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\nSchneewittchen (Snow White) | Photo by Lena Chernaya | Enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Heyyy, Happy Twenty-Oh-Nine! And for those of you in the Eastern Orthodox world who celebrate Christmas on January 7th, especially Anna in Ukraine or Lena in Russia, I haven’t forgotten you, hehe. “Merry Christmas!” To help celebrate, here’s an eye-grabbing “Snow White” photo (above) by Russian photographer and long-time LiveJournal buddy, Lena Chernaya<\/a>. Plus some more titillating chaos about random shirts, bloggy values, and the comedy of hate, lol.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Finger Slice Update.<\/b><\/i> Ouch-ouch-ouch! If you saw my previous post, you’ll remember the bloody finger-slice<\/a> I patched and sealed with the incredible Krazy Glue. To quell any further doubts of the power of Krazy Glue, here are the follow-up progress photos since December 24th. Just eight days. Amazing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Random Shirts Update.<\/b><\/i> Next, an update detailing both the victory and agony of T-shirts, lol. First, the *good* news. After this shirt sat in my Amazon Wish List for months, I finally ordered and received my “Rising Sun” T-shirt. While it’s not an American Apparel shirt, it looks and feels as awesome as my American Apparel shirts. The weathered-and-worn red-and-white design is over-sized and intense. Beautiful.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now, the *bad* news. The brown “Mimi’s Rage” American Apparel T-shirt I ordered from Zazzle<\/a> for fellow otaku blogger Shagh<\/a> was printed pretty poorly. As poorly as my black long-sleeved shirt from a previous post<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So why did Zazzle print both my black “Mimi’s Rage” and green “Angsty Momo” American Apparel T-shirts in perfect clarity<\/a>? Yet screw up the other two? Who knows? In any case, I returned to the site and replaced the text-over-camouflage design with a simpler text-only design. Simpler. With less chance for them to screw up. In theory. Thankfully, Shagh has been a great sport and even requested my signature. But where to sign it? ^_^;<\/p>\n Bloggy Values.<\/b><\/i> Ah, and what will probably entertain Meronpan<\/a> the most, I bring even more “WebsiteOutlook” stats, lol. If you remember from last time<\/a>, the theoretical monetary value of 10 arbitrarily-selected blogs were presented as follows.<\/p>\n Over a month later, there’s been a few fascinating developments. Well, maybe just fascinating to Meronpan. But I’m a numbers-type guy too. So why not? Here’s the updated list, taking the same 10 blogs from lowest to highest…<\/p>\n [1] Mimi’s Rage = $2211.90.<\/a> First on my list is Mimi’s Rage, a small blog run by Mimi’s fan club. Wow, such a huge jump in such a short time!<\/p>\n [2] Meimi132 = $3577.00.<\/a> Second is Meimi132’s blog. Still steady and solid.<\/p>\n [3] Meronpan = $4737.70.<\/a> Third is Meronpan’s blog. Another solid blog performance.<\/p>\n [4] Puppy52 a.k.a. Chun = $5832.70.<\/a> Fourth is Chun’s blog and website. This may be an unexpected theoretical dip, but hers is still a high-performer among otaku blogs.<\/p>\n [5] xJAYMANx & xJAYMANx_toybox = $5861.90.<\/a> Next is my own website and blog. Hmmm, another unexpected jump. Especially considering my lazy once-a-week blog updates. I guess frequency isn’t a huge factor after all. Hmmm.<\/p>\n [6] Clan Blue Panthers a.k.a. Panther = $6504.30.<\/a> Sixth is Panther’s blog. Whoa, massive panther-sized leap! Which finally makes more sense.<\/p>\n [7] Angry Loli a.k.a. Mimi = $7876.70.<\/a> Seventh on the list is Mimi’s blog. Another huge jump.<\/p>\n [8] Gordonator = $8234.40.<\/a> Eighth is Gordon’s blog. Wow, the largest jump of the list! No doubt, a Trooper-inspired jump! And like Panther’s leap, this theoretical value finally makes more sense. <\/p>\n [9] How a Girl Figures a.k.a. Dancing Queen = $10928.10.<\/a> Ninth is Dancing Queen’s blog. Once again, a consistent top-performer among otaku blogs.<\/p>\n [10] Danny Choo = $237870.50.<\/a> Ah, finally, still the big daddy of otaku-oriented blogs, DannyChoo.com. A slight drop, but a negligible one at that. Hmmm, one could almost say his blog is offering a bit of its theoretical power to its many offspring otaku blogs.<\/p>\n So what will the following months of 2009 hold? Who knows? But I wouldn’t be surprised if Meronpan<\/a> decides to grace us with his statistical analysis, lol. >_<\n\n\n\n Comedy of Hate.<\/b><\/i> Hey, spoons or forks? That’s the burning question of the age! Do you prefer spoons or forks? Both useful tools. But slightly different. For different situations. But if you had to choose one for all situations? Which one?… Hahaha, doesn’t this sound absurd? But that’s the same type of question as: Mac or PC? Both useful tools. But slightly different. For different situations. But which one? Yup, I think most of us has already seen the infamous video on DannyChoo.com<\/a> or elsewhere. Here it is again one more time. <\/p>\n Haha, immensely entertaining! But that’s about it. No winner or loser. Obviously, the answer is “both”. A spoon and fork are each useful tools. One isn’t better than the other. But together, they are considerably more powerful. Likewise with the Mac and PC. And after a full month of using my dual-OS iMac (both Mac Leopard and Win XP) since Dec 4th, I can honestly say that “both together” is true. While apps and images may move more smoothly via the Mac OS, some apps or processes are simply cheaper, more available or more convenient via the Win OS. But together, they are profoundly flexible and powerful. No question.<\/p>\n So for those who stubbornly or blindly say that one spoon, one fork, or one tool is better for all situations, that’s fine. I’ll just sit back and enjoy the show. On my iMac, hehe. >_<\n\n\n\n Russian Angels.<\/b><\/i> Like I mentioned at the top of this post, I’ve known Lena<\/a> for a while now. Since mid-2005. So when I asked her today for permission to use her “Snow White” and “Snow Maidens” photos, I was reminded of an old *photo-poem remix* I once composed of her years ago. So here’s Path of Seduction<\/a> (Remix 062, Sept 2005) featuring the Russian photographer herself, lol. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n original self-portrait by lena path of seduction<\/b><\/p>\n strained by the stress a bearded bloke bumped me “she purrs like a kitten!” i heard myself laugh fifty and sixty ninety and one hundred the laughter awoke me “she sounds like a beauty!” the bearded bloke chuckled his girlfriend dazzled “what make and model?” Hey, still ain’t bad after all these years, lol. So how did this turn into a Russian-babe post? I have no idea. But here’s one final photo by Lena to celebrate the New Year and another Merry Christmas. “Merry Christmas!” Have you been naughty or nice? ^o^<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Schneewittchen (Snow White) | Photo by Lena Chernaya | Enlarge Heyyy, Happy Twenty-Oh-Nine! And for those of you in the Eastern Orthodox world who celebrate Christmas on January 7th, especially Anna in Ukraine or Lena in Russia, I haven’t forgotten you, hehe. “Merry Christmas!” To help celebrate, here’s an eye-grabbing “Snow White” photo (above) by … Continue reading
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\nJan 03 | “Mimi’s Rage” T-Shirt from Zazzle | Enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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\nremixed image & words by xjaymanx<\/p>\n
\nand drained by the storm,
\ni stopped at the pub
\nand hopped on the stool<\/p>\n
\nwithout any pardon
\nand slapped on the smile
\nof a half-plastered fool<\/p>\n
\nhe boasted to his comrades,
\n“the shriek of her wheels!
\nthe roar of her engine!”<\/p>\n
\nand sipped from my draft
\nand slipped into a dream
\nof speed and abandon<\/p>\n
\nand seventy and eighty
\nkilometers per hour
\nheartbeats per minute<\/p>\n
\nand one-ten and one-twenty
\nand one-thirty and one-forty
\nand one-fifty and faster!<\/p>\n
\nand spun me around,
\ni searched for my words
\nand cut through the chatter<\/p>\n
\ni burst loud and clear,
\n“what make and model?
\na porsche or an audi?”<\/p>\n
\nbut offered his answer,
\n“you misunderstand fella,
\nwhy not ask her yourself?”<\/p>\n
\nin her half-zipped denim
\nwhile her wide eyes flashed
\nwith the wild shade of “go!”<\/p>\n
\nshe purred like a kitten,
\n“my make is russian,
\nand my model is seduction”<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nSnegurki (Snow Maidens) | Photo by Lena Chernaya | Enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n