Hodge Podge

A random assortment of links and thoughts...

• Uganda: Human rights FAIL. I don't understand how such a law can be passed in 2009.

• DC: Civil rights WIN!

• How can you have sex so noisy that it is legally classified as anti-social behavior?! No, seriously, how? I want tips. Also, I find it odd that only the woman is being sentenced, when the neighbors comments refer to both of them.

Items found on my last-minute holiday shopping internet search:

• I really wanted to get these measuring cups for my sister for Christmas, but they are sold out everywhere. WTF?
• This diary is meant for people like me--people who can't keep diaries. Case in point: this blog.
• Would I rather be cute & useful or gorgeous & eco-friendly? Do I have to choose?
• Ridiculous.

OOAK

I was looking at Regretsy, like I do, when I came upon this Etsy shop. The first product I saw was... well, not pretty. It only got worse from there. My main thought about these items was, "This baby/parrot/mermaid looks...weird." I then noticed that many of the products said "OOAK" before the title or somewhere in the description and thought, "Ohhh, these are all sculptures of creatures with a rare genetic disorder called OOAK. An eye disorder. Or something. Alright, that's a little weird, but I respect this woman's quest to publicize and/or normalize this disease through art. That's actually kind of sweet."

And then I Googled "OOAK." It stands for "One Of A Kind."

Turns out this woman is just a terrible sculptor.*



On a related note: what the EFF is this (NSFW)???

*NOTE: She is a much better sculptor than I could ever be. Also, she is working with clay, which I imagine is hard to smooth into adorable wrinkly baby faces. But still. STILL! And what's with the hybrids?! They're like PSAs against genetic splicing. Sorry. Sorry. I didn't mean that. (I am a terrible human being.)