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Amanda Wenk, Internet phenomenon

You guys remember Amanda Wenk, right? She was the young lady with the ridonkulously large boobs who found out the hard way why one shouldn't post such compromising pictures of oneself in a public forum.

Granted, thousands if not millions of attention-seeking young skanks have posted risque pictures of themselves on the Internets going all the way back to the days of crap like the JennyCam, or whatever it was called, but most of them were mediocre at best, if not horribly disfigured like our good friend Soccergirl.

But clearly there was something (two things, actually) special about this girl. When I posted about her a couple of months ago, it looked like she might be on her way to Star Wars Kid-style Internets immortality, but alas it appears her star may have already begun to fade. I've yet to see anything about her posted on any sites that aren't frequented by perverts.

Not that I've visited any sites frequented by perverts.

According to this discussion page on Wikipedia, someone attempted to create an entry for her recently (like a week or so ago), but it was overruled by the team of jealous fat girls that run Wikipedia[1]. Personally, I think the bitch should've been allowed to stay just based on quality alone, but peep this list of other Internets phenomena featured in the Wikipedia. Fuck a JibJab video.

Am I right or am I right?

[1] You'll recall that someone (not myself) attempted to create an entry on me, but it was deleted because apparantly I'm not important enough, though my brother's entry was allowed to stay because he was once an extra on "In the Heat of the Night."

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AFTER THE FOLD: For important research purposes, I've included a few pictures of hers that I've "enjoyed" recently. Note that I wouldn't want to be caught looking at them at my job, but then I don't have a job.

Yo checkit

A little mid-winter house cleaning for you bitches.

NEWSVINE

First of all, I recently got a chance to check out a new site called Newsvine. Perhaps you've heard of it; it's kinda like Digg, but not quite as nerdy - though still rather nerdy none the less. It's in an invitation only beta right now, but I've got 20 invitations to give away if anyone wants one. Email me.

• Bol @ Newsvine (reg. req'd, I think)

FREQUENTLY ASKED Q

Second of all, I've started working on a new "About" page, which will include a FAQ. Hopefully, this will help clear things up for the many among you who would rather play with your hair and or children rather than read a few posts.

I started working on the FAQ already, but if people could post some useful questions for it in the comments, that would be fantastic.

WHEN THE MOTHERS TALK

Third of all, I've decided to create a new program in which different guest authors will post each weekend, rather than just having one guy post all the time. I'm looking for two people to kick things off this weekend (nullus?), so email me if you think you might be interested.

Nobody tell Big Walt though; because I'd like to tell him myself, lest he get all upset.

MORE LIKE SQUID DON'T

Finally, I've yet to see what the BFD is about them, but I decided to go ahead and create my own lens at Squidoo. If you're wondering what the fuck a squidoo is, it's basically a page with my name on it and a list of a few RSS feeds I publish. Maybe someone will find a good use for it.

• Bol @ Squidoo (mostly worthless)

links for 2006-01-31

• Introducing the best blog ever
  Page 2 is sending Chuck Klosterman to cover the Super Bowl and he guarantees he'll write the best one-week sports blog ever seen.
• The $6 Billion Man
  Why Disney paid a premium for Pixar's creative guru.
• Bring on the Major Leagues
  In a world where the mainstream sounds like the underground, and the underground acts like the mainstream, what happens to truly indie music?

Laguna Beach, Life Inside the Bubble: Book Review

Life Inside the Bubble: The Early Years of the Cast of the White-Hot MTV Series
by Kathy Passero and Beth Efran

Have you ever been watching MTV's bizarre teen reality series "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County" and found yourself wondering, for example, how Stephen first met Dieter, or what was Talan's most important memory from the 7th grade?

Me neither, but this book seeks to answer such burning questions anyway. Honestly, I can't imagine that this book would be very age appropriate for the kind of people who read this site, but someone who was like 12 might find it a real gas.

XXL's new pr0n division

pr0n on Higher Level
So XXL is expanding into the soft pr0n business with this new magazine of theirs, Eye Candy. I haven't been to a Barnes & Noble in weeks, but Bomani Jones came across a copy recently while in News of the World picking up a copy of Juggs and wrote a post on it the other day.

BoJo had some issues with the way the models in the magazine were being objectified, or something, and thought he might take it up with the man himself, Elliott "Mellow Yellow" Wilson. But M dot Yellow has been taking his sweet time getting back to BoJo, probably because he's in the midst of some important investigative journalism.

From what I understand, BoJangles issue has to do not so much with the fact that these chicks are mostly naked, but the degrading manner in which they're being presented. In particular, a classy model named Buffie the Body is presented in a feature as the kind of chick you'd bang, but wouldn't want anyone else to know about.

Also, Mr. BoJay didn't mention this, but I notice there's a curious shortage of white models in this issue - disproportionate, in fact, to their representation in rap videos these days. What's up with that shit? Let's hope they can get this matter rectified before the next issue hits the stands!

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AFTER THE FOLD: For important sociological purposes, I've included some pictures from the new magazine that I found on the XXL site. Probably NSFW.

Adam Duritz > Cam'ron

Best song?

Selection   Votes "Mr. Jones" 34% 75 "No Myth" 35% 77 "You Got It" 31% 67 219 votes total Poll results are subject to error.  Pollhost.com does not pre-screen the content of polls created by Pollhost customers.

And Michael Penn (brother of dead actor Chris Penn, RIP) > Adam Duritz. Which was surprising to me; when I created this poll, I figured "Mr. Jones" would walk away with it easy, and even considered throwing a fourth option in there just to make things more interesting.

Goes to show what I know.

With that said, "No Myth" is a damn good song, even if it's not, in my opinion, better than "Mr. Jones." And they're both a damn sight better than Cam'ron's weak Jay-Z dis "You Got It," or whatever it's called, so it was nice to see that show up in third, where it belongs.

In this week's poll, which is already up, I decided to go ahead and throw in a fourth option to make things more interesting. 3 of the 4 options are excellent early '90s "alternative" groups, while I also threw in the Arcade Fire, for people who aren't so big on that kind of thing.

I know Fitz would roll with Blues Traveler, but of course I'm going to go with the Gin Blossoms. The Counting Crows are an interesting choice as well, having created arguably the best song out of all 4 groups. And will young hipster types opt for the ur-trendy Arcade Fire?

This should be interesting. Go Gin Blossoms!

links for 2006-01-30

• Trouble in Cubicle Nation
  While big business racks up historic profits, workplace life is becoming more unbearable for the people who make the products and services.
• Conflicts Between Cultures Win Awards at Sundance
  For the first time in the festival's 22 years, Sundance jurors and audience members gave the same two films grand prizes in the documentary and dramatic competitions.
• Corporate Wealth Share Rises for Top-Income Americans
  New government data indicate that the concentration of corporate wealth among the highest-income Americans grew significantly in 2003.
• Nas Launches New Label Under Def Jam
  The buzz surrounding the news of Nas joining Jay-Z at Def Jam has just gotten bigger with the recent revelation that God Son's coming album will be released on his own imprint, the Jones Experience.

Pig On Pig Crime!

In a strange, tragic, and kinda funny twist of fate, an off-duty cop in the Bronx was apparently drunk off his ass, pointed a gun at an on-duty cop and got his ass popped. Nullus. Anyway, supposedly he was holding at gunpoint a dude that assaulted him in a White Castle, when the second police officer rolled up on him and told him to drop his gun. Now being intoxicated, our friend Eric Hernandez decided to aim at the on-duty officer.

The funniest thing about this whole ordeal is the way the article describes it as a "tragedy" and "a stunning case of mistaken identity". What the hell? So if you knew he was a cop it would be cool for him to be drunk and armed and pointing a gun at you? Picture it: "Eric is that you? Whassup dude! Naw naw don't worry about it, go ahead and shoot that dude and we'll say he was on PCP." I mean seriously if the dude wasn't a cop there's no way they'd be all "remorseful". He'd just be a drunk dude that got shot up.

New York Daily News sez:
" A drunken off-duty cop holding a man at gunpoint outside a Bronx White Castle was shot three times by a veteran officer in a stunning case of mistaken identity yesterday, police and hospital sources said.  "Drop the gun! Drop the gun!" the uniformed cop yelled, repeating the warning a third and fourth time before firing and gravely wounding Officer Eric Hernandez. The cops who confronted Hernandez, 24, a star running back on the NYPD football team, had no idea the victim was a member of the force until paramedics found the rookie's badge while treating him in an ambulance, sources said. Mayor Bloomberg called the shooting a tragic accident, saying many unanswered questions remained about the early-morning mayhem that left Hernandez fighting for life."

As if we needed any more proof that both the media and the cops are a bunch of clowns.

links for 2006-01-29

• Jay-Z's Most Loyal Soldier, Memphis Bleek, Finally Has His Own Desk
  Bleek stepping out with clothing line, plans 'classic' new album.
• Sibling Seeks Same to Share Apartment
  Many siblings in their 20's and 30's are moving in together rather than bunking with college friends or strangers.
• The Wrath of Oprah
  How James went to pieces, Oprah got her groove back, and other tales of 'truthiness' in the publishing trade
• Kanye the Instigator
  Rapper Kanye West has become one of pop culture's most intriguing political commentators. Or, depending on your perspective, one of its most intriguing reactionaries.
• Sundance Shines Light on Changes in Market
  Many studios are moving out of the low-budget art-house business, and are now pursuing independent movies with the potential to earn substantial money at the box office.

Oprah Is A Stupid Bitch

God damn. Looks like people are finally starting to figure out what a herb Oprah is. I mean I guess if you're a stay at home mom making sure your bebbies don't grow up to be the next Trenchcoat Mafia or some shit and you don't have cable there really isn't shit else on whenever her abortion of a show is on you have an excuse for watching it. But only because people with little ass kids are pretty much disconnected from reality in the first place (though much love to people who actually raise their kids rather than putting them in a fucking day care so their heads get all fucked up and they end up knocking my food tray over at Burger King).

Anyway that was kind of a tangent, the real point of this post is that after that James Frey douchebag wrote that fake ass book about being a heroin addict or whatever and Oprah went all, you know, Oprah about it the book was found to be a bunch of made up shit and now the "Queen Of Daytime Television"'s credibility is in question and everyone's kind of waking up to the fact that she's essentially a moron who should never have been on TV in the first place. Shit is Geraldo still around? We should kick her off TV and give her show to that dude. Anyway, she was going to have this amazing confrontation where she "cornered" this evil man and defended her honor in front of the world, which was actually just a shallow ploy to get her ratings back. Well bizzah bitch, no huge ratings hike for you. People without and with brains are finally figuring out that your show sucks and so do you. Now go away please.