Ah, the Aosta Valley. An idyllic strand of old-world villages and modern adventure hubs woven together beneath the towering spires of the Italian Alps. What better place could there be to revive tired legs and splintered spirits? As we boarded an early-morning flight from Dusseldorf back to Geneva, I was still feeling broken from PTL. Still, I hoped some good, old-fashioned mountain awesomeness would propel me through a week of intensive race crewing and active sight-seeing.
Then, of course, there's Beat. Crazy, crazy Beat. I used to believe we had similar levels of passion and drive for this sort of stuff, but his crazy is many notches beyond mine. While I was still wondering if I would find the heart and strength to climb to the top of just one col in the Italian Alps, Beat was setting out to march over 25 of them in the 200-mile, 80,000-feet-of-climbing Tor des Geants. It would be his fourth such trip around the highline of the Aosta Valley, and his second PTL/TdG double-header.
The Tor des Geants starts and ends in downtown Courmayeur, an Italian village at the tip of the Aosta Valley and base of Monte Bianco. Courmayeur reminds me of a medium-sized Colorado mountain town (like Telluride) but with old-world flavor: Stone buildings, cobblestone streets, and sheep farmers on the outskirts of town. Every street corner has a restaurant with incredible pizza and/or gelato, and every major street seems to end at the trailhead of some brutally steep and fantastically beautiful trail. I love Courmayeur and was thrilled to spend a whole week there, even under semi-broken circumstances. The TdG was slated to launch at the delightfully civilized hour of 10 a.m. Sunday morning (and didn't actually start until closer to 10:20 a.m. — gotta love the Italians.) About 750 runners started the 330-kilometer journey under light drizzling rain and temperatures in the high 50s.
Our friend from Colorado, Daniel Benhammou, visited Courmayeur over the weekend to hang out and watch the race start on Sunday. Daniel was Beat's PTL partner in last year's race, and was all set to be part of Beat's team this year before a death in his family prevented him from racing. He was in Europe on business and still bummed about missing PTL, so his trip to Courmayeur was filled with what adventure types call "FOMO" (fear of missing out.) It was fun to spend the day with him and absorb some of his stoke about the Tor des Geants. Sadly, I was still full of grump and spent entirely too much time trying to convince Daniel that I had no fun at all at PTL. As we drove up the canyon to La Thuile to meet Beat at the first checkpoint, I gestured toward the high ridge where Ana, Giorgio, and I separated during PTL, and then pointed out Elevaz, the village where I emerged from my psychotic meltdown. Still, Daniel was unconvinced by my assertions that PTL was a terrible experience. "Ah, you loved it," he teased me. "Give it some more time. You'll want to come back next year."
Daniel and I parked in La Thuile and started wending our way up the canyon trail, which ascended a steep rim beside a series of waterfalls. We thought we'd climb most of the way to the pass before returning to meet Beat, but thanks to a lot of dawdling on both of our parts, Beat caught us before we even left the last village. I thought he was making great time for the first 30 kilometers, but he looked rough and said he wasn't feeling well. A chest cold and accompanying congestion and pain was bothering him quite a bit, and he was generally just run down after PTL. Well, of course. But these kinds of physical setbacks are just par for the course for Beat these days. He felt downtrodden, but not hopeless.
Daniel and I followed Beat on the little 1,200-meter climb to Rifugio Deffeyes (because in TdG, 4,000-foot-plus ascents are also just par for the course.) Thunderstorms battered us with fierce rain and hail. We could see them approaching the way you can in the Rocky Mountains, and Daniel, with all of his Colorado experience, was great at guessing how many minutes away the thunderstorm was, and just how bad the cold deluge would be. Daniel also wore shorts and a T-shirt the entire time, and chatted breezily in French with passing hikers.
As Beat continued higher into the storm, Daniel and I treated ourselves to refreshments at the rifugio. Two wonderful cappuccinos and wild blueberry pastries, served in a hut accessible only by foot and helicopter, cost only eight euros. I love Italy. By the time we left, Daniel was shivering and ready to admit he was actually very cold and wet. We ended up all but running down the steep descent as Daniel pushed to warm up and I pushed to keep up. As we descended, we encountered my PTL partner Ana, who was also nutty enough to start the TdG. She said her blisters were worse than bad, and she was "suffering." I felt a tinge of regret. "Why do we do this to ourselves?" I wondered, mostly about Beat and Ana. But I was nowhere near their position, and I couldn't begin to answer that question for them. I wrapped my arms around Ana and told her about the amazing blueberry pastries and warmth at the rifugio. It was, sadly, all I could do.
I drove out to Cogne early because I wanted to embark on the climb to Col Loson, which is my favorite section of TdG (that I've seen.) The trail ascends from 5,000 feet altitude in Cogne all the way up to 11,000 feet at the pass on mostly reasonable grades (with the exception of 1,000 feet of near-vertical hell), and has incredible views the entire way. Thanks to the late night at Valgrisenche, I'd only slept about four hours after becoming accustomed to ten to twelve hours of sleep every day in Germany. The first hour of the climb was especially rough, and it made me ponder how exactly Beat was managing this huge undertaking. When I met him just below the pass he was smiling. And running! He was feeling so much better after that second frigid night on the mountains. I was baffled.
I hiked with Beat for about 90 minutes beyond Donnas before I had to turn around and drive back to Courmayeur so I could work all through Tuesday night on deadline. During this night, I got quite sick — vomiting, sore throat, and what felt like a fever. But, sigh, no complaints. How was Beat managing all of this?
For Wednesday, I'd invited my friend Gabi, who lives in Zurich, to join me on the trip to the fourth life base, Gressoney. Gabi has participated in TdG twice and had to drop both times due to pulmonary congestion. Last year, TdG doctors pulled her out of the race at Gressoney because of concerns about pneumonia. Gabi had never been beyond that point on the course. "Come out to Italy on Wednesday and we'll hike with Beat to Col Pinter," I told her. Yeah, it's only another 5,000-foot climb, and most of that elevation gain is crammed into a measly three miles. I was still sick, but I did talk Gabi into traveling all the way out there. Time to rally.
Beat, for his part, was only becoming stronger as the miles dragged on. I'd finally gotten some lunch down the hatch (pizza, of course) and felt considerably better as we followed him on the five-kilometer river path out of Gressoney. But as soon as the climb began, both Gabi and I had to work hard to keep Beat's pace. He was moving well and passing a fair number of TdG racers. It was 3 p.m. when we left Gressoney, and cold air was beginning to settle in as the sun sank lower on the horizon. Although skies were clear, temperatures hadn't even skimmed 10 degrees Celsius during the day, and were projected to drop to -5C at night with windchills around -13C. The cold remained for the rest of the race, and the weather seemed to take its toll on runners, who often arrived at life bases looking half-frozen. Beat, of course, took it all in stride. We bid goodbye on Col Pinter, elevation 2,776 meters, and then Gabi and I turned around for the long descent.
As we descended, I tried to explain the disparity in the difficulties of PTL versus TdG. "It's not just the navigational aspect," I said. "That's hard. But it's the terrain that really makes PTL tough to finish. Admittedly I wasn't as fit as I should be, but all the fitness in the world isn't going to help you much unless you have a fair amount of mountain scrambling experience and aren't afraid to move fast on sketchy terrain." Since we were working our way down a pass that had nearly 10,000 feet of elevation change in six miles, Gabi wondered how PTL terrain could possibly be harder. I pointed to the trail we were on. "See how we're on this nice trail. It's steep and loose and rocky, but it's defined; it carves a walkable surface. That's TdG." Then I pointed to the avalanche gully directly to our right, a steep rockslide of boulders and loose scree. "If there was no trail and we had to climb straight up and down that, that's PTL. Not all of PTL, of course. But enough to matter. It's the difference between moving 3 to 4 kilometers an hour with medium effort, like we've been doing, and 1 kilometer an hour at strenuous effort for the same distance and elevation."
Darkness fell by the time Gabi and I reached the river. About a half mile from Gressoney, we encountered Ana, who was traveling with a Canadian woman named Claire. Gabi and I accompanied them for four kilometers back to the base of the climb. Claire was chatty but Ana was quiet, understandably, so we didn't learn much about how she was doing. "I'm curious about how Ana is coping with TdG emotionally," I told Gabi later. "Only because I have more knowledge of what her PTL experience was like compared to Beat's, and honestly, I'm still a bit shell-shocked by the whole thing. I wonder if Ana feels similarly about it, and I wonder what it's like to put herself through it all over again. For sure, Ana is tough. I don't think I've ever met another woman who's so mentally tough."
Gabi and I didn't make it back to Gressoney until 10 p.m. We didn't bring much food with us, and next on the agenda was driving straight to Valtornenche to wait for Beat. I was particularly bummed about no dinner, and Gabi suggested we wander deeper into town. Gressoney is a tiny village whose population can't be more than a few hundred, and September is the Aosta Valley's off-season. Still, we came across a small restaurant that was open until 11 and served reasonably priced fresh polenta and gigantic lettuce, carrot, and tomato mixed salads. Fantastic. I love Italy.
My plan was to park the small rental car at the life base and sleep for a few hours in the back, as there wasn't enough time left before Beat's arrival to drive all the way back to Courmayeur. Unfortunately, I didn't have any blankets or really anything more than a spare coat to stay warm, and the temperature dropped to 1 degree Celsius by the time we arrived in Valtornenche. The TdG doesn't provide accommodations for crew — you're not even supposed to wait in the tents — so we were stuck. I was exhausted and slept for about 40 minutes before I shivered myself awake, but poor Gabi was especially miserable. She decided to go wait in the tent while I stubbornly opted to stay in the car (I'm self-conscious about being unwelcome as a non-racer.) After about 20 minutes I woke up again with completely numb hands and feet. It was concerning enough that I went for a run through the streets to bring the circulation back to my limbs. Then I continued to lie in the car and shiver until Beat arrived at about 4 a.m.
Gabi had planned to stay another night, but when I warned her about another frigid overnight wait at the final life base, Ollomont, she booked the first train back to Zurich on Thursday. I don't blame her; it really was miserable, and I had become ill again, so I wasn't optimistic about embarking on any more hikes. We didn't make it back to Courmayeur until 10 a.m. and I was back on the road to Ollomont at 4 p.m. after more vomiting and little sleep. Honestly, it was brutal. But I had done it to myself.
I expected to arrive at the village of Close around the same time as Beat, but when I looked around the checkpoint, I couldn't find him, and also didn't see him as I sat outside to watch racers come in (as it turned out, he was napping inside at the time.) I decided I must have missed him, so I grabbed my pack and started power-hiking up the next pass, Col Brison. I was nauseated and hiking harder than I should in a hopeful effort to catch Beat. Common sense told me to just turn around as it was getting dark and I was too sick to pleasure hike, but I still held on to the attitude that "I'm only in the Aosta Valley for a few more days so I might as well soak up as much as I can. Rest can happen next week." But Col Brison proved to be my unraveling. By the return trip I felt nine-tenths shattered. As it turned out, Beat had been behind me, and I intercepted him on the steepest part of the pass. Although I felt awful at that point, I decided to join him for some of his climb since my whole intention in going to Close was to hike with him. Beat was also very tired and we climbed in silence for about five minutes before he said, "Wait, am I hallucinating you?" After about 25 minutes I had to turn around so there would be enough time to hike down and drive all the way around this huge mountain to meet him in Ollomont.
The Ollomont stop also kept me out until the pre-dawn hours, and when I returned to Courmayeur at 5 a.m. I was quite ill, yet again. The entire time I was in Italy, I felt like I was operating on meager strands of energy reserves that I'd managed to restock through whatever sleep I could grab. But once those reserves were spent, I was fully spent. By Friday morning I was nearly as bad off as I'd been two weeks earlier when I dropped out of PTL. There had been hopeful plans to join Beat on the final big climb of TdG — the stunning 9,600-foot Col Malatra — but there was really no way to make it happen. Honestly, someone could have offered me a check for $5,000 to climb that pass and I would have regretfully turned them down. My body outright refused and then locked me in the bathroom for good measure. It was impossible.
And then there's Beat. Crazy, amazing Beat. His strength only increased as the long miles and sleepless nights dragged on. His chest cold had improved and his throbbing feet went partially numb, and he started running. He texted me on Friday morning from St. Rhemy a full two hours before I expected him to get there. Over the next six hours, he marched swiftly up Col Malatra and then ran most of the way down, a 6,000-foot descent over 11 miles into Courmayeur. In the final 50 kilometers of TdG, he moved up more than 35 positions in the standings, finishing in 140th place out of 750 starters and 383 finishers. His time of 125 hours, 14 minutes and 19 seconds was his fastest yet. Best of all, he maintained his coveted position as a "senatori" — a competitor who's finished every running of the Tor des Geants. The distinction allows him to bypass the lottery for this race, which is becoming more difficult to enter. As a four-time finisher he swore he wouldn't go back, but that assertion didn't even make it as far as the finish line. He loves the TdG.
I've always been impressed with Beat's endurance capabilities, but until this week, I'm not sure I fully appreciated the extent of how far he can take them. I've long held the belief that for most people, endurance possibilities reach much farther than we realize, and most of our limits are in our minds. I still believe this — in many ways, fear and self-doubt were my most limiting factors in PTL — but that experience, followed with my rough "recovery" week during TdG, cut my hubris about mind over matter down a few notches. A PTL-TdG double finish is a remarkable achievement to the few dozen people who care about these sorts of things, and Beat managed this in the same year he walked 1,000 miles to Nome. He does have a life outside all of this marching through the wilds of Alaska and mountains of Europe, but these adventures make him happy. They really do. I can see that now perhaps more than before, even as I grasp for understanding about *how* he can possibly make it happen.
Ana also finished the Tor des Geants, arriving after 143 hours, 8 minutes, and 2 seconds early Saturday morning. She was 19th out of 38 female finishers, and 255th overall. I was really excited for her as well, and I also don't understand how she did it. But the Italian Alps are incredible, and I think both of them agree it was worth it. As do I.
I feel horribly inadequate after reading about Beat and Ana. Just kidding. I think.
Cool! Hope you make it through the lottery for TdG next year, Jill!
Amazing! Just absolutely AMAZING! My hat's off to all three of you.
Hi Jill, great report, let's hope we'll have a chance to meet in Courmayeur!
Is your "future schedule" anywhere to be found? Linkage? Wondering when your next bike adventure will be for one.
congratulations for your races ! it's amazing !
I am considering running either PTL or TDG.
I can't do both, so if one, which one?
Thanks for the comment. I haven't run TDG, I only crewed it three years for my boyfriend, Beat, and I've hiked several of the cols. But in my opinion, TDG and PTL are very different races. If you haven't done either, I would recommend trying for TDG first. Take advantage of the stellar support and good trails for a 200-miler in the Alps with TDG before taking the plunge into almost-complete self-sufficiency, beginner class-five climbing skills, team dynamics, navigation, and, for most every team, deep sleep deprivation. PTL has much more in common with an adventure race than an ultramarathon. TDG is more like an ultramarathon.


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Q: How do I add an element to an array-map in Clojure? How can I add an element to an array-map in Clojure? I tried using assoc but it doesn't get added? I essentially want to set a default value of 0 for any missing items in the entry array-map.
(defn create-entry [doc]
 (let [entry (assoc doc "id" (str (java.util.UUID/randomUUID)))]
  (if (empty? (get entry "foo")) (assoc entry "foo" 0))
  (if (empty? (get entry "bar")) (assoc entry "bar" 0))))

Update after comments from Carcigenicate:
(defn entry [doc]
(as-> (assoc doc "id" (str (java.util.UUID/randomUUID))) e
      (if (empty? (get e "foo")) (assoc e "foo" 0) e)
      (if (empty? (get e "bar")) (assoc e "bar" 0) e)))

(defn create-entry [doc]
  (prn (entry doc)))

A: You need to starting thinking more functional. Note how all the structures you're using are immutable; they themselves can never change. Your second last line makes a copy of entry, but you never do anything with it; it's just thrown out. There are a few ways of dealing with situations like this where you need to transform a structure over a couple steps:

*

*Just use let:
(let [entry (assoc doc "id" (str (java.util.UUID/randomUUID)))
      def-foo (if (empty? (get entry "foo")) (assoc entry "foo" 0) entry)]
  (if (empty? (get def-foo "bar")) (assoc def-foo "bar" 0) def-foo)))

Note how the last line uses the def-foo copy, instead of the original entry.

*Use a threading macro:
    ; Create a new binding, e, that will hold the result of the previous form
    (as-> (assoc doc "id" (str (java.util.UUID/randomUUID))) e
          (if (empty? (get e "foo")) (assoc e "foo" 0) e)
          (if (empty? (get e "bar")) (assoc e "bar" 0) e))

e is replaced by whatever the previous form evaluated to.
Note though, that if you ever find yourself using get and assoc on the same object, you might want to consider using update instead, which greatly simplifies everything, especially when paired with the -> threading macro:
(-> (assoc doc "id" (str (java.util.UUID/randomUUID)))
    (update "foo" #(if (empty? %) 0 %))
    (update "bar" #(if (empty? %) 0 %)))

I had to make some assumptions about what your intent was, because your code has an error that I didn't notice until after I had already submitted my answer. In your original code, your ifs don't evaluate to anything when the condition is false. I'm assuming you just don't want to change anything when they're false.

A: To supplement Carcigenicate's answer, another suggestion:
I'd use merge or assoc on a map of defaults:
(merge {:default-1 123 :default-2 234} {:default-1 "foo"})
=> {:default-1 "foo", :default-2 234}

Note that the order of arguments to merge matters i.e. right-most maps take precedence over left-most maps. Your default map values will only "survive" if they're not overridden by additional map(s).
(def defaults {"foo" 0, "bar" 0})
(defn create-entry [doc]
  (assoc defaults "id" (str (java.util.UUID/randomUUID))))
(defn create-entry [doc]
  (merge defaults {"id" (str (java.util.UUID/randomUUID))}))

Using assoc in this example has the same effect, and I'd prefer that version.

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Q: How do I define an anonymous generic interface in typescript? I am looking to find a way to make the following piece of code compile without having to declare an interface.
var a : <A>{ (value: A): void; (): A; } = null;

A: It doesn't make sense for a generic type like that to even exist. It's the same reason you can't write Foo<T> x; in C++ without an actual T in scope -- once the type is manifest, it has to be bound.
You can write this instead, which probably has the semantics you wanted anyway.
var a: { <A>(value: A): void; <A>(): A; } = null;

If that's not what you were looking for, it'd be useful to post some examples of what valid and invalid calls on a would look like.


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Posted: October 31, 2014 in b movie, comedy, demon, entity, filmmaking, ghost, horror, life after death, models, music, paranormal, photography, podcasts, science, sex, spirit, talk, video
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Halloween is here again, and the ghoulish gang at Oliver's Twisted Bargain Basement Midnight Movie Stoner Friendly Freak Show have risen from their graves to bring you a brand new episode of groovy b-movie badness featuring a streamlined 30 minute edit of the 1962 cult classic The Brain That Wouldn't Die! Returning to a computer screen near you after a six month hiatus, Oliver wastes no time jumping back into the swing of things with his special brand of horror movie insight and ultra low brow humor. And never has the bar been lowered so low, as Oliver introduces his newest cast-mate, Offensio the Obscene, the world's filthiest sock puppet/shock comedian, whose every joke ventures into territories so dark that even a jaded former serial killer like our titular host is appalled! Horse Head Ed injects some welcome patriotism into the show with a special appeal to get out the vote, while encouraging fellow Floridians to vote yes this November 4th on Proposition Two, which amends the Sunshine State's constitution to allow for the use of medicinal marijuana. House band Murdered by ROBOTS are featured with their music videos "Cum Hither" and "Down to the Slaughter", starring Screaming Mime Theater favorites Mandy Taylor and Dayana Valentino (and the mysterious Half-Man, Half Chicken monstrosity known as "Peckerhead"). And, making special cameo appearances are show friend and horror host extraordinaire Uncle Edward, who opens the show via a specially recorded video message from his basement lair at the Dark Hours Theatre, and Sarasota's number one burlesque artist, the incredible Cherry Von Topp! Check out the Halloween episode on our YouTube channel at:
Also returning in honor of Halloween is the Murdered by ROBOTS podcast, with a brand new episode titled "Spitting in the Wishing Well". This episode features some of the group's most recent recordings, including the raunchy garage band inspired track "Crash Your Car", a new track titled "Heartbeat" co-written by band-mate Sara G (who shares vocals), and an experimental seven minute plus noise experiment called "Lloyd Mongo and the Syndrome of the Down". Oliver, Horse Head Ed, and Albert Fish lend their voices to a track titled Oliver's Song, and the audio version of Horse Head Ed's voting PSA is also included. Rounding out the episode are a trio of acoustic tracks named "Murgatroyd Man", "Seven Ways to Sunday", and "Church Street Whore". We invite all fans of the band or Oliver's show to check out this latest episode on ITunes and on Spreaker at:
http://www.spreaker.com:80/episode/5149155
And finally, Halloween would not have been complete without our third annual photo shoot with the amazing Melissa Dawson, recently named "Hot Chick of the Week" by the Howard Stern Show's head of security, resident curmudgeon, and acknowledged authority on sexy women Ronnie "The Limo Driver" Mund! This year, Melissa really wowed us with an ultra creepy possessed doll costume that still managed to give us rigor mortis in the shorts, as these pictures can attest to…
Check out more from our third annual Halloween photo shoot with the sultry Melissa Dawson by watching this special slideshow commemorating that glorious occasion:
And follow Melissa on Twitter at:
@MelissaDawsonDD
We hope all of you enjoy this most wonderful time of the year
SCREAMING MIME THEATER PRESENTS: OLIVER'S TWISTED BARGAIN BASEMENT MIDNIGHT MOVIE STONER FRIENDLY FREAK SHOW
Posted: February 11, 2014 in b movie, comedy, filmmaking, horror, models, music, photography, sex, Uncategorized, video
Tags: Art, bad taste, bettie page, blood, boobs, brunette, chick, comedy, cult, exploitation, fetish, gore, hi-heels, horror, hot, midnight movies, movies, music, photography, politically incorrect, sexy, smut, strange, violence, weird, woman
Hot on the heels of Rob's return, Screaming Mime Theater is proud to unleash it's latest, most jaded creation… A congo-line of deprivation one whole week in the making… Oliver's Twisted Bargain Basement Midnight Movie Stoner Friendly Freak Show! With a title so long even the late Linda Lovelace would call it "a mouthful", and a budget so small starving children in Africa should start sending us money, this homage to cheesy b-movie creature feature horror shows hopes to transport it's viewers back to those glorious pre-cable days before infomercials and 24 hour broadcasting, when the last stop on the cathode ray highway was the late, late movie! Usually they were locally taped public access type productions, featuring amateur actors dressed in shoddy Frankenstein's monster costumes in dollar store furnished laboratories, or Dracula clones reciting corny one-liners from inside their cardboard coffins as dry ice fog obscures styr0foam tombstones. They'd perform loosely scripted comic bits between commercial breaks for notoriously awful movies, with titles like The Crawling Eye and The Screaming Skull; flicks that needed a little extra nudge to trick viewers into watching them for the umpteenth time. But the movies themselves were never really the point. It was the camaraderie we in the audience felt with these misplaced thespians, who did their very best week after week to make something entertaining out of the unwatchable. The fun came not from the feature presentation, but from these often unsung heroes of the UHF void who cleverly polished cinematic turds and somehow convinced a loyal few to come back for seconds and thirds.
Every nightmare needs a top-rate ghoul, and who better to host our fledgling creep show than the Screaming Mime Theater's resident serial killer, Oliver? Together with his cast of cohorts including Two Guys Watching Porn's dog reporter Shadow Stevens, show announcer Albert Fish (who sounds remarkably like TGWP's producer Barry Schwartzenhymen), and Oliver's chemically dependent sidekick, Horse Head Ed, the show promises to, at the very least, keep you scratching your head as this train wreck occurs before your very eyes! It's a show that features everything future fucktards could hope for: rubber masks, bad CGI, Oedipal complexes, drug references, and action figure nudity! And only the best of the worst horror, sci-fi, and exploitation available… (in the Public Domain)…
Oliver's Twisted Bargain Basement Midnight Movie Stoner Friendly Freak Showis the developmentally challenged brainchild of that demented duo behind Two Guys Watching Porn. Episode One pays tribute to the Queen of all Pinups, Bettie Page, and features footage from her final feature film performance in the 1955 Irving Klaw directed burlesque documentary Teaserama.
Check out the show on YouTube at: http://youtu.be/GkmNkfKUiPM
or on Dailymotion at: http://dai.ly/x1brqbx
Posted: January 29, 2014 in b movie, comedy, filmmaking, horror, models, music, photography, podcasts, sex, Uncategorized, video
Tags: Art, bad taste, blood, boobs, brunette, chick, comedy, cult, exploitation, fetish, funny, girl, gore, horror, hot, humor, Mandy, movies, music, photography, pinup, politically incorrect, porn, punk, scream queen, sex, sexy, smut, Taylor, violence, weird, woman
Screaming Mime Theater is an underground sleeper cell of wannabe artists, hack musicians, zero-budget filmmakers and often unemployed writers struggling to survive in the seedy underbelly of Sarasota, Florida. Like Troma Studios and John Water's Dreamlanders, our objective is to create original and enjoyable content that succeeds even where our modest talents fail, to create a Universe populated by oddball characters, and to spread our half-baked gospel to anyone fed up enough with mainstream mediocrity to receive our unholy message. And one of the longest running legs of this modest little empire is our photography division, headed by me, your humble narrator.
My name is Chris, and not only am I a founding member of the mock-rock band Murdered by ROBOTS as well as cohost of the now seemingly defunct podcast Two Guys Watching Porn, but I'm also a self-taught photographer who aspires to create images that are both provocative and playfully edgy. I strive to constantly evolve as an artist (although using the word "artist" makes me uncomfortable), feeling free to experiment and unafraid of failing. While I don't mind shooting traditional themes, I'm happiest working with models who share my somewhat offbeat sense of humor and don't mind being silly or weird.
I'm a life-long admirer of pin-up style art. I grew up obsessed with images of Bettie Page and other underground models of her era, studying the work of Irving Klaw and Bunny Yeager, and flipping through pages of vintage men's magazines with names like "TAB", "SHOW", and "EYE", suggestive publications once deemed too lurid to be sold over the counter that now seem curiously innocent by modern standards. In many ways, it's this inherently taboo aspect that makes these guilty pleasures so fascinating to me. And it's that delicate dance between wholesomeness and, for lack of a better term, comic book style sleaze that I find most invigorating, imagining that beneath every housewife's proper June Cleaver exterior is a garter-belt wearing, cat-o-nine-tails toting vixen ready to pounce.
I draw heavy inspiration from B-movie and grindhouse imagery, like scenes from an all night marathon of Russ Meyer films and drive-in double features. I try to create pictures that convey universal schoolboy day dreams and pay homage to the low brow pop stylings of artists like Robt Williams and Art Crumb, incredible talents who often elevated their medium yet still felt free to dip their toes in the gutter, combining elements of retro-style cheesecake with tongue-in-cheek, in-your-face vulgarity and doing so with style.
I've been extremely fortunate to work with many talented and imaginative models in the Sarasota area, some with professional credentials and others who were complete newcomers, and I'm eager to work with anyone out there who is interested in creating something different. Please feel free to peruse my portfolio, and don't be afraid to contact me for any of your photographic needs at:
MM URL: http://www.modelmayhem.com/screamingmimetheater
Posted: January 28, 2014 in b movie, comedy, filmmaking, horror, models, music, Uncategorized
Tags: Art, bad taste, blood, boobs, chick, comedy, cult, exploitation, funny, girl, gore, horror, hot, movies, music, politically incorrect, scream queen, sex, sexy, strange, violence, weird, woman
Ever since George Romero's classic "Night of the Living Dead" (1968) set the gold standard for midnight movies, zombies have been slowly but relentlessly clawing their way out of their graves and up the ranks of fright flick royalty, leaving werewolves, aliens and mutants in their wake while seriously challenging psycho killers and vampires for that coveted spot atop of the blood spattered Horror Movie pyramid! Zombies are EVERYWHERE these days, from highly rated TV shows like "The Walking Dead" on AMC, to Shakespearian inspired romantic comedies like "Warm Bodies" (2013), while shamelessly inserting their rotting flesh into virtually ever horror movie released on Netflix in the past two years. They've pitched cellphone plans for Sprint, inspired disaster drills by FEMA, insinuated themselves into Jane Austen novels and even joined their Vampire rivals in battling "Honest Abe" Lincoln! Love them or hate them, Zombies are BIG. Some might say even TOO big.
While it may seem that society's collective hunger for the all things living dead has finally reached critical mass, we here at Murdered by ROBOTS are never too proud to squeeze that last bit of life out of anything worthy of exploitation, so it is with zero remorse that we unleash upon the world one of our latest music videos, "Zombie Girl", shot last October at the world famous Junkyard Rehearsal Studio and starring the drop-dead gorgeous Melissa Dawson. Consider this horse thoroughly flogged!
Follow Ms. Dawson's adventures on Twitter @MelissaDawsonDD
And "like" The Junkyard Rehearsal Studio on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/JunkyardRehearsalStudio
WHAT YOU'VE BEEN MISSING
Posted: January 26, 2014 in b movie, comedy, filmmaking, horror, models, music, photography, podcasts, science, sex, talk, Uncategorized
Tags: Art, bad taste, blood, boobs, chick, childbirth, comedy, cult, donuts, exploitation, fetish, funny, girl, gore, horror, hot, humor, Mandy, movies, music, news, photography, politically incorrect, porn, punk, robots, sex, sexy, smut, strange, violence, weird, woman
In the months since my last steady post, a full ten episodes of Two Guys Watching Porn have come and gone, leaving in their wake a foulness not unlike an unwelcome breakage of wind. Since I've shamefully neglected to keep this site updated, I hope to rectify that mistake now by chronicling all of the adventures some of you may have missed, picking up right where I left off back in September. So please, accept this episode guide as an olive branch, and feel free to plunder our archives for all of TGWP's podcasting prurience…
Episode 38: Nut Ripped Off by a Monkey
(first published 09/16/13)
Rob recuperates from his man-period and regales cohost Chris with tales of testicle stealing primates and crazy Chinese zoos. Dog Lions! Puppy Tigers!! Panda Poodles!?! Oh My!!! As you may imagine, things rapidly spiral downward from there, culminating in the battle cry "F U, FXX!"
Listen to the episode here: http://www.spreaker.com/user/5289522/nut_ripped_off_by_a_monkey
Episode 39: Sin, Smut, and Godless Fornication!
If Steven Spielberg's 1977 classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind taught us anything, it's that A: Richard Dreyfus is a terrible father looking for almost any excuse to abandon his family, and that B: WE ARE NOT ALONE! In this thrilling Sci-Fi themed episode of Two Guys Watching Porn, alien visitors have intercepted a strange signal emanating from a tiny blue planet orbiting an average yellow star, and are shocked by the content of this curious transmission. Listen as Chris and Rob unwittingly become Earth's first ambassadors to this advanced extraterrestrial race!
Listen to the episode here: http://www.spreaker.com/user/5289522/sin_smut_and_godless_fornication
Episode 4o: Name That Poon
(first published 09/30/2013)
In celebration of our 40th episode and our network's 4000th listen, Screaming Mime Theater and it's musical division, Murdered by ROBOTS, serve up a star studded all musical extravaganza titled Name That Poon (aka Two Guys Watching Porn, the Musical), featuring hosts Rob and Chris, show producer Barry Schwartzenhymen, Foreign Correspondent and Dog-Reporter Shadow Stevens, frequent guest contributor Kristina Raisinbran, and fellow Spreaker talent and show supporter Amanda Nicole! So fill your shorts with pudding, huff a little Glade Air-freshener, relax and enjoy this nostalgic musical retrospective of some of Two Guys Watching Porn's more whimsical moments, as we say thank you all for joining us on this adventure!
Listen to the episode here: http://www.spreaker.com/user/5289522/name_that_poon
Episode 41: Taboos on the Loose
This episode finds Chris and Rob scratching their heads, trying to make sense of Obamacare and the current Government shutdown. Unable to grasp these subjects, they divert their scattered focus towards more entertaining topics, including television, face eating drugs, legalized pot and incest. Featuring the song "Praise, Praise, Praise" by Kamikaze Krishna.
Listen to the episode here: http://www.spreaker.com/user/5289522/taboos_on_the_loose
Episode 42: A Womb with a View
Drug horror stories are the hot topic of the day, in this very special (if inappropriately named) episode of Two Guys Watching Porn which explores the ravages of that mysterious new drug from Russia named Krokodil, a nasty little concoction known to eat the flesh of it's users. Also up for lampooning is the late Michael Jackson, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and child abuse! A splendid time is guaranteed for all!
Listen to the episode here: http://www.spreaker.com/user/5289522/a_womb_with_a_view
Episode 43: Diddle Me Dudley
The show hits the highway as Rob and Chris drive aimlessly looking for inspiration, waxing nostalgically about shitty 1980's sitcoms and their shared love of taquitos, as well as tackling such gripping social taboos as pederasty, public indecency, bestiality, and the shady sport of competitive gang-bangs. In the end, Rob concludes that we are, indeed, "a sick, sick species"!
Listen to the episode here: http://www.spreaker.com/user/5289522/diddle_me_dudley
Episode 44: Evil White Men and their Problems
Twisted Love Cults and illegal immigration draw ire from the show's hosts in this controversial episode of Two Guys Watching Porn, while the plight of our nation's indigenous peoples sparks some contentious debate amongst Rob and Chris. While Rob expresses nothing but respect for reservations and the importance of preserving Native American culture, Chris seems to suggest that, perhaps, it's time for them to throw in the towel and accept defeat. Rubber tomahawks fly and things get decidedly ugly. Closing the show is a song by Screaming Mime Theater's own Murdered by ROBOTS titled "Godzilla", in honor of Halloween.
Listen to the episode here: http://www.spreaker.com/user/5289522/evil_white_men_and_their_problems
Episode 45: Backpage Hookers
After last episode's unpleasantness, Rob and Chris return to form, revealing their obsession with lurid sex ads found on questionable websites including Craigslist and Backpage. They also discuss their recent activities, including a special Halloween themed photo-shoot with actress/model/web-cam performer extraordinaire Melissa Dawson (on Twitter as @Melissa DawsonDD) who graciously agreed to star in the latest Murdered by ROBOTS music video titled "Zombie Girl".
Listen to the episode here: http://www.spreaker.com/user/5289522/backpage_hookers
Episode 46: Killer Typhoons and Porcupine Vaginas
A new California law requiring condom use in all adult videos produced within "The Golden State" is ridiculed by porn advocates Rob and Chris, as well as the proposed new measure that would further require sex performers to wear safety goggles during their scenes. Later in the show, mention of the recent Super Typhoon Haiyan that devastated the Philippines steers the conversation towards "Sharknado" and other SiFi Channel made-for-cable turdfests. Featuring "Porcupine Vagina", a new Murdered by ROBOTS track recently broadcast on 96.5 WSLR's "Lumpytunes!", and a brand new remix of the "Two Guys Watching Porn" theme song.
Listen to the episode here: http://www.spreaker.com/user/5289522/killer_typhoons_and_porcupine_vaginas_1
Episode 47: Lies, More Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies
In this, the final episode of 2013, Chris and Rob express their growing pessimism for the future, as the dumbing down of America and a widespread distrust in our leaders casts a long shadow of doubt over the fate of the human race. This was the last episode to be recorded before Rob's inexplicable disappearance.
That final episode can be heard here: http://www.spreaker.com/user/5289522/lies-more-lies-lies-lies-lies
PECKERHEAD IS REAL!
Posted: August 31, 2013 in b movie, comedy, demon, entity, filmmaking, horror, models, music, paranormal, photography, podcasts, science, sex, talk, video
Tags: Art, bad taste, blood, boobs, chick, comedy, cult, exploitation, fetish, funny, girl, gore, horror, hot, humor, Mandy, movies, music, news, photography, pinup, politically incorrect, porn, punk, robots, scream queen, sex, sexy, smut, strange, Taylor, violence, weird, woman
For years, the name Peckerhead has been spoken only in hushed tones by that handful of people who had actually laid eyes upon the creature and lived to tell the tale, a tale of a monstrous abomination, one half man, one half chicken, whose presence in the undeveloped backwoods of South Florida has long been the subject of campfire tales and fearful speculation. Most of these eyewitnesses have met with fierce opposition from their communities, been labeled kooks and, in some instances, downright liars. Many, faced with the almost certainty of public ridicule, have chosen to keep their silence. But we here at Murdered by ROBOTS are dedicated to uncovering the truth about this legendary boogeyman and, tonight, offer brand new and incontrovertible evidence – hard video proof – that Peckerhead is REAL!
The following is the second of only two known recordings ever made of the beast, captured on video earlier this month by local researchers as they were ambushed. Had it not been for the swift and heroic intervention of Internet star and fetish model Mandy Taylor, who appeared as if from out of nowhere to unleash her trademark brand of testicular demolition upon that feathery spawn of Satan, several scientist would have died. Instead, we are left with this chilling documentation:
Our heartfelt thanks goes out to the brave men and women who put their safety on the line in the name of science, and to the super sexy Mandy Taylor, who demonstrated total calm in the face of danger, and for her crotch-kicking ferocity.
In other Murdered by ROBOTS news, Two Guys Watching Porn delivers yet another new episode of mentally challenged verbal masturbation titled "Miley Cyrus and Rainbow Parties" in which hosts Rob and Chris discuss MTV's recent Video Music Awards, wrestle with basic geometry, try to reclaim intellectual property and lament missing out on teenage sex parties… all building up to an exciting (or not) cliffhanger of an ending!
Follow Mandy Taylor on Twitter at @PrincessMandyT
Follow Murdered by ROBOTS on Soundcloud and download all of our music for free at https://soundcloud.com/screaming-mime-theater
Listen to or download all of our past shows on ITunes! and on Spreaker at http://www.spreaker.com/user/5289522
And check out the latest episode here:
https://murderedbyrobots.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/two-guys-watching-porn-miley-cyrus-and-rainbow-parties.mp3
Murdered by ROBOTS presents: "The Works"
Posted: August 25, 2013 in b movie, filmmaking, horror, models, music, photography, sex, video
Tags: Art, bad taste, blood, boobs, brunette, chick, cult, exploitation, fetish, girl, gore, hi-heels, horror, hot, music, photography, pinup, punk, scream queen, sex, sexy, smut, strange, violence, weird, woman
Starring Vigilante Vixxxen and Melissa Dawson, directed by Jizz Fassbinder


Happy International Scrapbooking Day everyone! I hope you've managed to find a bit of time to cut out some pretty things and stick them to other pretty things (assuming you're into that sort of thing).
Recently I shared a scrapbook page I made about trip to Indonesia a couple of years ago (you can find it here). I usually like to make layouts with a single photo and this was no exception, but over the last few months, I have really been enjoying making accompanying pocket pages to include extra photos and journaling. For me it's the best of both worlds: I can make the design I want and still include excessively long journaling and a whole collection of my favourite pictures.
So today, I bring you the matching pocket page. It came together pretty quickly as I left much of it without embellishment. I simply wanted to have the opportunity to include all the photos I wanted to, instead of restricting myself to the one or two which might fit on a 12x12 layout.
It was reasonably straightforward to put together the other pockets. I had used a trail of little butterfly embellishments on the 12x12 layout, and still had abandoned scraps and butterflies strewn over my coffee table. So I gathered them up, match them up, punched a couple of extra butterflies where needed, and quickly layered up a few butterfly embellishments.
I used little foam squares to add dimension to the wings and tiny pearl stickers to accent them. I filled two of the pockets with the butterflies, adhering them to patterned paper to tie in with the main page, and then framing each one with white cardstock so that they had a white border like the photos.
And there we have it! Pocket page complete, and a very satisfying feeling of an adventure fully documented without having to compromise on pictures, design or journaling.
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Ulysses Old Age
By Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Matched with an aged wife (3)
Ulysses tells us that his wife is old, and though we might reasonably expect Ulysses to be around the same age as his wife, the tone of the opening lines suggests that he at least feels younger than her. He tells us, after all, that he gains nothing from sitting around with an "aged wife"; maybe Ulysses and his wife make a bad match because of their figurative age difference.
You and I are old;
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil (49-50).
Ulysses has no illusions about his old age, and he knows that the elderly are respected, but that they also have things to do (make wills, spend time with grandchildren, etc.). He tries to redefine the "toil" of old age, however, as something other than the mundane tasks of a grandfather; he wants "toil" to mean something like sailing to the ends of the earth.
The long day wanes; the slow moon climbs; the deep
moans round with many voices (55-56)
Even though Ulysses is describing the onset of night, the description doubles as a reflection on old age; one could say that Ulysses is in the twilight of his life. He's not dead yet, and the day hasn't completely given way to night yet; that middle space between day and night seems to be of indeterminate duration. The present tense verbs ("wanes," "climbs," "moans") suggest actions that aren't fully completed yet in the same way that old age isn't death but isn't youth either.
And though
moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are (65-67)
Ulysses describes a change in physical strength that we tend to associate with old age; the phrase "old days" makes us think he and his men were strong a long time ago. However, he never actually says he and his men are weak, only that they don't have the same strength they used to and that now they're something else: "one equal temper of heroic of heroic hearts" (68). Perhaps this sense of unity is a new kind of strength.
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Coffee is not a proven cause of cellulite, and it may actually help reduce the dimply appearance. That's why coffee and caffeine are active ingredients in many topical cellulite treatments. More research is needed to confirm the benefits, but one study published in the "Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology" in 2008 found that caffeine, applied topically to mice, reduced the diameter of fatty cells by 17 percent, lessening the appearance of cellulite. However, the effects of topical cellulite treatments are temporary.
Although coffee is not considered a contributing factor for cellulite, eating too much sodium, fat or carbohydrates can worsen this cosmetic woe. Smoking, leading a sedentary lifestyle and wearing tight garments that restrict blood flow may also contribute to cellulite. Genetics also play a major role, so you may get cellulite no matter what lifestyle choices you make. Fortunately, cellulite does not cause any medical problems -- and it is extremely common.
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Q: Having trouble with a NumberFormatException error using Kotlin I've been working on a tip calculator app using Kotlin and i have ran into an error which i cant seem to fix, I have made my way around the internet and i cant seen to find a definitive answer.
Here is my code:
package com.jackjessop.testapp

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle
import android.widget.Button
import android.widget.TextView

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

 override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
     setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)

     val billAmountTV: TextView = findViewById(R.id.billAmountText)
     val tipPercentageTV: TextView = findViewById(R.id.tipPercentageText)

     val billAmount = billAmountTV.text.toString().toInt()
     val tipPercentage = tipPercentageTV.text.toString().toInt()

     val percentage = tipPercentage / billAmount
     val tipAmount =  billAmount * percentage
     val total = billAmount + tipAmount

     val tipText: TextView = findViewById(R.id.tipText)
     val calculateBtn: Button = findViewById(R.id.calculateButton)

     calculateBtn.setOnClickListener {
        tipText.text = total.toString()
     }
  }
}

and here is the error:
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
              Process: com.jackjessop.testapp, PID: 30234
              java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.jackjessop.testapp/com.jackjessop.testapp.MainActivity}: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: ""
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2779)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2844)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1572)
                  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:110)
                  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:203)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6364)
                  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1063)
                  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:924)
               Caused by: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: ""
                  at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:533)
                  at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:556)
                  at com.jackjessop.testapp.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.kt:17)
                  at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6666)
                  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1118)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2732)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2844)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1572)
                  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:110)
                  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:203)
                  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6364)
                  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1063)
                  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:924)


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'Black Lives Matter' Signs Wave In Protest After Politician Assassinated In Rio
Galilee Abdullah
AP Photo/Leo Correa
A woman wears a sticker with the photo of councilwoman Marielle Franco during a protest against her murder in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Franco's murder came just a month after the government put the military in charge of security in Rio, which is experiencing a sharp spike in violence less than two years after hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Protests have swept Brazil after a Rio de Janeiro councilwoman, Marielle Franco, was assassinated on March 14, 2018. Tens of thousands of people have marched over the last two weeks in honor of Franco, a prominent queer black woman in Brazil. Having grown up in a favela, Franco was known for her work in poor and marginalized communities. She was outspoken against police brutality, which largely affects black Brazilians. Protesters accuse forces associated with the government for ordering the hit to scare police critics.
Brazil's new president Michel Temer has ramped up military assistance to police in recent months, especially in Rio. Worldview discusses police brutality and the rally around Marielle Franco.
Priscila Neri, a journalist working with the human rights organization Witness
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