Deus Ex Machina

"MERRY CHRISTMAS". not "HAPPY HOLIDAYS", from Macy's

2005-12-01T23:26:34Z

"After using the more inclusive "Happy Holidays" in its ads and in-store promotions last year, Macy's is now embracing "Merry Christmas." And, after hundreds of phone calls, Lowe's stopped selling "holiday trees" and switched to "Christmas trees."- alternet.org

I just wrote to them in protest, and I ask that you do the same. The holidays are a wonderful time for EVERYONE, not just for the few who are involved in this intolerant strain of Christianity. I'm non-Christian myself, and it sickens me to have people trumpeting "persecution" as an excuse for thier hate and ignorance.

I'm asking everyone to go here and fill out a customer comment form. It takes two minutes. And pass this along! I want the people of LJ, in all thier smartness and friendliness, to keep the holidays happy for everyone!!!

https://www.macys.com/service/contact/index.ognc?defaultSubject=ORDER&DefaultRegarding=OTHERQUESTIONS..formstart

Thanks, guys!!

mme_etoilenoir @ 2005-11-15T16:26:00

2005-11-15T21:28:00Z

Mme etoilenoir in Down for the Count

mme_etoilenoir (Jennifer Lopez) has one last chance at saving her seat on the council. Filled with laugh-out-loud drama, her career is faring badly, and apiphobia, her nextdoor neighbour (Jerry Stiller), is in a mess of his own. genericpunkgrrl (Robin Wright Penn) puts the finishing touches on perspicacity itself, which alone makes this the finest motion-picture to date.

Produced by ianiceboy

I suppose that we'll just ignore the fact that genericpunkgrrl and I are quite, well, BROWN. It's the man trying to keep us down, I'm telling you.

NEW COSTUME PICS...

2005-11-15T02:01:56Z

Pity he didn't get the bottom. Oh well!

I'm moving to Ridgewood!

2005-11-07T05:47:32Z

As of Dec.1st, I'll be living Ridgewood, sharing a house with a friend of mine. I'm really looking forward to it. It's a lovely space, and I've always wanted to live up there. And there's a Whole Foods around the corner (yeah, yeah, I know. What's with the granola? Just hush.), so I won't have to be messing with lots of buses and whatnot. Following that, hopefully I'll be finding a job in a touring production so that I can do some traveling. I'm thinking concert touring would be really great, but it's a bitch to crack into. However, my detective work is paying off slowly but surely, and I'm sure I'll find something. Other than that...I FINALLY GOT MY UNEMPLOYMENT!!! HAHAHAHA, MYLES BERG!!!! I'll bet he was fuuuuuming when he found out! As for the car, it seems that Essex Co. orders restitution automatically for crimes where the person is caught red-handed. Being that the two involved are minors, the money will be coming from thier oh-so-happy parents. Tee hee fucking hee. I'm happy that I'll at least be able to have a car by the first of the year, I hope.

SO CUTE!!!!

2005-11-02T18:32:39Z

Jumpy Enough to Chew a Chair? Try DogCatRadio

By DINITIA SMITH
Published: November 2, 2005

"Remember, be kind to your mailman," said Jane Harris, a disc jockey. Then she softened her voice until it was a little insinuating: "He only wants to deliver the mail."

It is a message that many of her listeners need to hear. Ms. Harris is a D.J. on DogCatRadio.com, a new Internet radio station for pets. Now dogs, cats, hamsters and parrots can keep the anxiety, the loneliness, the restlessness at bay while their owners are out. It is radio just for them, live 17 hours a day, 4 a.m. to 9 p.m. Pacific time, and podcast for the rest of the 24 hours.

Those who listen to DogCatRadio will find that there is generally an animal motif to the playlist, like "Hound Dog": "You ain't nothin' but a hound dogcryin' all the time."

This Elvis song is a frequent request from listeners (presumably the owners), as are the Baha Men, singing: "Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof)."

And Dionne Warwick is also popular, especially her soothing song "That's What Friends Are For": "Keep smiling, keep shining,/Knowing you can always count on me."

Since many pets are apparently bilingual, DogCatRadio also has a "Spanish Hour," 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Pacific time daily, with Hispanic commentary and music, like Luis Miguel's "No Sé Tú": DogCatRadio.com was started last June by Adrian Martinez, who is also president of Marusa records, an independent record label in Los Angeles. He runs the station out of a customized RV parked in his office lot in the Eagle Rock section of Los Angeles.

Mr. Martinez, 34, who owns six dogs and two cats, said he founded the station because "my cat, Snickers, asked me to do it." One day, Snickers was pacing the floor restlessly and meowing. "I said, 'What do you want?' " Mr. Martinez recalled in a telephone interview from Los Angeles. "I turned up the music, and she was fine." He discovered that Snickers likes 80's rock, particularly the Eddie Money version of the song "Take Me Home Tonight:" "I feel a hunger /It's a hunger that tries to keep a man awake at night."

Mr. Martinez added, "I wanted to do something for the pet community."

The first week that DogCatRadio was broadcast, the local CBS television station showed a feature about it. As a result, so many people tuned in, 130,000 in one day, that the server crashed, Mr. Martinez said. "We had to get a bigger server to accommodate more listeners." Now, he said, "We average close to 8,000 hits a week. We have a meter that tracks it."

"People are just e-mailing us," calling from all over the world, Mr. Martinez said. "I love what you are doing, but please don't forget our equine friends," an e-mail message from Australia said.

When Mr. Martinez gets requests, he springs into action. "We go to Tower Records within the hour," he said. "Since we're conquering the globe, we want to make sure we can accommodate these people."

Sometimes Mr. Martinez broadcasts from the field. DogCatRadio showed a segment on people walking their dogs first thing in the morning outside the Rose Bowl in Pasadena - a very popular early morning route for dog walkers, bikers and joggers - with interviews (with the owners). It reports on animal charity events like "Walk for Paws," recently sponsored by the group "Nuts for Mutts."

Internet radio, which claims about 20 million regular listeners, is still in the early stages of development and has a relatively small number of fans who use their laptops, desktops or hand-held computers to tune in.

Mr. Martinez said he believed he had latched onto something unique with his little station: "With all the news you hear on Iraq, it's something to balance the bad news."

Meanwhile, the broadcast has received some notice. Dr. Larry Family, who has a talk show program, the Pet Vet, on WROW-AM in Albany, recommends DogCatRadio to his patients' owners. "It's of interest to those people whose pets have certain phobias or anxiety issues," he said in a telephone interview from the outskirts of Schenectady, where he has his practice.

"I have recommended it to those whose dogs are having certain problems behaviorwise in the home environment," he said.

"It might be helpful with dogs with separation anxiety issues," Dr. Family went on. "Dogs, especially, are interested in watching TV with their owners and listening to music."

Mr. Martinez said that at the moment, the station has no advertising and is making no money. But, he said, "I'm not in it for the money." He added, "Eventually, I'm sure, people will advertise."

That is not such a leap, since it is estimated that American pet owners will spend $35.9 billion this year on everything from electric toothbrushes for dogs to bird pedicures to self-flushing litter boxes for cats, according to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association.

So far, the six people associated with the station, four of whom act as D.J.'s, are paid only a small stipend to cover expenses. "I'm so involved with the pet community," said Ms. Harris, the D.J. and an owner of five dogs. "I'm looking to this as an avenue to open something up." When Ms. Harris isn't broadcasting on DogCatRadio.com, she works as a market researcher.

"How are all my furry friends doing out there?" Ms. Harris asked her listeners recently. "We hope you're doing great and not chewing on anything but your toys."

Glad they figured those gay homosexuals out...LOL (from Radiogay in Canada)

2005-11-02T03:35:34Z

Finally: The Gay Agenda

6:00 am Gym
8:00 am Breakfast (oatmeal and egg whites)
9:00 am Hair appointment
10:00 am Shopping
12:00 PM Brunch

2:00 PM
1) Assume complete control of the U.S. Federal, State and Local Governments as well as all other national governments,
2) Recruit all straight youngsters to our debauched lifestyle,
3) Destroy all healthy heterosexual marriages,
4) Replace all school counselors in grades K-12 with agents of Colombian and Jamaican drug cartels,
5) Establish planetary chain of homo breeding gulags where over-medicated imprisoned straight women are turned into artificially impregnated baby factories to produce prepubescent love slaves for our devotedly pederastic gay leadership,
6) Bulldoze all houses of worship, and
7) Secure total control of the INTERNET and all mass media for the exclusive use of child pornographers.

2:30 PM Get forty winks of beauty rest to prevent facial wrinkles from stress of world conquest
4:00 PM Cocktails
6:00 PM Light Dinner (soup, salad, with Chardonnay)
8:00 PM Theater
11:00 PM Bed (du jour)"

mme_etoilenoir @ 2005-10-30T19:50:00

2005-10-31T00:50:19Z

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	5.5
Mind:	6
Body:	8.2
Spirit:	7.1
Friends/Family:	2.6
Love:	2.1
Finance:	3
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

Wheeee!

2005-10-30T22:45:26Z

Last night was a blast! I have only one pic so far from my camera phone, but it'll do: My mouth looks huuuuge, but whatever. Just forget that. It was like 3 in the morning at the point, so... Anyway, it didn't fall off, yay! Meet a whole bunch of insanely cool people, too.

First Scooter Libby is indicted, now this...: )

2005-10-28T20:24:37Z

Good Smell Perplexes New Yorkers By KAREEM FAHIM
Published: October 28, 2005

An unseen, sweet-smelling cloud drifted through parts of Manhattan last night. Arturo Padilla walked through it and declared that it was awesome.

"It's like maple syrup. With Eggos. Or pancakes," he said. "It's pleasant."

The odor had followed Mr. Padilla and his friend along their walk in Lower Manhattan, from a dormitory on Fulton Street, to Pace University on Spruce Street, and back down again, to where they stood now, near a Dunkin' Donuts. Maybe it was from there, he said. But it wasn't.

Mr. Padilla was not alone. Reports of the syrupy cloud poured in from across Manhattan after 9 p.m. Some feared that it was something sinister.

There were so many calls that the city's Office of Emergency Management coordinated efforts with the Police and Fire Departments, the Coast Guard and the City Department of Environmental Protection to look into it.

By 11 p. m., the search had turned up nothing harmful, according to tests of the air. Reports continued to come in from as far north as 112th Street shortly before midnight. In Lower Manhattan, where the smell had begun to fade, it was back, stronger than before, by 1 a.m.

"We are continuing to sample the air throughout the affected area to make sure there's nothing hazardous," said Jarrod Bernstein, an emergency management spokesman. "What the actual cause of the smell is, we really don't know."

There were conflicting accounts as to its nature. A police officer who had thrown out her French vanilla coffee earlier compared it to that. Two diplomats from the Netherlands disagreed, politely. Rieneke Buisman said it smelled like roasted peanuts. Her friend Joris Geeven said it reminded him of a Dutch cake called peperkoek, though he could not describe that smell.

Life is killing me...

2005-10-26T21:25:28Z

Eeeeexcellent. So the car's going to be pricey (crunched-up steering column, shifted radiator), so I may need a new one. This one's not even paid off.

Satan is attempting to now fuck me out of my unemployment, because yes, he's just that crazy and vengeful.

And early Monday morning was craptastic to begin with, what with all that man foolishness.

I am thinking that it's a good thing that there's a strip joint up the street. It's a good thing I'm in shape. And it's a good thing that I can dance my ass off.

Squeeee! (with a couple of reservations)

2005-10-25T21:12:08Z

The good news: I got my car back and they caught the asshats that stole it!
The so-so news: I have to go to court and testify against them.
The bad news: They got caught because they got into an accident with my car, smashing up the lights and crunching in the left front tire a bit. Also, they wrecked the ignition hot-wiring it, of course. Thirdly, the police actually found my car A WEEK AGO. The 18th. The day after I reported it stolen. The tow yard wanted the money, obviously (cue eye roll). Thank the gods for my grandfather being there to cover the rest of the money to get it out, because it would still be sitting there!

A list of songs for this trying period of time

2005-10-25T04:03:32Z

On the short list of musical selections for tonight:

Toni Braxton "Love Should Have Brought You Home (Last Night)"
The Killers "Mr. Brightside (remix)"
Tina Turner "We Don't Need Another Hero"
Tori Amos "Blood Roses"
Berlin "The Metro"
Seal "Prayer For The Dying"
Johnny Hates Jazz "Shattered Dreams"
Fleetwood Mac "Tell Me Lies"
Lush "Ladykiller"
Informatik "Saints and Sinners"
Type O "...A Dish Best Served Coldly"
Alanis Morrisette "Precious Illusions"
George Michael "Something to Save"
Bjork "Hyperballad"
Covenant "Bullet" (the perennial favorite)

I know there were more, but I can't remember them. Eh, if I think of anything, you know I'll post it.

Please support the new blog...

2005-10-25T03:53:13Z

On second thought, don't. You may be weirded out. It's up to you.

You can, however, see my Halloween costume.

Inanna's Ereshkigal

2005-10-24T06:23:31Z

I started a blog about a week ago to work out some past issues in my life. I'm posting fiction on there as well (just a little bit!). If you want, take a look or spread the word: http://inannasereshkigal.blogspot.com.

I am too good for this.

2005-10-24T04:22:03Z

I am beautiful.
I am fierce.
And I obviously deserve better in my life that to be treated so shabbily.

I will not mention your name.
I won't mention specifics.
But I wipe you from my memory, my life, my thoughts.

And I'll try to overlook the utter smear of introducing you to my (very treasured) best friends.

And I'm still going to look fierce in my Leia costume. I'll post pics, just so you can see : )

Everyone...you do the math. We'll chat, darlings. We'll chat.

Bible slash! See Jesus and the Pope get it on...

2005-10-23T19:45:38Z

This shit is like woah. What is WITH people? I mean, I'm not even Christian and I think this is wacked out...

http://www.livejournal.com/community/bible_slash/

mme_etoilenoir @ 2005-10-22T21:34:00

2005-10-23T01:34:58Z

Earth
You are 47% Extroverted and 61% Chaotic

Virtue
- Earth people show propriety. They are conventional, proper and
fitting. They follow what is socially acceptable in conduct, behavior
and speech. They have excellent manners and are very polite. They are
prudent and have a deep regard for conventional rules of behavior.

Core - They are the storekeepers, barterers and traders. They
are at their best when buying or selling material or tangible
commodities. Most are very business oriented.

Nature - They have a characteristic love for the material,
tangible things. They derive pleasure from sensory stimulation such as
taste, smell and feel. They surround themselves with tangible items
such as fine furniture, art, jewelry and most have a nice home that is
expertly decorated. They have good taste in clothing and most are
connoisseurs of food and drink.

Drives - Each of the five senses can produce an emotional response. Sight, sound, touch, smell and taste brings joy or depression.

Vice - They are mildly revengeful. Their attitude is 'my time
will come and they do hold a grudge. They will eventually get their
revenge one way or another more often by hitting a person in his
pocketbook. When angered, they are quick to express that anger verbally
though most likely not physically unless as a last resort.

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 38% on Extroverted
You scored higher than 97% on Chaotic

Link: The Which Element Are You? Test written by daemongod81485 on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

I'm working on a new blog...

2005-10-20T20:37:48Z

Be on the lookout. I had started one out the other day, but I've dropped it for this other one. It's going to be pretty intense and dark, though. I'm not ready to give out the addy, but I will soon.

Hahaha, Paw Lee! : p

2005-10-20T20:35:59Z

<td align="center">You are Napoleon

Power hungry and unpredictable. You like to always be in charge, and you don’t like to listen to other peoples opinions very often. You set incredibly high goals for yourself and often achieve them.

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com</td>

From bad to worse

2005-10-20T17:04:13Z

OK...he screwed me on COBRA, number one. Um, how am I supposed to pay you for Nov. by 10/15 when you wrote the letter 10/14, and obviously posted it late?

Point the second: he docked me the jury duty days.

Silver lining to all of this: absolutely NO ONE is going to say that he's not out to get me because of jury duty.

Car go POOF!

2005-10-19T01:18:24Z

So, yeah, some genius was able to take a manual Honda Civic. Go me.

Change is fine and dandy, but all at once??!?!

Ooooo, ahhhhh...

2005-10-18T22:13:52Z

I may have to go to that Halloween ball at Bcave on the 30th. Do I have any possible companions?

Go Film

2005-10-18T07:48:18Z

I find myself inside a church deserted by the priests
as shadows shift from grey to red I notice there's no floor
transparent air suspends my weight as if I had no mass
suddenly the moon comes out from the clouded skies

wet and cold from shifting daydreams wakeful in the sleep
windowpane observing some commotion down below
waiting for the noise to come to blur the weary mind
watching as a pastime and I'm the fallen star

go film - we can all be gods
go film - we will all be heroes
go film - we are all immortal
go film - we will all be safe
go film - we are all illusions
go film - and we can never touch

I will shine again with burning light when I return
in and out from foreign shores I've gone astray in time
born to search for something I have never ever seen
on an endless quest to hostile ground and unknown lands

then the scene go back to where it started and I fall
as shadows shift from red to grey I notice there's no floor
and gravity awakes me as it throws me to the ground
a million tiny grains of dust obscures me from your eyes

mme_etoilenoir @ 2005-10-17T12:54:00

2005-10-17T16:55:13Z

Been & Done it
You scored 78 mature, 25 young, 24 reasonable, and 18 outrageous!

Description: Already "Been there and Done That?"
Your variable scores shows a lot of maturity and responsibility. There is a flare for fun, but it's not Priority One.
Maybe you've done it, lived it and bought the T-shirt. You might look at the 'child-likes' out there and think

*shaking your head*

"Yeah, I was once Young, Dumb and Full of _ _ _ (IT)"

*nods*

Mature: You ole codger you! (very good) Shows a lot of maturity.

Young: Low, but youthful enough!

Reasonable: Hmm ... Low, could be because you've 'hardened' and don't care about
things as much.

Outrageous: LOW! Enough of a score to show you might of been a little devil back in the day!

Who me? nah!

The old "Been & Done It's" It least you may admit to "Back in the
Day" stuff. I bet the 'youngin's' look to you for advice. You probably
have some to give from the 'Life's experences' you've lead.

[YOUR "AGE" GROUPING] The "High Light" years!(Married not burried!)

It's not that you are chronologically older ...

It's you are just wiser. It's when you do some self reflecting. You
often drift back when you see those 'Wild-Child's' living it up ... Shaking your head in self realization that you only wish you knew THEN ...

what you know NOW!

Match made in heaven: "Old Soul's" they will make even you look 'WILD' and feel young ...

But -Truant's- even at your 'mature' level, you still like a little "badboy/girl!"

"Vote, then click here for your match(es)!" "Wise Old Soul!" "-Truant-!"

100-80: Not so good (yet not bad) *just means you are not immature*.

80-60: Best . . . You know a good time, yet still responsible.* just got enough playful left in you to make it interesting.

60-40: Again rowdy, but some what annoying ... Could be a lot of fun! (but - in small doses.)

40-20: Not bad . . . but still crazy, Yet fun. Although not a person to ask advise of. Still ~ "wet behind the ears".

20-00: The worst! (down right the one to avoid at all cost) Just kidding, but what one would think of as a real "Brat Child"

I know the scoring is somewhat unconventional . . . yet so am I? ::shrugs::

mme_etoilenoir @ 2005-10-17T05:15:00

2005-10-17T09:15:50Z

Kiss of Life
You scored 63% Technique, 65% Timing, and 78% Passion!

Judging solely on your answers: Great combination, Kissing with a lot
of passion and skills. You do have some timing issues, but with the
other two variables it's acceptable. True romantic, and great amount of
attention given to details. (if FEMALE ... call me at 555- YUMMY)

Technique: Awesome kisser!

Timing: Timing indeed!

Passion: YUP! (Pat yourself on the back!)

AWwwW The "Kiss of life" The term itself is associated with "mouth to mouth resuscitation"

If you are able to do that ... You are a HERO in my book!

(yes, KISSING ... it's a life saver!)

So, go out and save someone:

From boring pecks with dry lips, Breath some life in some of the other
kiss-challenged categories from my test. Your what everyone needs, a
true heroic figure in a world filled with "granny kissers". You should
be proud, and we all should give you a ticker-tape parade!

*claps for you*

Your perfect kisser/partner should be:

ME! Or anyone you choose, you stud/stud-deli ... Another "Kiss of Life" would be a great match!

Your exact opposite:

Kissing Bandit (for your kisses are dreamful/delightful) But- if you're feeling heroic ...

Hey! -ummm-

What about the title of this test ...

The can KISSING style get you SEX Test ...

Well, it's up to you ... I've given you a list of thousands of
people. Now go contact one that your interested in, Drop your
prospected "KISSING MATE" a message:

Hi, I'm __________ (fill in the blank) I see we took the same kissing compatibility test:

"The can KISSING style get you SEX Test"

(by the brilliant author: DaHippY *rolls eyes*)

From his educated guess and the test results, We are a perfect match!

I'm a firm believer in his logic and test results, perhaps we should meet to prove him right?

Now, I got the first move over with for you:

(The dreaded approach/cheesy pick-up line)

Now, arrange for few dates ... Less-Not-Forget the Three things preached about here on the test:

Passion

Timing

Technique

Give them one of those "World Famous Lip-Locks" You are obviously known for ...

Then you'll just have to find out for yourself where that leads!

In all, clearly this is here for fun. But, if you do use that form letter and it works ...

I'll send you my billing statement!

Thanks again I hope you had fun ... Please score fairly, And may ALL your kisses be:

Ones of pure passion

With perfect timing

And top notch technique!

Your so hot your on FIRE!