How Pink Armageddon Is This?!?

It's called tecktonik, and it's sweeping Europe. That gives us about a year and a half to practice these moves.

Here's my favorite clip:



It has its own accompanying fashion aesthetic, too:



I found the *official* tecktonik lesson web site most fascinating.

And check out Matt Valdez - I mean rollrider - provide indepth tecktonik lessons. If doing tecktonik means I get arms like that, then sign me up!

Apprendre la TECKTONIK avec SliCk pour débutants
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The Pink Armageddon Endorses Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton

After attending an electrifying rally for Senator Barack Obama and a reception and Q&A led by Chelsea Clinton, I can confidently recommend that Pink Armageddon readers should select Senator Hillary Clinton to be the nominee for the Democratic Party.

This year marks the first year in my voting life that, as Texans, we have a powerful say in a presidential election, and I have not taken this choice very lightly, nor has it been easy for me. I feel that Senator Clinton can lead this country to many great things, and I will confidently support her through the remaining days of the primary process.

Senator Clinton has defined plans, with specifics that make sense to me, for health care, for national security, for foreign policy, for tax breaks for the middle and lower classes. Her level of experience, her drive, her passion to help Americans have all given me hope that she is the right choice for our country. I strongly request that on Tuesday, March 4, you will head to your polls and select Ms. Clinton.

That said, if Senator Clinton does not win the nomination for her party, I have no problem in supporting Senator Obama in a general election. Any other year, I would be there with the masses, charged to help Senator Obama follow through with a victory. I just feel that at this time, Senator Clinton is the better choice of the two, and I honestly don't think it's fair that they are making me pick one over the other. My vote for Ms. Clinton is not a vote against Mr. Obama.

So, voters and bloggerfriends, head out to your polls. Pull the lever for Hillary, and let's hope that the next administration can help bring America back.

Tippecanoe and Tyler Too

Well, this week, I had arranged to see There Will Be No Country for Bloody Old Men. Those are the last two big Oscar movies I have yet to see before Sunday night's Gay Super Bowl.

However, the week has taken a different political turn. For those of you not here in Texas, you may not know this, but my vote has never really counted. We're such a red state that I've always been on the wrong side of the voting booth. But, with the dead heat race shaping up between Hillary and Barack, I am actually going to have a say.

So, I have to figure out *what* to say. And I'm excited to say that I'm going to my first political rallies to go find out. Tonight, T and I are headed to the Toyota Center to see Barack speak to the masses. 17,000 tickets were offered, and it's sold out. He's the new Madonna!



And, tomorrow night, I'm going to a reception to meet Chelsea (!!), who plans on telling all of us why we should vote for her mom.



I've always loved Chelsea -- she and I are the same age, and I've always thought she was super cool. I think she should run for president in 2016, and I plan on telling her that tomorrow.

I just don't know who to choose. I don't want a vote for one to be a strike against the other. Can't they just play rock-paper-scissors, pick who'll be president, and then go save the world? When the president finishes in 2016, the vice-president can just take over from him/her.



Don't make me choose! I want both!

Maybe after Wednesday evening, I'll have made a decision. If so, I'll proudly announce my endorsement here.

Roger Clemens: Is It Worth It?

Earlier today, I tried to find online a link to how much a standard congressional hearing costs. Apparently, our Big Brother government keeps the democratic inter webs from freely posting congressional costs (or, at least, those links aren't in the top three hits on Google -- I'm not a fan of scrolling). Seriously though, I didn't find a solid answer, just people asking the same question: how much does a congressional hearing cost?

The reason I am wondering is because I really don't think Congress needs to continue hearing testimony from Roger Clemens and his former injector. Surely, our Representatives and Senators have other things they can be doing. Certainly, there are bigger issues at hand to research.

If baseball players want to shoot up so much HGH and steroids that their balls fall off, let them. I don't really care. And I don't think Congress needs to be involved. Isn't that what the Major League Baseball Commissioner should deal with?

What I do care about is this waste of time and money.

I imagine that a Congressional Hearing ain't cheap.

Senators and Reps, if you're readers here of The Pink Armageddon, take note. I have a few suggestions on areas that could use your time, money, and energy:

African AIDS Relief
Darfur
Myanmar
Investigating Guantanamo Bay and torture allegations
Spaying and Neutering Pets
Autism
Saving polar bears
Building schools in Irag and Afghanistan

It's just so absurd that Nutless Roger Clemens is making these kinds of headlines; that he's taking time away from our Congressional Representatives; that I'm spending money on this. For what purpose? What do I gain from knowing the truth? Did I send elected officials to Washington to give me a voice in these hearings? I am a better person for knowing Roger Clemens did or did not use performance enhancing drugs? Wouldn't we be a better nation if we sent our money to Africa to stop HIV/AIDS?

So, you tell me -- is it worth it?

I WUV U

Happy Valentine's Day, bloggerfriends.

It's Over! It's Over! It's Over!

These three months have been trying for me. But now we can all breathe a sigh of relief. The writers have voted to approve their new deal, and the strike is over.

That means the Oscars are saved!!! We can start planning our Oscars parties and place our wagers on who will give the most boring speech. You have no idea how great this news is for The Pink Armageddon!

T compared the prospect of my not having an Oscars ceremony to watch to some apparently rough time in his life when baseball went on strike. Sure, T, I'm sure it felt the same.

Anyway, so now, who's it gonna be? Marion Cotillard, Julie Christie (The Pink Armageddon review), Ellen Page? My money's on Julie Christie. Thoughts?

I'm so glad we'll start seeing new episodes of shows again soon.

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Mud Bugs R Here

It's crawfish season, friends, and tomorrow, the gang and I are headed out for our first feast of the year. When I moved to Houston, I had no idea how Cajun everyone was. So many crawfish festivals, so many banjos, so many bottles of Tony Chachere's. I was born where mud bugs aren't eaten, so I had to be taught the fine art of chowing down. I'm not very fast or smooth at peeling all their little heads off, but I do enjoy it so. My mama would NOT be pleased. :)

It's such a fun, social event -- I love the atmosphere and the camraderie and the lack of plates. Every year, T's family takes me to the UH crawfish festival, and that's a tradition I've grown to look forward to. What is it about tearing apart a river creature that brings people together? It's probably all the beer...

Anyway, if you're in Houston and want to get down and dirrty with us cajun style tomorrow, give me a holler.

Attention Readers

We have a new bloggerfriend -- welcome to The Pink Armageddon, 4 Minutes To Convince Jack. We hope to hear from you much more in the future.

PS - Best bloggerfriend handle ever. Readers, can any of you do better?

Also, should we discuss the Grammys? I feel the blogosphere has that covered.

Here's a photo that I think conveys my feelings on Herbie Whocock's big win.

I title this photo, Gag:



Photo courtesy Alexa R, 2008

ZOMG This Sounds Awful

CelebTV.com (never heard of this site before) has posted a 17 second snippet of Madonna's new song 4 Minutes to Save the World. I really hope this is a raw and unfinished version. It's awful. What is she thinking? The leaks I've heard from this new Justin Timberlake infused album are not what I was hoping for.

Thoughts? Here's a thought -- it's absurd, and I can't really tell when Madge stops and JT starts. It sounds like Hung Up meets Me Against the Music swirled with some throwaway songs from JT's last album. And is she saying "Come on boy, I've been waiting for someone to pick up my stove?" LOL, like she's sitting around her flat in London waiting for the Sears guy.

I'm really scared this is going to be a big ol' bomb. I really hope I'm wrong about this when the album comes out later this spring.

You know me -- I'll probably love it and start making YouTube homage videos soon.

Fingers crossed!

PS I'm back and alive and well from my work trip to NYC and my annual family reunion in NOLA. PHEW.