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Conan v. Stewart v. Colbert
Best. TV. Ever. If yuou haven’t been watched either Late Night with Conan O’Brian, The Daily Show, or The Colbert Report, lately, you’re really REALLY missing out. – Tiff
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Why Do I Have This Incessant Desire to Ride In a Sidecar?
I’ve had this reoccurring obsession with sidecars over the past year. There’s no explanation for it really. It kind of just came out of no where. But, if I had to pin-point its beginnings, I’d have to say it was when I saw this uber cute semi-elderly couple tooling down Washington Ave. in a vintage motorcycle/sidecar “extravaganza” one day. I was giddy at the sight! Why? Because it dawned on me that I, despite my disability, could be that passenger in the sidecar. Riding in a sidecar was still an option for me; an option I’d never even considered up until that point. Blame it on the fact I was born in 1979;…
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Colbert and Gorlock
So let’s face it, The Colbert ReporT hasn’t been at peak performance lately, being that all of their writers are currently on strike. But (and this is a big “but” here), the creation of Gorlock, an alien financial advisor recommended to Steven by crazy-Scientologist-midget, Tom Cruise, is some of the funniest shit I’ve seen on TV in a long time…especially when Steven bitches about how Gorlock gave him bad financial advice (or never even called him), when the Stock Market tanked the other day. Go laugh yourself some tears of pure, unadulterated alien-joy: Go now. Must watch Gorlock. – Tiff
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The Lame Para vs. Quad Debacle
In all my years as a member of the gimp community, one of the most ridiculous things I’ve come across is the way some paras and quads polarize their para or quadness, and form little lame ass gangs where they exhalt the characteristics of their injuries. For the life of me I could never figure this out. Are they so insecure that the only way they can feel better about themselves is so talk themselves into believing they’re somehow superior than the other half of the SCI population? I just don’t get it. And I know that a lot of quads, no matter their level, are bitter towards paras; jealous mainly…
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Release Your Inner-Girly Girl
Channel Mariah Carey from Cribs (remember her extensive pink babydoll collection in her NYC condo? Crazy, yet impressive…), and head on down to Target for… Tiff’s Target Buy of the Week! (a new weekly blog series) This week I’m featuring the new line of babydolls by Gillian & O’Malley, which Target is selling for V-Day. I came across this “Young Pink” chiffon babydoll for $19.99 yesterday afternoon, and my inner-girly girl nearly peed her pants. For shiz. Impulse-buy forthwith! So of course, I wore it to bed last night and was even MORE pleased with it. Why? It fit my fake boobs (yes, I have implants) like a glove! And let me say…
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Words You Should Know
Filed under: Funny Sh#t, Wheelchair Life — Tiffiny @ 3:32 pm Here’s how you say “wheelchair” in a few different languages: – Fauteuil Roulant (French) – Sillon de Ruedas (Spanish) – Rollstuhl (German) – Rolstoel (Dutch) – Sedia a Rotelle (Italian) – Kurumaisu (Japanese) And on the same token, if you use a wheelchair, knowing how to say “Fuck you” in a few different languages should also prove useful: – Va te faire toutre (French) – Jodete (Spanish) – Fick dich (German) – Kutding (Dutch) – Vaffanculo (Italian) – Mechi Baka (Japanese) Happy swearing wheelchair people! – Tiff
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Remembering the “Shot”
It’s been years now since this revolutionary modeling agency closed it’s doors, but it still comes to my mind every once in awhile and is definitely worth blogging about. It was called the Shot (founded by Curtis Funn and Thom Gilbert) and I’d direct you to their website if I could, but it’s no longer available. This modeling agency solely had disabled models on their rooster (27 in total), ranging from people with SCI (mainly paras) to amputees. They were a breath of fresh air in the modeling world to be sure. The New York Times even did an expansive article on the agency way back in 1997 when they…
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Grey Eyeshadow and Pink Lips
This was a weekend kingmaker the all of the cabin-fever inducing, stay-inside-or-you’ll-die, weekends. It lingered around -10 – -20 degrees here all weekend, and I wasn’t about to go outside and suffer; no matter how badly I wanted that Cinnabon from the mall. So instead, my boy and I hunkered down and watched two seasons of “24,” and then went off and watched our own programs in separate rooms. What can I say? My boyfriend isn’t always going to like to watch what I like. Case in point: The Girls Next Door. I find Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends mildly entertaining, but sometimes the show just sucks you in so badly you can’t look away. I…
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“Angels Without Wings”
This has been known for awhile now, but for those of you not as fully into the know as everyone else, a really interesting/beautiful/controversial calendar called, Angels Without Wings, was published a couple of years ago by Italian photographer Gianfranco Angelico Benevunto. It features 12 photos of scantily clad/nude women in wheelchairs.Now, some of you may be wondering why? What’s the purpose? And to be honest, it’s in the eye of the beholder. Some of the images may be percieved as controversial, others may find them sexy, and there are others who may even find them absurd. I don’t know about you, but if someone wrapped-up my sexy nekkid bod in Saran Wrap and put…
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The Scarf
Who’s the wheelchair-girl that’s constantly reminding all the other wheelchair-girls out there the neverending importance of accessories in our wardrobe? That’s right. That would be me 🙂 And today, in early January, it’s a perfect time to remind all of you the current trendiness and ease that is the Pashmina scarf (yes it’s back). But BEWARE, it’s only IN right if it’s tied in a very specific way (see image to the left. Image courtesy of Esprit). Now, I’m no knot-expert by any means, but I’m seeing fashionistas everywhere donning these things. And it dawned on me the other day what an easy add-on this would be, and look great while you’re at…