“Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.”

- C.S. Lewis

Oh, I'm ready for it
Come on, bring it.
Oh, I'm ready for it
Come on, bring it.
Oh, I'm ready for it
Come on, bring it.
Oh, I'm ready for it
Come on, bring it.

So kiss me goodbye.
Honey, I'm gonna make it out alive.
So kiss me goodbye.
I can see the (tubesock) in your eyes.
Goodbye.

So my dad kinda has this strange idea that "Snakes on a Plane" somehow corrolates with Sock Wars.

What is this "Sock Wars", you ask? I'll tell ya.

It's basically like capture the flag, but you chuck socks at each other instead of a ball; the two teams' home bases are artfully piled mounds of cardboard; and the flag is a glowstick instead of a flag, because it is played in the dark.

The War starts on *August 18th.

Think that you can handle it?

If you're interested, talk to my peeps using the contact info.

*Part of the b-day festivities!

I know that all of you have been eagerly awaiting the premiere of the show that I described in this post a while back.

"Instant Beauty Pageant" (Mall of America episode) will apparently be airing this weekend on the Style Network, which is on Comcast and Dish Network in the Twin Cities, but not DirectTV. It broadcasts this Friday at 10 p.m., and again at 1 a.m., 8 a.m. and noon on Saturday. Yet again on Sunday at 11 a.m., 9 p.m., and Monday at 12 a.m. and 12 p.m. (all CST).

Gosh, I wonder if anyone will see it?

I was an innocent bystander working at one of the shops the crew visited, and they snuck up on me with the camera and lights. I don't know if I'm in the show or not, but keep a look out for the dark-haired girl with eyes bigger than a deer's in headlights.

PS: Just twenty-four more days!

Hi guys! Wow, it's been a long time. I almost don't know what to say! Almost.

So, there's this Swedish scientist named Jarl Flensmark who thinks that wearing high-heels makes people schizophrenic and subject to other mental disorders (HT: Samantha Burns). I think he's absolutely nuts. I wear high heels all the time and there's nothing wrong with me!

I am, however, the girl who puts on her heels right before leaving the house and takes them off right when she reaches her destination, such as church. My pastor asks me if we're standing on holy ground.

Apparently, "during walking, synchronised stimuli from mechaneroceptors in the lower extremities increase activity in cerebellothalamo-cortico-cerebellar loops through their action on NMDA- receptors."

Followin' me here? And no, a mechaneroceptor is not a dinosaur.

"Using heeled shoes leads to weaker stimulation of the loops. Reduced cortical activity changes dopaminergic function, which involves the gangliathalamo-cortical-nigro-basal ganglia loops."

Basically Jarl is saying that walking in heels can prevent the neuro-receptors in the calf muscles from releasing dopamine, which is a necessary compound for mental well-being. Thanks Jarl. Sure you haven't been wearing your heels to work lately?



He also points out that wherever heeled shoes have popped up around the world, so have mental institutions.

Hmmm. You know, I wonder if this has any connecton with me failing the insanity test (if the link makes you laugh, you're insane).

BONUS! Random stuff!

What is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?