Owie

I'm having a slow and lazy day, so far. I wanted to go to the gym, but I think I need to not, because I fucked up my shoulder pretty good the other day while horsing around. Ouch ouch ouch. I think a visit to the RMT is in order. I think I pulled something in there.

Link time? Well, sure.

The 25 most epic ads that aren't '1984': While I question the use of the word "epic," there's no denying these ads are pretty darned cool.

Facebook, a Placenta and a Lawsuit: I really don't understand this one. Some students post pictures of themselves with a placenta, and get kicked out of their program in college. I could perhaps understand if the pictures showed the students snogging with the organ or some such, but they don't. Weird....

Girl gang's grip on London underworld revealed: I rather think it was more of a women's gang than a girl gang, but the story is very compelling. It's about a women's guild of thieves that operated out of London from the 1700s through to the 1950s. Very interesting!

Nurse Sues Doc After Bizarre 'Job Interview': "A nurse claims the chairman of a hospital's surgery department injected her with 'truth serum' during a job interview, then 'pulled his pants down ... and injected himself in the groin area,' proceeded to ask her about her sexual fantasies, and offered her $1,000 to strip."

Is Wool the New Latex?: NSFW. Holy moley! Check out these HOT "erotic" knit onesies. Bwahahahah! No, this is not why I learned to knit, but I am halfway tempted to make one of these outfits just for shits and giggles. Mostly giggles.

Crochet Daisy Headband: I'm pretty awful at crocheting, but this project looks simple enough that maybe, just maybe, I can make something that's not fugly. Maybe.

Porn, recipes found on Toronto's dead drop: "Whenever I think of two people secretly exchanging information, I envision money bags left behind loose bricks and secret documents hidden in a hollowed out book. As it turns out, this method of sharing information has a name - it's called a dead drop." Now I want to find it!

The Authentic Knitting Board: Oh, this looks a lot more versatile than the Knifty Knitters I've been using. It's adjustable! I want some! Especially some for socks. I really want to make socks....

Argentina's Dancing with the Stars Is Pretty Much Straight Up Porn: NSFW. Sex dance, I guess. Definitely a step up from standard grinding and dirty dancing.

Aerialist AgentRed recently fell during a performance: this performance, actually, although the fall is not in this video clip. If you can afford it, donations are being sought to help with her hospitalization and surgery.

Review: Ballet Jörgen Canada's "The Nutcracker, a Canadian Tradition"

Although I appreciate the concept of "Canadianizing" the tale, the performance seemed more like an uninspiring game of charades than a ballet. I do not fault the dancers, as they were following direction. But the sort of folksy dancing done on stage is far more fun to do than it is to watch. It is more like memorized movement than dance, to me. I was a bit horrified to see a clogging interpretation of the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies. Although I think folk dance can be entertaining for an audience, I think the chosen choreography fell short of that. I enjoyed the ballet done toward the end of the first act, but it was too little, too late, and my companion and I left during intermission.

Testing the waters

I've been working on what is possibly a novel for quite some time, now. If you're into very dark fantasy/horror and would like to see what I've been up to, drop me a line. I'd like to get feedback, but don't want to show everyone. Not yet.