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It's weird being able to talk to Patty while she's away. Normally, she's on a dig and it's nearly impossible. This time around, we can email and talk a lot. Yet, in some ways that makes it much harder to deal with the fact that she is away, because I'm reminded of it all the time -- so close and yet so far. Constant longing. But, if the CH visit works out, I'll see her in one month. So yay.

Elsewise, there is little to report since I last wrote, 7 hours ago. Tonight, though, is all about creative meetings.

OMG, I have GOT to submit something to this. I don't have an idea in my head for it, but I must find one. MUST.

This made me laugh myself stupid. Note, while accompanying image is not NSFW, it is the cover of a porn movie DVD, so if someone noticed the big Hustler logo, that might not be okay for the office. It's okay for rollick's office though. Let her tell you why.

Some days the news is too much -- not for all the horror, but for the juxtaposition of headlines. See today's two side-by-side winners at CNN: "Cops: Mom taped toddler to wall" and "Cancer patient: I see Jesus in my MRI".

Things I can't believe I'm linking to (which may be a theme for today): iCarly and the spaghetti tacos. But hey, defictionalization!

In more serious news: A dancer living with AIDS talks about her life.

An inside look at the gay panic in Uganda. via supergee.

Also from supergee: How a placebo currency saved Brazil. It both makes perfect sense and is sort of brain-bending. It also explains why the Brazilian currency is named as it is.

Meanwhile, hazing charges at Sigma Gamma Rho.

Just had my first 2010 encounter with "the reason for the season" crap. Jesus is _a_ reason for the season. Not _the_ reason. Also, it's early October? Give us a month, yeah?

the_xtina thinks there should be a poll about a photo I linked to last night. Clickies below the cut.




[Poll #1628322]

And, just so we're clear, that distraction choice? That's for you browneyedgirl65

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The picture poll sort-of disturbed me as I struggled with how to answer...

I definitely identify with Nicole more than Baz, but trying to sort out why is tough. A lot of things seem to feed into that - her appearance (ageless beauty IMO), her dress, the power she has over the man while still being the center of attention both within the shot and from the viewer's POV. But I wonder if some of what I'm seeing comes from being trained to view art in a way that the general public probably doesn't, or if it's from my own attitudes toward gender and sexuality and power (none of which fit traditional norms).

At any rate, the image reads as very staged, as an interplay between two performers. The clothes and their poses seem to comment on the nature of gender performance and sensual/sexual power, in a way that subverts the norm. For me, Nicole is clearly in control, although she may be "topping from the bottom" - for lack of a better way of putting it - allowing Baz to believe he's got the upper hand without ceding an inch.