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[wickedflea]

Happy birthday to bohunk!

I'm really bad about remembering to check lj friends' birthdays, but I just downloaded the latest version of the Semagic client, and it pops up a message when your friends have birthdays! (Once per day, and you have to go to the "edit friends" option.) There's also something called "secret love" or some such nonsense by which you can keep a list of journals that you like to check but don't want on your friends list. Dunno how that works yet.

Mississippi State head football coach Jackie Sherrill hands little Gracie Hammons, 1, from Jackson, Miss. back to her parents after taking a picture with her during Fan Day Saturday afternoon at the Humphrey Coliseum. MSU will open the 2003 season versus the Oregon Ducks on Saturday at 8 p.m.

Something about this is really troubling--mainly the fact that the little girl is only a year old and already they're outfitting her in cheerleader gear, but also something about the way ol' Crackie is holding the child. This is the same guy who had a bull castrated in front of his team as some sort of perverse motivation before their game with the Texas Longhorns. I don't suppose that's really relevant to what's happening in this picture, but it gives you a little perspective on Crackie's creepiness.

Have I written about the whole toddler-as-cheerleader thing? It freaks me out. People always say how cute little girls in cheerleader outfits are (well, football-minded people, anyway), but I think it's kinda disgusting. Like, hey, let's thrust these fucked-up gender roles on our kids just as soon as we goddamn can! I started an opinion article on this when I was in school, but I decided not to go through with it. Southerners get very touchy when you start questioning their traditions, particularly when it comes to football. I got enough flak over the whole plastic-deer hunting thing.

Hey, remember that LJ Commune idea I came up with a few months ago? Is anyone up for that? We'll probably need a whole shitload of land, preferably in the South, and a blue fuckin' ton of startup money. C'mon, people, open up the piggy banks. I need a new gig.

Oh, applicants for the LJ Commune should be aware that elizalouwho will be filming the whole thing. She has the curious notion that it would never work. ;)

Comments

[mipplet.livejournal.com]

I think babies dressed in cute costumes are adorable, but I agree with you here...for some reason, that picture creeps me out.

[cierrablue.livejournal.com]

Go Ducks!!!

you mean go DAWGS

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Don't SAY that! The Ducks are EVIL! OK, OK, I work with a Ducks fan, and he's a very decent sort, so they're probably not EVIL, but in this case they're the enemy!

Re: you mean go DAWGS

[cierrablue.livejournal.com]

Don't talk smack about my Ducks. Nor my Duckie brethren. We flock together you know. Don't you know that's my school bro?

[buscemi.livejournal.com]

It looks like he's trying to launch that kid into space.

She is too young to be dressing like a cheerleader, though.

[elizalouwho.livejournal.com]

i STILL stick to my guns on that

a community of people who are unable to communicate except through a computer

smells like trouble to me

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Pffft. You'll see. In fact, you'll be able to see it from your kitchen window--we're starting this commune in your back yard. ;)

[elizalouwho.livejournal.com]

lololo

ok
but you guys have to mow the lawn

and bring your own TP!

[deadflowers.livejournal.com]

i've been thinking about the commune since you mentioned it.
i really think it's a terrific idea - so what must we do to set these wheels in motion? draw up a constitution? look for land?

will we need a flag? i think we'll need a flag.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think we should find the land first. Below sivet mentions that she can find the land if we have the bucks. But nobody on my friends list has any bucks. Is there a way to steal land? Do you think if we just built a compound out in the middle of nowhere that anyone would hassle us?

A flag would be cool too. Certainly some o' you artistical folks can come up w/ something worthy. Maybe a snake strangling a mongoose or something cool like that.

Oh, and we'll need meat hooks. Trust me on this.

[deadflowers.livejournal.com]

land is everywhere down here. cheap, too - that shouldn't be hard to find. i guess the first thing to figure is how many people are gonna be in the commune so we can get an idea about how much land we'll need. oh, and not mississippi.

i vote for the north georgia mountains. the climate is perfect, and it's just two hours from atlanta. you know, for concerts and stuff.

meat hooks? don't you mean "tofu factory?"

[dichotomous.livejournal.com]

You get me the $, I can find some land... as a matter of fact, there's 86 acres for sale right near my house...

As for kids and sports, one of my friends commented that she had to take her oldest to soccer practice tonight.

Her oldest is 3.

Yeah.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Geez, three?!? That just scares me. I probably woulda thought I was being punished if I'd been thrown into a soccer game at that age!

Do you think we'd actually have to buy that land? Certainly we could just set up shop and they'd never have the heart to kick us off, right?

Hmmm, wait, this is the mountains we're talking about. They'd blow us off the map.

[dichotomous.livejournal.com]

Hahah, actually it's more the foothills, so I'd say we have a 50-50 chance at least.

[notmyworld.livejournal.com]

Damn.. had you installed the new semagic yesterday, you would have wished me a happy birthday. Heh. Anyway - I've thought semagic was the dope shit for years now. I'm glad that there's a new version out with some new bells and whistles.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Well, happy belated birthday! Hope ya had a good one, man.

Born to be a bulldog

[alicdeni83.livejournal.com]

The cheerleader costumes are right in front of the heat press desk at the lodge. All day I watch people buy those things. The funniest was about a 40 year old woman picking up a girls xl (14-16) and taking it to the dressing room. She was apparently pleased with the result because she came back out and bought 2. People are scary.

Re: Born to be a bulldog

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

People are definitely scary. I'll admit that when I go home I usually stop in at the Lodge to see what marked-down T-shirts they have and maybe pick up a couple of magnets or stickers or something, but some people just go buck wild in there. The last time I was there I saw some woman picking out infant clothes to outfit one of those bulldog dolls that play "Who Let the Dogs Out?" And the strange thing was that she actually found clothes that fit--like MSU clothes for infants or something? Weird. She was ecstatic, though.

Re: Born to be a bulldog

[alicdeni83.livejournal.com]

children's is right across from greek so I have to help customers over there all the time. I had one father who had a day old son, leave his wife at the hospital, to come get the kid some msu gear. Since this was his first child, he didn't know sizing or anything so I helped him pick out $60 worth of msu newborn clothing. Yes, he did buy the born to be a bulldog sleeper.

[4hour-ramona.livejournal.com]

thanks, you!

[taffetaroses.livejournal.com]

screw college, i'll come

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Right on! Hey, while you're still up there, see if we might be able to score some prime Canadian land. Might be a good backup plan for when we run out of room down here. :)