“When sex is your job, you really cannot let work suck.”
-Nina Hartley
If you came of age during the video porn boom of the 80s, I dont need to explain who Nina Hartley is and not just if youre a guy, either. Since she was openly bisexual and not just performing her girl-on-girl scenes for the cash, she had a far greater female following than most porn stars. But for those of you who werent pleasuring yourselves to her work, Nina Hartley was one of the biggest actresses in X-rated film throughout the 1980s, appearing in over 400 porno pictures, beginning with Educating Nina in 1984.
Unlike most porn actresses, Nina didnt spend a couple years in the industry only to vanish off the face of the Earth. She stuck with it and these days puts out a series of How To videos covering subjects as diverse as how to organize the perfect orgy and how to take it up the bum.
INTO: Cuddling, laughing, pointless drives, naps, playing solitaire, watching movies, snowboarding, traveling, music, doing crafts, video games, a good talk, making people laugh, getting new ink.
NOT INTO: Drama, wasting my time, creepers, not being happy, when there’s no more soda.
MAKES ME HAPPY: Road trips, being with friends, cuddling, candy, cheese Danishes, cartoons, Pixar, boobies, my car, my nephew, oldies, Bichael Buble’s voice, walking through the woods, fresh snow, snowboarding, food, living with Casanova.
HOBBIES: Working on my plan for the zombie apocalypse.
5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Laptop, toothbrush & toothpaste, cell phone, a shower, and a reason to smile.
VICES: Lingerie, fast food.
I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: With friends, SG chat.
“Things have been on a long downhill slide for science…”
-Phil Plait
Dr. Phil Plait comes at science blogging with some heavy credentials, having actually worked on the Hubble Space Telescope and, to a lesser extent, the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) programs. His blog, Bad Astronomy, began life as an outlet for his frustration at the misuses and misunderstandings of astronomy in popular culture, but soon became a venue for his advocacy of all things science-based.
Our story begins with a poker game gone bad… a lifeless body on the floor, hand still clutching its cards… whacked on the head with a bass guitar. In the background, Mike Patton’s haunting film score crescendos over the radio waves as the other two poker players argue over what to do with the body. Incinerator? Garbage disposal? They haven’t a clue.
INTO: Choonimals Clothing, Drop Dead clothing, Victoria’s Secret and VS PINK clothing, animals and animal rights, stars and galaxies, makeup, music, tattoos and what not, candles, pro-choice, and, of course, my amazing boyfriend.
NOT INTO: Any form of animal cruelty, BSL, Sarah Palin and all Republicans.
MAKES ME HAPPY: My boyfriend Joshua, family, friends, animals, animal rights, spring, vegan noms, LOLcats, playing DS, my animals, good times, drinking (sometimes), watching TV.
MAKES ME SAD: My boyfriend, family or friends being sad, all forms of animal cruelty or neglect, same with people, thinking of death and the people I love dieing.
HOBBIES: Playing games, music, hanging out, social drinking, parties, reading, browsing the internet.
5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Animals, family, boyfriend, friends, music.
VICES: Biting my fingernails.
I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: At home with my boyfriend Joshua, my dog Holiday and our cats, hanging with my best friends at the end of our apartment building hallway, at my mom’s house, subway, or at Jake’s (my BF’s twin) house with my ferrets!
I first became aware of Dave Navarro’s penchant for cute things bearing the likeness of Sanrio’s Hello Kitty character while doing the SuicideGirls Radio show. We broadcast each Sunday out of Indie1031.com’s studios, which at the time also served as home for the wild living and hard rockin’ Jane’s Addiction and Camp Freddy guitarist’s Wednesday night Dark Matter show (which has since moved to Moheak.com’s Silverlake base). In the Indie studio, there was a shrine of sorts, where people left various Hello Kitty offerings to Dave.
