aww

I’m still the only person on flickr to have anything tagged with “covered in sores.” I feel kind of special.

you are not your outfit, either.. or are you?

Dear Clothing Retailer:
I’m sure that you had good intentions behind your ad, wherein a group of teens are running from mobs of body-less outfits which shamble towards them. In the end they’re overtaken and when the hordes pull away, the group is dressed in the latest styles. They compliment each other on their outfits they [...]

you are not the contents of your wallet

I know it’s been around the internets for a while, but I finally watched the Guys and Dolls documentary. I’m not going to comment on the question of real dolls in general, I don’t find them as disturbing as some other fetishes (except when I learned that some of the pubic hair for the dolls [...]

grr, get offa my lawn

I went to Buffalo Exchange in Berkeley yesterday to sell some clothes. This is by far my favorite store in the East Bay, but I’m starting to get concerned about its staff. Over the years I’ve noticed some patterns:
1. First of all, working there seems to give you some sort of fashion license which allows [...]

i’m allergic to nothing. i’m allergic to something.

I took the morning off work to go to the doctor, in hopes of discovering the trigger to my Mystery Allergy. He ordered 4 separate types of scratch tests: three food, one environmental. That’s 85 tiny pinpricks.
Let me go ahead and spoil the excitement by saying that I’m no closer to discovering my [...]