More Kitler fun!

(video by dmhearn)

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These people are awesome, too much fun!

Big breasts for dummies

(From Salon.com)

Mannequins with giant bazooms are busting out in shop windows from coast to coast. More than just garment racks, they are a mirror of current beauty and fashion.

By Wendy Paris

Jan. 03, 2007 | I was in Miami in October, strolling past the retail shops on Collins Avenue in South Beach, when I saw two mannequins in a store window that caused me to stop and stare. I wasn't the only one staring. The mannequins -- one wearing a tight white bikini and the other a flirty miniskirt and a T-shirt tied at the waist -- were modeled after women who'd had breast augmentation surgery and gone in for DDDD cups. These buxom Fiberglas beauties weren't in a head shop or an adult video store, but rather at Deco Denim, a family-owned Miami retail group specializing in brand-name denim and casual wear.

(busty mannequin in an ill-fitting bra. She would look much nicer if the bra fit!)

I've never been one to complain about our culture's obsession with beauty, to worry that shows like "Extreme Makeover" normalize plastic surgery in an already looks-focused society. You won't hear me ranting against Botox treatments at the mall. "Which mall?" is more likely my response, "And how much does it cost?" But these mannequins with their massive chests crossed the line from a little harmless obsession with appearance to a society run amok.

I grabbed my husband's hand and jerked him to a stop in front of the store. "Look at that!" I demanded. He was already looking. I was suddenly conscious of my own chest and its relative lack of girth. It's easy to feel physically inadequate in South Beach, to see oneself as too short or too fat or too insufficiently swathed in lime green Spandex. Perhaps mannequins with boob jobs were just a South Beach thing?

Not so. When I returned to Manhattan, I noticed two of the top-heavy models in the window at Mystique Boutique, a trend-focused, budget clothing store in SoHo. I did a quick Internet search and turned up a dozen sites selling the super-busty mannequins -- generally Chinese imports costing as little as $150, about a tenth the cost of top-of-the-line mannequins sold today. I gaped at "Olivia" (40 inches/25 inches/37 inches) and "Marie" (40.5 inches/24.5 inches/36.5 inches), introduced in 2005 on Washington state's MannequinStore.com. I gawked at the equally well-endowed "Mary" on StudioRox.com, the Web site of a New York mannequin manufacturer and importer. I saw a "Full Size Realistic Sexy Standing Female Mannequin" -- also named "Mary" -- for $289.99 on the Los Angeles site DisplayImporter.com.


( Read more and see a big boobie-fied mannequin bare. For the record, one of these companies also makes plus size mannequins, and one makes anatomically correct lower body male torsos for displaying men's underwear. )

Saltare 2007, in Huntsville, AL.

Here is the info for Saltare 2007 (February 3rd):

http://www.madscientist.name/saltare/frontpage.htm

Please join the Saltare Yahoo group here, it is all European dance people, and we need a presence!:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saltare_guild/

If you are planning to teach and we have already spoken, I will need to get a brief class description from you.

I still have several slots open for teaching, and this promises to be a good year for dancers and musicians alike.

If you are interested in bringing something for the food table, please let me know, it would be much appreciated. (Munchable type stuff)

I can't wait to get this going!

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Zebeebah

Exercise Post.

approx. 45 minutes, Leslie Sansone Power Walk (3 miles) with wrist weights.

Since this one is supposed to be done with weights, it didn't make me keel over. The one I did yesterday is also from the 80's (complete with an orange thong leotard over black tights and leg warmers!), so I wonder if I shouldn't do all the moves in it, some of them really strained my knees, they are still a bit unhappy today. Anyway, this DVD is much better.


I did it to Sara's music again, and it flew by. I need to get more music from her!

Saddam hanging video.

Mostly I'm just posting this for mezzanotterose, she said she was curious and wanted to see it. I figured maybe there might be some other morbid folks on my friend's list, so here it is if you want to see it.

http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/12/29/networks-say-coverage-of-saddam-husseins-execution-will-be-tast/

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