T. Strange's Blog, page 147
July 25, 2013
July 24, 2013
I just watched Last Kind Words.
It was mostly a whim, looking for ghost movies on Netflix. I...
I just watched Last Kind Words.
It was mostly a whim, looking for ghost movies on Netflix. I didn’t really go in with any expectations.
I was totally blown away. It was beautiful. I would totally watch it again.
Mexico's first gay mayor doesn't support marriage equality
Benjamin Medrano was elected mayor of the Mexican township of Fresnillo this month, making him the country’s first openly gay mayor. The rural region is reportedly known for police corruption and drug trafficking, and one of Medrano’s opponents tried to appeal to local voters’ homophobia to win votes.
He won anyway, and Medrano has an interesting take on how he’ll be representing the LGBT community while in office:
"I am going to be mayor of a township… where there are 258 villages full of tough country people, who don’t necessarily have much information on what’s happening elsewhere, and have even less of an automatic sympathy with their gay mayor,” Medrano told AP. “But," he added," it’s not like I’m going to paint City Hall pink, either." …
Despite Medrano’s sexual orientation, the politician does not support same-sex marriage, citing his Roman Catholic faith and his constituents’ views as reasons for this position.
"I’m not in favor of gay marriage,” Medrano stated. “Not yet, anyway, because we have strong roots in our religion, and in our customs."
Hmm. Interesting. I hope he’s able to find success and get stuff done!
"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow."
- Alice Walker (via youshallbeloved)
One of my cats scared the CRAP out of me this morning.
Ever since my other cat had a seizure...
One of my cats scared the CRAP out of me this morning.
Ever since my other cat had a seizure earlier this year, I’ve been pretty paranoid. So when I get up this morning, what do I see? The cupboard under the sink (where we keep, y’know, dishwasher detergent…stuff that kitties probably shouldn’t be getting into) is open. They’ve never opened it before. After making sure there are no kitties in there at the moment, I go to the bathroom, where our bathroom cabinet is also open. Probably some not-good-for-kitties stuff in there, too, but again, they’ve never opened it before. And of course I’m alone in the house with the cats and no one to temper my paranoia with sweet reason.
So now I’m on a kitty-hunt. I find one (the one who had the seizure) pretty quickly, or rather he finds me.
When I find the other, she’s curled up in the porch. She doesn’t move. I call her name. She barely twitches. I poke her. She blinks at me, very slowly and apathetically. I grab her, and she’s just sort of limp in my arms. I’m going “AHHSHEGOTINTOSOMETHINGSHE’SGONNADIEICAN’TAFFORDVETBILLS!" So I put her down to see what she’ll do. She sort of toddles off, but I’m still not convinced. But then, inspiration strikes. There is one foolproof method of making sure she’s ok.
This cat is terrified of brushes. They make her go absolutely ballistic. Any sort of brush—paint brushes, hair brushes—as long as they have natural fibre bristles. So I grab my brush and lunge at her with it. And yes, she’s totally fine, and skitters away like the spaz she is. And then I’m feeling pretty bad about picking her up from her nap, dumping her on the floor, and threatening her with a brush, so I try to call her over. But she still thinks I have the Evil Doom Brush, so she just hides under the table.
rhamphotheca:
Frog ID
Hiya, this might be a tricky one,...
Frog ID
Hiya, this might be a tricky one, especially since it’s not a North American species! I saw this little guy in South Africa, around the Hoedspruit area. He was a little smaller than a deck of cards.
Paxon:
Actually, I didnt even have to think about this one. I know this frog ;) It’s an African Gray Treefrog aka Gray Foam Nest Treefrog (Chiromantis xerampelina). The name comes from their habit of laying eggs in a large foamy ‘nest’ (made of various secretions including semen) above a body of water, from which the tadpoles will drop later into said body of water.
http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Chiromantis&where-species=xerampelina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_foam-nest_tree_frog
cristheweirdo:
Objectification and…Men?
by Jimquisition
For...
Objectification and…Men?
by Jimquisition
For any guy that responds to women’s objectification in any media (yes, this video pertains to video games specifically, but it still applies to all other forms of media.) with “well men are objectified too!”, sit the fuck down and watch.
