beverly h.
is the winner of the xiu xiu pantheon
well done!!!!!
the answers R~

otis redding
martin hannett
maryanne amacher
freddie mercury
nina simone
william faulkner
tran anh hung and tran nu yen-khe
diamanda galas
elfriede jelinek
shigeru miyamoto
kenzaburo oe
steven patrick morrissey

i wasn’t used to myself there. i wished i could pass myself over, but i couldn’t carry my weight. she folded herself next to me, and pinched the cellophane of her pack of camels-turkish silver. she wrapped the skin of her mouth around a cigarette and pulled taut.
i hardly said a lot of things, and she repeatedly emphasized her lips. i wished i could either leave or fuck her. we both felt neither would happen, and i should never have said hello.

1 what sound would you be happy to never hear again? The sound of a fork scrapping against someone’s teeth between bites as they eat.
2 what do you do when you are feeling self destructive? Cross streets without looking both ways, avoid seatbelts, obsessive controlled consumption.
3 what nut, fruit, or vegetable would you use to build your castle? Hazelnut.
4 what is/was your favorite controlled/palliative substance? Methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
5 what do you want to see when you look at the sky? Milk.
6 what about yourself physically do you want to change? The length of my torso.
7 what item that is not food, do you wish was food? Windex.
8 what do you want to be free of? Impatience.
9 what book do you want to read but have not yet? Infinite Jest.
10 what deformity do you find attractive? Displaced canines, pronounced noses.

gray death
chocolate makes you happy
apple for a brain
house sparrow
hyunhye’s theme
dear God, i hate myself
secret motel
falkland rd.
the fabrizio palumbo retaliation
cumberland gap
this too shall pass away (for freddy)
impossible feeling

The state of Texas used to list all the final meal requests of death row inmates: final meal requests. But people complained that it was offensive, and they stopped.

“Chocolate birthday cake with “2/23/90″ written on top…” -Miguel Richardson, DOB: 07/07/54, executed: 06/26/2001

But they still list all the Last Words of executed offenders: last words

“Yes I do. I know ya’lls pain, believe me I shed plenty of tears behind Carlos. Carlos was my friend. I didn’t murder him. This what is happening right now is an injustice. This doesn’t solve anything. This will not bring back Carlos. Ya’ll fought real hard here to prove my innocence. This is only the beginning. I love each and everyone dearly. Dre My queen. I love you. Yaws, Junie I love yall. Stay strong, continue to fight. They are fixing to pump my veins with a lethal drug the American Veterinary Association won’t even allow to be used on dogs. I say I am worse off than a dog. They want to kill me for this; I am not the man that did this. Fight on. I will see ya’ll again. That’s all I can say. ” -Reginald Blanton, executed 10/27/2009

“No, I love you. May the Lord be with you. Peace, I’m done. ” -Michale Rosales, executed 04/15/2009

“The Polunsky dungeon should be compared with the Death Row Community as existing not living. Why do I say this, the Death Row is full of isolated hearts and suppressed minds. We are filled with love looking for affection and a way to understand. I am a Death Row resident of the Polunsky dungeon. Why does my heart ache. We want pleasure love and satisfaction. It. The walls of darkness crushed in on me. Life without meaning is life without purpose. But the solace within the Polunsky dungeon, the unforgivesness within society, the church Pastors and Christians. It is terrifying. Does anyone care or who I am. Can you feel me people. The Polunsky dungeon is what I call the pit of hopelessness. The terrfying thing is the US is the only place, country that is the only civilized country that is free that says it will stop murder and enable justice. I ask each of you to lift up your voices to demand an end to the Death Penalty. If we live, we live to the Lord. If we die we die to the Lord. Christ rose again, in Jesus name. Bye Aunt Helen, Luise, Joanna and to all the rest of yall. You may proceed Warden. (began singing) ” -Johnny Johnson, executed 01/12/2009

* Ninety-five percent of death row inmates cannot afford their own attorney. Court-appointed attorneys often lack the experience necessary for capital trials and are overworked and underpaid. In the most extreme cases, some have slept through parts of trials or have arrived under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.
* Prosecutors seek the death penalty far more frequently when the victim of a homicide is white than when the victim is African-American or of another ethnic/racial origin.
* Co-defendants charged with committing the same crime often receive different punishments, where one defendant may receive a death sentence while another receives prison time.
* Approximately two percent of those convicted of crimes that make them eligible for the death penalty actually receive a death sentence.
* Each prosecutor decides whether or not to seek the death penalty. Local politics, the location of the crime, plea bargaining, and pure chance affect the process and make it a lottery of who lives and who dies.
* GEOGRAPHIC ARBITRARINESS: Since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, 80% of all executions have taken place in the South. The Northeast accounts for less than 2% of executions.
source

i’ve waited a year putting off watching this, mostly because it is 2 hours long. but i finally did. it is done pretty well, the ending is a little WEIRD.

i thought it would come across as “conspiracy theory” – but everything is explained pretty thoroughly.

if this doesn’t play, like how it is not playing for me now: trying moving the time indicator over and pressing play, or look up on youtube or google video: zeitgeist addendum

hi.

we set up an official xiuxiu facebook page.
it is pretty bare right now, but we will keep adding things a little by little until it is full of seeds and bulbs.

please find and add to your roster of thumbnailed friends. (search for “xiuxiu”, not “xiu-space-xiu”.

thanks.

the 12 greek gods and goddesses are thus-
zeus
aphrodite
apollo
hephaestus
ares
artemis
athena
demeter
dionysus
poseidon
hera
hermes
the 12 gods and goddesses of xiu xiu are thus-













if you are the first person to correctly send their earthly names
to willitburn@hotmail.com
the acolyte shall mail you ambrosia
or a human prize if you are a mere human

HELP YOUNG LOVERS!
a.e.m. #8
PINK
IS SENT OUT TODAY!
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU
HAVE ANY PROBLEMS

so yet again the bigots steal civil rights- and yet again the sons of those same bigots are having their legs blown off in Afghanistan- is that the penance of bigots?