So i thought that it was just me in that theater that was thinking to myself about how HOTTTTTT the character even was in the film.
he was cute, nice body, sweet, sincere, smart.. hmmm nice
GO SEE IT!!!
Monday, August 27, 2007
superbad
So i thought that it was just me in that theater that was thinking to myself about how HOTTTTTT the character even was in the film.
he was cute, nice body, sweet, sincere, smart.. hmmm nice
GO SEE IT!!!
uh-maze-ing!
okay so seriously,
this show is by far one of the greatest shows I've watched in a while. I could say but don't take my word for it because i don't really watch TV,
though I've had my share of dry humor television shows and this one is just...great.....
check out this music video clip.
then watch more of " Flight Of The Conchords"
this show is by far one of the greatest shows I've watched in a while. I could say but don't take my word for it because i don't really watch TV,
though I've had my share of dry humor television shows and this one is just...great.....
check out this music video clip.
then watch more of " Flight Of The Conchords"
Saturday, August 25, 2007
STOLEN FROM BRAD WALSH'S WEBSITE:
18 July 2007 :: Where You At?!
In the studio, recording new things. Two new tracks are available to buy as singles from the Snocap store: "Disco's Out" with Sophia Lamar and "Live Until I Stop" with Anna Rexia. Album Prior To and EP Bones With New Skins are both on Snocap, as well as iTunes and eMusic as well.
22 May 2007 :: Free 7-Song EP Download
Download Brad's new remixes and remasters EP Bones With New Skins for free, as a big zip file with cover art included.
DOWNLOAD [expired]
1. Do It in the Street (Remastered)
2. Available (Remastered)
3. Do It in the Street (Electro Skin)
4. Available (Mikey B Remix)
5. Two of Hearts (The Freemix)
6. Available (Polaroid Club Mix) (Remastered)
7. Do It in the Street (Mikey B Remix)
All songs written, recorded, produced, and performed by Brad Walsh except: (5) by Stacey Q; (4) and (7) remixed by Mikey B; guitars on (1), (3), (5), and (7) by Spencer Vea.
07 May 2007 :: It's Been A Year, But...
...a new song from Brad! Not a remix, not a cover.
"It's a first glimpse of the direction in which I'm moving. Go listen, it's called 'Live Until I Stop' with some additional vocals from Anna Rexia. Hear it at my MySpace."
May 2007 :: New Site
A little overhaul around these parts! This home page is where you can find the latest news on Brad's music, and the written links at the top of this box take you to different sections:
MUSIC (album/release info, mp3 downloads, how to buy, etc.)
PHOTOS (photos of Brad, photos by Brad)
ABOUT (artist bio, hi-res promo photos, press quotes)
BLOG (show/DJ updates from Brad)
LINKS (to his favorite people, places, and websites)
LOVE LIFE FARMER STYLE
so I'm stoned... and Elise and Tim and i are watching the fellowship of the ring and i asked them where it was filmed and they said New Zealand and i said "ugh i love it there. i wanna be there. i want to live there. i want to live there when i am married and have children. i want to grow and cook my own rice and beans. and wash my clothing in a river and crystallize my own water from a creek" and we all laughed.... and there i sat just thinking (while they were still laughing and talking about it) "wow, how wonderful would it be to have my own children grow up in a place like that where they get to run around barefoot in the nice green grass and play in the fields with no worries just fun and adventure where i hang dry my river washed laundry and pick fresh home grown berries for home baked pies and everything completely organic. where we would have many animals and we could play music and drink tea and sing songs and read from books and draw and paint and ride a horse to the river where we would ride a canoe and fish and relax or swim and play!...... that life is for sure my dream life.
that is what i want. New Zealand. i think i need you.
cupcake battles
i have a recipe for cupcakes... of my own.
meryl bought the supplies for me to bake them.
usually when i bake cupcakes i give most of them out. and share the rest with me and whoever i was with when i made them.
last night we all had 1 cupcake. i took 5 to give out because they wanted to eat them all...
they ate more when they got home last night without me, today, elise and meryl and tim all had another one. so they each had two and i've only had just that one from last night.
so i said, can i have the last two since i had one.
and they said uhh no you've had 7. the 5 you gave out the one last night and the one you are about to eat.
so i called them selfish... am i wrong?
meryl bought the supplies for me to bake them.
usually when i bake cupcakes i give most of them out. and share the rest with me and whoever i was with when i made them.
last night we all had 1 cupcake. i took 5 to give out because they wanted to eat them all...
they ate more when they got home last night without me, today, elise and meryl and tim all had another one. so they each had two and i've only had just that one from last night.
so i said, can i have the last two since i had one.
and they said uhh no you've had 7. the 5 you gave out the one last night and the one you are about to eat.
so i called them selfish... am i wrong?
DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
Drop Dead Gorgeous
billy and bob are chillen' at their house smoking some fat blunts when billy gets a call...
(person on other line: billy someone is trying to steal the weed! get your ass over here!
billy: oh fuck! see you in a few mary-jane!)
billy and bob rush up. billy grabs the weed and stuffs it in his pocket inside hispants. and bob grabs the blunt that they were smoking, then run outside and grab their bikes.
they were so baked though that when they were getting on their bikes they both ran into each other and fell over from being so clumsy.
then they were on their way.....
they passed back and forth the blunt taking turns with it while riding over to the crack house to save their weed!
when there she was..... fucking beautiful! a damn good looking girl that when you saw her you just wanted to grab her by her waist squeeze it a little then grab her head and pull her close and just make out with her till she shivers then take her upstairs and fuck her brains out till she says i love you!!!!!!!
but anyway.... billy saw her first while they were riding and he said
billy: wow, look at her, isn't she so fucking gorgeous?!?!
bob: oh shit!!!! billy!!!!!! watch out!!!
(a truck came out of nowhere! it was driving so fast that it just came up behind them too fast. billy was staring at her so hard. no like, he was in a zone with her imagining them together and shit....
so he didn't see that he needed to move over.
the truck honked its horn soo loud so many times till BAM!!!!!
billy just dropped dead from staring at a gorgeous girl while very baked.
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drop dead gorgeous is at Beauty Bar every Sunday, but particularly on the first Sunday of every month for the Beauty pageant extravaganza. Hot girls, cool judges, cash prizes, promotional gifts, and lots of booze!
be there!
yeah, yeah
any night at darmroom is a goodnight for me. as long as i can just sit at the bar chillen at it. by myself, sipping my whiskey...stoned with a roach in my pocket waiting to get smoked.
don't judge...hate.
come to darkroom
tear drops
i want to be the driver of my tear drops so that i can be the one that is crashing in the splashes of them once they fall off my face onto some sort of surface.
heart-felt feelings and thoughts
i think that the most amazing thing that exists is the mind.
it means everything.
it.... can really hurt you...
it means everything.
it.... can really hurt you...
Friday, August 24, 2007
right now
i baked cupcakes just now.
i tend to bake them a lot.
i mean,
obviously....
i'm not just a baker, i'm a great cook.
not to be conceeeiittteedddd haha but i AM a GREAT cook. i can cook you anything and add some random flavors and make it taste even better! blahhhh i'm stoned. all i can think about is food.
and smoking.
i'm sitting here right now with Elise & meryl my best gals the coker twins. my cousin tim (its his place) and his friends chris and harrison. they just started watching blade. they'[re are still some more cupcakes in the oven that i should prob go tend to.
personally for tonight, it's all about ruff club at annex and chillen at dark room.
see you there.
i tend to bake them a lot.
i mean,
obviously....
i'm not just a baker, i'm a great cook.
not to be conceeeiittteedddd haha but i AM a GREAT cook. i can cook you anything and add some random flavors and make it taste even better! blahhhh i'm stoned. all i can think about is food.
and smoking.
i'm sitting here right now with Elise & meryl my best gals the coker twins. my cousin tim (its his place) and his friends chris and harrison. they just started watching blade. they'[re are still some more cupcakes in the oven that i should prob go tend to.
personally for tonight, it's all about ruff club at annex and chillen at dark room.
see you there.
WOODSTOCK
Everyone should know a bit of history about Woodstock.
this is a piece i'd like to share.
In 1997, the site of the concert and 1,400 surrounding acres was purchased by Alan Gerry for the purpose of creating the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. It opened on July 1, 2006 with a performance of the New York Philharmonic. On August 13, 2006, Crosby Stills Nash & Young performed to 16,000 fans at the new Center — exactly 37 years after their historic performance at Woodstock. A new interpretive center dedicated to the Woodstock Festival and its meaning is scheduled to open in the summer of 2007.[when? — see talk page]
In August 2007, the 103-acre parcel that contains Max Yasgur's former homestead was placed on the market for $8 million by its current owners, Roy Howard and Jeryl Abramson. [1] The home, barn, fieldhouse, and acreage, which are listed by Joshpe Real Estate of New York City, have been the site of frequent Woodstock reunions.[2]
Woodstock Plaque
Woodstock Plaque
A plaque has been placed commemorating the festival. The field and the stage area remain preserved and well kept in their rural upstate New York setting. On the field are the remnants of a neon flower and bass from the original concert. In the middle of the field, there is a totem pole with wood carvings of Jimi Hendrix on the bottom, Janis Joplin in the middle, and Jerry Garcia on top. A concert hall has been erected up the hill, and the fields of the old Yasgur farm are still visited by people of all generations.
There are currently groups of people on the social networking websites like "Myspace" and "Facebook," that support the idea of planning a "Woodstock 2009." This future festival, if carried out, would celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original event. The main problem is that another festival would only be possible if permission was given by Woodstock Ventures Ltd. to use the name "Woodstock," which is
WORLD PEACE DAY
SO this is pretty much incredible.
Everyone should know about world peace day!
nice.....
http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/
InternationalDayofPeace.org
is provided by
Pathways To Peace,
the International Secretariat of the
Culture of Peace Initiative
(formerly We The Peoples Initiative),
a United Nations-designated Peace Messenger Initiative,
in service of
The International Day of Peace
NGO Committee at the UN
InternationalDayofPeace.org
Send your activities for Peace Day to Pathways To Peace, info@pathwaystopeace.org
ELEPHANT
I love Elephants.
My mother also loves elephants which is great because i grew up having a bunch of elephant stuff in our homes.
I notice a lot of families have elephant figurines and such in their homes. but i can't help but wonder do they know what they are expressing?
Asian elephant, Indian elephant
Asian elephants are more easily tamed than their larger African counterparts, and have been used as beasts of burden for centuries.
Deinotherium
Deinotheres are extinct, but are in the same group as modern elephants.
Forest elephant
It was once thought that there were two subspecies of African elephant, but recent research has meant they have been reclassified as two separate species - forest elephants and savannah elephants.
Galapagos giant tortoise
Northern elephant seal
Male northern elephant seals are the second largest of all the pinnipeds (after the southern elephant seal). They were once at risk of becoming extinct, but happily their numbers are now much healthier.
Rufous elephant shrew, East African long-eared elephant shrew
A small mouse-like animal (although unrelated to rodents) with an extremely mobile nose and the habit of clearing paths through its territory in order to escape from predators at high speed.
Savannah elephant
African elephants are the largest living land mammals. As well as being physically striking, they have remarkably complex and interesting social lives.
Woolly mammoth
Mammoths were closely related to modern day elephants.
Forest elephant
Loxodonta cyclotis
It was once thought that there were two subspecies of African elephant, but recent research has meant they have been reclassified as two separate species - forest elephants and savannah elephants.
Subspecies
The pygmy elephant (L.c.pumilio) is a subspecies of the forest elephant found from Sierra Leone to DRC.
Life span
African elephants live for 55-60 years, although in captivity they can live for up to 80 years.
Statistics
Head-body length: 6-7.5m (male), females are 0.6m shorter. Tail length: 1-1.3m. Shoulder height: 3-3.4m (male), 2.7m (female). Weight: 6 tonnes (male), 3 tonnes (female).
Physical description
Forest elephants have straighter tusks and more rounded ears than savannah elephants. They have five toes on the forefeet and four toes on the hindfeet, which is the same as in Asian elephants. African elephants have larger ears and tusks than Asian elephants. Females are smaller and have shorter tusks than males. The skin is grey, with a little covering of hair.
Distribution
Central and West Africa.
Habitat
Dense lowland jungle.
Diet
African elephants eat bark, fruit, grass and leaves. They will push down trees to eat from them. Water is essential and they can consume up to 50 gallons a day.
Behaviour
Forest elephants live in much smaller groups than the large herds of Savannah Elephants. Generally males are solitary and females stay with one or two of their offspring.
They keep in contact with each other in the forest using calls too low for humans to hear. These calls are able to travel through even thick vegetation for several kilometres.
Forest elephants come together in large numbers in clearings in the forest known as "bais". At the bais they dig down in the soil with their trunks and tusks to get at mineral salts missing from their normal diet.
They have a huge impact on their habitat. Generations of forest elephants have created a network of trails throughout the African rainforest linking their favourite fruit trees.
Reproduction
There is no breeding season. Females breed every four years and are only receptive for between 3-6 days, so bulls in musth need to be alert to the location of receptive females. Elephants have incredibly keen hearing. They communicate with very low frequency sounds that the human ear can't detect. They listen for the female's growl emanating from the larynx that can be heard for many kilometres.
When mating takes place, the entire family takes part in a noisy melee known as the mating pandemonium, during which they rush about in an agitated state and trumpet loudly.
The gestation period is 22 months long. Females remain fertile for up to sixty years.
Conservation status
The Forest elephant is classified as Endangered by the 2000 IUCN Red List. They have been hunted to the brink of extinction for their ivory. Pressure on the ivory trade and improved protection from poachers has helped to restore numbers in some areas.
Controlled culling in reserves is sometimes necessary when overpopulation causes habitat loss, but efforts have been made to secure larger reserves. These include areas stretching across migratory routes.
FREE HUGS!!
I wish to meet Juan Mann and give him the softest warmest longest hug anyone has ever given him!
he is just that inspiring.
i am a hugger myself. i don't know you? okay yea i'll shake your hand since you went through "all the trouble" to reach out with your right hand just to shake my own with a nice firm grip, tough i'm still going to pull you in with that hand and pull you close to me and hug you with my nice "firm" grip.
Do you know about the World Peace movement called "Free Hugs"? It is the story of a man, Juan Mann an Australlian who wished to reach out to people with free hugs, even if it was just one. At one point, the Free Hugs Campaign was banned, but Petitioning around the world, the movement was reinstated. People around the world have joined the movement to reach out to people. Juan Mann has been on shows such as Oprah. The video that inspired it all is at the bottom of this blog. The music is by the Band "Sick Puppies", a band that Juan Mann had met a year before the first Free Hugs campaign started, they made the inspiring video their MTV video. That video has won the Youtube.com video awards for '06 as "most inspiring". Be sure to visit their website www.freehugscampaign.org
This is the memo from the webiste:
" Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, A man whos sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives.
In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal.
As this symbol of human hope spread accross the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs campaign BANNED. What we then witness is the true spirit of humanity come together in what can only be described as awe inspiring.
In the Spirit of the free hugs campaign, PASS THIS TO A FRIEND and HUG A STRANGER! After all, If you can reach just one person"
An American television audience of millions also watched him at work, when the video was broadcast on the prime-time breakfast program Good Morning America yesterday.
Today, the hugger was at it again, brandishing his "free hugs" sign in the busy pedestrian thoroughfare, and having quite a few people take him up on his offer.
"It's a way to make people smile," Mann said.
"For every person who gets a hug, you see five walk past with a smile on their face."
Juan Mann (pronounced one man) is a play on words, but the hugger insisted his rules included no names, no phone numbers, no relationships and no dates.
The hit video came about after a meeting - and a hug - more than a year ago with the lead singer of the Sick Puppies, a Sydney band made up of three former Mosman High School students.
The singer, Shimon Moore, was working odd jobs by day and playing gigs by night.
"I was one of those guys in Pitt Street Mall with a sandwich board advertising a shoe sale," Moore told smh.com.au today.
The two became mates, and Moore borrowed his father's video camera to shoot footage of the hug man at work.
But his efforts to spread the love became a little too popular for some people's liking, according to a blurb on the YouTube video, which said: "As this symbol of human hope spread across the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs campaign BANNED."
Undeterred, Mann collected more than 10,000 signatures on a petition he presented to the City of Sydney council. Demands for a halt to the hugs petered out shortly after, and the end of the clip shows Mann hugging an official.
Speaking by phone from Los Angeles, where the Sick Puppies moved a year ago, the lead singer said he mixed the video with their song All The Same as a gift for his friend, to lift his spirits after his grandmother died.
It had the desired effect. Four days ago, the band posted the clip on YouTube. By 3pm today, it had close to 700,000 hits and almost 6000 comments, most of them gushing.
Like this one: "Made me cry. I love you all!"
The musician said the video had taken Mann's mission worldwide.
"He's achieved what he set out to do and I was lucky enough to be there to film it," Moore said.
There are even plans for a mass free hug-fest at midday on Monday, which could come in handy if the Sydney Swans don't win the premiership.
City worker Elly Mitchell, who handed out a few free hugs on her lunch break today, said she was inspired to organise the event after seeing the video online.
"We're going to hug the city," Ms Mitchell said.
A City of Sydney spokesman Josh MacKenzie said he could find no record of rangers asking Mann to move on.
"In fact, the feeling around the office is one of support for his campaign to spread a bit of happiness and love in the CBD," the spokesman said.
Asked if he had accepted a free hug, the council spokesman said he hadn't.
"But I'm sure council staff would welcome the opportunity to have a hug," he said.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
GUITAR HERO III
What Wikipedia says about guiatr hero 3!
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is a music video game and the upcoming third full installment in the Guitar Hero series (the fourth title overall). In May 2006, RedOctane, the publisher of Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero II was purchased by Activision.[2] Because of this purchase, Guitar Hero III will be published by Activision and development responsibilities will shift from Harmonix Music Systems to Neversoft Entertainment.[3]
Development history
Activision initially stated that the game is planned for release in the fiscal year of 2008, which stretches from March 2007 to March 2008.[4]
On April 9, 2007, RedOctane published a comment on their support webpage concerning Guitar Hero II's release date, stating that the PS2 and Xbox 360 versions had been released in November 2006 and April 2007 respectively. They then unofficially stated that "Guitar Hero 3 for the Playstation 2, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii are currently scheduled for release in the United States in Fall of 2007".[5][6]
On April 16, 2007, RedOctane founder Kai Huang confirmed the release platforms for Guitar Hero III to be released early 2008. Additionally, Huang revealed that all versions of the game will feature wireless controllers as well as online multiplayer and downloadable content.[7]
Metal news site The PRP reported that Queens of the Stone Age have been confirmed as appearing in several upcoming video games, one of which is Guitar Hero III. (Rock Band, produced by Harmonix, is also included in these titles.) This made them the first confirmed band in the game.[8]
Canadian rock station 102.1 The Edge conducted an interview with rock band Velvet Revolver. During the interview, the band's bassist Duff McKagan revealed that possibly two songs ("She Builds Quick Machines" and either "Let it Roll" or "Get Out the Door") from their new album Libertad will be featured in Guitar Hero III.[9]
Guitar Hero III was officially announced by Activision and RedOctane on May 23, 2007 for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. There was no mention of the DS version, but the fall 2007 release date was reconfirmed. New wireless controllers shaped like a Gibson Les Paul (PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360) and Kramer (PlayStation 2) models were also confirmed, along with removable faceplates that will allow players to personalize their guitar. Activision also avoided all mention of the title "Guitar Hero III," instead referring to the game as "the next Guitar Hero."[10] Also promised by Dusty Welch, head of publishing at RedOctane, are "new online and multi-player game play modes", and that "many of the top bands and songs we've tried to get in the past are now on board, and we've definitely got some giant aces in the hole to say the least,"[11] The online play feature will also extend to the Wii version, as announced by Nintendo at the 2007 E3 conference.[12]
The wireless guitar controllers for all 4 systems: Xbox 360, Wii, PS3 (Gibson Les Paul) and PS2 (Kramer Pacer)
The wireless guitar controllers for all 4 systems: Xbox 360, Wii, PS3 (Gibson Les Paul) and PS2 (Kramer Pacer)
A week later, IGN revealed the wireless Les Paul controller, which will feature a removable neck for travel purposes. Additionally, new gameplay videos and screenshots were revealed.[13][14][15][16] While the gameplay does not appear to have changed, the graphical display of Star Power and the streak/multiplier meter has been altered.
Metal Injection revealed that Slash will be a playable character in the game. Slash did motion capture with RedOctane to record his movements for the game, and by beating him in a one-on-one competition (playing an original composition of his[17] ), he will be unlocked as a playable character. Beating him in this challenge will result in the player and Slash playing the master track of "Welcome to the Jungle" as an encore song.[18]
On July 9, 2007, Activision announced that the full title for the game was Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.[19]
An interview with RedOctane's co-founder Charles Huang on Guitar Hero III suggests that they are "hoping to really bring the experience to the DS and to do some very, very different approaches" and were "working through a lot of engineering issues with Nintendo."[20]
Gameplay
See also: Common gameplay elements in the Guitar Hero series
Battle Mode
A screenshot demonstrating Battle Mode and Slash as a playable character.
A screenshot demonstrating Battle Mode and Slash as a playable character.
IGN announced the game would feature a new multiplayer game mode called Battle Mode.[21] The mode puts a twist on the Pro Face-off mode introduced in Guitar Hero II. Two players will face each other, trying to complete a song while successfully playing Star Power sequences to earn attacks that can be used against their opponents. Players will be able to store three attacks at a time and can activate them by tilting their guitars upward. If neither player fails the song, they will face each other in a sudden death segment. The attacks will include:
* Broken string: One fret button on the opponent's guitar will not work until it is fixed (by rapidly tapping the button).
* Difficulty up: The opponent will play the song on an increased difficulty for a short duration of time (except for expert difficulty).
* Amp overload: The fret board will shake and appear blurry, making the scrolling notes difficult to read.
* Whammy bar: The opponent will have to use the whammy bar before he/she can play notes again.
* Steal power: This will steal your opponent's power-up (this will be lost if used when the opponent has no power-up).
* Double notes: The opponent will have to play any single note as a two-button chord, and any two-button chord as a three-button chord for a short amount of time.
* Lefty flip: The fret board will be mirrored, requiring the player to switch their handedness on the guitar.
Character cast
Bret Michaels' in-game character will sing vocals while the player performs certain songs
Bret Michaels' in-game character will sing vocals while the player performs certain songs
It has been revealed by Neversoft lead developer Alan Flores in a GameSpot interview Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock will feature a cast of thirteen characters.[22] Returning to the game are the characters of: Axel Steel, Casey Lynch, Izzy Sparks, Judy Nails, Johnny Napalm, Lars Ümlaüt and Xavier Stone, while Midori is known to be a new character. Clive Winston and Pandora have been removed from the cast. The reason for Clive's removal is that the developers feel Xavier Stone replaces Clive as the 70's rocker while they say they took Pandora's features and melded them with Judy Nails.[23] No official statement has been made about Eddie Knox's inclusion or exclusion from the game.
Still according to Flores, Guitar Hero III will feature 3 boss battles in the game (one of them being the aforementioned Slash), and one of them will be against a "fictional" guitarist.[22] The other boss will be a real guitarist, whom Alan Flores comments people will recognize once Neversoft reveals his identity.[22] USA Today revealed that an animated Bret Michaels of Poison and the Bret Michaels Band would be singing on August 11, 2007. [24]
Venues
In addition to four new songs, ScoreHero also reported some of the venues that will be featured in the game. The names of the venues are "Backyard Bash", "Mitch's Moose Lounge", "Video Shoot", "Ye Olde Royal Odeon", "Shanker's Island", "Desert Rock Tour", "Kaiju Megadome", and "Lou's Inferno". The venues were described as "amazingly well done", without providing further specific details.[25]
Soundtrack
On May 23, 2007, Activision announced 11 songs that will appear in the game. IGN revealed two more tracks on May 31.[11] A trailer for the game revealed two more tracks on July 9.[26] Users from the ScoreHero forum reported 4 additional songs on July 25, 2007.[25] The list includes both cover songs (indicated by the phrase "as made famous by") and master tracks, featuring performances by the song's original artist.[16] The Living Colour track, "Cult of Personality" was rerecorded (with a new guitar solo) by the band after the master track could not be located. According to IGN.com, this new guitar solo makes the song on expert "just plain ridiculous."[27] On August 16, Gamespot announced that the Poison track Talk Dirty to Me is a remastered version of the original song, [28] but later that day an official press release noted that it is a "as made famous by" cover version.[29] Several tracks by European artists were announced by Activision on August 22, 2007, and one more track was revealed by Activision on August 23, 2007.[30]
Lead developer Alan Flores states in a GameSpot interview that there will be "over 70 songs", (over half of them master recordings) on the final soundtrack for the game.[22]
As of August 23, 2007, there have been 46 songs confirmed:
bold denotes song performed by the original artist (all other songs are covers)
* "3's and 7's" – Queens of the Stone Age[31]
* "Avalancha" - Héroes del Silencio[30]
* "Barracuda" – Heart[32]
* "Black Magic Woman" – Santana[33]
* "Cherub Rock" – Smashing Pumpkins[32]
* "Closer" - Lacuna Coil[30]
* "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" – Blue Öyster Cult
* "Cult of Personality" – Living Colour[32]
* "Even Flow" – Pearl Jam[32]
* "Generation Rock" – Revolverheld[30]
* "Go That Far" – Bret Michaels Band[24]
* "Hier Kommt Alex" - Die Toten Hosen[30]
* "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" – Pat Benatar[34]
* "I'm in the Band" - The Hellacopters[30]
* "In the Belly of a Shark" - Gallows[30]
* "Knights of Cydonia" – Muse[32]
* "La Grange" – ZZ Top[25]
* "Lay Down" – Priestess[32]
* "Mauvais Garçon" - NAAST[30]
* "The Metal" – Tenacious D[32]
* "Minus Celsius" - Backyard Babies[30]
* "Miss Murder" – AFI
* "Mississippi Queen" – Mountain[31]
* "My Name Is Jonas" – Weezer[32]
* "The Number of the Beast" – Iron Maiden[25]
* "One" – Metallica[35]
* "Paint It, Black" – The Rolling Stones [32]
* "Paranoid" – Black Sabbath[31]
* "Radio Song" - Superbus[30]
* "Raining Blood" – Slayer
* "Reptilia" – The Strokes[31]
* "Rock and Roll All Nite" – Kiss[32]
* "Rock You Like a Hurricane" – Scorpions[26]
* "Ruby" - Kaiser Chiefs[30]
* "Sabotage" – Beastie Boys[32]
* "School's Out" – Alice Cooper[32]
* "She Bangs the Drums" – The Stone Roses[36][37]
* "She Builds Quick Machines" – Velvet Revolver[38][32]
* "Slow Ride" – Foghat[32]
* "Suck My Kiss" – Red Hot Chili Peppers[25]
* "Sunshine of Your Love" - Cream [39]
* "Talk Dirty to Me" - Poison[24]
* "Take This Life" - In Flames[30]
* "Through the Fire and Flames" – DragonForce[25][40]
* "Welcome to the Jungle" – Guns N' Roses[41][32]
* "When You Were Young" – The Killers[42]
In addition, bands confirmed to be contributing to the game include:
* Another song by Velvet Revolver from Libertad[9][38]
* An original song composed and performed by Slash of Velvet Revolver.[43]
Concerning other bands, Huang also stated in an interview, "We've got a lot of songs and artists still that we would love to have. In particular, we've been trying to get Metallica, AC/DC and Led Zeppelin. So hopefully sometime in the near future, my wish and everybody's wish will come true and we can get some of their music in the game."[44]
The Stony Awards!
6TH ANNUAL HIGH TIMES STONY AWARDS
GENERAL INFORMATION
The 6th Annual High Times Stony Awards will take place on October 24 at BB King's in New York. The Stonys celebrate the highest and stoniest movies and TV shows of the past year.
The co-hosts for this year's Stonys are hip-hop legend Redman and stand-up comedian Doug Benson ("The Marijuana-Logues," V-H1's "Best Week Ever").
Awards in more than 20 categories will be handed out. The categories include Best Movie, Best Stoner Movie, Best Pot Scene, Stoner of the Year, Best TV Series, Best Late-Night Talk Show and Top Pot Comic. Video clips of all the nominees will be shown throughout the night.
Special guest presenters and award winners make the Stonys an evening of celebrity-filled entertainment. This year's nominees include "Weeds," "Entourage," "A Scanner Darkly," "Real Time with Bill Maher" and "Grandma's Boy."
Previous winners and presenters include Snoop Dogg, Dave Chappelle, Tommy Chong, Horatio Sanz, Ethan Hawke, George Clinton, Adrianne Curry, Jason Mewes, Kal Penn and James Toback.
Musical performances are also part of the Stonys. Tara Angell will sing "Little Boxes," the theme song to "Weeds." Other performances will be announced soon.
Redman will perform a special "after-party" set, followed by Herbal Nation - winner of the 2006 Global Marijuana Music Awards.
STONYS SCHEDULE
7 pm: doors open, DJ set
9-11 pm: Stony Awards show
11:15 pm-12:30 am: musical performances by Redman & Herbal Nation
TICKETS
General tickets: $30 in advance, $40 day of show
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS
VIP tickets: $150
This guarantees seating in the VIP area, two free drinks, a swag bag including the 2007 HIGH TIMES calendar, free entrance to the Stonys pre-party on Oct. 23 and after-party on Oct. 24.
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE VIP TICKETS
FOR TRAVEL PACKAGES TO THE STONYS, CALL 1-877-687-6461
STONY AWARDS CATEGORIES
BEST MOVIE/DRAMA
BEST STONER MOVIE/COMEDY
BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE
STONER OF THE YEAR
BEST POT SCENE IN A MOVIE
BEST DOCUMENTARY
BEST FOREIGN FILM
BEST TV SERIES
BEST CABLE NEWS SHOW
BEST LATE-NIGHT TALK SHOW
BEST REALITY TV SERIES
BEST TV ACTOR
BEST TV ACTRESS
BEST TV SPECIAL
BEST SOUNDTRACK
BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE OR TV SERIES
BEST STONER DVD
TOP POT COMIC
BEST PLAY
BEST UNRELEASED FILM
STONY CLASSIC
VOTING
Seven categories will be voted on by the public. The vote take place for one week, starting on Sept. 6. CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR STONY NOMINEES
GENERAL INFORMATION
The 6th Annual High Times Stony Awards will take place on October 24 at BB King's in New York. The Stonys celebrate the highest and stoniest movies and TV shows of the past year.
The co-hosts for this year's Stonys are hip-hop legend Redman and stand-up comedian Doug Benson ("The Marijuana-Logues," V-H1's "Best Week Ever").
Awards in more than 20 categories will be handed out. The categories include Best Movie, Best Stoner Movie, Best Pot Scene, Stoner of the Year, Best TV Series, Best Late-Night Talk Show and Top Pot Comic. Video clips of all the nominees will be shown throughout the night.
Special guest presenters and award winners make the Stonys an evening of celebrity-filled entertainment. This year's nominees include "Weeds," "Entourage," "A Scanner Darkly," "Real Time with Bill Maher" and "Grandma's Boy."
Previous winners and presenters include Snoop Dogg, Dave Chappelle, Tommy Chong, Horatio Sanz, Ethan Hawke, George Clinton, Adrianne Curry, Jason Mewes, Kal Penn and James Toback.
Musical performances are also part of the Stonys. Tara Angell will sing "Little Boxes," the theme song to "Weeds." Other performances will be announced soon.
Redman will perform a special "after-party" set, followed by Herbal Nation - winner of the 2006 Global Marijuana Music Awards.
STONYS SCHEDULE
7 pm: doors open, DJ set
9-11 pm: Stony Awards show
11:15 pm-12:30 am: musical performances by Redman & Herbal Nation
TICKETS
General tickets: $30 in advance, $40 day of show
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS
VIP tickets: $150
This guarantees seating in the VIP area, two free drinks, a swag bag including the 2007 HIGH TIMES calendar, free entrance to the Stonys pre-party on Oct. 23 and after-party on Oct. 24.
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE VIP TICKETS
FOR TRAVEL PACKAGES TO THE STONYS, CALL 1-877-687-6461
STONY AWARDS CATEGORIES
BEST MOVIE/DRAMA
BEST STONER MOVIE/COMEDY
BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE
STONER OF THE YEAR
BEST POT SCENE IN A MOVIE
BEST DOCUMENTARY
BEST FOREIGN FILM
BEST TV SERIES
BEST CABLE NEWS SHOW
BEST LATE-NIGHT TALK SHOW
BEST REALITY TV SERIES
BEST TV ACTOR
BEST TV ACTRESS
BEST TV SPECIAL
BEST SOUNDTRACK
BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE OR TV SERIES
BEST STONER DVD
TOP POT COMIC
BEST PLAY
BEST UNRELEASED FILM
STONY CLASSIC
VOTING
Seven categories will be voted on by the public. The vote take place for one week, starting on Sept. 6. CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR STONY NOMINEES
HIPPIES <3
Hippie (often spelled hippy, especially outside the United States) is a term originally used to describe some of the rebellious youth of the 1960s and 1970s.
The word hippie was popularized by the late San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen. Caen's articles were always written with the help of notes and letters from his San Francisco fan base. He is also credited as among the first to include the words beatnik and yuppie in his column.
Though not a cohesive cultural movement with manifestos and leaders, some hippies expressed their desire for change with communal or nomadic lifestyles, by renouncing corporate influence, consumerism and the Vietnam War, by embracing aspects of non-Judeo-Christian religious cultures (including much Eastern philosophy), and with criticism of Western middle class values.
Such criticism included the views that the government was paternalistic, corporate industry was greedy and domineering, traditional morals were askew, and war was inhumane. Hippies referred to the structures and institutions that they opposed as The Establishment.
Hippies of the time were interested in "tuning in to their inner minds" (with or without drugs or mystic meditation) and improving mainstream society. Influence in hippie culture is sometimes akin to Eastern religions, philosophies, and associations. Although mainstream culture is not associated with hippie ways, modern hippies nonetheless exist as made apparent on sites such as Hippyland and events such as Rainbow Family Gatherings.
Origins
In the 1940s and 1950s the term hipster came into usage by the American Beat generation to describe jazz and swing music performers, and evolved to also describe the bohemian-like counterculture that formed around the art of the time.
The 1960s hippie culture evolved from the beat culture, and was greatly influenced by changing music style and the creation of rock & roll from jazz.
The first use of the word hippie on US television was on WNBC TV Channel 4 in New York City at the opening of the New York World's Fair on April 22, 1964. Some young Anti-Vietnam War protesters, wearing t-shirts, denim jeans and with long hair like The Beatles, staged a Sit-in and were called hippies by NYPD officers and reporters. The police swung their batons at them to chase them off the escalators and they fought back and were arrested. Before that date, the type was generally referred to as Beatnik.
On the east coast of the U.S., in Greenwich Village, young counterculture advocates were called, and referred to themselves as, hips. At that time, to be hip meant to be "in the know." Disaffected youth from the suburbs of New York City flocked to the Village in their oldest clothes to fit into the counterculture movement, the coffee houses, etc. Radio station WBAI was the first media outlet to use the term hippie to describe the poorly-dressed middle class youths as a pejorative term originally meaning "hip wannabes."
September 6, 1965 marked the first San Francisco newspaper story, by Michael Fellon, that used the word "hippie" to refer to younger bohemians. The name did not catch on in mass media until almost two years later.
Hippie action in the San Francisco area, particularly the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, centered around the Diggers, a guerrilla street theater group that combined spontaneous street theater, anarchistic action, and art happenings in their agenda of creating a "free city." The San Francisco Diggers grew from two radical traditions thriving in the area in the mid-1960s: the bohemian/underground art/theater scene, and the new left/civil rights/peace movement.
Los Angeles also had a vibrant hippie scene in the mid-1960s, arising from a combination of the L.A. beat scene centered around Venice and its coffeehouses, which spawned the Doors, and the Sunset Strip, the quintessential L.A. hippie gathering area, with its seminal rock clubs, such as the Whisky-a-Go-Go, and the Troubadour just down the hill. The Strip was also the location of the actual protest referred to in the Buffalo Springfield's early hippie anthem of 1966, For What It's Worth.
Summer 1967 in Haight-Ashbury became known as the "Summer of Love" as young people gathered (75,000 by police estimates) and shared the new culture of music, drugs, and rebellion. The outdoor Human Be-In concert started the Summer of Love. However, the Diggers felt co-opted by media attention and interpretation, and at the end of the summer held a Death of Hippie parade.
The hippie movement reached its height in the late 1960s, as evidenced by the July 7, 1967 issue of TIME magazine, which had for its cover story: The Hippies: The Philosophy of a Subculture.
1971 was the last year of the Hippie Era.
By 1972, its ideas and styles had, more or less, been accepted by most of society.
Flower Children, Flower Power, Flower of Life
Because many hippies wore flowers in their hair and distributed flowers to passersby, they earned the alternative name, "flower children."
Politics
Hippies often participated in peace movements with Liberal views, including peace marches such as the USA marches on Washington and civil rights marches, and anti-Vietnam War demonstrations including draft card burnings, and the 1968 Democratic Convention. Yippies represented a highly politically active sub-group.
By today's standards, they're prone to hedonism and pacifism. The culture has also rapidly embraced post feminist and mostly postmodern principles in wake of the twenty-first century.
Though hippies embodied a counterculture movement, early hippies were not particularly tolerant of homosexuality. Acceptance of homosexuality grew with the culture, and by today's standards such issues are non-existent.
Hippie political expression also took the form of "dropping out" of society to implement the changes they sought. The back to the land movement, cooperative business enterprises, alternative energy, free press movement, and organic farming embraced by hippies were all political in nature at their start.
Drugs
Alchemy Wheel in Motion
Driven by the appeal of the Sixties "psychedelics guru," Harvard professor Timothy Leary, who advocated use of these drugs as a form of mind expansion, many hippies participated in recreational drug use, particularly marijuana (cannabis, cannabis (drug), hashish) and hallucinogens such as LSD (psychedelic and psychedelic drug) and psilocybin (Psychedelic mushroom).
Some hippies prize marijuana for its iconoclastic, illicit nature, as well as for its psychopharmaceutical effects. Although some hippies did not use drugs, drug use is a trait often ascribed to hippies. Some hippies used drugs to express their disaffection with societal norms.
In addition to Leary, Ken Kesey was also an important figure in spreading the psychedelic philosophy. By holding what he called "Acid Tests," and touring the country with his band of Merry Pranksters, Kesey became not only a "drug guru" but a magnet which drew media attention to the fledgeling movement. The use of cannabis had been established by the Beats, and the drug appears in "On The Road," which was widely read among soon-to-be hippies.
Legacy
By 1970, much of the hippie style, but little of its substance, had passed into mainstream culture. The media lost interest in the subculture as it went out of fashion with younger people and even became the target of their ridicule with the advent of punk rock. However, many hippies made, and continue to maintain, long-term commitments to the lifestyle.
Rainbow Gathering
Symbology: 12 Around 1, Rainbow Bridge, Torus, Spirals Sacred Geometry]
I wonder if the people who made this, knew the patterns they were creating?
Drumming, Primal Beat of Mother Earth Recreating
As of 2005, hippies are found in bohemian enclaves around the world or as wanderers following the bands they love. Since the early 1970s, many rendezvous annually at Rainbow Gatherings. Others gather at meetings and festivals, such as the Peace Fest.
In the United Kingdom, the New Age travelers movement revived many hippie traditions into the 1980s and 1990s.
Characteristics
# Longer hair and fuller beards than current fashion. Many white people with curly or natty hair associated with the 1960s counterculture and American Civil Rights Movement wore their hair in afros in earnest imitation of African Americans.
Some people find the longer hair offensive. They believe it is unhygienic, frivolous, or feminine; or offensive because it violates traditional cultural expectations. When Hair moved from off-Broadway to a large Broadway theater in 1968, the hippie counterculture was already diversifying and fleeing traditional urban settings.
# Bright-colored clothing, and unusual styles, such as bell-bottom pants, tie-dyed garments, dashikis, peasant blouses, and non-Western inspired clothing. Much of their clothing was self-made in protest of Western consumer culture. Head scarves and long beaded necklaces, for both men and women, were also fashionable in addition to sandals.
# Listening to certain styles of music; psychedelic rock such as Jimi Hendrix and Jefferson Airplane, blues such as Janis Joplin, traditional Eastern music, particularly from India, or rock music with eastern influences, soulful funk like Sly and The Family Stone, jam bands like the Grateful Dead and folk Music Bob Dylan. Neo-Hippies frequently participate in the bluegrass music scene.
# Performing music casually, often with guitars, in friends' homes, or for free at outdoor fairs such as San Francisco's legendary "Human Be-In" of January 1967, the Woodstock Festival of August 15, 16, 17, 1969, or contemporary gatherings like Burning Man festival.
# The VW Bus is usually known as the counterculture/hippie symbol; a peace symbol is usually painted where the VW logo would otherwise be seen. Because of its low cost (during the late sixties), it was revered as a utilitarian vehicle. A majority of buses were usually repainted with graphics and/or custom paint jobs, this was the predecessor of the modern-day art car. Although not as common they did also use the Chevrolet Corvair cars and vans.
# Free love
Drug use
Communal living
Use of incense
Pejorative Connotations
The term hippie has also been used in a derogatory sense to describe long-haired unkempt drug users. Among those of the Beat Generation, the flood of youngsters adopting Beatnik sensibilities appeared to be cheap, mass-produced imitations of the Beatnik artist community.
By Beat standards, these newcomers were not "clever" enough to really be "hip". On the other hand, conservatives used the term hippie as an insult toward young adults who had leftist, liberal, and other progressive outlooks on life. Band members like the Beatles defied and baffled adults in adopting long, shaggy hair. Such showmanship of apathy to appearance is but one aspect hippies encompass in defiance of preconceived adult establishments.
Today, in more conservative or mainstream culture, the term hippie is often used to suggest the pejorative connotation of irresponsibility and participation in recreational drug use. An example is its use by the South Park cartoon character, Eric Cartman. In the "Die Hippie, Die" episode, the entire town joins Cartman in his negative view of hippies after they invade South Park for a "Hippie Music Jam Festival ... [creating] the largest such gathering in the history of Man."
Many hippies of today have made use of the World Wide Web and can be found on virtual communities such Hippyland in the US or UKhippy in the UK. Also, there are many events, festivals and parties which promote hippy-like lifestyles and values.
Some critics of the hippy movement claim that people become hippies as a result of sociopathy and/or inferiority complex, but these claims have not been substantiated by psychological studies.
Neo-Hippies
Neo-hippies or simply hippies are 21st century people who claim to believe in the hippie philosophy developed in the 1960s. Dreadlocks, especially with beads sewn into them, remain popular amongst neo-hippies. However, many critics argue, that these "new hippies" are making more of a fashion statement than a counter-culture movement.
While there are references to the peace and justice themes advocated by their 1960s counterparts, neo-hippies have done comparatively little civil disobedience or demonstrating to oppose the Iraq War and Patriot Acts I and II. They are most prominent in the "Dead-head" and "Phish-head" movements. This same phenomenon was observed by the original hippies of the young "teeny-boppers" which only imitated the fashion of the original counter-culture, and not the spirit.
In the US, the art car has almost replaced the VW Bus since these have become sought-after by enthusiasts, however a few hippie-era buses remain.
In the UK and Europe, there New age travelers in converted buses and trucks, who are generally referred to by others as "hippies", although most of them will strenuously reject this and other labels. An interest in environmentally-friendly technology like hybrid vehicles (not to include biodiesel and SVO/WVO technology) have also gained massive acceptance and promotion.
Vegetarianism or veganism, as well as beliefs in animal rights, are also evident.
Drug usage is just as accepted as in the "original" hippie days, although it is not considered necessary to take drugs in order to be part of the lifestyle. Some modern hippies frown upon excessive drug use because of lessons learned from the past.
World's Biggest Joints
wow
what i would o to be able to walk around outside and just smoke a joint like these!
all day everyday!
wwoooowww. my mouth is watering.
get stoned
smoke
being on the subway
once the train stops at one stop you see a deer wandering around then step onto the train...
what if that were normal
like
i guess in idaho
seeing deer walking around in the road,
normal
if the sky were always the color of a sunset until night
would everything feel prettier?
if fireflies went to movie theatres just to watch the movies like you and i
would it be annoying to see the flashing lights flicker on and off,
distracting?
or would it be something you would anticipate to see,
just as much as the movie
.....
i would love it
if cupcakes grew on trees
with soda in a cup attached to the bottom of the cupcake in the image of the foil wrap on the cupcake instead of it actually being the foil and bottom of cupcake.. that would be pretty darn cool!
if the united states turned into an atmosphere that was like Uganda Africa
what would you do?
hmmm.. maybe that should be thought of,
what the hell is so different between africa and america?
why the hel are we more special
we are just another country on another planet
just like them!
hmmmmmmmmm
i wrote this lullaby just now...dunno why, but it sure is cute
when your eyes are watery from the lack of sleep,
though your thoughts are restless
from a heartache
i say it won't be long
so sleep.
imagine how when you wake,
we could bake cupcakes then eat them together.
lets ride horses on the patchy grass and dark sand near a river.
lets watch stars fly and gaze at our shadows
that are lit from the moon light, right after.
lets drink wine and cheers to good life and well being, here lays my prayer.
lets catch fire flies then set them free in a bigger better swap together.
so sleep sweet babe,
with ease and peace
sleep sweet darling
and dream a dream
that warms your soul with smiles and laughter
i sing to you
Full of drowsy words and dreamy too
so that you can rest your eyes so easy.
sleep right tonight
sleep tight my darling
all throughout this, dark, night
though your thoughts are restless
from a heartache
i say it won't be long
so sleep.
imagine how when you wake,
we could bake cupcakes then eat them together.
lets ride horses on the patchy grass and dark sand near a river.
lets watch stars fly and gaze at our shadows
that are lit from the moon light, right after.
lets drink wine and cheers to good life and well being, here lays my prayer.
lets catch fire flies then set them free in a bigger better swap together.
so sleep sweet babe,
with ease and peace
sleep sweet darling
and dream a dream
that warms your soul with smiles and laughter
i sing to you
Full of drowsy words and dreamy too
so that you can rest your eyes so easy.
sleep right tonight
sleep tight my darling
all throughout this, dark, night
Lisa Frank On Wikipedia
Lisa Frank
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A light switch cover designed by Lisa Frank.
A light switch cover designed by Lisa Frank.
Lisa Frank is an American children's artist, founder of Lisa Frank Incorporated. The artist's work appears on various commercial elementary and middle-school products, mostly school supplies. Also common among Lisa Frank-related items are stickers and a variety of other merchandise such as clothing, toys, and even light switch covers, primarily marketed towards young girls.
She founded the company in 1979, and her success resulted from her sticker line. The company's headquarters is in Tucson, Arizona, and is easily visible because of the bright hearts, stars, and music notes decorating the side of the building. There is currently a quarterly magazine also named Lisa Frank.
Her corporation's artwork features extremely bright and vibrant colors, and round, smooth reflective surfaces. A number of characters recur on 'Lisa Frank' branded items, such as a dancing bear with a top hat, and a grinning unicorn. Rainbows and especially the color purple are abundant in Lisa Frank's art.
Lisa Frank's influence on pop culture has been considerable, with her highly recognizable style spawning many imitators. The popular Bratz line of toys are stylistically imitative of Lisa Frank's style.
In 2001, Lisa Frank, Inc. was fined $30,000 by the Federal Trade Commission for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) and the FTC Act. According to the FTC, The registration form on Lisa Frank's website asked young girls for their first and last names, street addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and birth dates. Although directed to children, the site did not obtain consent from parents before collecting this information as required by law. [1]
Frank is an alumna of Cranbrook Kingswood School.
[edit] Lisa Frank characters
* Rainbow Chaser - a brown horse with purple hooves.
* Hollywood Bear - a bear in a tuxedo and a top hat.
* Panda Painter - a panda in overalls who paints things with a large paintbrush.
* Ballerina Bunnies - three rabbits who dance ballet.
* Max Splash - an orca whale.
* Markie - a unicorn with rainbow mane and tail.
* Roary - a polar bear.
* Hunter - a young leopard.
* Spotty and Dotty Paws - two dalmatians with rainbow-colored spots.
* Peekaboo - a turtle with hippie-style flowers on its shell.
* Skye - a Pegasus-like flying horse.
* Ruckus, Raider, and Risky - three St. Bernard puppies.
* Casey - a golden retriver puppy.
* Lisa, Cassie, Mara - Three girls who are best friends. They are some of Lisa Frank's most popular characters.
* Official website
http://www.lisafrank.com
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
A light switch cover designed by Lisa Frank.
A light switch cover designed by Lisa Frank.
Lisa Frank is an American children's artist, founder of Lisa Frank Incorporated. The artist's work appears on various commercial elementary and middle-school products, mostly school supplies. Also common among Lisa Frank-related items are stickers and a variety of other merchandise such as clothing, toys, and even light switch covers, primarily marketed towards young girls.
She founded the company in 1979, and her success resulted from her sticker line. The company's headquarters is in Tucson, Arizona, and is easily visible because of the bright hearts, stars, and music notes decorating the side of the building. There is currently a quarterly magazine also named Lisa Frank.
Her corporation's artwork features extremely bright and vibrant colors, and round, smooth reflective surfaces. A number of characters recur on 'Lisa Frank' branded items, such as a dancing bear with a top hat, and a grinning unicorn. Rainbows and especially the color purple are abundant in Lisa Frank's art.
Lisa Frank's influence on pop culture has been considerable, with her highly recognizable style spawning many imitators. The popular Bratz line of toys are stylistically imitative of Lisa Frank's style.
In 2001, Lisa Frank, Inc. was fined $30,000 by the Federal Trade Commission for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) and the FTC Act. According to the FTC, The registration form on Lisa Frank's website asked young girls for their first and last names, street addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and birth dates. Although directed to children, the site did not obtain consent from parents before collecting this information as required by law. [1]
Frank is an alumna of Cranbrook Kingswood School.
[edit] Lisa Frank characters
* Rainbow Chaser - a brown horse with purple hooves.
* Hollywood Bear - a bear in a tuxedo and a top hat.
* Panda Painter - a panda in overalls who paints things with a large paintbrush.
* Ballerina Bunnies - three rabbits who dance ballet.
* Max Splash - an orca whale.
* Markie - a unicorn with rainbow mane and tail.
* Roary - a polar bear.
* Hunter - a young leopard.
* Spotty and Dotty Paws - two dalmatians with rainbow-colored spots.
* Peekaboo - a turtle with hippie-style flowers on its shell.
* Skye - a Pegasus-like flying horse.
* Ruckus, Raider, and Risky - three St. Bernard puppies.
* Casey - a golden retriver puppy.
* Lisa, Cassie, Mara - Three girls who are best friends. They are some of Lisa Frank's most popular characters.
* Official website
http://www.lisafrank.com
ahaha
WHY YOU ARE GAY: Trapper Keepers
Quite frankly, what WASN’T gay about Trapper Keepers? They organized your life. They were colorful and whimsical. They were a lighter load than traditional binders, and they were always slick. And they had VELCRO.
When you were little, didn’t you love your Trapper Keepers just a little bit more than most of the boys? Didn’t you get a prim satisfaction from sliding the plastic rings perfectly back together? Didn’t you love the efficient organization of it all? Your papers didn’t fall out of the folders! This was clearly puckered lip of modernity.
After Trapper Keepers, how could you go back to being sloppy? How could you go back to boring, primary colors?
Quite frankly, what WASN’T gay about Trapper Keepers? They organized your life. They were colorful and whimsical. They were a lighter load than traditional binders, and they were always slick. And they had VELCRO.
When you were little, didn’t you love your Trapper Keepers just a little bit more than most of the boys? Didn’t you get a prim satisfaction from sliding the plastic rings perfectly back together? Didn’t you love the efficient organization of it all? Your papers didn’t fall out of the folders! This was clearly puckered lip of modernity.
After Trapper Keepers, how could you go back to being sloppy? How could you go back to boring, primary colors?
Grand Central
I love Grand Central,
i miss it.
Whats my favorite part of new york?
Grand Central Station.
It is full of questions.
It is full of adventures.
Full of love, hope, desire.
You walk around and everyone is rushing to get somewhere at that very moment weather or not it be on a train to jersey, upstate, or somewhere else far away.
They are all rushing.
I love the tall stairs, where people just sit and wait.
You can usually find people reading or eating or studying on those stairs.
The long lines of all the people waiting to ask their questions about where their trains gate leaves from or how much it costs, just waiting in that line with their hand in their pocket ready to pull out the wallet so they can hurry up and get that cup of coffee and run to get the best seat on the train.
The best part of Grand Central is the stars.
I miss the stars, the constellation on the ceiling.
my cancer crab is up there lit up on the far end to the right, in the corner.
yea,
i miss grand central.
i miss it.
Whats my favorite part of new york?
Grand Central Station.
It is full of questions.
It is full of adventures.
Full of love, hope, desire.
You walk around and everyone is rushing to get somewhere at that very moment weather or not it be on a train to jersey, upstate, or somewhere else far away.
They are all rushing.
I love the tall stairs, where people just sit and wait.
You can usually find people reading or eating or studying on those stairs.
The long lines of all the people waiting to ask their questions about where their trains gate leaves from or how much it costs, just waiting in that line with their hand in their pocket ready to pull out the wallet so they can hurry up and get that cup of coffee and run to get the best seat on the train.
The best part of Grand Central is the stars.
I miss the stars, the constellation on the ceiling.
my cancer crab is up there lit up on the far end to the right, in the corner.
yea,
i miss grand central.
You Are My Sunshine LULLABY
Written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell.
Jimmie Davis was a country gospel singer.
He also was the governor of Louisiana in the 1940's and the 1960's!
You are my sunshine my only sunshine,
you make me happy when skies are gray.
you'll never know dear how much I love you,
Please don't take my sunshine away...
The other night dear as I lay dreaming,
I dreamt that you were by my side.
Came disillusion when I awoke dear,
you were gone and then I cried...
You are my sunshine my only sunshine,
you make me happy when skies are gray,
you'll never know dear how much I love you,
Please don't take my sunshine away...
You told me once dear there'd be no other,
that no one else could come between,
but now you've left me to love another,
you have broken all my dreams...
You are my sunshine my only sunshine,
you make me happy when skies are gray,
you'll never know dear how much I love you,
Please don't take my sunshine away...
Jimmie Davis was a country gospel singer.
He also was the governor of Louisiana in the 1940's and the 1960's!
You are my sunshine my only sunshine,
you make me happy when skies are gray.
you'll never know dear how much I love you,
Please don't take my sunshine away...
The other night dear as I lay dreaming,
I dreamt that you were by my side.
Came disillusion when I awoke dear,
you were gone and then I cried...
You are my sunshine my only sunshine,
you make me happy when skies are gray,
you'll never know dear how much I love you,
Please don't take my sunshine away...
You told me once dear there'd be no other,
that no one else could come between,
but now you've left me to love another,
you have broken all my dreams...
You are my sunshine my only sunshine,
you make me happy when skies are gray,
you'll never know dear how much I love you,
Please don't take my sunshine away...
He is Very encoureging, though it is pretty scary for me.
EMAIL #3
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Body: i'm in south florida. i had to get away. but, victoria, you might not care, but i am so fuckin hurtin. all i do i drink and smoke weed every night. i never go out. i write sometimes though. i feel kinda lonely here.
you kno what i was thinking before looking at your pictures? i wasd thinking that you should for reeal just become like i an actresss
and i am not just saying that. i just know that you could be because you are sosoooo prertty. i am drunk and high but i know./
and when you;re an actress you shoui;d keep yopur real name. it sounds classy and foreign and distinguished.
EMAIL #2
i am really drunk. it's been like this forever. )-:
I had such a crush on you. But I am a hopeless romantic. And you were into Mike Nouhoe.
Hahaha.
But I just wanna say that for me it was no act. No act AT ALL. you were wearing some pink japanese teddy bear cartoon shirt or something i think when i last saw you. Oh no. I saw you on glamdammit when i was dj';ing. yor hair was curly. but i mean, you i nevre caught that HOT ACT. that must be a new thing.
i was just like damn! it's like you know yoiur face and your hair and you body you k now, you are just beautiful. or at least, i thought so. PHOEBE CATES!
i am sorry i am just a real sucker for real beauty and i know it when i see it.
p.s. i hope that you write me back just at least one last time. hahaha. i am just all alone in FL drinking whiskley and smoking weed all by my lonesome. the nights tend to get a bit long.
EMAIL # 1
i just wanna say something. and it's okay if you don't respond or nothing. i don;t care. i am always just drunk . but i feel like i was porbabvly one o ftbe first onesto discover your beauty and i am glad that now the world catching on. if i would've been rich or smart i would've been a manager or something and sign you on- sorta like Kim Fowley or something. anyway, take care. do you like whiskey?
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Body: i'm in south florida. i had to get away. but, victoria, you might not care, but i am so fuckin hurtin. all i do i drink and smoke weed every night. i never go out. i write sometimes though. i feel kinda lonely here.
you kno what i was thinking before looking at your pictures? i wasd thinking that you should for reeal just become like i an actresss
and i am not just saying that. i just know that you could be because you are sosoooo prertty. i am drunk and high but i know./
and when you;re an actress you shoui;d keep yopur real name. it sounds classy and foreign and distinguished.
EMAIL #2
i am really drunk. it's been like this forever. )-:
I had such a crush on you. But I am a hopeless romantic. And you were into Mike Nouhoe.
Hahaha.
But I just wanna say that for me it was no act. No act AT ALL. you were wearing some pink japanese teddy bear cartoon shirt or something i think when i last saw you. Oh no. I saw you on glamdammit when i was dj';ing. yor hair was curly. but i mean, you i nevre caught that HOT ACT. that must be a new thing.
i was just like damn! it's like you know yoiur face and your hair and you body you k now, you are just beautiful. or at least, i thought so. PHOEBE CATES!
i am sorry i am just a real sucker for real beauty and i know it when i see it.
p.s. i hope that you write me back just at least one last time. hahaha. i am just all alone in FL drinking whiskley and smoking weed all by my lonesome. the nights tend to get a bit long.
EMAIL # 1
i just wanna say something. and it's okay if you don't respond or nothing. i don;t care. i am always just drunk . but i feel like i was porbabvly one o ftbe first onesto discover your beauty and i am glad that now the world catching on. if i would've been rich or smart i would've been a manager or something and sign you on- sorta like Kim Fowley or something. anyway, take care. do you like whiskey?
we are standing by a wishing-well
so i'm sitting here drinking rasberry tea and eating a butterfinger thinking to myself,
i wish the world today could be just as it was in the 1700-1800's.
Why has it changed so much?
what IS this whole "futuristic" thing anyway?
i don't quite understand it,
and i don't really fancy it.
if i could live in this world today and not have to deal with the whole, seeing all these fancy, super extraordinary, electronics things all time, and the way life is just viewed today...
and the way we dress.. ohh good gracious!, the way we dress!
then i would!
in a second i would.
i want to live like they lived like in the movie gone with the wind, or pride & prejudice.
i thurst to feel love as they felt.
i long to find it like they found it.
....
NO! actually... i do love as they loved in those films.
I just have never known any guy to ever love as the men in those films love.
it seems that today, love is, not romance.
It seems that today, romance in words is a laugh or something made up like a fairy-tale. Though love in words rather then in money and places to go and see, is the greatest love, i could ever find.
and when i do,
i will be in love.
i am such a sucker for tear jerkers.
every time i watch the movie pride & prejudice, god's hoenst truth without the slightest little exaggeration, I BALLLLL! LOUDLY AND SHED SOOO MANY TEARS!! it's remarkably insane!
i cry because it is soo romantic.
and i cry because i want that, and know that it could happen, though i have dreadful thoughts that it wont with me.
i am infatuated with the thought.
......for now i'll play pretend and live as close to that freeness as possible near the country, in georgia. a.s.a.p.
i wish the world today could be just as it was in the 1700-1800's.
Why has it changed so much?
what IS this whole "futuristic" thing anyway?
i don't quite understand it,
and i don't really fancy it.
if i could live in this world today and not have to deal with the whole, seeing all these fancy, super extraordinary, electronics things all time, and the way life is just viewed today...
and the way we dress.. ohh good gracious!, the way we dress!
then i would!
in a second i would.
i want to live like they lived like in the movie gone with the wind, or pride & prejudice.
i thurst to feel love as they felt.
i long to find it like they found it.
....
NO! actually... i do love as they loved in those films.
I just have never known any guy to ever love as the men in those films love.
it seems that today, love is, not romance.
It seems that today, romance in words is a laugh or something made up like a fairy-tale. Though love in words rather then in money and places to go and see, is the greatest love, i could ever find.
and when i do,
i will be in love.
i am such a sucker for tear jerkers.
every time i watch the movie pride & prejudice, god's hoenst truth without the slightest little exaggeration, I BALLLLL! LOUDLY AND SHED SOOO MANY TEARS!! it's remarkably insane!
i cry because it is soo romantic.
and i cry because i want that, and know that it could happen, though i have dreadful thoughts that it wont with me.
i am infatuated with the thought.
......for now i'll play pretend and live as close to that freeness as possible near the country, in georgia. a.s.a.p.
veenuussss...aphrodditeeeee
Venus, Goddess of Love and Beauty Venus is the Roman Goddess of Love and Beauty. Known to the Greeks as Aphrodite, that nation was not the first to name such a Goddess. Her origins can be traced to similar deities of other ancient civilizations and may have developed from Ishtar Astarte, the old Semitic Goddess of Love, brought from Phoenecia to Greece by way of Cyprus. The birth of Venus comes complete with two versions. In the first, Venus sprung from Uranus, who refused to allow his children to emerge into the light and perpetually embraced the Earth, otherwise known as Gaia. Cronos, the son of Uranus, castrated his father and then tossed the dismembered body parts into the sea, where a white foam formed around them from the immortal flesh and Venus sprang forth, fully-formed, near the Island of Cythera. From there, Zephyrus, the West Wind, carried her gently upon a shell to Cyprus, where she was met by the Hours who clothed her and escorted her to Mount Olympus. This story of Venus' creation is known as Aphrodite Urania or Celestial Aphrodite, and she was a Goddess of pure and spiritual love. This particular version associates the Goddess with the creation of the world and establishes her as one of the most ancient divinities. Since she was born from the act which separated Heaven and Earth, she created the world in between and is present from the very beginning of time. The second version of the birth of Venus depicts her as one of the younger divinities and is more closely connected with her later reputation as a minor goddess. According to Homer's Iliad, the Goddess of Love was born from the union of Jupiter (or Zeus as he was known to the Greeks) and the Titan Goddess named Dione. This incarnation is referred to as Aphrodite Pandemos or Common Aphrodite and, being a more base goddess, is associated with physical satisfaction.
In Roman mythology, Venus was married to Vulcan, the ugly and lame Blacksmith God of the Forge who built her a magnificent palace on Cyprus, but she was hardly the faithful wife, indulging in numerous extramarital liaisons with many gods and mortals. She was instrumental in the initiation of the Trojan War by giving Helen of Sparta to Paris, Prince of Troy. In return for this gift, Paris judged Venus to be the most beautiful of the Goddesses.
Venus was sometimes referred to as the "Dark One" because of the tragedies which resulted from the passions she inspired. One ascetic named Hippolytus offended Venus by declaring that he would remain celibate. She punished him by making his stepmother fall in love with him, for which he was killed by his father's curse. In another tale, when two mortal lovers failed to pay her homage after she had made it possible for them to marry, Venus caused them to vex the Earth Goddess, Cybele. The unforgiving Cybele turned the newlyweds into a lion and lioness, fated forever to draw her chariot. However, perhaps the most renowned myth of this woeful genre is that of Venus' rivalry with Proserpine, Queen of the UnderWorld, for the love of the beautiful Greek youth named Adonis. Hearing that Venus preferred the handsome mortal to himself, the jealous Mars transformed himself into a wild boar and gored the young Greek to death. In her grief, the Goddess changed his blood into a flower known as the anemone. Prosperine, however, agreed to restore Adonis to life on the condition that he spend six months of every year with her in the Lower World. The other six, he was free to spend in the arms of the Goddess of Love.
Venus was the mother of Cupid, winged God of Sensual Love (sired by Jupiter) and Anteros (sired by Mars), punisher of those who failed to return the love of others. By Mars, she also bore the twins Phobus (Panic) and Deimos (Fear), who always accompanied their father on the battlefield. By Mercury, the Messenger God, Venus was the mother of Hermaphroditus, who was welded with the bestotted fountain nymph, Salmacis, into a single body which possessed both male and female sexual organs. By Bacchus, Roman God of Wine and Revelry, Venus had two sons, Hymen (God of Marriage) and Priapus, an ugly monstrosity who represented human lust. The most prominent of Venus' mortal children was Aeneas, her son by the shepherd Anchises. A great Trojan hero, Aeneas survived the fall of Troy and lived to become the founder of the nation of Italy and the mythical ancestor of the Roman people. Many Romans also believed Aeneas to be descended from Romulus and so worshiped Venus as the mother of their race.
By and large, Venus was considered to be a great friend to lovers and often helped them with their problems. She was even known on occasion to lend them her magical girdle, or sash, which had the power to make its wearer irresistible. Although worshiped chiefly as the Goddess of Human Love, Venus was also widely venerated as a nature goddess and, because she originated from the sea, sailors would pray to her in order that the winds might be calmed and the waves quelled. This goddess has been the subject of both ancient and modern artists and artisans. She is often pictured sitting or riding upon a variety of animals...particularly birds such as swans or geese. There have also been many statues created in honor of Venus. The most celebrated was carved by Praxiteles at Cnidos on the coast of Asia Minor, but this ancient statue has yet to be unearthed by archaeologists. The most famous carving is the Aphrodite of Melos. Made of magnificent marble, it is better known as the Venus de Milo. Although its creator and the exact date it was carved is unknown, it is believed that the Venus de Milo was probably made during the First or Second Century B.C. Presented to the Louvre by King Louis XVIII of France, it is one of the great treasures on display at this Paris museum.
In Roman mythology, Venus was married to Vulcan, the ugly and lame Blacksmith God of the Forge who built her a magnificent palace on Cyprus, but she was hardly the faithful wife, indulging in numerous extramarital liaisons with many gods and mortals. She was instrumental in the initiation of the Trojan War by giving Helen of Sparta to Paris, Prince of Troy. In return for this gift, Paris judged Venus to be the most beautiful of the Goddesses.
Venus was sometimes referred to as the "Dark One" because of the tragedies which resulted from the passions she inspired. One ascetic named Hippolytus offended Venus by declaring that he would remain celibate. She punished him by making his stepmother fall in love with him, for which he was killed by his father's curse. In another tale, when two mortal lovers failed to pay her homage after she had made it possible for them to marry, Venus caused them to vex the Earth Goddess, Cybele. The unforgiving Cybele turned the newlyweds into a lion and lioness, fated forever to draw her chariot. However, perhaps the most renowned myth of this woeful genre is that of Venus' rivalry with Proserpine, Queen of the UnderWorld, for the love of the beautiful Greek youth named Adonis. Hearing that Venus preferred the handsome mortal to himself, the jealous Mars transformed himself into a wild boar and gored the young Greek to death. In her grief, the Goddess changed his blood into a flower known as the anemone. Prosperine, however, agreed to restore Adonis to life on the condition that he spend six months of every year with her in the Lower World. The other six, he was free to spend in the arms of the Goddess of Love.
Venus was the mother of Cupid, winged God of Sensual Love (sired by Jupiter) and Anteros (sired by Mars), punisher of those who failed to return the love of others. By Mars, she also bore the twins Phobus (Panic) and Deimos (Fear), who always accompanied their father on the battlefield. By Mercury, the Messenger God, Venus was the mother of Hermaphroditus, who was welded with the bestotted fountain nymph, Salmacis, into a single body which possessed both male and female sexual organs. By Bacchus, Roman God of Wine and Revelry, Venus had two sons, Hymen (God of Marriage) and Priapus, an ugly monstrosity who represented human lust. The most prominent of Venus' mortal children was Aeneas, her son by the shepherd Anchises. A great Trojan hero, Aeneas survived the fall of Troy and lived to become the founder of the nation of Italy and the mythical ancestor of the Roman people. Many Romans also believed Aeneas to be descended from Romulus and so worshiped Venus as the mother of their race.
By and large, Venus was considered to be a great friend to lovers and often helped them with their problems. She was even known on occasion to lend them her magical girdle, or sash, which had the power to make its wearer irresistible. Although worshiped chiefly as the Goddess of Human Love, Venus was also widely venerated as a nature goddess and, because she originated from the sea, sailors would pray to her in order that the winds might be calmed and the waves quelled. This goddess has been the subject of both ancient and modern artists and artisans. She is often pictured sitting or riding upon a variety of animals...particularly birds such as swans or geese. There have also been many statues created in honor of Venus. The most celebrated was carved by Praxiteles at Cnidos on the coast of Asia Minor, but this ancient statue has yet to be unearthed by archaeologists. The most famous carving is the Aphrodite of Melos. Made of magnificent marble, it is better known as the Venus de Milo. Although its creator and the exact date it was carved is unknown, it is believed that the Venus de Milo was probably made during the First or Second Century B.C. Presented to the Louvre by King Louis XVIII of France, it is one of the great treasures on display at this Paris museum.
Zombie-Mania
The word "zombie" has three possible definitions in the context of computing:
* An insecure computer that's compromised by a worm or Trojan horse and used in either distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks or spamming sessions. Compromised computers usually have a bot installed that listens to commands on IRC channels; when a command is given, all the compromised computers begin the DDoS attack or spam propagation. This protects the author of the spam/DDoS attack, since those attacks can only be traced back to the compromised computer, not the author.
This usage derives from the typical meaning of "zombie" as an animated corpse with no independent will that mindlessly follows the commands of a controller. "Zombied" computers, under the control of some remote cracker or hacker, execute DDoS or spamming sessions with no input from the legitimate owner/user.
* A child process that has finished its task but hasn't been terminated by its parent process. In other words, it's part of a program (or maybe even an entire program) that is hanging or locked up.
* A very old, very out-of-date web site, usually abandoned by the owner. This is archaic usage; such sites are more typically referred to as "orphans" or "ghost sites".
A zombie is purportedly a dead person whose body has been reanimated. Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodoun (Voodoo), where zombies are humans who have had their "Ti Bon Ange" (Creole from the French "petit bon ange", or "little good angel") or soul stolen by supernatural means or shamanic medicine, and who thus lack free will and are forced to work as uncomplaining slaves for a "zombie master", typically on plantations.
Other more macabre versions of zombies have become a staple of modern horror fiction, where they are brought back from the dead by supernatural or scientific means, and eat the flesh of the living. They have very limited intelligence, but may not be under anyone's direct control.
In philosophy of mind, zombies are hypothetical persons who lack full consciousness but behave otherwise just like other people. They are referred to as philosophical zombies or "p-zombies".
~~Zombies in voodoo
According to the tenets of Vodoun, a dead person can be revived by a bokor or Voodoo sorcerer. Zombies remain under the control of the bokor since they have no will of their own. "Zombi" is also another name of the voodoo snake god Damballah Wedo, of Niger-Congo origin; it is akin to the Kongo word nzambi, which means "god." There also exists within the voudon tradition the zombi astral which is a human soul that is captured by a bokor and used to enhance the bokor's power.
In 1937, while researching folklore in Haiti, Zora Neale Hurston encountered the case of Felicia Felix-Mentor, who had died and been buried in 1907 at the age of 29. Villagers believed they saw Felicia wandering the streets in a daze thirty years after her death, as well as claiming the same with several other people. Hurston pursued rumors that the affected persons were given powerful drugs, but she was unable to locate individuals willing to offer much information. She wrote:
"What is more, if science ever gets to the bottom of Vodou in Haiti and Africa, it will be found that some important medical secrets, still unknown to medical science, give it its power, rather than gestures of ceremony." [1]
Several decades later, Wade Davis, a Canadian ethnobotanist, presented a pharmacological case for zombies in two books, The Serpent and the Rainbow (1985) and Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie (1988). Davis travelled to Haiti in 1982 and, as a result of his investigations, claimed that a living person can be turned into a zombie by two special powders being entered into the blood stream (usually via a wound). The first, coup de poudre (French: 'powder strike'), induced a 'death-like' state because of tetrodotoxin (TTX), its key ingredient. Tetrodotoxin is the same lethal toxin found in the Japanese delicacy fugu, or pufferfish. At near-lethal doses (LD50 of 1mg), it can leave a person in a state of near-death for several days, while the person continues to be conscious. The second powder, dissociative hallucinogens like datura, put the person in a zombie-like state where they seem to have no will of their own. Davis also popularized the story of Clairvius Narcisse, who was claimed to have succumbed to this practice. There remains considerable skepticism about Davis's claims,[1] and opinions remain divided as to the veracity of his work,[citation needed] although there is wide recognition among the Haitian people of the existence of the "zombi drug". The vodou religion being somewhat secretive in its practices and codes, it can be very difficult for a foreign scientist to validate or invalidate such claims.
Others have discussed the contribution of the victim's own belief-system, possibly leading to compliance with the attacker's will, causing psychogenic ("quasi-hysterical") amnesia, catatonia, or other psychological disorders, which are later misinterpreted as a return from the dead. Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing further highlighted the link between social and cultural expectations and compulsion, in the context of schizophrenia and other mental illness, suggesting that schizogenesis may account for some of the psychological aspects of zombification.
~~~Zombies in folklore
In the Middle Ages, it was commonly believed that the souls of the dead could return to earth and haunt the living. The belief in revenants (someone who has returned from the dead) are well documented by contemporary European writers of the time. According to the Encyclopedia of Things that Never Were[2], particularly in France during the Middle Ages, the revenant rises from the dead usually to avenge some crime committed against the entity, most likely a murder. The revenant usually took on the form of an emaciated corpse or skeletal human figure, and wandered around graveyards at night. The "draugr" of medieval Norse mythology were also believed to be the corpses of warriors returned from the dead to attack the living. The zombie appears in several other cultures worldwide, including China, Japan, the Pacific, India, and the Native Americans.
The Epic of Gilgamesh of ancient Sumer includes a mention of zombies. Ishtar, in the fury of vengeance says:
Father give me the Bull of Heaven,
So he can kill Gilgamesh in his dwelling.
If you do not give me the Bull of Heaven,
I will knock down the Gates of the Netherworld,
I will smash the doorposts, and leave the doors flat down,
and will let the dead go up to eat the living!
And the dead will outnumber the living!
It will be awful!
~~Zombies in literature and fiction
Frontispiece of Zombi du grand Pérou
Frontispiece of Zombi du grand Pérou
Main articles: Zombies in literature and fiction and List of video games featuring zombies
Probably the first reference in Western literature to a zombie was in "Pierre-Corneille" (actually Paul-Alexis) Blessebois' satirical French novel from 1697, Le Zombi du grand Pérou ("The Zombie of the great Peru")[3]
The first use cited by the on-line French dictionary, the Tresor de la Langue Francaise, is a mention a hundred years later, in 1797, by Moreau de Saint-Méry in Description topographique et politique de la partie espagnole de l'isle Saint-Domingue (a book on what would become Haiti). Moreau says that it is a creole word meaning "spirit, ghost" (specifically, in French, a revenant, that is, a "returning" person). He also mentions that, in one place on the island, slaves buried their dead despite being forbidden to do so, and that floods sometimes brought them back to the surface. One can readily imagine that this fact might have influenced later ideas of zombies as actual revived corpses.
Neither of these sources, however, seems to have had an enduring effect on Western literature. The first book to expose more recent western culture to the concept of the zombie was The Magic Island by W.B. Seabrook in 1929.
Information on zombies and their relevance to popular culture may be found in the article for Zombies in literature and fiction.
~~~Zombies in social activism
A participant in a Zombie Walk event in Calgary
A participant in a Zombie Walk event in Calgary
Some zombie fans continue the George Romero tradition of using zombies as a social commentary. Organized zombie themed flash mobs or Zombie Walks, which are primarily promoted through word of mouth, are regularly staged all over the world.[citation needed] Usually they are arranged as a sort of surrealist performance art but they are occasionally put on as part of a unique political protest such as on Buy Nothing Day, November 25, 2006, in Montreal, a crowd of Zombies invaded the downtown core to take part in a "Shopping Spree of the Dead"[4] and ridicule the compulsive aspect of Christmas shopping.
Other organizations such as Zombie Squad use the genre as a way to promote disaster preparedness and to encourage horror fans to become involved in their community, through volunteering or hosting zombie themed charity fund raisers.
The zombie-themed episode of the Showtime series Masters of Horror entitled Homecoming was hailed by many as an original and innovative use of zombies in a work of political and social commentary.[5]
* An insecure computer that's compromised by a worm or Trojan horse and used in either distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks or spamming sessions. Compromised computers usually have a bot installed that listens to commands on IRC channels; when a command is given, all the compromised computers begin the DDoS attack or spam propagation. This protects the author of the spam/DDoS attack, since those attacks can only be traced back to the compromised computer, not the author.
This usage derives from the typical meaning of "zombie" as an animated corpse with no independent will that mindlessly follows the commands of a controller. "Zombied" computers, under the control of some remote cracker or hacker, execute DDoS or spamming sessions with no input from the legitimate owner/user.
* A child process that has finished its task but hasn't been terminated by its parent process. In other words, it's part of a program (or maybe even an entire program) that is hanging or locked up.
* A very old, very out-of-date web site, usually abandoned by the owner. This is archaic usage; such sites are more typically referred to as "orphans" or "ghost sites".
A zombie is purportedly a dead person whose body has been reanimated. Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodoun (Voodoo), where zombies are humans who have had their "Ti Bon Ange" (Creole from the French "petit bon ange", or "little good angel") or soul stolen by supernatural means or shamanic medicine, and who thus lack free will and are forced to work as uncomplaining slaves for a "zombie master", typically on plantations.
Other more macabre versions of zombies have become a staple of modern horror fiction, where they are brought back from the dead by supernatural or scientific means, and eat the flesh of the living. They have very limited intelligence, but may not be under anyone's direct control.
In philosophy of mind, zombies are hypothetical persons who lack full consciousness but behave otherwise just like other people. They are referred to as philosophical zombies or "p-zombies".
~~Zombies in voodoo
According to the tenets of Vodoun, a dead person can be revived by a bokor or Voodoo sorcerer. Zombies remain under the control of the bokor since they have no will of their own. "Zombi" is also another name of the voodoo snake god Damballah Wedo, of Niger-Congo origin; it is akin to the Kongo word nzambi, which means "god." There also exists within the voudon tradition the zombi astral which is a human soul that is captured by a bokor and used to enhance the bokor's power.
In 1937, while researching folklore in Haiti, Zora Neale Hurston encountered the case of Felicia Felix-Mentor, who had died and been buried in 1907 at the age of 29. Villagers believed they saw Felicia wandering the streets in a daze thirty years after her death, as well as claiming the same with several other people. Hurston pursued rumors that the affected persons were given powerful drugs, but she was unable to locate individuals willing to offer much information. She wrote:
"What is more, if science ever gets to the bottom of Vodou in Haiti and Africa, it will be found that some important medical secrets, still unknown to medical science, give it its power, rather than gestures of ceremony." [1]
Several decades later, Wade Davis, a Canadian ethnobotanist, presented a pharmacological case for zombies in two books, The Serpent and the Rainbow (1985) and Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie (1988). Davis travelled to Haiti in 1982 and, as a result of his investigations, claimed that a living person can be turned into a zombie by two special powders being entered into the blood stream (usually via a wound). The first, coup de poudre (French: 'powder strike'), induced a 'death-like' state because of tetrodotoxin (TTX), its key ingredient. Tetrodotoxin is the same lethal toxin found in the Japanese delicacy fugu, or pufferfish. At near-lethal doses (LD50 of 1mg), it can leave a person in a state of near-death for several days, while the person continues to be conscious. The second powder, dissociative hallucinogens like datura, put the person in a zombie-like state where they seem to have no will of their own. Davis also popularized the story of Clairvius Narcisse, who was claimed to have succumbed to this practice. There remains considerable skepticism about Davis's claims,[1] and opinions remain divided as to the veracity of his work,[citation needed] although there is wide recognition among the Haitian people of the existence of the "zombi drug". The vodou religion being somewhat secretive in its practices and codes, it can be very difficult for a foreign scientist to validate or invalidate such claims.
Others have discussed the contribution of the victim's own belief-system, possibly leading to compliance with the attacker's will, causing psychogenic ("quasi-hysterical") amnesia, catatonia, or other psychological disorders, which are later misinterpreted as a return from the dead. Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing further highlighted the link between social and cultural expectations and compulsion, in the context of schizophrenia and other mental illness, suggesting that schizogenesis may account for some of the psychological aspects of zombification.
~~~Zombies in folklore
In the Middle Ages, it was commonly believed that the souls of the dead could return to earth and haunt the living. The belief in revenants (someone who has returned from the dead) are well documented by contemporary European writers of the time. According to the Encyclopedia of Things that Never Were[2], particularly in France during the Middle Ages, the revenant rises from the dead usually to avenge some crime committed against the entity, most likely a murder. The revenant usually took on the form of an emaciated corpse or skeletal human figure, and wandered around graveyards at night. The "draugr" of medieval Norse mythology were also believed to be the corpses of warriors returned from the dead to attack the living. The zombie appears in several other cultures worldwide, including China, Japan, the Pacific, India, and the Native Americans.
The Epic of Gilgamesh of ancient Sumer includes a mention of zombies. Ishtar, in the fury of vengeance says:
Father give me the Bull of Heaven,
So he can kill Gilgamesh in his dwelling.
If you do not give me the Bull of Heaven,
I will knock down the Gates of the Netherworld,
I will smash the doorposts, and leave the doors flat down,
and will let the dead go up to eat the living!
And the dead will outnumber the living!
It will be awful!
~~Zombies in literature and fiction
Frontispiece of Zombi du grand Pérou
Frontispiece of Zombi du grand Pérou
Main articles: Zombies in literature and fiction and List of video games featuring zombies
Probably the first reference in Western literature to a zombie was in "Pierre-Corneille" (actually Paul-Alexis) Blessebois' satirical French novel from 1697, Le Zombi du grand Pérou ("The Zombie of the great Peru")[3]
The first use cited by the on-line French dictionary, the Tresor de la Langue Francaise, is a mention a hundred years later, in 1797, by Moreau de Saint-Méry in Description topographique et politique de la partie espagnole de l'isle Saint-Domingue (a book on what would become Haiti). Moreau says that it is a creole word meaning "spirit, ghost" (specifically, in French, a revenant, that is, a "returning" person). He also mentions that, in one place on the island, slaves buried their dead despite being forbidden to do so, and that floods sometimes brought them back to the surface. One can readily imagine that this fact might have influenced later ideas of zombies as actual revived corpses.
Neither of these sources, however, seems to have had an enduring effect on Western literature. The first book to expose more recent western culture to the concept of the zombie was The Magic Island by W.B. Seabrook in 1929.
Information on zombies and their relevance to popular culture may be found in the article for Zombies in literature and fiction.
~~~Zombies in social activism
A participant in a Zombie Walk event in Calgary
A participant in a Zombie Walk event in Calgary
Some zombie fans continue the George Romero tradition of using zombies as a social commentary. Organized zombie themed flash mobs or Zombie Walks, which are primarily promoted through word of mouth, are regularly staged all over the world.[citation needed] Usually they are arranged as a sort of surrealist performance art but they are occasionally put on as part of a unique political protest such as on Buy Nothing Day, November 25, 2006, in Montreal, a crowd of Zombies invaded the downtown core to take part in a "Shopping Spree of the Dead"[4] and ridicule the compulsive aspect of Christmas shopping.
Other organizations such as Zombie Squad use the genre as a way to promote disaster preparedness and to encourage horror fans to become involved in their community, through volunteering or hosting zombie themed charity fund raisers.
The zombie-themed episode of the Showtime series Masters of Horror entitled Homecoming was hailed by many as an original and innovative use of zombies in a work of political and social commentary.[5]
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