MRC broke up. Good riddance to bad garbage.
But I really doubt that we'll stop hearing their self involved, sexist and racist tweets. Usually when someone in the spotlight says some sexist or racist thing, they get called out and they eventually apologize. Sometimes they are sincere and sometimes they're just catering to the masses to get the media and fans to stop harping on them. When you think of people like Mel Gibson and Michael Richards, they apologized. But do you really believe them? I don't think those people actually learned a lesson.
Did MCR learn a lesson? Definitely not. Frank Iero using the N word in Twitter, then telling people they were "imbeciles" when they told him that wasn't cool. Gerard saying vile and violent things to and about women on his Twitter and then getting his fan sheep to harass those women, with gender based slurs. And the gender based slurs he used to degrade women on Twitter and on stage. Frank Iero's abortion jokes. Ray Toro saying that women shouldn't be allowed to use public toilets. The list goes on.
These comments were never addressed. MCR breaks up and leaves this as their legacy to those of us who know better. They were never forced to apologize, because, I think, they were never famous enough in the media to garner a huge outcry.
And don't forget... MSI is still out there, spewing racist lyrics (and telling people it's okay for white people to do that, because it's "satire"), homophobic lyrics, and violently misogynistic lyrics, making jokes about sexual abuse of children... The two bands are exactly the same.
Yes, I am glad that MCR broke up, but they never apologized for their racism and misogyny. And they are still, sadly, the same exact racist, sexist people they were before they broke up.
BUT... at least they did break up! So go out and celebrate. :-)
With that out of the way I want to wish everyone a healthy and prosperous spring season, or whatever season it is where you live.
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I'm not having a lot of struggles with post-pregnancy weight. In fact I was down to my normal weight the next day.
Now that's just showing off ^_^
Cooter-stitches aren't fun though. O_o
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Sometimes I hate people.
Me too, mostly men. Why does it seem 99% of the bad things in this world are done by men. I'm getting fed up of turning on the news and every day hearing about all the raping going on in India, all the asian men grooming children in the uk, all the peadophilia and male violence.
Can't we just keep them in a box and only let them out when we need a shelf putting up or some other boring task LOL.
touch me in the morning
and last thing at night ♪
I agree with all of these suggestions. Recommended.
Hey Kapunua how is your little dude going? Has he grown very much?
He is such a cutie!
My young man lost all his birth hair at about five weeks and grew all this soft pale honey coloured hair to replace it.
He grew and continues to grow so quickly! He's just a happy, giggly, smiley little boy :)
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/lapd-officially-confirms-michael-hastings-car-crash-victim-233000393.html
is said to have been working on a story about Jill Kelley's lawsuit against the FBI and the Department of Defense at the time of his death.
Staff Sgt. Joseph Biggs, who had know Hastings since 2008 when the journalist was embedded in Afghanistan, told KTLA that he received an email from Hastings on Monday around 1 p.m.
"On Monday morning, I woke up and I got an email, and it's very panicked," Biggs told KTLA.
Also read: BuzzFeed Journalist Michael Hastings Dead at 33
Here's what the email -- sent to Hastings' colleagues and which Biggs was blind copied on -- said:
Hey _________ - the Feds are interviewing my "close friends and associates." Perhaps if the authorities arrive "BuzzFeed GQ", er HQ, may be wise to immediately request legal counsel before any conversations or interviews about our news-gathering practices or related journalism issues.
Also: I'm onto a big story, and need to go off the radat (sic) for a bit.
All the best, and hope to see you all soon.
Michael
Snowden charged with espionage.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/22/snowden-espionage_n_3482816.html
The Obama administration on Saturday sharply warned Hong Kong against slow-walking the extradition of Edward Snowden,
a senior administration official issued a pointed warning that if Hong Kong doesn't act soon, "it will complicate our bilateral relations and raise questions about Hong Kong's commitment to the rule of law."
Hong Kong lets Snowden leave.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/23/us-usa-security-flight-idUSBRE95M02H20130623
Edward Snowden left for Moscow on Sunday and his final destination may be Ecuador or Iceland, the South China Morning Post said, a move that is bound to infuriate Washington.
Have a look, anon! :)
My boy with the huge eyes.
And Tom Hardy lips. O_O
Me and baby. <3
Kapunua your son has a very sweet face! He is adorable.
The pic with you together is simply beautiful :)
Mine has definitely inherited some cheeky genes ;)
Kapunua, he is so lovely. What a content, happy, mischievous little face. =)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/24/supreme-court-harassment-case-vance-ball-state
Piece of shit brutally beat a woman in front of her 3 year old daughter.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/25/millburn-home-invasion-video_n_3495317.html
I hate being addressed as "babe" unless it's by my nearest and dearest.
Bleh :/
Hiya guys, how are you all?
Aw great pics K, thanks for sharing. Love the one of you both together, that picture just oozes love.
http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/06/rapper-lil-b-is-your-new-favorite-male-feminist.html
Thought of the day:
A leopard cannot change their spots...
lovin' every minute cause me make me feel so alive
alive ♪
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or99wp4bigw
:)
Ice on the Dune is so so good!!!
i know everything about youuu you know everything about meeee we know everything about uusss ♪
Wow, someone's become a massive control freak.
Too childish for words.
Kapunua sending my hellos to you and little Callum :)
The rest of the world doesn't call electronic music "dubstep" or EDM.
TY! :) he is sleeping on my lap while I look up the 'hannibal' tag on tumblr, LOL. terrible mommy! ;)
Kapunua that's cute!
On another note...did your hair change after pregnancy?
Mine is very long like yours, and I found that applying organic coconut butter as a mask to keeps it smooth and soft.
(i also add a drop of vanilla and amber to scent it. Makes your hair smell wonderful. Yum)
My hair itself didn't change, but the style of it can be described as "trainwreck" since Callum came along. ;D I definitely have "New Mom Hair," which means it's just stuck in a haphazard bun and clipped in five places. Nothing holds my huge hair in place, so it's always drooping here, sticking up there, and just plain being ridiculous.
Vanilla and amber scent sounds delicious!
I use Alba's Hawaiian scented ones. THe gardenia conditioner is so nice! (I wash my hair only every other night, so I save $$ that way, too. It's not gross; it's actually better to only wash it every other night so you don't strip too much of the oil. :) )
today, President Putin signed a new law that criminalizes homosexual "propaganda" aimed at minors.
That "propaganda," as the AFP explains, includes any information "'directed at forming nontraditional sexual setup' or which may cause a 'distorted understanding' that gay and heterosexual relations are 'socially equivalent.'"
http://news.yahoo.com/russias-bad-weekend-gay-rights-013841908.html
psychologists in Brazil may now be given permission to treat individuals with homosexuality as if it were an illness.
http://www.reportageonline.com/2013/07/brazil-introduces-controversial-‘gay-cure’/
I usually do a high ponytail and wrap my hair into a ballet bun Kapunua.
I agree about not overwashing your hair as it strips your scalp oils.
Another oil I use is tahitian monoi oil mixed with tsubaki (camillia oil from Japan). The scent of tiare and frangipani is stunning!!!
I am in love with this guy's voice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfihYWRWRTQ
So bluesy and beautiful
:)
oooooh i have a frangipani plant - plumeria to me. :)
can you tell me where to get the tiare scent?
I don't live in your country Kapunua, and I purchase the oil through a trusted organic place who a know doesn't add anything like parabens and the like, plus ethically sources things.
You could make your own mixture with organic coconut oil and adding drops of tiare concentrate.
Might I suggest etsy? I know that Nars has a monoi oil, though I get the impression that you would prefer something not from a major cosmetics house.
^i know
Tahiti is beautiful! The water is gorgeous and stunning at night.
LOLZ X infinity
What exactly is the blog about now?
Is it a MSI married into Mcr hate blog?
Is it a fangirl blog for English actors?
Is it an EDM or trance blog?
Is it an Artificial insemination blog?
A single mummy blog?
a scent my hair blog?
Hair scent seems to be the topic of the last few days.
I've found that a cinnamon scent works best for any of you single mums trying to attract a father figure or a date. Male or female. Hormones can kick into overdrive after a pregnancy and childbirth. That's to be expected. Mix 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon oil into your usual hair conditioner and you'll have to beat the suitors away with a bat. If you don't have cinnamon oil mint oil is a good substitute. Men love those spicy and minty scents. Remember that scent can often be more powerful than sight. There's hope for everyone if you smell good. ^_~
So bluesy and beautiful
:)
July 1, 2013 at 12:39 AM
Have you ever heard the blues? The real blues.
Robert Johnson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UVgH9JqSnQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8hqGu-leFc
Muddy Waters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hEYwk0bypY
T Bone Walker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8txQTw8i1hk
John Lee Hooker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSnQ0bdHW0s
LeadBelly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu7gafphe9M
Howlin Wolf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd78tpJuE-8
That's the real bluesy and beautiful. John Newman. No. Not even close to the blues. Not in the vicinity. Not in the same neighborhood. Not even in the same state, providence, region or country. No.
Robert Johnson will be sending those crossroads hellhounds after John Newman and anyone who even claims that he's playing the blues or has a bluesy thing going on. No. Just. No.
I think Randy Newman is definitely more bluesy than this poppy John Newman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV2dA9ZSGEk
That's your opinion Wendy, and I don't agree with it.
And you can quote all the examples you like it's not going to change my mind :)
Love John Newman's bluesy soulful voice :)
Lol 10:07 it's obviously a blog that doesn't interest you, so why are you here ?
Kapunua I support you, and I know you will try to be the best mother you can possibly be to your son.
Ignore the negative people here :)
Dear Wednesday. Be nice. Thanks everso.
Good morning all:)
Kapunua, your wee baby boy is so gorgeous. Hope you’re both well.
‘ello, Miss T chook, you lovely thing you. Had to say farewell to my beloved VW. ‘Twas knackered. It is now resting in the big scrapyard in the sky. I have a new car, well not brand spanking new like, a couple of years old. ‘Tis absolutely lush, love it. It’s left me skint though, no spare cash for life’s necessities, Haribos, Wine, Jaffa Cakes…
Hope you’re well petal.
Kapunua I just checked etsy, there are a few listings for organic tiare flower concentrate if you are still interested :)
Thanks, guys! Hey Welshie, and Misty! :) Welshie, sorry about your VW, congrats on the new car.
And thank you, nice anons. :D BB boy is sleeping on my left arm again. Wakes and cries when I put him down. bad habits already! O_o
Anon: Etsy, of course! great idea. I've never actually smelled a tiare flower. I really want to try that scent. :D
incidentally, i don't want a father figure or date. I just turned down two social dates from that sweet guy i went to college with. :( I like him just fine; I just don't have time. Maybe I'll reconnect w him as friends down the road sometime.
It's similar to gardenia Kapunua, just a touch more refined and rich :)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/03/republican-party-demise-continues
The Zimmerman Trial gives me the blues. Kids can't even buy some candy w/o getting murdered. Correction: BLACK kids. >_< It breaks my heart; all Trayvon Martin wanted was Skittles, and this animal gunned him down & obviously feels zero remorse.
Hiya guys, how are you all?
Hiya Welshie darlin, how ya doin?
RIP your VW, glad you are loving your new car though.
no spare cash for life’s necessities, Haribos, Wine, Jaffa Cakes…
Oh no Welshie, what's life without haribo and jaffa cakes? empty and meaningless...... At least you have a new car but don't depress yourself by using it to drive past the haribo and jaffa cake shop hee hee!
I'm good, just bumbling along. Still waiting for my life changing lottery win which surely is just round the corner LOL.
K, weird after pregnancy change. My best friend used to have which smelled like nothing on earth, they were legendary. Once she came to call on me but I was out. She took her shoes off and came in the house to speak with my mum and was here about 5 mins. I came home hours later and the first thing I said when I got through the door was "Kerry's been here". Her foot smell was sooooooooo distinctive. After giving birth, no foot smell whatsoever. Weird, but I'm not complaining hahaha! I'm just glad that when she had her second child, the smell didn't come back.
Weird
i love electronic music!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwKBIIjZvUQ
:)
Misty, that is so bizarre. O_o
How is the little one going Kapunua?
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/07/07/5549696/female-inmates-sterilized-in-california.html
Watched Princess Mononoke yesterday with a couple of precocious young ladies, while their parents went out on a date ^_~
Forgot how enchanting that film is :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D05ej8u-gU
:)
Boy, it's a freezing cold night but I still love looking at the stars :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6KFWiidiJo
What is your take on this?
My goodness!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K1RcKJVbHA
I would love to hear a reading by Bobcat Goldthwait.
all this time I was finding myself and lllll
didn't know I was lost ♩
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6KFWiidiJo
What is your take on this?
JULY 10, 2013 AT 11:18 PM"
Would anyone even ask that question if the bus driver had been a woman? I don't think so. In that case it would have been a black female civil servant defending herself against another female who was calling her a stupid n**ger bitch and who assaulted her.
How about if the driver had been a woman and the obnoxious passenger had been a man?
My take is the loud mouthed obnoxious b*tch got what she deserved. She didn't know when to shut up. She didn't know when to stop. She was in his face and kept pushing him until he couldn't take anymore. She verbally insulted and physically assaulted the bus driver. He had enough. He acted in self defense. Either sex and any race has the right to fight back and defend themselves when they are under attack and feel threatened. That's what the bus driver did. If I'm on the jury he's getting a pay raise and her sorry ass is going to jail and paying for his court cost.
Yes a man punched a woman.
Yes it was self defense.
Self defense should be gender neutral.
A slap, kick, push, punch or whatever. If it's self defense it shouldn't matter whether a woman or man is the one delivering or receiving the blow. That's equality.
Hiya guys, how are you all?
I'm on my new tablets and my foot is starting to get better. My Dr rang to warn me that these pills could clash with my anti-depressants and they could make me tired. They haven't done though, they've made me spaced out. I feel like I'm pissed all the time. It's brill, this week at work has passed with me having floaty head and not giving a fuck about anything, I just sit there with a daft smile on my face LOL.
she lost her youth and she lost her Tony now she's LOST HER MIND!
at the Copa
Copabana ♫
*Cabana
:)
Early morning muuzic, Empire of the Sun & Bliss N Eso :)
And Trance!
So George Zimmerman walks free. He'd have gotten more punishment for killing a dog. This is how little black kids are worth in America.
How did that happen Kapunua? I'm stunned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grj0ffXzTFA
:)
Stand. Your. Ground.
Hispanic Americans have the right to defend themselves too. George Zimmerman broke no law. He followed someone who he thought was a threat to his family and his community. That's a part of being actively involved in a neighborhood crime watch. He followed that person to make sure that they didn't break any laws. He had the right to do so.
He defended himself when he was being beaten and his head was being bashed into concrete. The color and age of the basher was and should be irrelevant. It was self defense.
Trayvon Martin had one injury. A fatal gunshot fired in self defense. Martin was not beaten. He was not bloodied and bruised. George Zimmerman was. He was being brutally attacked by a young bully who had been suspended from school for being a bully and Zimmerman defended himself with a weapon he was legally licensed to carry.
That is some of the evidence the jury heard.
Zimmerman should have never been charged with a crime and would not have been charged if not for political pressure.
The initial police reports stated it was a clear cut case of self defense. The jury agreed with the initial investigation.
http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/image-zimmerman1.jpg
http://abcnews.go.com/images/US/ap_george_zimmerman_kb_121204_wblog.jpg
Self defense.
He wouldn't have gotten more punishment if he killed a dog who viciously attacked him first. He wouldn't have even been questioned for that. Zimmerman followed someone that he thought was a threat to his community. Martin turned and attacked Zimmeman.
You can't possibly think that this was racially motivated since a POC can't be a racist. George Zimmerman is a POC. Hispanic.
Just like Trayvon Martin was. Black.
jesus, it never ends.
http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/five-moments-may-led-george-zimmermans-acquittal-104927773.html
Serino was called to the stand by the prosecution and was expected to be a key witness against Zimmerman. In his "just-the-facts" style of answering questions, Serino was repeatedly questioned by the prosecution and defense about Zimmerman's version of what happened that night. But in a surprise, the investigator was asked by Zimmerman's lawyer whether he believed Zimmerman was telling the truth, and the cop answered, "Yes."
The next day the prosecution asked that the jurors be directed to disregard Serino's comment and the judge agreed, but the damage may have been done.
John Good was another prosecution witness whose words may have helped Zimmerman more than the prosecution. Good lived near where the fatal shot was fired and appeared to have had the best view of the brief fight between Zimmerman and Martin.
Good testified that he saw what he believed to be Martin on top of Zimmerman. "The color on top was dark and the color at bottom was…red," Good said referring to the men's clothing. At another point he told the court that the person on the bottom had "lighter skin color."
Zimmerman is a white Hispanic who was wearing a red and black jacket that night. Martin, who was black, was wearing a dark sweatshirt.
"The person on the bottom, I could hear a 'Help,'" Good said.
Under cross examination by Zimmerman's lawyer, Good said he believes he saw Martin on top punching Zimmerman "MMA style," a reference to mixed martial arts.
Renowned forensics expert Vincent Di Maio may have been one of Zimmerman's strongest witnesses. He told the jury that the pattern of powder burns and other forensic evidence on Martin's body indicated that the teenager's sweatshirt was two to four inches away from his body at the time he was shot, meaning that Martin was leaning forward over Zimmerman when he was killed.
"The medical evidence is consistent with his [Zimmerman's] statement," Di Maio told the Florida court.
The words of Trayvon Martin's father were also used to undermine the prosecution's case. A key battle in the trial was over who was heard screaming for help in the background of a 911 call before the fatal shot was fired. Martin's family insisted the voice was their son's voice, while Zimmerman's parents told the court it was Zimmerman screaming.
Serino testified that when Martin's father, Tracy Martin, first heard the tape he said it was not Trayvon. "He looked away and under his breath said,
'No,'" Serino told the court.
"Spiderguy
The prosecution was forced to present this case because of political pressure. When are we going to separate facts from emotion, PC and agendas?"
Aaaaand the racist troll comes back out to play. Jesus.
Kapunua ignore them.
Wish I could ignore the whole state of Florida these days, tbh. What a crazy world! Actually, I just feel sorry for the sane people who live there.
It constantly astounds me that some people constantly drop names about electronic musicians and authors as if they have always admired them when in fact they probably read about them somewhere else and really know nothing about the body of their work.
It's disrespectful, pathetic and childish :/
And also lacks originality (but that is hardly surprising)
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/07/jimmy-carter-on-george-zimmerman-verdict-right-decision/
Jimmy Carter says the jury made the right call in finding George Zimmerman not guilty.
“I think the jury made the right decision based on the evidence presented, because the prosecution inadvertently set the standard so high that the jury had to be convinced that it was a deliberate act by Zimmerman, that he was not at all defending himself,” Carter told Atlanta NBC affiliate WXIA-TV.
On Saturday, Zimmerman was found innocent by a jury in Florida. He shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in February 2012, Zimmerman maintains in self defense.
The former president and Georgia governor discussed the verdict, and what it says about race in America, in an on-camera interview with the station.
“It’s not a moral question, it was a legal question, and the American law requires that the jury listen to the evidence presented,” Carter said.
I know what you mean Kapunua, however it's no point getting frazzled and getting drawn into an argument with some the more ignorant and blinkered kind :)
Kapunua, you might be interested in this:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/video/2013/jul/17/fifth-estate-trailer-benedict-cumberbatch-julian-assange-wikileaks
Not too certain about his attempt at an Australian accent ;)
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/news/cosby-zimmerman-trayvon-martin-201826733.html
Bill Cosby weighed in on George Zimmerman's acquittal on Thursday, telling a Virginia radio show that the prosecution did not do a good job presenting its case for second-degree murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/07/18/charles_barkley_on_zimmerman_trial_i_agree_with_the_verdict.html
CHARLES BARKLEY: Well, I agreed with the verdict. I feel sorry that young kid got killed. But they didn't have enough evidence to charge him. Something clearly went wrong that night. Clearly something went wrong. I feel bad for anybody who loses a kid, but if you looked at the case and you don't make it -- there was some racial profiling, no question about it. But something happened that changed the dynamic of that night, and I know -- that's probably not a popular opinion among most people but just looking at the evidence I agreed with the verdict.
I just feel bad because I don't like when race gets out in the media because I don't think the media has a pure heart, as I call it. There are very few people have a pure heart when it comes to race. Racism is wrong in any, shape, form -- a lot of black people are racist too. I think sometimes when people talk about racism, they say only white people are racist. There are a lot of black people who are racist. I don't like when it gets out there in the media because I don't think the media has clean hands.
Thursday, never looking back
It's Friday, I'm in love ♪
(with my son & babe)
:)
though it's really the next day...which makes it EVEN better
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/president-obama-trayvon-martin-speech-071913
Great D is a man of great intellect...and humor, which kinda reminds me of this quote by Christopher Morley:
“Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs. ”
So icy <3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAJAIxaV7a8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toPstPIcGnI
Meh, give me the bard of Avon any old day
:)
Kapunua are things well with you and your little man?
I wonder how long the boycott will last when they find out that 30 states have some type of stand your ground law and more states are considering it.
When they find out how much a boycott of 30 states will affect their bank accounts. How many of them have cancelled their concerts in the other 29 states?
It's nothing but celebrity lip service and publicity stunt using a tragedy if they don't boycott the other states with stand your ground and similar laws.
Madonna, Usher, Pattie Labelle, Kanye West, Jay Z, the Rolling Stones, Justin Timberlake, R. Kelly, Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Will I AM, Erykah Badu and Rod Stewart are among 20 musical acts said to be joining Stevie Wonder's boycott of the state of Florida
"I decided today that until the Stand Your Ground law is abolished in Florida, I will never perform there again," Wonder announced at a concert earlier this month. "As a matter of fact, wherever I find that law exists, I will not perform in that state or in that part of the world."
It's so lovely seeing people elated over the birth of their son.
I must admit baby boys are so cute!
(so are little girls)
The baby is beautiful and Kate looked stunning just 2 days after giving birth.
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/royal-baby-introduced-by-kate-middleton-prince-william-in-london-first-picture-2013237
What a beautiful family.
Hiya guys, how are you all?
So, have you all been inundated with the Royal baby news?
I was hoping for a future King Arthur but I guess Arthur is an old fuddy duddy name for a kid. George is OK I suppose, at least it doesn't make him sound like a little old man.
The joke doing the rounds was that they should have called him George Michael cos he took so long to come out, tee hee!
Interesting.
http://news.yahoo.com/monogamy-may-sound-sweet-why-evolved-isnt-190422956.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57551557/babies-help-unlock-the-origins-of-morality/
ch*ch*ch*ch*changes
oh,
look out you rock-n-rollers ♫
Hiya guys, how are you all?
I hope everyone is having a great summer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7GJcKuVGm8
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/05/woman-nearly-died-making-ipad
I finally have the triple crown!!!
All three 1st print copies of the Sprawl trilogy printed by Gollancz.
YEEEEEEEEssssssss!!!!!!!!!!
such tough fighting words from a faux geriatric
lol
Kapunua if you pass by these parts, I send my regards to you and little C, and hope you are both doing well :)
"the future is looking back at us, trying to make sense of the fiction we will have become"
William Gibson
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/health/06donor.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
50 to 150 kids? I bet sperm donors are happy that they're not financially responsible for what their seeds helped to spawn. At that rate they'll have over 300 kids each by the time they die.
Hiya guys, how are you all?
Anonymous said...
50 to 150 kids? I bet sperm donors are happy that they're not financially responsible for what their seeds helped to spawn. At that rate they'll have over 300 kids each by the time they die.
Blimey, doesn't bear thinking about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdRyynMcdfY
:)
Feeling frisky today :) :) :)
This morning was very nice (spoken in a Borat voice)
;)
rapture tastes so swee~eet ♪
hey misty, hey anons! TY! Callum is 3 months old, that's crazy. More smiling, lesscrying. still a fussy sleeper though, LOL! not a good napper.
i didn't get to read that article but omg! now they have limits on how much one donor can be used. i need to sign up for donor sibing registry. I searched, but so far, no other kids from my donor. I think it'd be neat to find 1 or 2. :)
They grow up so fast, don't they Kapunua?
My little blue-eyed cherub is so active and alert. Mummy has to constantly try to keep up :)
<3 <3 <3 trance!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bVYgYW6410
Under the Affordable Care Act, if a company with 50 employees hopes to avoid the penalty in the so-called employer mandate, it is not enough to merely offer those workers health insurance. The insurance must be “affordable,” among other things, and the law is very specific about what affordable means: It means the employee’s share of the premium cannot exceed 9.5 percent of the employee’s household income.
If this seems straightforward, putting it into action has been anything but. Household income is the benchmark because the Affordable Care Act ties affordability to the tax credits and subsidies available to help individuals purchase insurance in the new marketplaces created by the law. In fact, the penalty for employers who offer unaffordable insurance comes into play only when employees use these subsidies to buy their own insurance rather than accept the company’s coverage.
But employers, of course, are in no position to know what their employees’ household income might be, least of all as determined by the esoteric definition of household income used by the Internal Revenue Service. Among other things, determining household income would force employers to find out how much their employees’ spouses make and even to track down certain private household expenses, like alimony payments.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/affordable-care-act-affordable-110037101.html
http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/james-bond-star-ben-whishaw-confirms-gay-married-201600970.html
How sweet, he has an Aussie hubby!
Do they live in the UK?
Kapunua I think this is right up your alley :)
https://twitter.com/Earth_P0rn/status/366582177498017792/photo/1
https://twitter.com/earth_p0rn/status/355454189373108225/photo/1
:)
SPIDERS WITH WATER HATS! <3333333 I love spiders! :D
That is cool about Ben Whishaw. It's odd to me that gay people have to "come out" (straight people don't!) but I am happy for him. :D
Right now I'm watching Callum play with a toy that his Grandma bought for him. He's doing that baby squeal that's like "I AM SO EXCITE!!!" I'm eating a piece of chocolate and looking at a video on another tab of JGL name-checking me at his show on Saturday. ^_^ Hi JGL! :DDD
Today feels like autumn is in the air. I'm kinda excited for Autumn tbh. :)
It's good to find out that the rumors about Ben Whishaw and Mark Bradshaw are true. People have suspected they were a couple ever since they worked together on Bright Star. Mark is so talented; the score from Bright Star is gorgeous. He's a cutie too! I'm so happy for both of them. :D
SPIDERS WITH WATER HATS! <3333333 I love spiders! :D
The spider pic was pretty cool!
Nothing beats nature for mind-blowing and funny things.
Must admit the mau5 surprises me now and again.
In a totally good way :)
(music wise)
I <333 the universe in us.
I agree 8:43, the universe is seraphic and spectacular.
One of my most favourite things is seeing stars reflect over the ocean at night :)
Hiya guys, how are you all?
Wow K, Callum is three months old? It seems like just yesterday that I read the birth story. Happy three months Callum, celebrate by having a lovely long nap so your mum can too.
DENVER (AP) -- Coloradans without health insurance found out Friday what it will cost them to comply with the insurance mandate taking effect next year.
The Division of Insurance released rates Friday of plans that comply with the health care overhaul. Eighteen insurance companies will offer 541 separate plans for individuals and small groups.
For a 40-year-old individual customer, monthly premiums will range from $177 a month to $774 a month. The wide range of rates is because premiums depend on the level of coverage and where in the state a person lives.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/colorado-releases-insurance-exchange-rates-161931567.html
Florida found premiums will rise between 7.6% and 58.8%, depending on the insurer. The average increase would be 35%.
Ohio, meanwhile, said there would be an average increase of 41% by comparing a trade association's report of premiums for all plans available today with the average premium expected on the exchange.
Indiana officials said prices would rise an average of 72%.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/where-obamacare-premiums-soar-095700316.html
Kapunua what are you going to tell your child when he asks where his Daddy is?
Soon he will be sitting up, then crawling and trying to stand up and then walk.
All these milestones are exciting (and worrying) at times :)
<3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqxLwjMAny4
:)
7:06, I'm going to tell him that Space Angels came down and impregnated me with moonbeams, and that he is a Special Moonbeam Baby and also a unicorn Otherkin.
I'm going to tell him the truth. That I used a donor, and that happy families are all different. Some have a Mom, some have a Mom and Dad, some have two Moms, some have two Dads, some have just a Dad. Some babies come from other countries to be with their families and look different to their Mom and Dad.
Every family is different. What's the big deal?
There is no need to explain yourself to anybody Kapunua.
Who needs coffee?
http://www.yourtango.com/2012160327/5-best-wake-call-positions-morning-sex
Children grow up without Daddies all the time. My children lost their father when they were still very young, but both are happy and well-adjusted. A child needs unconditional love, stability and encouragement. If he/she gets that from two parents (mom and dad, two moms or two dads), or one parent, everything will be fine.
A child needs unconditional love, stability and encouragement
I agree!!
And strong boundaries (when young), in my opinion.
And laughter and fun :)
Just discovered that if you mix one part of the body shop white musk oil with vanilla oil, it makes the most heavenly scent for hair :):)
Thank God this band is gone...I can't stand them...hey, how come nothing new? I mean, we still have all the tweets that they've been putting up..I have to say I <3 this blog..I read it everyday KeeP GOING vv :)
I'm not into bands 9:29, thank goodness!
Into all forms of music but love bangin' four to the floor beats.
And classical music :)
All these rawstahs that think they're the bees knees.
Give 'em some attention, and it goes straight to their heads! lol
*rawk
purrrfection
;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpxzI7oXtFg
I agree with Joel, I LUV analogue!
http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/at-ups-working-spouses-are-losing-coverage-thanks-to-obamacare.html/?ref=YF
Hiya guys, how are you all?
kapunua said...
7:06, I'm going to tell him that Space Angels came down and impregnated me with moonbeams, and that he is a Special Moonbeam Baby and also a unicorn Otherkin.
Smirk, nice one.
Misinformation drives me crazy. If you read the article about UPS, you'll see it clearly states that spouses who are unemployed or who don't receive medical coverage at their own jobs will continue to be covered by UPS. Therefore, nobody loses coverage. So, what's the big deal?
and here I was thinking that all babies come from special moonbeams....
;) ;) ;)
^_^
“If the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court, along with all their staffs, are required to go under Affordable Healthcare Act, I would not object,” read one response to a survey conducted by FedSmith.com, a portal for information regarding issues — like the Affordable Care Act — that impact federal workers. “But if it’s not good enough for the heads of the 3 branches of Government, it isn’t good enough for the rest of us.”
http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/heres-why-federal-workers-dont-want-obamacare.html/?ref=YF
It was written into the bill in the first place on the theory that if Congress was going to make Americans live under the provisions of Obamacare, those who authored it should, as well. But because the language of the amendment contained no guidance on whether the federal contributions toward their health plans was allowed, Congress began to worry.
However, the Office of Personnel Management, with President Barack Obama’s consent, ruled August 7 that Congress members and staff would continue to receive the federal contributions toward their health insurance costs.
"In April, Michigan Republican Dave Camp, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced legislation that would shift all federal employees from FEHBP to the exchanges. “If the ObamaCare exchanges are good enough for the hardworking Americans and small businesses the law claims to help, then they should be good enough for the president, vice president, Congress, and federal employees,” said Camp’s spokeswoman in a statement.
"
^Truth
it's a horrible plan. Less coverage, lower quality care and higher costs for the majority of the working class. That's why the President, congress and the supreme court won't give up their current insurance coverage and shift over to Obamacare. That's why the majority of federal employees and UPS employees don't want to be forced to shift to Obamacare. They want to do what the President and congress are doing.
They want to keep the coverage they have now. They want to keep the health insurance coverage that they've paid for for themselves and their families for years. They don't want to be forced to lose the coverage and doctors they already have to buy into a bad health insurance plan.
If it's not good enough for the President, congress, their staff and their families something is seriously wrong and it's not good for the rest of America.
If it's such a great plan why won't they use it?
What are you trying to do 2:19, start an argument here? It's not going to happen.
Kapunua, just out of curiosity (and you don't need to answer this) are you planning to have another baby :)
Hopefully, (fingers crossed) I'll be pregnant again next year :D
Hey Nonnie.
I don't think I could afford another child. And unfortunately, I don't have another bedroom. I don't think it would be fair making two kids grow up with only one room.
Also, NEGL, I hated being pregnant! Mad props to anyone who can do that more than once! :)
Plus my risks are rising. I'm in pretty good shape, but certain things do get riskier over 40 and going it alone again is daunting.
Good luck to you, 8:21!
That's the dilemma of being a woman Kapunua, we have to make choices with our fertility as it doesn't last forever and gets risky as we age :)
Nothing in life is certain or perfect, and I don't want to be in a position of regret when I'm much older.
So true. The biggest decision ever for some of us!
Kapunua I've been collecting a lot of beautifully illustrated books as I started reading to my little one a couple of months ago, although he tries to grab everything and put it in his mouth ...:)
I have also collected the Fraggle Rock series.
I know it's old in today's terms, but I think it's still cute.
One of my favorite books for Callum is "Hello Bugs" just because it's pretty. He's only 3.5 months but I've been reading to him for about 8 weeks. He does the same thing, just tries to shove everything in his mouth. But now he's really into looking at the shiny pictures and touching crinkly pages.
Some friends of mine in HI sent me some gorgeous Hawaiian baby books and I can't wait to read those to him when he's a little older.
How old is yours, 3:43?
I want to see The Zero Theorem by Terry Gilliam!
To answer your question Kapunua, just a few months older :)
But now he's really into looking at the shiny pictures and touching crinkly pages
Sounds like a good time to start reading to him!
Such a fun age! :) They get better every day!
Can't believe Great D likes the OP-1 by Teenage Engineering :D
(though it's a bit old hat now)
I agree Kapunua, they are adorable at this age!
But I will love him at any age :)
Maybe Great D should get into some Future Techno, love love love AutoKrantz and Attaque.
My lad. :)
Drat, I messed that up. Here
Your son is beautiful Kapunua!
I am very happy for you.
Thank you! :DDDDD We were having our walk to the beach, which he loves, when I took that pic.
Hiya guys, how are you all?
Callum is such a cutie. You could look into his beautiful eyes for hours.
To join in the book convo. When I was little, I loved "The Hungry Catapillar". Also the Mr Men books were a huge fave.
I love the beach Kapunua, any water though the ocean for me is very special :)
Keep on giving your son new experiences Kapunua, and talk and read to him.
It's very good for infant brain development :)
Also the Mr Men books were a huge fave.
Mr Tickle is a favourite here :)
Hiya Misty! I'm too old to have had The Hungry Caterpillar as a child, but I read it to my younger cousins and Callum will definitely have it, too. :)
Anon, me too, I love the water. Once Labor Day is over, locals are allowed to go to the ocean for free (instead of paying for parking!) so we'll be switching from bay to ocean. :D
4:40, too right. I think the more they see, hear, and experience, the more active their minds are. I talk to him all day. Because I know that it'll be all too soon before he starts rolling his eyes at me when I talk to him. ;D
He's a lovely little fellow, Kapunua. He looks so inquisitive and happy. 3 months is an adorable age. =)
in trance we trust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF_jP_Kp0gY
... and shall lose ourselves ^_~
R.I.P Sir David Frost =(
Gandhi went barefoot, was frail and had weird diet giving him bad breath.
A super-calloused fragile mystic plagued with halitosis?
emo people can be downright silly!
there is not a fucking chance in hell that kapunua would put herself through as much work and pain as it takes to have a child
besides, she's too selfish
Don't be sad 5:24.
You should take Kapunua's lead and pursue what you want out of life :)
Finally got my dolsot! Been wanting one of those for ages!
Now I'm going to learn how to make bibimbap :)
Because I know that it'll be all too soon before he starts rolling his eyes at me when I talk to him. ;D
Kapunua I think the best part of the day is the mother/son chats we have everyday: I talk, he smiles/giggles/coos/blows raspberries and babbles while I tell him about my day.
I'm just waiting for the day he starts rolling his eyes at me ;)
Oh, and pay no attention to 5:24.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnljpGST5w8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC5ca6Hsb2Q
:)
I think we all have a fairly good idea who 5:24 is. How sad their life must be, to still be so focused on hating someone they have never met after all these years smh
Kapunua, your son is so adorable :)
Discovered a neon purple polish with crazy glitter called wyld stallyns
Of course I had to buy it!.
I'm a sucker for names ;)
"everything is different, but the same…
things are more moderner than before…
bigger,
and yet smaller…"
geniuses :):):)
Hiya guys, how are you all?
Anonymous said...
Also the Mr Men books were a huge fave.
Mr Tickle is a favourite here :)
Can't beat Mr Tickle. We had a client at our solicitors and that is his name, I mean, how cool?
kapunua said...
Hiya Misty! I'm too old to have had The Hungry Caterpillar as a child, but I read it to my younger cousins and Callum will definitely have it, too. :)
Aw bless, too old, no. It is a brilliant book though. I still go all mushy when I see it in a shop.
Anonymous said...
Gandhi went barefoot, was frail and had weird diet giving him bad breath.
A super-calloused fragile mystic plagued with halitosis?
Brilliant.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/04/black-woman-n-word-court-case?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/11/us-usa-colorado-election-idUSBRE98A06I20130911
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