By Edward Kelly
Fall is here, finally (but tell that to the oppressive heat wave Los Angeles is currently experiencing), which means it’s time for the kids to go back to school, for football to start up again, to bid adieu to the dog days of summer TV dreck, and to grant a warm welcome to new and returning shows. Thankfully, it looks like this season has some strong contenders, and while I’d love to fully recap and nerd out over each one of these individually, I don’t think I’m allowed to (plus, there are actual TV critics who will do that for you). So, instead, I thought I’d offer up my top seven favorite moments of this premiere week. Why seven? Because I’m just nutty for prime numbers.
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Leopoldine Suicide in Bilitis
- INTO: Art and architecture.
- MAKES ME HAPPY: Californication, Scrubs, Les Planches courbes de Yves Bonnefoy, Harold et Maude, La Fille sur le pont, Cry-Baby.
- 5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: My panties, Frou Frou, my jeans, my toothbrush, love, love, love beauty products.
- I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: Studying architecture and shopping.
Get to know Leopoldine better over at SuicideGirls.com!
By Malloreigh
If you’ve chosen not to eat animal products, what’s the point in making “fake” versions of them? I get this question all the time. A lot of people don’t seem to understand why vegans and vegetarians find it necessary to make faux meats and cheeses, or construct veg versions of meaty, dairy-filled foods.
Every culture has its own food and its own customs surrounding meals – even if you’ve never left your white bread suburb, you’ve probably encountered ethnic food of some kind. Food, and the experience of eating it, is a spiritual practice; it’s an instrument of cultural cohesion that binds people together despite long distances and changing religions. From holiday feasts with your family to business meetings over lunch, food has always, and will always, function as a centerpiece for cultural events and ritual. It’s also rich to our senses – both taste and smell – and therefore is strongly linked to memory.
There’s a reason we haven’t adopted the common sci-fi prophecy of eschewing the time-consuming process of cooking and eating in favor of nutrition pills. Food is enjoyable, important, and culturally meaningful, and it is for this reason that vegetarians make “faux” versions of omnivorous meals.
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by Blogbot
This week’s pin-up tip comes from SuicideGirls co-founder Missy.
TRY: Mac Ruby Woo lipstick.
WHY: It makes everyone feel more glamorous and look “put together.” The blush red shade is dramatic enough to make a statement, but has a subtle matte finish, which doesn’t come off on your teeth.
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by Fred Topel
“Buddha didn’t stop struggling with women until enlightenment.”
– Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons sat all by himself at NBC’s party on the rooftop of the Beverly Hilton hotel. Well, not totally by himself. The young girls he came with were talking amongst themselves, and celebrities kept stopping by to meet him (hence the photo opp with Jimmy Fallon).
The Oxygen Channel, an NBC cable arm, is producing a documentary on Simmons’ business. Running Russell Simmons shows the viewer what it takes to maintain Simmons’ multi-faceted life, by following the assistants who coordinate all his endeavors behind the scenes. It is scheduled to premiere Nov. 2.
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Pthalo Suicide in Milk and Cookies
- INTO: Sex, tattoos, piercings, cuddling, gaming, music, and art.
- MAKES ME HAPPY: Puppies and traveling.
- MAKES ME SAD: Violence.
- HOBBIES: Listening to music, playing bass/acoustic guitar, drawing/painting, taking pictures, gaming, and wasting time on the laptop .
- 5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Makeup, laptop, text messaging, my car, a job.
- I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: On this here laptop.
Get to know Pthalo better over at SuicideGirls.com!
by Alana Joy
Every week we ask you guys to show us your ink in celebration of Tattoo Tuesday: we choose one favorite submission each from Twitter, Tumblr, and MySpace and they win a free 3 month membership to SuicideGirls.com.
Check out this weeks winners!
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