Queen of the Goblins

FYI

"Lady Gaga vows not to ever lipsync in her shows"

An artist doesn't decide whether he lipsync or not. That's agreed between management and venue. Of course artists want to sing live because they get much more credit, but venues always prefer lipsincyng because then there are fewer risks involved and it's much cheaper. So they often don't sign contracts allowing a full live performance. Usually, and this is what most artists do, it's faux live (that's a term i just made up, please correct me i can't remember the proper word!), meaning that most of the show is pre recorded, including instruments and all backing and some main vocals.

just something to think about

It always shocks me how many proposals I get to do nude glamour shoots, porn and escorting services. It's a door that's always open - or even - very much trying to suck girls in, and that really does pay fantastically well. But the thing is

it's porn!

Is it okay that porn has become the new waitressing? I can't say it is.

I find it a fascinating industry, very appealing in theory, I don't have anything against it, I have friends in it, it doesn't gross me out.

That said, I think it would be healthy to remember that there is a very real value in what you're giving, and that's why you're being paid so generously for it. The problem with this reasoning is that it no longer works. Men no longer care about how many people you've fucked (20+ is the norm for a twenty something, right?), about how many times you've aborted, about how many people you're snogging when you go out to a club.

Speaking of slutty behaviour

I've had my share of decadent experiences and I've witnessed plenty of times how the girl who gets the popular boy is the one who's dressed up like a barbie on crack, gets high out of her mind with some random mr.Cash's coke, ends up at someone's apartment, passes out in the bathroom, gets raped (duh) and a week later calls the boy to ask for help because she's pregnant. It's not an amateur college movie anymore, it's real life.

That boy will drop all his responsabilities (including his girlfriend who might have equally challenging but not as fun problems) to aid this "poor soul". And the real problem to me is not the fact that the girl "needs help", it's the fact that that girl is getting all the attention, and that's exactly what she's after, and that's exactly why girls keep imitating this behaviour. If that girl got completely ignored, was left to die in the bathtub, and/or was left to raise a baby by her own means -trust me- this wouldn't happen so often. Then we would address the real problem, which is that today in 2009 everybody's moral values are fucked!

*throws confetti*

cosmetic animal testing

I feel we're leaving things out when we agree on boycotting companies that do animal testing. First of all, I don't think any of us including myself have any clue on what is really happening and whatnot and that information should be given, but i suspect that it's just a so trendy ethical marketing strategy to say that they don't test.

It's only logical to think that we would have never gotten where we are if nobody had ever tested chemicals on animals. Products have to be tested on something alive. A company can claim not to test, but then be owned by one who does. A company can also claim not to test, but buy results that were obtained through testing. A company can even claim not to test, and not test, but that company could have been owned previously by one who bought those results. In short- we need those results and that testing has to be done by somebody, otherwise products would be a beautiful surprise.

What I would ask is for this to be regulated, controlled, limited or however you want to call it. I would ask for common sense and no sadism- no pain, not testing things that are obviously going to harm them etc. Besides, animals are extremely expensive in the testing field, so it would make sense to think that companies do consider other options before choosing that one. A complex animal like a chimp, it goes for a several hundred thousand + 10k a year and one thing I know about business is - they do NOT waste a penny if they have a cheaper option. That said I do think it's a topic that should be thoroughly explained to the general public, since it's obviously very controversial.