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I love this show! I wish they'd make me over! Heck, I even signed Keith up for it since they won't take the likes of me.

Posted by eve at July 30, 2003 02:31 AM

I thought I saw it on ABC last week (dude with an art show?) - I loved it!

Posted by Susan at July 30, 2003 08:16 AM

http://nyyogagirl.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_nyyogagirl_archive.html#105907603230692385

Posted by eliot at July 30, 2003 10:46 AM

I missed the premiere, looks funny too.

Posted by gingersmack at July 30, 2003 12:17 PM

this is my new favorite show...i LOVE it!

carson should have his own show, he's one helluva funny guy!

Posted by jen at July 30, 2003 12:17 PM

actually not abc, but nbc picked it up, right after will and grace. its a wonderful show.

uhm, kim, your comments windows are ass in mozilla. i can't even scroll.

Posted by kimmie at July 30, 2003 01:51 PM

I checked it out last night, and I was hysterical at the end when the 5 guys were jumping up and down after the proposal!

Posted by Adelle at August 1, 2003 09:48 AM

Theme Song

The name of the band is called Widelife, and the song is All Things. Let me know if you find it. I'm hunting for it.

Posted by Jonathan at August 5, 2003 10:45 PM

hi, i've been atching QE since it first aired on Bravo and I still can't get enough of them. they are, by far, hilariously entertaining and very great at what they do. makes me wish we could all hang out together!

Posted by luvs2laff at August 7, 2003 10:18 PM

from billboard.com...

An act named Widelife wrote and composed the "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" theme song. Simone Denny is the featured vocalist on the song, which is titled "All Things." There are plans to release the song commercially, but nothing concrete has yet been announced.

Posted by megan at August 9, 2003 04:04 AM

the song by Widelife is sung by Simone. According to the Qeer Eye web site the song should be available this summer

Posted by Jay at August 12, 2003 11:42 PM

I recently started watching "QEFTSG" and I will have to say that it is one of the best shows on telvision right now. I see it rising to the same success as "Trading Spaces" soon. Mucho Kudos!!

Posted by Kate at August 30, 2003 11:33 PM

This show rox!!!!

Posted by gogo at September 1, 2003 03:41 PM

I cannot believe how many of the "straight-acting" queers out there refuse to even watch this show, claiming it perpetuates stereotypes - to me, it seems refusing to even watch it perpetuates the stereotype of a close-minded bigot. Heteros don't have a patent on ignorance, you know. And for the record, the Fab 5 may seem stereotypical, but when I was coming to terms with my sexual orientation, it sure as heck would have been nice to see there are others like me. Face it, hetero-wannabes: there are five LIKABLE, OPEN and OUT GAY MEN.

Posted by Jim at September 15, 2003 03:07 AM

Its the same people from Canada who gave us the #1 smash dance floor single "I Dont Want You"...Widelife.

Posted by Bob at September 28, 2003 04:23 PM

I have the "All Things" .mp3. Anyone who wants it, email me. :)

xo; Jess

Posted by Jess at October 29, 2003 11:36 PM

Jess- YOu have the mp3 of "All Things"?
Whats your email?

Posted by John Adair at October 30, 2003 04:35 PM

For all those gay people who feel that this show perpetuates "homophobia" (which, I believe, only exists if one believes it exists), let me tell you that this show has allowed for me a growing tolerance for homosexuals. I don't need to see that gay people are "like everyone else" because, aside from their sexual preference, I know that already. The show, for me, allows a straight person to see homosexuals as not just people to be tolerated, but LIKED, for all their human qualities. And what makes this show most effective in this endeavor is that it it ISN'T hung up on homosexual POLITICS, which tends to turn people off, but it's more about 5 guys who have a lot of fun doing what they do, and people, gay or straight, can have fun watching them. If they're making people happy, it doesn't really matter about their sexual orientation or anything else.

Posted by at November 4, 2003 11:11 PM

To Jess: Please send me the "all things" MP3 at my e-mail address!

Posted by Rei at November 9, 2003 10:30 PM

I love Queer Eye for The Straight guy
Carson is cute.

Posted by AMBER LILLEY at December 15, 2003 06:19 PM

Hey do you think you could send me All things Mp3 to my e-mail? I would appreciate it very much.
Blessed Be,
David.

Posted by David Stevens at December 17, 2003 11:20 AM

the theme song is:
"All Things" by Widelife

Posted by t at December 18, 2003 01:57 PM

I am a female and my husband and i love the show we never miss it.
I want to put him on the show.
He is in dire need. All he wears is jeans and tee shirts and work uniforms everywhere we go.
Any one know how i can get him on?

We love Carson!

Posted by gail at December 21, 2003 07:21 AM

I love Queer eye so much if i miss it i even feel tears in my eyes.. me and my friend jayd never missed an episode yet! Its the best!! Jai- I loved u in Zanna dont!! your great!

Posted by Shaunna -Zanna- at December 23, 2003 09:48 PM

Queer eye soundtrack should be coming out officially in Feb 2004. Which im sure most of you know by now.

Posted by Jason at January 14, 2004 12:20 PM

THE FAB FIVE ROCK! I LOVE THEM SOOOOOOOOO MUCH! ESPECIALLY CARSON AND JAI! THEY ARE SOOOOOO FUNNY AND EVERY SHOW CARSON ALWAYS LEVES ME IN STITCHES! I WISH I COULD MEET THEM!

Posted by Danielle at January 15, 2004 12:37 AM

IM ONLY 13 AND I LOVE THEM 2 BITS!

Posted by Danielle at January 15, 2004 12:39 AM

Could someone email me "All Things .." - Many Thanks. - sallen@cs.utk.edu

Posted by Susan at January 22, 2004 11:10 AM

To Jess: Please send me the "all things" MP3 at my e-mail address!

at a9x308@bigpond.com Thank Heaps

Posted by Craig at February 3, 2004 04:40 AM

OMG I absolutly love all 5 of them beyond belief! I think itz a great show and any homophobics can stick it up their ass! GO JAI I LOVE YOU!!!

Posted by Heather at February 21, 2004 03:06 AM

Please send the Queer Eye theme song in mp3 format to rovelover@bigpond.com

thank u so much

Posted by Ang at February 28, 2004 12:57 AM

i love jai sooooooooooooooooo much if he wernt gay id snap him up its strange iv meet them all except him

Posted by danielle at March 18, 2004 08:57 PM

ya i looooooooooooooooove the show so much

Posted by dani at March 18, 2004 09:00 PM

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I read all the books for the first time at the beginning of this month, and I have to say that I liked #3 & #4 the best. #5 was still good, but I agree that some of the "magic" was lost. If I hadn't gotten so invested in the characters from the previous stories, I'm not sure that I would've liked them very much in this one.

Now it's a long, long wait until the next installment...

Posted by angela at July 29, 2003 05:14 PM

I loved this one just as much as the others - I didn't want it to end. It just makes me want more.

Posted by eve at July 30, 2003 02:34 AM

Haven't read it yet, my daughter just finished it this past week.

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That sucks Kymberlie. Hope the stain comes out and I hope your scrapes heel up quick!

Posted by Nicole at July 28, 2003 07:47 PM

You poor thing! I did that the other day... I was walking in the middle of a rain storm and fell into this giant puddle of water and mud! Thank God I was on my way back to the hotel to change anyway...

Posted by Adelle at July 28, 2003 08:22 PM

Aw, that sucks! What kind of fabric is it? My Mom is the amazing master of getting out stains, and I would be happy to ask her.

Just tell Steven to stay away from it with the nailpolish remover... ;)

Posted by Christine at July 28, 2003 09:06 PM

I'm glad you have no broken bones! I hope the stain comes out and that you are doing ok.

Posted by Susan at July 28, 2003 10:07 PM

I'm always mortified when something like that happens. I fell twice on wet floors in the restaurant I used to work at.

I hope you get your purse fixed. If the mall refuses to help, you could always threaten to sue :)

Posted by theresa at July 28, 2003 10:31 PM

well at least you know there are three nice people out there willing to helped you out. glad your alright.

Posted by john at July 29, 2003 01:59 AM

damn, girl! when you fall, you fall. glad you're ok, though. i hope they pay not only for your purse, but the ruined books...

Posted by mikey at July 29, 2003 02:36 PM

I'm sorry you were hurt by that fall.

I can't believe that the brusque women at the building manager's office didn't offer to replace the purse, pay for cleaning, and repair/replace your broken jewelry and damaged books! Not so much as a nicety (well it would be *nice* if they did it out of niceness, but that's a longshot these days), but more as self-defense to a liability claim!

Very weird comment about "since the mall is private property they can’t promise anything". Seems like that would make them MORE liable...at least to me.

Get well soon, take a warm bath for your back *S*
Sherri

Posted by Sherri at July 30, 2003 03:25 AM

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This is too funny. My sister's name is Sarah Boothe, but her husband is Bubba. We grew up on Glover plantation in the Mississippi Delta.

Posted by zem at March 7, 2004 05:28 PM

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Didn't know if you knew this, but Alice Sebold also wrote a book called Lucky: A Memoir that recalls her own rape and subsequent struggle with recovery.

Posted by Justin at July 28, 2003 09:37 AM

I enjoyed The Lovely Bones, despite the fact that it was about a depressing subject. I loved the way it followed all the people who thought about Susie. I was thankful that they got the death out of the way at the beginning and then talked about different ways people cope with the death of a loved one. Glad you enjoyed it as well =)

Posted by Nicole at July 28, 2003 10:52 AM

I've been wanting to read this book for a long time. My shoddy library close to my apartment never has it, so I think I'm going to have to resort to home delivery. I just want this, Lolita, and Reading Lolita in Tehran. That's not too much to ask, is it? ;)

Posted by Crankydragon at July 28, 2003 11:54 AM

I really liked this book as well but it was hard for me to stick with it, I cried alot while reading it. I'm glad I finished it though.

Posted by Carla at July 28, 2003 01:10 PM

that book has been on my wish list forever and I still haven't bought it! I guess I'll have to once I finish the book I am currently reading!

Posted by MishMish at July 28, 2003 03:07 PM

I'm glad you liked it. I couldn't get into it at all... I think it was the style of the book. I never did finish it. Maybe I'll try it again sometime.

Posted by Zuly at July 28, 2003 03:15 PM

That was an amazing book. I'm usually more into sci-fi/fantasy, but definitely worth taking time out to read. It evoked a number of emotions as you almost feel what this girl is going through.

Posted by kimmie at July 28, 2003 04:47 PM

I got the book in a Christmas gift exchange and I literally could not put it down. I think I read it in about a day and a half. I was worried that the premise about her being in heaven could end up being super-cheese, but I thought it ended up working really well. I also loved the way that the different characters' stories intertwined.

Posted by angela at July 29, 2003 05:00 PM

i also enjoyed The Lovely Bones. I still havent read Lucky, i need to. I finished the Lovely Bones in 2 days, i couldnt put it down. Does anyone know how to contact Alice Sebold? like, an email address or something. if you do email me or post a message here, thanks.

Posted by Iris at August 25, 2003 02:29 PM

I read this book too. I read it in a bout 9 hours straight!! I am currently reading Lucky, but once you read the Lovely Bones it is hard to read the other one, Well for me it is. This book helped me think of how everybody has to cope with things, they just have to be worked through! from things as small as running a mile and not feeling the pain, the regret, to knowing that you will someday die, and not feeling the pain or regret there to.

Posted by Crystal at August 28, 2003 06:14 PM

I too, read The Lovely Bones first, and couldn't put it down, then I saw Lucky advertised and rushed to order a copy, and read that straight through.
Alice is a fantastic wtiter, I just want to know when is her next book being published?
Although I love reading, I wouldn't describe myself as a person who normally gets excited enough to want to analyse writings or critique them.
Unlike my husband who is a writer and has just finished his MA in writing!
Have you seen the reading group questions about the book?
I'm hooked!...Alice don't stop writing, you are a gift to women everywhere, and a challenge to provoke people's understanding of power misused, crisis and recovery and the complexities of legal systems.
A wounded healer has much to offer...victory instead of victim.

Posted by melanie morgan at September 24, 2003 05:27 AM

I work in the local courthouse as a mental health worker...I found The Lovely Bones, read it in 7 hours straight, time only to pee, and have lent it to many others at work. Fabulous work Alice Sebold

Posted by Susan Cook at September 30, 2003 06:00 PM

I have just finished reading The Lovely Bones and it has really touched me...i'm still crying!!! Wonderful book.

Posted by Audrey at October 22, 2003 03:52 PM

Please let me know if anyone has a way to email Alice Sebold. I am having a book discussin group, the local high school is now involved, and this can be a big event. Anyone?

Posted by laura at October 27, 2003 02:28 PM

i also need to find a way to contact alice sebold. I read this book and was thinking....it would make a good movie wouldnt it?

Posted by lindsay at March 7, 2004 12:41 PM

I am in 9th grade i read the book and even tho the topic was disturbing to me at first i warmed up to the book after 3 chapters! i LOVED it! the ending was my favorite i hope alice continues to write!

Posted by Hillbaby at April 8, 2004 05:10 PM

I just finished The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, and like many of you, I was very emotionally and physically moved by it's poignant story and gentle message about families and letting go of tragedies/traumas. There were many very special resonances for me as I grew up in the same area as the location of the story, and am the same age as the author, and could find many similarities in 'susie's' family life and language of expression and my own. I am hoping to find a place of contact or email address of the author and will keep posted for more of her writings. Brilliant writing, Alice!

Posted by frnchpink at April 16, 2004 04:49 PM

i've heard alice is writing a new novel all the time! so, let's hope we can soon read a new book from her! i've also read this book (allthough in finish) and i really liked it!! brilliant!! :)

Posted by ida from finland at April 25, 2004 11:16 AM

Hey everyone!! Just finished Lovely Bones while traveling....i couldn't put it down. I wanted to agree with Lindsey--would love to make it a movie. Some of the shots would be really spectacular

Posted by Michelle at July 1, 2004 12:46 PM

Posted by Sebastian Uda (sebastian68@yahoo.com) on March 01, 2005 at 14:12:54:

I discover a novel that deals with the 9-11 events at:

http://www.hugosantander.com/novels_archivos/ntm.html

Any clue where I can get the complete text?

Fiodor

Posted by Fiodor at March 1, 2005 02:47 PM

i loved this book. it was awsomw to the max times ten..... thousand that is !!!

Posted by the paulanator at March 20, 2005 04:58 PM

this book was nice, but i didnt like how she crammed everything into the end of the novel. It seemed like she realized she had to do all of these things to get the ending she wanted and just crammed it into the last 50 pages or so. If she didnt drag on the middle of how everyone was coping and then kind of gradually add everything on, then that would have been better. However it was well written and an intriguing plot and easy-to-relate-to characters.

Posted by Jess at April 30, 2006 01:33 PM

however, despite my last comment in sebold's defense i must say that this was a great topic to write about and make people [girls mostly] more aware about the horrors of rape. For that i tip my hat to her

Posted by Jess at April 30, 2006 01:35 PM

I had really enjoyed reading the book entitled “the lovely bones”. From the very instant I opened the first page, I felt empathy for the character. It was very pleasurable, and I would recommend it for someone to read!

Posted by at May 23, 2006 09:19 PM

this book was definitely one of my favourites. i just bought lucky and am looking forward to reading it.

Posted by carly at July 20, 2006 04:02 PM

Awww, I'm only in 7th grade and read the book. I dunno why, but I fell in love with it. T_T I cried at the end with what happened with Ray and Susie. The lovely bones is the best book ever!

Posted by Reeny at October 15, 2006 04:46 PM

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Thanks so much for your sponsorship and linkage!!!

Posted by eliot at July 27, 2003 04:20 PM

Thanks for all your help!!! Congrats to you too!

Posted by Pam at July 27, 2003 05:29 PM

Congrats on completing it -- I enjoyed reading along at Goddess this weekend!

Posted by robyn at July 28, 2003 01:43 PM

$214 dollars a person. Not too shabby a drive.

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Preety!

Posted by Mary at July 26, 2003 08:51 PM

That's freaking me out!!

Posted by Zuly at July 26, 2003 10:08 PM

i can just hear the other polar bears. "man what's up with her. doesn't she realize winter's coming soon. talk about being inconspicuous!"

it freaked me out when I first saw the picture though, the colours is gorgeous, but out of place and i am still wondering what in the medication, caused that type of reaction.

Posted by munin at July 26, 2003 10:39 PM

My daughter and I were looking at that photo earlier this week, she asked if they came in different colors!

Posted by Susan at July 27, 2003 10:31 AM

Isnt that like cutting off the nose to spite the face? The poor thing looks embarrassed. No. Wait. I'm embarrassed for it!

Posted by kelly at July 29, 2003 09:20 PM

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Interesting perspective on life... Steve sounds like a neat person.

Posted by Rachel at July 26, 2003 01:46 PM

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Joni kicks ass. She also makes great free blog templates!

Posted by Mary at July 24, 2003 03:14 PM

It's commendable that people can blog for 24 hours straight. That's a huge endeavor. I can't even party for that long anymore. lol

Off topic but you've inspired me to join more webrings. We share some common interests so I have been able to locate some good ones from your sidebar. So, thanks!

BTW, how can I add 'subscribe/unsubscribe to post' onto my comment box (with and without email address)? Would totally apppreciate any tips on that.

Posted by Sherry at July 24, 2003 04:51 PM

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I'll be blogging with ya, sweets! Such a great cause!!

Posted by Zuly at July 24, 2003 12:10 PM

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ya know...i really wish i could help you out on this one...i love lancome and wore it often, but honestly i just don't know...there's a nice brown shade by mary kay (i used to sell it, don't laugh!) called Hazelnut that has just a touch of shimmer to it...or is it Whipped Cocoa...lol...it's one of those...i'd suggest either going to the dept. store to find a replacement or try something new...(i really like MAC's eyeshadows...and the MK ones do not budge...ever...lol) wish i could help more!

Posted by azure at July 23, 2003 06:29 PM

It reminds me of this plum-brown color I got from Estee Lauder in NYC. Their site didn't have the color anymore to even tell you which one it is similar to, so I guess '99 was too long ago to expect them to carry the same colors. LOL!

Posted by kristine at July 24, 2003 02:14 AM

LOL @ Azure - it's Whipped Cocoa that I would say that matches that color. :)

Posted by Susan at July 24, 2003 05:14 PM

Im trying to look for a eyeshadow from lancome that been discontinued.For awhile i would love to find it again it was my favorite PLEASE HELP:O)

Thanks misty

Posted by misty at September 16, 2003 01:33 AM

I think it's Horizon you're looking for.

Posted by Tara at September 17, 2003 02:04 PM

It sucks when they just discontinue a cosmetic that you finally find that you like. I am also looking for a Lancome eyeshadow that I can not find anywhere!!It is Lancome- focus-color Horizon. I also need help finding it I keep trying other colors and they just aren't working..... PLEASE HELP Thanks
SHANNON

Posted by Shannon at December 11, 2003 09:12 PM

let me know if you find horizon, shannon. i'm looking for it too!

Posted by lisa at July 12, 2004 08:04 PM

I just went to Macy's and found out Horizon was discontinued. I foud a showdow at the Laura Mercier counter called "Whiskey" that is almost an exact match! Check it out

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Wuthering Heights:

Fantastic song by Kate Bush!

Great movie with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon!

Hardest book to read. Ever!

Posted by Buzz at July 22, 2003 07:07 PM

I absolutely agree with you. The basic premise is so good, it breaks my heart that the book itself is so poor.

Posted by Somewhat at July 22, 2003 11:11 PM

I remember having to read that way back in AP 12 English. My teacher said it was one of 'literature's greatest romances'. I have to this day yet to figure out where on earth she got that idea. I trudged through it and found nothing enjoyable. And I agree with you... it was that I couldn't even find a minor character to like.

Posted by Rebecca at July 23, 2003 02:33 PM

I was forced to read this book at school when I was about 14.

Unlike the other reviewers above though, I liked it. Or more than that, it put into words what I felt, or feel, that love is.

Yes it is difficult. It is a story (by the narrator) about a story (mainly by Nelly) about other people, mainly Cathy and Heathcliff.

Yes, perhaps the characters are not all that likable. Especially Heathcliff.

Also, the book was originally published serialised in a magazine. And it seems to me that the second half of the book, other than its conclusion, were written to keep the paychecks coming in. The second half is a refrain, a echo, at best a reitteration of the first half, that is not all that relevent to the main story. The film adaptations skip the second half and for good reason.

So what is good about it?

Well...first of all the definition it gives of love, which is: When you really love someone, you are that person. Here are the best lines of the book, for me.

Cathy about Heathcliff, and her future whimpy husband Linton (not knowing that Heathcliff is listening)

"I love him (Heathcliff): and that, not because he's handsome, Nelly, but because
he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and
mine are the same; and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from
lighting, or frost from fire" (p.73).

"Every Linton on the face of the earth might melt into nothing, before
I could consent to forsake Heathcliff" (p.74).

"My great miseries in this world have been Heathcliff's miseries, and I
have watched and felt each from the beginning; my great thought in
living is himself. If all else perished and he remained, I should still
continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the
universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it.
My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it,
I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff
resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight,
but not necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He's always in my mind:
not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself" (p.74-5).

Then later, before Cathy dies, she says
"I'll not lie there by myself: they may bury me twelve feet deep, and throw the
church down over me, but I won't rest till you are with me. I never will!" (p.116).

"I wish I could hold you, till we were both dead! I shouldn't care what you
suffered. I care nothing for your sufferings. Why shouldn't you suffer? I do!
Will you forget me? Will you be happy when I am in the earth?" (p.145).

Heathcliff to Cathy before she dies.

"You teach me now how cruel you've been--cruel and false. Why did you
despise me? Why did you betray your own heart, Cathy? I have not one
word of comfort. You deserve this. You have killed yourself. Yes, you may
kiss me, and cry; and wring out my kisses and tears: they'll blight you--they'll
damn you. You loved me--then what right had you to leave me? What right
--answer me--for the poor fancy you felt for Linton? Because misery, and
degradation, and death, and nothing God or satan could inflict would have
parted us, you, of your own will, did it. I have not broken your heart--you
have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine. So much the worse
for me, that I am strong. Do I want to live? What kind of living will it be when
you--oh, God! would you like to live with your soul in the grave?"

"I forgive what you have done to me, I love my murderer--but yours! How can I?"

Then of Cathy when she has died -

"Why, she's a liar to the end! Where is she? Not there--not in heaven--not
perished--where? Oh! you said you cared nothing for my sufferings! And I pray
on prayer--I repeat it till my tongue stiffens--Catherine Earnshaw, may you
not rest as long a I am living! You said I killed you--haunt me, then! The murdered
do haunt there murderers. I believe--I know that ghosts have wandered on earth.
Be with me always--take any form--drive me mad! only do not leave me in this
abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I cannot live without
my life! I cannot live without my soul!"

And eventually, Cathy came back from the
dead and meets Heathcliff.

Hence the Kate Bush song.

"Heathcliff, it's me Cathy, I have come home now."

And another thing... It also perhaps points out a problem of love. Love has two elements.

1) We love those that we identify with, that we are as in "I am my Heathcliff."

2) We are at the same time attracted to that which we are not.

The tragedy, that Cathy chose to marry this other guy, Linton, with his cash and upper-class charm, inspite of the fact that she said "I am Heathcliff" is one which is going on all the time.

Don't get too freindly with a girl! She will marry someone else instead! And ladies too, vice versa.

Cathy and Heathcliff's love is incestuous. They were brought up as brother and sister. They played together, they dreamed together. They were each other. They were too close.

If Kate Bush liked it, it can't be bad.

Tim

Posted by timtak at September 2, 2003 08:42 AM

I absolutely adored the book.
It broke my heart.

Posted by Katrina at July 6, 2004 09:18 PM

We are in the process of reading this book adn doing a report on it now. I am currently in Highschool and I have no idea where to begin. If I would have taken an intrest in the novel this would not be so difficult. The novel to me seems like a 19th centurl soap opera and thats what it was probably intended to be (Due to its original print in magazines.) Many of the females, in our class like it becasuse they can relate. But as for the males we are just doing it to get by. I dont know what to do about my Analayis. My thesis is on "The effects of relationships on the characters in Wuthering Heights" Thats were it ENDS if anyone can help me i would appreciate it.

Posted by Marcus at August 18, 2004 07:29 AM

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I've been looking for this one at a used book store. I hope I am not as disappointed. Check out Theodore Sturgeon's "More Than Human". A fantastic Sci-fi read...not to the end just quite yet but so far an A+

Posted by Monkeyspit at July 22, 2003 05:47 PM

I also liked Neuromancer, but just because it's an amazing thought, an AI that knows it exists, it's kinda cool.

I have been a huge fan of cyberpunk stuff for awhile though, and so when I went into the novel, I wasn't really lost in it...I could find my way around, and could ask where the nearest bathroom was:)

Posted by Brian at July 22, 2003 09:50 PM

I didn't mean "I also" I meant to say "I actually liked Neuromance"

Posted by Brian at July 22, 2003 10:35 PM

Neuromancer was my first book for Zuly's summer reading list, and I too was disappointed by it. I was able to appreciate the novel for it's influence on modern computing, but it was so hard to figure out what they were talking about half the time that I really didn't enjoy it.

Posted by theresa at July 23, 2003 10:31 AM

Interesting to see another, should I say generation?, to discover Neuromancer.

I must say that I was completely taken away by the book and thus my view is certainly not unbiased. Here it is anyway:

It DOES get better with each read. Not giving it another one may be a big mistake.

Posted by blitcz at July 25, 2003 02:18 AM

I read Neuromancer before I'd been on the internet (pre '97). At the time, I thought it was very cool.

I'd be curious if I'd think differently of it now, since so much technology has happened since I read it.

I also enjoyed Dydeetown World, Altered States (movie), Freejack (movie), Strange Days (movie), and the Matrix series [1][2]. That should tell you about the sci-fi's I enjoy *S*

Posted by Sherri at July 25, 2003 02:26 PM

"What the hell is a coffin? Why's he sleeping in it?"

I'm pretty sure these "coffins" can be compared to the rooms at capsule hotels (a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=%22capsule+hotel%22">Google).

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Hooray for ZRR!!!

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Thanks SO MUCH for sponsoring me! :-)

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I can't. I'm banned.

Posted by Geoffrey at July 22, 2003 02:41 PM

You're not banned from the blogathon site. Focus on something other than your poor, wronged self for a change. Sponsor a blogger you actually like, or a cause you actually support, rather than trying to keep the negativity going so you can have attention.

Posted by Mary at July 24, 2003 03:19 PM

Nah, I prefer the attention.

I thought you were shutting your blog down, speaking of not being able to live without attention.

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Those are pretty!

Posted by judi at July 19, 2003 08:07 PM

wow! umm. wow!!!
stunning.

wish i could get my hands on that aquarium. they'd just be so pretty and warming to look at, especially on those days when you feel really blue. just. wow.

Posted by munin at July 19, 2003 08:23 PM

They look so fake....

lol
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Posted by d at July 19, 2003 09:54 PM

Gorgeous fish! I wouldn't mind having a tank if it was that pretty!

Posted by Lisa-grrl at July 19, 2003 10:34 PM

I think that picture would make a great layout for this blog!

Posted by Patty at July 20, 2003 10:55 AM

They're gorgeous!

Posted by Hey Lisa at July 20, 2003 10:01 PM

wow! What an amazing photo! I want to go to the aquarium now.

Posted by eve at July 21, 2003 01:20 AM

What a great shot! Amazing!!

Posted by Angel at July 21, 2003 11:06 PM

wooooooooooowwwwww!!!
beautiful!! thanks for sharing!!

Posted by lisa at October 9, 2003 10:35 PM

lookin at those fish makes me hungry =D...

MmMMmMmm MuNchIEs ^_^

Posted by l2eFleXx at November 4, 2003 12:20 PM

those fish look so fake i dont believe they are real

Posted by at November 27, 2003 05:13 PM

THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL...
MY 19 MONTH OLD KEEPS TRYING TO GRAB THE FISH...HE LOVES NEMO

Posted by MOM at January 29, 2004 06:47 PM

I think those fish are the prettiest fish I have ever seen. I love pretty fish and i would love having a aquarium but my parents wont let me!

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WoW! ThEy LoOk AwEsOmE! i HaVe AlWaYs WaNteD An AqUaRiUm, AnD nOw I wAnT oNe EvEn MoRe... ThEy ArE sO bEaUtIfUl!:)

Posted by emily at June 21, 2004 01:22 PM

I've heard folks say that fish like thi are fakes------

Maybe this will convince them that they do indeed exist----

But HOW do they get so colorful?

Posted by Bill at June 23, 2004 04:07 PM

WoW is right What an inspiring picture!
I'm an inspiting painter an images like that help me remember in my quest to make things beautiful with my paint brushes. It reminds us all of the beauty of life!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by piscesean dream at July 8, 2004 09:09 PM

SOO Cute and Pretty! thats so hot!

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No worries:) Enjoy your weekend!

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I was surfing through and took a glance at your Winamp list and saw "Touch Of Haven" on it. I just had to say, good taste! :)

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Aww, thank you:)

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I had no clue what the blogathon was until I read this entry. Thank you for the info :)

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Thanks for sponsoring me Kymberlie. Appropriate sponsor celebrations will be had during the day. :)

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No words can express how awesome you are. Thanks for your donation and thanks for the plug.

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Thanks so much for the link and for sponsoring me!

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Thanks so much for the mention AND the sponsorship!! I'm going to link from my blog right now!

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I got the same answer on that quiz. However, they mispelled "their" on it, didn't they?

Posted by Shawn at July 16, 2003 03:57 PM

yep, i got the same answer too...:) hehe

Posted by azure at July 16, 2003 04:30 PM

yay for moral deficiency!! :)

Posted by munin at July 16, 2003 06:22 PM

I took the quiz and I am a Democrat. A high threat level. LOL! Oh, that quiz was too funny.

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that's awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by MishMish at July 16, 2003 12:37 PM

Hee hee.

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What do you think these cats said when I woke them up from their nap?

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I want to see more pictures on picturefish!

Posted by Kristina at July 15, 2003 12:12 PM

dang! i missed it!! :( oh well, i suppose there's always next time, eh? ;)

Posted by azure at July 16, 2003 11:58 AM

hey, i had sent an email and left a comment to sign up ... are you going to email everybody? or did i get lost in the shuffle? :-(

Posted by tj at July 18, 2003 08:05 AM

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Did you see the cost???? That is so disgusting.

Posted by Susan at July 14, 2003 10:27 PM

I read that article a few days ago. Not so sure about that being "every man's dream". I don't see the appeal in it.

The more concerning thing is that the women subject themselves to it.

Posted by bolas at July 15, 2003 12:46 AM

Woah. That is waaaay out of line. If that happened in the UK the people running it might well be behind bars by now.

Comparing it with deer hunting is stupid. You hunt to kill the deer - would you do the same with women? I think not.

Though I have one question: since when was paintballing ever 'clean'?

Posted by Neil T. at July 15, 2003 05:38 AM

Oh yeah, and I'm a guy and I do not find that even slightly appealing, never mind it being my 'fantasy'. I agree with you - it's sick.

Posted by Neil T. at July 15, 2003 05:40 AM

I don't know what's worse, that someone thought of it, that they're allowed to do it, that people want to use the service or that women are actually working for this person.

I hope the pay is worth it.

Posted by Jessica Parker at July 15, 2003 06:29 AM

I don't see anyone forcing the women to do it, though.

Posted by trish at July 15, 2003 07:56 AM

I'm pretty sure this is a hoax.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/bambi.asp

The fact that it made Snopes site, makes me really think it is! At least I hope it is!

Posted by Southern Gal at July 15, 2003 11:03 AM

if it is true, the women are volunteering to do this, right? so they aren't victims and I think *they* are the sick ones for subjecting themselves to that...

Posted by yvonne at July 15, 2003 11:37 AM

I'm definitely not saying the women are victims here. My whole point is that by running something like this, it's making it okay to do some weird hatred shit towards women.

Could you imagine what would happen if this was a racial group? Like go hunt a black person or an Arabic person? People would completely freak out. My problem with it isn't the sex, it's the violence.

Posted by Kymberlie R. McGuire at July 15, 2003 11:51 AM

Darn, I hit cancel instead of post. Now I have to start all over. LOL!

The guy who runs that Hunting for Bambi thing was on Tom Leykus' radio show yesterday afternoon. They had several of the women in the studio with them, and they gave every indication that it's real. The prize is a date with the woman you "bag", sex not necessarily included. The women who spoke seemed to have every confidence in their ability to get away and not get shot. The area he said they "hunt" in is about 2 football fields in size and they set 2 girls out in the field somewhere. If the girl gets to the finish line before getting shot the hunter loses. Still seems kinda stupid, and I honestly do not see the appeal.

Posted by Hey Lisa at July 15, 2003 11:59 AM

I would hope that this wasn't real, but it seems that it is. I agree with what you say, but at the same time I cannot say these women are victims when they volunteer for it. I can't imagine being so depserate for money, though, that I would subject myself to this type of humiliation and pain. Scarier is the men who think it's fun.

Posted by MishMish at July 15, 2003 01:14 PM

Oooo... very interesting topic:)

Posted by Daphne at July 15, 2003 03:59 PM

you are a big feme-nazi! why do you have to be such a feme-nazi? i hate feme-nazis!! they should be shot with paint guns.

love always,
bubba

Posted by bubba at July 15, 2003 04:36 PM

Dan, I love you too. Thanks for calling me my very favorite pet name!

Posted by Kymberlie R. McGuire at July 15, 2003 04:40 PM

dan? who's dan? me bubba! me hate feme-nazi!

love,
bubba

Posted by bubba at July 15, 2003 04:49 PM

I saw it on the news last night and was shocked. In addition to the things listed here already, it also made me angry that they're using paintball! My husband is a paintball ref on the weekend and has great respect for the sport. It already gets a bad name because of people misusing the paintball markers, not using appropriate gear, etc...and now this. What a shame.

But as far as I can tell, it looked real. It didn't surprise me that someone would pay for it, but it does surprise me that a chick would subject herself to it. I've been hit with a paintball marker with two or three layers of clothing on and it friggin' HURTS.

Posted by meg at July 15, 2003 06:18 PM

What bothered me (in addition to things listed here already) was that they're doing it with paintball, a sport that already gets a bad rap because idiots abuse the sport and the markers. My husband is a paintball ref on the weekend and we have great respect for the sport. These people on the tape weren't even using appropriate gear for the game (no masks!). I've been hit with a paintball pellet with two layers of clothing and it HURTS. I can't even imagine how someone could subject themselves to that.

Posted by meg at July 15, 2003 06:21 PM

I'm saving my pennies.

Posted by Geoffrey at July 15, 2003 09:04 PM

Where do I sign up?

Posted by Gordon the All Knowing and Self actualized at July 15, 2003 10:49 PM

Really, what's the big deal here? Some chick gets paid $2500 to run around half naked and avoid being shot by paint guns. Beats the hell out of stripping or working the streets like some whore doesn't it?

Posted by Gordon the All Knowing and Self actualized at July 15, 2003 10:53 PM

First time visitor....got here through another site and am glad I stopped by. Heard about this Hunting For Bambi as a promo for our local news but missed it. Wow! Hard to believe that these people can justify and rationalize such sickening behavior!

Posted by Kelly at July 16, 2003 01:12 AM

Gordon, since when is wearing nothing but tennis shoes considered half naked?

Posted by trish at July 16, 2003 07:07 AM

I agree that is is some very sick shit! We saw this on the news the other day, and Mike agreed that it was disgusting.

And he is an NRA member, who reads hunting magazines! No, he doesn't own a gun, nor does he hunt, mostly because of where we live...but if he ever did hunt, it would be for meat that we would actually eat...not sick shit like this! I fail to see how this could be compared with real hunting! Most real hunters would NEVER sanction this crap!

But the scariest thing of all is how these guys act like the women are all "bitches and whores", for them to do what they please with.

However, if the women who signed on for this knew exactly what they were getting into, I don't feel sorry for them, either.

Posted by Christine M. at July 16, 2003 12:45 PM

Just because someone gets paid for something does not mean the person paying can do whatever they want to them. This is violence against women. I've played paintball before, and those balls get going at high velocity and they HURT! You end up with big bruises, and normally you are required to wear goggles (and for good reason). If you look at official paintballing sites, you will see that those who know this sport find this outrageous and irresponsible.

Posted by Elaine N at July 16, 2003 02:33 PM

Check out www.snopes.com and click on Inboxer Rebellion. This is all a hoax. Click on www.huntingforbambi.com, and you will get the message "This is not a public server. Get Lost". Does that sound like someone who wants to make $10,000.00? This is just an elaborate hoax that was spoon fed to the media with amazing results.

Posted by Bridgett at July 16, 2003 04:06 PM

TWISTED!! HOW I SHAKE MY HEAD AT HUMANITY!! As I learned of the new predator-prey adult game "Hunting for Bambi", I was filled with sentiments of shock, horror, anger and even sadness. I was clinging to the hope that our society still had standards and a value system that was to be upheld and defended, but I guess that I was wrong. "Hunting for Bambi" is completely, without question, degrading, dehumanizing, and insutling to women. The women involved are consenting adults, however, the harm lies in the implications this hunting game holds for the experience of women in the broader context of society. This game reinforces the inequality stemming from the institution of patriarchy and reinforces the roles of male dominance and female subordinance. Reduced to prey and naked, women and their bodies are objectified. This works against all the efforts that have been made in bringing empowerment, dignity, and respect to the female image. The point was made on a radio program addressing this issue that I was listening to this morning, that, if any other group, say a ethnic, minority, or any type of marginalized groups was placed in the prey-role that these women are, then it would be considered politically incorrect and a public outrage. For example, place in the prey-role, Jews, or Blacks, Gays, or handicapped/disabled/disfigured people, and you can see the harmful social and political implications this game holds. Those same implications apply to women in this case!

Posted by Lauralee at July 16, 2003 04:26 PM

It's a sad comment on our world that everyone assumes something on the web is real... Never heard of parody folks? Irony? Performance art?

Seems not. Seems most folks are just waiting to be annoyed and outraged by whatever the media spoonfeeds them without engaging their critical faculties.

Once the blogsphere showed great promise, now it's a trash pit.

Posted by JDL at July 16, 2003 07:29 PM

Do you understand the concept of "hoax", "parody", or "satire"?

Jesus. Get your Bullshit Detector tuned up. Don't you think that would be a useful item to add to your intellectual toolkit, to be able to say, when a wet steaming pile of bullshit lands on your head: "My goodness, this appears to be bullshit!"

Posted by kitten at July 16, 2003 09:36 PM

c'mon even IF this were a "hoax" parody" or"satire", it is despicable &
dangerous.All indications are that it is real however. The victim could be injured & who knows about the psycho hunter one may show up with real bullets or try the game on the population at large kind of like another John Lee Malvo. What ever happened to cherishing a woman after all your mother is one, your sister, your daughter. And the girl who became your first love.

Posted by sandy at July 16, 2003 11:17 PM

Somehow, I don't think there would be VIDEOS and TALKSHOWS with people who run this thing. If it's a hoax, how come they took my credit card number?

Posted by Toraton at July 17, 2003 04:44 AM

Wow--you guys who think this is a hoax are not only not very bright but you can't seem to navigate the internet--this story is all over the legitimate news sites and the repulsive pigs who came up with this also have a site--this is not a joke. You can sign up and order videos of this right from their site. You can also make reservations to play this "game" They also have an interview with the moron who came up with this on msnbc.com right now. I sent these idiots a nasty email from their ordering area-(one of many that have already been sent-no doubt) I suggest that angry women out there do the same-this will clog their ordering questions area and annoy them if nothing else. I guess that as long as we live in a society dominated by men, women will continue to be subjected to this kind of aggression--People can laugh and say it is "just a joke" but until the number of males that are raped and abused every day is equal to or greater than the massive numbers of women who are raped and abused every day a lot of men are never going to get why this kind of junk is serious. Try being objectified every day of your life--it is not a fun place to be.

Posted by lenore at July 17, 2003 07:52 AM

I cannot believe how shocked most of you are. Some to the point where there in denial and looking for some type of conspiracy for why this website is there. Yes it is real why is that so hard to believe? In todays day an age where men are being women women are being men. Men are marrying men women are marrying women. S&M clubs are popping up all over the country. And some of you are shocked about this? This has nothing to do degrading of women. First thing Women are no longer a minority. They are a larger group then any other. Now if the role was reversed here and it was women shooting men I don't think there would be any controversy here. Not one would be saying its degrading to men. They would look at it as a fun joking kinda sexual expierence. But when a man does it all of a sudden it becomes some midevil expierence and degrading. Get off your high horse. If this is what some want to do then so be it. I am sure they more then likely tune the cartridge shots down. If you looked at there legs there were no welts. Lauralee I really do wonder if you would be saying the same thing if the roles were reversed. I think many of you would be ok with it then.

Posted by Chris at July 17, 2003 07:53 AM

Gee, I am shocked that such typical and idiotic statement came from someone who cannot spell "medieval".

Posted by at July 17, 2003 07:55 AM

What a rebuttal you have going there for you? Yes I make spelling mistakes from time to time. I never claimed to be a typing major.
Still it remains the same if it were women shooting at men there would be no discussion here.

And how is that idiotic? Or is that you intend to put down my statement by putting down my spelling. Instead of having anything real to say.

I do not claim to want to particapate in this event. I have way better things to do with my time. But at the same time I do not see much wrong with it.
To each is own. Ok for all of you that ran straight to the worse part of this try looking at it this way.Maybe by some of these people living this fantasy it will release these feelings and prevent real harm from coming to others.

And if these women are ok with it who the heck do you people think you are to say anything against it. I am sure there are things some of you do that are shocking to others. Unless of course you have that holier then thou attitude mixed with self rightous.

Posted by chris at July 17, 2003 08:24 AM

Hoax? hmm, maybe. but i would find that a little hard to believe considering that leading and legitmate talk shows, radio programs, and television news sites have been covering the story. this is not something that we happened to stumble across through spam, splashed on the cover of the 'enquirer', or that was found through a pornography advertisment web link. this issue has been brought to legimate air waves, and we take other accounts that come from legitmate news anchors to be real, why not this? this is not to say that the news broadcasts do not shape certain news-worthy accounts to incite shock and other sentiments, however, despite how the media has shaped the coverage for "hunting for bambi", that fact that such a company exists to make the news at all, and that some serious effort and brainpower has been put into bringing such a service to the public, is unsettling to say the least.
As I mentioned in an earlier posting, if this company were to place any other group in the prey-role besides naked women, then it would be deemed a political and social outrage. Imagine the company allowed for children, disabled, handicapped, or naked ethnic groups or any other visible minorities to be hunted naked? would our complacency stick?

Posted by Lauralee at July 17, 2003 10:07 AM

I can't believe that this kind of business could even get an operating license. How could society even allow this kind of obviously degrading "sport" to continue? The public wouldn't stand for this if the division between the "hunter" and the "hunted" was based on any other social difference than gender! How is this any different than allowing a bunch of white guys to dress up in camouflage and hunt down naked Africans, Arabs, or any other social group that they felt some "natural" aggression toward, natural superiority over, or entitlement to sexually violate? Just because the degradation is (systematically) occurring on a gendered plane doesn't mean that it is OK or not a violation of the human rights charter. Men’s “aggression toward women” (to quote the creator) is not natural nor is the clearly violent sexual connotations associated with this event natural. I'm ashamed to be a member of the same species as the animals that participate in this activity or anyone who fails to publicly speak out against it!

Posted by Jennifer at July 17, 2003 10:33 AM

I have reservations! Theres already an 8 month wait!

Posted by Gordon the All Knowing and Self actualized at July 17, 2003 10:46 AM

Another great sport for the All American male. Stop whining people...no one forces the ladies to do it!!!!!!

Posted by Don at July 17, 2003 10:55 AM

would you stop all ready that the women are not forced, I am a woman & I am doubly appalled that the dumb bimbos dont even have the smarts to take the game over for them selves & make ALL the money. Hell, the inventor is a man who is pimping these stupid women, just like "hooters" does, does the owner of that have hooters of his own??? No but he is right there to pimp those dummy women too.
A lawyer on tv said about this, that it could be stopped by referring to it as an assault. & nobody has the right to assault just because the victim is willing. EG, domestic abuse where the state prosecutes. But this is still a sick sick endeavor, Like that gross TV show the "chair "(it was on about a day and a half) where the "contestant" I use the term loosely had to answer asinine questions while doused in water or a temperature rise was created. What a trivialization of real victims of torture, just like this "game" can desensitize men to violence & battering of women & children that is practically a daily occurance in everybodys home town newscast. This "game" publicity juxtaposed to the creep assaulting 9 & 11 year old girls in stores or the Dad who murdered his 2 kids & took off to California just shows the turns that male aggression is capable of, it should frighten all of us. DEcent men should look for ways to control there testosterone mitigated anti social behaviors, "NOT" ways to act it out.
And "they" try to say women are irrational due to our hormones!!! Hell we dont even come close to being "ruled" by glands the way they are.

Posted by sandy at July 17, 2003 12:47 PM

I think it's Sandy's time of the moon.

Posted by Gordon the All Knowing and Self actualized at July 17, 2003 02:17 PM

Gordo i can "guess" precisely why you are so mellow !!!!!

Posted by sandy at July 17, 2003 04:14 PM

I masturbate to photos of preteen girls, then use said photos as target practice with my 9mm glock.

This is healthy, acceptable behavior, as I am releasing my inner rage, and am less likely to rape and murder than people who don't share my hobby.

Wouldn't you agree, Chris?

If my house caught fire, I would throw gasoline on the blaze. The fire would burn the gas instead of burning my house.

This makes sense, right Chris?

Posted by Andy Jens at July 17, 2003 05:53 PM

hell yhaa!

Posted by cc at July 17, 2003 06:46 PM

well well Andy... i don't even think your comments are deserving of a rationally-composed rebuttal nor a intellectually-supported arguement, therefore, I will leave you with this few words alone...... You're a sick fool! The fact that you attempt to justify your pornographic mind through the arguement of needing to release sexual aggression is nothing but a twisted excuse! Please do not take concepts of what is "natural" and "normal" and use them to defend your dispicable behaviour!

Posted by kyla at July 17, 2003 09:23 PM

all the hype is bullshit

Posted by at July 17, 2003 10:31 PM

A few facts!
1) This is held on private property.

2) These women and men are adults and have given consent.

3) Women today are so worried about being looked at any differently than equal to men that it sickens me.

4) It has been brought to my attention that Lesbian's have taken part in these hunts.

5) How degrading is it to see a very in shape young women and how sickening it is to see some fat out of shape female at a nudist colony.

6) Arrested? For what???? What is the difference between a regular paint ball game and these?? NO clothes and one is armed.
In closing let me say it seems that 90% of the men and women complaining are from those who either wish they were the ones doing it or they wish that men would pay to hunt them but can't due to being so out of shape and less than desirable to the opposite sex.
You liberal men and women should do something more productive with your time like read history confirming liberalism is responsible for more downfalls of America than cancer.
Get a grip! let adults be adults on private property. Outta sight outta mind.

Posted by Dave at July 18, 2003 10:47 AM

Guys....try living in the body of an attractive woman for one day of your life, and maybe you'd get a clue as to why we're all so upset.

Posted by Erica at July 18, 2003 03:52 PM

EXCELLENT news to report !!!!!!!
Just read in Vegas Sun that this "outfit" is rife with license infractions!!!! They purported to be a video company doing legit "animal" hunting videos. (False premise)
They issued license to name that differs from current proprietor, reason to revoke.
Plus this is the VERY SAME sleezy outfit that sponsored that sick video of street homeless people fighting for money, that was NOT permitted & I think this will fall in the same category. I do not say it often but Hallelujah!!!!!
PS... Dave,Appropos of your disdain for a fat chick at a nudist colony.
I have seen shots about nudist camps on reg TV with the "parts" blurred & it was striking how EACH & EVERY man there had washboard abs, a full head of hair. & a fanny you could bounce a quarter off.Nothing dangled excessively either.... what do you make of that?
I dont blame many women for turning lesbo as I seriously doubt any lezsie would show up to mistreat a woman,& no woman gay or straight would be retarded enough to shell out 5 or 10 grand for the privelege, only guys pay for sex in any profitable way, women just dont there are statistics that prove that. That would never happen in fact gay women often hook up with women that have been abused by loser guys.

Posted by Sandy at July 18, 2003 07:00 PM

ooh davey-boy, your a REAL swift one...aren't ya?!? how did Harvard ever let u slip away?? shame shame..... p.s... suggested history topic for YOU to read would be, how the woman and her female image has been socially constructed (or should i say, disfigured?) from a long-history of patriarchy that has been embedded in our culture. i also find it rather interesting that you elevate this hunting sport to a harmless form of entertainment and fun... yet accuse liberalism (founded upon the liberal values of the 18th c. Enlightment which assert justice, equality, freedom, choice, and the rationality of the individual etc etc) to be the cancer of America... if anything, this sport is cancerous for justifying the implications of violence and abuse against women, and shrugging it off as mere entertainment....
oh, and dave, consent doesn't making things right, ppl can consent to bad and harmful acts and behaviour, but the consent itself does not "POOF" make that act/behaviour good and acceptable!

Posted by rebecca at July 18, 2003 10:58 PM

You guys might like this humor. Has anyone seen the Red Green Show? Well they have a mens club on it - The Possum Lodge. They recite their preamble before every meeting. ( Dramatic pause between each sentence) "I'm a man. I can change. If I have to. I guess." This sums it up nicely!

Posted by Gordon the All Knowing and Self actualized at July 19, 2003 11:19 AM

Gordon is that the show on which you became self actualized????

Posted by Sandy at July 19, 2003 01:41 PM

I guess the furor about this topic is diminishing, but here is just another angle of this sick game to consider.
Being an RN you always need to "think" ahead to the "what if" situation.
Here is a "what if" for that "let adults be adults " unfair hunt. So what if one is naked and unarmed like our friend Dave points out.
Lets assume one of the "prey" isnt even aware she is pregnant, she tells the pimp running the hunt that she is on the pill, but actually she is so out of cash that she hasn t had her RX filled in 3 months. So she is being pursued in this sick senario and really needs the $2500 so she exhausts herself & raises her anxiety level trying to not get shot, but eventually she takes a HIT & it is a hit to the tummy that knocks her over with its unexpected ferocity and she puts her arms across her belly defensively (even though it is too late)> She is surprised that she crumples to the rocky, hard ground in such pain. (I did this before she thinks to herself,
& it wasnt like this) As she is on the ground in a heap the "Real man hunter" is approaching this stranger he has treated as an animal for the previous hour. He knows nothing about her circumstances, he dosen t care. He was only interested in HIS FANTASY.
Running over he has a great grin on his face, he ll be able to check her out close up, what fun, she had a huge chest. (A bigger chest courtesy of the large amounts of estrogen travelling through the body of a mom to be)
But what greets our "real man hunter"
is a pregnant woman with lots of real blood between her legs. Congrats "real man hunter" you just caused that woman to mis carry.... Feels great huh? Not only did you bag a defenseless woman but a defense less baby too!!!
Don t think it could never happen I have worked in public health settings
and the pregnancies that were there in fact but did not exist in the mind of the mother are legion!!!
Something to think of real man before you indulge your fantasy on the body of a woman who may be desparate for that cash.

Posted by Sandy at July 19, 2003 02:20 PM

Sorry Sandy, but that's a stretch, and a really dumb one. How about this, it's much better.

Let's say that this woman, who was impregnated by aliens, participates in the hunt. While she's running, she stubs her toe and falls to the ground. The hunter shoots her, and she collects 1000 bucks. Then, a week later, the ingrown toenail that resulted from her stubbing becomes infected. The white blood cells react badly with the alien blood in her veins, and she develops a previously unheard of blood disease and dies. I'll bet those dang aliens are happy now.

Posted by Geoffrey at July 19, 2003 10:57 PM

Hey fella I have WORKED in human services as an RN. There are REAL people suffering out there every day & people like yourself who trivialize it with alien stories to make yourselves feel better are a huge part of the PROBLEM dear!!! Heck if you want alien stories then Homer Simpson's Maggie being fathered by aliens is the best laugh ever, but REAL MEN shooting paint balls at 18 yr old pregnant women STRANGERS is no stretch, buddy no stretch at all. Post us a little note when your period is 2 weeks late.
Or better yet when YPUR 16 year old daughter is 4 months late & you just found out about it.... and she ran away from home and you cant locate her
huh??? And she turns up in Las Vegas at one of these ranches & the dead baby is your grandson.... what fun huh??? Never happen huh??? I hope not but post here when YOU become a dad to a daughter & tells us then what its all about, man of the world!!!!
Sandy RN
in the real world

Posted by sandy at July 20, 2003 10:45 AM

Then I guess the women should be a little more responsible, huh?

Posted by Geoffrey at July 20, 2003 11:26 AM

for sure... 16 year old girls are apt to be about as responsible as the "real men in search of fantasies or as responsible as Kobe Bryant"
The cost of a HOOKER could have saved him alot of misery.... another man run by his glands

Posted by sandy at July 20, 2003 02:44 PM

16 year olds can't participate in the games, since they haven't reached the age of majority. The scenario you portrayed, which was a stretch to begin with, is now absurd.

If a women gets pregnant, and then participates in the game, I hardly see how that's the man's fault. Stop being a hater.

Posted by Geoffrey at July 20, 2003 03:03 PM

Sandy
1st Women do hire men for sex. Escort services work both ways. This Is the 21st century get out of the 1960's

2nd If you had bothered to goto the site take a look at the pictures. Do you see any welts. No why because more then likely they power down the paint guns to prevent real damage otherwise it would hurt way to much.

3rd If you have gone to the site you would see its not just any lady off the street earning some cash. They have a steady group. So stop going to the extreme with scenario's There also all above the age of 21. But you have given good reason why we should legalize prostitution. Then we could at least help stop spreading the disease and the age 's involved.

4th There are many sexual activities that are worse then this behind closed and open doors. And yes the women are just as bad as men. So dont try the well if it were women BS. The only difference is women hide it better.

5Th women arent run by there hormones. They why does the time of the month come into arguement play if your never run by it. How come a lady in NJ in 1996 was let off for murdering her husband because it was the time of the month. Why has female gangs begun to rise and more violent crimes are being committed by women? Why has the statistics today same more women are cheating on there spouses then men?

5th guess no more boxing, hockey. football. Soccer, rugby, or field hockey. For these are all sports that promotes violence of one human being towards another.

6th get rid of all movies in the theatre's for they promote violence and lust and theft.

7th get rid of video games for they promote lust and violence.

8th get rid of all female magizenes. vogue and such for they portray women to be thin . which creates more people to do drastic dieting.

I could go on and on. What it truly comes down to is people are in control of themselves. They choose what there going to or not going to do. Just like I own guns. Do I hunt? No Have I ever pointed my gun at anything but a tin can or paper. NO. Do I shoot my guns often yes. It relieves stress. My wife does as well and My daughter shows interest so when she gets older she will learn as well.

I could almost turn anything around and have a negative side to it and let you know of a negative effect of it.

The only thing I cant figure out is why no one has started the Hunting for buck. Im sure there would be a long list of women going to do that.

Posted by Chris at July 21, 2003 09:45 AM

MMMM. This site is impossible to read, so I don't know if someone already posted this- isn't Bambi a boy?

Posted by Otto at July 23, 2003 06:28 PM

Guys - it was all a HOAX...

Full story HERE.

Posted by cybertoad at July 25, 2003 04:32 PM

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I agree. And tropical storm Bill was hilarious. It seems like they used to have better names.

Posted by TW at July 13, 2003 04:03 PM

Claudette sounds like your old auntie...the one who always has werthers of questionable origin in the bottom of her purse.

Posted by Peg at July 13, 2003 08:00 PM

LOL you are so right.

Posted by Martie at July 14, 2003 01:15 AM

Yeah, no kidding, good luck with that storm system. Stay safe.

Posted by fran at July 14, 2003 09:34 PM

*lol* I agree completely - when I saw the first mention of it ("Claudette threatens Texas") it took me a long moment to realize the person was talking about a storm:)

Posted by Daphne at July 14, 2003 09:46 PM

I don't know, Claudette seems overused on poodles. Maybe a Bichon Frise, though. :)
I would have felt more threatened by Hurricane Celine.

Posted by joy at July 15, 2003 02:43 PM

Well, I like Napoleon better :p

Posted by Keith at August 11, 2003 11:05 PM

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What a great tune!

Posted by Buzz at July 12, 2003 07:55 AM

You can find ANYTHING on Google!

Posted by TW at July 12, 2003 02:32 PM

I remember that tune.........Actually they played the shit out of it.

Posted by Bill (Sheila's Hubby) at July 12, 2003 03:26 PM

Whatever happened to Joe Jackson, Boz Scaggs too? Nevermind, found out via Google.

Posted by Elaine at July 13, 2003 10:54 AM

Steppin' Out is indeed a great song. My favorite album of his is "Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive." He was one of those rare artists who convinced the labels to let him do pretty much whatever he felt like at the time.

Posted by The Tortured Artist at July 14, 2003 12:11 AM

tooo the other siiide!

LOL!

Kimberly

Posted by Kimberly at July 14, 2003 08:56 AM

I fell in love with that song hearing it one day on the radio. Unfortunetly I was never able to figure out who sang it...until I got Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Oddly enough, they included it in the soundtracks for one of the radio stations, and as per the law, they listed the credits of the songs, and after downloading like 10 or so songs, I found it.

Posted by Brian at July 15, 2003 08:37 PM

oh man i'm all about the eighties. and joe jackson is da bomb. remember "is she really going out with him?" and "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)" those were some cool tunes. :)

Posted by Daniel at July 16, 2003 10:32 AM

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Massages rock. The best is getting a massage at a spa on the beach.

Posted by Pernicious at July 11, 2003 09:33 PM

Now, that's a good way to start a weekend! Hope the yest of it is just as nice:)

Posted by Daphne at July 12, 2003 02:11 AM

I'm a massage therapist and I can't stand a massage...I can't relax because I am too busy analyzing what they are doing. So I resort to facials and pedicures!

Posted by Pamela at July 12, 2003 04:48 AM

What a great way to start the weekend! I want a massage now. I need a spa day - the works - now if i could just find the money. :)

Posted by eve at July 12, 2003 02:51 PM

I miss getting massages

Posted by Martie at July 14, 2003 01:16 AM

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i put togther the design for my cd covers tonight - looking forward to it!

Posted by P at July 11, 2003 12:13 AM

How many participants are you up to, so far?

Posted by srah at July 11, 2003 03:36 PM

I'm a bit confused about what kind of songs you want this time. Songs that make you hot (love songs/ballads)? or songs that make you sweat (upbeat/suitable for aerobics)??

Let me know, I'm going to BURN IT (them) this weekend!

Posted by Joni at July 12, 2003 11:26 AM

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Hey girl - hpeo things turn up for you and I'll look forward to the updates... :D

Posted by cybertoad at July 9, 2003 11:21 PM

oh I love those sandals!!
My husband is 6'5" and I am used to wearing big o' shoes. LOL

I am glad you posted and yes keep posting sometimes that helps to make you feel better.

(((hugs)))

Posted by Martie at July 10, 2003 12:02 AM

Those Burberry heels are to die for!

Posted by Kat at July 10, 2003 09:03 AM

Hi darlin!

Keep hangin in there... my icq hasn't changed from ages ago if you want to chat... miss ya sissy!

Posted by Kirsten at July 10, 2003 04:34 PM

*sigh*
what did i tell you about the "cutting off" thing?

Posted by that tart at July 12, 2003 06:11 PM

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i never completed Rose Madder, though i'm so close to the end... and i can't remember the other books i have... i think i have Nightmares and Dreamscapes. what do you recommend as the best Stephen King book ever?

Posted by Kathy at July 2, 2003 11:45 AM

That is so cool. I love King. Lucky you. :)

Posted by kat at July 2, 2003 11:11 PM

That is so great! It is something you can keep forever!

Posted by Hunter at July 4, 2003 12:00 AM

Congrats girl!

Have a wonderful 4th (weekend).

Posted by gingersmack at July 4, 2003 09:16 PM

OMG! Sooooo jealous! I'm such a huge King fan, too. That's just awesome. Congrats!!!

Posted by skits at July 6, 2003 12:52 AM

Damn. I'd order one too, if I had the money.

Posted by Kevynn Malone at July 7, 2003 02:27 PM

Haven't heard from you in awhile - I hope all is ok with you. :)

Posted by Susan at July 9, 2003 08:07 AM

To whoever wants book recomendations by Stephen King or Bentley Little "IT" by Stephen King was really good, also the Dark Tower series if you like that kind of thing. By Bentley Little I recomend "The Return, The summoning, and The Association" I love Stephen King and he will always be my favorite, but Little really does have some scary books, and I have a real high shock tolerance....besides King is a fan of his..you can't get much more praise than that.

Posted by Rick Knepel at September 3, 2004 01:04 PM

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I know just how you feel. You could have been describing me and my life (well except the too hot thing).

Hang in there. I've found that exercise (once I got past the hating it stage) really helped my mood/stress levels, and of course gets a start on the weight loss. Sometimes once you get some success with your weight, then it's not so hard to start with the other component (food).

Posted by Bev at July 2, 2003 07:25 AM

Keepy trying! I'm sure you can get through it and find your way to the happy side of life again. =) Remember, you only have to deal with one day at a time.

Posted by Nicole at July 2, 2003 10:40 AM

I have times like that too. I have gained back weight I lost before and now it seems doubly hard to lose. :-( I don't like that feeling. Hang in there, I'm pullin' for you.

Posted by Hey Lisa at July 2, 2003 11:48 AM

May and June were really difficult months for me, and I'm just pulling out of my depression, so I'm right there with you. Hang in there. Better days are ahead.

Posted by Angela at July 2, 2003 02:08 PM

You are not alone! I don't mean to sound like a cornball, but go get busy! (not like that) I went through hell the last year and I found I needed distractions. I volunteered, I took a French class, took a class at Second City. It helped me so much.

BTW...My quote for the last year has been from Winston Churchill who said..."If you are going through hell- keep going". Feel better!

Posted by Hunter at July 4, 2003 12:04 AM

I love the summer for the activities and warmth (except when it's this warm) but I hate it for the fact that I have to shed my sweats and big floppy sweaters so everyone can see that I spent the winter eating cotton candy in front of the pc.

Posted by Danelle at July 4, 2003 11:57 PM

Hang in there Kymberlie. Don't worry too much about posting, when the yen to types strikes again, we'll be here. Until then take care of you, and know that we love you tons and are here for you.
*big squishy hugs*

Posted by munin at July 5, 2003 06:57 PM

I'm on Lexapro for my "stress problems"... I can tell you it has made a real difference in my life. Before I went on it, I cried all the time and would just feel so tense and pissed off at the world. Now things that would have made me mad make me laugh at how stupid people are....

As for losing weight, I lost 15 pounds last year and say the hardest step is the first one! You can do it! I hope you get better!

Posted by The Sarcastic Journalist at July 5, 2003 08:22 PM

Wow, I am so glad that there are others out there who seem to have the daily struggles with weight that i do. I have recently been feeling like total shit because over the last year my weight has gradually crept back up...yuk, there is nothing like lying on your side in bed and feeling those sexy rolls...hehehe
Oh well at least its winter here, so I can cover my mass and work on it....

I hope things get better for you, dont let depression beat you, and depression really can be quite a good reality check cos in order to know the highs, you have to experience the lows.

Posted by MissV at July 7, 2003 09:29 PM

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