#shit balloons

[placepdx-blog-blog]

Lighter than Air but Too Heavy for the Mall - PDX Magazine

In March, I stopped by Place, an installation gallery on the third floor of Pioneer Place Mall, to drop off copies of PDX Magazine and to say hello to the gallery’s owner Gabe Flores. My young boys who were with me were quickly drawn toward the mass of colorful balloons that were part of the main exhibit.Curtains of multi-colored latex balloons framed the installation, and many more rolled around on the floor. Along the back wall, a video played on a flat-screen television. In the video, a man in a dog costume walked along a trail. There were other artifacts in the exhibit too, and I made a mental note to return later to take it all in when my parking meter wasn’t running dangerously low. I did not know at the time that this innocuous-looking installation would be the last exhibit for Place and that it would figure prominently in the gallery’s demise. Shit Balloons is the name of the installation by artist John Dougherty. And, yes, from what we can ascertain, it contributed to Place losing its lease rather abruptly at the end of March. This exhibit, as well as two others: Paul Clay’s Parking Lot Dance and Michael...

[umblepie-blog]

the case of the dancing lock gif

when i looked up how to drink bourbon, i clicked on the very first hit. it looked good cuz it was on a forum called straight bourbon. this was the post. you know it's legit cuz the original post is from 2002, back when our choices of politically liberal bloggers to follow was so much narrower than it is now. seeing that little dancing lock in the style of a certain "famed on the internet" banana just brought waves and waves of something over me.

there it is. what is that something?

what is it that comes over a man when the eyes reel wildeyed from all of that white text on all of that black background? when series of boxes with text are above other boxes with text. how many posts has sandiegojohn89 made? when did he first join? why can't i forget the forum life?

gifs for avatars, anime quotes with ~*>o.O<*~ all over the place, traded accusations of noobitude, defense of one's skills and the sharing of the fact that one has had sex, is currently having sex, has regular access to sex, and in fact holds down a really fat job and drives a fantastically good car.

can't put that life behind.

what's missing in the foodternet? what's being left out of 20,000 comments on cinnamon rolls? 25 millions comments on mountain dew apple dumplings?

is it a big pile of shit? a stinking shit taken all over everything? is that what's missing?

a shit cake with fondant turdicues?

a shitcard, nori-thin?

a beautiful shitballoon filled almost to bursting with ass gasses, held aloft with the merest, barely visible string of hair pulled out of ass?

where are they the humble servants of chaos who with a wink and a smile shit all over everyone everywhere all the time? do they not too read thepioneerwoman.com? is it cuz bitches are always nice to each other and supportive of rising up together in taking care of their bodies and their families while nurturing their souls (and tummies!)

troll (internet) - where are you when we need your loki-esque gifts most? why hide away from the most robust corners of the femininternet? come out troll (internet), we have called you upon our massive troll horn of the wild, our brightest of troll bat signals.