It's a shame, too, because her eye makeup looks fabulous.

Repo! The Genetic Opera was awesome bad, not super bad. I mean, dude, Anthony Stewart Head is in it!

And yet, according to that same poll there are still more Democrats than Republicans. Interesting, yes?

Wait... at Fry's? As in the electronics store? I know they sell some random stuff there, but this seems a bit odd even for them.

Leighton Meester's hair was blonde before Gossip Girl, but it's not natural. If you look at old pictures, she has dark roots.

Busing from ID to UW isn't that bad with the bus tunnel. There are express buses that run through downtown straight to the U-District. They're crowded as all hell at rush hour, but it's doable.

Eh. Killing off a love interest as motivation is a bit overdone lately. For example: anything Christopher Nolan's ever worked on.

To be fair, she COULD join the Seattle Majestics, a team in the Independent Women's Football League. Full uniform tackle football. But the Majestics players cover all their own expenses and are expected to help contribute to the cost of running the team - which ain't cheap.

To be fair, Effie is seen through Katniss' ridiculously pragmatic point of view. Katniss is firmly anti-artificial anything, so Effie's pink wig bugs the crap out of her.

Look - it's not that hard to insult, jokingly or not, without turning to hate language. The basic test: am I about to call this person a term that refers to a group of people that aren't straight, able-bodied white people as if belonging to that group is a bad thing? If so, just pick a different word.

Dancing like a penguin is a bad thing? Sorry, Mumble.

But dying in your sleep sounds like a pleasant way to go. Shouldn't there be rabid ferrets involved instead?

Really? I find that I'm more likely to read longer books on my Kindle. Especially if they're 1000+ pages and only out in hardback when I want to read it.

Yes, because both the Prince and Tidus were introduced in the game via ass shot because they were created to titillate women. Wait, what's that? That was Rikku and Shahdee? Hmm, example fail.

I certainly remember taking one of those surveys in high school and lying, lying, lying. Mostly, because we thought it'd be hilarious to screw with those poor, ancient researchers about how wild and crazy teeneagers are.

Grinding spices in the same machine as you grind coffee? Eek. You must not grind that many spices. Or, you really like cumin-flavored coffee.

Not so expensive if you have a mom who makes all of the outfits! LIFE ran some of these photos with commentary from the photographer, including Kaya's. They're beautiful images, but the stories behind them are fascinating.

Yup - she's 15 and in training as a maiko. The NY Times slide show on this had some details about the subjects (and a few other pictures). [lens.blogs.nytimes.com]

Based on the heading, I thought it was going to be this.

Incheon International in South Korea has something like this - small hotel rooms that you can rent in 6-hour increments. So amazingly worth it to have a place to actually sleep, get a shower, and recoup during long layovers.