Putting the PU in Purity

The ideal conversation between father and daughter would begin something like this: “Honey, I don’t care how pure
you are, just as long as you do the dishes.”

Sex. Sex. Sex. The three-letter word that could make any tightwad blush a bright red. It also poses a problem to conservative Christians who are frighteningly aware that young girls will eventually grow up and have (insert scary theatrical music) SEX! Oh, the horror. The fear has lead many conservative Christians to lend a hand to preserving their daughters’ virginity by taking part in a Purity Ball. The Ball is suppose to enhance the relationship between the daughter and father, but also remind the girls that they are waiting for that Mr. Right, not Mr. Right-Now. It is also equivalent to having your dad put your virginity in a vault before making you promise not to see where he hid the combination.

On the flip side, where there are protective fathers trying to delay the sexualizing of their children, other females are determined on becoming born again virgins. I don’t necessarily have a problem with the idea of being abstinent, but if you come up with a name that reflects not having any sort of sex for whatever period of time, call it born again abstinence – born again Christian? I buy it. Born again virgin? Not so much. Call it what it is, rather than calling it something it is clearly not.

PleaseStalkMe @ CreepyNewProgram.com

I imagine somewhere in the world, probably overseas since we export everything we do, there is a little underground bunker where a group of people who really don’t have much else to do sit around and think up the most obscure thing in the world to give to the public. The most mundane thing of all, something no one would ever really need in their lives but because it ends up being free, interesting and feeds into our love of knowing what we normally don’t always know – it becomes reality.

A new addition to the AOL instant messenger not only functions as way to kill time and talk to friends but now, now you can stalk just about anyone you want on your buddy-list as long as they download the new addition to the program

You’d think after all those weird old guys on Myspace started courting a young people online that stuff like this would never see the light of day. But people like little stuff like this. Curiosity killed the cat, and people just love to push the border between privacy and stalker-hood. Most likely, this will be become yet another stitch in a line of guilty pleasures that the internet fan-base latches on to; a new way to finding out whether your boyfriend or girlfriend is cheating on you, or a new way to use the Patriot Act. Either way, this thing is oozing with creepy vibes.

Stupid People On Parade

I was never a smart 5th grader. In fact, I’m not even a smart college student. Don’t ask me to add, subtract, multiply, divide, or spell from memory unless there is a calculator or dictionary in the premises. And don’t, I repeat, don’t ask me to go on a cable show network just to prove how educationally challenged I am.

This month FOX premiered the show “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” The setup of the show not only proves how money hungry we are as a society, but how willing we are to make fools of ourselves for the all-mighty dollar. Though, I can’t figure out who is to more to blame, the people who created it, or the ones who volunteer to appear on the show. But in reality it takes two to tango and a box full of money to make people do just about anything.

Big Bucks, Big Screen, Big Problems

If you can’t sit through a history lesson without falling asleep, one thing is for sure, if you get to watch hundreds of guys with tight abs wearing tiny red underwear who for the first half hour manage to go head to head with other considerably more clothed individuals and not get a scar anywhere on their bodies – you’ll be more than wide awake to see what happens next. Zack Snyder’s movie 300 is based on the actual Battle of Thermopylae, and that was adapted from the graphic novel by Frank Miller.

Though the movie has been selling out theatres since the first openings days, like most historical works brought to life with the help of Hollywood, not everyone is happy with the end result.

During the first half hour the thought briefly ran through my head, “This is kind of racist…” But, at the same time, if there weren’t a classic good guy / bad buy scenario on screen would people still shell out $15 dollars to see it in IMAX? The point is this stuff sells, especially in America. If it has gore, violence, sex, excites us, is visually stimulating for over an hour and gives us an underdog to root for the average joe will probably empty their wallets at the door. People won’t care if one group looked better than another, just as long as blood was spilled and at least one head got lopped off. When the whole audience gave the movie a good minute long applause I’m fairly sure no one was thinking about how horrible the Persians were represented. But like any controversial movie, the rest is history, in this case – literally.

I Heart Conservatives ( and the Creators of Youtube)

With the Presidential election gearing up for 2008 both sides of the political spectrum have them gathering their troops for a full on head to head combat in the polls. Recently, the Republicans held their Conservative Political Action Conference (also known as CPAC) in Washington D.C. between March 1-3. Max Blumenthal a reporter for The Nation managed to get into the conference with a video camera and posted his experience on youtube. I just couldn't help myself... enjoy! There are a few expletives here and there so you might want to cover the kiddies' ears.
-Eming Piansay