Choire Sicha

Saturday, April 26

"It's OK to unbutton myself verbally if I want to. So, fuck it all, it's time for a verbal striptease." Evidently, I'm a corrupting influence. Yay! ⊕

52 Most Wanted.

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Last night I saw The Sun open for Flaming Lips. Near the end of their set, the obscure Ohio rocksters called for the death of President Bush. Those of us illegally smoking in the Roseland Ballroom (right next to Molly Shannon and her unknown male canoodler) were a bit taken aback, although I was impressed by the seditious extent of their radical chic. I also thought of the argument of The Accused: if I applauded them, would I be guilty of accessory? ⊕

AOL "welcome" screen.
aol sign on screen du jour

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The impulse to effigy destruction troubles me. Why, in this case? It's not like Hussein deserves any respect. Truthfully, I think the US government should have flown me, six dykes, and some beer over to Iraq. We could have taken out Saddam ourselves, no fuss, no muss. But the display of stagey violence against a wax statue is just freaky. It's a lot like... Islamist militants burning effigies of US presidents, come to think of it. It's also like a bunch of misinformed yahoos acting out some patriotic psychodrama. I don't like seeing Americans acting and sounding stupid. [link via Anil] ⊕

"Of course, when essentially hiring a man semi-on-the-spot, right off the street for example, it really shouldn't surprise when let's say a German tourist with a fixation on biting your face winds up in the position." Philo discusses the help. ⊕

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Friday, April 25

The death spiral of petting, the crying jags of the pill, and the hilarity of the diaphragm. Hilarious birth control stories by the ladies at black table. ⊕

"Are all step aerobics instructors from another planet?" Oft asked, rarely answered. ⊕

Celebrity, a new piece here on choiresicha.com. It's a meditation on... celebrity. Go figure. Read it in full. ⊕

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Thursday, April 24

"madonna is narcissistic and publicly paranoid. the two never make for a socially-aware artist willing to take the necessary risks to create a statement. she is at her best when simply talking about her own role as either empowered woman or party person. her relevance shines through in both those subjects..." the right criticism for the right reasons, unlike... ⊕

"I'm watching Madonna on MTV right now and I'm struck not by the pretentious celeb slather, not by the mediocre music, not by the religion for idiots, not even by the self-centered ego of it all. I'm struck by her age: She's old enough to be the mother to everyone in her audience -- the slutty divorced mom from down the street." I declare a jihad of enraged torch-wielding feminists and faggots against Jeff Jarvis for these words. ⊕

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Tuesday, April 22

"When I was much younger, I, for one day a week, would volunteer to bring hospital patients to religious services. I played with wheelchairs and people, and I did this every Sunday for about three years and didn't mind it all. I would be their 12-year-old charioteer through the dismal corridors of this insanely big hospital." I'm so sorry, Glenda. ⊕

Don't ever tell me to enter The Hole again. After all, it makes you gay. [via Jonno] ⊕

"Today we made a big decision about the processional music: we didn't want the traditional Here Comes The Bride glop, and we agonized for a while, but we finally went with Mony Mony. That makes it kind of interactive! And it will really get us in the mood for later in the evening to see our parents' smiling faces in the audience lustily shouting "Hey! Get laid, get fucked!" as my bride makes her way down the aisle." Skot's getting married... probably. ⊕

My obituary should sound like this: Meet Johnny Toxic, porn star. ⊕

"Perhaps in the excitement of having created 'something', we rushed to stuff bag loads of Easter-themed candy into the pinata before spray painting it with various colors. On Easter day we hung the pinata from our outside carport and kids took turns swinging at it blindfolded. The pinata remained solid and intact even after an hour of hits from a metal T-Ball bat." He is risen. ⊕

"Puerto Galera is the gay mecca during Holy Week. Strange but true. As a friend told me before my journey to the island, 'kung me isla mang unang lulubog dahil sa kasalanan, eto na yun!' (if an island is to sink first because of sinning, this will be it). And true enough." Pogi breaks it down for you. ⊕

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Monday, April 21

"I noticed that my pants were swishing around suspiciously. Know why? They're too short. By at least 2 inches. I didn't notice it the last time I wore them because I'd paired them with some backless shoes and no socks, but with black socks and these pants, everything's coming up Milhouse." Dana's life falls apart but she is still willing to rock out. ⊕