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This has to be the funniest coming out story I've ever read:

I came out to my dad a few weeks ago, the last person I felt I had to tell, we were watching tv and there was something about a possible explanation(scientifically) for gay men that said something about the younger brother is most commonly gay etc…so after the story…

Dad: I wonder if that’s true…for this family ~looked at me and raised an eyebrow~

me: yeah, it is.

Dad: THAT’S GREAT NEWS!!! ~goes into kitchen and gets my stepmum & brothers~ Sam just told me he’s gay!

Me:~facepalm~

Dad: ~sits next to me and speaking sorta quietly, but still loud enough to be heard by EVERYONE~ I know that your not old enough to go to sex shops…

Me: Oh god no!

~Family looks horrified~

Dad: so did you want me to get you any… toys… or anything, like a dildo or (i interupt)

Me: I’M OUT! ~making a run for the door~

Dad: ~calling after me~ You’ll need practise or it’ll hurt like hell!!

So, i have been scarred for life by that horrifying horrifying 5 minutes…in fact i kinda wished he was a little more homophobic…

 http://whenicameout.tumblr.com/post/1670603561/my-dad

Random video

This may be one of the greatest commercial ever:

What. The. Fuck?

We first told you about Britney Campbell of San Francisco in March -- she's the eight-year-old aspiring pageant queen already dabbling in Botox and virgin waxes, courtesy of her mom, Kerry. The pair appeared on Thursday's "Good Morning America" to talk about the extreme beauty regimen with Lara Spencer. 

Spencer asked Britney questions worthy of a horrifying "Law & Order: SVU" episode: can you show me where you do it? Can you point on your face? Of the Botox, Britney remarked, "It hurt sometimes, but I get used to it," and of the waxing, "It was super, super hard to deal with that...I just don't think it's ladylike to have hair on your legs," however adding that she won't do it again. At least not for a while.

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/12/8-year-old-botox-britney-campbell_n_860947.html?ref=fb&src=sp#sb=687813,b=facebook

Full video of the interview is included in the article.

A mother is injecting a controlled substance (that is know to be dangerous if improperly used) into her eight year old daughter's face to deal with wrinkles.  Wrinkles.  On an eight year old.  She shows zero remorse and no self doubt about her decision to endanger the well being of her daughter.  And her reasoning for doing this?  The pageant world is hard.  Really?

I feel so sorry for this poor girl.  Her self image and possibly her health are going to be so screwed up when she gets older.

Though perhaps the scariest part of this whole situation, is that this mom is probably right when she says other moms do it.  A lot of pride is on the line in these child beauty pageants (which in and of itself is really fucked up).  I don't doubt for a second that many pageant moms would do this if given half a chance.

Sagas of Aether

This is the overarching title to my fantasy series.  Pretty much all my written work will bear the title, Sagas of Aether, and then a unique subtitle for each individual saga.  Since they take place in the same world, the stories will have an influence on each other, but I'll make sure that each saga is also a self-contained story.  Thus you don't need to have read the previous one, to know what's going on.

Aether (pronounced: A-ther) is the name of the world where my written stories take place.  There are five continents; Xen, Glacialis, Cadus, Anders, and Ora (I will go over each one in future posts).  There are three humanoid races; humans, elves and dark elves (same as continents, will go over them in future posts).  The technology is about the same as Europe during the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

Lack of updates

Ladies and non-ladies, I apologize for the lack of updates over the last couple of weeks.  There's several posts I've been meaning to make, but keep putting it off.  Regular updates will continue again soon.