lately, the days have been weird. not just in my life, but really for
almost everyone i know, in some form or fashion. not that the weirdness
is always bad, but it’s there. things are shifting, changing, sometimes
only slightly altered with no difference visible to the naked eye (what
is up with that phrase, btw?). i keep thinking that the moon has, like,
altered its orbit or something (”would you eat the moon if it was made
out of spare ribs? well, would ya?”). i’m not sure, but all i know is,
things are weird.

so, in honor of this feeling, i am posting weird shit. here we go.

first comes an alarming ad from mcdonald’s. folks, this is real. i swear. check the source. but you still won’t believe it cos it is so entirely fucked up. and scary:

i will now spend the rest of my life trying to obliterate this image
from mind. at least i won’t be alone. sorry guys. i just couldn’t deal
with this picture by myself.

and, from the same source, i give you THIS:

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sure, this looks like a cute little “awareness” ribbon. i mean, who
wouldn’t want to proudly display the symbol of pi? not so fast, mr.
math nerd pants. if you wear this ribbon, you will be showing
awareness/acceptance for:

PAARC

Polyamory Awareness and Acceptance Ribbon Campaign

What This Ribbon Means

The Poly Ribbon displayed on a website indicates that the owner of that
site supports the acceptance of polyamory as a socially accepted
lifestyle. It does not necessarily mean that the owner of the site is
practicing such a lifestyle, merely that s/he is in support of it. A
link to this page serves to promote general awareness of the lifestyle
and of this campaign.

The ribbon itself is based on a flag originally created by Jim Evans.
A small version of the flag is shown in the border at left. As Jim
states, the colors are significant: “blue, representing the openness
and honesty among all partners with which we conduct our multiple
relationships; red, representing love and passion; and black,
representing solidarity with those who, though they are open and honest
with all participants of their relationships, must hide those
relationships from the outside world due to societal pressures. The
symbol in the center of the flag is a gold Greek lowercase letter ‘pi,’
as the first letter of ‘polyamory.’ The letter’s gold color represents
the value that we place on the emotional attachment to others, be the
relationship friendly or romantic in nature, as opposed to merely
primarily physical relationships.”

yeah, um, i think i’ll just stick with my breast cancer awareness pink chocolate ribbon pop.

continuing on… my friend meredith introduced me to guy bourdin,
this totally fabulous and strange photographer in the 70’s. i lurve his
photos, but they can be a bit creepy. here’s a weird one to maintain
the theme of this post:

i believe this photograph was for a shoe ad. i’m not sure if guy
truly understood how the consumer mind works… then again, those shoes
do look pretty hot.

and now, for something that will COMPLETELY FREAK YOU OUT. i mean, you thought that mcdonald’s ad was scary? LOOK AT THIS:

some scientists are working on these “real dolls” in order to… who
the fuck knows?!!! all i know is, this talking doll head named eva
really scared the hell out of me!!� watch this movie!
make sure you see the whole thing, cos at the end eva says, “right now,
i am just a machine. but someday, i may be fully conscious and aware.”
WTF?!! i swear people act like they’ve never seen “terminator” or
“blade runner”. it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that
ROBOTS WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD at some point in the future. obviously
the phrase “rocket scientist” needs to be retired cos the creators of
these robots WORK FOR NASA. gah the irony is killing me.

if this doesn’t scare you… you have serious problems. or you’re a
robot. if you are a robot, don’t tell me. it’s just to scary to think
about.

ok, i think that’s enough weirdness for one day. i’ve got a serious
case of the heebie jeebies just from posting that robot head picture.
GAH!