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March 29, 2007
tiresome
Because I love to vent, here are some things I am tired of as of Thursday late afternoon:
- Eliot Stein being around children
- Receiving death threats due to bizarre maniacal internet freaks
- Prunes (i dunno, they sound exhausting for the colon)
- The Huffington Post
- Cat hair
- Wind storms that knock over all my tenderly cared for plants
- People who make everything about THEM
- The end.
- To be honest, I've HAD it with the harmonica. Used to be sexy.
- American Idol
- House of filth stories
- Anna Nicole asking me for another piece of chocolate cake from beyond
- Deadlines
- Car registration
- Mickey's disorganized kaus files on my coffee table. Because I know he's a good sport.
- Grudges
- The drudgery of life
- Working out, even though I don't.
- Typing blog entries
- Reading blog posts
Get out there and live you morons.
Posted by Moxie at 4:28 PM | Comments (21)
March 28, 2007
Eliot Stein
This article says it all.
Also, as I imagined Eliot showing up wearing a powder blue tux from the 70's....Sondra K, who is also an "expert at Photoshop" provides the visual goods on this squid.
UPDATE: My bad for insulting squid by comparing them to Stein.
Posted by Moxie at 3:14 PM | Comments (10)
March 25, 2007
More thoughts on Cathy Seipp
It's been an awfully difficult week. Though I'm not related by blood (but love and some sweat and many tears apply), Cathy, Maia and Harvey (Cathy's Dad) as well as many of her friends have been my west coast family for years.
I am grateful, shocked and delighted to have them in my life. If you have ever lived in Los Angeles -- you know what an enormous and truly unlikely gift it is -- to have been found and adopted by such amazing people in a city like this. One with a smoggy grasp, notorious for creating an environment where it is difficult to connect, survive and thrive in, unless you are a liberal Scientologist with some sort of a film career.
Speaking of adoption, one of Cathy's wishes is that people honor her by taking in strays or donating to the Humane Society. And this reminded me of a funny Cathy moment.
Back when Puff Tatty was abandoned by his owner and decided I was the right crazy cat lady to to own -- Bentley and Phoebe plus Puff made three felines at the Moxtopia compound. Even though he's added no more trouble than two cats had created, Cathy said, "Moxie, THREE cats? That is one too many!" So adopt in Cathy's honor, but in moderation. We don't want to force Andrew Breitbart to link hundreds of "house of filth and cats" posts on the Drudge Report.
Cathy's body may be resting but her spirit is very much alive.
Posted by Moxie at 1:44 AM | Comments (11)
March 21, 2007
Cathy Seipp 1957-2007
UPDATE: 3/21/07 Cathy is in peace. She passed gracefully at about 2:05 PM. Love and godspeed my sweet friend.
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I wasn't going to publish this photo until Cathy stopped fighting. She hasn't!
But a dozen hours ago at the hospital, I mentioned to Amy and Maia, even though it was taken with a crappy camera (and I was probably a tipsy photographer to boot), I had done my best to clean it up. Adjusting some levels and shadows seemed like the right thing to do, because it is Cathy's personal favorite photo I've taken of her. Cathy heard this and reacted. So I think she wanted it out there. NOW. Who am I to argue?!
Cathy, who is enviably both classically beautiful and intelligent, makes this photo special -- you feel you are there, you know her and are engaged in the conversation. Or maybe worst case, she's upset with you instead of Luke Ford, who is slumped on the couch next to her. Cathy's presence makes this photo one of my most prized. To this day, it still baffles me that I was able to capture it. And as of tonight, Cathy still looks the same...
We told her last night, if we didn't love her so much -- we'd have to hate her for being so damn wonderful and beautiful, even while in the hospital.
The nurse said, "she's still fighting" (duh!) and it's not like we expected anything less. Cathy continues to be surrounded by loved ones, so fret not.
Upon my insistence, an exhausted Amy read Mark Steyn's post outloud to Cathy -- Maia saw her raise her eyebrows. Not that we ever doubted Cathy was stronger than the pain meds she is dripped. But I hope that Mark Steyn knows, his post made a sweet difference.
Rest assured, we have all told Cathy how much she is loved and admired by this wild mix of people on the earth. When she decides it's the right time -- she will go out in style, with love and class -- and I know she'll be aware and proud of that fact.
Posted by Moxie at 12:46 AM | Comments (28)
March 20, 2007
is there any better use
for the word douchebag?
Read this post on cybersquatting. The victim is our friend Cathy Seipp, who is gravely ill at the moment.
How low can they go?
Posted by Moxie at 2:34 PM | Comments (7)
March 19, 2007
so much unfairness of things
I just got back from Cedars ICU, and noticed a large volume of our friend Cathy Seipp's fans and readers clicking through. Well, it's no longer "just got back" as I've been sitting here struggling to write a post. For an hour.
Cathy has been surrounded by loving friends and family all day. When I say surrounded, I mean SURROUNDED!
The doctors have made sure she is resting comfortably and I imagine at times she was both amused and irritated by all the media talk, harmless gossip and most importantly, her friends meeting other friends for the first time.
Please add Cathy, Maia, Harvey and the rest of the family to your prayers. I'm an atheist but still going to give it a whirl. We love you, Cathy. SO much.
Posted by Moxie at 3:56 PM | Comments (5)
March 16, 2007
drudge is gross
I don't want to see "exotic meat smuggled" and Richard Hatch headlines on top of each other EVER again.
Posted by Moxie at 3:37 PM | Comments (1)
global warming
Way better than Al Gore's hypocritical solution, because Al won't have to forego his private jet. Just breathing.
SO quick, you too, everyone stop breathing and save mother earth.
But please, only the liberals.
Posted by Moxie at 2:24 AM | Comments (2)
March 15, 2007
state of dating address
A few people thought I was mean in my last post on the state of dating. And that's fine, the two ugly emails I received were obviously from someone guilty of the awful and outrageous behavior I defined. Or from one of his friends who is using him.
As someone who has never cheated on a boyfriend, never had more than one boyfriend at a time, cooks, cleans, sews and gives each guy a clean slate -- it seems more interesting to write about what NOT to do when I have these horrendous real life examples. Isn't it obvious what a guy SHOULD do?
I can sit here and say, date only one woman at a time until I'm blue in the face and that weirdo can think it's still perfectly okay to fine tune his profile or even email his new Yahoo matches from my house, because hey, he isn't dating them. YET.
But one thing I should point out -- I've had my heart broken by people I trusted -- recently.
I'm not sure what is more foolish -- hoping that this guy is different or ignoring male patterns of douchebagitude and not throwing a wrench in his plan..
Posted by Moxie at 11:18 PM | Comments (14)
March 14, 2007
More blog talk radio
I'm returning the favor and will be the guest on Steve H.'s show this evening.
Since I'm giving more advanced notice this time around, I hope you guys will listen and/or call in. I plan to talk about dating, politics in dating and relationships. But with Steve and I, you never know where the conversation will go.
Click here at 9PM east coast time, and 6PM on the left coast. If you live in Jesusland, you'll have to figure it out for yourself.
Dial In Number is (718) 664-6948
Posted by Moxie at 12:31 PM | Comments (5)
March 13, 2007
Steve and I talk...you listen
I want to check out this blogtalkradio thing. So we're doing a test run.
I have no notes, so it might be weird right-wing inside jokes.
But if you'd like to call in, I'd love it.
(646) 652-2695
And click here to listen at 5:30 PT, 8:30 for you right coasters. I know there are only 5 of you. But that's enough.
Posted by Moxie at 4:54 PM | Comments (7)
Don't be like me
and call your best friend from college (who has small children) at an ungodly hour.
I've had no problem adjusting to the time change, because I forgot to uncheck the auto-adjust box. So twice now my computer has unhelpfully turned itself back to the incorrect time and I was too clueless to notice.
Thank god I'm around to make these mistakes so you don't have to.
Posted by Moxie at 10:26 AM | Comments (2)
good grief
When I inadvertently check my sitemeter, because I don't give a shit about traffic, I usually find a large volume of visitors searching for online dating etiquette.
Before you proceed, read this post, tips for men who like women | for the totally clueless and then this post, online dating etiquette.
We'll wait while you are gone.
You're back? Good. Don't worry, we weren't talking about you a lot.
Now for some advanced online dating DON'T's:
1) If you stress in your profile that you want a relationship to grow from a friendship, do not be surprised by an interested woman who will talk positively about being your friend first. Likewise, if you say you only want to be friends, we'll believe you until you act like a douchebag. Sadly, that doesn't take long for many men.
2) If you tell someone you’ve been on a few dates with, that you have turned off match/eharmony/yahoo/chemistry/whatever, it’s a bad idea to schedule a date for your other girlfriend’s abortion using her laptop and leave the email open for her to see. It scares me that I need to say these things. But I do.
3) Women who spend the night with you and want to wait to have sex are generally more authentic and interested. Similarly, girls who rip off their pants aren't necessarily interested in you, but they certainly are authentic whores.
4) Doctors can be whores too. Itchy crotches and oozing sores mean more business.
5) Whatever you do, do not meet the woman who was waiting for you to feel better/get back from traveling/to get through a busy work schedule only to tell her you are now dating someone else. Nor should you elaborate on how you are in that stage where all you want to do is be close to this new skank to smell and taste her skin. You sound like Jeffrey Dahmer. Cruel men are NOT sexy. They should be locked up in a padded room.
6) Whatever some other chick did to wrong you...get over it. This new girl isn't the old one and shouldn't be punished for someone else's psychopathic behavior.
7) Being drunk, boorish and rude to the wait staff is a deal breaker. I don't care what company you run. If you shit gold bricks, that is all the more reason to be nice to the person who has many chances to spit in your food.
8) Men always complain about women being fatter than their pictures. Take a look in the mirror. Posting a photo from 5 years ago when you weighed less than 500 lbs doesn't count. You might find your five chins sexy, but we women don't.
9) Women's intuition and bullshit detectors are spot-on. We know you don't have a glass eye, and that a sweet tart hasn't been lodged in your throat for a week. I could fill a book with ridiculous lies I've been told. Don't you fall into that trap.
10) Dr. Warren’s 29 dimensions of compatibility does not include deception nor infantile behavior. If this bothers you, I'll put on my leather corset and beat you silly with a feather whip.
Conservative women need more REAL men out there. Especially in Los Angeles where even the best of them will disappoint a glass-half-empty kind of girl. Don't YOU be one of them. Girls like me have NO time for losers like the above mentioned. We refuse to go through it. Men should refuse to be typical idiots. Maybe then women could find respect for their frank-and-beaned human counterparts.
Posted by Moxie at 1:32 AM | Comments (23)
March 12, 2007
Moxie's pajamas
I don't blog much about Pajamas Media anymore, because frankly they haven't done anything interesting. They continue to fail, but I predicted this when they launched.
What is interesting, is that every day for the last few months someone from Mission Viejo (right near Laguna Beach) faithfully searches my site for "pajamas".
I'm not sure if it's a bitter old man who hopes I'll post a picture of myself in pajamas or a bitter pajamateer who has me on his radar.
Let me say for the record....."I'm TERRIFIED!!! No really, I am." It's funny that their gravitas has resulted in daily searches of critic's sites. I had no idea how important I am, better go make myself less important.
Carry on.
Posted by Moxie at 6:00 PM | Comments (11)
i guess it's time
to claim my blog on technorati. Technorati Profile
Posted by Moxie at 12:43 PM
March 9, 2007
a Myth about Republicans
All Republicans want to screw the poor.
This commonly held belief is absolutely untrue. The Right is very picky about sexual partners, they much prefer to screw (many times a night) other like-minded rich people of the opposite gender.
Posted by Moxie at 10:18 PM | Comments (6)
March 8, 2007
A Myth about Liberals
I've noticed a lot of name calling going on lately. But because I am a scientist, I did some research.
Liberals are not all pussies. I discovered that liberals do indeed have penises. But only the women.
Posted by Moxie at 6:25 PM | Comments (2)
