Girl in Bionic Suit 2004: June 2004
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Tuesday, June 29
Going for the Colgates smile

Exactly a week to putting on the braces. No, not me of course. I've been in the braces club since forever. It's the Sister.

To pluck out four good teeth and install metal brackets with wires for at least two years, in exchange for a pretty smile for her wedding portraits. On top of going to the gym religiously, reading all available how-to preparation stuff and combing the nation over and again for the bestest wedding venue.

The things women do for their Big Day.
posted by redshot on 29.6.04 4 comments

Monday, June 28
Gown shopping

This Sat, the Sister is going to be one of the bridesmaids walking down the church aisle with 3 flower girls, 2 ring bearers, 5 other bridesmaids and 1 maid-of-honor, in dainty steps in line with 5-minutes worth of Colin Raye's "Butterfly Kisses".

So this morning, puffy-eyed with just a couple of hours' sleep, I accompanied her to search for the perfect day and dinner gowns for the wedding. While shopping I liked to see how the sales girls scrutinized her from top to bottom right down to the brand of paper bag she was carrying, for assessment of the grade of customer service they would dish out to her.

'Do you have this dress in champagne color?'

'No.'

'How about...'

(before she could finish) 'All the gowns are already here.'

This kind of sales behavior is most common. Part and parcel of a shopping experience. It's like, if you want service with a smile (at the high end boutiques), dress like you've got a deep purse with ten platinum credit cards. Alternatively, you can dye blond, talk funny and pretend to be a foreigner. It seems to work every time.
posted by redshot on 28.6.04 1 comments

Sunday, June 27
She'll be coming round the corner when she comes

I was feeling disgustingly bloated like a fattened-up turkey on Thanksgiving.

I would like to pin the blame of such weight issues on Auntie M who faithfully pumps me up every month for that unique experience, which only the superior half of the beings are privileged to go through.

Auntie M had also decided to make her grand appearance less than two hours after I snared two skating dates and one gym date in my vain attempt to feel remotely healthy again.

So that now, I've to postpone all the appointments that I’ve only managed to secure after countless sms-es of convincing the persons-concerned that this week is the best week ever to put on that skates / go on that treadmill.
posted by redshot on 27.6.04 1 comments

Friday, June 25
You be sure I'll be looking out for that

This is so hilarious and upsetting at the same time-
Farrell's manhood cut

You should really read the article. Really. It's so.. wow. LOL

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In other news, this wedding costed as much as an Airbus A320 passenger jet.

I should have thought that the amount would be put to better use.
posted by redshot on 25.6.04 1 comments

Wednesday, June 23
I love you Chesssttter! I want youuu Mr Hahhhnn!!

I don’t know what stressed me first
Or how the pressure was fed / but
I know just what it feels like
To have a voice in the back of my head
It’s like a face that I hold inside
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
A face watches every time I lie
A face that laughs every time I fall
(And watches everything)

Non-stop blasting from the sextet from LP can make you feel so invincibly reckless. THEY WERE AT THE PADANG YEST!! My gawd. They fcuking rocked big time. I felt like I was some kind of 16/17-year-old kid again, back at that punk phrase I thought I was getting over. 'Too old for that,' I had said to myself and them others. 'Jazz soothes me. Michael Buble does the job perfectly.' Gawd who am I kidding. I feed on LP. I know one day I'm going to regret not fcuking fork out that $105 for my destined place amongst the sweaty adolescents. Standing instead, under the multiple TVs in HMV watching their mind-blowing Texas concert with salivating excitement and being just under a mile away from where the live action was.
posted by redshot on 23.6.04 1 comments

Saturday, June 19
Go do that somewhere else

They call it heeling.

I call it irritating.

"It" is the latest wheel-in-the-heel-of-your-sneaker craze. It may be touted it as a 'sport' in the same category as inline skating and skate boarding with its own brand of heel hockey somewhere else (ie USA) but it's definitely just an extremely irritating thing when kids do it here in S'pore.

The under 12-year-olds are heeling all over in -- of all places -- crowded shopping centers, busy food courts, lobbies, toilets (?!) and wherever.

Oh yes. They simply must do it at places where people are already finding it hard to walk/maneuver, so they can knock into you and just heeeel away without apology to knock into the next person. I have no idea why parents allow that to take place at all. Weekend after weekend. And now, day in and out, coz it's the frigging school holidays. I think it makes them wet doing that.

Now I am just waiting for one of them to get 'heeled' down the escalator. That's just such an orgasmic thought! Hur hur.
posted by redshot on 19.6.04 4 comments

Chomp! Chomp!

So my MSN messenger nick includes the words "overdose", "of", "simpsons". And that's coz..

I've completed the whole of Season 15! Yes! That's 22 darn episodes of 'doh's and 'emmm's and all the gory of Itchy and Scratchy. On top of 1 part Empire of the Sun, 1 part Moulin Rouge, 1 part Dead Poet's Society, 1 part Phone Booth and 2 full seasons of The Critic! In a week.

It's official. There are more action and drama on my PB than in my life. Oh but what a feast!

*burp*
posted by redshot on 19.6.04 2 comments

Friday, June 18
Look who's driving the Wi-Fi Revolution! *smirk*

This is a stallion, baby!!

Now you can connect to the Internet, print and stream iTunes music to any room in your home - all wirelessly. The best thing yet - it's for both Mac and PC.

Eat grass, MS!
posted by redshot on 18.6.04 1 comments

Code Yellow!

haven't put one of these up in ages! Oh but what fun... wweeee....

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WARNING
redshot is radioactive. Wear protective clothing at all times.

Username:

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WARNING
rei is radioactive. Wear protective clothing at all times.

Username:

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TWO different nicks.. same results!!

and check out the one for my name-


xxxxxxx is poisonous! Induce vomitting if ingested.
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POISON

Username:

From Go-Quiz.com

HAHA!
posted by redshot on 18.6.04 3 comments

Thursday, June 17
Hairball!

I.FINALLY.CAUGHT.THE.SHREK.2!!

Yes I know! I am only catching it now, when the screening times are weird at 9.43am in the morning or 3.17pm in the afternoon, and less than 30% of the cinemas are including it in their schedules. So you see the fuss I went through.. just to catch the G-rated animation (my kind of shows haha) in the theatre instead of on the small screen of my PB! Phew I barely made it.

I shall not review the show since I'm sure many other film-critics-wannabes-bloggers have already done so. Besides I only borrow Jay Sherman's tagline for movies which deserve it, and luckily this one isn't anywhere on the freeze-o-meter. Between Shrek 1 and 2, I prefer the former. But like what the Duke in Moulin Rouge said after being presented with an impromptu draft of that bohemian musical, "Generally I like it."

I love the Mission Impossible rescue scene!!

Donkey: Just lie and say that you're wearing lady's underwear.
Pinocchio: Um, Ok. I'm wearing ladies underwear.
[silence]
Shrek: Are you wearing ladies underwear?
Pinocchio: I most certainly am not
[nose extends]
Shrek: Yeah you are.
Pinocchio: No I'm not.
[nose extends]
Shrek: What kind are you wearing?
Gingerbread Man: IT'S A THONG!

HAHA!!


And the Puss in Boots! Man, those eyes!! Black like Lecter, and big like Lecter's saucer food dishes. Aww... hahaa..

It had been a gooood day.
posted by redshot on 17.6.04 3 comments

Wednesday, June 16
A full house is better than a pair

This isn't nearly right..

PISTONS BEAT LAKERS 100-87 IN GAME 5 TO CLINCH NBA TITLE!

But only coz Dee was rooting for Pistons.

Grrr..
posted by redshot on 16.6.04 3 comments

They are called dream dates for a reason

Just 2.5 DVDs later, I think I would really like to ask Jay Sherman out for a date and do lunch with Sir Winston Churchill.

Sadly I'm three decades too late for Sir Churchill. But I may still stand a chance to dine at the same table with JS..

You think?

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Oh alright! I know that's one helluva romantic possibility!

Now will you let me get back to my daydreams.
posted by redshot on 16.6.04 3 comments

Tuesday, June 15
She makes you believe that she loves you

They have a dance in the brothels of Buenos Aires.
It tells the story of a prostitute and a man who falls in love with her.
First, there is desire!
Then, passion!
Then suspicion!
Jealousy! Anger! Betrayal!
When love is for the highest bidder, there can be no trust.
Without trust, there is no love!
Jealousy--yes, jealousy--will drive you mad!

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In related news, 'happy' b'day, she.
posted by redshot on 15.6.04 1 comments

Monday, June 14
The basics is more than enough

Miss P-

I am so tempted to just tell you all your loopholes. But I'm planning to retire from the scene. So I'll just do the basics.

If your friend-with-legal-knowledge hasn't told you yet-

I:: when u download his private pic for public (discriminating) use like that in Camo's blog, you might already doing something illegal. His pic may be on a public site, but the rights to use the pic belongs to him, NOT YOU. Not even when you host it on your own site to put it up at your own blog.

II:: photography laws aren't as 'fixed' like other kinds of laws but in general the laws

"recognize that individuals have a right of privacy. The right of privacy gives an individual a legal claim against someone who intrudes on the individual's physical solitude or seclusion, and against those who publicly disclose private facts. Unless you have permission, avoid publishing or distributing any photo of an individual that reveals private facts about the individual (particularly if revealing those private facts might embarrass the individual)."

(The general rule of thumb applies to your screen shots as well.)

I'm surprised your friend could advise/tell u so much but missed these basic stuff. Everything else that happens after that can be deemed pretty useless, despite all the debates.

That 21-year-old might be wrong to do what he did on the webcam with you, but if he's "stupid and rich and petty enough", I'm almost sure he stands an equal, if not higher, chance of suing your butt off too.

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posted by redshot on 14.6.04

Is this case closed yet?

P2P time!!

In reply to this, point-by-point (ie, my point 1 in reply to her pt 1, pt 2 to her pt 2 etc). It's boring. I suggest you skip this.

1. No, it's not cyber rape. I'm sorry to get that wrong. It's mutually consented cyber exhibitionism.

2. First up- I never once said that you said that.
Even though you did know that the photos had been used as a public warning and did not oppose the move to use the photos as a public warning. Then you further endorsed public warning by supplying a friendster photo to serve as a mugshot.

3. No, you didn't host the pictures on your blog. You just uploaded them and gave permission for them to be used on another high-traffic blog.

4. You're darn right. Just like I didn't say that you said anything like that.
(So is this considered "putting words into my mouth"?)

5. Downloading a photo without authorization to complement a discriminating article is not comparable to linking to a public blog.

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Long long time ago...

For those of who are scratching your head at this point about what's going on, let me put the whole situation down without all its fluff, reasons or assumptions.

Girl and Boy (online acquaintances) chatted online via webcam.

Boy flashed his dick.

Girl didn't object.

Boy wanked.

Girl "got playful" and took snapshots at every stage (including the climaxing).

Girl uploaded pictures.

Pictures appeared on a friend's high traffic blog. Entry was called a public warning.

Yours truly penned about the entry.

Girl got upset, fired back with five (non-consequential) points in her blog.

Yours truly answers her points (above).


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And they live happily ever after

I don't enter blog entries with an aim to attack anyone. I pen what I think about situations/ issues.

As far as that entry goes, I did try to write it as accurately as possible pertaining to what happened, with all available information online and by verifying points with Girl in question.

No, you may not like what I wrote, but at the end of the day, facts are facts.

One may change her stand as frequently as necessary to explain the situation to her favor, but it's hard to erase the apparent motives underlining her actions.

So now, if I may, I'm turning my back on this mini R(A) stir up.
posted by redshot on 14.6.04

Saturday, June 12
Sleeping fatie

Maxx is growing up to be a fine specimen of how a hamster-pig would probably look like. He's so fat and stupid that I find myself spending more time just picking him up and squeezing the ball of fur out of him. He's currently unavailable, taking his 101th nap of the day. He shall be up in approx. 0.5 minutes after I post this entry and do my 7th squishing on him.
posted by redshot on 12.6.04 0 comments

Friday, June 11
About Wallace

This makes me laugh out loud.

I'm still laughing.
posted by redshot on 11.6.04 0 comments

Thursday, June 10
Unlike physical rape, cyber rape is consensual

What do you do when an online acquaintance flashed at you during an online chat via a web cam?

Do you go, "Wow how exciting! Someone gets hard by me!"

Or would you be so shocked that you went into a state of paralysis?

Someone I know by a nick "P" was flashed at that day. She is seven years older than him. While he showed her his gun, she took screen shots of them and then later, proceeded to spread them by posting them online.

Her reasoning for doing that is here. I'm sorry to say I’m not half as convinced.

Why, you ask?

First up- First thing I noticed about the pictures: the guy was already half naked. He only had his shorts on (which of course came partly off later too haha).

Right, you were v-conferencing with someone you mildly know from an obscure site, and that guy was half naked. I would think that any respectable lady would request for the guy to put on some tee? Oh it was hot, you said, and I was an understanding girl and didn't really mind talking to an online acquaintance who was top naked, or even bottom naked for all that I cared since the web cam wouldn't be showing anything past the face.

Yeah right.

Then there was her claim that he showed her his hardrock member without asking if she wanted to see it (apparently he just asked, "wanna see something?" and proceeded to show her his pride haha). I'm not sure what went thru' her mind, but she did say something to the likes of the following (to me and on her site)-

"Ok you show it me without asking if I wanna see it but now that I am seeing it, I don't think it's a big deal. I might be offended but hey, what the heck, since you dare to flash it, I'm game to look at it!"

Thing is, the story doesn't stop here. He proceeded to jerk off (I think, and you'll see why I think that later) in front of the screen, in front of her, and then finally climaxed onto a piece of tissue (or something like that)- the glorious act of his climaxing was even captured in yet another one of the screen shots.

Unless he came right after showing her his member, otherwise.. wow, she actually sat through his whole jerking session!

Oh yes, she was taking the screen shots. How could I forget? They were for what was claimed to be a public warning to the young girls online. And she so had to talk to him (evident from the screen shots) so amicably almost like nothing out of the ordinary was happening, perhaps her way of coaxing him on (hmm)... Oh did I mention she was still chatting to him throughout the whole episode?

Can it be considered cyber rape if the girl indirectly egged him on by not voicing her objections?

Is not voicing objections a kind of consensus?

And after the great feat was accomplished, the stage was set and the screen shots appeared on a friend's high-traffic blog. The post/public warning was later edited to publish his mugshot accompanied by words like 'looking every bit the weiner', 'bastard' etc.

In that entry it was stated clearly that the discriminating shots were intended to be a warning to the naive and inexperienced females out there. She also added repeatedly that she didn't want to get the lad into legal trouble (yet). Edited on 6/14:- Actually P admitted freely that she had taken the naked screen shots just coz she was playful. (or in other words, the shots were taken not coz she wanted to warn ppl, but coz she was playful.)

She took the (private) shots without his knowledge ... uploaded AND allowed them to be circulated by linking them on a public site with demeaning comments ... and extracted his personal photo without permission from his Friendster account.

Now, it is a punishment... only difference is that it's no longer Singapore's laws. It's P's laws.

At the end of the day I'm not sure if it's up to you or your friend to go that far in your rogue vigilante operation.

In fact I don't think you are exactly guiltless yourself.
posted by redshot on 10.6.04

Monday, June 7
Unwanted intruder

She swung on by and pounced a surprise visit on me. I was all groggy when she hit me.

"WAKE UP! Cooommeee on! WAKE UP!"

"Hmmm...grrrr.. leave me alone," I swung out my arm and only managed to hit the empty air.

"WWAKE UP!" and she whacked me.

"Ahh-chhoooo!!"

Shitttt. Why must she come when I just finish my papers? Hello. I am sleep deprived. The eye bags under my redshotduo are so heavy that I am practically slouching under their weight. So YES, I need some sleep, and NO, I don't need another Rudolph nose. That was when she gave me another wallop.

"Ahhhhh chhhooooooooo.!"

Darn u, Flu!!
posted by redshot on 7.6.04 2 comments

Sunday, June 6
Humpty Dumptys and the Black Engineer

'Lecter's doing just fine these days. He's a little bigger now I think, but still within puppy size (I hope). The other day, there was a reality TV show about a race car driver. He had 3 bulldogs and they were the FATTEST bulldogs in the world. They ate EVERYTHING from chips to dinner leftovers. Their dry meals had to be specially prepared (garnished with cheese, mustard and other goodies) coz they refused to eat without that. The funniest thing is during bath time, the fat bulldog would keep growling while he/she was soaped up. I instantly ran for Lecter in the other room and carried him to the TV (to see his comrade-in-growling-in-baths).

Canine species are either decidedly feminine or masculine. Take for example Shih Tzu, they're a decidedly feminine species and it's hard to tell which is a male. Poor Lecter gets called a she all the time, even though the protrusion from his belly is SO obvious. Those folks prob think it's a leftover of the umbilical cord or something. Hehe. As for Bull Dogs, they're obviously a masculine species since it's almost impossible to see which is a female.

Lecter still hasn't given up on his excavation project. He showed me his engineering plans the other day detailing how he would tunnel from his end of the globe, through the crust of the earth, to your side. I didn't want to break his little doggie heart so I just smiled and patted him on his head. As I write, he's taking a water break from his digging. Persistent little bugger he is.'
posted by redshot on 6.6.04 1 comments

Wednesday, June 2
What the..

72 bucks for the Shrek DVD?!
posted by redshot on 2.6.04 0 comments

Are you game enough

You know "The Beach"? The show in which Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Richard, a young traveler with a curiosity streak that leads him to Thailand in search of adventure. This video-game fanatic finds himself following a map that supposedly leads to an island paradise.

Alright here's the plan. On Saturday I will take a cab across the border to JB, where I shall hop on Air Asia to Thailand, get lost in the famous fourteensoccerfieldssized flea market called Chatuchak Market, muddy in Phanom Rung and Mafia in Mae Sot. All in less than a week on a pocket amount of less than USD300.

All I need now is another loony fellow to take this on with me. So in the immortal words of Jerry McGuire, "WHO'S COMING WITH ME?"
posted by redshot on 2.6.04 5 comments


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