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she’s back! and still really naked.

Remember Jennifer Moss?  I wrote about her a few months ago.  She was the lady who just wanted to patriotically parade in Oregon on Independence Day riding a bike, sans clothing?  Ahh, now you remember.  Well, she did have a hemp g-string…so she wasn’t totally nakey.  Sheeeeeeeee’s back!  And this time around, her name is being spelled by the press with a G.  So she’s Gennifer Moss.  No word on how that happened.

Anyway, she had a run in with the PoPo after construction workers–yes, construction workers (PRUDES!)–complained about her affinity for nude in-line skating.  Ummm…hello?  Do these men have mutated genetic codes?  I’m totally baffled.

From the Oregonian:

“We confronted her and told her that she couldn’t expose her genitalia,” said police spokeswoman Cathe Kent. “She complied.”

In other words, she whipped out a string bikini bottom and continued on her only slightly less Lady Godiva-like way.

Haha, that a girl, Gen!

The police said most of the calls they received from people other than the prudish construction workers weren’t complaints about her lack of clothing, but rather her personal safety.  Awww!  There is good in this world.

She now also goes by the nickname, Earth Friend Gen.  And she has her own MySpace channel.  Yes, she is naked in some of the videos, you sick group of perverts.  Watch the videos here.  She also posted pictures of herself…yes, naked as well.  One of the captions says, “I love being naked and free!”  No doubt about that, EFG.

Oh, Gennifer!  She’s totally cra-crazy, but you do have to admire her spirit.  Keeping rockin’ out with your boobs out, lady.  Whether that means riding a bike in a hemp g-string leading a group of skaters while blowing on a conch shell (FACT.  She actually wanted to do that) or letting all hang out while you skate around.  You’re kind of cool.

[Posted by Kathleen]

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so begins my quarter life crisis.

So yesterday I’m just driving along, listening to my beloved iPod, when “Hand In My Pocket” by my beloved Alanis comes on.  This time, however, was different from the 500,000 other times I listened to it.  I still sang poorly and confused the verses, but this time the song really resonated with me.  I mean REALLY resonated.  So I put that shiz on repeat.  Alanis and her harmonica were slaying me.  Then it hit me. Uh oh.  I am now an angsty 20-something and Alanis’ music actually applies to me.  (And everyone else, but you know what I mean.)

I began to evaluate my life.  I’m very happy, yet emo at the same time.  I’m with someone who finds my jokes tolerable (I’m funnnnny!), I’m working on a campaign (trying to be an agent of change and save the world) and living at home (if you live at home post-college, there is no explanation needed), going to South America post Election Day (backpacking around in hopes of finding some adventure), and hopefully going to grad school next fall (read: I’m not entirely sure what I want to do in life other than see the world and blog.  But this will buy me some more time.  Kidding…kind of.)

But who cares? No big deal. I want mooooooooooooooooooooooooooore.

That being said, I come up with a new plan every day.  Two days ago, I decided I wanted to become an alpaca farmer.  Seriously.  I saw some Alpacas at a local fair and fell in love with the little bucktoothed buggers.  They’re completely heinous and totally hilarious.  What can I say? I have an affinity for inner beauty.  I took a picture of one.  He is my new muse:

Cute, right?

I’m all over the place.  Just tonight I have looked at jobs with National Geographic, HuffingtonPost, and political consulting firms.  Three weeks ago I envisioned myself moving to Seattle.  Who knows?  Maybe tomorrow I’ll decide to go to med school.  Or maybe I can just get a pair of scrubs and pretend…

While this is definitely my quarter life crisis, I don’t think it’s unhealthy.  I’m in no real hurry.  I am, in fact, only 22–although I feel like a dinosaur when I get Facebooked by people born in the 1990s.  I’ve still got a lot of questions that need to be answered.  Like, what is a fire, and why does it…what’s the word…burrrrrrrrrrrrn. (That’s two Little Mermaid references in one post. Heyyyyo.)

When I do settle down, I’ll be ready for it.  And like I said before, I’m happy right now.  I’d try and describe how I feel some more (it’s half my blog I can talk about feelings all I want!), but hey, Alanis puts it best.

And what it all boils down to
Is that no one’s really got it figured out just yet
’cause I’ve got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is playing the piano
And what it all comes down to my friends
Is that everything’s just fine fine fine
’cause I’ve got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is hailing a taxi cab.

[Posted by Kathleen]

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it’s talk like a pirate day!

Ahoy mateys!  Avast!  Today, September 19, is International Talk Like A Pirate Day. (For the official Web site, click here.)  Though not a Federal holiday, today is special in the salty hearts of many.  Arrrrrrr ye ready fer it?  First, go here to get your new pirate name.  And now, here are some pirate jokes, compliments of piratejokes.net.

Q:  How do pirates know that they are pirates?
A:  They think, therefore they ARRRR!!!!!
Q:  Why does it take pirates so long to learn the alphabet?
A:  Because they can spend years at C!
Q:  What’s a horny pirate’s worst nightmare?
A:  A sunken chest with no booty
Haha.  Shiver me timbers, those are bad!  But in that awesomely bad way. Right?
So have a Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day, me hearties.  Here’s some lingo for you.  Easy on the pillaging!
RARRRRR!
[Posted by Kathleen aka Cap’n Ramona Knockboots]

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the office starts in one week!

To commemorate the return of The Office in just one short week (yay! Jim Halpert!), I am posting this amazing video.  So watch it.  It will make you feel warm and tingly inside…that’s what she said?

[Posted by Kathleen]

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hey zuckerberg: facebook me, marry me.

Forbe’s released their list of the top 400 wealthiest people in the universe yesterday.  The list, which says marital status, is like a guidebook for golddiggers!  (Though I suppose if you are a real golddigger, you don’t care what their marital status is.)  And guess who was on it?  Marky Mark Zuckerberg!  He is the youngest person on the list–he’s 24–and has a sweet 1.5 billion dollars.  Damnnnnn.  I wish I had created something as addictive as Facebook from my dorm room too. Most of the time in my dorm room was spent watching Law and Order with our South Korea Correspondent.  And it was awesome.

So when I was looking at pictures of MZ (just in case I ever run into him), something struck me about this photo.

See it? Haha.

Rumor has it that Mark has a girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, who also works on Facebook.  Oh well.  I hate the new Facebook anyway.

Perhaps I can set my sights on Beanie Babies founder Ty Warner.  He’s apparently single.  Kiddddding.

Click here for the Forbes article.

[Posted by Kathleen]

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svetlana’s got a set of stems.

You know that here at SWTCTW, we love the bizarre.  We practically live for it.  So this picture naturally caught my eye.  Meet Svetlana Pankratova, the Russian woman with the world’s longest legs.  Her legs measure 52 inches long.  Um that’s over FOUR FEET LONG.  Wowza.

And no, she didn’t just give birth standing up to a tiny well-dressed baby, that’s He Pingping, the world’s smallest man.  He is 2 feet and 5.37 inches tall.  The odd couple met up at Trafalgar Square for a fairly creepy photoshoot for the 2009 Guinness Book of World Records.

He Pingping runs a restaurant back home in China (or Mongolia, I have conflicting reports) and, as it turns out, is a bit of a romantic.  When asked about his gf (she’s regular sized, I know you were dying to know), he said, “I always miss her when I’m not with her.”  AWWWWWWWW! He Pingping!

Other records: Britney Spears as the most-searched person on the Internet and  “Lost” as the most-downloaded show of all time.

[Posted by Kathleen]

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trl is like totally old news.

It is the end of an era.  Really, it is.  Total Request Live, MTV’s show aimed at the 12-15 crowd (so that means you start watching when you’re 10, and stop when you’re 14…and occasionally turn it on when you’re 16 or 17…just because it’s on) is ending it’s 10 year run in November. WAHHHHHHH.  I feel my post-college depression kicking in yet again.  And like last time, when they changed the game of Clue, Cheez-Its will soothe my pain.

So what are we really losing?  Here is how TRL is described on the MTV Web site:

At TRL, we bring you the latest, greatest music videos, bangin’ live performances and the hottest celebs. First, we combine your online votes, with the top songs and artists from all the places you go for music — mtv.com, downloads, music charts, ringtones, radio and more — to create the hottest, most all-inclusive music countdown.

Wowie, this is serious.  This show is important. People are enfranchised, there are great music videos, hot celebs, and of course we can’t forget the banging’ live performances.  And an opportunity for girls to act like this when the Jonas Brothers come to town.  Okay, I just love this picture and want to use it all the time.

Here’s the thing–I haven’t watched TRL since the Backstreet Boys (sigh. Why are you such a screw up, Nick Carter? We were supposed to get mawwwied!) but I’m still kind of sad.  And Carson Daly hasn’t been on the show mimicking not only the clothing style of whoever his guest was, but also the verbal style, since 2003.  Now I’m all sappy and reminiscing.  Remember when Carson dated Tara Reid?! 

Sick.  Oh and another scary thought, Carson is 35 years old now.

I’m just sad that future generations won’t be able to talk about TRL the way my friends and I can.  It’s sort of like when we talk about how good MTV’s Undressed was, my brother has no clue what we’re talking about.  At least I hope he doesn’t.  That show was wayyy inappropriate for him at the time.  Me too, I guess.

Anyway, I leave you with a music video, circa 2000, that is the only proper way to end this post and bid farewell to TRL:

Bye Bye Bye, TRL.

[Posted by Kathleen]

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dan humphrey is hot, the end.

Because I have a vagina (just like Sarah Palin!), I watch Gossip Girl. Whatever, we’re addicted to this kind of mindless crap here at SWTCTW. My roommate Sarah and I have been catching up with the new season via iTunes, and today we actually watched an episode in real time. I know, we’re impressive. 

Now, it’s not like I expect Gossip Girl to blow my mind with intelligent plots and complex characters, but last season was delightfully scandalous and trashy and fun to watch, while this season is shaping up to be a glorified soap opera. I mean, they included a citywide blackout as part of the plot. As my roomie said, “Oh, right. Because those are SO COMMON.” Basically Chuck is starting to drive me nuts, as is Serena and her inappropriate outfits and inability to act. On the other hand, I’m sort of into the Nate/Vanessa subplot because they would produce the most beautiful offspring EVER. Oh, and also…did Dan not get WAY hotter?

Major emo alert on this next one…

Dan/Penn, call me. We’ll be tortured and emo together. I’m totally into that these days.

You know you love me.

[Posted by Mallory]

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rip pink floyd keyboardist richard wright.

RIP Richard Wright, one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, who died of cancer today.  He was 65 years old.

Wright left the band/was fired during the recording of The Wall.  But he rejoined later.  Read about his life here.

Here is one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs.  Well, favorite songs in general.  Thank you, Richard.

[Posted by Kathleen]

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just six words and a picture.

Live long and prosper, Mr. Sulu!

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