Gymnasts Do It Better, Throwing Punches Especially

2008 USA Olympic Team "Spiritual and Social Leader" (wikipedia) Has Some Punch!
Props to ONTD's winniecooper
SEE ALICIA SACRAMONE ROCK IT LIKE SHE KNOWS HOW, USA FTW!

(Free Tibet tho, yo. Roll like Jesse Owens did. Power to the people)

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Now playing: Nina Simone - Just Like A Woman
via FoxyTunes

Clapping Joker Animated gif

Cool thing, me on the Black Panel at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con

OMG, what a goddamn honor. I was on a panel with Reggie Hudlin, BET pres, Dwayne McDuffy, BET Animation head/comic legend, Method Man from Wutang and a host of other cool ass people. And I sat next to Method Man. At first I was like oh well, not a damn question on anything but comics. The Captain America who showed in full costume, was tight tho. But then I just figured what the hell do I have to lose, might as well make some funnies. Michael Davis who headed the panel, at one point said, well Faith works in corporate would you care to give us some perspective? I leaned into the mic and said ever so politely, why yes Michael I do work for the white folks. And the audience was like what? did she say that?, and everyone busted up. Sooner than later I had Method Man laughing his ass off and actually hugging me with his really attractive seemingly married self. It was great I got good props from a lot of folks and had people coming up to me telling me they hella enjoyed it, thanks for being there. I was so happy I could be there to show women of color are in it to win it. Mad amazing thanks to Michael Davis for moderating and putting the panel together!

Here's a bad clip from my camera phone. It felt a bit weird to be on a panel, and shooting it myself so I only took this little bit at the end, just so ya know I was sitting next to Brick City himself, Method Man!

Do people have to change the race of their characters? "Denys and I walked out of meeting with a big development person who asked if we could make him a white guy?"

"Don't listen to people like that," Cowan said. "When I got into comic books, I drew what characters appealed to me, but it wasn't in order to get a job, I had to draw white characters. I wanted to do Deathlok, I wanted to do Power Man and iron Fist, I wanted to do Black Panther. But I also wanted to do Batman, and did."

"You have to have self confidence," Cheltenham said. "Sometimes that comes across as bitch, and Kimora Lee Simmons said that's okay. She's fabulous, so I'm gonna go with that." - CBR

Read an excellent recount of the panel over at Comic Book Resources, minus tour.com, it is tor.com.

Awesome, Jim Butcher explains the "soul gaze"! Thanks again thumbelina blues for introducing me to the series.

Obama World Tour

Obama's on a world tour with stops in Europe, Afghanistan, and the Middle East. I am intrigued.

It's a really good move, like the best it is both obvious and original at the same time.

(Al Jazeera has comments on their website, quite a few of them American. )
<----Tension much? QUIT w/the lean in Karzai!


Perhaps less original, a People story. Still nice tho.

(Also on People.com, Patrick Swayze, the man who may refuse to die)

TOR.COM / COMIC CON

Cool and exciting, near terrifying.

SATURDAY 10:00-11:30 The Black Panel '08— This is not the year to miss the Black Panel, and you know why! Featuring Method Man (The Wu Tang Clan), Reggie Hudlin (president, B.E.T.), Denys Cowan (B.E.T. Animation, "The Origin of the Joker"), Rusty Cundieff (director, Chappelle's Show, Fear of a Black Hat) John Dokes (Marvel Comics), Dwayne McDuffie (Milestone Media, Justice League, Ben 10), and Faith Cheltenham (Tor.com). This is the definitive panel for what's up in black and hip hop culture—and what a year it has been! Look out for some surprise guests. Hosted by Michael Davis (The Underground, Everything You Always
Wanted to Know About Black People, But Were Afraid to Ask). Room 5AB

Congrats to Jolie-Pitt family (EDIT)

In Touch broke the news at everyone's favorite bisexual had given birth. Then retracted, and same day the AP confirmed the birth of a boy and girl. Stargina.com is saying:

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have given birth to a boy and girl, named Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline.

How can we confirm this? Thanks to our uber-investigative instincts, Stargina has learned that Angelina’s lawyers Lavely-Singer quickly snapped up the domains KnoxLeon.com and VivienneMarcheline.com Saturday afternoon.

To celebrate Knox and Viv, a few favorite Angelina photos...

And now for something entirely different, Brandi Carlile

I saw Brandi Carlile perform a few weeks ago w/Indigo Girls in Long Beach. It was an amazing show which words could not possibly describe. Great time was had celebrating my friends same sex wedding anniversary and soon to be "legal" marriage, so good I didn't scan the crowd. Would have seen a favorite cousin in the audience with her partner, so cool! The stupid foul atm's broke at the theater so I had nothing for Brandi to sign when she came out and was horrified. I excused myself to the back of the lobby, all stormy inside when she happened to walk by after. Shocked, all I could muster was, "You're cool, great" and a giant smile. She said thanks, smiled and kept going before the crowd turned collective heads to follow. I wanted to ask her if she wanted to watch some tv, but it seemed a bit forward. :D

The Best of Brandi Carlile on YouTube*

How These Days Grow Long (aka that awesome song she does acoustically that may just be the best song of all time)
My FAVORITE, Fall Apart Again (old school, great audio!)
New Song - Dreams
Creep (Radiohead cover) (high quality)
*(Youtube has saved the video revolution with their platform exchange, thank you)

The Song That Got Me First (high quality)