Monday, January 05, 2009

After a conversation about meeting men in Japan, my room mate just said this:

Jill: Y--- just introduced me to one of his friends.
Me: Does he seem cool?
Jill: Yes. He could be. Although, he COULD be a pervert and own a windowless van. I can't really tell.



posted at 22:07 by bunny mcintosh

Since my dad mass emailed these pictures, I'm sure you all saw them in 1999, however... I do what I want.



"Hey, aren't you the guy that sued himself?"
"Goddammit. Yes."







"We had no idea anyone was buried there."





"I wouldn't do it again. She's been a pain this week."











posted at 10:47 by bunny mcintosh

Saturday, January 03, 2009

OH MURDER. I'm flying standby to the U!S!A!, and I've been trying to get out of this country since Thursday. I have enormous muscles from dragging my suitcase hither and f. yon on the train. Fortunately, Narita is beautiful, so I can eat sashimi lunches and read on wistfully constructed balconies before the inevitable disappointment of my non-departure.

I'm going to try again tomorrow.



posted at 14:12 by bunny mcintosh

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Trees there will be
Apples, fruits maybe



You know what I fear
The end is always near



We came down from the north



Blue hands and a torch



Red wine and food for free



A possibility
We share our mothers' health



It is what we've been dealt



What's in it for me?



Fine



Then I'll agree



Say you like it



Say you need it



When you don't



Looking better



Shining brighter



Than you do



Trees there will be
Apples, fruits maybe



You know what I fear



The end is always near




posted at 08:41 by bunny mcintosh

Monday, December 29, 2008

I took way too long to post this.



Esme Q drew it. Thanks, dollface.



posted at 16:16 by bunny mcintosh

I just got one of the nicest emails from someone who reads my website. You know who you are, so thank you.



posted at 15:36 by bunny mcintosh

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Blogging from work alert. I:m on a Japanese keyboard, so excuse the punctuation.

Thanks for being lovely and supportive, by the way. My mini-crisis is ending, I think, or, at least I don't feel hideous about it at the moment. My entire family is extremely unworried. I am going to follow their cool, calm, collected and elegant leads. Allow me to rest on strength of your under reactions. I don:t know. Cancer is kind of the Sept. 11th of diseases. It:s hard not to be frightened.

Speaking of which, I drowned my sadness in tequila and American books and shopping for high quality, Japanese jump suits. I picked up The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda's Road To 9/11 by Lawrene Wright. I'm 17 pages in and it's fantastic.

your girl recommends it.

I have the week off for the holidays and I am prepared for adventure beyond your wildest dreams.















posted at 17:16 by bunny mcintosh

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Here is something far, far too personal for my blog:

jilly,

Guess who's dad has cancer? If you guessed mine YOU ARE CORRECT.

My mom emailed me to tell me that "dad has cancer." So, I skyped her to figure out who's dad, her's or mine.

"Daddy. Your dad."

My dad.

What the fuck, Universe? He's a prohibitionist who goes on fucking
JOGS. My dad? The man who lifts weights in the garage and had never had a cigarette in his life and who drinks near beer? That's mathematically wacky. He followed all the rules.

He's having a second surgery on it Friday. Apparently he had
surgery last Wednesday for a hernia and they found something. It looks
like it's contained, though, so not to worry, but since you are my
step- therapist, I needed to tell you. EHHHGHGHG

Now I am going to get daytime drunk with Ed, Jackie and Yasuya to
celebrate the birth of sweet, black baby Jesus, and the death of my
dad's cancer. I feel like shit. Thankfully, I self medicate.

your pal,
Bunny

P.S. According to the Kubler-Ross model, I've already moved onto
anger! I never even did denial! DENIAL IS FOR THE WEAK. I AM GOING TO KARATE KICK THE CANCER OUT OF MY DAD.

By the way, it's sarcoma.

---

Now that I think about it, I didn't skip step one. I'm going with denial for awhile. It's totally contained and it's no problem. Please don't worry or leave anything nice in the comments. Just don't say anything.



posted at 14:58 by bunny mcintosh

Sunday, December 21, 2008

What are you favorite political or history books or essays? I need something to read.

Here is my too read list so far:

30 Shakespeare's Kitchen: Stories (Hardcover) Shakespeare's Kitchen: Stories (Hardcover) Segal, Lore didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
3.15


29 The Road (Hardcover) The Road (Hardcover) McCarthy, Cormac didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
4.07


28 Tree of Smoke: A Novel (Hardcover) Tree of Smoke: A Novel (Hardcover) Johnson, Denis didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
3.72


27 Crime and Punishment in American History (Paperback) Crime and Punishment in American History (Paperback) Friedman, Lawrence Meir didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
3.57


26 Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (Paperback) Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (Paperback) Rakove, Jack N. didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
4.00


25 The Metaphysical Club (Paperback) The Metaphysical Club (Paperback) Menand, Louis didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
4.19


24 Vera (Mrs.Vladimir Nabokov) Vera (Mrs.Vladimir Nabokov) Schiff, Stacy didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
3.75


23 The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature (Paperback) The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature (Paperback) Pinker, Steven didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
4.01


22 The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq (Paperback) The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq (Paperback) Packer, George didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
4.17


21 Regeneration (Paperback) Regeneration (Paperback) Barker, Pat didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
3.93


20 Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (Hardcover) Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (Hardcover) Ricks, Thomas E. didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
4.20


19 The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (Hardcover) The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (Hardcover) Ross, Alex didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
4.22


31 The Good War: An Oral History of World War II (Paperback) The Good War: An Oral History of World War II (Paperback) Terkel, Studs didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
4.30


32 Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire (Paperback) Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire (Paperback) Remnick, David didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
4.30


18 Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (Paperback) Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (Paperback) Bix, Herbert P. didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
3.75


17 The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11  (Trade Paperback) The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Trade Paperback) Wright, Lawrence didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
4.52


16 Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt (Paperback) Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt (Paperback) McCullough, David didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
4.06


15 American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Hardcover) American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Hardcover) Meacham, Jon didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing to-read
[edit]
4.57





posted at 18:33 by bunny mcintosh

Friday, December 19, 2008

I'm at work, and since it's holiday-rific around here, I have one student today. I have done the majority of my Christmas shopping, which is a joy and a half in Japan because the shops are all so glittery and clean. There isn't really holiday Christmas shopping madness. There is always some amount of shopping madness, but it isn't really accelerated by the birth of sweet, black baby Jesus.

Japan really wins the argument for a Godless, heathen nation. Somehow without the wrathful eye of heaven bearing down, the population is MORE law abiding, MORE respectful, and MORE shame-filled. I'm big into having "Constitutional rights," but I'm fairly jazzed about being able to drink on the train legally like an adult (rights!) and walk home at night without the fear of getting knifed to death by a teenager who just drank 17 bottles of Robotussen and took all his grandmas hip medication because someone made fun of him on myspace. If I wanted to, I could even go to my local brothel and get two hjs for $15 on the way home from work. It's all up to me. This, this is true freedom. And somehow, adults being able to make moral decisions for themselves ISN'T RUINING EVERYTHING.

On the other hand, if you get caught with weed they put you in a dog cage for 5 years and even if you can afford a lawyer, there's something like a 90% conviction rate, so what's the fucking point? I'm still down with those odds, though, because there is really not too much you can do that big brother will be bothered by besides flagrant drug use. Drunk in public? The police will carry you home. Loitering? Ha ha. No such thing here. Lost? Ask a cop and he will walk you four blocks. Making out somewhere inappropriate? You will probably be politely asked to leave, if you are interrupted at all. I cross against the light every day in front of my police box, and I get smiled at. Stupid foreigner. She probably doesn't understand that the little red man means don't go. This is what happens when the police aren't afraid of the population. THEY HELP YOU.



posted at 23:14 by bunny mcintosh

jill: today on the train I thought I was getting tuberculous.

me: i'm documenting that.

jill: i kind of want tuberculosis.

me: why?

jill: because it's funny. and so that I can be that dick bag with tuberculous who uses it to get what she wants.

me: you're abnormal.



posted at 22:43 by bunny mcintosh

Thursday, December 18, 2008

As of today, I am a fanny pack owner.



posted at 22:32 by bunny mcintosh

I hate iPhoto so much.



posted at 22:29 by bunny mcintosh

This takes about 15 minutes, and it tastes amazing.



ingredients:
green leaf lettuce
fresh basil (a handful)
plum tomatoes
avocado
olive oil
3 garlic cloves
sweet onion
sword fish (you can use all kinds of fish-- tuna is nice if you serve it rare)
pineapple
balsamic vinegar
honey
lemon juice


Rip up leaf lettuce, basil, cut up tomatoes and avocado. Set in a bowl.

in a pan, heat olive oil, garlic, onions, broccoli, sword fish, and pineapple. Saute until the fish is cooked through. Drizzle the fish with 1tsp balsamic vinegar and 1 tsp. honey. Sear the fish briefly on high heat. Add a little lemon juice to the broccoli and the fish.

Toss everything in the bowl together. Pour the remainder of the balsamic, honey and olive oil on the salad.

Salt to taste.



posted at 18:02 by bunny mcintosh

I have a new job idea: I am going to be a DOGTOGRAPHER.



posted at 01:49 by bunny mcintosh

Sunday, December 14, 2008

enjoy this random, aesthetically unthematic photos of my associates and I in various partying situations that I stole from facebook






taken by leanne


jill, leanne, me-- we are a triumverate of hair colors




here I am lecturing some italians at max's house


by sharissa


sharissa again


welcome to how great derek is





posted at 12:24 by bunny mcintosh

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Hello Gents: if this comic is about you, it means that at least 3 women in your life REALLY want to tell you how to dress and cut your hair.

Except you, Sean. You just have bad luck. You dress well already.



posted at 01:24 by bunny mcintosh

Saturday, December 06, 2008



I could be none more attracted to Sebastian Tellier.



posted at 00:23 by bunny mcintosh

Friday, December 05, 2008

My room mate Jill informed me that I walk "like I am roller skating." I've always suspected that I have a crazy walk, so last night I practiced walking around our kitchen ONLY TO BE MOCKED. Finally I figured out how people are "supposed to walk" but I feel like it's an unnatural abomination. Still -- I am DESTINED FOR CHANGE.

GREAT. FOR THE LAST 27 YEARS I HAVE BEEN WALKING LIKE A FAILURE. This is likely to be a giant hassle.



posted at 12:43 by bunny mcintosh

Monday, December 01, 2008

BIG NEWS: I have a nemesis. He is a 13 year old Japanese boy named Shogo. He is the new bane of my Mondays because the furious hand of fate just delt me two kids classes. One of these clusterfucking disasters has 8 loud teenage boys, ruled by Shogo. The universe so cruely put him on this earth to throw me the karmatic blow of a life time. SHOGOG IS A JAPANESE TEEN VERSION OF HOW I USED TO BEHAVE IN SCHOOL. He is a cynical little shit and he never stops talking.

He seriously called me "round eye." It is the funniest, but he is also obnoxious and disruptive. He makes comical Japanese noises, pops his eyes out of his head, points at me, does karate moves, breaks things, YELLS and speaks Japanese all through class. I want to kill him, but it's also fun having a nemesis who is smaller than I am and younger than I am, because for all his tyrannical behavior, I could literally get mad enough to throw him Hulk Hogan style out a window.

The other 8 year old boys like me because Shogo acts like an asshole and yells or something and I make it my soul mission to embarass him publically. I'll frequently make a fist and shake it at him and yell "ShoGOOOO" with a comical dramatic inflection. I have also made him repeat "it puts the lotion in the basket" when he's bad.

So basically, welcome to my hell scape. I want to write him a letter that says "open when you're 25," and begins with "Dear Shogo, I just want you to know that at 13, you are the bane of my existence," and then explain to him that he is both my mortal enemy and my favorite student by far.

I am considering making him cry some day.




If only I knew how!



posted at 22:38 by bunny mcintosh


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