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Monday, 28 June 2010
Update: As of 23:15, it's still there. I'm fucked if I'm telling him!
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Your fault, anyway.
- 28 Jun 2010, 21:40:00
Or JD's clone... err troll.
- 28 Jun 2010, 21:44:00
- J Demetriou said...
Did anyone call me? If you did, you're a cunt. If you didn't, you're a cunt. Obnoxio's a cunt, Tom Harris is a cunt, I'm a cunt, and you're a cunt if you're still reading this.
Except if you're my felching friend Boatang. I love you, Boaty. Everyone else is just a cunt.
- 28 Jun 2010, 22:43:00
- J Demetriou said...
Oh yes, nearly forgot to say one other thing.
- 28 Jun 2010, 22:48:00
- The Grim Reaper said...
Lunchtime now, and it's been deleted. Must have been a very long breakfast this morning for our Tom.
- 29 Jun 2010, 13:29:00
- Kevin Boatang said...
J Demtriou, that really is quite funny did you know that?
I don't think you're a cunt by the way, just a sad little prick.
Whilst your sad little comments are achieving a smirk on Obo's face while being posted on this quickly sinking shit hole, trolling really isn't big and really isn't clever. Much like your cock and you.
By the way, do you get the irony of attempting to take the piss out of John calling people cunts on a site whose single purpose is to call everyone a cunt?
If Obo was any sort of blogger of course he'd ask you to shut the fuck up. Whcih he won't, because he really is a cunt.
Not that anyone's reading what yousay.
- 29 Jun 2010, 15:32:00
- Obnoxio The Clown said...
"this quickly sinking shit hole"
On what basis do you claim this?
"trolling really isn't big and really isn't clever"
Well, it is funny. And a really good troll is very clever.
"If Obo was any sort of blogger of course he'd ask you to shut the fuck up."
Why would he do that? And why would anyone listen to him?
Anyway, my mind's starting to boggle now, because I just realised that I can't work out if you're really KB or if you're just another alt of the troll.
Or both!
- 29 Jun 2010, 15:38:00
- J Demetriou said...
You sad old fart. Why don't you get back into your car and go fix someone's internet connection you fat fucking lanky haired useless prick.
Oh, and you are on the slide mate. Bit like Steve 'why aren't you funny anymore?' Martin.
You had your day, now the shocker comments, rants and ditties about being on the road are just plain boring, and by your own stats measures, useless.
- 29 Jun 2010, 15:45:00
- Obnoxio The Clown said...
Really? Gosh, well, I guess I'll just give up and slink away with my tail between my legs.
The mighty god of libertarianism has spoken.
- 29 Jun 2010, 15:49:00
- John Demetriou said...
You love that old line, don't you you fucking bell end.
How many times, we just have views, we don't profess to have the definitive answers to everything. Why can't you accept that?
By the way, my blogger profile is now set to distinguish myself from fake pricks and obo cock suckers etc
Just so you know.
- 29 Jun 2010, 15:53:00
- Obnoxio The Clown said...
"How many times, we just have views, we don't profess to have the definitive answers to everything. Why can't you accept that?"
Gosh, that's a bit of a climb down then? Who wrote this, for example:
"People need to seriously wake up and realise that not only are we the real deal, the top Dons of political blogging, but we are actual Gods of Writing. No-one surpasses us or even comes close."
Or this:
"And just in case you were in any doubt, Mr Boatang and I are indeed Demi-Gods of the Libertarian blogging world, and yes, everything that we utter is sacred"
Was that someone else then?
"By the way, my blogger profile is now set to distinguish myself from fake pricks and obo cock suckers etc"
Actually, I reckon with a little bit of effort, anybody could set up a profile that would be pretty much indistinguishable from what you've got there. So I'm still none the wiser.
But I have to say, full marks for effort.
- 29 Jun 2010, 16:16:00
- John Demetriou said...
This looks like a fun game. Can anyone play?
- 29 Jun 2010, 16:30:00
- John Demetriou said...
Dear fake JD
Thanks so much for the profile and links to our site! Fantastic stuff! Who needs PR work when we have mugs like you doing our work for free?
Of course, if anyone want to check if it was the real JD or the fake one, they could simply check the JD profile and see the date given for when the blogger signed up.
Mine, the real one, is 2008. The fake one June 2010.
Your quotes: how does this prove me wrong in anyway, how does this invalidate my point?
Do I ever say anywhere that my views trump all and profess the real one true libertarianism? No. So you're blowing hot air you cock.
Cheers for all the publicity lately though, it's been great. Marvelous for exposure. Can't complain at that.
You and fake JD need to crank up the efforts though. When I employ slaves, I want them to really earn their crusts of JD attention.
- 29 Jun 2010, 17:14:00
- Obnoxio The Clown said...
"Your quotes: how does this prove me wrong in anyway, how does this invalidate my point?"
"we don't profess to have the definitive answers to everything"
"We like it this way - it helps us to remain focused and keep our vision clear on how and why we are right.
We are very consistent and good at being right about things."
Is this better? Perhaps a little clearer?
Do tell me JD, when was the last time you conceded anything about libertarianism? And how many times have you conceded something vs how many times you've waved your cock about how you're right and everyone else is wrong?
I haven't read any post or comment that I can recall you saying "actually, you've got a point there". You always start off from position X and then defend it robustly -- which is fine, but then why do you expect anyone to regard you as anything but an intransigent mule?
- 29 Jun 2010, 17:22:00
- John Demetriou said...
YOu don't read us much then!
I am constantly accepting other arguments, constantly making small compromises and concessions. I do it all the time.
I'm amazed you've missed it.
Yes, I say we are 'good' at being right. Of course I would say that. I believe we are good at getting it right.
But I do, and have often, admitted mistakes and misconceptions. I do embrace other views and I do digest them.
And yes, to an extent, you have convinced me of the importance of wealth creation from the top, the validity of private property rights and 'my land, my rules' (to an extent, not entirely, but you've moved me from my slightly further out position).
Your writing on far east sweat shops for example was good, it had meat on the bones, it got me thinking. I still think public pressure and boycotts and personal choice in the market where morality plays a hand is important, but you got me thinking and I have moderated my position.
I honestly can't understand why you say these things. WHy you have such a problem with us.
[note to readers: my profile reveals my blogger since date as 2008, not 2010, which is the date at which the fake fraudulent JD set up his identity theft account in my name]
- 29 Jun 2010, 17:53:00
- Obnoxio The Clown said...
"I honestly can't understand why you say these things."
Because, John, I'm not a fucking psychic. You may have moved on in your thinking, but your bombastic balls to the wall attitude is unchanged and what you write doesn't look any different to me.
I don't expect you to suck anyone's cock, but if you have moved on in any given direction, it would be nice if you wrote that you'd moved on so that the rest of us could be aware of this.
I'm not revisiting your epistles to the bloggertarians to work out the nuances of how your positions have changed, they're hard enough work the first time.
"WHy you have such a problem with us."
I don't. I don't have a problem with anyone. You still storm around slapping your cock on the table everywhere you go and banging on about what a fucking god you are.
A misplaced ego of that size is far too tempting to take the piss out of.
But as for having "a problem with you", that exists solely in your head.
- 29 Jun 2010, 18:04:00
- John Demetriou said...
Like I said, I say what I see.
I talk my talk, say my peace, discuss, debate and explain the brilliance of Boaty & D (which is undoubted).
Take it or leave it.
But you go too far. You write up pieces about us and hound us down, and berate and caper. What's the point? It's obsessional.
All because you don't like seeing someone self-promote and tell the world what they think.
As an American, I'm amazed you take such a dim view of self confidence and self promotion. I thought you lot were all up for that sort of enterprise.
- 29 Jun 2010, 19:25:00
- Obnoxio The Clown said...
"But you go too far. You write up pieces about us and hound us down, and berate and caper. What's the point? It's obsessional."
Says the man who fucked up the comments in every single post I've made in the last 48 hours with this shit. The man who declared that all other Libertarian bloggers were going to go to the wall now that the Tories were in power. The man who blatantly trolls twitter pretty much every time he logs on.
- 29 Jun 2010, 19:34:00
- John Demetriou said...
You odd man! you encouraged all this and a minute ago you said you were enjoying all this!
strange man!
sorry obby, I'll go away if you want!
- 29 Jun 2010, 20:47:00
- The Boiling Frog said...
I talk my talk, say my peace, discuss, debate and explain the brilliance of Boaty & D (which is undoubted).
I bet you think this song is about you, don't you?
- 29 Jun 2010, 20:57:00
- John Demetriou said...
it's not vanity, frog, it's just the way it is.
- 29 Jun 2010, 21:01:00
- Obnoxio The Clown said...
"Like I said, I say what I see."
And somehow, when I say what I see, it's a vindictive campaign in support of my AnCap agenda.
For fuck's sake man, why don't you stop digging?
- 29 Jun 2010, 21:02:00
- Carpe Jugulum said...
Champagne comedy :)
- 30 Jun 2010, 02:59:00
- J Demetriou said...
Boatang, my fellatio friend! How nice to see you join me. Perhaps I should explain this one to you - I don't want to have to call you a cunt. You say: "If Obo was any sort of blogger of course he'd ask you to shut the fuck up. Whcih he won't, because he really is a cunt."
You misunderstand, my fellating friend. Obnoxio almost certainly thinks I am a cunt, and I definitely think he's a cunt. It's mutual, so it works.
I'm glad it makes sense to you now. Now, shall we try some felching?
- 30 Jun 2010, 12:26:00


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One of the cruel ironies of life: when sick, the body mainly needs rest. Which I find nearly impossible, when sick, to get. Perhaps more real than other perceptions, like how traffic volumes directly correlate to how late you are, likelihood of a flat-tire to the dressiness of your clothes, those sorts of things.
Part of dealing with the sick/sleep issue: medications. NyQuil and it's sibling medicines certainly help make life better, or at least tolerable. Of course, there comes a point that I start to worry that any other additive to my system will result in my blood becoming corrosive.
Now, I do utilize some naturopathic techniques. Mostly steamy showers, netti pots and hot teas. Oh, and chicken pho!
I guess you could view this as another area technology has taken solid hold. Do we ever really consider the innovations that all these meds represent? That so many have only been part of western life for a few decades? Yet we do we think twice about them? It's as natural to me, at least, to grab pharmaceuticals when ailing as I can imagine.

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You can laugh as much as you want about the CamelCase in FitzGerald, but it is still one of the oldest and most famed Irish families, tracing back to Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan, whose son Gerald settled in Ireland in 1169 as part of the first Norman invasion. From this event and the Siege of Dublin in 1171 leads a direct line to the foundation of Dublin Airport, which is kind of hard to believe, but there it is: Desmond FitzGerald, brother of the former Irish head of government Garret, was the architect who designed the original terminal of Dublin Airport. It opened in 1941, a year in which other people opened concentration camps. It is likely that most of the design was actually done by Desmond's minions, but who cares.
The old terminal in Dublin is, to make it clear, a must-see for any serious airport hiker. It is one of not so many airport buildings that is actually of architectural relevance. I know almost nothing about architecture and I don't care about relevance, but look at the building and you'll understand what's going on:
Now, this is a terminal. The idea was to make it look like an ocean liner, which might become more obvious if you see the backside towards the runways. Today the walkway to pier D, finished in 2007, curves around the old terminal. In the satellite image this reinforces the impression that the old terminal is in fact the secret focal point of the airport - although it is mostly used for weather forecasts and other boring stuff. Yes, weather forecast is boring in Ireland, because the weather changes so quickly that the only relevant information is the weather report in real time.
I know Dublin airport since 2004 when pier D, now the starting point for trillions of Ryanair flights for 10 Euros plus fees, was non-existent. Instead we had to walk miles to some sort of gigantic shed. I've watched in agony as terminal 2, finally opened in 2010, was growing slowly over the years. Dublin airport has so many cheap flights to other European cities that it is a prime location to go for a walk on a rainy Sunday, even if you live in Croatia or Finland. It's not extreme and doesn't offer really ambitious hiking trips like Heathrow or JFK, but it's not too small to run out of options in less than one hour. With other words, it is perfect. With the quick Air Lingus connections to Boston or Chicago, it might even make sense for a daytrip from the US. Dublin might be the best airport hiking destination in Europe. Seriously.
The classic walk at Dublin airport is the famous Three-Terminal-Trip. Starting in front of the spectacularly ugly terminal 1, which was the main terminal for more than 3 decades but looks more like a malformed parking garage, you walk straight up the road to the brandnew terminal 2. This brings you to the first sensation - walking through the road tunnel underneath the bulging bridge that connects the two parts of the terminal. The blue illumination of the tunnel is a little bit creepy, but nothing an adult with some experience with blue lights can't handle in dignity:
At the end of the tunnel a flight of stairs leads up to the front of terminal 2 from which you can go on vast excursions through parking lots, hotels, and utility buildings until you ultimately reach the big roundabout at the East end of the airport, which leads directly to the M1, one of the two-and-a-half motorways on the island. If you like that sort of thing. The shorter and more scenic hike leads from the bus station a few hundred meters to the north, then to the west and in a straight line towards the old terminal. The whole way you have a good view on the strange trias of terminals: the classic old building, the desastrous terminal 1, and terminal 2 which looks like it could have happened in a cheesy SF movie from the 1990s. One wouldn't be able to guess that these three radically different buildings are siblings. Wait, they aren't, so, anyway.
When your reach the old terminal it's important to imagine being a Red Army tank or a horde of Mongolians on wild horses swinging spears or your preferred scene from an old-fashioned Chinese martial arts movie. It just makes more sense if you are trying to conquer the building, a long homerun to the promised land where you will raise your kids and all that. In reality, of course, you can't conquer the old terminal because it's locked most of the time. A lock is the ultimate deterrent against the Mongolian invasion. And you wouldn't want to give birth there either. Once you have realised that it's time to stroll back to terminal 1.
This whole trip through colours, spaces, and stories takes only about half an hour, even if you include the time to take pictures. Now you can invite yourself to a Strawberry Sunrise at the juice bar and head to, whatever, Rome or Moscow or wherever you came from. Don't go to Dublin. It's entirely unnecessary.
Because the jewel of Dublin is its airport.
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Home to more than 400 students, Howick/Williams is a popular living environment for returning students and freshmen.
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Howick/Williams was named for two men who were involved with Ball State during its early history.
Harry Howick was the dean of men and a professor of physics at Ball State from 1921 to 1953. A man of character and high ideals, he gave much to the college and to the young men with whom he was associated in campus life and fraternities.
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2017: My Year of Indie Publishing Liberation
This past year I have never felt more liberated as an author and writer. In 2017, I not only regained my passion for writing, but I discovered the liberating potential and possibilities of indie publishing.
Since late 2016, I have launched a total of seven books including novels MONOGAMY SUCKS, the sequel RELATIONSHIPS SUCK, DEAR HEF, YOUNG, HORNY & MORMON, SWINGING WITH THE SUPERNATURAL, and poetry collections BACKYARD POETRY and THE HOLLYWOOD HOMELESS.
I completely updated and revised versions of my previously published novels MONOGAMY SUCKS and DEAR HEF, launched the long-awaited MONOGAMY SUCKS sequel, RELATIONSHIPS SUCK, reshaped my first novel LETTERS FROM CYBERSPACE into new version titled YOUNG, HORNY & MORMON, expanded previously published short story SWINGING WITH THE SUPERNATURAL into a novella, finally put out my first poetry collection BACKYARD POETRY, based on poems I had written going back to the late 1990's, and revised my lyrics into poems in THE HOLLYWOOD HOMELESS, a collection that also dates back to the late 1990s.
However, my indie publishing inspiration didn't stop there. I also completed five drafts of my Science Fiction novella based on a short story I had written in my youth in the early 1980s. I am currently working on the sixth and final draft with plans to launch the book in early 2018.
Additionally, I created the first draft of my short story collection, also based on stories created in my youth. I am working the second draft with plans to bring it out in 2019. Also, I am working on another poetry collection focusing on poems about relationships, sex, and love, and yet another poetry book based on my lyrics I am looking to bring out in 2018 as well.
I also recently updated my upcoming books list and have 23 potential works I plan on bringing out in the next six years and maybe more if time permits.
The sky seems the limit now for my writing dreams and pursuits. The best thing about indie publishing is that it is my vision out there as a writer, not some editor's or publisher's revision of my work.
Fear or more to the point, fear of rejection, is no longer a factor or an enemy in my writing life.
Only time is the real enemy of achieving my writing dreams as I now realize all the years I wasted in fear of sharing my work.
I will also be creating a new blog soon to showcase my science fiction and non-erotica literary writing.
Happy New Year everyone, especially you writers. Remember your writing dreams are waiting…don't waste any more time dreaming. Everything starts with getting the words down…and sticking with it through the doubts, struggles, haters, and constant pursuit for inspiration.
Stay tuned as always for more intriguing news about me and my books in 2018 and beyond.
Young, Horny & Mormon: An Updated Version of my Provocative First Novel LETTERS FROM CYBERSPACE is now available on Amazon and Smashwords
Today my novel YOUNG, HORNY & MORMON, an updated version of my provocative first novel LETTERS FROM CYBERSPACE, is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
My first novel, which I put out myself in 2001 when online publishing was still in its infancy, was based in part on my emails and those of a close female friend. It was an experiment to see if I could actually finish a novel, even though I had already started writing my novel MONOGAMY SUCKS in early 1998. This new version with a different title is completely revised, updated and re-edited for a more contemporary erotic audience. However, I kept much of the essence and spirit of the original book and was pleasantly surprised that a lot of the content and writing in the novel still held up.
The novel, which is my sixth book, focuses on the erotic awakening of 23-year-old Christine Jacobsen and is told from her point of view through her email correspondence with her lovers, and in prose that provides further background and describes her naughty encounters.
The novel's basic synopsis is as follows: Long before it was her new home, Los Angeles was a destination that lived ominously in Christine's fertile imagination. It was a place that represented a forbidden secular world far from her strict Mormon upbringing and Provo, Utah birthplace.
Little did she know that moving to L.A. several months before with her husband Hank Jefferies, a university student, would change her life in unexpected ways. The move further West had sparked sexual feelings in her that she didn't yet understand.
Young, horny and Mormon, but stuck in an unsatisfying marriage, Christine turned to the Internet to reinvent herself as the uninhibited Noelle. After posting a salacious online ad, she embarked on an erotic journey of self-discovery meeting a number of single and married men for hotel trysts. She later meets the love of her life, an actor from Beverly Hills named Robert, and is torn with the implications of their deepening connection.
Graphic artist Dancinee Jennings, who has created the covers for my five previous indie books, delivered another classy and sexy cover. It is a vast improvement over the awful cover iUniverse created for my first book for LETTERS FROM CYBERSPACE.
I also wanted to single out the excellent formatting work of Word-2-Kindle.com. Both proved very helpful in the quick turnaround of this novel and my previous ones.
So enjoy Noelle's humorous, provocative tales of her naughty education in LaLa Land. It is well worth a look.
I plan on launching two more books this year — my second poetry collection, this one based on my lyrics, and an updated version of my short story SWINGING WITH THE SUPERNATURAL, which I have reshaped into a novella.
As always…more to come…stay tuned.
Dear Hef, You've Got E-Male: The Dark Side of Internet Hook-Ups Meets the Playboy Cool of Hugh Hefner in Updated Version of Provocative Novel DEAR HEF Released Today on Amazon and Smashwords
The dark side of Internet hook-ups meets the Playboy cool of publisher Hugh Hefner in an updated version of my provocative, sexy and hilarious erotic fiction novel entitled DEAR HEF, which was released on Amazon and Smashwords today.
This is my fourth novel. DEAR HEF was originally released by my former publisher almost six years ago, but I have completely re-edited and revised this new indie publication.
The intriguing and provocative new cover was designed by Dancinee Jennings, who also created covers for my recent novels MONOGAMY SUCKS and RELATIONSHIPS SUCK. I also wanted to single out the excellent formatting work of Word-2-Kindle.com. Both proved very helpful in the quick turnaround of my novel.
DEAR HEF is still as funny and naughty as ever. DEAR HEF explores my long-time admiration for Hefner through the e-mails of a fan, the book's main protagonist, a 28-year old Long Beach man named Jimmy Rausch. Essentially, Jimmy wants to be like Hef, but he's clueless, and nothing like the iconic publisher, which only adds to the book's humor.
However, Jimmy has a simple plan: to use the Internet in an attempt to transform himself into a playboy worthy of his hero Hef. The entire book is told through a series of e-mails between Jimmy and his lovers, and online correspondence Jimmy sends to Hef to keep him updated with the progress of what he calls his "Playboy training."
What Jimmy fails to realize is that his naughty adventures with women he meets online truly border on the ridiculous and the absurd, and hardly live up to Playboy's sexy and cool tradition. Yet by the novel's close, Jimmy continues to hope for a coveted invitation to the Playboy Mansion from Hef himself.
Since I had my first Playboy Magazine subscription in my mid-teens, I have been fascinated with the Playboy mystique and the interesting and unconventional life of publisher Hugh Hefner. Hef and his magazine represent for me (and many others) a peek into a sexy, wonderful, hedonistic and classy world that fueled my adolescent and later adult dreams.
My inspiration for my novel is actually a literary one — Ring Lardner's dark and comedic short story "Haircut." Haircut's story is told by a barber who is giving a haircut to a customer. The barber relates a series of shocking anecdotes revealing that he is closed-minded, uptight and intolerant, and condones the harassment of those who don't fit into the strict community standards of the town he resides in. However, the barber remains oblivious to how he looks to the reader as he tells his troubling and ugly tales.
I have admired Lardner's story since I first read it in my high school English class and later when I read it again in college at California State University, Long Beach. I thought it might be interesting to create a character that shared his wild tales of erotic desperation with Hef via the modern convenience of e-mail. Jimmy is pretty much as clueless as the barber in Lardner's story in that he doesn't realize how embarrassing and pathetic he looks in comparison to Hef's cool example and lifestyle.
Jimmy's female lovers are also given a voice in this novel as their e-mails are forwarded to Hef and hence shared with the readers. Yet the highlight of the book remains Jimmy's hilarious e-mails to his hero Hef. That is the core of my novel and what makes it unique from any other erotica book out there right now.
DEAR HEF does have some similarities with my previous novels MONOGAMY SUCKS and RELATIONSHIPS SUCK in that it is another unflinching peek into the male sexual mind.
The novel's character Jimmy is more naive, younger and oblivious than Jake Dalmas, the protagonist of MONOGAMY SUCKS and RELATIONSHIPS SUCK. Unlike Jake, it is debatable whether Jimmy learns anything by the end of Dear Hef, which has a much darker and hilarious ending than MONOGAMY SUCKS or its sequel.
Jimmy does share some of Jake's sarcastic wit and humor in describing his sexual foibles and his encounters with the women he meets. I once again leave nothing out or hold anything back in addressing sexual and controversial topics.
I wanted to honestly show the good, bad and ugly of Internet sex and dating as I did with the swinging lifestyle in MONOGAMY SUCKS and RELATIONSHIPS SUCK. I was curious to find out if the Internet would make finding sex and lovers easier, but I have discovered as Jimmy does that online life is no different from off-line life. The same principles apply. Sex and dating are never so simple. There are consequences to all you do.
DEAR HEF also focuses exclusively on the subject of Internet sex hook-ups and casual sex and doesn't explore the swinging lifestyle. Don't get me wrong. There is a lot of explicit sex depicted in DEAR HEF, but it doesn't exist outside the realm of conventional one on one sex. People of all ages are engaging in some form of Internet sex or dating these days so the phenomenon of Internet hook-ups is common and widespread these days.
If you enjoyed the raw, frank, funny erotica of my previous novels, you will appreciate DEAR HEF. It's another dose of my real life erotica. I have no doubt you find many of the books' depictions of online sex encounters true to life and quite humorous and well worth the time exploring.
Indie publishing continues to prove a revelation for me. I have never felt so free as a writer in my life. So look for new books soon, including an updated version of my short story SWINGING WITH THE SUPERNATURAL, which I am revising into a novella for a summer launch, my first poetry collection BACKYARD POETRY, and a new updated version of my first novel LETTERS FROM CYBERSPACE.
Stay tuned as always.
Jake Dalmas is finally back…in Novel "Relationships Suck", Long-Awaited Sequel to "MONOGAMY SUCKS"
Do relationships suck too?
Just in time for Valentines' Day, I am returning with the long-awaited sequel to my novel MONOGAMY SUCKS entitled RELATIONSHIPS SUCK which poses this provocative question.
My novel RELATIONSHIPS SUCK, which is available on Amazon and Smashwords, continues MONOGAMY SUCKS' protagonist Jake Dalmas' naughty and hilarious swinging and casual sex adventures while also depicting his issues and frustrations with relationships, particularly open relationships.
Jake is not alone. Recent surveys and studies indicate that all is not well with the world of relationships. A recent study presented at the American Psychological Association's Annual Convention found that being single could be more fulfilling, due to greater personal growth and development.
A recent Pew Research Center study about the state of romance in America indicated that "most young singles in America do not describe themselves as actively looking for romantic partners. Even those who are seeking relationships are not dating frequently. About half (49%) had been on no more than one date in the previous three months."
So many struggle with relationships and yet we keep looking for happiness just as Jake does. Even with an open relationship, Jake encounters the same difficulties. I believe this book is funny and intriguing like my first novel, MONOGAMY SUCKS, and even sexier and naughtier in parts. RELATIONSHIPS SUCK moves Jake's story forward in cool and sexy ways.
Juliette, Jake's sexy Asian artist girlfriend, returns for the sequel, as do a couple of other nefarious characters from the first novel. The sequel introduces a new character named Simone, a beautiful African American art gallery manager and a friend of Juliette.
Jake, Juliette, and Simone explore some scintillating erotic intercolor encounters together that are among the novel's naughtiest scenes and some of the hottest and sexiest writing I have ever done. I am looking forward to the response from readers.
As Jake finally begins to discover the tantalizing adventures of his wild fantasies – threesomes, orgies, wild couplings with beautiful, uninhibited exotic sexy women of every size, shape, and background – he continues to question whether he should be in a relationship at all.
Can his open love with Juliette survive the temptations of the swinging world?
Will jealousy and possessiveness break their daring bond?
This next chapter of Jake's naughty diary promises the frank humor and naughty swinging adventure that characterized the original novel, but also provides a clear-eyed view of swinging lifestyle and relationships and the limits of each for him.
I am very happy with how my sequel to MONOGAMY SUCKS has turned out. I have recaptured Jake's sardonic, humorous voice from the original novel while also showing how he has grown as a person through his experiences. It has been a long journey as I started this book seven years ago before my former publisher originally launched MONOGAMY SUCKS.
I am thankful for the help I received from fellow author Billierosie, known as @jojojojude on Twitter, who gave my novel one final copy edit.
Many thanks also to book cover artist Dancinee Jennings who worked with me to put together this book's cover as well. She also helped me previously with the cover for my indie version of MONOGAMY SUCKS.
What's next for me?
Soon I will be working on a science fiction novella based on a short story I wrote when I was 18, and later this year, I will republish my novel DEAR HEF, which explores online dating and sex and has a provocative celebrity angle, on Amazon and Smashwords.
Until then, I am thrilled to share the return of Jake's naughty diary and hilarious journey.
Dear reader, I am looking forward to your response as always.
Update about Relationships Suck, the long-awaited sequel to Monogamy Sucks
Dear readers,
I recently completed the final edit of my novel RELATIONSHIPS SUCK, the long-awaited sequel to my novel MONOGAMY SUCKS. I must admit I am very happy with how the sequel came out. See my new cover for the novel below created by Dancinee Jennings, who also created the cover for my first novel.
RELATIONSHIPS SUCK continues Jake Dalmas' story and explores the limits and issues involving relationships, open relationships in particular, much as the previous book took on monogamy. I believe it is funny and intriguing like the first novel, and actually even sexier and naughtier in parts. It moves Jake's story forward in cool and sexy ways. I can't wait to share it with you.
I also introduce a sexy African American character named Simone in this novel. She is an art gallery manager and a friend of Juliette, Jake's girlfriend (for those who haven't read my original novel). Juliette and Jake have some naughty adventures with Simone that are some of the hottest erotic writing I have ever done.
Also, much credit goes to fellow author Billierosie , known as @jojojojude on Twitter, for stepping up and helping give my novel one final copy edit after our friend and fellow author Scarlett Hartgrove, @cristolklear on Twitter, suffered a stroke recently. Scarlett, who is doing well and currently recovering, did an excellent job in editing and formatting my indie version of MONOGAMY SUCKS. We will work together again on my future novels.
I am still planning to launch RELATIONSHIPS SUCK in late January or early February 2017 just in time for Valentines' Day. I have been working on the sequel to MONOGAMY SUCKS before my original novel was actually published in December 2010. I finished the first draft of the MONOGAMY SUCKS sequel in December 2012, but I have foolishly sat on it too long. My apologies for that as I lost sight of my writing dreams and real purpose on this earth due to focusing too much on working bad public relations jobs for meaningless paychecks. We all lose our way from time to time.
I promise it won't be too much longer before Jake Dalmas' wild swinging adventures return. As always, stay tuned.
The Indie Version of Novel Monogamy Sucks is Here….
Jake Dalmas' wild swinging adventures have entered the indie publishing world with the launch of a new version of my novel MONOGAMY SUCKS on Amazon today. (Look for a Smashwords launch soon as well) As I promised late last year after former publisher Blushing Books gave me back the publishing rights, Jake's tales would live again in a newly edited version that is much closer to the original novel I began working on in March 1998.
I have restored key scenes to my novel deleted by my original publisher Lazy Day Publishing, including more of Jake's sexual past and background in the opening chapter, Jake's additional thoughts about the people he meets and the provocative world he explores, and an entire chapter about internet censorship from a once popular internet service.
Although my novel has been updated I want to assure you, dear reader, that the core of the story, my frank, explicit and honest prose, and most notably Jake's sardonic humor as he searches for sexual peace of mind, remains the same. Jake's stories will make you laugh, may turn you on, but it is also my hope my novel make you think more openly about conventional societal norms such as monogamy, relationships, and marriage, and still taboo subjects, including swinging, alternative and casual sex, and open relationships. The book is not intended to preach or tell anyone how to live, but to only to honestly present an alternative view in a humorous and entertaining manner.
Much praise goes to my friend and fellow author Scarlett Hartgrove for her excellent editing, advice and formatting expertise in helping me reshape and relaunch MONOGAMY SUCKS. I am very grateful for her help in making my transition into becoming an indie author a much smoother experience than I expected.
Many thanks also to book cover artist Dancinee Jennings who worked with me to put together the book's new cover. She was recommended to me by fellow author Scarlett Hartgrove as Dancinee had created the cover for her debut novel At That Moment (The Eyes of March) (Volume 1).
I feel so liberated and vindicated with the indie launch of Monogamy Sucks. I knew I couldn't allow Jake's wild honest voice to stay silent. He is needed more than ever in this current world state of fear, hatred, intolerance, and divisiveness.
As I prepare to launch RELATIONSHIPS SUCK, the sequel to MONOGAMY SUCKS, early next year, the world of indie publishing seems unlimited to me now and so do my writing dreams. I have many more intriguing books planned. Stay tuned.
But for now, enjoy the return to the literary world of Jake Dalmas and his always funny, shocking and intriguing tales on the dark side of sex, life, and erotica.
I am an Indie Author…once again
Now…I truly am an indie author once again…
I guess I should thank my former publisher Blushing Books for this fortuitous opportunity.
This week they took down from Amazon Kindle the third and final novel INDULGENCE I had published with the former Lazy Day Publishing. I had contributed a story entitled, "Swinging with Supernatural," to the paranormal erotica anthology exploring the adventures of swinger Willy Roamer and his visit to a sexy Carnival. I will expand Willy's adventures in a later book, but more on that later.
So the publishing relationship I started with Lazy Day Publishing, which began when they reached out to me through this blog in July 2010, is now officially over. The only book I have currently available is my first novel LETTERS FROM CYBERSPACE I published myself with iUniverse 15 years ago when Indie publishing was viewed with a lot more derision from readers and the literary world than it is today. Frankly, the book's cover is awful, but my novel is not and it is still worth a read. Admittedly, I was still finding my writing style at the time, but my debut novel still is sexy and funny in parts even though it lacks the frank boldness of my later books. However, it does provide readers an opportunity to experience my writing about a young female protagonist's sexual awakening and detailing her intriguing point of view concerning sex, the Internet, etc. At some point, I will revise this novel and bring it out again with a new title and cover.
Dear readers, I am sorry about the confusion in recent months involving my books and their vanishing availability. I hope to clarify the status of my current and future works with this post and in the coming months.
As for Blushing Books, I am not providing a link to their site. You can draw your own conclusion about how I feel about them and other publishers.
However, let me stress this: I will never be at the whim of publishers again and all of my work will always be available for purchase online. I worked too hard for too long to have my writing disappear from the Internet overnight.
It is a brave new literary world and we no longer need publishers to share our work. Avoid them if you can. I'd rather have MY work out there as opposed to someone else's revised version of it.
Who knows more about my stories and work than I do?
Toward that end, I am making excellent progress editing a new revised version of my novel MONOGAMY SUCKS. In a couple of weeks, I will have a final draft completed that my friend and fellow author Scarlett Hartgrove will review in preparation for my Indie publishing launch in the fall. I have quite enjoyed adding in scenes, chapters and thoughts of my main character Jake Dalmas that my publisher edited out. I feel this version is closer to my original draft I initially envisioned and completed in the late 1990s.
Once MONOGAMY SUCKS is relaunched, I will work toward bringing out my sequel to MONOGAMY SUCKS entitled RELATIONSHIPS SUCK, which continues Jake Dalmas' story and explores the limits and issues involving relationships much as the previous book took on monogamy. I believe it is funny and intriguing like the first novel, and actually even sexier and naughtier in parts. It moves Jake's story forward in cool and sexy ways. I can't wait to share it with you.
After both novels are out, I plan to tackle many other books including a science fiction novella based on a short story I had written at 18, and a diary novel about hilarious and foolish days of working at a public relations agency. Eventually, I plan on bringing out a new version of my novel DEAR HEF.
Suffice to say, I am not going away. I am more excited about my writing future than ever before. I have a lot more to say and books to write my dear readers and fellow authors.
Stay tuned. The future is now in the publishing world.
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Some very inspiring words to ponder over!
'Му SHARE IN ALL that is happening ... .' I think to myself
as I lie under the friendly Arabian stars. 'I -this bundle of flesh
and Ьопе, of sensations and perceptions –have been placed
within the orbit of Being, and аm within all that is happening ...
"Danger" is only an illusion: never саn it "overcome" mе: for аll
that happens to mе is рart of the all-embracing stream of which I
myself аm а part. Could it be, perhaps, that danger and safety,
death and joy, destiny and fulfillment, аrе but different aspects of
this tiny, majestic bundle that is I? What endless freedom, О
God, hast Thou granted to man ...'
I have to close mу eyes, so sharp is the pain of happiness at
this thought;and wings of freedom brush mе silently from afar
in the breath of the wind that passes over mу face. - Muhammed Assad
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I gathered all the necessary materials and flooded my kitchen table, including my chocolate peanut butter, and banana breakfast smoothie. If you look closely you might be able to spot my cat. Why would I be able to do work without him?
I use a 1 Subject 5 Star Notebook (100 Pages.)
The first Page I leave blank. This will be the student's opportunity to tell me about themselves and really personalize their Interactive Science Notebooks.
The next 5 pages are dedicated to the table of contents. I marked the page numbers for the table of contents as X, and have filled in the table of contents entries I have made in my notebook. I will be showing you the rest of those entries.
Here is the front of my "Contract" that outlines the materials the students need, rules, expectations, and homework, make up work, and late work policies.
This is the back of the document where the students and parents sign acknowledging the rules and expectations for the class. This is printed on 8.5 X 14 paper in order to be folded into the notebook.
I then fold the document and glue it into the the Interactive Science Notebook on Page 1. This way the students and parents always have access to the rules and expectations and during any parent meetings I can show them this document if they have any questions about my expectations.
Pages 2 and 3 of the Interactive Science Notebook are the guidelines for the students of what goes on the left sides and right sides of the notebook. This way they know their options and have a reference tool in class. Students will ask you the same question 10,000 times, (not really but as a teacher it feels that way) so instead of getting exasperated, refer them to the guidelines pages. This will be available in my Teacher's Pay Teacher's store (soon) along with the other things I am posting today.
Page 4 is the instructions for the writing assignment that all students will have to complete at the end of each unit. This will give the students practice at using their Interactive Notebooks as a resource and give them a chance to explain what they have learned in science using their writing skills. Page 5 is the rubric for the notebook. This is just a reference for the students. I will attach the rubric to each section I grade in class. These can be found free online here:
They are from the book "Teaching Science with Interactive Notebooks," which is a great resource if you are new to teaching or note-booking.
The last 5 pages of the notebook are dedicated to the science vocabulary word index. Each time the students learn vocabulary words and put them in their notebooks, I will have them fill out the index. That way, when a student can't remember the definition they have a very quick way to find the word they need to know and refresh their memory. This will be available in my Teachers Pay Teachers Store.
The back inside cover of the notebook will be used for three very important things. The first is a Formula Reference Sheet. That is the paper above the envelope. The Formula Reference Sheet will be where the students record any formulas they learn throughout the year. For example, density. The envelope is to keep small cut out pieces if we didn't get to finish a project in class that day so the students can't lost the items, and the last is a periodic table. Gluing these items this way ensures that the students can use them while they are working in their notebooks instead of flipping to the back to refer to them. Once they are done they can fold the contents back into their notebook.
You glue the formula sheet down first, then the periodic table to the side, and then the envelope on top, and then you fold down the formula sheet.
You fold the periodic table, (which is printed on 8.5 X 14 paper so it can be folded to fit this way) on top of the envelope. This ensures that everything fits inside the notebook, and it protects the envelope and it's contents.
I will spend the first week of school setting this up with the students and doing a few activities that will get them to learn how to use them. I will share those with you in my next post. Please ask any questions or feel free to share your ideas about Interactive Notebooks! Now...for another cup of coffee.


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The deadline to send in a nomination for the Eclipse Community Awards is next Friday, January 25.
In the individual category, we already have lots of great nominees. However, I know there are others that deserve recognition, so please take the opportunity to nominate someone you think deserves to be the Top Ambassador, Top Committer or Top Contributor.
In the technology category, we traditionally get 80% of the nominations in the last 2 days. Why do people procrastinate so much? Therefore, I expect to see a lot of products and open source projects added to the list of nominees. As a reminder, we have added a new Equinox category this year, so if you have built an open source project or commercial product on top of Equinox, this is your chance for fame and fortune; well at least fame.


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My projects for this month's hop are the table decorations I made with the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.
For Thanksgiving, I used the cartridge to make little turkeys for each plate. Darling, huh? And so simple!!!
I cut leaves at 2 1/2" from 3 colors of cardstock and the center image from CCR to get it to the right size (sorry, I don't know what it ended up being because I didn't save it, darn!)
For my church's Women's Christmas Coffeehouse, I used the Art Philosophy cartridge and cut ornaments out of black cardstock.
I then used white pigment ink to messily sponge the edges to resemble the chalkboard effect so popular right now.
Thanks for stopping by! Now you're off to Helen's blog.


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Buying a New Printer and Resilience that Comes with It
This is one story any printer sales executive would dread to go through. Well, the news story is pretty long, but here's a snapshot. According to this news report, one Doug Costello in the US sold an inkjet printer on an online site to a fellow American for $40. You would have thought what the big deal is; hundreds of printers might be getting sold every hour on the internet. But the seller, Mr. Doug Costello, is facing a court judgment to pay $30,000 as penalty since the buyer sued him for non-functioning of the printer. And the news report seems to suggest he has already spent $12,000 as legal fees to fight the case. There are lots of legalities in the whole story, but the fact is the seller ignored several pleas from the buyer to make good the loss and could pay the penalty. Is there a moral in it for sellers of printing machines or any other product for that matter?
Get to Know a Product You Wish to Buy
In the real world out there, people have become very practical and companies engaged in office machines sales don't get their orders easily. There's tough competition and the customers have become much more knowledgeable and choosy. The buyers can access expert printer buying advice through online resources and can make up their mind on the machine they should be buying for their application.
Printer Selection, an Elaborate Process
Because of the variety of functions printers offer, you will have to be fully prepared with the details of what your actual need is. Within an organisation, there would be a high end printer or a routine black-only laser printer connected to the network so that everyone could take printouts directly. Sometimes special printers are used for specific functions like an invoice printing or accounts statements printing.
Here's where it gets to be a bit tougher. The printer sales executive will want to know how much volume of printing you will have, what kind of outputs you will need, would you have to print photographs in the house and so on. Hopefully, you possess these details, and it is not difficult to shortlist a few machines, possibly 3 or 4, which match what you need.
Now, the toughest thing would be to choose one and drop the rest. You will find there are printers which can take commands through a Bluetooth connection and do the printing or other activities it is designed to perform. If photography printing is also required, look at printers with the Pictbridge or PB feature. In this, you could enable your digital camera to send instructions directly to the printer. If the printer sales company is able to offer the model with this feature in the model you have shortlisted, it makes your choice quicker and better.
Pricing and Terms
If all the other technical features have been agreed on, you should get to the pricing and the commercial terms the sales person is offering. You might also find a good deal on a new printer. Your whole exercise can come to a nice positive conclusion, and you should have a nice printer for your application.
Buying any new office equipment could become exciting if there is a huge choice out there and when your own knowledge about the equipment increases manifold. But in the end, there would be smiles all around. For more details visit http://printer-repairs diabetes drugs.com.au/sales-enquiry/


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My fourth week of examining my impact was all about food. This week was the highlight so far, as I'm all about food–shopping, finding recipes, cooking, etc. Food is one of my great joys in life, so I didn't mind giving my food choices a little more thought! The No Impact manual primarily stressed being a locavore, which is something I love to do, but can be a challenge in the middle of winter in anywhere except California. It can also be a stress on the wallet, even though I know supporting local businesses and farms is an important thing to do.
So, for this week I decided to visit (or re-visit) some great local outlets in the city and try to do all of my shopping that way. I started out going to a spot I love, Chicago's Downtown Farmstand. This great little shop is full of local (within 250 miles), seasonal produce, as well as stuff like milk, jam, bread and spices. I managed to pick up several things, including some veggies and herbs.
My next outing was to the Green Grocer, a store not too far from home that I always wish I visited more often. It's a small shop, but has a great array of local and organic items. The staff is so welcoming there–it's actually the first store where the owner introduced herself the first time I was there! I bought some local flour there that I'm really excited to try out.
Although I had been to the new French Market several times, I hadn't done much actual shopping there. It's only two blocks from home and it's really a great resource I can be using more. So, I walked over and ended up with a beautiful array of produce.
What fun! I also finally went to the city's new and only food co-op, the Dill Pickle Food Co-op, which I'm a member of but hadn't been to since it opened a couple of months ago. I was very impressed–it was actually a bit crowded, but that's a good thing. I bought a few things from their great bulk section. During the same outing I checked out the Logan Square Farmers Market, but the selection was pretty small so I left empty-handed. I look forward to going again in the spring though!
Meanwhile, I started looking into joining a CSA this year, which is something I've done before but missed out on last year. I'm determined to sign up for a CSA this year–it's so much fun to open up the box each week and start figuring out what to do with some of the more unusual items!
I also decided that we can be eating vegetarian a little more often, so the goal is to go from eating vegetarian 1/4 of the time to closer to 1/2 of the time. So far so good; I made a really yummy West African Peanut Soup and a spicy veggie chili.
As you can tell, doing this whole local thing took a fair amount of time and energy, but is it worth it? I think most of the time, yes. If it's reducing my "foodprint," that's a big thing. Can I be exclusively a locavore? Not quite. But can I be a part-locavore? Definitely.
A few tools that I'm using:
The Eat Well Guide — great resource for finding local and sustainable food sources
NRDC seasonal food tool — tells you what foods are in season in your state
Seafood Watch regional guide — helps you stay informed about what types of seafood are more sustainable
Local Harvest CSA locator — find a CSA in your area


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This poster is so ballsy, I love it. It perfectly sums up the absurdity of the Coen brothers' film. First we have John Turturro's face, that deer in the headlights expression, comically accented (as if he needed any help) by his Harold Lloyd glasses and Brillo pad hair (Eraserhead, anyone?). Then we have the mosquito, a bizarre touch those unfamiliar with the film would be baffled by. What's the significance? It's intriguing. The tagline seeks to mediate the eccentricty: "There's only one thing stranger than what's going on in his head. What's going on outside." The focus on Turturro's face, his forehead (his brain) and the mosquito (sucking out what's inside) make some kind of sense now. The whole poster emphasizes the film's main theme of interiority, head space, and the madness that comes from living inside yourself.
I highly suggest you click the link for Bill Gold, above. The man is a legend. Besides designing posters for every Clint Eastwood film from Dirty Harry to Mystic River, he also designed Cool Hand Luke, A Clockwork Orange, Marathon Man, The Untouchables...the list goes on and on. This teaser poster for Unforgiven is perhaps his masterpiece. It's everything a teaser poster should be. The build-up around the film was tremendous: Clint is back in a Western, his first since 1985's Pale Rider. It was supposed to his last Western (it still is), the anti-violence Western, the elegiac Western, the final nail in the coffin. With his back to us, Eastwood embodies "The End." Unlike the poster for The Outlaw Josey Wales featured last time, Clint still has a big gun, but the whole mood is more subdued, more reserved, mournful. The power of his iconic Western silhouette is what sells the poster; the design hinges on our collective understanding of the man, his screen persona and body of work. Like John Wayne framed in the doorway at the end of John Ford's The Searchers, it's an homage to an indelible cultural image.
Although the most famous image from this film is the shot of the Dogs strutting down the street to "Little Green Bag" in their professional suits and black ties (parodied here), the second-string imagine in the film's campaign were these wavvy silhouettes with colored shadows and the red paw print. The red is obviously blood, employed here, as in the film, as the unspoken ninth member of the Reservoir Dog heist squad. This version of the poster is for fans of the film because if you haven't seen it, the colors aren't yet significant. The most popular poster is equally powerful but more traditional in its portrayal of violence. The violence in this more colorful version is implied and satisfying for those who know what the red paw print references.
Is there a more iconic poster of the 1990s? The Pulp Fiction poster is a perfect pastiche of a trashy '40s-era dime novel, from the bent and torn edges to the femme fatale on the cover. The design, like the film, is playfully self-conscious and self-referential (Uma Thurman is reading a pulp novel on the cover of Pulp Fiction--cutesy). I also like that this image is never seen in the film and really has nothing to do with the plot or the characters, merely the film's generic referent. It's kind of the quintessential postmodern document, a thing that references a thing that references many other things for no consequential reason at all.
Basquiat is the story of street artist turned art world sensation Jean-Michel Basquiat, his meteoric rise, fall and death of a drug overdose at the age of twenty-seven. The poster is a photograph of actor Jeffrey Wright as Basquiat which has been painted over in the style of Basquiat and contemporary Julian Schnabel (also the director). The typography as an unique, hand-painted intimacy and refers to Basquiat's beginning as a graffiti artist. My favorite touches are the visible brushstrokes which gives the whole piece a more painterly feeling.
Let's get down to business...to defeat...the hunnnnnns. Ahem. Where was I? Oh, yes, Mulan. Designed by the legendary John Alvin (E.T., Newsies), this teaser for my favorite Disney animated film of the '90s, is absolutely stunning. The harsh, dark lines on this poster tell you immediately that Mulan is unlike any other previous Disney princess--she's come here to kick ass. And much to Disney's and Alvin's credit, Mulan is always pictured either on her horse or with a sword; she's never seen in her pre-warrior wardrobe, never feminized or Orientalized. Good job, everybody. I would love to have this teaser poster on my wall.
In a cheery design that's been copied numerous times, this poster launched a mini design revolution along with Steve Carell's career. But it really only works if the guy on the poster is a relative unknown like Carell was at the time and if the tagline and title are sufficiently goofy. The contrasting joy of Carell's expression coupled with the big, fat "Virgin" (accented by the "Better late than never" tag) is the crux of the humor in this poster. And it is funny. And if the poster makes you laugh, that bodes well for the movie. Although the poster does commit the cardinal movie poster sin of that insidious blue/orange color palette, it's an engaging enough design to forgive.
A good example of how teaser posters are often more evocative and dynamic than their mainstream counterparts, this leather Bible design tells us a whole lot more than the more straightforward character poster. The typography is straight out of the Old Testament, with their elaborate, almost Gothic serifs. The god and red accents are Biblical, too, as anyone who spent a significant time at Sunday School as a child knows. Jesus speaks in red ink only and I can still feel those gold-tipped pages. The single vertical red line is of course, the blood that there will be, drip-drip-dripping from the promissory title. Whereas later advertising focused almost entirely on Daniel Day-Lewis' performance, this poster indicates the crux of the narrative: the clash between Day-Lewis' ambitious oilman and the young preacher who stands in his way.
Another good example of how an alternate design can trump the dominant one. The main poster for this film (and the one used on the DVD jacket) was this one: a stylish and well-constructed, if traditional design. It features the films' two leads, Russell Crowe and Christian Bale and plots them on opposite sides of the frame. It's not a bad poster by any means, but it's got nothing on this beautiful sepia teaser. Look at the textures on this thing, the little design flourishes, the unusual composition of text. The title resembles kinetic typography in static form. In fact the whole poster has a strange sort of movement; the eye bounces around from actors' names to the central figure, to the producers credit to the release date to the title to the tagline. The central figure is, in classic Western outlaw pose, a character in the film but neither Crowe nor Bale. It's Ben Foster as Charlie Prince, a supporting character but his distinctive leather jacket and gunfighter stance featured prominently in the advertising for the film. The poster is distressed and dirty, a nice indication of the film's period and setting. I like this one a lot.
If Pulp Fiction was the poster of the '90s, this one-sheet for Funny Games has my vote for best of the 2000s. I hated the film but the poster is so ingenious, so simple, so powerful, how can you not love it? What makes the poster all the more triumphant is that it's a simple character poster--the lead character's face and that's it. How many times have we seen that design? But instead of a full portrait, lazy acting and heinous Photoshop, we're treated to an incredibly moving expression from Naomi Watts, her hair disheveled, cheek stained with tears. The tagline ("You must admit, you brought this on yourself") makes the agony of the woman all the more chilling. Funny Games is haute couture horror and the poster conveys that perfectly.
Another poster that refers to another famous cultural document.
That's all that needs to be said, really. Oh, and happy birthday, Bob.
Now, this is how you do provocative. I mean, which element would you like to protest first? The title? The fact that the title that uses a symbol of Venus as an inverted T (the inverted cross also being a potent anti-religious symbol), potentially pissing off both Christians and feminists? Or how about that tree whose roots seem to be made of naked human beings, and this tree is probably the Tree of Good and Evil and those two rutting humans are most likely Adam and Eve metaphors?! Although if I was placing bets as to which element ruffled the most feathers, I'm sure it had to have been Willem Dafoe's asscrack. Won't somebody please think of the children! But let's get a little serious here. I think it's a nice touch that, to me at least, it looks like Antichrist was scrawled with red lipstick; a subtle reference to that whole women-are-the-devil thing. It's a poster full of potent symbols guaranteed to offend--and I love it. Great poster.
I might be a bit biased here because I unashamedly love Watchmen both as a graphic novel and a film, but I honestly think this is a cool poster. First off, the bold and boldly yellow typeface is straight out of the comic and it works as a strong design element for the minimalist poster (the Kick-Ass posters blatantly ripped off this font & color combo, so you know it was a good choice). I like that the cityscape is subtly sci-fi, the bluish/green tint to the sky and rain bypassing noir imagery towards science fiction. The image of a steamy, neon New York is very Blade Runner and the single, dark figure in the central of it all recalls Taxi Driver. Those are some darn good influences and make a satisfying poster.
I love this poster. The trippy pattern of the moon is like one of the pictures you're supposed to stare at to see hidden images. With Sam Rockwell in the center of it, drawing our focus, he becomes the fulcrum of hallucinogenic imagery. The tagline is lame but understandably bland given the film's plot, which I can't really give away without some major spoilers. However, it is nice to see that the typographic shadowing effect on Sam Rockwell's name is not an arbitrary design choice but a conscious reference to events in the narrative. Nice touch.
This is one in only 31 (thirty-one!!) versions of posters for Kick-Ass which include five full sets of various character posters. This Hit-Girl poster is part of a retro, throw-back recruitment series which also features Kick-Ass in Uncle Sam's characteristic I WANT YOU pose. Hit-Girl's is of course a pastiche of Rosie the Riveter, and a pretty good one, too. Although it might have been better if Hit-Girl was toting a gun the size of some of the hardware she sported in the film (massive, crap-your-pants kind of stuff) or one of her samurai sword or those Filipino folding knives she had. But gripes aside, posters like this prove that there still is fun and creativity to be had in the current poster design landscape and it doesn't all have to be re-treads of floating heads and those ghastly blue-orange posters.
Well, that concludes '50 Great Movie Posters.' As a concluding note, I always hear about how the state of movie poster design is a lost art and everything nowadays is so ugly. That's partially true, of course, but it's a stylistic trend. In the '30s and '40s, everything was painted and usually featured either floating heads or cartoon versions of the leads. The taglines were hyberbolic hooey like 'Pulsating with White-Hot Thrills!' and junk like that. Not all posters were classics, but now because they're old we bathe in nostalgia.
The trend we're in now is the character-based (usually two--either the protagonist/antagonist or the lovers), with plenty of floating heads and tons of badly Photoshopped actors. But there are good designs to be had. Even a standard-looking poster can rise above its compatriots due to the strength of its design (I'm thinking about this Sweeney Todd poster especially). However, when you compare that poster (one of two teasers) to the main character posters, it blows them out of the water. When will companies learn less is more? Design is king and yeah, Johnny Depp's got a pretty face but did you see that pose in the barber's chair? So much more appealing.
But the moral here is not to lose your head and claim the sky is falling every time the new poster for a Michael Bay film comes out. It's not the end of cinema. Movie posters are as essential as ever; they're eternally appealing. Movie advertising is increasingly divergent and widespread--iPhone apps, Slurpee cups and viral marketing. But even with a massively successful viral marketing campaign like The Dark Knight relies on older forms of advertising, movie posters, to reward its followers. The coolest posters for that film were revealed as part of the rival marketing campaign as rewards for the diligent. The rest of us got the mainstream posters but the faithful got the goodies.
Here's hoping this nascent decade delivers some more great poster designs. Thanks for reading!
For further information on movie posters, I'd recommend these websites:
-Movie Poster Database
-IMP Awards
-Learn About Movie Posters
-Vintage Movie Posters
-Film Posters


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Just sharing a few thoughts if I may. I've been pondering my abstinence, Greysheet, and life (as you do) and what occurs to me is that Greysheet really and truly delivered what it said it would do: for the past 2 years and some months, I have been recovered from binge eating. I haven't had an episode of overeating compulsively a single time during that time.
Sometimes it's helpful to keep my expectations of Greysheet in check, though. A much loved friend once asked me why, if I was recovering, I wasn't getting well – i.e. why did I continue to need the medicine of Greysheet? Well, I don't believe Greysheet ever promised to heal me or fix me. It promised to relieve me from compulsive eating and binge eating and it has kept that promise.
Frankly, I don't think there is such a thing as fixing me. I am an addict; whether that is through nature (I was born with it?) or nurture (up to a certain point, I did have choices?) is completely irrelevant to me today because the fact is that I am. I can't turn back time so the only reasonable response to the situation is to deal with it, as it is now. I don't need to psycho-analyse myself. I don't even need to know why. What I need to know is, "so what?" – and Greysheet has answered that question.
Again, Greysheet gives me recovery from binge eating. It doesn't give me recovery from other addictions, such as binge chewing gum abuse, binge sweetener abuse… if I were an alcoholic, the Greysheet would not help me. If I had drug issues, the Greysheet wouldn't help me. Greysheet only helps me recover from binge eating. I look at the 12 Steps as a distinct thing, they are not the Greysheet and the Greysheet is not the 12 Steps. They go together, and if I want to work on my character defects and addict personality then I am well advised to practice the 12 Steps, but no amount of 12-Step practice alone will ever relieve my compulsive overeating. I can do Greysheet without the 12 Steps, but I can't do the 12 Steps meaningfully without the Greysheet.
I can do the Greysheet perfectly from Day 1. My practice of the 12 Steps won't be perfect until my dying day and that's OK.


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Well, as the title may suggest I am going to write about chetan bhagat's new book Revolution 2020.. The name itself looks quite serious and so is the book.. The fun & the humor quotient that we generally find in Chetan's books, is missing from here. The story can be looked upon in three parts.. (1) Poor guy who wants to get rich.. (2) Guy in love with a girl who thinks they are just friends.. (3) A guy trying to remove corruption from the system..
Well not to mention Chetan has again put IIT pressure on students thing here n he made us realize how low society thinks of the colleges we all studied in.. :)
Throughout his narration the only college that kept on coming in my mind was LPU but I really don't know why. May be because of the way it had expanded in last few years..!! From an Engineering College to University providing all sort of Degrees.
Once again Chetan has used his old masala trick of depicting each movement of love making scenes between main characters.. It's more like Indian film makers trying to add an item song in each of their movie. Whether or not it is required.
The stories were quite old.. They made me think of 90s movies.. In some of the scenes it appeared as if the two male characters are Amitabh Bachhan & Shashi Kapoor of Deewar.. One proud of the money & fame he achieved and the other Can go to any extent to do right thing in life.. As usual the girl was depicted as the most beautiful girl in the town. She has this typical girly character who knew what is the line between being Just Friends & in a relationship. We guys could never figure this out. She was like girls who may say that they love you at one moment and at other moment they may say that they used love word as friends.. These are the most dangerous type of girls as they will not let the guy go away from them but at same time will not allow to come close to them, unless they have no other option..
For most of part the book is depressing and frankly speaking I didn't like it.. I was a Chetan Bhagat fan but he kinda ditched public by involving himself in the fake drama created by him & Others during 3-Idiots release. He tried same thing by making unnecessary remarks on Mr. Narayan Murthy. He should concentrate more on story and books will sell themselves..My rating for this book is 2 out of 5.


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Memories are very precious to me. I love looking back on old photographs, videos, audio clips and songs I've recorded with friends; all of which I'm in bountiful supply of. For me it takes me back to all those places, back home, to all those good times, too many to list. Largely around the age of 15, a lot of things happened that year, many many good things, including the best summer I've ever had, so there's a bit more sentiment within that year than many others. However, it's quite bittersweet. You see, as good as it makes me feel, it always makes me miss how much of a great time I used to have in the prime of my youth. I mean it's not like I'm plagued with depression or anything now no, no. It's just that I'm only 18, is it bad that I'm looking back on my youth as if it were 40 years ago? It's perplexing, it makes me feel old. It feels like I already have enough to tell to my grandchildren.
What's more perplexing is the fact that there's no real possibility to replicate any of these golden times in my life. Every moment is unique and we obsess over these minute, small moments which bare stupendous amounts of sentiment, and we crave to relive those moments time and time again. But there's no real physical or emotional way to recreate these moments down to every detail - cue the potential danger of nostalgia to show its face. Is it worth it? I suppose for the prevention of potential emotional harm it isn't worth. It's perfectly concievable to suggest that nostalgia is bad for you. What's the point in fantastising over something that can never truly be realised if it's going to damage you in the long term? What's the point in memories at all? They're just recollections of the past, it could blind you into pursuing the future.
For me, I suppose it's worth the fall, and my memory plays a big part in that. You see, its not the greatest of memories, and it doesn't do me a huge amount of favours especially at this age. I'd expect it to be this bad maybe when I'm in my 30's, so I can't begin to imagine how bad it will be when I get there. I forget peoples names all of the time, even when they're my closest friends and I've known them a large portion of my life. I think I get it from my mother's side of the family. Her memory's great, but her brother's and her mother's aren't in the greatest of shapes. I can recall many times where my Nana has had to go through five names before she gets to mine - humorous, but in certain situations it can be deadly...anyway. Whenever I have a nostalgic period, I tend to forget it quite quickly, allowing all the multimedia blessings I possess to stay ever 'fruitful', they get me every time. And for me, it isn't that often that the lack of replicating a time has a long lasting affect on me - it's only the really amazing times that stay imprinted in my train of thought, even then I'm aware of my boundaries.
At the moment I'd love to start up parkour again, not that I was a master or anything at the time, but I loved it all the same. I'm not the build for it now, time and food has got the better of me over the last few years. But, if I were to ever gain the right figure for it again, I'd take it up in a heart beat. Plus it goes back to the days of being 15 again, so there's a lot laced within it. But all in all I treasure all these links to the past, its evidence we have something to show for the lives we've been leading all this time. And for me, there's some times that are far too precious to simply throw away, some way or another they're all part of who I am now, and I don't mind me at all.
So my question to you is, should memories be kept sacred under lock and key on our computers and in the dusty cabinets in our heads,? Or should we make a bonfire out of all of them to kill the chance of us wasting our precious time on something we'll never truly expierience for the second time?
Friday, 27 February 2009
Nostalgia - Is it good for us?
Posted by SmoothYeti at 18:24
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I think that we should do neither of the questions you posed at the end. We should share our experiences for others to gain and to compare them, which in turn gives us enjoyment and laughter.ReplyDelete
It has it's place .Memories are wonderful.but if they are things you could repeat many times they would'nt be so special!! so touch on them but don't dwell on them.Think of the good things to come.Life is for living and for moving onReplyDelete
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First I asked Patti to send me some pictures so I could digitally scrap them. Then I had to learn how to use the scanner to capture them at 300 dpi. Once that was done....Oh what to do....I have used an 8x8 book from Oriental Trading. The pages came finished gloss white.
All digital layouts are done in Photoshop Elements. I used soft gloss paper to print on. I wish all of you could see this in real life.
Each page also has three deminsional elements to give an extra visual element.
The spine of the book has a white silk cord running down the middle with white and black tulle cut into strips tied onto the cord. I also used touches of white silk organza and red satin ribbon for that special touch.