Back to some fluff, please

Ah, I just discovered a video that I simply must share with you, dear readers, especially as a lightening counterpart to my previous hard-to-digest posts. But I apologize in advance if anyone (or everyone) doesn’t understand what I’m talking about because – my god – the tangents, they are making my head explode.

• First off: I found this via Dan Savage’s Blog (or Slog) on The Stranger, and at the same time I’d like to recommend his column, Savage Love.
• It’s about the very hyped Jonas Brothers, an American pop boy band from New Jersey (of all places!), who got their popularity from Disney and are known to wear purity rings. On the same note, I recommend South Park’s episode about them and Mickey’s dictatorship over them – or how their promise to chastity allows Disney to sell sex to young girls all while keeping a wholesome image… but I digress.
• It’s based on Beyoncé’s video to her single “Single Ladies” – a proof in motion that women can also be chauvinists.
• To sum up: I found a video of a supposedly virgin, christian young pop boy dressed in a unitard (!) over a blog from a gay relationship advice columnist. Entitled: “With a Unitard You Need to Wear a Purity Cock Ring, Joe”. And if that weren’t enough, it’s always amusing to watch men in high heels. You dudes have no idea.
• P.S.: you don’t have to watch the whole thing, but the tune is catchy. And I know there’s advertisement for their new album, but I do not endorse it.

I will shut up now and simply let you enjoy the nonsense:

 

What’s in the bag?

A while back, I came across this french blog, called “the girls’ purse”. It’s a concept I’ve heard of before, namely that girls take pictures of their favorite purse and what they usually carry in it. It works for guys, too – they just have to empty their pockets. I thought this was interesting because it’s also a form of soul-strip, especially for some women. For those whose purse is sacred to them. It’s even more fascinating for me, since I’m not the kind who owns a whole lot of different purses and I don’t carry my house around with me. My sister, on the other hand, goes missing behind her purse and always has everything with her. Literally, everything. Need a helicopter? Here you go.

I wanted to participate anyway, just for the fun of it. So here is a picture of my favorite purse and the most things I would ever carry around with me. Because if I had photographed just the usual I have with me on any given day, it would just have been keys, wallet and phone. Seriously. I love this purse because it’s leather, has a long or a short strap (for over the shoulder, free handed, or clutchy), cool colors and practical pockets. The contents, in clockwise order, are:

 

• The book I’m currently reading – always a good thing to have around, in case you have to wait
• Hand lotion, gum, a small pocket knife, (environmentally friendly) tissues and chap stick – just in case
• My customized, donated to a good cause mp3-player – don’t cross the door without it
• My wallet, with the usual: cash, most used cards, id.
• A green, 100% recycled USB-stick, capacity 2 Gb
• My phone
• My Moleskine agenda
• Foldable umbrella or large brown sunglasses, depending on the weather
• Keys (the keyring pendant being an always useful bottle opener)
• Extra set of cards, with for example my video store id and stamp card for star coffee

So, what’s in your bag?

umm… yay?

So I googled “Things I love Thursday”, to get some inspiration on how I want to go about this new category (just make a list, explain, put pictures, whatever) and came across this website,  www.43things.com, where you can list your goals, record your progress and cheer other people on. Right at the top of the site was this big yellow book screaming at me, and the test looked pretty simple, so I tried it. There was just a list of things, and you had to check what you’ve already done. My results were these:

I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and

found out I’m a Lifelong Learning

Traveling Self-Improver

Only 0.15% of the 97426 people who have taken this quiz are like me. It’s the friggin’ Internet, people, and not even 1% have enough in common with me. Hooray for being different.

P.S.: it’s not a real personality test, and don’t buy the book.