They didn't confiscate it? They've taken an endless number of nail clippers from me (and one 1 inch pocket knife), I'd love to know what hideous crimes I was meant to commit with those...

The problem isn't really with the goth look but more some of the goth pieces. If you're worried about looking juvenile, there's a few things to avoid wearing: bows, school girl skirts (school girl anything), excessively frilly blouses, arm warmers, covering yourself with accessories. You don't have to abandon studs,…

Trophy wife hangs around your house for 15 hours in front of your friends, wearing a leopard print bikini and saying things like, "I never knew what an orgasm really was until I met [your name here]."

I remember when I was in high school 10 years ago and there was a big brewhaha about the new cheerleading uniforms having midrifts when before they had skimmed the top of the skirt. The argument was that on hot game days, it was nice to have more ventilation. The counter-argument was that midrifts were not allowed…

That sucks. I hope you can get out from under that soon. Trudging through jobs because sometimes you just need the rent is never fun.

I haven't met an artist alive who hasn't been exploited by an employer or had a near brush with it. Commercial animation, web design, comics, illustration, the entire breadth of freelance is filled with it. Work for a megalith like Target and you'll get a fair wage. Work for a small advertising company with less…

It already happens more often than anyone is comfortable with admitting. I wouldn't be surprised if it happens more now because "the economy, can't pay you, going to my mansion, k thnx bai!"

So have I, and the reality is that people will pay you whatever they can get away with.

That's bullshit. Working in the arts is devalued. The promise is always "this will lead to more jobs" but it's like being promised a unicorn. It's how experienced studios exploit people who have no power. No one says to an accountant, "you should be HAPPY to do my taxes for free, because you love doing math and…

Yeah, it's not the low pay that galls me. If that's what you can afford to pay, that's the reality. But to take the attitude that people should be happy to take any work from you for whatever pay because you're so awesome? That's douchetastic.

UHG. I lost all respect for her when that happened, and it's tainted my ability to listen to her music since.

"Working for me is considered a currency," or "it will be great exposure," or "it's a really prestigious job" are all code for "I am a cheap asshole and I am going to exploit the shit out of you because I can. I am a colossal dripping bag of douches who believes that the work you do isn't worth that much because…

If you're going to keep doing this, can you at least start appropriating KISS culture instead of ratchet?

It is such a disjointed song. The drug references (and there are several!) feel like another thing that were added in there because "I AM AN ADULT, ADULT THINGS!" The whole song feels like a 14 year old writing about what they imagine life will be like as a fancy grown up. "No one will ever tell us to stop partying…

Which song? Because I think Miley's depressing, downward spiral party anthem is several leagues worse than Blurred Lines.

I don't think I'd call her a mess. That would involve getting into her personal life, which I know nothing about. But she's not handling the transition from child-star to adult-performer very well, partly because I think she's a terrible performer and tries to compensate for that by ratcheting everything up to 11. …

I was not shocked by Miley's performance, especially not in the context of the direction she's been headed. This is part of the "I AM AN ADULT WATCH ME DO ADULT THINGS NOW" evolution most pop stars go through. Britney did it, Xtina did it, this is not new. "Adult" for too many women of pop means shouting "LOOK HOW…

You win!

Everywhere I'm looking says they in fact did not perform. They probably didn't want to follow Miley's act. Who was going to top that?