http://www.deadgirlsdontdance.com confessions of a former goth princess Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:03:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have no idea what this has to do with Valentine's Day, it just seemed appropriate. http://www.deadgirlsdontdance.com/2010/02/12/happy-valentines-day/ http://www.deadgirlsdontdance.com/2010/01/18/happy-martin-luther-king-jr-day/ This clip from a Belgian comedy show makes me very glad I've never seen an uncircumcised penis in person. http://www.deadgirlsdontdance.com/2010/01/17/wtf-belgian-tv-nsfw/ Being a selection of politicky stuff that I found particularly annoying, amusing, or both this week: Monday: Republican Token Negro National Committee Chairman Michael Steele thinks Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid should step down over a "racist" remark. "There is this standard where the Democrats feel that they can say these things and ... http://www.deadgirlsdontdance.com/2010/01/16/politics-roundup-january-11-15/ I found some old photo albums while I was looking for something else, and stumbled over before and after pictures of me eating chocolate for the first time, when I was a wee little. Here I am, unwrapping a Hershey kiss. Note the skeptical expression, which is unbecoming in a ... http://www.deadgirlsdontdance.com/2009/12/14/birth-of-a-chocoholic/ Here's a delightful animated short film in which a timid fellow has an encounter on the bus with a decidedly unpleasant goldfish. Of course, my idea of delightful is dark and twisted. It won Best Australian Film at the Melbourne Animation Festival in 2007, and the creator, Chris Jones made it ... http://www.deadgirlsdontdance.com/2009/12/11/the-passenger/ It was yesterday, but what the hell. http://www.deadgirlsdontdance.com/2009/11/19/happy-birthday-mickey/ Astronomer, author and philosopher Carl Sagan would have turned 75 years old today.  He was best known to the public for his amazing ability to make science understandable and interesting both to non-nerds and potential nerds (children) with the Cosmos series on PBS. However, he wasn't just some endearingly odd-sounding science ... http://www.deadgirlsdontdance.com/2009/11/07/first-annual-carl-sagan-day/ I love the Japanese http://www.deadgirlsdontdance.com/2009/10/19/a-flock-of-flying-panties/ I'm sure I looked comical, psychotic, or both, as I stalked this monarch butterfly around a lantana bush. I hope the neighbors didn't notice, but fat chance. I don't see monarchs around here very often, so I was hellbent on getting at least one decent shot. Honestly, I don't see ... http://www.deadgirlsdontdance.com/2009/09/03/i-have-nothing-to-say-so-please-enjoy-these-pictures-of-a-butterfly/