my friend Fiona's birthday and..the way we met was kinda bizarre) though it's actually pretty boring and nerdy so i won't tell you.)
Anyway she's my friend and I like her and all but she's also working for Barack in New Hampshire so I've put our friendship on hold for just a little bit.
However just because she's working for the enemy and the destruction of America doesn't mean I didn't think about her today and as I thought about her the Arctic Monkey's Cigarette Smoker Fiona came to mind. I doubt that my Fiona has started smoking (though the campiagn stress and the fact it is New Hampshire may do crazy things) but there aren't a tonne of songs that mention Fiona so this came to mind. Plus it rocks and the chorus is catchy

Sat at the side of the pool at one of your houses
With wet white trousers on,
And worlds collide as the evening continues, the dignity fucks off
Her brother's gone off to the strippers to make up for all the lost time
She could have been one of the bitches, but she's actually alright.

Cigarette smoker
I'm sorry but we're all unsure how much you've had
But we think that you ought to maybe not have anymore

A country home,
Even if we really tried would it cease to surprise us now
And I bet your dad would like to give us all a slap
When are ya parents back dya know?
Well I never came from no ghetto, but it wasn't nowhere near here
Well spoken girls and stilettos aren't something to fear

Cigarette smoker
I'm sorry but we're all unsure how much you've had
But we think that you ought to maybe not have anymore

Cigarette smoker
Cigarette smoke doesn't hide as well as you think
And you think that it ought to act as the perfect disguise

Looking at those I once again realize that I know none of the Arctic Monkeys' lyrics. Anyway here is a live performance from Reading of Your Stuck in My Head Song of the Day, Cigarette Smoker Fiona by the Arctic Monkeys


Arctic Monkeys- Cigarette Smoker Fiona [download] buy it on iTunes


Happy Birthday Fiona! And may today be a far better and happier day for you than January 3rd or 8th :-J

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Forbidden Decadence/Ultimate Desire

I was on the Metro this morning headed to dance class and so as I tend to do to pass the time I was catching up on some podcasts that I ususally neglect until the weekend comes (and I laze around enough where I have time to just "listen" for like an hour.)
This morning I was listening to This American Life and I guess an episode from near Thanksgiving focusing on, I think poultry, anyway during the beginning when the episode is previewed there was a tease concernign the Third Act about a forbidden delicacy that Mitterand had as his "last meal." I was really intrigued but I never was able to get to that act and so was horribly distracted all during class (though you wouldn't have been able to tell since I am so amazing.)
I eventually made it back to my place and after a minimal amount of research (cough cough google) I discovered the ortolan and the more I read about it the more I decided that it would be my last meal as well. I'll post the information I found about it in a sec but for some reason I've always been a fan of ritual with my food or drink; it makes it seem more civilized to act in some traditional proscribed manner than to just stuff your face ( I kind of have issues with food and the idea of eating-eating seems so disgusting and animalistic and i would've hoped we would have moved or evolved some other way to deal with such necessitates. Of course that type of thinking led me to experiment with living just on vitamin supplements for like a week.) Also with the ortolan it just gives of the ear of something that would have been enjoyed in the court of the Sun King, that feel of nobility and eliteness as well as the fact it is illegal, as well as you drape a napkin over your head before eating appeals to my desire for gnosis in a way.

SO yeah here is what I found about the ultimate delicacy (besides the blood of a virgin, slightly chilled)

If guilt is a flavour, and it definitely is, then l'ortolan is one of
the world's greatest dishes. ….
The birds must be taken alive; once captured they are either blinded
or kept in a lightless box for a month to gorge on millet, grapes, and figs, a technique apparently taken from the decadent cooks of Imperial Rome who called the birds beccafico, or 'fig-pecker'. When they've reached four times their normal size, they're drowned in a snifter of Armagnac.

This sadistic mise en scene has transformed the bird from a symbol of innocence to an act of gluttony symbolic of the fall from grace. In
Collette's novel Gigi, for instance, the tomboyish main character
prepares for her entry into polite society with lessons in the correct
way to eat lobsters and boiled eggs. When she begins training to be a courtesan, however, she is said to be 'learning how to eat the
ortolan'.
Not that it was only courtesans who indulged. The tradition
of covering one's head while eating the bird was supposedly started by a soft-bellied priest trying to hide his sadistic gluttony from God.

Cooking l'ortolan is simplicity itself. Simply pop them in a high oven
for six to eight minutes and serve. The secret is entirely in the
eating. First you cover your head with a traditional embroidered
cloth. Then place the entire four-ounce bird into your mouth. Only its head should dangle out from between your lips. Bite off the head and discard. L'ortolan should be served immediately; it is meant to be so hot that you must rest it on your tongue while inhaling rapidlythrough your mouth. This cools the bird, but its real purpose is to force you to allow its ambrosial fat to cascade freely down your
throat.

When cool, begin to chew. It should take about 15 minutes to work your way through the breast and wings, the delicately crackling bones, and on to the inner organs. Enjoy with a good Bordeaux.

What could be more delicious? Nothing, according to initiates, who
compare the banning of the ortolan to the death of French culture and continue to eat them at the risk of being fined thousands of pounds.

How could you not want to try it after that. And in a way the idea of blinding them, stuffing them and then eating them whole seems like a fairy tale, like you're the Witch in Hansel & Gretel.

Mitterand's last meal not for the birds
Dying of cancer, Francois Mitterrand ordered a last meal of oysters,
foie gras, capons and a tiny, yellow-throated songbird that is illegal
to eat and said to embody the soul of France. Esquire writer Michael
Paterniti provides a detailed account of the former French president's meal on New Year's Eve 1995 in the magazine's May issue. Mitterand died eight days later. Two-ounce ortolan birds were roasted and served to 30 people –Mitterrand's friends and family – as he sat at a table wrapped in blankets, Paterniti reported. Paterniti said he flew to France after hearing the story of how Mitterrand "had gorged himself on one last orgiastic feast before he'd died." He interviewed some of the guests and found a chef willing to recreate the dinner, right down to the illegal birds, according to the magazine's publicist, Dan Klores Associates.
Taking cover under a white cloth napkin placed over his head – "which is meant to heighten the sensual experience by enveloping you in the aroma of ortolan" – Mitterrand took the illegal delicacy and ate it whole, bones and all, Paterniti said

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The ortolan's most recent brush with fame came in 1998, when it was revealed to have been a pivotal course in former French President François Mitterand's last meal. A week before dying of cancer, Mitterand ordered a grand feast for 30 that included oysters, foie gras and a long row of two-ounce ortolans. By some accounts, Mitterand polished off two, bones and all.

BUT how does it taste, you might ask

Devotees claim they can taste the bird's entire life as they chew in the darkness: the wheat of Morocco, the salt air of the Mediterranean, the lavender of Provence. The pea-sized lungs and heart, saturated with Armagnac from its drowning, are said to burst in a liqueur-scented flower on the diner's tongue.

Mitterand’s last meal was recreated and consumed by a curious American writer, Michael Paterniti. Here is his description of eating ortolan:
Here’s what I taste: Yes, quidbits of meat and organs; the succulent, tiny strands of flesh between the ribs and tail. I put inside myself the last flowered bit of air and Armagnac in its lungs, the body of rainwater and berries. In there, too, is the ocean and Africa and the dip and plunge in a high wind. And the heart that bursts between my teeth. It takes time. I’m forced to chew and chew again and again, for what seems like three days. And what happens after chewing for this long--as the mouth full of taste buds and glands does its work—is that I fall into a trance. I don’t taste anything anymore, cease to exist as anything but taste itself.
And that’s where I want to stay--but then can’t because the sweetness of the bird is turning slightly bitter and the bones have announced themselves. When I think about forcing them down my throat, a wave of nausea passes through me. And that’s when, with great difficulty, I swallow everything.

Here is Jeremy Clarkson trying an ortolan though it should be noted he’s not following the exact ritual (y’know he had the head cut off and didn’t take 15 minutes and all though to be honest I have a problem with eating things with heads, like how certain fishes are served)

When eaten, you pick the bird up by its beak and then you shove the whole thing in your mouth and bite. You everything but the beak, which you put back in the now-empty ortolan frying pan (in which the bird was served).

Mr Simon, who considers himself fortunate to have savoured the delicacy on several occasions, was enthusiastic.

He said: "It’s absolutely delicious: rather crunchy, with the texture and flavour of hazelnuts.

"The bird is about the size of a young girl’s fist. Some people begin with the head, others start with the rear end – there are competing opinions on how best to enjoy them."

He admitted, however that eating an ortolan whole was "quite monstrous" to watch. "Hence the napkins."

Once it has been fattened on millet, the captured ortolan is drowned in armagnac, plucked, and stripped of its feet and a few other tiny parts.

After roasting in a ramekin for eight minutes, it is brought to the table while its pale yellow fat still sizzles, for the diner to take whole into his mouth.

It comes painfully hot, says one who has sampled the forbidden flesh - "but the first taste was delicious, salty and savoury, swiftly followed by the delicate, incomparable flavour of the fat.

"By now it had cooled sufficiently to allow me to get the whole thing into my mouth. It was awkward, but not the struggle I had imagined. I was aware of fine bones but resisted the urge to crunch them immediately.

"Still sucking fat, I was aware of the richer, gamier flavour of its innards. I had been dreading this but the flavour remained delicate. Crunching the bones was like munching sardines or hazelnuts. I chewed a long time. When I finally had to swallow, I regretted the end of a very sensual experience."

I really want to try it so much. And the idea of the napkin, whether it be because having someone who is eating something whole would be disgusting to watch, or if it is to capture all of the aroma, or that originally a monk draped himself to hide his decadence from god or that "It is really like you are praying, see?" Palladin apparently said. "Like when you take the Mass into your mouth from the priest's hand in church and you think about God" well anything that has the mystique of communing with god and at the same time as being something to hide from God means I may be spending a few years in France questing.
And I now know my grail

“Mitterrand sank his head into the napkin surrounding the cooked bird to breath in its aromas.

For the next 10 minutes his head stayed hidden as he ate his rich bird whole, crunching through its bones and innards, as is the custom. He then emerged "capsized with happiness, his eyes sparkling", according to M Benamou, and ready to face death”

He literally ate this and was ready and happy to die; could there be any higher endorsement?

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Overheard in L.M.E.- The Origin of the Eternal L.M.E.

(taken from Pre-History and Creating a Society exposed in the earliest days of this site.)


(some names have been changed to protect the LME-orous ;)
a late night conversation in Europe; September 11, 2005)

ev livid e : are you just saying that because you pity me
a dam e : and one thing i know is the heart finds strange ways
a dam e : i pity very few people
a dam e : i'm far too much of a snob
ev livid e : i am too
ev livid e : elitists unite
a dam e : we should start a facebook group
a dam e : entitled what
ev livid e : can we just make it us two. because that would be very very elitist
a dam e : elitist unite
a dam e: or something like that
ev livid e : EU for short
ev livid e : no
ev livid e : thats too european
a dam e : yeah
a dam e : fuck that
ev livid e : hmmm.
ev livid e : lets call it
ev livid e : t.c.f.y.s.f.o.
a dam e : s.f.h.p.
ev livid e : ahah last time i tried to shorten something it looked really wrong
ev livid e : and i won't repeat it, but you know what i was talking about
a dam e : yeah
a dam e : dyk
ev livid e : a professor definitely walked behind me
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]ev livid e: ah well ok fine. because you're in the eu aka tcfysfo
a dam e : exactly
a dam e : did you think of something snobby in french?
ev livid eno but i can make up something
a dam e : i wouldn't know the diff
ev livid e: versailles- thats snobby as shit
ev livid e: something relating to nobility
ev livid e: something hunt club
ev livid e : like boca, but french
a dam e : how do you say " better than you" in french?
ev livid e : meilleur que toi
ev livid e : thats too loong and reminds me of grammar
a dam e : Meileur
ev livid e : meilleur?
ev livid e : or pompidou? i like saying pompidou
a dam e : what is pompidou
ev livid e : the pompidou center?
a dam e : never heard of it
ev livid e : modern art, its a ridiculous looking building
ev livid e : ok ixnay that
a dam e : i hate modern art
ev livid e : i do too
ev livid e : ok this is not helping. whats something elite
ev livid e: elite food
a dam e : The Meliour {REDACTED}
a dam e : like a preppy elite {REDACTED} or something
ev livid e : meilleur
ev livid e: ahhh
ev livid e : Le Meilleur {REDACTED}
a dam e : i like something along those lines
ev livid e:i like it too
ev livid e: it should be written in cursive
a dam e : definetly
ev livid e: we should make a seal
a dam e : we should get it embroderied on sweaters>
ev livid e: i would so wear that sweater. what colors
a dam e : so would i
ev livid e: gold and dark red?
a dam e : hmm
ev livid e: or is that too gryffindor
a dam e : a bit too harry potter
ev livid e: gold and dark blue?
ev livid e: or too duke?
ev livid e: man, we need to invent our own colors
a dam e : we should investigate more but we're making progress
ev livid e: yes. at least we have a name, and we know how we're going to market ourselves a la sweaters and knit scarves too please?
a dam e : we don't need to market ourselves
ev livid e: true
a dam e : cuz we're too good to let anyone else buy in
ev livid e : exactly. so no one else can be in it? is this just us two?
ev livid e: if we let too many people in, it wouldn't be elite
ev livid e: it would be le shit school
a dam e : exactly
a dam e : wait check this
ev livid e: so its a secret?
a dam e : we'll wear the sweaters but if people ask
a dam e : we'll say " oh it's not for you too know"
a dam e : all snooty
ev livid e : ahaha!
a dam e : http://www.colourlovers.com
ev livid e: and you have to wave your hand off at them and stick your nose up
a dam e : that i can do
ev livid e: i am also good on stomping
ev livid e: as in making people feel little
ev livid e: i don't know why i typed stomping it made no sense. but its a fun word
a dam e : ev the crusher
ev livid e: we need something to be our mascot
ev livid e: we need something elite
ev livid e: whats elite
a dam e : peacock
ev livid e: a jaguar
a dam e : leopard
ev livid e: hmmm...i like these printed animals
ev livid e: i don't like birds
ev livid e: whats a badass elite animal
a dam e : i don't like ugly birds
ev livid e: me neither
a dam e : a bengal tiger
ev livid e: and nothing dead too like the dodo
a dam e : peacocks are pretty tho
ev livid e: (bythe way have you noticed how ridiclous this conversation is? i love it!)
a dam e : (this is why i love you ev!)
ev livid e: awww! heart! hugs!
ev livid e: actually no, that doesn't sound elite
ev livid e: how do you express such feelings in an elite manner?
a dam e : with reserved emotions and refrain
ev livid e: i tip my peacock embroidred cashmere knit cap at you
a dam e : like in a victorian novel
ev livid e: ic an't read. aha. yes i can. but i've never read a victorian novel
ev livid e: it sounds like too much lace
a dam e : very victorian refined and british
ev livid e: ooooh we don't have to be a {REDACTED}
ev livid e: we can be a chateau
ev livid e: wait that wouldn't relaly make sense. carry on
a dame e : yeah i still like {REDACTED}
ev livid e: maybe we can have diff colored sweaters for diff seasons>
a dam e : different fashions for different seasons
ev livid e: yes!
ev livid e: we should bring back ruffles
a dam e : umm
ev livid e: i don't know how, but i intend to finda way
ev livid e: oooh {REDACTED} thats a lovely lovely blue
ev livid e: we could do that and {REDACTED}
a dam e : that could work
ev livid e : its a very french/pastelly colour yes?
a dam e : which is sorta what we're going for
ev livid e: excellent.
ev livid e: so the sweater will be that color
ev livid e: what color pants?> white?
ev livid e: and in the usmmer
a dam e : what about after labor day?
ev livid e: i don't believe in that rule because we are elite
ev livid e: and we can do whatever we please>
a dam e : our theme is {REDACTED}
ev livid e: yes!
ev livid e: and we have hot swiss chocolate every morning at 10
a dam e : we'll base on fashion choices around that
a dam e : this is fabulous
ev livid e: i love this so much!
ev livid e: and we need a motto you know latin
a dam e : both things we can work on
ev livid e: something really badass snobby
a dam e :yeah, but at least we found a name
ev livid e: l_ m_ e_
ev livid e: can we have a mission statement that is different from a motto
ev livid e: and we need a seal. and a crest.
a dam e : a peacock is good cuz they're really proud animals
ev livid e: male peacock. the female peacock is brown
ev livid e: which clashes with our sweater colour choice
ev livid e: i like the pastel blue and silver a lot
a dam e : i guess peacock is only good for an all boys school
ev livid e: its so pastoral
ev livid e: its ok. it can be a gender confused peacock
a dam e : hahaha
ev livid e: oooh and we need a song
ev livid e: oh so much to do
ev livid e: and we need stationary
a dam e : a song?
ev livid e: hmmm, lets not write the song
a dam e : unless its an alma mater
a dam e : is the stationary going to be more cute or more official
ev livid e: official, the seal /crest will be on top: and it won't be lined
ev livid e: but it will have a watermark and we need business cards too
a dam e : of course
ev livid e: like american psycho
a dam e : hahah
ev livid e: we have a lot to do
ev livid e: and business card holders with our initials engraved. silver of course.
a dam e : we do indeed; i was happy with the sweaters
ev livid e: well i like doing the whole kit 'n kaboodle
a dam e : and i appreciate the vision
ev livid e: so we tell no one about this ok?
ev livid e: no one. not a soul. this is elite.
ev livid e: lite being the key word
a dam e : our lips are sealed
a dam e : no fat
ev livid e: because we are elite
ev livid e: as in elite modeling agency wants us
ev livid e: but we're too elite
a dam e : hahah; exactly
a dam e : our official drink will be a wine
ev livid e: a very old one that dates back to louis 14th
ev livid e: man, i didn't know creating a society would be so much work
a dam e : 'tis
a dam e : we have time
ev livid e: because we CONTROL time

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The Facebook Overlord

Radar had a link to an incredible and amazingly interesting article in 02138 called Poking Facebook about Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook god, and the ongoing lawsuit filed by the founders of ConnectU (along with documents from the trial like Zuckerberg's Harvard app and online journal). And while I want them to win if that's justice, I also don't want Facebook to be destroyed because it.is.my.crack. So I don't know what I want the outcome of that case to be.

What I do know is that I didn't know anything about Zuckerberg until reading this article, which is kinda strange to think about especially considering his "mission to connect the world" or whatever. And now that I've read it a few conclusions have come to mind (and other snap judgments have been made, perhaps due to subtle jealousy or due to the fact I see the sun sometimes.) Here are some things I've learned:

• He's a lot smaller than I suspected: I don't know what I expected, or even if I had an expectation about it but...I guess it's liek one of those things where someone so big or "important to your world" you expect to be more imposing but the Zuckerberg is only 5'8 and weighs 150. I'd tower over him in heels.
• I've never seen a picture of him not in this outfit: "Decked out in his geek uniform of jeans, Adidas sandals, a T-shirt, and a North Face fleece"
• He reminds me of one of friends: "He once handed out business cards that read: I’m CEO … bitch.'" In fact he reminds me of 2/3rds of my guy friends based on that.
• He spent his Tuesdays the same way I spent most of mine in college: (from his journal) "I'm a little intoxicated, not gonna lie. So what if it's not even 10 p.m. and it's a Tuesday night?" I see nothing wrong with it Mark nothing at all; it almost makes you a member of "Tuesday Night Drinking Club"
• My "slowness" to adopt Facebook was severely overestimated: Zuckerberg unveiled Facebook on February 4th, 2004. It must've spread to Duke by the end of that semester and I signed up for it around MLK Day 2005, when I thought I was the last person to have done so.
• The twins suing him look like prep Neanderthals: Except lacking the red hair.
  
• He was an incredible nerd: "Zuckerberg, the son of a dentist and a psychiatrist, showed an early interest in computer programming. Just before sixth grade, armed with his first desktop PC and the book C++ for Dummies, he began teaching himself how to code. At first, he struggled. “It was too hard for me, so I quit,” he said in court documents. “I guess, like, a little while after that, I started learning other [computer] languages and just making random things … I’d make games for myself that I thought were fun, just like dorky things.” In ninth grade, Zuckerberg made a computerized version of Risk, the popular board game. His version was set during the Roman Empire, a period of history that has long fascinated him; he can read and write Latin and Greek, and considered concentrating in classics at Harvard. After his junior year in high school, he attended Harvard Summer School for a three-month intensive course in ancient Greek.
• He's an AEPi with an Asian fetish (how inspired...and Orientalist): He rushed Alpha Epsilon Pi, a Jewish fraternity. According to the Boston Globe, he declared an affinity for Asian women.
  
• He's a bit of an asshole: Then a sophomore computer science concentrator, he had recently gained campus notoriety by creating a website called “facemash” that flashed photos of two Harvard students side-by-side and asked users to click on the one they considered more attractive. To get the photos, Zuckerberg had hacked into school servers and copied pictures from house directories, informally known as facebooks. He suspected from the start that his program would land him in trouble. “Perhaps Harvard will squelch it for legal reasons without realizing its value as a venture that could possibly be expanded to other schools (maybe even ones with good-looking people ... ),” Zuckerberg wrote in his online journal. “But one thing is certain, and it’s that I’m a jerk for making this site. Oh well. Someone had to do it eventually ... ”
• He probably is a thief and a horrible person: On or about November 12, according to the plaintiffs, Zuckerberg began work. Ten days later, he e-mailed Gao and Narendra to tell them that the site was almost ready. “I have most of the coding done, and I think that once I get the graphics we’ll be able to launch this thing,” Zuckerberg e-mailed. But for the next two months, the plaintiffs say, Zuckerberg made himself scarce. He postponed meetings, was slow to return calls and e-mails, and allegedly refused to let the team see his work. He offered a variety of explanations: His cell phone was muted, his computer science problem sets were taking up too much time, he forgot to bring his laptop charger home for Thanksgiving and his computer died. As the Harvard Connection launch date was pushed back week after week, the plaintiffs grew increasingly anxious. “We spent a lot of our time trying to get Mark to sort of follow up with us,” Narendra said. "Cameron sent him emails … We would, you know, call him and ask him, ‘Hey, what’s the latest on the website?’… He would say, ‘… I should have something done in the next couple weeks.’” In mid-December, Narendra and the Winklevosses finally met with Zuckerberg in his dorm room. Though nothing was ever put down on paper—an oversight that would weaken their subsequent case— they claim that they again promised Zuckerberg a fair share of any future revenue. Zuckerberg allegedly confirmed his interest and assured them that the site was almost complete. On the whiteboard in his room, Cameron says, Zuckerberg had scrawled multiple lines of code under the heading “Harvard Connection.” This would be the only time the plaintiffs saw any of his work. On January 14, 2004, the Harvard Connection team went to talk to Zuckerberg once more; Zuckerberg informed them that he was involved with another project. He did not elaborate, and the two sides did not substantively speak again. On February 4, Zuckerberg unveiled Facebook. Aaron Greenspan, another Harvard student, who, six months before Facebook, had created a Harvard social network called houseSYSTEM. It featured a “Universal Face Book” that allowed students to upload photos and personal information. Zuckerberg, whom Greenspan had told about the site early on, was a user, and Greenspan has since accused him of poaching ideas, in particular features that allowed members to create event reminders, access course schedules, and buy and sell textbooks.“I don’t know if Mark copied things intentionally or it’s just the most amazing coincidence of all time, but I know he’s dishonest,” Greenspan says. “I’ve seen him lie.”
• I don't care who gives me my fix as long as I get it: As soon as I'm done with this and can sneak some more time I'm going on Facebook to check Scrabulous.
  

In conclusion, though I think I hate Zuckerberg as a person (based solely on broad outlines of course, and not personally) I [don't know how to finish this sentence or post] still thoroughly enjoy "his" site.

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Overheard in L.M.E.- The Magical World of LME

a conversation from the late evening of June 3rd

ev livid e : ev’s world is a magical one
Auto response from a dam e: ev livid e : in ev’s world though, jacqui=tragic kingdom gwen stefani
ev livid e : not the slutty hollaback bananas gwen stefani

Auto response from ev livid e: feeling icky

a dam e : but sadly lacking in unicorns
ev livid e : untrue!
a dam e : or as i call them mutilated goats
ev livid e : somewhere is the world of lisa frank hidden inside ev’s world
ev livid e : so there are magical, fluorescent colored unicorns and dolphins and puppies and kitties
a dam e : eww
a dam e : thats sorta weird
ev livid e : you asked for it
ev livid e : i've had an eventful few days ps.
ev livid e : yesterday i fainted at a wedding
ev livid e : and today my stomach hurts and i ate no meat
a dam e : did you wanna eat meat
a dam e : or did the meat make you sick
ev livid e : i think that besides being allergic to graduation, my body rejects the idea of marriage
a dam e : hhaah
ev livid e : i think the tummy ache is the result of yesterday
a dam e : open bar?
ev livid e : or me accidentally consuming raw eggs
ev livid e : nope
a dam e : boo
ev livid e : standing outside listening about jesus for an hour
ev livid e : thats what did it
a dam e : don't go to weddings that don't have open bars
ev livid e : and i don't care if people think that the holy spirit was there. it made me blind, deaf and unconscious, and i don't want any part of that
a dam e : its my one rule in life
a dam e : ha
ev livid e : both used to be hard core drug users, and now they're both sober/clean and hard core christians
a dam e : and...how do you know them?
ev livid e : the bride, works with me at [REDACTED]. she is very very sweet and awesome
ev livid e : i would say more negative things about religion, but right now i need god to make my tummy feel better
a dam e : haha
a dam e : thats called using
ev livid e : someone's gotta be an asshole, might as well be me
a dam e : hahahaa
a dam e : you vs. god
a dam e : i don't know who to put my money on
ev livid e : i'm more sassy
ev livid e : sass or old?
ev livid e : your call
a dam e : how about someone with old sass
a dam e : like they've been practicing it for awhile
ev livid e : crusty sass
ev livid e : you forget that i am quite timeless myself
a dam e : no i never forgot that
ev livid e : then you should keep in mind that i can practice new and old sass
ev livid e : i am versatile!
ev livid e : ps is it bad that i like the red sox more than the yankees, even though i like the city of new york more than boston?
ev livid e : i can't quite seem to avoid identity crises
ev livid e : i figured out duke over unc. now this!
a dam e : well its not bad at all
a dam e : all yankees and yankee fans are assholes
a dam e : and evil
ev livid e : maybe i will cheer for mets
ev livid e : mets rhymes with pets too, and i like those
a dam e : and david wright, their third baseman, is gorgeous
ev livid e : never seen him before. who does he look like
a dam e : google
ev livid e : eww
a dam e : no likey?
a dam e : you're strange
ev livid e : oh wait,
ev livid e : wrong picture
ev livid e : i do like
ev livid e : he's no enrique though
a dam e : enrique who?
ev livid e : iglesias!
ev livid e : ping pong song
ev livid e : come on!
a dam e : are you watching the game?
a dam e : is that what started this
ev livid e : i was, then i got tired, and decided to sit in bed
ev livid e : i felt like boston was going to lose
ev livid e : do you think boston can do it? if they do another 5th inning, that would be great
a dam e its the bottom of the 9th all the need is 2 runs and they have their best 3 players up this inning
ev livid e the tv is downstairs, im in my bed, all warm in the dark
a dam e : you're the worst red sox fan ever
ev livid e : i never said was a fan, i just prefer them to the yankees
ev livid e : im not a huge baseball fan too slow
ev livid e : i'd rather be at the game with an angus dog and frozen lemonade
a dam e : you mean a picante dog at dodger stadium
ev livid e : i don't like spicy
a dam e: you love it
ev livid e : ick
ev livid e : is there cheese on it? like nacho cheese?
a dam e : no, unless you put it on at the concession stand
ev livid e : wait, let's not have a food conversation, i really am not feeling hungry/well
a dam e : neither am i
ev livid e : are you a yankees/mets fan
a dam e : my stomach hurts
a dam e : hell to the no
ev livid e : i think you got what i have
a dam e : maybe
a dam e : damn you!
ev livid e : the internet is getting more personal
ev livid e : yikes
a dam e : what do you mean?
ev livid e : more than just information can be transmitted
a dam e : yeah
a dam e : thats why i don't go to porn sites
a dam e : for fear of picking up a vd
ev livid e : ewwww!
ev livid e : that shouldn't be your only fear
a dam e : ha
ev livid e : its gross, unethical, uncultured, improper and downright dirty!
a dam e : such harsh words to call your sister
a dam e : owned!
ev livid e : no, it was not! un-owned!
a dam e : okay sweets i think im going to make some tea, to settle my tumm
ev livid e : don't drink too much or you'll have to pee all night
a dam e : i'll invest in a bedpan
Auto response from ev livid e: feeling icky

ev livid e : yuck!!!!
a dam e : nights
a dam e : feel better
a dam e : sucker god into making it happen, if need be
ev livid e : i won't have to sucker god. god will help me out because he/she knows that its best for them
Auto response from a dam e : ev livid e : my mom loves me
ev livid e : DAGGER

ev livid e : and yes, word to your away message!
a dam e : ok i'm out and i'm going to put up a new away message for like a minute before i feel bad about going to hell
ev livid e : aha ok.
Auto response from a dam e : the worst thing i've heard all day:
I’m Out Like Michael J. Fox Playing Jenga

ev livid e : oh my god, that is so terrible!!!!!
ev livid e : shame on you!!!
ev livid e : shame shame shame!!
a dam e : its not from me originally
ev livid e : well, at least you didn't say muhammad ali
Auto response from a dam e : i don't like lasts :-(

i do love ev :-)
ev livid e : i know. i can even make women love me
ev livid e : i'm awesome

ev livid e : or janet reno
a dam e : see i'm a good person
ev livid e : hmm.
Auto response from a dam e : ev livid e : i love being lme

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Me.Want.Smash.World.

(the title comes from a saying that I may have started amongst my friends. it was based on The Hulk and how I assume when he went Hulkish he wanted to smash the world -I don't know I never read the comics/watched the show or saw the movie. But anyone my take on it was inspired by Shelden Williams who was an absolute beast and probably the strongest person ever, but he would never get angry until one game he had to be restrained after a hard foul and it was terrfiying and as I thought "Shelden.Smash. World. because I thought he could. Anyway long story short it's an expression of great rage/anger)

So. So. Does anyone know what the hell happened to Move Digital? the site where I stored all my mp3s for this site? the site that was working quite well when I uploaded my Antichrist playlist yesterday? When I tried to upload Live Forever last night for Stuck in My Head it was nonresponsive but I thought it was a temporary thing but I then try to access it today and poof a default page is parked there saying it's under construction. It's all really fucking annoying not so much because I had to pay but rather that all the files I had there for you, my beloved reader, or no longer as easily accessible.
But I'd never leave you in the lurch like that so rather than trying to find another server immediately if you want any of the mp3s that I've posted here on this site just send me an e-mail and I'll help you out.
It's all enough to make me wanna holler (an mp3 I would have posted there if not for the flying of some fly by night operation)


And yes I am comparing the rather annoying loss of my mp3 server space to the bleak plight in inner city ghettos.
[UPDATE 11/11: SO like i kinda thought/hoped on the site today was a message from Move Digital: "We are upgrading our service to serve you better. We expect to be back in 14 days or less." ok i accept that. all i wanted was an explanation.]

while we're on the subject of websites that are fucking up, and this may be just on my computer but does anyone know what happened to the L.A. Times? For the past day and a half when I've gone to the main site I've been greeted with a mess that looks like this

seriously wtfihweitwrn*?


*what the fuck is happening with everything in the world right now

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Not Even Close To The Worst Shirts I've Ever Seen

You know those shirts that have an double entendre or offensive statement on them? Well Radar has a feature where a (hopefully an intrepid cub) reporter goes around to various social settings in New York wearing shirts with such "vulgarities" as "I Shaved My Balls For This?" "He Loves The Cock [with arrow pointed to the right]*" "I'll Fuck The Fat Friend" 'I'm going to stick my fist up your ass**" or my absolute favorite (and one that actually made me gasp for a sec): "My Other Dick is Black."
And the best (or worst part if you hope for drama or conflict) is that no one seemed to care, most people brushing it aside with a "whatever." I'm sure there's something to be said here about the "deteriorating of moral standards and decency in society" or the "coarsening of culture" but I'm not that type.
Now I've never actually seen people wear those kind of crude shirts, and I wonder who would besides as a joke, but those shirts and that feature reminded me of two similar shirts that I saw in New Orleans like 4 years apart.
The first one was during AmeriCorps when we were stationed outside of the city to help the Red cross with Tropical Strom Isidore and Hurricane Lili. One night as we're on Bourbon street enjoying ourselves after like 6 straight 13 hour days and one of my friends bought a shirt that read "FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING FUCK" and actually wore it! It blew me away-I wonder if she still has it.
And the other was about 6 months after Hurricane Katrina when I went down with a class to do relief work and make a documentary and there were so many shirts in stores that read (though I don't recall seeing anyone wearing one) Katrina Gave Me The Blow Job of My Life. I kind of wish I had bought one just for sentimentality's sake..

(yeah I'm not quite happy with this post, but I'm tired, my chest hurts, nothing is really grabbing me right now and I don't want to think. But as a heads up I think, in order to reclaim some server space, that I'm going to delete all mp3 files from before, let's say the start of October. and if there's something that you really want that's unavailable you can always send me an email and I'll try to help you out (and I won't even require flattery)

* I think i need to get that for one of my friends- there's a running (almost 4 year old) joke about that so I'm sure he'd enjoy it.
**who says that?!

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And Soon Facebook Will Be Even More Annoying

but I of course am still so hooked it's upsetting. From Radar Online

With the November 6 D-Day of Facebook's new advertising platform approaching, speculation is mounting as to what, exactly, the Palo Alto-based company plans to unleash on its throngs of massively indebted users. Now, a source with knowledge of the proceedings tells Radar that Mark Zuckerberg's brainchild has invited nine industry-leading companies—Condé Nast, Nike, Apple, Sony, General Motors, Coke, CBS, Chase, and Verizon—to be "Landmark Partners" in the venture, each shelling out a minimum of $300,000 for the privilege.

While the money is relatively small by Facebook standards, it is proof that Madison Avenue has faith in the new Facebook model, which will likely allow advertisers to target a specific segment of the Facebook population based on user-submitted data (say, by showing Nike sneaker spots to those who list "running and basketball" in their "Interests"). Other rumors persist that the new advertising model will allow Facebook to target users on non-Facebook sites, though exactly how remains to be seen.

The company—approaching $10 billion by some valuations—is obviously keen to prove to advertisers that it can generate a Google AdSense-esque revenue stream. The launch of the new platform is seen as a significant step towards this.

Really they're going to target segments based on their interest? I can see how that'll work for like movies and music and maybe groups but I'd like to see them try to target me based on my activites:

DSUAD, Pub Quizzing, hating Carolina with every fiber of my being, giving back stories to random people, calling shenanigans, corrupting, Contrarian Society, searching for a Signature Moment and/or an Original Idea, figuring out what to do with the rest of my life, Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Team PuppyClubber, Pursuit, LME, being nostalgic, Thursday Thursdays, free t-shirt floozie, drunken philosophizing (sp.), listening to Purple Rain on repeat, giving in to temptation, taking pictures of other people taking pictures, John Edwards' One Corps, writing letters to Hubby, spending all my time writing things no one will read, teaching myself xhtml, learning arabic and french, standing and smelling the rain, organizing Thaddeus Lewis' Heisman campaign, discovering the joys of agoraphobia

or interests

Politics, Power, Kittens, Competitive Napping, Lance Armstrong, Warhol Superstars- not so much Warhol, people watching/reading at Monuments, The Preference Game, A.S.Roma, Little Asian babies, McDonalds-Termini, "Dick Gore", road trippin', random dance parties in K-ville with Hubby, requiems, adventuring, Italian wine, crescendos, pietà(s), G-Love, arias, Eliot, makeup, butterflies, watching christmas movies in the Summer, the term boyo, Grady Sizemore, purple, Virgin America

I mean there are some inside jokes in there that I don't even think I remember. I really don't know anyone who clicks on the ads unless they are really college and club specific. I also don't feel super compelled and thrilled by any of those Landmark Sponsors, but whatevs. But ah Facebook you've come a long way. I remember back in January of 2005 when I first signed on and I thought I was such a latecomer to the party and when it was not only just open to colleges, but to a certain level of colleges. I remember like a year ago when my friends and I were ridiculing Zuckerberg for not selling for 700 million and look at it now... now it's such a moneymaking thing. But I can't.stop. using. Damn you ::shakes fist::

Meh, At least it's still not as creepy as MySpace

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The Post Where I Watched the Republican Debate

and gchatted with my mad libertarian i-banking friend while he was at work.
here's our conversation where i describe whats happening, the way I saw the Republican debate in Michigan (which I didn't know was going to be 2 hours or about the economy. and so the last half hour i was watching pti)

me: i'm sure you'd understand and appreciate this debate more than i am

all i know is they're all wrong and idiots

1:09 PM Jay: how bad is it?

1:10 PM me: well fred thompson at one point looked down and checked his script and then at another point froze for like 30 seconds

but its on the economy so it's all "rah rah capitalism free market hedge funds"

Jay: lol

i hate those debates, they're just talking point sessions

me: they are

Jay: i could just look at their website

1:11 PM me: mccain just mentioned straight talk twice

i'm just seeing if fred thompson says" fuck this this is hard" and just quits in the middle

Jay: lol, you just made me laugh out loud at work

me: haha

Jay: because its prolly true

1:13 PM me: i think huckabee just kind of suggested that we legalize drugs and prostitution so we can tax them

1:15 PM and duncan hunter loves the phrase "communist china"

Jay: dude, huckabee will at least be the VP in this election

if not the candidate

i've been saying that for a long time

1:16 PM but i really think if he can finish really tight for 2nd in iowa, i think he's got a shot

i could potentially get behind romney

i mean

huckabee

i can get behind romney too... for the most part

me: haha

1:17 PM Jay: the best outcome for the republicans is probably a mccain huckabee ticket

its the best in the general election

me: which will never happen

Jay: the only shot they have over hillary

yeah

i'm almost conceding this election

me: brownback is all about the flat tax

8 years of john edwards!

Jay: brownback is a nutjob

1:18 PM me: exactly

Jay: i'm all about the flat tax

but he's crazy

romney said he'd be for my tax

so did mccain

1:19 PM me: there is no difference between any of the republicans

1:22 PM romney now attacking giulani about the line item veto and the commuter tax

giulani fires back against...bill clinton

1:23 PM Jay: solid play

can't go wrong there

6 minutes

1:30 PM me: tancredo attacking mccain about illegals, which is realy tancredo's only issue

Jay: i love ron paul except for a handful of issues

like iraq

me: he's just being a libertarian

Jay: yeah

1:32 PM me: and romney just pandered the fuck to michigan

1:34 PM rudy wants dubai to own nasdaq

aka supporting the terrorists

though he has yet to mention 9/11 strangely enough

Jay: it's coming, don't worry

1:37 PM me: duncan hunter on whether he would allow dubai to own 20% of nasdaq:

1:38 PM "no. because i don't trust 'em"

Jay: wow

that's, um, interesting

and retarded

me: do you know duncan hunter?

1:39 PM he's out of his mind conservative/hating foreigners

Jay: never heard of him actually

me: he's a so cal congressmen

1:40 PM Jay: oh yeah

he was the chairman of a house comm.

me: something defensy

Jay: yeah

knew the name was familiar

5 minutes

1:46 PM me: thompson knows hte talking points about the war

global war against islamo fascists

1:47 PM who won't to bring down our civilaztion. iraq is just one front

1:48 PM *want to bring down

6 minutes

1:54 PM me: romney proposes war against iran

Jay: really?

or just suggests it as an option

1:55 PM me: suggest it

but stil we all know what he's saying

Jay: yeah, it might come to that, i hate sitting at a desk enough that i'd be down to get in to a fight

me: hahah

1:56 PM careful they may not be certain which side you're on

skin color and all

Jay: that might help if i get taken prisoner

me: ron paul fired up against the unconstitutionality of proposing a war without congree

Jay: i'd say i was a spy

me: ss

and lamenting the increasing propaganda

Jay: i mean, he has a point

1:57 PM i think his points are great, but they don't work at the moment

we can't just pull out immediately

it'd be a mess

1:58 PM me: do you want your taxes going to rebuild a fucked up country you're never going to visit?

or do you want that money for beer and strippers?

which is more american; killing brown folks or beer and whores?

1:59 PM yes!

2:00 PM rudy broke out sept. 11th

5 minutes

2:05 PM me: tancredo misspoke and called california "and other countries"

about time

2:06 PM Jay: lol

me: do republicans admit climate change is real?

2:07 PM Jay: i think we're switching

me: or did john mccain just do some more "straight talk"?

ok

2:10 PM huckabee just disaparaged the automotive skills of people named goober

while mentioning nascar or something

Jay: lol

2:11 PM me: its funny whenever they talk about do something grand, or whatever they mention jfk going to the moon

2:12 PM even they realize republicans don't have that vision thing

and no republican ever has

2:14 PM i really hate mccain and his policies but he's the only republican who sounds sober and truthful

2:15 PM Jay: lol

me: wait didn't allan keyes announce?

because he's not at this debate

2:17 PM Jay: i dunno, he's black, republicans and george bush don't like black people, remember? kanye told us that

2:18 PM me: brownback's strategy for america to get better?

be optimistic

2:19 PM because, and i quote " this country rocks"

Jay: lol, wow

2:20 PM me: the no shot candidates are so much more fun

2:21 PM mccain and giuliani and romney just talk about "i can beat hillary"

2:22 PM Jay: where's the debate?

2:23 PM me: michigan

7 minutes

2:30 PM me: when asked about the disparaty between workers salaires and ceos huckabee kind of warned against the spectre of "class warfare"

2:31 PM or thats what i heard

2:32 PM Jay: interesting

2:35 PM me: and i know it was probably a microphone thing but when asked a question mccain squinted and asked her to repeat the question

2:36 PM which really goes well with him being old as fuck

Jay: lol

2:37 PM me: ah the republicans are such jokes

Jay: i give it a 90% chance we lose, bad and a 10% chance that we take the white house in a walk

2:38 PM because men won't vote for hillary

we're losing congress regardless

me: she's actually doing well with democratic men

Jay: i'm sure but i think that may wear down over time

its blatantly sexist

but i could see it happening

me: john edwards is the only one who's unbeatable

2:39 PM Jay: he's a dirty hippie

me: once he gets the nom

no

he's an overly groomed hippie

Jay: ending poverty, really? i mean c'mon

poverty needs to exist

me: killing everyone in the world who hates us? i mean... seriously?

Jay: its a motivator

2:40 PM if there were no poverty, i wouldn't have fear of being poor

that would be bad

me: yes if they're is a way to rise out and above generational poverty

but you wouldn't have that fear after the coming glorious socialist revolution

2:41 PM you'd work like 20 hours a week and then do whatever you do

Jay: what's actually really funny to think about is the fact that [a friend] gets paid basically as much as a mcdonald's worker who has gotten a couple pay raises

per hour

me: hah

2:42 PM but he works like 120 hours a week or something

Jay: yeah

for, by salary, 60k a year

2:43 PM w/ bonus that goes up to about 160

me: ah

Jay: net out taxes and its about 80

me: i was going to say that really sucks

Jay: so, at 100 hr./week

2:44 PM its 15 an hour

so i guess a bit better than a mcdonald's employee

but, less than what i made lawn mowing

me: its like he works at wendy;s

5 minutes

2:49 PM me: ron paul said pretty passionately he would not support the republican candidate next year

2:50 PM if they didn't do everything he wants

Jay: the libs might pick him up as their candidate

he already has enough national cred

2:51 PM me: what about that dude you guys had

2:52 PM Jay: last election?

me: yeah

Jay: harry browne

dunno what they're gonna do

not really following them at the moment

iraq's too important for us to pull out and that's the party's stance

2:53 PM me: romney just said he wants the candidate to come out of the reagan mold implying himself

and then he wrecked fred thompson

Jay: we love reagan

2:54 PM me: "this is our 6th or so debate, and its kind of like law and order, a large cast, seems to go on forever and fred thompson joins at the end"

and he also said something about family values

2:55 PM Jay: wow, nice romney

2:57 PM me: you guys are all about "optimism" will save us

and us being the envy of the world, with our great technology

which we get from the japanese and have other foreigners run

and that we have great schools

2:59 PM and the audience loves when fred thompson gives one sentence answer

3:01 PM and the falcons are getting 19 million in bonuses back from m. vick

3:02 PM Jay: really???

me: yeah whoever was deciding just ruled on it

3:03 PM Jay: wow

Roger Hallmark-Message to Khomeini (mp3)

and in related news Dick Nixon, proud Duke Law alum, called Freddie dumb as hell, but friendly. which mean he's just like Reagan and will probably win

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