A Sampling of Those New Photograghs

This is a very very small sample! But I thought I’d give you all a peek.

Promoting safety:

Small ones I took them from my facebook because I don’t have them saved on this computer:

The best book for those doing research on prostitution and sex work:

For my foot fetishists!

All photos by Mark at RTP Photography, defeintely one of the best photographers I’ve worked with! You can see more of his work here: http://www.myspace.com/rtpphoto

National March for Sex Workers’ Rights! Dec. 17th in DC!

National March for Sex Workers Rights
Dec. 17, 2008
Meet at Franklin Square (14st NW & Eye ST NW) near McPherson Square
Station for rally and speeches.
March Gathers at noon.

Join the Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP-USA) as we march on
Washington to demand rights for all sex workers! On Wednesday,
December 17, 2008, advocates from across the nation will converge to
mark the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.
Together, we will take a stand for justice and the freedom to do sex
work safely and in dignity. We are calling for an end to the unjust
laws, policing, shaming and stigma that oppress our communities and
make us targets for violence. At this vibrant event, we will both
honor the lives lost in 2008 and celebrate our vital movement. Some
housing is available for out-of-towners – consider staying on to
attend our big party that weekend. On Dec. 17th, SWOP-USA and its
allies in harm reduction and social justice welcome your support as we
march for sex workers rights!

This is a permitted event. For more information, or to endorse this
event, contact:
877-776-2004 x 1
dec17@swopusa.org
www.swopusa.org/dec17/

New Pictures

There are some dynamite new pics that I need to incorporate into the blog, but I’ve been too all over the place to do so.

Tomorrow, I hope to make some changes. and get back to all the emails and facebook messages I’ve been avoiding for no good reason, other than my crazy brain.

Celebrity Rehab, Season Two

Some of you already know that I have an addiction to reality TV, or more specifically, to pretty much any of the reality shows on VH1 and a couple of shows on MTV. So, it’s no surprise that I was excited to catch the premiere episode of the second season of Celebrity Rehab last night. (The info page at VH1 fails to mention the new participants. Get on your web updates VH1! The wikipedia.org page is much better.)

This go round, we’ve got Rodney King, Nikki McKibbin, Tawny Kitaen, Steven Adler, Amber Smith, Sean Stewart and for the second time, Jeff Conaway. Gary Busey is in there too, but he seems to be confused and thinks he’s a counselor and not a patient. (He actually refers to himself as a participant and I’m unclear as to how, in this context, he thinks that makes him different than a patient. Oh, yeah, he’s been “sober” for 13 years. Excuse me while I giggle about that.) There was some initial talk that Heidi Fleiss would also be in the cast, but that proved to be untrue.

Last night was the check-in and assessment episode, with some insight into the issues behind the patients’ addictions. I have to confess that I don’t find this one as instantly compelling as the previous season. But I will be tuning in regardless.

My fave moment last night was when one of the cast—don’t remember who but it was one of the guys— was talking about Steven Adler and commented on how he was kicked out of Guns N’Roses, and shit has to be pretty serious to get you kicked out of fucking Guns N’Roses! I concur.

MS Treatment Breakthrough!!!

Leukemia drug can halt, reverse MS

For me, this could be life-changing news!

LONDON (AFP) – Researchers at the University of Cambridge said Thursday they have found that a drug originally developed to treat leukaemia can halt and even reverse the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis (MS).

In trials, alemtuzumab reduced the number of attacks in sufferers and also helped them recover lost functions, apparently allowing damaged brain tissue to repair so that individuals were less disabled than at the start of the study.

“The ability of an MS drug to promote brain repair is unprecedented,” said Dr Alasdair Coles, a lecturer at Cambridge university’s department of clinical neurosciences, who coordinated many aspects of the study.

“We are witnessing a drug which, if given early enough, might effectively stop the advancement of the disease and also restore lost function by promoting repair of the damaged brain tissue.”

The MS Society, Britain’s largest support charity for those affected by the condition, said it was “delighted” at the trial’s results, which must be followed up with more research before the drug can be licensed.

“This is the first drug that has shown the potential to halt and even reverse the debilitating effects of MS and this news will rightly bring hope to people living with the condition day in, day out,” said head of research Lee Dunster.

MS is an auto-immune disease that affects millions of people worldwide, including almost 100,000 in Britain and 400,000 in the United States.

It is caused by the body’s immune system attacking nerve fibres in the central nervous system, and can lead to loss of sight and mobility, depression, fatigue and cognitive problems. There is no cure, and few effective treatments.

In the trial, 334 patients diagnosed with early-stage relapsing-remitting MS who had not previously been treated were given alemtuzumab or interferon beta-1a, one of the most effective licensed therapies for similar MS cases.

After three years, alemtuzumab was found to reduce the number of attacks the patients suffered by 74 percent over the other treatment, and reduce the risk of sustained accumulation of disability by 71 percent over interferon beta-1a.

Many individuals who took alemtuzumab also recovered some of their lost functions, becoming less disabled by the end, while the disabilities of the other patients worsened, the study in the New England Journal of Medicine said.

Alastair Compston, professor of neurology and head of the clinical neurosciences department at Cambridge, said alemtuzumab was the “most promising” experimental drug for the treatment of MS.

He expressed hope that further trials “will confirm that it can both stabilise and allow some recovery of what had previously been assumed to be irreversible disabilities”.

Alemtuzumab was developed in Cambridge and has been licensed for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

Girl Talk Vlog: NC

Check it out!

Womanizer

Here’s the link to view the full video for Britney’s “Womanizer”, which debuted on 20/20 on Friday. It’s the first single of the forthcoming album Circus, which comes out on December 2nd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-23EToh43M

I would embed it, but you have to sign in to youtube to view it and it’s too early for me to work around that.

Honestly, I’m not a big fan of the song, and, perhaps consequently, the video.

Good Goddess

Pinch me!

MTV makes a documentary film of Britney Spears‘ life which will be aired on November 30 at 10 P.M two days before her new album “Circus” is released on December 2. Her return to the pop-music spotlight is going to be the basic of the 90-minute documentary.

The tentatively titled “For The Record” documentary presents Britney’s personal stories along with her ‘comeback journey’. It shows how she goes to the recording studio, the set of her latest single video shoot for “Womanizer”, rehearsals, even her hometown in Louisiana, and many more activities related to her comeback.

Spears told MTV News about her documentary, “I wanted to make this film because I started to feel like I wasn’t being seen in the light that I wanted to be seen in. This is an opportunity to set the record straight and talk about what I’ve been through and where I’m headed.”

Britney’s documentary will include her talking about the struggle to come back, her thoughts, and feelings about all the things she has been through. “I sit there and I look back,” she said, before giving a rhetorical question: “I’m a smart person, what the hell was I thinking?”

Preview of “For the Record”:

Reminiscing

It was brought to my attention that my lusting after Conor and Gregg is, hmmmmm, perhaps a bit childish.

In all honesty, that post was the sort of thing I would post on THE Boards, but now that stuff must go here. Or nowhere at all, and what fun would that be for me?

I see Girl Talk on Monday, which brings on the Gregg lust, and I’ve been listening to a lot of Bright Eyes lately, so there’s the Conor connection.

Anyhow, it’s one of those times when I miss my old virtual stomping grounds.

Love it!

I love seeing that people have followed the link to Paul Nicholas’s stem cell video on YouTube!

It sort of makes my day to know people are accessing the information!

If you haven’t watched the video before, I highly recommend it. (Embedding is disabled, so you have to follow the link.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6slScjdhChQ

Aside: Paul’s an attractive lad, don’t you think?