mistressohmygod

throughout life we make choices. and i choose to believe that as amazing as my friends are, that we will change things, maybe just a little, for the better. i mean haven't we already? to inspire, encourage, to grow a different perspective that creates a spark of movement? i don't want to be cynical anymore. i'd rather plot & smile.

Happy Snow Daze!!!!

yay no pants!!!

Some traditions just don't die. With exceptional cold winter nights, skating mania finally hits Holland again. And after 12 years of waiting for natural ice, they deserve a party.

Traveling to Amsterdam in 2006 the one thing that was pervasive and constantly part of my journey was CANALS. And lots of them. Seeming to be just as many canals as roads, the amount of water surrounding the buildings made it feel as if I was on a boat ride. And sometimes, in really cold winters, they freeze over.

The tradition of skating on the frozen waters dates back hundreds of years (yes, the first skates were animal bones strapped to boots) and the dutch still haven't given it up. The last freeze was in 1996 and with global temperatures increasing who knows when the next one will happen (50 years ago the average was 1 in 4 years). As of late they've been braving railroad tracks to cross to ice fields. The excitement is seen almost as patriotic with many skaters wearing the Holland orange as a show of the holiday. I hope they have a really cold week so that Elfstedentocht (a 125 mile race through 11 cities started in 1909) can be held - surely prompting rejoicing in the streets and canals.

A video of the first dutch skating marathon on natural ice in 12 years can bee seen here. Mostly interviews, but I like it when they talk funny  teehee

As i maneuvered through the holiday weeks i maintained a hope and smile which is a bit unusual for me. And then -Oh the wonderful start of a new blessed year (with a shitload of celebration for 2008 to be gone!) Yay Yay Yay. Away with you retched year! be gone forever! Last year was a place that was definitely 'transforming' as all the stars said it would be. Now the time is finally subsiding to open to a new brighter heartfilled day. Let's celebrate!

>>Away with the past & In with the new<<

"don't worry; if you ever buy a $32 bottle of agave nectar I will shoot your kneecaps off." it's good to have friends who look out for ya.

and i still think that box furniture would be relatively easy to make... couple of inflatable pool rafts filled with water and molded into a giant cunt Should be coming to a store near you damnit.

i mean it'd definitely be better than this thing:





you can't lounge in that! travesty. and where's the diversity? how many vaginas really look like that? reminds me of an 8 year old slumber party during makeover time before the nail polish.. hm.. anyhow-
waterbed-like snatch furniture is a much better idea. as long as it has built-in armrests with squirt guns.
GRIN.

as i prepare to go off to the fashion victims ball this evening and others prepare for new york ; ) it just seemed fitting to get in the mood...


cheers to a good time to be had

yay yay. this video makes me happy. Pop off those Heads!

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i have to say last night asheville represented propa. sarah palin came to town- deep in the heart of obama country.   those lined up to listen to her speak moosefucker language were greeted by obama supporters ragin' it (see a picture of me representin for all the a'ville homos here). and lets not forget the HUNDREDS! of zombies taking over the streets of downtown for international zombie day. if you can spot jamie in the crowd i'll give you a cookie.

it was a ton of fun making a protesting sign and gayly prancing around smiling at people and generally being, well, gay gay gay. One women exclaimed that because i was gay i killed babies (what are the odds she'd say that to a dead baby lover? but anyway..) One lady shouted "change? you want change? here!" and then threw the coins in her pocket at us. and then their was the real whack job that insisted (amongst so many other things) that i couldn't possibly know what love was since i was gay because i wasn't human (???). i did get to hear one mccain supporter say she was an illiterate whore because she didn't read.. very odd. anyhow all in all it was quite entertaining interacting with right wing fanatical zombies, but i definitely think asheville's zombies were way better. we had better costumes.