Blame America.....and Jesus

Michael Wolf makes numerous valid points in his scathing commentary on Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping and subsequent 18 years of imprisonment...and how such things are an integral part of Christian conservative America's white trash culture.

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Catgirl Moving, but not today

I Love Blogger/Google as their stuff is easy to use and it just works, unfortunately, I don't have enough control over the back end(which is probably *why* it works). I had some plans for Catgirl Meowing when I came up with the idea this summer.

I wanted a blog, but more interactive...Kinda like a blog + knowledge portal + Intelligent social networking I have some of the pieces her - you can see what I'm reading - books, news articles, Interesting sites I've bookmarked, etc. but only a few of them...like 5, and everything is on one main page.

I have to lay out the graphics and "more" links by hand which takes forever, then I have to go back and edit the auto generated tags as they are not quite right...not to mention how many times I had to tweek this template/CSS sheet, had to give up on my "Ask the catgirl" feature, imaginary gawds only know what happened to my streaming radio player, and I have a million call outs to web services, which are starting to make the site take forever to load.

Which is why I'm experimenting with hosted solutions like Wordpress or 2bEvolution, that support things like multiple pages (*gasp*) breaking my kitty vision into bite size pieces.

Like I said, it's going to be awhile before the move is offical, and the test site is going to change a bajillion times just like this one did back in July, but if you want a sneak peek-- http://catgirlmeowing.nyteside.org.uk

Machine Lights and SciFi Tables

Keeping with my theme of quasi-organic things , presenting Machine Lights, by Frank Buchwald, a freelance artist/designer out of Berlin German who has been focusing on lighting design exclusively since 2002.





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In Buchwald's own words:

For me, the idea of the machine lights developed over many years of dealing with the nature of modern technology, especially the mechanical artefacts of the industrial age. It is associated for me with the realization that an independent reality which withdraws itself from human access, exists behind the manifest appearances of mechanical objects and secretly determines the world of the machines. …

A common mistake of our time is the belief that machines are solely products and artefacts of human planning, design, and manufacture. Working on the machine lights was for me a guarantor and a constantly new examination of something hidden that interweaves and shapes the sphere of the machine like a secret principle…

The last piece is not part of the Machine Light per say, it's an earlier work, that resembles a bucket loader, to me at least.

I included it as a non-organiceque example of Buchwald's work that is still true to his philosophy that machines are beings with their own nature.

To see more of his work, visit his website.









The next piece comes from Sam Hewitt, a newly minted craftsmen out of the University of Lincoln(UK) with a degree in furniture design titled the SciFi Coffee Table.




I like the contrasts, notice the use of new technology (laser engraving) for the engraving vs. the traditional fan construction in the door.

Not-so Organic Flora

Did you know your not-always-friendly neighbourhood catgirl is drawing flowers? I really am, but not like that, it's from the Inorganic Flora series by Japanese illustrator Macoto Murayama, done in Adobe Illustrator.

I went through a digital art phase back in high school, but alas, life is all about choices. When you are 5-12 you dream of being a catgirl warrior princess/star athlete/super model/fashion designer/ vet /doctor/Goddess but as you get older you come to the sad realization that there are just not enough hours in the day to develop all your talents and not die of exhaustion/lose your sanity..... Not that I've ever been stable........

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Happy Women's Equality Day Mr. Kennedy, thank you and rest well.

On this day (August 26) in 1920, the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote became law, Ted Kennedy had nothing to do with that, but he was instrumental in getting Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 passed.

Most people think of women's sports when Title IX is mentioned, and while high school and university athletics owe their existence to it, the law is much broader - covering everything from discrimination in fields such as science and medicine to other aspects of academic life such as access to health care and dormitory facilities.

My mother may have never become a doctor if it were not for Title IX, so she would of never met my father, and *poof* out of the realm of possibilities I go.

My interest in volleyball began when I was 11 years old during a family bike ride through North Avenue beach and came across a pro-volleyball tournament, dad asked if I wanted a better view and that's all she wrote. I probably would have never played high school volleyball if it were not for that random event, which would have never happened without title IX. So even if my parents did meet and have me, I would not be the same me.

Why does it matter? Obama plays basketball, never professionally or even as a college athlete, but its part of what makes him who he is. If he were a different person, would he still have become president?

And so ends one not-always-friendly neighbourhood catgirl's tribute to Edward Moore Kennedy, no sorrows as Hey We All Die Sometimes.

A not so new take on erotica.

I came across this while viewing the “The Ten Best Sex Toys” slide show in The Independent Monday.

Most of the items are overly refined takes on rather conservative stand bys (I guess hello kitty vibrators and triple penetration strap-on contraptions entries would be a tad much for prime time), but the Hot and Cold Ceramic Dildo, pictured left, caught my eye.



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Hot and Cold Ceramic Dildo - £109
Created in collaboration with ceramist Adele Brydges, this is an unusually sightly dildo, sealed at one end with a removable cork (just add cold or hot water in order to achieve the desired temperature).

The teaser was enough for me enough to find out more about the company that offered it, Coco de Mer , which turns out to be the world's first luxury erotica boutique founded and headquartered in London 's Covent Garden neighbourhood, with a US presence in West Hollywood, California and a soon to be open flag ship store in NYC.

While the "perversions" of the "aristocracy" are the stuff of legends, until recent decades, they too had to shop at seedy shops in the "bad" part of town, making do with low quality goods, not any more, perhaps we have finally reached the point where the fetishdom seen so often on the runways and in avant-garde photo shoots has come to high street

Luxury erotica boutiques are not your father's porn shop, nor your perpetually quasi-broke anti-establishment older brother/sister's head/punk/grunge shops, or even the brick and mortar outlets of the erotic E-tailers found on the web, they feature high quality goods ranging from designer lingerie and sex toys that double as works of art to rare books and salon culture in a very up scale atmosphere, espousing sexual empowerment, social activism, fair trade and environmental responsibility.

	Jade Engraved Dragon Dildo £169 Jade has always been associated with sexuality and was traditionally offered to the gods as a symbol of enduring love Catgirl: I'm soo getting one when they are back in stock.
	Double Ended Dildo £800 Beautiful Hand Blown Glass double ended dildo by St Martins graduate Shiri Zinn. Here is where they can use Catgirl and friends as technical advisors, look at the "stops" on that thing -just say NO to sharp edges.
	Lizard Print Spanking Paddle £45 Coco de Mer's own spanking paddle, is made from exquiste navy blue leather with a beautiful lizard print. Heighten the experience with matching bindfold, cuffs, or flogger... Serving Suggestion: Apply with vigour to the lower, fleshy part of the bottom to excite the erogenous zones. Vary the pressure of the spanking to keep your lover on their toes. If you expand the picture by clicking you will notice it has a pattern, if you smack your victim....I mean parter correctly it transfers to their bum, so watch what you wear the next day:D

As the market is still new, and hopefully growing, there is plenty of room for new designers; Michael Brown's Dildo Shoes came to mind. The straps upon the forefoot, are made from black patent leather, and egg shell finish cream. to create a stunning contrast. The spikes are in two lengths, and can be interchanged, with just screwing them off and change them.

Talk about fetishware, En pointe shoes with functional dildo heels.

Random bunny post!

How many baby bunnies do you see in the picture above?