The problem with a democracy is... and hot LJ shirt pixxx!!!111

[kingfox]

First Italy elects a porn starlet.

Then we elect a pro wrestler.

Now Japan elects a masked pro wrestler.

What's next?

Oh yeah, and hot LJ shirt pictures! Model is kingfox, photographer is johnstevensaul.

UPDATE: My attempt last night to test lactose intolerance went through, and I feel fine. The only mark from the hospital stay is the sore red dot I ate through. And the doctor I met at the hospital has tried to set me up to get a camera up my ass tomorrow without, I don't know, checking first with me?

Comments

[theangst.livejournal.com]

In some strange way, as I slip between pain killer induced slumbers throughout the day, your
shirt pictures have made my day a little brighter.

[kingfox.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it was the pretty flowers and happy drewuniversity grass that warms your injured heart.

heh

[josephgrossberg.livejournal.com]

What's with all the black. Are you, like, a goth, or something?

How come you plug LJ so much? I think it's an OK place to start blogging (assuming the servers respond).

Anyhoo ...

You forgot about Sonny Bono getting elected. Ronald Reagan too.

What's next?

I say Notorious B.I.G. is posthumously elected Brooklyn Borough President.

I'm not goth, I'm just wearing the old black

[kingfox.livejournal.com]

What's with all the black. Are you, like, a goth, or something?

Recovering goth. Every day is a new beginning, I'm taking it one step at a time.

How come you plug LJ so much? I think it's an OK place to start blogging (assuming the servers respond).

It's a black shirt. Can't go wrong with that. I also pimp Fray in the same way. The servers are great usually, if you're paid or perm. And for most people, it's not about how good or bad LJ is for blogging. It's about the community aspects.

You forgot about Sonny Bono getting elected. Ronald Reagan too.

Oh, how could I forget about those two? At least the former took it seriously. Let's not forget Eastwood.

Re: I'm not goth, I'm just wearing the old black

[josephgrossberg.livejournal.com]

Recovering goth. Every day is a new beginning, I'm taking it one step at a time.

Does that mean you hate your parents/school and you want to live?

The servers are great usually, if you're paid or perm.

Ay, there's the rub!

And for most people, it's not about how good or bad LJ is for blogging. It's about the community aspects.

Fair enough, though it's still copping out on weak blogging tools. I do like the groups, "friends" aggregation, interests, and slutty girls posting pics of themselves. Go community!

I don't like the whole "key" thing though ... that's very clique-ish. Either make people pay, or don't.

Re: I'm not goth, I'm just wearing the old black

[kingfox.livejournal.com]

Yeah, funny that, I really love myself and enjoy living. If I were to kill myself, I'd have gone through with it instead of living a tortured dark shadowy life for years and being all talk. *shrug* That was poor english.

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I like making it an option for people to pay or not. You get what you pay for. If you want to contribute to the community with money, support, or other works - you're an active part of it. If you want to freeload, sure, take a seat. But don't expect the best meat. Like the government in Starship Troopers. No, not the 90210 in sci-fi war movie that was based off the dust jacket of the book, the book. Citizens have certain rights and powers, but serve in the military.

Write some modules for LJ, and you'll get the fast servers.

Re: I'm not goth, I'm just wearing the old black

[josephgrossberg.livejournal.com]

Well, to each his own.

I prefer the model with a basic version for free (even if you don't know the early adopters personally) and getting extras for money -- e.g. BlogSpot, Geocities, etc.

All I'm saying is, imagine if Google offered a shitty search for free and a good one for people who paid -- they'd have never gotten anywhere.

But hey ... it's not my company.

And the programming time spend writing modules is worth way more than the LJ membership price. If people do it, I have a hunch it's not because they're stingy. :)

[neenerface.livejournal.com]

You had to have the jacket in one.

[kingfox.livejournal.com]

It would have been in more, but I was supposed to be pimpin' the shirt. Not pimpin' the kingfoxness.

[miscca.livejournal.com]

I would puke, but my stomach hurt too much from laughing at the cameras up your ass potential :) Seriously, good luck, problems like this are never fun. Went through it last year with a friend in the hospital.

[kingfox.livejournal.com]

I don't think they'll let me stream it on the web, unfortunately.

[carrisse.livejournal.com]

Hehehehehehe

Nice pictures... so... drew calendar-like. :-)

Look, people at Drew wear Skids!

[kingfox.livejournal.com]

Considering how old so many of the shots they use are, expect these to be used five to fifteen years from now.

Re: Look, people at Drew wear Skids!

[josephgrossberg.livejournal.com]

Look, people at Drew wear Skids!

God, I miss my home state. All substance, no style.

I had to eat at a diner this weekend, where they didn't know what a chocolate egg cream was. And it was pretty much the realest one I've been to in Virginia.

Re: Look, people at Drew wear Skids!

[kingfox.livejournal.com]

Nah, we don't wear Skids. I was referring to how old the shots in the calendars are.

And I know of people in other states who import water from the NYC area in order to make real bagels. I bet you miss them, too.

Re: Look, people at Drew wear Skids!

[josephgrossberg.livejournal.com]

My parents have lox shipped to them overnight (in a crazy styrofoam package with icepacks in it). They live in Louisville, Ky. now.

I live in the DC area; bagels are bad, but not totally awful.

I'm glad I don't have full-time access to real NY/NJ food, because I'm trying to *lose* weight.

Every time I visit the City, I freaking gorge myself.

Re: Look, people at Drew wear Skids!

[kingfox.livejournal.com]

Well, at least in the DC area, you have X and O or XANDO or whatever they call it these days.

Re: Look, people at Drew wear Skids!

[josephgrossberg.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's overrated. And I had a she-male (man hands) as my server once.

The DC food is pretty good though. For some reason, Ethiopean (picture Indian food with a spongey, sour bread instead of rice) and Vietnamese (noodle soup with herbs and beef parts) are really huge here.

Re: Look, people at Drew wear Skids!

[kingfox.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've seen dozens of Ethiopean places down there, some good shit.

runstaverun and I just tried the Vietnamese place near him. I've had Vietnamese before, doesn't blow me away. If I'm going to do SARS-region food, I'll go for Korean or Thai.

I was wondering...

[geordiegirl.livejournal.com]

I've always wondered if anyone actually buys the clothing from sites like these. Thank you for putting my mind to rest. (It actually looks quite good as well.)

Yup, saps like I buy them!

[kingfox.livejournal.com]

The quality's not that bad at all. The printing is steps above CafePress, but not amazing. The shirt itself is good material. We'll see how it holds up after a couple of washings.

Re: Yup, saps like I buy them!

[geordiegirl.livejournal.com]

See if it passes the grey test, hmm? That's how I check for quality.

Re: Yup, saps like I buy them!

[josephgrossberg.livejournal.com]

"Grey test"?

Re: Yup, saps like I buy them!

[geordiegirl.livejournal.com]

Yup, the grey test. If the colour fades after a couple of washes to grey, the quality is usually pretty crappy. :)

Re: Yup, saps like I buy them!

[kingfox.livejournal.com]

That's how I test the cloth, but that's not where most shirts are lacking. I use Woolite Dark, so I can usually get by without fading as badly for some time. Most of the damage comes to the print itself, as it ends up cracked for fragmented.... or outright peeling off. That's where Cafepress shirts really suck.

Re: Yup, saps like I buy them!

[geordiegirl.livejournal.com]

*giggles* If you have a Mother like mine you don't need to worry about it cracking. She'll just iron straight over it and smear it all over.

[creepingivy.livejournal.com]

The one with you leaning over the balcony railing cracks my shit up. All that serenity looks like it belongs in a laxative commercial.

[kingfox.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was a pretty low railing, so I couldn't really lean unless someone sawed most of my legs off. The end result is pretty silly.

[runstaverun.livejournal.com]

damn... I had the same thought, and was all set to post it until I got to the last comment, when it was already pointed out... If I hadn't seen the wicker in the basket behind you I'd have thought it was a pile of poo!

(cropping could do wonders for that one)

Anyway, hope the shirt hold up! (I wonder if the next time they offer permanent accounts they will include a shirt)

[kingfox.livejournal.com]

That'd be a cool idea. Though they try to avoid selling permanent accounts unless they really need to. Hopefully t-shirt sales (though they claim to make little profit on them) will help them avoid having to do that for a while.

And yeah, the photographer suggested I crop that one to pieces as well.

So.... tonight's movie night? Is kikibird working until 9? And I'm taping Dawson's/South Park/Chapelle Show because tonight is the best night?