Lesbians! And other things in movie titles that get my attention

I just love the way the announcer says "lesbians!"

It looks like campy goodness, of the old lesbo vampire genre, but having "killers" in the title makes it seem just a tad homophobic. But I'd watch it on Quicksilver, even though I was willing to rent Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS. There's a good party movie, it has to be one the most bizarre exploitation movies I've ever seen. I really want to watch Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Shieks .

In that one she "... devises penetration-triggered exploding diaphragms." Sexplotation films... how bizarre.  Fun Fact; apparently Ilsa dies in each movie, just like Aeon Flux did in the short episodes.

Speaking of recessions

I just bought a $70 dollar Marc Jacobs head band!  I didn't pay that much for it of course, I got it for $17, which still hurt but it's very cute.  I think the conversation on the way home between M and I was dominated by the thought of who would shell out 70 bucks for a cute head band.  Will there ever be a time, once we're actual professionals, when we would be okay with that?  We kinda agreed that day may never come, but M had a positive spin on it.  "We know about the Rack, don't we?  We aren't accustomed to paying full price for anything right now, and we'll never be."  I love you too M, I love you too...

I can't find an image of my headband, but here's one of the cute clip M bought.  Original price was $50, she got it for $13.

New Year's resolutions during a recession

Obviously my main resolution is to save money.  Which means I'll be brown bagging it for the rest of the year, which means no more fried cheese for lunch, which means I'll be eating health food because vegetables and fruit are cheap.  So its kinda of like I'd be taking care of two resolutions at once; save and eat better.  I also want to cut back on my drinking, I know that must come as a shock to you my dear readers, but I know the combo of drinks and pills are not good for my body.  This will also allow me to save a lot by not spending so much at clubs.  I would say this will save money at Trader Joe's, by not getting two buck Chuck every time I go there, but I like the fizzy drinks from there (and the Izzies from Target) which cost as much as wine.  If not more.
Taking a moment to talk about my compulsive drinking, I was home alone during the day on the 31st and I drank half a carton of orange juice and a bottle of wine, because that was all we had.  Then I had like 5 beers at a NYE party.  And a rum and coke. And half a martini.  And diet coke.  And a milk shake.   We started our evening at In n' Out, then a house party, then a club, then conked out at X's.  Other than having to use the really nasty bathroom at the goth club (I had no idea that it took so much strength to ... um... hover over a toilet, but when there are no seat covers, what's a girl to do?) there were no ill side effects.  Not even a trace of a hangover.  It appears that I drink and it affects M, because she did wake up with a headache.
Back to the topic of resolutions; everything will be fine if we can just keep our jobs for the rest of the year. So far it seems that we're in no danger, but if we hit that 10% unemployment rate, or an economic depression as it is called, it will be time for all our friends to move in to our studio (we've got rent control!)

Redundancy

I know that this occupies my blog sidebar at the moment, but I must emphasize this.  View the Junko Mizuno vid, because she's so cool and you've got free time.

In case you're not familiar with her work...

You can see how great it is and why I've been following her work for almost a decade now.




















This image is from her blog MZN news.

New Year's Resolutions

Happy New Year!  My quest for Babycham continues...

And yes, it is back in stock at BevMo online, I just don't want to order it, shipping's too high.

"No time to fall behind!"

This is what they tell transfer students, or at least those that transfer from a semester to a quarter system. They tell you that, "You'll be so busy trying to complete the most basic work that you won't even have enough time to slack off." I'd just like to say that's not true, there is always time to slack off, if you're willing to prioritize it. There are always naps, internet "research" projects, music, idle chit chat, and hair to dye. Thinking back to my college days I take pride in my ability to successfully transfer from a community college semester system to a university quarter system, and manage to screw around just as much as I ever did, if not more so, and actually raise my GPA in the process. To those who didn't have time for mid-afternoon naps I say, "You should have tried harder!"

Also, the work is not that fucking hard*, there will always be one easy class per quarter that won't require much effort. And once you stop caring, it only gets easier.

*I say this only as a humanities major.

Sooo sleepy

I'm already looking forward to my afternoon nap. One of the highlights of my Xmas vacation was sleeping in, napping and going to bed fairly early. I suppose sleep isn't the worst thing to be addicted to, but its getting old. Some combination of medication and stress has zapped my energy. Maybe it's because I haven't exercised in the past 6 month, I've been too sleepy to leave the house after work. Maybe I should take my vitamins, too. All I know is that coffee seems to have the ability to sooth me to sleep like warm milk. I don't really mean that, I think milk, especially warm milk, tastes gross, so its more of a wake-up than black coffee. Why do I love bitter ( I also love sour drinks) tasting things?

Itchy mystery rash

After having visited my in-laws, and genetic family, and staying the night in a hotel, I now have a itchy mystery rash. I've only had this happen when I eat shrimp or when I have a lot of stress. Well, I didn't eat shrimp, or any of their shellfish friends, and the stress is over with, so I don't what's wrong with me. If it doesn't go away by the end of the day tomorrow, M will force me to go to urgent care so she doesn't have to lie beside my pox ridden body.

Speaking of pox, I had to buy anti-itch cream. I bought Cortizone 10 with healing aloe, and read the box as we wandered through the store. Under the directions section it states, " ...for external anal and genital itching...". I had no idea that it had this kind of application (ha ha). At first I though I would walk of the store with my head held high, knowing that people will think well of me and my vermin related hygiene issues, but I was confronted with the shame of people thinking I going to barely make it to the car and start frantically rubbing this cream on my anus. Oh the shame of it all...

BTW the slogan on the box is "Feel the Heal."

Hanging out in Benice

which is how my dear friend, E, pronounces Venice. So now we all say it that way.
Anyway, now is the time I discuss post Xmas shopping; the stores were empty. I don't we have ever gotten through the lines faster than this weekend. Target, Best Buy, the Rack, all places usually packed to the gills, we were able to move free through the store and then zip through the check out. We even got our new car stereo installed during our Best Buy/ Target outing in less than two hours.

We finally have a radio in our fly ride. Is "fly" the right word? The car came with these crazy rims on it, and tinted windows, but the CD player broke down a few days after we got it. But now it's back up and running with the 2nd cheapest (the cheapest was sold out) stereo Best Buy had to offer. And I have discovered the loud function!

I guess the lesson here is that recession are great so along as your home maintains its dual, full time, income status. With excellent benefits.