tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87737651002202739052024-02-19T06:10:44.870-05:00SPOTjust a little stuffed doggie who's missing a noseBoijerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879942943847102157noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773765100220273905.post-44897211444777770122017-11-07T10:16:00.003-05:002017-11-07T10:16:43.432-05:00Moving DayStuffeddoggie activities have been moved over to the <a href="http://www.boijer.blogspot.com/">Boijer Blog</a>. <i>Thanks for following me on to my new adventures!</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773765100220273905.post-19889327340735501152017-10-30T12:17:00.001-04:002017-10-30T12:21:47.581-04:00Summer Supercut<div style="text-align: center;">
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In the midst of political and social unrest, work, and change...
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773765100220273905.post-88455626461239630282015-11-28T14:36:00.000-05:002016-01-05T00:10:16.763-05:00Astronaut Mae Jemison, M.D.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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There are about a hundred thousand things I want to say about how awesome this woman is. I love these two photos of her. At top, <b>Mae</b> and her suit tech <b>Sharon Caples McDougle</b> (awesome interview with <b>Sharon</b> <a href="http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/McDougleSC/McDougleSC_7-9-10.htm">here</a>) seem to radiate pure brilliance. It is very obvious that they have a special relationship and that they both love what they do. <i>Space suits!</i> - <b>absolutely utilitarian</b> - <i><b>totally freaking cool</b></i>.<br />
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<b>Dr. Mae Jemison</b> is an avid <i>Star Trek</i> fan and especially fond of the character <b><i>Lieutenant Nyota Uhura</i></b>. When opening her communications with NASA Mission Control at the beginning of her shifts, <b>Mae</b> would proclaim <b><i>Uhura's</i></b> standard line: "<u>Hailing frequencies open</u>". Famously portrayed by <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichelle_Nichols">Nichelle Nichols</a></b>, the role of <b><i>Uhura</i></b> was one of television's first significant feature roles for a black actor. Spanning from 1966-1969, <b>Nichols</b>' contribution to television came at a significant time during America's Civil Rights Movement - and when <b>Nichols</b> was considering leaving the show, <b>Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.</b> made a personal plea for her to stay.<b> Nichelle Nichols</b> is also credited to have shared in the very first on-screen interracial kiss on television with co-star <b>William Shatner</b>. As the story goes<b>, Nichols</b> and <b>Shatner</b> purposely messed up every take in which the studio wanted to film versions of the scene that omitted the kiss.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773765100220273905.post-42727724513593588262015-11-17T15:32:00.000-05:002015-11-18T13:45:26.844-05:00Matahdatah, Zaouli, Kankudai, Pancakes, Farm Boy<center>
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M.I.A.'s music is so dear to me. Her album <i><b>Kala</b></i> was the soundtrack I used as a line cook years ago. Her tempo and stories sped the whole team up with a unity and importance that I had never before experienced as a person assembling things for my money. Her music made our repetitive work as a group lyrical and important. Hot kitchen!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773765100220273905.post-49428116703175289752015-10-06T23:48:00.000-04:002015-10-06T23:48:54.797-04:00Larry Cat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am sick, it's just a cold. I am trying to memorize all the discomforts - the ache of my hips and the pain of holding my head up. It's a labor to do anything. I am so thankful for my health. I am in disbelief at how easy it feels to be when you're well and why is this something I always forget to note except for when I am truly well-fed and sublimely happy? </div>
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There was a car crash on the Island tonight and somebody died. Whenever I hear the Life Flight helicopter thumping overhead to land on the ballfields I pay a moment to acknowledge that somebody is having possibly the worst or even the last day of their life. I wish for a stronger culture of empathy in our communities. A moment for the anonymous soul.</div>
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For all this doom and gloom, I promise I really am doing quite well. I have decided to start working on making dresses. I will call the brand <i>B<span class="st">ö</span>ijer</i> after a silly nickname I have. It's a beginning, at least.</div>
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A few photos from a late summer arranging gig yesterday with Chickadee Hill Flowers. I love Emily's big arrangements. She always manages a shape you thought impossible to build with flowers. Every piece of material she applies is done with deliberate attention and starts with a thoughtful framework of greenery. At a glance it feels like you are experiencing something that fell from the most secret garden plot and right into the vase - if you you knew how much observance and experience it takes to create a piece so beautiful.<br />
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I got to make a large wreath with Darcy. We used <i>Queen Anne's Lace</i>, four different types of <i>Eucalyptus</i>, some blushing <i>Sedum</i>, <i>Spruce</i> branches, and spent <i>Astilbe</i> flower seed heads. It's great to create something with someone else. If you are carrying a heavy fridge with another person, you are not going to skimp on your efforts, but rather lift hard and consider your partner at every step! I grow so much when I work with other people. <br />
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The airy cabin space where we installed the large arrangement and wreath sat on a beautiful point of private land by the ocean. The water was a translucent milky green, a perfect swimming spot. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773765100220273905.post-58567439945049183102015-08-19T19:08:00.000-04:002015-08-19T19:08:11.206-04:00"Drinking cup (kylix) with erotic scene"<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container tr_bq" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I spent a few hours exploring the <i>Boston Museum of Fine Art</i>'s Greek pottery collections this past weekend. I particularly liked this piece. It's crazy how old these objects are and how useful they were in their time. My companion Ian was able to weave the ancient stories to me as we investigated the pieces. Fascinating and beautiful on so may levels.<br />
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A bearded man bends over a woman with short hair (which may indicate her status as a slave). She braces herself on the stool in front of her which has lion-paw feet and various things piled on top of it, including her clothes. To the left is a couch (kline) which has an elaborately carved post with ionic volutes. An overstuffed striped cushion tops the kline.<b></b> </blockquote>
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<b>Inscription:</b><i> <br />"the girl is pretty"</i> (HE PAIS KALE) (above their heads), and <i>"Hold still!" </i>(HEXE HESUXOS) (issuing from the man's mouth) ΗΕΠΑΙΣΚΑΛΕ ΗΕΧΕΗΣΥΧΟΣ (<a href="http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/drinking-cup-kylix-with-erotic-scene-153752">via</a>) </blockquote>
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<b>Julien Dys</b> cuts <b>Linda Evangelista</b>’s hair, photographed by <b>Peter Lindbergh</b>, 1989.</div>
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I love how this amazing haircut was documented.</div>
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I am learning so much at <a href="http://www.chickadeehillflowers.com/">Chickadee Hill Flowers</a>. The other day we arranged and installed flowers on a beautiful chuppah that Emily's dad made. The apple branches made everything extra lush and lovely. We also used <span class="st"><i>Forsythia</i> branches, <i>Mountain Mint</i>, <i>Dahlias</i>, </span><i>Matricaria</i>, <i>Queen Anne's Lace</i>, <i>Cloud Larkspur</i>, <i>Peonies</i>, and <i>Baptisia</i> greens. Beyond the material that she grows herself, Emily also sources from the incredible <a href="http://sacredboughfarm.weebly.com/">Sacred Bough Farm</a> (definitely worth a follow on Instagram! <a href="https://instagram.com/sacredbough/">@sacredbough</a>). The greenhouse feels especially exotic right now - the <i>Sweetpeas</i> that Emily started back in January are being cut down soon to make way for peppers. Until then I will continue to enjoy their incredible fragrance. I rolled my ankle and fell on my head once - It smelled like <i>Sweetpeas</i> in the room at the time. The smell of their blooms will always haunt me a little bit but I still love them all the same.<br />
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I love the time of year when the lilacs leave thick mats of fallen blooms on the ground. This spring carpet is a fine luxury. I leave the irises as their blooms fall away - their stalks and molting brown petals are so enchanting. The night I took these photos was heavy with the damp - it was low tide and I could smell the wet seaweed on the beach all the way down the block.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773765100220273905.post-80470422582351827352015-04-15T23:07:00.000-04:002015-04-22T19:10:34.868-04:00Drug Busts<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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It occurred to me this morning as I flipped through my local paper that I<i><b> love</b></i> drug bust contraband photos. <br />
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First of all, how much thought goes into setting up the photo? Do police stations have special areas set aside for these pictures? Does some dummy try to set the shot up in a dim corner when another officer intervenes "The light is much better there over by the coffee maker."? Does the task default to an officer with artistic prowess like a waiter whose knack for drawing lands him the task of scribbling daily specials on the patio blackboard? Were any of these pictures taken with a cellphone? I especially like the second photo because you can see the photographer's shoes.<br />
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I also enjoy drug bust photos because they document a bunch of someone's stuff that was very recently taken away. The people whose possessions are documented here remind me of squirrels.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773765100220273905.post-29947382524830293302015-04-08T01:11:00.000-04:002015-04-08T01:11:06.290-04:00Billie Holiday<center>
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When I was 19, I lived in China. My time there sticks with me like the smell of fried onions in a cook's apron.<br />
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ORDOS, A MAGICAL LAND in the just north of China, is a dazzling pearl in
the world history and culture. That’s what it says — verbatim, in
ungrammatical English — on a plaque that greets you as you enter a
rotunda in the Ordos Museum. ... Signs welcome visitors
to “the famous tourist city,” “the most excellent tourist city” and
“the top tourist city in China.” The word Ordos itself is a kind of
boast: In Mongolian, it means “many palaces.”
The outside world has
come to know Ordos by a different title: as a ghost city.<br />
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It is true that China is in the throes of a transformation without
analogue or precedent. Experts say that in the next two decades,
hundreds of millions of rural Chinese will move into hundreds of newly
built cities — the biggest building boom, and the largest migration, in
human history.<br />
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- <b><a class="url fn" href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jody-rosen/" rel="author" title="More Posts by JODY ROSEN"><span itemprop="name">Jody Rosen</span></a></b><span class="meta-sep"><b> </b><i>"The Colossal Strangeness of China's Most Excellent Tourist City"</i> for</span> <b>T Magazine </b>(<a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/ordos-china-tourist-city/#more-292205">link</a>)<span class="meta-sep"> </span></div>
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I've never been to the city of Ordos. I am haunted by its condition. Recalling the strangeness of finding something desolate in China gives me feelings that I just can't shake. I will never forget the times I spent in places like this. My reminiscence lives somewhere between dysphoria and elation - somehow like the calm surprise of discovering a bruise as you run a finger down your leg. I can't stop thinking about deserted streets where welding sparks shower from the tops of rebar and cement sky-scrapers as they are pieced together at all hours of the night and day. I can't forget assembling around car trunk wares with friends during warm spring nights on the edge of the desert. This article and these photos have captured a feeling and a comprehension that I have never been able to convey. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773765100220273905.post-655004192739299552015-03-03T21:04:00.001-05:002015-03-13T13:23:33.857-04:00Who Madeleine ØstlieWho is <b>Madeleine Østlie</b>? Is she an editor? Is she a photographer? I found this shoot titled <i>DISTRICTIC MTV</i> in her<a href="http://www.madeleineostlie.com/filter/editorial/DISTRICT-MTV"> portfolio</a>.<br />
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Who are these models? They're so badass. <i>Who put this together</i>? <b>It's so badass</b>. I am so sick of fashion trying to sell stuff using dead fish and a deeply exclusive sense of self-importance. I want to experience stories and ideas told by people who are using fashions as a medium.<br />
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Interesting from the same source:<br />
<a href="http://www.madeleineostlie.com/MADDIE">MADDIE</a>, <a href="http://www.madeleineostlie.com/JUKE">JUKE</a>, <a href="http://www.madeleineostlie.com/CLASH-3">CLASH</a><br />
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Even when I am in a state of 'fashion disgust'. I will never stop
exploring. Discovering something that feels original, passionate, and
honest is like hitting a way-point when I thought I was hopelessly lost. Maybe, because fashion magazines were my most accessible window into culture growing up, I am still deeply interested in the work within their pages. I revered the presentations that spoke the loudest and felt the realest. This particular one would be a good example.<br />
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Nowadays I appreciate fashion advertising and editorials as cultural compasses. I like to see how the interests of designers trickle their way into society. All things start somewhere, and the process of wearing things starts with a designer. So, whether you like it or not, sometimes flared pants will be the freshest thing in the supermarket.<br />
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<i>CAT</i> workboots, for example, are being showcased in this shoot. I recognize them as <i>Timberland</i>s at first. I don't see this as an advertisement for these boots, even if whoever was culling these pieces for this story had them placed in their hands. <i>Timberland</i> boots are one of your few options for footwear if you are in prison. Since their design, these work boots have now acquired the power of a million stories. (Interestingly, Timberland boots used to carry a lifetime warranty for any consumer, though the offer has <a href="http://consumerist.com/2014/06/15/timberland-boots-have-a-lifetime-warranty-unless-youre-in-prison/">recently been revoked</a> to incarcerated peoples.) These boots are being applied to this project like a texture; they were picked to tell, not sell. This texture shows me two girls owning a massive male street swagger. The fashion in this shoot is acting as a foil to highlight both the status of black men and the flex of women.<br />
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If you ever<b> do</b> see an <i>advertisement</i> for <i>Timberland</i> they will show you either 1) a proud and massive workman with a jackhammer or 2) Nordic guy with a rugged leather satchel full of important documents and ice-climbing gear walking briskly along a cobbled city street.<br />
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glossies are obsolete now, I am grown up. It's time to get real.<br />
Fashion is made by gigantic
threshing machines threaded by the commonwealth as their uber wealthy and self-absorbed multi-national overseers Instagram pictures of manicured fingers clutching pastel-colored French macroons #tru. I am not interested in fashion that sounds like a little klipp of heels in an alley.<br />
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I haven't outgrown fashion, not in the slightest! The clothes are finally starting to fit. If I want things done my way, maybe I should just start doing them myself.<br />
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I wonder if my neighbors ever watch me exercise? I mostly dance after dark so I can use my windows as big mirrors. I don't mind being <i>a weird person</i> that does <i>that thing</i> because, whether we realize it or not, <b>we all need people like that in our lives</b>. </blockquote>
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I am still uncomfortable with the idea of visiting the community gym. My job demands that I spend a lot of my time on display. When I'm at work, I feel like a hamster who's cage doesn't have a hut. In my private time, I much rather engage in situations that don't demand convivial banter.</blockquote>
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I made this giant chocolate box.<br />
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fetching stick. Once you do succeed in chucking her stick as far as you can, she brings it right back to you and refuses to give it up again. It takes so much effort to thrive during winter. The summer is short. Summer is salvation.<br />
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Gazing at these absolutely exquisite <b>flower arrangements </b>from my pal <a href="http://www.chickadeehillflowers.com/"><b>Chickadee Hill Flowers</b></a> has been like medicine. Her work is beyond superb. Not only is she a brilliant artist, she also grows most of her materials (an appreciable task!).<i> Maybe they will fill you with as much awe and hope as they have me. </i>I can hardly remember what it feels like to have full sunshine beating down on my back as I turn warm fragrant soil with fork.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773765100220273905.post-75004645487151471422015-02-05T01:17:00.000-05:002015-02-05T01:19:33.963-05:00Christophe Lemaire, Pre-Fall 2015I love the lighting in this shoot. It has a strength to it that I can't quite describe. The cold and salty wet feeling from the sea helps put me right into these big jackets. Given that I live in a landscape much like the one depicted here, I really appreciate the juxtaposition of these clothes and the elements. This<a href="http://www.style.com/fashion-shows/pre-fall-2015/christophe-lemaire"> entire collection</a> is wonderful - <b>here are my favorites:</b><br />
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I took this picture in the fall. I was sitting on my bed thinking about
how blue the gloaming was and how yellow the light melting in from the kitchen felt. I
think this photo captures that moment perfectly. The nights were starting to frost around this time - a chill that I love, when the sharpest colds are still distant enough to feel romantic.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773765100220273905.post-43041899945708475902015-01-26T18:32:00.000-05:002015-01-26T19:06:40.947-05:00Ama 海女<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><b>↑ </b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">by Fosco Maraini </span></span></span></i></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(<a href="http://gakuran.com/ama-the-pearl-diving-mermaids-of-japan/">via</a>)</span></span></span></i></span></b></td></tr>
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The ideas and fishing practices of the Ama pearl divers are so different from the ones used in the community where I live. These ladies are so legendary to me. They have such a strong faith in nature and the ocean. The picture above gives me a great feeling of summer and what is like to be a human.<br />
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<b>"</b><i><b>Ama – The Pearl Diving Mermaids of Japan</b></i><b>"</b></div>
One of the lesser-known but fascinating parts of Japanese culture is that of the Ama pearl divers. Ama (海女 in Japanese), literally means
‘woman of the sea’ and is recorded as early as 750 in the oldest
Japanese anthology of poetry, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27y%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB">Man’yoshu</a>.
These women specialised in freediving some 30 feet down into cold water
wearing nothing more than a loincloth. Utilising special techniques to
hold their breath for up to 2 minutes at a time, they would work for up
to 4 hours a day in order to gather abalone, seaweed and other
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This is an awesome short documentary on the Ama and features a great interview with a real live woman of the sea!<br />
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I highly recommend checking out this article ("<a href="http://gakuran.com/ama-the-pearl-diving-mermaids-of-japan/"><i>Ama – The Pearl Diving Mermaids of Japan</i></a>") by <b><span class="written-by vcard author"><span class="fn url"><a href="https://plus.google.com/101848191156408080085/?rel=author" rel="author external" title="Visit Michael Gakuran’s website">Michael Gakuran</a></span></span></b> if you'd like to learn more!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773765100220273905.post-11222770542782427052015-01-19T18:10:00.002-05:002015-01-19T18:10:39.637-05:00Gouro Zaouli Dance<div style="text-align: center;">
As far as seduction dances go, I say this is a pret-ty good one. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773765100220273905.post-46491197453454989682015-01-15T01:44:00.000-05:002015-09-15T23:54:18.825-04:00Red Velvet<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8gpVgAJuzyTkjXFRyH4W-cXjyliiWBrmzgw8snP-VNFrqV1Cp_s8r-EMQMPo8EBEkcDWZS3D2Yi46TdnfSyQSuckA61GxZuydgnNgTB1UBSLKot36JKYONWyUdhda8FBR_4obTN73TQ/s1600/sexy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8gpVgAJuzyTkjXFRyH4W-cXjyliiWBrmzgw8snP-VNFrqV1Cp_s8r-EMQMPo8EBEkcDWZS3D2Yi46TdnfSyQSuckA61GxZuydgnNgTB1UBSLKot36JKYONWyUdhda8FBR_4obTN73TQ/s1600/sexy.jpg" title="The World Nightclub, NYC 1980's, red walls, sweat, red velvet, topless dancer, red head, " width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr align="right"><td class="tr-caption"><b>↑ <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">The World Nightclub, NYC 1980's (<a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/nyc-the-koch-years-19781989">via</a>)</span></span></span></i></span></b></td></tr>
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I love when people use the word '<b>underbelly</b>' to describe the darker plane of society. <i>Underbelly</i> makes me feel that everything on culture's opposite side can be exposed all in one go, like flipping an alligator over. Truth is: not so.</blockquote>
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