January 15, 2009 archive

Ignore George!

Join the Ignore George Boycott

Thursday night Bush will give his farewell address to the nation. Do NOT watch or listen to the speech.  The word is spreading across the web to boycott radio and TV stations during the broadcast.  


What the heck is this IGNORE GEORGE boycott all about?

The purpose of the IGNORE GEORGE boycott is to send a message. Bush believes he is and has been a great President, despite the reality that all of us have lived through over these past eight years. Let’s deliver low viewership ratings as a way of letting George know we don’t agree with him, his policies, or his silly ideas he has about doing a grand job leading this country. We will just ignore him to return the favor for ignoring all of us.

Right on.  Who wants to listen to this dumbfuck anyway? Goodbye and good riddance!

{tip sent in by reader DL}

The Weapon of Young Gods #42: Don’t Carry Dead Weight

I start with her hair because I’ve always loved when Frankie’s let it go all long and wavy. She’s in that, like, weird head-space right before sleep, which is of course a huge turn-on right now, so I try to keep my hands from shaking too much as I softly run my fingers through her curly ends. I should really try and pass out too, because there’s so much that I’d really love to forget about for a few hours, but the adrenaline is taking way too long to drain away, so I might as well, like, use it, right? I mean, hell, it’s four in the morning-and there are only so many things a guy can do to amuse himself at this ugly hour-but whenever I close my eyes I flash right back to the hilltop, with city lights flickering in the distance, and I cannot fucking think about the horribly insane shit that happened there. Not right now.

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Some Sad News

I regularly checked out Jake Thorn’s (meteoriot here at Docudharma) blog, Lose the Label, it’s a cool blog and I would check up now and then to see how he was doing, as he was battling cancer.

In September Jake wrote a post saying he was cancer free.

His next post, written in October, talked about the problems he was having with his bone marrow transplant, but I didn’t check the comment, where he said:

med update details…

the day after I made my last post, “REMISSION”, I was readmitted to the hospital because the transplant side effects had gotten too difficult to endure at home. Since coming back in, I’ve been getting “gut rest” to combat the symptoms… at first,this meant a “clear liquid diet” which consisted of chicken broth, jello and a few juices but I deteriorated further and am now on an “NPO” diet, which means I can’t eat anything but ice chips. I’ve been NPO for 5 days. I imagine it’s kind of what being on a hunger strike would be like. I hate it but I have to do it. I still get nutrients from my “TPN bag”, which is basically like getting food through a tube. I can’t wait until I can eat again. The doctors say they’ll let me have one new food at a time if I show improvement, but it’s very frustrating and seems to move at a snail’s pace. I’m trying very hard to be disciplined, but damn, the next time I eat a Double-Double I’m going to orgasm.

It was his second last comment on that blog.  As I read down the comments I saw something from his cousin, Jackie:

Hi Jake, I just learned of your passing this morning. I am at a loss for words. I will always remember the times we shared when we were younger and how when we came to visit you would always be at the window waiting. I promise I will help take care of your mom and brothers. You are a true inspiration to me. I am glad you are now at peace.

Love your cousin, Jacksie

Jackie has set up a donation page for Jake here.

I’ll miss you meteoriot.

Bruiser Pony Party

Oh, Noez!  I haz a Bruiser!

He showed up at my fire escape window on Friday night, just after nightprowlkitty commented that the back alleys were busy.

I gave him some meatloaf.

Didn’t see him again until Sunday night, when I made corned beef & cabbage.

Last night, I didn’t cook.  Bruiser showed up anyway…and stayed all night.

Here’s what he looks like (OK, Bruiser is a gray tabbly, not a marmalade, but the attitude is the same:

Bruiser

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