MSNBC - Aboard Air CIA

MSNBC - Aboard Air CIA

This is super-disturbing. I think this is tremendously important, and I have seen nothing about this until routing to this article through alternet.

"U.S. officials insist the CIA has stopped rendering suspects to countries where they believe torture occurs." Right.

Fwd: [gqb-list] Calling all drag queens

Who would have thought? Rent, the movie. With Taye Diggs no
less.

All you drag queens in the Bay Area, here's your chance to be a
star. G'luck!

-Leo

---- Barney Schlockum wrote ----
>
>
> An opportunity for movie stardom for you GQB queens... (though
the casting folks seem a bit high
> maintenance; busy, busy, busy!)
> -B
>
> *****
>
> "Beau Bonneau Casting has an immediate need for fabulous and
amazing DRAG QUEENS, 18 years and older,
> ALL ETHNICITIES for a scene in the feature film RENT!
Based on the Broadway hit musical, RENT is
> being directed by Chris Columbus (Mrs. Doubtfire, Harry
Potter) and stars Taye Diggs (How StellaGot
> Her Groove Back), Rosario Dawson (Kids), & Jesse L. Martin
(Law & Order).
>
> Interested Drag Queens must be available for an interview with
the film's director this Monday
> afternoon, February 28 and extra work on/around March 21, 2005
in San Francisco! Please note that
> film shoots can be long, often lasting up to twelve hours.
The extra rate is $118 for 8 hours
> with overtime thereafter. (RENT is filming through June. If
you are not selected for this
> particular scene, you may be considered for future
scenes/shoot dates!!!)
>
> If you are available, local, and at least 18 years old, we
need the following info ASAP:
> * 1 or more color photos of you in drag. If you have a
website, be sure to include a link.
> Please note: Your photos will not be returned!
> * 2 Contact Phone Numbers
> * Height and Weight
>
> PLEASE EMAIL YOUR PHOTOS & INFO ASAP to: rentqueens@aol.com
>
> If you can't send via email, drop it off at:
> Beau Bonneau Casting
> 84 1st Street
> San Francisco, CA 94105
> Attn: RENT Queens
>
> We'd prefer to receive all submissions by 6:00PM FRIDAY!
> If you cannot make this deadline, you may still send/drop off
your
> submission over the weekend, however, we'll need to be able
contact you immediately for a possible
> last minute appt. Please keep in mind, the early bird gets
the worm! Get those submissions in here
> ASAP!
>
> Sending a submission does not guarantee and interview or
employment. We will contact you only if
> needed.
>
> Please DO NOT reply to this email or call our office for more
> information, we are very busy. Thank You!!!
>
> BBC Staff
>
>
> ---------------------------------

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Administration pulls 'Love' posters

The Daily Princetonian - Administration pulls 'Love' posters

This sucks. Maybe it's good that I don't pay attention in general to what's happening on campus. At least I seem to have memoralized a few of the posters here.

Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | Bite-size blockbusters

Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | Bite-size blockbusters

Check these Oscar-nominated shorts out by Midnight Friday!

Tiburon International Film Festival

Tiburon International Film Festival

Bay Area friends, I'm going to be in town when this takes place. Let me know if you're wanting to go to this film fest for a day. Anyone who's heard anything about it let me know.

We can have lunch in Tiburon as well now that it is officially trans-fat free.

Bridge Spans Centuries of Isolation

Bridge Spans Centuries of Isolation

Anu forwarded this article to me. Chiloe really did have a magical feel to it when I visited in late 1997. I remember the ferry rides as pleasant, so I must have crossed on good-weather days.

It's easy to understand the dilemma that the article conveys. It would be interesting to get more of a sense of what the people of Chiloe actually want -- it's not really carried through in the text. I have a feeling there wasn't any sort of community-based planning process ;). I remember Chiloe as being remarkably calm and safe and beautiful, and Puerto Montt as definitely not. But how can you argue with the woman wanting to be able to access the better hospital in an emergency?

Putting a tower on the bridge taller than the tallest tower in Santiago seems a bit extreme. I remember observing and learning in our classes about Chile's obsession with proving itself fully modern, more European, "different from the rest of Latin America." I'm sure it's an interesting transition they've been going through, and I wonder how much things have changed in the 7 years.

THE GATES!

The Somerville Gates

The Somerville Gates

cute and funny

Salon.com Life | We're here, we're queer, we're penguins

We're here, we're queer, we're penguins

Here's one of the most entertaining article about gay penguins I've ever read. Thanks Salon!

Ananova - Zoo tempts gay penguins to go straight

Ananova - Zoo tempts gay penguins to go straight

Thank Mandy for fueling my obsession with gay penguins. 3 out of 5 pairs -- I'm impressed.

On the penguin note, I cannot wait to see The Emperor's Journey. When is it going to get distribution in the U.S.? How could it not be immensely successful?

Also, I must say that I am extremely disappointed with the mainstream press in their failure to provide sufficient coverage of penguin chick starvation. Be sure to watch the fascinating but oddly disturbing penguin footage in the video link. Anyone who knows how the penguin chicks are doing, please let me know.

Conversational Reading

Conversational Reading

I have clearly only done minimal investigation of the blogosphere. Enter the world of lit blogs. This one is quite appealing.

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Bush's Class-War Budget

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Bush's Class-War Budget

This is from last Friday.

Love = Love

I was pleasantly surprised to stumble across these flyers while walking home from class in the rain today. Happy Valentine's Day! 

There were 4 or 5 variations... 

Study of Asian Pacific American LGBT People Reveals High Rates of Discrimination

The Task Force - Media Center - Press Release

Hardly shocking but true...

My friend Mandy is one of the authors of the publication the release is discussing.

I've gotten excited about collage art as of late. While Picasa's ability to automatically generate a collage for me isn't exactly what I had in mind, it's quite incredible really. Here's all my food-related pictures from Taiwan 2004, taken by my Palm Pilot. 

California's Balance of Payments with the Federal Treasury

California's Balance of Payments with the Federal Treasury, Fiscal Years 1981-2003 -- A Special Report by the California Institute for Federal Policy Research

(The link for the report is above. The L.A. Daily News article summarizing the info is linked below.)

"California's taxpayers have gotten shortchanged by the federal government for the 18th consecutive year -- and by a growing margin, a study released Friday shows."

And NJ is apparently the MOST shortchanged of all, getting back 58 cents for every dollar it contributes in federal taxes. (CA gets 79 cents).

I've noticed these sort of analyses more and more out there, especially as the left has been flirting with the idea of being increasingly for states' rights in the current political climate. Really interesting to see where this line of thinking is going to lead...

The New York Times > Arts > An Appraisal: Billowy Gift to New York: a 23-Mile Saffron Ribbon

The New York Times > Arts > An Appraisal: Billowy Gift to New York: a 23-Mile Saffron Ribbon

"Once upon a time there were 'The Gates.' The time is now."

t r u t h o u t - The 34 Scandals of George W. Bush

t r u t h o u t - The 34 Scandals of George W. Bush

Can you believe this is a coffee shop?

Discovered on the internet. 

One of 3 rooms to hang out and study. 

My Study corner 

Finding the coffee shop and Hopewell, NJ itself is my most exciting discovery so far in this state, just 10 miles away from Princeton. Lots of neat antique shops and galleries. I purchased antique elephant bookends and bottles for my booze at the Hopewell Consignment Antique Co-Op, conveniently down the block from the coffee house.

Salon.com Technology | "Grand Theft Auto: Myst"

Salon.com Technology "Grand Theft Auto: Myst"

Someone needs to post a comment letting me know if they can read these salon links without a premium membership...

I am assuming that reproducing their material on my blog would be in severe violation of copyright guidlines. Please let me know if I'm incorrect.

Regarding the article, what is it about absurd combinations that is so compelling?

Goodnight. Early to bed... (relatively)