i just spent a good 10 minutes perusing kendra's myspace pictures. (yes that one...from "the girls next door." i know.)and it makes me so confused that she is so "tomboyish" what with being obsessed with football and all. it makes no sense that someone who is a tomboy would be constantly naked. and also be so dumb. but i like her. don't get me wrong.
it also confuses me that i looked at her page in the first place. in my defense, her main photo is with a lifesized robot chicken. which is wonderful.
i am getting sick. why? it makes me very angry. cuz i've been taking MEgAdoses of VitaminC and echinachea. seriously. ugh.
i also spent a good hour cutting out words and letters from a STAR magazine so that i can create the ultimate old school "Return of 7 Willow" flier. stay tuned for that one. it should be fantastic. altho i am not motivated to work on it any longer...i hope i don't loose any of my tiny words.
on the subject of adult swim (which we were on breifly up with the kendra nonsense)there was some article in a boston paper or online news thing that AquaTeenHungerForce did something dreadful. it had to do with their new bulletins. or billboards. and they looked like they had to do with terrorism. i am NOT being a good journalist. hang on a minute and let me get the facts.
did you know that JK Rowling is the 2nd fucking richest woman in the world (of entertainment) according to forbes? first is operah. third is martha. and JK "i was once on welfare" Rowling is number 2!!! writing is quite a lucrative job, ey?
here's the list, in case you were interested:
1. Oprah Winfrey
2. J.K. Rowling
3. Martha Stewart
4. Madonna
5. Celine Dion
6. Mariah Carey
7. Janet Jackson
8. Julia Roberts
9. Jennifer Lopez
10. Jennifer Aniston
11. The Olsen Twins
12. Britney Spears
13. Judge Judy
14. Sandra Bullock
15. Cameron Diaz
16. Gisele Bundchen
17. Ellen DeGeneres
18. Nicole Kidman
19. Christina Aguilera
20. Renee Zellweger
anyway. ATHF...here's the article:
BOSTON - Boston officials, livid about a publicity campaign that had disrupted the city by stirring fears of terrorism, vowed to prosecute those responsible and seek restitution for the $500,000 cost of the response.
Officials found a slew of blinking electronic signs adorning bridges and other high-profile spots across the city Wednesday, prompting the closing of a highway and part of the Charles River and the deployment of bomb squads.
The 38 signs were part of a promotion for Cartoon Network TV show "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," a surreal series about a talking milkshake, a box of fries and a meatball. The network's parent is Turner Broadcasting Systems Inc.
"It is outrageous, in a post 9/11 world, that a company would use this type of marketing scheme," Mayor Thomas Menino said. "I am prepared to take any and all legal action against Turner Broadcasting and its affiliates for any and all expenses incurred."
The 1-foot tall signs resembled a circuit board, with protruding wires and batteries. Most depicted a boxy, cartoon character giving passersby the finger — a more obvious sight when darkness fell.
Authorities arrested two men who put up the signs. Peter Berdovsky, 27, of Arlington, and Sean Stevens, 28, of Charlestown, were charged Wednesday night with one count of placing a hoax device and one count of disorderly conduct.
State Attorney General Martha Coakley said they were hired to place the devices. Both were to be arraigned Thursday morning.
As soon as Turner realized the Boston problem around 5 p.m., it said, law enforcement officials were told of their locations in 10 cities where it said the devices had been placed for two to three weeks: Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Ore., Austin, Texas, San Francisco and Philadelphia.
"We apologize to the citizens of Boston that part of a marketing campaign was mistaken for a public danger," said Phil Kent, chairman of Turner, a division of Time Warner Inc.
Kent said the marketing company that placed the signs, Interference Inc., was ordered to remove them immediately.
Interference had no immediate comment. A woman who answered the phone at the New York-based firm's offices Wednesday afternoon said the firm's CEO was out of town and would not be able to comment until Thursday.
Messages seeking additional comment from the Atlanta-based Cartoon Network were left with several publicists.
"Everyone can play a part by holding Turner Broadcasting to account for today's events," Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley said.
Authorities are investigating whether Turner or other companies should be criminally charged, Coakley said.
"We're not going to let this go without looking at the further roots of how this happened to cause the panic in this city," Coakley said.
In Seattle and several suburbs, the removal of the signs was low-key. "We haven't had any calls to 911 regarding this," Seattle police spokesman Sean Whitcomb said Wednesday.
Police in Philadelphia said they believed their city had 56 devices. The New York Post reported that police confiscated 41 in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Berdovsky, an artist, told The Boston Globe he was hired by Interference and said he was "kind of freaked out" by the furor.
"I find it kind of ridiculous that they're making these statements on TV that we must not be safe from terrorism, because they were up there for three weeks and no one noticed. It's pretty commonsensical to look at them and say this is a piece of art and installation," he said.
A voice mail box for Berdovsky was full Wednesday night. The Associated Press was unable to find whether Stevens had a lawyer.
The rash of calls around the same time is being investigated, Police Commissioner Edward Davis said.
"There's no indication it came from panicked residents," he said.
"Aqua Teen Hunger Force" is a cartoon with a cultish following that airs as part of a block of programs for adults on the Cartoon Network. A feature length film based on the show is slated for release March 23.
oh my god it's too funny...wait til you see the "devices." i think i just peed. take a look at this, or click here to see the "slideshow of evidence."
yes. seriously. it's the freaking mooninites. they're wrecking havoc on the world. i don't get it. did someone think that a squareish computerchiplooking lite brite character giving the finger was al queda? and WHY???
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