show me likey!

take 10 aspiring models...

house 'em all together in South Beach Miami's beachfront...
let the flirtations fly...
as insecurities bubble up to the surface...
and rising stars shine...



take a look behind all the glamour and fame of the beauty industry...
and see that models are people too...


MTV's 8th & Ocean...

info-Blog mode...

what is Umami?

elementary science speaks of 4 basic tastes... sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. however, with advancing scientific research, a fifth (and even a sixth) basic taste has been recognized.





this is umami. coming from the japanese word, "umami", the kanji characters of which, literally mean "delicious food"...








umami corresponds to the taste sensation produced by the free glutamates commonly found in fermented and aged foods. examples include the following: parmesan and roquefort cheese, soy sauce, and fish sauce.

it is also found in significant amounts in various unfermented foods like walnuts, grapes, broccoli tomatoes, and mushrooms, and to a lesser degree in meat.

there is still much scientific dispute as to whether basic tastes exist per se or are simply an overly reductionist concept, but hey... it's food. it should be all good.


aegis ... A.E.G.I.S.


it would make much sense why the anime, Gate Keepers, has such an acronym for their organization...






in the Iliad, aegis is the shield or buckler of Zeus, which according to Homer, was fashioned for him by Hephaestus, furnished with golden tassels and bearing the gorgon Medusa's head in the center.










also appearing in other literatures such as norse, egyptian, and roman mythologies, the aegis takes several forms and shapes but still symbolizing one thing... a shield.



















as well it should, for in modern english, aegis means a shield, protection, or sponsorship, thus derived from Zeus' protective shield.







in the anime universe, A.E.G.I.S. means, Alien Exterminating Global Intercept System... the Earth's first and last line of defense against robotic aliens referred to as, Invaders.






relying on the special abilities of its agents known as Gate Keepers, who have the power to open dimensional gates of paranormal energy, A.E.G.I.S. keeps the world havoc free for mankind.






the Trigram...





a trigram may either refer to the special case of N-grams, having ordered triplets of letters... or it may refer to the ancient Chinese philosophical concept of the Bagua.








the bagua, is a fundamental philosophical concept in ancient China with an octagonal diagram having a trigram on each side.



it is applied not only to the Chinese Taoist thought and the I Ching, but also in other domains of Chinese culture, such as fengshui, navigation, martial arts, and so on.





a popular anime series nowadays has characters utilizing this trigram concept... the Hyuuga clan from Konoha. one gifted Hyuuga gennin in particular, Neji.




in the 3rd Naruto: Narutimate Hero PS2 game, Neji exhibits the Hyuuga clan's most powerful jutsu...


Hakke Sanbyaku Rokujuichi Shiki
(literally meaning, Eight Trigrams Three Hundred Sixty-One Style)


also be interpreted as,
"Divine Three Hundred Sixty-One Strikes"
and "361 Hands of Hakke".











the technique is designed to strike each of the body's 361 tenketsu (chakra holes), directed at a single, humanoid opponent, instantly killing with the final blow.







by concentrating all of the chakra into the 2 palms of the hands, the user will be able to strike each tenketsu precisely, thus, immobilizing an opponent with every hit. being an extreme jutsu on its own, the attacks in this technique are excuted with speed that could match that of the Initial Lotus'.

postcard from the other side

... should you find yourself in Ever After,
let me know how it tastes...

remind this Messinger of the music,
a sunrise and sunset makes.

send a little sparkle my way,
past the frozen window of my soul...

a teardrop. a Rose. an Apple.
send it!
before time takes its toll.

Queer Query of the Week

Everything before "i love you" just doesn't count... ?

selfish beach album

(please note that this is just a personal banner. hehehe!
but the CD cover is pretty much like this one...)

couldn't get over how sweet the vocals sound... especially on one of the tracks...
they like doing remixes of retro songs... and they're good at it!


Love Come Down

Love Is Contagious

Selfish (Stripped In The Beach Mix)

Get These Songs Here

12-Step Recipe for Major D

1. take any guy in season... preferably attached or a player will do.
2. peal clothes off... and lightly season with flirting.
3. add a couple'a bottles of vodka and wait for buzz...
4. after 10 minutes, fold in 3 hot girls and make out.
5. throw in a couple of guys and stir vigorously...
6. set music on high and dance within the bounds allowed to you...
7. add a pinch of promiscuity, a dash of close proximity, and sprinkle with mutual attraction...
8. pop it all in the makeshift oven of a dancefloor at thickest tension for about half an hour.
9. rotate for even baking... adding a little more booze.
10. turn tension off... and let the stuff gradually cool down in the oven.
11. serve warm... with a lingering taste for new spices.
12. garnish with sweet SMS.

answer...

I will be the answer at the end of the line
I will be there for you
while you take the time
In the burning of uncertainty
I will be your solid ground
I will hold the balance if you can't look down

If it takes my whole life
I won't break I won't bend
It'll all be worth it
worth it in the end
'Cause I can only tell you what I know
that I need you in my life
When the stars have all gone out
you'll still be burning so bright

Cast me gently into morning
For the night has been unkind
Take me to a place so holy
That I can wash this from my mind
The memory
of choosing not to fight

If it takes a whole life
I won't break I won't bend
It'll all be worth it
worth it in the end
'Cause I can only tell you what I know
That I need you in my life
And when the stars have all burned out
You'll still be burning so bright
Cast me gently into morning
for the night
has been unkind

Get This Song Here

a shot at the brownie...

been on a diet since high school...
practically starving myself for the past couple'a years...
hooking up with pills to get smaller.
walked away from about 4 relationships...
one of which could'a been forever.
made one other wait until it was too late.
and as if it was the universe's way of making a joke...
everytime i think things would work out with someone,
i'd end up with wellingtons for sunny fresh sunday.
and one day...
not too long from now...
i'll get tired of all this.
i'll consume more than my share of food...
bloat up...
be unemployed...
have nobody to kiss me at night...
and i will become an lonely, jaded, cynical, old fag...
who will be tied to his wheelchair in a nursing home...
reminiscing of what i could have had
when i was in my younger years...
without even so much as a distant relative to visit me.

couldn't help it...

instructions for SugarBabyLove: set-up your media player...
choose "you don't see me fly into the red..."
then, click play the instant you see the first image...
ahihihi!!!

by Jor-el

i am not a loss to you,
but neither am i
at a loss because of you.
you are but a ripple,
quickly swallowed by the crashing waves
of my turbulent seas.
the same as i am, by yours.


were i a still pond,
you would reach every corner of mine;
you would distort
every reflection i hide behind;
you would pierce to my depths,
the gloom beneath momentarily dispersed.
but, i am not.