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Thanks to Kitten76, I have been pointed in the direction of Mari Kasurinen. She steals the innocence away from My Little Pony dolls and turns them into works of pure awesome. There are only a few of them available, as they are unique pieces. If you want one, go wrangle it and make it your own. In the photos, there is My Little Cthulhu, My Little Stormtrooper, My Little Alien, and My Little Joker. Maybe if I had these instead of the My Little Pony dolls of yore, I wouldn't have been chasized as a small boy for wanting to comb their lucious manes. I think Mari should make a My Little Trace Cyrus next.

Internet

Brad Neely is a magician. He puts words into a magic hat and pulls out complete videos to put on the internet for your viewing pleasure. He is the creator of The Professor Brothers and BabyCakes. The Professor Brothers are full nonsense that strangely makes sense. Basically, The Professor Brothers take historical events, do a mash up on them, and make them laughable in a way that makes you wonder if they are telling the truth. Surely the world is not as boring as it is. We can only hope that it is as awesome as the way The Professor Brothers make it. BabyCakes is a giant man boy that makes sense of the world in an oddly poetic way. He has created words like "mind fuggler, hook socks, and polycorns. Check out the complete catalog of Neely's work here.

Book

Whipping Girl by Julia Serano

Life is hard. It's hard enough figuring out who you are in society with all these messages of what people think that you should be. You have a place, you're supposed to look a certain way, and you are just supposed to fall in line. While that is all well and good, there are a lot of people that don't fit into this ideal of what the world should be and they have courage to follow their hearts and be the person they know they should be. What Julia Serano does in Whipping Girl is rather empowering and unique. Not only does she define what it is to be a woman on her terms, she does so while confronting a myriad of issues that would disappear instantaneously if we all stopped assuming that we knew what was best for other people and were actually respectful to one another.

Science

Say hello to my little galaxy. Can you imagine Tony Montana in a lab coat saying that? This is a photo that was pieced together by Axel Mellinger. He traveled some 26,000 miles across continents to find some of the best locations that would allow him the best photos of the galaxy. It was a complicated process that you can read by going here. Anyway, this is where we all live. Somewhere in that glowing spiral disk, our tiny planet spins on its axis. Larger points of light are other galaxies and nebulae. Such a strange place, this universe and our small time here. There are points of vast blackness that to travel to the nearest point of light, you'd have to double the time our species has been around just to get there. It's kind of inconceivable.

Movie

Mushi-Shi is not only a manga, an anime, but now also a movie. It's been out for a while but I believe only recently it has been released in the states. I could be wrong and I am probably am, but mostly the live action flick is now available for your at home, giant bowl of popcorn, Caturday night adventures.

The premise of this series revolves around Ginko, a mushi master that is able to see the strange things known as mushi. Mushi are basically invisible trouble makers that cause general craziness. Ginko wanders about the land with his magics and poshuns and helps people. It's pretty cool. The live action film is wonderfully shot. The cinematography is top notch. It also follows the manga loosely but incorporates a few of the plot lines. The effects used to create the mushi are pretty neat. Even if you have never seen the anime or read the manga, it is still easy to follow and everything that happens in the film is explained. You aren't left wondering why the characters do this or that. Definitely an A+!

Music

If you know one thing about me, I hope that it is of my undying love for Morrissey and his time with The Smiths. I could go on and on about my MozFap meanderings but I probably shouldn't. Most Smiths covers are ATROCIOUS. Basically, The Smiths can never be duplicated without anyone coming off as complete wanks. However, if you want to have the saddest adventures ever, listen to these tributes. If you have yet to listen to any 8 bit music, you are missing out on what basically feels like a 24 hour party. These tributes remind me playing Pitfall when I was sad that I couldn't go hang out with my friends because I had to rake the yard or do laundry AT THE AGE OF 8. You can get these tributes for free by going here.

Fluffy Times

Animals With Casts

And just cuz..

Sometimes you just need to lol at the internet. SRS BSNS[/cut]

[cut=Holy Teased Hair Metal Batman!]Per Ray and his magic ability to transmit his thoughts onto the interwebz, a teeny blog was released about the new what's next for My Chemical Romance. There was lots of talk about how each song is bigger and louder than the next and that kind of made me wince. Just because something is bigger and louder does not mean it rocks. Hopefully MCR can pull it off.

Songs thus far -

Still Alive - Apparently this song is loud. Ray says it's bass and drum heavy, with some influence by Queen. Let's hope MCR doesn't get all "Muse" on us. There was only one Queen and sadly, all others usually end up in the corner of shame wearing a plastic tiara from the 99 Cent store.

Save Yourself - Ray says this song is very Judas Priest. I can only hope that it is from when Rob Halford was into faux leather daddy suits. Plz Gerard, plz bring sexy back because it looks like sexy broke up with you a LONG time ago. 

The Only Hope For Me Is You - With a name like that, I already smell radio air waves. Yes, I have an awesome sense of smell. Also, this song is SEW on the next "Twilight" movie soundtrack, i noes it.

Trans Am - Ray says, "Trans Am" is an epic take on "Born To Run" in 4 minutes." I don't even know what that means. Trans Am's just make me think about hipsters being ironic on the city streets as they play some crap-tastic Southern Rock from the late 70's.

Death Before Disco - According to Ray, this song is awesome because when he drives as he listens to this track, HE MUST DRIVE FAST. Straight from the Ray's mouth, "I think that's a hallmark of a great rock song." I can see it now: Ray, in his lifted truck, racing at break-neck speeds while listening to his own music, slams a RockStar Energy Drink all while doing donuts in a parking lot of the local mall at 1 in the morning because he's misunderstood. BRAVO. The following photo is a guy being "misunderstood." I googled "I'm so misunderstood" and Gerard Way's face came up like, on the first or second page. LULz

Kiss The Ring - I'm thinking "Godfather" crammed into tight black jeans.This song was played at the Roxy shows (as were others off the upcoming album).

Black Dragon Fighting Society - Ray says this song is MCR's "Ode to Misfits punk." Wasn't that basically there the last few albums? SKELETON GLOVES you guise. Look - The Misfits already ruined "The Misfits." We don't need anyone else to. Just sayin'.

These names SCREAM 1980-something. I don't know if anyone told MCR, but the people being into the 80's for the heck of it happened like 10 years ago. That's cool, though. Maybe the boiz in MCR will do something to the 80's that HAS NEVER BEEN DONE before. I know in mai black hart that they can do it. As long as anyone doesn't bust out a key-tar, then I will keep an open mind about New Jersey's finest purveyors of rock.

Having said that, these names make me think that the next album is going to be called something like "Bro-encholy and the Infinite Brotasticness." Or maybe it will be all punx rawx and be "Earth 1985 A.D." Go ahead. Give the new album title a spin. It makes you feel good about yourself. What do you think the new album will be called with title tracks like these?[/cut]

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If you have yet to hear about MileySaveFuzzy.com, then you are probably like me - You know, too busy living life, being awesome, and constantly rocking in a state of badassery to be concerned with the likes of Miley Cyrus. I know of Miley Cyrus because of my niece, who is 7 years old. Taking her home with my sister while Miley talked about "If you text me, I'll delete it.." were some of the longest drives of my entire life. That's ok though, as my niece had crayons and things to keep my mind off of the pain my ears were going through - 

I didn't actually draw that, but let's just say I did.

Apparently, Miley leaving Twitter was like that one Christmas when you didn't get a pony. Fans everywhere flipped their S and there were riots in the Young Miss/Tween departments at JC Penny. I bet mothers everywhere driving to soccer practice had to raise their voices as the backs of their plush leather command seats were being plenty kicked that day.

One fan, however, outshines all these others and gets a speshul gold star by their name. The creator of MileySaveFuzzy has decided to lure Miley back to Twitter by offering up their cat, Fuzzy. What I mean by this is that should Miley not return to Twitter by November 16, the cat will become some "ethnic" dish of this persons homeland. Grab a fork and yur eatin' bib, because braised cat is on Le Menu.

At first, I was all OMG SEW MEAN PLZ DIAF about this. Who raises a cat and then gets all schizo because someone decides not to have a Twitter account? That is some serious "bunny in a boiling pot of water, Fatal Attraction" type of BS.

I would totes understand if Miley was Tweeting the Secrets To Life or some profound, deep thoughts that changed my world view, but she wasn't. She was busy Tweeting about surprise birthday muzzles for her brother and which new ceramic flat iron she was going to get for her father. WHO CARES?

Upon further reading of the "threat," it was revealed that the progenitor of the site was of some strange land where the feasting of the feline can be found and is a cultural norm. While this is very O NOES in other lands, eating a cat where it is perfectly acceptable to do so really looses its taboo flair. Mostly this is like saying you want Mexican food and then go to Taco Bell. Everyone knows what a diarrhea fest that is but no one really cares because whatever, it's just Taco Bell.

We all know that eating animals is dumb. Exploiting animals is in the same boat. Boo F-ing Hoo that Miley isn't tweeting about her life being so hard because she has to dig through a purse full of smiles to get that gum she doesn't really like because the store was out of her favey brand. This person would do well if they actually had a point or were working for something meaningful. I see that America has a stranglehold on the world. I see that America has taught the rest of the world how to throw an A+ temper tantrum because O NOES ITS 1101 AM AND MCDONALDS STOP SERVING HASHY BROWNSIES. :: SIGH :: [/cut]

[cut=I herd u liek Katamari..]Let me share with you the joy of my current fave video game - Katamari Damacy. It is probably one of the best games ever. This year saw the release of Katamari Forever, which was basically Katamari squared times infinity plus fun. In this game, the King of the Cosmos did some no no's and knocked all the stars/planets out of the sky. You, The Prince, must roll a Katamari (a giant ball that gathers objects) all about the globe to make stars. It is simple and more fun than a barrel of monkeys (and there's way a less chance of you getting body lice or something).

I decided that this year, I would be this little a version of this little bloke -

Once PanasonicYouth got wind of my tasty costume, he man-raeged me and stole it. Now, this is what Mark is going to be and I am going to be one of the Katamari Cousins -

I am going to be the one in the top right corner. Yay! Ok so now, here is how I made The Prince :)

First, I had to meander my way into the trenches of Downtown Los Angeles for fabrics and other crafty supplies. I needed felt, regular fabric, poster board, foam circles, adhesive hemming tape, glue sticks, and a hot glue gun. Fun times were had, but mostly not.

To make the head for the Prince, I shaped the poster board into a cylinder. I got my green fabric and cut some to place over the poster board. I then used the hemming tape and ironed it to the posterboard.

After all of that was done, the hardest part came unto me like the plagues of Egypt. I was baffled and for the most part beaten by crafts. I shook my fist to the Gods of the Bedazzler. To make the ends of the Katamari head round, I needed my foam circles. I then had to make a rounded shape with some other pieces of the circles that I cut with a knife. That was easy. The shaping of the fabric ruined my life. I cannot really sew so I just cut pieces out and glued them to the end piece. I then got some felt and covered the top of the end piece.

Here is the covered end piece -

I placed the end piece into the cylinder and just used my trusty hot glue gun. Whomever invented that should be given a Nobel Peace Prize because they have enabled people to make the world a more beautiful place via arts and crafts.

The face was pretty easy to make. I used felt squares that fit inside of each other. I cut the eyes, nose and lips out of felt and fabrics. Yay!

Almost done! All that was left was to cut some trim to make some lines on the side of the face and the yellow cone/red ball on the top of the head. I just cut those shapes out and hot glued like there was no tomorrow.

So that's how I made the head. I got some purple tights for the legs and now just need a green shirt. That shouldn't be too hard to get. Did anyone else make costumes? Here's to Halloween! Go get some candy! [/cut]

[cut=Enya - Your Mum Prolly Lieks Her..]When I was a tiny boy, a freshmen at the University of Life, I was busy dreaming of riding on the backs of unicorns as my radio, complete with tape deck, blared Enya's 1991 release of Shepherd Moons. Enya's music is often sung in Ye Olde Tongue of Gaelic as well as a myriad of other languages. Enya has released 8 studio albums and is currently holding the number two spot behind U2 in Ireland's musical export department. She is currently the biggest solo act coming out of said country.

Her voice is beyond compare. In all the land, there is none so fair as she. There have been those that have set out on quests to win her heart, only to be smote by their own inability to meet her standards of chivalry.

Allow me to share with you a song entitled Smaointe from Shepherd Moons -

You must watch this video. The images basically sum up what it was like to be inside of my head at the tender young age of 11. Distant lands? Check. Wood nymphs? Check. Adventure? Check. Castles? Check. Horses? Check. Bascially, my entire backyard became a haunted moor. I battled mystical beasts (my cats mostly) and tried to lull them to a slumber as I called the winds with my penny whistle. Yes, I had my father buy me one.

Yes, Enya has many more works but they are not as magical as this. Listen to it and gaze out of your window on a rainy day. You will feel yourself transported to some strange land where it is ok to have nudity in butter commercials. Enya truly is magical. [/cut]

[cut=It's about time, right?]It is now a federal crime to attack a person based on their gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. Strange that it is 2009 and something like this is just now being passed. Granted, these two acts (The Matthew Shepard/James Byrd Jr Hate Crimes Prevention Acts) had to piggy back the larger National Defense and Authorization Act of 2009, but at least they were passed. You would think that something that prevents attacks on people because of something such as their gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability would meet with little opposition but let me tell you, that was not the case with this bill.

Let me share with you the opposing logics to this bill. Mostly it can be summed up by reciting the name of James Dobson. Having said that, I'm sure a kitten just got smashed by the giant tire of an SUV somewhere in God's America. Ringleader of Tormentors, Dobson is the daddy of the Focus On The Family group. Usually, in Dobson's hate of all things rainbows and unicorns, there is some sort of twisted logic that makes a small amount of sense. To comprehend it, you have to be pretty brainwashed to begin with, but that is beside the point.

Part of the reason why there was opposition to this bill passing was because according to Dobson and a host of others, this bill would protect pedophiles, perverts, and a myriad of other sexual deviants. Let us not forget that Dobson made the claim that the act would essentially "muzzle people of faith who dare to express their moral and biblical concerns about homosexuality (wiki)." He must have forgot to read the portion of the act that states "Nothing in this Act...shall be construed to prohibit any expressive conduct protected from legal prohibition by, or any activities protected by the free speech or free exercise clauses of, the 1st Amendment of the Constitution.

The opposition also makes the claim that this act creates a special class of victims and goes against the equal protection under the law. You know, just because you are of a different stock and singled out, you are obvs not speshul.

Rantmobile Racing Times -

Mostly this just makes me sad, that something like this would be oppossed. It breaks my heart that something like this is needed to aid in the prevention of people being harmed. People had to die in order to bring to light the dark things that people do to one another because of something so trivial as their orientation, gender identities, gender, etc. It makes me upset that people use their religious morals and what not to deny a group of people that don't fit into their idea of what the world should be like protection under the law. I suppose I am extremely naive/uneducated or whatever to think that the purpose of religion isn't to use it to justify your hate.

You may think that these acts passing are a step in the right direction, and for the most part, they are. It is also a sad thing that we actually need these types of laws because some people can't get it through their heads that it's not ok to harm someone based on something that isn't any of their business.

/rant. What do you all think of this? Do you know anyone that has ever been assaulted or name called because of their differences? Have you? I hope not. If you do, share and maybe we can all dispense hugs on the internet.[/cut]

[cut=It's never too early. In fact, times running out!]It's already the first week of October and I have yet to wrangle me a costume. I have no cool decorations or anything to place outside the door of my apartment. Mostly, I think I am dead inside right now because I am doing nothing in preparation for Halloween, my most favey time of year. Yes, I am the shell of the man you used to know, except I am not wearing a costume. I has a sad that only Buzznet can cure.

As I sit here and wait for Halloween to sneak up on me, PanasonicYouth has already asked "What should I be for Halloween?" I haven't even done that. I kind of already know what I want to be, I just need to make it. I also need to get paid so I can buy things to make my costume. That's the important thing. You know, because you can't pay for things with hugs and songs.

NewAgeAmazon has decided to not go the route of Buzznet Zombiefication this year. Instead, she wants you to dazzle her with your sweet dance moves. She has wrangled some pretty nifty "How To" vids of what she wants you to do. You can check out the deets here - OMG THRILLER!

The bestest person in QuakerTown, PA has started her 31 Days of Halloween Gallery. MillieAnn snaps some pretty spooky pictures during the rest of the year, so just imagine what she is going to show you during scary monster times. Take a look at this:

Daemon Kitty! Possessed by teh LuLz!

Teganamara gets festive with her Day of the Dead mask -

As part of her 365 Day Project, LilAshes87 puts out her Halloween decorations and takes a picture to share with us. Check it out -

The first week of October is drawing to an end. It's turning into Ugly Sweater Weather here in Los Angeles, and I want a Pumpkin Latte. I imagine there will be more photos in the weeks to come as Buzznet gets ready to celebrate Halloween. Did I miss any of your faves? Let me know! [/cut]

[cut=Ask And Ye Shall Receive]The newest release from IAMX, features Imogen Heap. Her haunting vocals add a layer of depth that contribute so much to this song. She also doesn't look bad in glasses.

I tried to upload this to my videos but alas, I am dumb and it didn't work. Anyways, here's the video. Chris is ever so lovely, there are plenty of hats, and things get all smashy. Enjoy!

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[cut=Wild Things - I herd u liek them]Your friends at TrailerAddict have gotten their greasy paws on some on what possibly could be the saddest thing ever: A clip from Where The Wild Things Are -

As Max explains his various methods of travel to one of the Wild Things, the musical stylings of Karen O can be heard in the background.

Here's Max destroying things:

For more trailers, make sure to visit TrailerAddict.

Also, there are some snazzy posters on the loose. You've probably already seen them but here they are again, being all awesome and stuff:

Are you thinking what I'm thinking? FURRIES! Excited yet? I am! I think I pee'd a little![/cut]

[cut=Roland Emmerich Needs A New Benzo]I don't really even know where to start. I scoured the interwebz to find examples of Armageddon Prophecies and holy crap, THERE ARE SO MANY. From my research, I gather that in ye olde tymes, bearded olden men just sat around and conjured up random dates for the ending of the world.

Nostradamus - I can't see s**t.

It seems that we can add a new seer of the future to this long list of FAIL: Roland Emmerich. The father of such films as Indepence Day (ERF - Welcome to it) and The Day After Tomorrow, Emmerich's new film plans to cash in on everyone's greatest fear, the end of the world as we know it. Actually, Emmerich really isn't going out on any limbs here with this film, so to call him a "seer of the future" is wrong. He, like much of Hollywood these days, is just taking an idea that has been around longer than he's been making bad movies and adding more needless melodrama that takes up time between the things we really want to see - the world falling apart. I don't know about you, but seeing Los Angeles swallowed whole really turns my crank.

Let's see how long this trailer will stay up..

This movie is probably going to be all filler, and not much killer. Someone (Discovery/National Geographic Channel - I'm looking at you) should get all scientific with this whole 2012 thing, take out all the melodrama (see trailer at 1:35), the boring orchestral soundtrack, and just show us everything falling apart.

If 2012 does mean the end for all, I will have to delete this blog and e-cry a bunch of crocodile tears. Here are 12 things I plan to do before 2012 -

1. Sculpt a small child out of chocolate.

2. Eat said sculpture.

3. Traverse the globe.

4. Compose my meme-oirs, using only LoL-speak and photos.

5. Teach my dog to lay down.

6. Learn how to play the Alpenhorn (so I can play it as Los Angeles is leveled into a giant parking lot in 2012).

7. Eat a giant burrito.

8. Hang out with Lemurs.

9. Ride on a capibara.

10. Grow my moustache back out.

11. Get more tattoos.

12. Enter rehab, for the internet.

What would you do if you found out you only had till 2012? Build yourself an Edward Cullen and be married on the astral plane? What's really going to happen in 2012? Let me know![/cut]