Friday, October 06, 2006

Here's to WordPress

I've done it. I like it. And I don't give a damn about moving the stuff I got here to WP. I'll just set links.

Enter anaj.wordpress.com




Old website's infested with a virus

Those of you who do know the URL of my ooooooold webite (*.de-domain) - don't go there anymore! I've cancelled my registration last months, and some offshore company in Bulgaria has already seized it for their dubious businesses. As soon as you enter the site, a setup.exe will be launched... Mac users can't be bothered, but those windows users who have actually set a link to this page should get rid of it at soon as possible.

WordPress or Blogger?

Sam has practically already convinced me to move to wordpress with my blog, yet I'd first like to figure out whether I can export this ole blog as is to wordpress - pics and all? Isn't this the age of content syndication?

And: Apparently anonymous comments aren't possible on this very blog - either due to my settings or due to Blogger's restrictions.

If they had been possible, she would have posted this comment re: Marilyn.

“I read somewhere a while ago that Marilyn was a size 16, which is also amazing compared to today’s ‘requirements’ for women to be size 6 or 8. Size 16 doesn’t even have to be fat - it can just mean that you have wide hips, for example. I think Marilyn wouldn’t stand a chance in today’s world as a model and/or film star.”

And someone needs to find out about this trackback function, too. Haven't been able to get my head around it.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

A body of the 1950s

While preparing a seminar lesson on actors and stars, I stumbled upon this centerfold appearance by Marilyn Monroe in the December 1953 Playboy. I had learned about its existence a decade ago when I was a student in an "Introduction to Film Studies" lecture myself, but I cannot remember that we were actually shown pictures.




Isn't that amazing? What a change in body image over the past fifty years. You hardly see such breasts any longer, as modern day pin-ups mostly have silicon implants, which makes their breasts look like melons, little globes cut in half, and somehow permanently erected. I like Marilyn's breasts much better! Also, she didn't go to the gym (i.e. she did some type of work-out, but not of the muscle-defining type that the chicks do these days). There even is an indication of a belly, which I think is quite beautiful, but not muscle-flexing on her arms or chest! And how delicate does her skin look, unspoiled by beach vacations or sunbeds!

Compare this with the "beauty" of UK's Big Brother celebrity Lea, also known as "The biggest boobs of Britain":




I found MM's picture here, on the 4th of October 2006, and I don't have the copyright, neither does the guy who published it in Belgium, I guess. Lea's pic was part of a Sun Online article.