It’s a tranny mess up in here. . .

Who in this shot is a woman?

If you said, “nobody.” Then you were correct. As Ms. Jay said, “you let the cat out of the bag with this one.” . . . and (s)he was sent home.

Here’s how it looks when a beautiful woman does it:

See the difference?

Although Anya should have a lock on this competition, i think they’re really going to tear her down after she isn’t able to learn the Inland Northern dialect of English the night before the Covergirl shoot. Hopefully this will just be to get some drama and emotion, and maybe some uncertainty for the viewers. Regardless, they’re probably shitting their pants thinking about Anya doing a whole series of Covergirl commercials so while i stand behind Anya to win, i don’t think she has it in the bag, yet. The always bitchy and often abrasive Fatima may look like a model, but i find her personality nauseating. She really does seem like a mean person who doesn’t listen to or consider other opinions, which the judges finally seem to be noticing. Then there’s Whitney.

This photo’s kinda mediocre, but it really boils down to one question. “Can a plus size model win ANTM?” Short answer, No with a but. Long answer, yes with an if. As i said before, Whitney probably can work as a plus size model, winning the competition or not. I really like that she truely feels beautiful which no other “full-figured” girl that has ever been on the show has. On the other hand, i just don’t think that she’s stronger than Anya even with the language issues aside. I like Anya, i’d watch her commercials just because she’s so beautiful, and i think her accent (despite or maybe because of its oddity) is really cute. Even though she’s a tad difficult to understand, her voice radiates energy, sweetness, and excitement.

Oh, and just to prove a point, when you compare these photos that Nigel took with the ones Tyra shot last week, it kinda makes Tyra’s pictures look like a steaming pile of shit. Notice that Nigel’s pictures aren’t crooked?

 

Map Schmap

I received a message a while back that i was on the short list to have one of my photos in Australia included in the Schmap Guide of Australia (really good web-guides, actually). Of course they don’t pay, but it’s still nice to be included as one of a couple hundred, especially with such a well-known guide. I think i just happened to get a shot with commercial appeal in this circumstance, rather than it being a truly excellent photograph. I took a shot of the Sydney skyline from one of the Captain Cook Cruises.

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View of Sydney from the Captain Cook Cruise Tour

 

Atrocities in ANTM

OMFG, they cut Katarzyna.

I can scarcely believe it; she was my #1 pick. That brings us to what i call The Chad Philosophy: “Does this girl have any chance of winning the competition?” Chad believes that this is an important criteria in determining who will be eliminated (or more to the point, who will NOT be eliminated). I will raise the stakes by saying that it is THE most important criteria. The only other criteria that i think of as being important is: Could this girl actually get a job modeling? or Is this girl a model? Lets evaluate, shall we:

1) Whitney - Is she a model? Yes, with a caveat: she’s a full figured model. She wouldn’t be in the same shows as the other girls, but she certainly could be a model. Actually, it’s weird, this week’s “photo challenge” showed shed doesn’t really have an ounce of fat, and i have to agree that she may actually BE the mythological “big boned”. Can she win? No.

2) Katarzyna - Is she a model? Yes, i would expect her to have a modeling career. Probably in runway, maybe some print as well regardless of the show. Can she win? Yes (that is to say that she could have, had the judges not felt threatened by her radiant beauty.)

3) Anya - Is she a model? Yes, she looks like a model, and she has talent. She may not sound like a model, but how would anybody ever know? Models don’t talk. (unless they’re in Covergirl commercials for the Baltimore tourism department.) Can she win? She will win. All she has to do is turn her toes in, and it’s model gold.

4) Fatima - Is she a model? If she looked less like a coyote, i’d say maybe. Chad says yes. Her walk is horrendous. I don’t think she’s very photogenic, and she wears that stupid North Face looking jacket that would make her right at home in a sorority in Ann Arbor in 1998. Can she win? I hope not.

5) Dominic - Is (s)he a model? There are male models, but that’s not what the gig calls for. NO. Can (s)he win? If Jasleen hadn’t won i would say no, but if one drag queen can win, it’s not inconceivable that it could happen again.

I’m sorry, but this is not the worst picture in the bunch. No question about it. I refuse to placate Tyra’s vast ego and praise this photography. The frame’s crooked, and way too dark. “Hey Tyra, there’s a histogram feature on your camera that’ll show you when the photo’s too dark, maybe you should take a look at that, actually, just turn the knob to Auto, it’s clear that you shouldn’t be in charge of those controls.”

Tyra just wants drama so we don’t know who’ll be eliminated.

Back room meeting: “I have an idea, there’ll be more drama in the show if we don’t pay any attention to talent or potential, lets just make the decision with this Ouija board, then the audience will never know what to expect.”

 

Getting closer

damn, the tags to myspace didn’t work, this should have been a countdown timer to the beginning of the demf

 

Top 2?

Here’s a rather prophetic shot:

Would you say that this is #1 & #2, (or possibly #2 & #1)?  Probably so.  Plus, now that they have corporate sponsors for Anya being naked, i expect great naked things from her.  Actually, i’m a bit shocked that the dress she won in last week’s challenge wasn’t just a rouse (phrase stolen from Chad, credit where credit is due) for Anya to get naked with noted fashion photographer: Nigel Barker.  I made a quip about Anya’s “blow score,” but i had a change of heart, and now i believe that Stacey Ann was a big fiend, suckin’ up the drukgs, hardcore-like.  That may have been the cause for her sudden and baffling expulsion before going overseas.

I suppose it’s good that Lauren is off, her temper was starting to become too abrasive even through the TV screen.  Likewise Dominic is still too much of a man, and it doesn’t take an HDTV to figure that out.  Right, so who’s off this week?

I’m going to say it’s between Whitney (first fat gir. . . er. . .full figured girl to reach the top 5 as far as i can tell.)  Whitney, my friends have abandoned you because you’re a fake bitch, but that doesn’t mean you and i can’t still be friends, well, actually i guess it does, what will all this modern peer-pressure and all.  Fatima, you’ve got to go; her narrative is just too much (and she’s trying to hard.)  Last, there’s Dominic.  I’d really like to not see a man win this cycle, so you’ve got to go as well.  So who’s it going to be?  My guess is probably Whitney, but who knows;  the producers could just be fucking with us all.  Once again the CW hasn’t given us any new pictures to work with, savages.  So, i guess i’m going to have to leave it at that.

 

Twisted Belt

Okay, so i have a problem. The drive side seat-belt in my 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier is super-twisted. It’s like a bitch, man. It’s been that way for a long time, but a recent accident has motivated me to get it straightened out. It appears that i’m going to need a Torx bit for my ratchet, but the problem is that i don’t know the size, except that it’s larger than a T-40. I’m going to try to get some sort of variety pack from Home Depot, and maybe a new ratchet if all goes well, if not, maybe i’ll try Taylor, because they’re the best hardware store in the fucking galaxy.

—-edit: 1:24am on 4/28/08 ~~ by Lucidity

Well, i went down to Murray’s and got a T-50 Torx, which i quickly checked to be the correct size (although now i’m concerned that i won’t be able to get it to line up in order to get a clear shot at the bolt. Hopefully by pushing the seat as far up as i can, i’ll be able to get the seat belt anchor bolt off without taking the whole seat out of the car (which may still be necessary if the seat rails get in the way.) I still want a new ratchet, i think i’ll pick that up at Taylor, just because i feel that they deserve my business one way or the other. Further updates as events warrent. . .

—-edit: 3:12pm on 5/1/08 ~~ by Lucidity

That bolt is in there way to tight to get out with my ratchet.  I stripped that shit pretty good; now it’ll be neigh impossible to get out.

 

What can you do when it’s cold?

Exotic Quantum State Of Matter Discovered

ScienceDaily (2008-04-25) — Scientists from Princeton University have found that one of the most intriguing phenomena in condensed-matter physics — known as the quantum Hall effect — can occur in nature in a way that no one has ever before seen. The ‘quantum Hall-like effect’ was found in a bulk material without an applied magnetic field. The work, while significant in a fundamental way, could also lead to advances in new kinds of fast quantum or “spintronic” computing devices, of potential use in future electronic technologies.

Nifty.

 

Australia to have unprecedented torch security - Yahoo! News

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Police began an unprecedented security crackdown in Australia’s national capital on Wednesday to protect the Olympic flame from protests during the latest leg of the torch’s troubled journey around the world.

from news.yahoo.com

 

DEMF ‘08 Countdown

33 days, 10 hours, 18 minutes

 

Movement ‘08