Pin Up of the Week - 52

Petty

Happy New Year's Eve!

New Years Resolutions, babbles and other news from the Bobbie Dawn pocket book

I have to apologize. I have been busy. Between friends, family and holiday parties, I barely have time to laundry and groceries - let alone keep up with my favorite hobby (that's BD!)

I will write a quick update for anybody that still reads and cares: I am working triple-time in the lab right now because I am almost finished the lab-research portion of my thesis. Then I will have a few months of analyzing and modeling the results, the writing of manuscripts and then the defense at which time I will be finished my seriously long pursuit for the academic prize "PhD". I have a time-line to finish of 8 more months and I am sticking to my objectives with determination I have never previously known myself to have. My focus is narrow - and while it is extremely useful for finishing my task, it is horrific as I watch the rest of my life fall into literal pieces because of my indifference towards anything other than "finish PhD", the words that run through my mind constantly.

I go for months without clean clothes and linens. I have gone weeks eating nothing but rice/rice pasta and cheese (Translation: I have Celiacs disease so I eat nothing but easy, cheap, home-made, gluten-free casseroles).

My blog has fallen into a steady stream of boring writing - BUT, there is hope. I will return shortly with more punchy pieces full of Pin-up culture, rants about people that really piss me off and some little tid-bits about science that might interest you. I am also planning on launching some new blogs once the majority of my manuscripts are finished and I am only in the late editing stages ... and I will link them all together through BD, but I want to make them more specific and I have a graphic design bug that has been eating away at my little heart. I will also bring you more art. These are my new years resolutions as Bobbie Dawn, not so new blogger, still learning how to climb the ropes of the highly addictive "infomation highway" ... remember that?!? (I don't come to the blogosphere for information, but rather to find out about how informed other human beings are).

Pin Up of the Week 51

Enoch Bolles

Enjoy the snow North America! Season's greetings and Happy New Year!

This place is such a joke, for example ...

So the my university's website says that buses run until and including today (at least that's how I read "The last day of regular Trent Express Schedule is December 21st, and will resume service on January 4th."

Anyhow, I stood outside in the minus 12 degree Celsius (10.4 F for my American friends), 5 inches of freakin' snow this morning for 45 mins freezing my ass off when I decide to call Peterborough transit and ask why there is no bus and they tell me they did not schedule the Trent Express for December 21st!

I was scheduled to use the mass spec today and I fucking planned to go in to school, even though there is "snowmaggedon" and it is sunday and I would rather be christmas shopping and wrapping presents. Instead, I prepped samples all day yesterday! I got up early today, put on my snow boots and went out into the miserable cold to treck to school and I guess my stupid small town decided for me that I wasn't going to go to school. Curiously, they did not cancel any of the other buses. Only the student bus.

Anyhow, its not the end of the world and I will just go in tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday to make up for lost time - and get my boyfriend to drop me off before work or something, and then never think about this day again, but just another thing to add to my list of "this place is such a joke, for example..."

Pin up of the week 50

I have decided to hold my regular order this week and do a special tribute to the one and only Betty Page.

Who else looked so fantastic from both angles?

Mme. Butterfly

So I got this award from Fashiona a few weeks ago. Thank-you Fashiona.

It may have taken me some time to get around to it, but I am now going to return the favor and bestow it upon another blog. I will return this award to another pin-up blog that is on my radar: The pin up blog has a great variety of images, topics and products that are very focused on everything pin up. Kudos.

(P.S. I did not make this image and I am not responsible for the grammatical error, it should read "For the coolest blog I ever knew" and really, if I written it I would have made it read "For the coolest blog out there" or something to that effect because I can't know a blog. It implies a personal relationship and sounds somewhat ridiculous. The sentiment, however, is right on the money!)

Saying good-bye to a pin-up icon

The 1950's pin-up model, Betty Page, died on Thursday, December 11. Many will agree with me when I suggest that she was one of the best pin-up models ever, and definitely helped to popularize pin-up culture with her now famous story and her beauty. At the Betty Page website there is a memorial splash-page with the following statement:

"With deep personal sadness I must announce that my dear friend and client Bettie Page passed away at 6:41pm PST this evening in a Los Angles hospital. She died peacefully but had never regained consciousness after suffering a heart attack nine days ago. She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality. She is the embodiment of beauty."
Mark Roesler

A stumble friend, Paleryder, sent me this great article from CNN which announces Betty's passing and summarizes her amazing life that was exciting, heart warming and tragic. She will be buried at Westwood Cemetery in Los Angeles, just a few feet away from Monroe, which is highly appropriate in my opinion. One of my favorite pictures of Betty is posted below.

Tanners unite!

I have never tanned before, not in a tanning salon and not in the sun. If I am in the sun and get a tan, then so be it. I think when I was 13 one summer I spent some time in a bathing suit in the backyard tanning with my BFF at the time, but there were so many cute young boys coming in and out of her backyard (she had a pool) that I felt it was my obligation to spend as much time fully exposed, if you know what i mean ;-)

What I have discovered, is that tanning is an extremely controversial topic. there is a whole culture surrounding tanning, and I think that a lot of people who tan definitely hide it from their friends. What's scarier is that after this week, when I went to the tanning salon for the first time, I would definitely do the same (hide my tanning from my friends). Some people are hostile. Others offer friendly advice. Even more give you "the look" of disgust. Some people want you to go with them. No matter what, though, if you tell people you went to get a 5 minute tan under a lamp, count on someone saying something to you that makes you question the decision. I wish I had never gone. I have beautiful skin - it is super pale, that's for sure, but there are barely any spots on it and it is soft as a baby's ass and at 30 I have barely developed a laugh line. I couldn't handle the thought of destroying my skin, and I would never do anything to damage it. I never intended on tanning permanently, I just wanted to be tanned for once in my life.


Considering I live in Ontario, Canada, and it is well into the cold and snowy month of December, I have opted for the salon method of tanning. There are two ways to do this: artificial sun or spray-on tan. The spray on tan is honestly the most vial thought I can imagine. Having some sort of pigment stuck on my skin for 12 days sounds more disturbing to me as a toxicologist and chemist than the idea of getting some UV-A for 15 mins. What is in the spray that makes the pigment stay on after you shower for days at a time? How can the exposure to what ever chemical is present in the spray possibly be good for you? I, however, also believe that most skin creams and perfumes are bad for your skin. It would be better to minimalize all exposure to personal care products that are not necessary and even then to use products that have minimal ingredients (i.e., fragrance-free, no dyes, bleach free, etc...) I could be nuts, but it's one of my little idiosyncrasies.

Either way, I would never have expected so many people to feel so strongly about an issue that seems like the last thing people would care to lecture about. I smoke and I get less flack for it. My cigarette packages come with warnings that tell me smoking causes lung cancer - the sunlamps in the salon have instructions that suggest that minimizing total exposure to UV will minimize risk of skin cancer. I don't dispute the evidence that UV causes skin cancer and melanomas (that would be silly) but I do question people who can't see the forest for the trees. I have probably been exposed to less UV in my entire lifetime (including my recent salon experience) than many people of the same age. No-one has asked me about that. When I buy pop and chips at the store people don't question me about how many other calories I have consumed that day and if I should really be adding the extra caloric intake. Even though it would be more logical than telling me that chips are bad for me and I should not buy them, either way no-one would say anything to me because it is rude! I think saying anything to me about tanning is also, rude.

I believe it is especially rude, however, when people have not taken time to find out what my previous risk and exposure is and therefore shoot their mouths off suggesting I'll get cancer as if they are more expert than I about my tanning. People don't get how serious Cancer actually is and how it really affects peoples' lives. It is not cool to tell someone they will get cancer because they spent 15 mins under a sun lamp. I take the diagnosis of cancer very seriously and I do not see how people can just talk about stuff they have read in a magazine as if they are experts.

I may be sensitive, but I heard from more people than I wanted to about tanning this week. So for all of the tanners out there, I won't judge. I know there are good things and bad things about tanning - believe me I've heard it all this week. I don't care, however. I think that anyone can do whatever they want to their body. I wanted to tan - and it was an informed decision. I am not an idiot that hasn't heard of the effects of UV radiation. Regardless, even if i were an idiot, I don't need lectures. I smoke - and I know I could get lung cancer. I have been trying to quite for years. I definitely would go back in time to that same year by the pool if I could and pull that cigarette out of my "super cool" hand. If I made a mistake it was the cigarettes. I still won't lecture another smoker. I don't know if a spray tan is bad for you but I wouldn't lecture a spray-tanner. People are allowed to make their own decisions, good or bad. People need to be less invasive with their opinions.

Anyhow I have ranted long enough.

Unless you know someone very well and feel confident that you are right or have known a person for a very long time, it is definitely a bad idea to do any of the following:

1. Tell someone they look tired
2. Ask someone if they have lost weight
3. Ask someone if they are pregnant

You've seen it in the movies and on TV and it's funny for a reason. But people actually do say these things to people often (I mean daily!) and most often people (women) feel awful after someone tells them they look tired, or imply that they look fat or have been looking fat! Lets stop critically assessing how people look and just talk to people. If you think someone is tired and care, ask how they are feeling. If you think someone looks great - just say so - don't suggest why because then it implies some past judgment you have made. Thanks. And please, someone send this to my mom.

Pin up of the week 49

Elliot

carnival of sexuality - December 5, 2008

Welcome to the December 2008 edition of carnival of sexuality.

Health

Alexander De Foe presents The Spiritual Guide to Better Sex posted at SpiritualBlog.com.

omnamohshiva presents SEX NEWS YOU CAN USE: FOODS FOR SEDUCTION ! posted at SEX NEWS YOU CAN USE, saying, "Lifestyle trends are a matter of interest to each of us , as is an awareness of our very one sexuality - let's learn to be more aware of each aspect of the same !"

Deb Serani presents Genetic Indicators for Gender Identity posted at Dr. Deb, saying, "This post highlights genetic discoveries related to gender identity."

Pregnancy Hut presents Prenatal Vitamins posted at Pregnancy Calendar, saying, "Why it's important to take prenatal vitamins"

Naren Ghimire presents 5 Golden Sutras to Be In Sex -- Sex, Meditation and Spirituality posted at Spiritual Pub, saying, "A list of 5 golden sutras that will make sex a joyful, divine experience, not just an act of momentary fun or release of energy"

Misc.

Tali presents Pinup Artists of Imagekind posted at Tali, saying, "Pinup artists are all over the net, meet my personal favorites."

Tali presents Thanksgiving Special - Top 10 Sexy Native American Pinups | Art, Artists, Beefcake, Celebrity, Diversity, History, Holidays, Neo Pinups, Painting, Photography, World | The Pinup Blog posted at Tali, saying, "Long black hair, deep brown eyes and a dark complexion are the qualities I’m looking for this Thanksgiving."

Spicy Ladies presents tales from a bar stool posted at civilized spice.

Relationships

Nicholas LaPolla presents Stages of Marriage posted at Ignite Her Passion, saying, "A good post on the stages of marriage and the relative levels of happiness for each stage. Knowing what is to come and that hard times are normal will help young couples enjoy the journey and get to the final most rewarding stage of marriage: lasting love."

Cory Albertson presents How To Emotionally Support A Man posted at Find Love, saying, "The stereotype that men aren't emotional creatures is far from the truth. Make progress in a relationship by learning how to support a man's emotional needs."

Raymond presents understanding Traditional Love Stereotypes About Men and Women. An interesting look at a currently running reality TV show that sets up dates for men and women posted at Money Blue Book.

Women

Vicky presents Wedding Dresses Off the Rack posted at Affordable Wedding Planning, saying, "How to buy wedding dresses on and off the rack."

Machione presents There Are Few Things In Life More Attractive Than A Beautiful Woman posted at Fear And Loathing - The Gonzo Papers, saying, "Let me tell you, beauty is no guarantee that a woman is adept at making love or fucking. If you find a beautiful one who doesn't known the difference screw her for all she's worth and move along."

Julie presents Alternatives to Celebrity Makeup Brands posted at Healthtrition Beauty and Health.

T-rhymes presents Britney Spears Gets Marriage Advice from Madonna posted at T-RHYMES BLOG..

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Pin up of the week - 48

"A Cute Injury"