I came to know it as the random clam, used for when someone burts out something really random.
22.08.2009, 0 comments
Today I’m blogging about sketchalous ways to make some quick pesos or quick coins outside your regular day read more

Today I’m blogging about sketchalous ways to make some quick pesos or quick coins outside your regular day job. Now, a preface might be that these options might only work in certain areas of the world, but it’s especially doable in the Mexican city where I’m currently living.
Clowning Around
The reason I’m writing this post is because in the town where I’m living, it’s a regular thing to bump into clowns. I will see them waiting for a bus, applying condiments to a recently bought hot dog at the local convenient store, and sometimes I will see (two) clowns walking hand in hand down the street. They come in similar shapes and sizes– post-high school age with sparkles and stars and other shapes painted on their faces. They always have the rubbery clog size shoes; and the clowns always have the big red noses and their suspender get-up that we all recognize in a clown outfit.
So that’s the general description of a clown that I will see in town. Sounds like a normal clown, no?
Now the other day I was getting on the bus and two clowns got on also to make some spare pesos– or, and most likely, to make their hourly wage– they do this by singing, making jokes, etc., just like regular clowns. Again pretty normal for clowns. They did their routine and people whipped out change and placed it in their palms once their routine had ended. I´m somewhat cheap, (hey I’m Jewish ok?) and I didn´t understand the routine because it was en Español, but even I gave the clowns some pesos.
What was sketchy this time around was that these two clowns were trolling around with a child! This child was part of their act and the niño could not have been older than 15 months. NO, their mini-clown was seriously only 13 months. Clown number two had mini-clown the entire time wrapped under her arm and in the back of the bus while Clown number one passed a hacky-sack between eachother in addition to the spanish routine. Let me just say I felt the scene was sketchy.com-worthy.
I googled some images to find pics and/or videos of such acts. Instead, I stumbled upon the following video on Bess and Kyle´s “On our Own Path” blog that seems like an account of their whirlwind of adventures across the world. They have been traveling for 570 days, having done the leg of Mexico and Argentina in a year. Now they´re teaching in South Korea.
Bess and Kyle´s video is quite funny to me considering I have seriously witnessed each¨”cheap” way to make extra pesos here in Mexico. I would definitely say that each in the video are pretty sketchy—- and their entire list goes on to other bizarre ideas like poking sleeping men on the boardwalk to pirate ships.
To be quite honest, every time a singer or a mariachi band or a banjo player or a clown boards one of my buses, even if I don´t place a peso in their hand, you can bet that I´ve come very close to jumping up and singing and/or joking with them– or atleast taking up the idea to become a sketchy clown on the side JEJE,,, but definitely not quitting one of my day jobs. LOLz.
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20.08.2009, 1 comment
I love the awkward turtle. In fact, I only remembered it now when I discovered a fabulous new read more
I came to know it as the random clam, used for when someone burts out something really random.
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aaaawwwwkkwarrdd :-/
I love the awkward turtle. In fact, I only remembered it now when I discovered a fabulous new way to express your level of uncomfort with magic hand motions. They are magic because they help describe how you feel at a given b-zaro moment. I would first like to introduce Miss Awkward Turtle, (genders and titles can of course vary).
From urban dictionary:
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During an awkward moment, this hand gesture is used to mark the situation as awkward, and, depending on the situation, makes it more awkward or clears the air. The awkward turtle is made by putting one hand on top of the other with the thumbs sticking outward and rotating forward. The speed of the rotating thumbs depends on the degree of awkwardness.Boy- “I love you.”
Girl- “Um…that’s cool…”
Boy- *AWKWARD TURTLE*awkward turtle awkward turtle baton rouge trip miles johnson
by <3 curse of curves <3 May 29, 2007 share this
IMPORTANT: whenever you use or introduce awkward turtle, you should say it like, “AAAAWWKKwwarrd,” and always accompany it with this facial expression :-/
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The lesser-known cousin of the awkward turtle. Used when a situation is sketchy. The motion is two closed fists, joined at the wrist, making a clapping motion.
The Maharishi University of Management attracts large numbers of hippies, but still exhibits strong class division. *sketchy clam*awkward turtle sketchy shady sentient animal emotive action
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The lesser-known cousin of the awkward turtle. Used when a situation is sketchy. The motion is two closed fists, joined at the wrist, making a clapping motion.
The Maharishi University of Management attracts large numbers of hippies, but still exhibits strong class division. *sketchy clam*
awkward turtle sketchy shady sentient animal emotive action
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I came to know it as the random clam, used for when someone burts out something really random.
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18.08.2009, 0 comments
There’s a new video up online today with TV’s most famous fat naked gay man. The one, the read more
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There’s a new video up online today with TV’s most famous fat naked gay man. The one, the only, Richard Hatch. Kind of an idol for me. Well, my must-see favorite TV program is Survivor. So, naturally, I’m a fan of Hatch. Most people, however, see him as one sketchy bastard.
But today Hatch is clothed and hanging out poolside with NBC’s Matt Lauer and Hatch proposes that he was sent to prison not because of the tax evasion, but because of discrimination against him for being gay. (Also, take note of the close up of his fancy ankle bracelet).
But wait, who discriminated against him? Well the jury and the judge of course when he was at trial! *shakes my head in confusion*
Watch Hatch and Lauer chat poolside and you be the judge:
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Even Hatch admits that he was cocky and arrogant since winning the million dollar prize money. But now, he says, he’s not as cocky and arrogant as he once was. He thinks going to prison has changed him– but, despite being changed for the better– he doesn’t think he deserved to go to the maximum and high level security prisons that he went to for four years. While he was definitely convicted guilty in some shady tax evading, Hatch says it was definitely not his fault.
sadface
And moreover, Hatch has lost all his money because of all this shadiness. The 1 million dollars that existed back in 2000 when he won the first Survivor is neither the same worth now in 2009 and neither around period.
Regardless, Hatch won that million by being a sneaky, manipulating, arrogant player in one of TV’s most fascinating games– as Matt Lauer suggests, maybe Hatch is only simply trying to pull another one over our heads.
Smell sketchy or no? Either way, I’m still a big fan of Hatch. JEJEJE.
What do you think? You can also read more of Rich’s sad story HERE on People.com
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17.08.2009, 0 comments
This past weekend I went dancing at the discos. I did a little dance on Wednesday, Thursday and read more
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No, I didn't lose the 10 kilos with a ball
This past weekend I went dancing at the discos. I did a little dance on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday night. I contemplated going Sunday night but was a little too tired even for myself. And yes, apparently my weekend starts on Wednesday. Friday I passed out cold while attempting to take a 30 minute siesta at 10:30 pm only to wake up at 3:30 am. Apparently I didn’t get any sleep after dancing til 5am on Thursday night. JEJEJE/WOOPS. Ok, so, clearly, I do like to dance, and more recently, it’s been very kind to my physique. How kind you ask? This kind:
This dude has lost 10 kilos in 2 months. That’s approximately 22 pounds. Oh no, he didn’t. It’s been great, I have gained more friends and people now like me for the real me. It’s cool because now I don’t have to pay people any pesos to be my friend. YAY! (Lolz at myself).
It’s true though. Well, the kilos part. When I arrived in Mexico back on May 17th, I weighed, ok, I’ll admit the weight: 200 lbs. I don’t joke with this one. And no, I didn’t lose it from the swine flu. In fact, there were absolutely no swine flu cases in the entire state that I moved to. Ok, maybe two cases, but I’m pretty sure they’re alive– and they might even be dancing
Also, prior to my big move to the south, I had spent some coin at the Nordstrom Rack in Towson, MD to buy some cheap ‘wearables’ to my new home. You know, a new pair of jeans, two pairs of shorts and some sneaker/sandals that you can wear in the pouring rain (similar to those ‘shoes’ that most of my lesbian friends wear). I felt that the former were necessary to look hip and to be comfortable in a beach setting and I knew that the latter would be important for the rainy season that is now ever so slightly upon us.
The only prob was that the hip jeans I purchased from the Rack were great at the time. BUT they were the only jeans I could fit in with an unfortunate waist size of THIRTYFRIKKINSIX. That’s a 36. I’ve always been happy being a thirty-four.
sadface.
But now that I dance anywhere from 2 to 3 to 4 to 5 to 6 to 7 to 8 hours (per) weekend-night, (remember, this includes Wednesday and Thursday), that the benefits not only yield a happy boy but a slim boy at that! Thus, I have lost 10 kilos, approximately 22 lbs, and AT LEAST two and a half waist sizes.
What fun it is to live in Mexico indeed. Instead of dying or catching a “do you cough, do you cold?” from the swine flu, instead, I changed my life around and lost 22 lbs doing it. Oh, and did I mention that I live in Paradise?
Now if only I could get that pesky mustached taxi driver man to leave my white french poodle and I alone :-/ zomg
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16.08.2009, 0 comments
I walk my white french poodle every day around lunch time. Lunch time in Mexico is around 3pm. read more
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I walk my white french poodle every day around lunch time. Lunch time in Mexico is around 3pm. Yesterday the two of us were strolling down the Malecon (a cemented boardwalk here, pronounced Mal-ah-cone) when we passed a corner of three or four taxi drivers waiting for their next jolly tourist. I had no idea at the time, but I was about to be violated by the oldest taxi driver!!! I’d say he has about 58 years– despite my preference being a little on the older side, still a bit too old for my taste.
You know what I mean, right?
My white french poodle and I passed very close to the three or four taxi drivers when the 58 year old mustached taxi man said, “Ay what a prettty poodle, can I touch it?”
Sometimes I run into some obsure people on the malecon, but it’s hard to just say “beat it pal,” when someone asks to pet your poodle. BUT before I even gave mustache man permission, he reached up under the back of MY shirt and grabbed my TUCHAS, disregarded my white french poodle altogether and said, “Ah, muy bonito”. My french poodle is female. I think the 58 year old mustache taxi man was referring to ME and my beautiful behind.
I was left too confused to feel violated.
Oh, and I saw mustache man again today. He didn’t talk to me or my white french poodle. But just as the above grafitti from Portland, OR states, “F U mustache man…I still hate you. And you know exactly what you did. Playa.”
See you tomorrow, Playa. :-/
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15.08.2009, 0 comments
So, today I discovered urban dictionary. They seem to have all kinds of definitions from the street and read more
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So, today I discovered urban dictionary. They seem to have all kinds of definitions from the street and the like. The tag line reads, “The dictionary you (write). Define your world.” I was feeling lucky on google and that’s how I found it. Turns out there are about 65 varying “definitions” of sketchy. I liked the following and then I’ll tell you why. OK?
Someone who does really shady things and who’s eyes shift a lot. Someone not to be trusted with ANYTHING.
Sketchy sentence:
Pamela is soooo sketchy. She’s probably stealing someone’s clothes right now…
Written by bharath
So here’s why I liked it and why I needed to share it. Because it made me LOL in a tea and pie shop. That, and the visual I got of friends and “friends” I know whose eyes pirate walk a little too much, you know what I mean, right? Jeje.
As of last week, I made a new friend that works as a hairdresser here in Mexico and also goes house to house for the cuts. I’m really about a 55% on whether this new friend is a real person or someone shady, as defined by the above—sometimes I catch his eyes shifting, you know? Oh, and he knows about as much English as I know Spanish—which isn’t much, but while it’s definitely manageable, it still won’t help me know whether or not my clothes might disappear when he comes over for dinner tonight. Zomg. Jeje.
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14.08.2009, 0 comments
Did you know that this year alone, pirates have seized over 100 ships in only one area— the read more
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Did you know that this year alone, pirates have seized over 100 ships in only one area— the Gulf of Aden. I had to look that gulf up on Wikipedia, so don´t feel silly if you have to click through here also.
Yep, that´s right, click on the link and you´re looking at Somalia. Reminds me of those little sketchy kids from south park and the episode where Cartman decides to go to Somalia to be a Pirate. Sketchiest boys ever.
The Gulf of Aden is pretty busy. But of course, sketchy pirates must be everywhere because as this article states, another ship went missing back on July 24th, but it disappeared thousands of miles away off the coast of Sweden in the arctic ocean. As the article from the AP questions, “could this be an almost unheard of case of sea banditry in European waters”?
SEA BANDITRY??? The fifteen previously missing Russians have been located, after having been tied and beaten up by masked “police officers,” but my new favorite sketchy phrase:
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30.06.2009, 0 comments
My wife’s iPod Touch stopped working and after an online search I realized it was due to a read more
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Posted on June 30, 2009 in Deals by admin

My wife’s iPod Touch stopped working and after an online search I realized it was due to a battery that would no longer hold a charge. I found this iPod touch repair website and rather then order the parts to do it myself, I sent the iPod to them and they took care of it for me. They made the process painless and kept me posted on when it arrived, after they’d replaced the battery, while testing and finally when it was sent back.
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