and i'm gonna miss you when you're gone. yeah, i'm gonna be torn. just remember that i love you. just remember you were warned.

I'm currently in Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia doing linguistics research for the year. I'm not around too much, but I am writing for my blog Polysemic. If you want to know what Macedonia's like for a queer, twenty-something, ambiguously punk nerd, that's the place to find out.

"Mithin, sagte ich ein wenig zerstreut, müßten wir wieder von dem Baum der Erkenntnis essen, um in den Stand der Unschuld zurückzufallen? Allerdings, antwortete er, das ist das letzte Kapitel von der Geschichte der Welt."

I've got a hand.
So I've got a fist.
So I've got a plan, it's the best that I can do.
And now they'll say, "It's in God's hands."
But God doesn't always have the best goddamn plans, does he?

sly&shifty fr yr pleasur

Posmella says So ninja-like! It lands the C! of WOW with deadly accuracy! And gone, just as fast, leaving giggles in its wake. Like that, yo.

Ack! You lost consciousness!

IN 2005, GENDER WAR WAS BEGINNING. SOMEONE SET UP US THE TIT! 

23:08	<izubachi> Brainspark! Someone should start a pirateboys group to 
        contest the ninjagirls hedgemony. We could have squirt gun fights and 
        stuff.

23:14	<Cool Beans> Good idea izubachi - but you guys are no rivals for us 
        ninjas

23:14	<FeltTips> I want those who get to know me to be my admirers or my 
        enemies

23:15	<Cool Beans> we would kick serious pirate ass! (and you know it)

23:15	<Uberbanana> Can't i just be indiffernt?

23:15	<Cool Beans> Felty, back me up here :)

23:16	<Palpz> no indifference allowed! Choose now or perish!

23:16	<FeltTips> Friend or Foe!!!!!!!?


23:16	<izubachi> Dudette, we have Captain Jack Sparrow on our side and ya dare 
        to talk trash? Not savvy.

23:16	<FeltTips> I will gladly kick little skinny pirate boy butt.

23:17	<izubachi> You'll be kicking water as you flail a mere ten feet from the 
        shore demonstrating the well-known precept that ninjas can't swim.

23:18	FeltTips does not flail

23:18	<Cool Beans> Yes, but we have JayPea & LPM - they would kick Captain 
        Jack's ass any day, aye

23:19	<Uberbanana> I think I'll stick with the nublies. Any chance I can get. 
        And no, ninja don't swim. they run on water.

23:19	<izubachi> We also have cannons.

23:19	<Raspy> I'm a guy, but I hate pirates. What should I do? I want to be a 
        ninja who wails on guitars and flips out and kills people... especially 
        pirates.

23:19	Andromache01 kidnaps Captain Jack for... ninja purposes. And the rum.

23:20	<izubachi> (As an aside, it's really depressing that I'm trying to 
        defend pirates as better than ninjas and I assure you I would never do 
        something so gauche under normal circumstances)

23:20	<Uberbanana> Looks like a turf war is breaking out again.

23:20	<izubachi> You have to admit though, Captain Jack's a pretty prime 
        player to have on your team.

23:21	<FeltTips> surf and turf, if you ask me....

23:21	<Cool Beans> Ninjas don't kill, we just kick ass & throw ninja stars & 
        stuff - and sorry Raspy, but no boys allowed

23:21	<Cool Beans> Felty, corny, but i laughed ;)

23:22	<Palpz> sorry Raspy, only the chix0rz can be ninjas. and only then the 
        cool ones

23:22	<Cool Beans> Andro ++

23:22	<izubachi> And Orlando Bloom too! He's not particularly competent, but 
        we can use him as...*summons a weighty British accent and an elvish 
        facial expression*..."A diversion."

23:22	<FeltTips> it's my personal style explained: so corny as to be 
        positively cool

23:22	<Palpz> Guns don't kill people, ninjas kill people.

23:23	<Raspy> Well I'm gonna build my OWN clubhouse with no GIRLS allowed, 
        only sweet ninja DUDES. And we WILL kill people. Lots of people. And 
        we'll wail on guitars and bone sweet babes.

23:23	<izubachi> The ninjagirls'll be all like, "KILLKILLKILL!" and then we'll 
        send Orlando out there to stand around and sport a copious amount of 
        blonde hair and while they're all swooning we fire the cannons.

23:23	<Uberbanana> Well then I guess I have to throw in with the pirates, 
        Yarrrr!

23:24	<FeltTips> you've heard of flying the black flag? Take no prisoners? 
        Ninja girls fly the black panties. It just means the same thing.

23:24	cswiii just thinks about ninjas and his head explodes. Sweet!

23:24	<Andromache01> You can keep Bloom. His Keith Richards impersonation is 
        nowhere near as good.

23:25	<Uberbanana> I'm soo torn!

23:25	<Cool Beans> Orlando schmorlando, Andro'll have him kidnapped before he 
        can smile his elvish smile :)

23:26	<FeltTips> as in "Hoist the moist black panties girls and pick 'em off 
        one at a time"

23:26	<izubachi> You know, it's really not fair if you kidnap all our secret 
        weapons. Just not kosher at all.


23:27	<Uberbanana> But ofcourse Only Jack Sparrow can compare with Tim Curry

23:27	<Uberbanana> Your powers have no...power over him!

23:27	Palpz kidnaps Cthulhu

23:28	<Uberbanana> Nooo, squidface!

23:28	<izubachi> That's the spirit, Palpz!

23:28	heppigirl tsks. Orlando in a blonde wig may be droolable, but a 
        ninjagirl needs more than spunkiness, and to be honest, orlando is a 
        little thick

23:29	<Raspy> Pfef. Orlando has no charisma. Did anyone see that dreck Kingdom 
        of Heaven?

23:29	Palpz subsequently gets eaten by Cthulhu

23:30	<izubachi> DAMMIT Palpz.

23:30	<Cool Beans> well stop trying to use good looks as weapons then, and get 
        some REAL secret weapons, or else we'll unleash our boobies on you guys 
        and see how you hold up!

23:30	Andromache01 flutters her lashes at the Squiddy One.

23:30	<Raspy> I could carve a better man out of a banana.

23:30	archiewood is surprised to see no G.R.O.S.S. usergroup, and calls dibs 
        on dictator-for-life when there is one

23:31	<heppigirl> MACHINE GUN JUBBLIES?!

23:31	<izubachi> HA! I am immune to boobies. Tough titties!

23:32	<izubachi> WHAT GOOD DOES YOUR JIGGLING DO YOU NOW, HMMM?!?!!!?!11?

23:32	<Uberbanana> Then I call President-in-charge-of-negotiaions.

23:32	<wertperch> Actually, it was Roosevelt, who said he could "carve a 
        better spine" out of a banana

23:32	<Cool Beans> yes, but we'll weaken the rest of your pirateship Izu.

23:33	<Uberbanana> I will bravely confront the boobies!

23:33	Palpz is totally not immune to the boobies. Alas

23:33	<heppigirl> orlando would be a good addition to the ninjagirl 
        mansion.... he could lick and polish our ninjaboots...christ. I haven't 
        woken up yet

23:33	FeltTips 's nipples pries apart the deck, nail by nail

23:33	<izubachi> QUICK MEN, ACTIVATE THE HOMOSHIELD!

23:34	<Cool Beans> Palpz - you're already eaten alive! Stay dead, dammit

23:35	<Uberbanana> Izu, that wasan't in the pamplet!

23:35	<Palpz> Sorry. Can't activate anything. Busy pondering Felty's 
        impressive nipplework

23:35	<Cool Beans> too late cap'n - Felty's sprung you a leak starboard, 
        you're going under, fast

23:35	<FeltTips> you should see when it's cold

23:36	Andromache01 , in a fit of unspeakable cruelty, unleashes ABBA on the 
        catbox.

23:36	<Palpz> C'mon Cool Beans, what part of eaten alive don't you understand. 
        Oh. I guess the alive part.

23:36	<izubachi> The boobies are only a feint, dammit! Pull yourself together 
        man!

23:37	<Uberbanana> ABBA! How? Why?

23:38	izubachi falls to his knees in despair as his ship sinks around him. 
        Curse these fools and their overactive libidos...

23:38	<Cool Beans> dam - the pirates are getting smart. How did that happen?

23:38	<Cool Beans> yay! Ninjas win again

23:39	<izubachi> First you make me defend pirates, then you kidnap our most 
        prized weapon, then you kidnap our somewhat prized weapon, and now you 
        abuse the power of the doomboob... *sniffles in defeat*

23:39	Uberbanana throws himself at the enemy in a desperate attempt to get 
        their attantion. "Don't worry about me lads, I'll be fine! Save yer 
        selves!"

23:39	<Raspy> Our fatal weakness, men, is that we outnumber them by more than 
        double. Ninjas just kick more ass when outnumbered.

23:39	<Cool Beans> /hoists the jolly roger in memoriam of the defeated boys :(

23:40	FeltTips gazes down at her Uniboob of Doom

23:41	Palpz bows his head in shameful bitter defeat

23:42	FeltTips tucks away the leathal weapon and buttons up to the top button

23:42	<izubachi> Could you at least share Captain Jack with me? He's bi and 
        you know it.

23:43	<Palpz> Nooo felty, don't do that :(

23:43	<Palpz> confounded buttons, always gettin' in the way

23:43	Uberbanana declares war on buttons!

23:44	Andromache01 passes the Captain over to Izu, with her compliments.

23:44	<izubachi> Yay!

23:44	izubachi beams like a boy on Christmas morning.

23:45	<Cool Beans> I guess we could share him with you Izu, if you're nice to 
        us :)

23:45	FeltTips sings, "he'll see that seaport town....in Canadeeeio

23:46	<izubachi> You're certainly more reliable than my own gender.

23:46	Uberbanana wanders off into the sunset. Later news reports claim he was 
        eaten by a giant number 8.

23:47	<Palpz> anyhoo, fare thee well sweet noders

23:48	<izubachi> Okay, seriously guys and gals, I've been laughing so hard my 
        sides hurt. This is definitely going on my homenode. Thanks for the 
        especially high-quality silly!

23:48	<Cool Beans> night Palpz

23:49	<Cool Beans> damn you Izu, I'm going to be talking like a pirate all 
        night now :)

23:49	Uberbanana grins.

23:50	<FeltTips> arrrrr....it's driving me nuts! and the like.

23:51	<Cool Beans> yar, indeedy

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DOING. TAKE OFF EVERY BOOB FOR GREAT JUSTICE.

Gay marriage killed the dinosaurs.

I want to love
anything, no matter what, everything.