12.31.2000 So cool! Poorbob is now annotating his weblog with "daily pics" shot from his Casio Wristcam. (I shalt not covet my neighbors watch...)

New Tale: GOALS FOR 2001

My silly New Years Goals from 1998 and 1999

Celebrating the east coast ball drop online here tonight (9pm pacific) before leaving the House. I'll post a guest login for RealHouse cams on that page if you're interested.

Wow. The last day of the millenium. Next is the year of big black monoliths and evil cogniscent computers, right? Evil computers named...HALcyon. Better make sure that virus software is up to date.

12.30.2000 This Humorous Erotica made me laugh out loud. (Thanks, lMichele

12.29.2000 "Shedding tears doesn't make us weak, it gives us strength to go on" is but one lesson I've learned from Kaycee this year. "Tomorrow is never a promise" is another. As I sit wiping tears, I feel struck with a sense of smallness. My to-do list seems unbearably trivial. What then? I will go outside and feel the sunshine. And see the living colors.

12.28.2000 Had some fun setting up a Diaryland page for my grandpa. The current entries are from letters he sent. The typos are his. The formatting uglyness is mine. Will I be able to train the 88 year old Caleb to maintain an online diary? Time will tell.

I'm going to the AVN awards. Thanks, Scott! Man, browsing the nominees is scary. Up for "Most Outrageous Sex Scene" is the "Kelly & Homeless Guy" scene from the film, Dirty Anal Kelly in Rome 2 and "The Oompah-Loompahs Attack" scene from Midgets on Wheels.

Lookie there! My radio show is listed under Yahoo! Events - Cultures and Lifestyles And, whoa! I'm under celeb interviews, too!! right along side David Bowie, William Shatner and Betty White! it may be a long page...but I'm still listed on the same page as Betty White!! Woo-Hoo!!

I'm enjoying the tone of doctor brian grosz "My dart game isn't superb, but I can usually hold up my end of the bargain in doubles. There's simply something about throwing a piece of steel while drinking that appeals to the Viking within us all. "

I'm loving the group comics @ waferbaby

Anyone know a cheap/free way to distribute a press release?

12.27.2000 I was struggling my way through some Alaskan Crap legs last night.... There are some foods you shouldn't eat when you don't have health insurance. I think I need a tetanus shot.

If you missed my gardening lesson (the glory of bulbs") and skinny dip today, there is an archive.

Dlove expands on his Chanukah lesson in a one act play.

next radio show is the 3rd! (no new show today) But the archives are BEGGING for a listen.

The antics/performace art of theGus shows exactly why the internet is not to be trusted. Always question your sources.

updated the styn.net graphic at the top there.

I almost forgot that Jesus was the reason for the season. I suppose without Jesus, it would go straight from Fall to Spring.

Hoopla.com is a great homepage. Nuggets of brillance all over the place.

12.26.2000 I'll have a RogerWilco voicechat station open tomorrow. If you want to yell something at me, go to 172.20.240.52 (it's a free install.) I'll try to yell back.

Added a new wrds today about wrapping paper.

Thanks everyone for the comments and bug reports on the new CB design! Keep 'em coming! Thanks mas for the javascript fix.

Last night, when pushed for some Chanukah history, Dlove said, What, is it the fifth day? On the fith day, the elders looked at the oil left remaining to burn and said, 'Oh, man...this is *definitely* the last of it. No way it'll last another day. It was a cool miracle while it lasted. So, 5 days of presents for everyone!'"

For those of you who follow the Styn family "Notes to Santa" tradition, here'sThis year's note and Santa's reply.

This weblog is going to reside at styn.net. So if you want to bookmark a page that goes straight here....well styn.net would be it.

12.25.2000 What a wonderful day. I gave my brother captainkaya.com. And I got a biiiig hard drive.Lots of other fun gifts, too: a fossil shell from my Grandpa, a belly button light from Dlove and Shonda, a desktop lawn from Barbarella, and a farmers almanac from MissM.

I am sitting around the computer with Mom and < ahref=http://www.prehensile.com/loves/grandpa/johngrampsm.jpg>grandpa Caleb, showing them the new CB and just sharing some pixels of joy.

Merry Xmas! My Xmas present to myself: a redesigned cockybastard.com My Christmas present to you: a silly holiday card.

12.24.2000 I just stumbled upon my first experiments in Flash.

12.23.2000 I've changed my mindset...the lessons are good.

12.22.2000 I have learned TONS from the globalgasm event...and it hasn't even happened, yet. I wish the lessons were more encouraging.

For years, I've mocked people who strayed form the classic coke slurpee. Melon? Bah! But I just had a Sprite and blue rasberry mix that was divine. Subtle and understated...it would go well with fish.

I wonder how much smaller grocery stores would need to be if there was only 1 brand of everything? I mean, there are like 15 different makers of chicken soup. (not counting the many varieties that each offers.) Capitalism is great for competition, but crappy for shelf space.

Two new video clips of me over at TheRealHouse. The one of me singing in the shower is for members only, the one of me interviewing a rabbit is open to all.

It's been an odd week for me. Dealing with some of the globalgasm backlash has been rough. I'm questioning my path. Feeling lost. But nothing puts things in perspective faster than reading a week from Kaycee's living colours journal. If you're too busy to spend 5 minutes readng it right now, then I *demand* you read it. That rushed, busy feeling will be gone. After hearing her voice, the holiday smell of pine and candy cane is a lot sweeter.

12.21.2000 Ga Yau (it's cantonese, it means keep it up.) Thanks, Kwan!!

Once a mouse starts to get that sticky feeling, do they ever get back to 100%? I mean I remove the little rubber sphere and blow on it and tell it daily afirmations. But it seems futile.

What part of my brain makes me set things down on every available counter space. Every flat area of my room is covered with *stuff.* Is it a nesting instinct? A better-smelling version of pissing on trees?

12.20.2000 Naked Wednesdays on CitizenX follow my IMG2.com radio show every week. The key is creative concealing. Here's Flare22's "installation" from last week:

Some people jump up and down half-naked until people notice them. Others just producs incredible work. Check out Derek's redesigned personal site, and the latest story in fray. On a possibly related note, 10 minutes ago I read this passage (quoted in "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius"): "Good artists exist in what they make, and consequently are perfectly unintersting in what they are. A great poet, a really great poet, is teh most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are facinating...[they] live the poetry they cannot write." -Oscar Wilde

Added 2 things by MissM to globalgasm.com.

I talked on the phone with someone from MTV documentaries. They may come and film TheRealHouse for a "Sex & Technology" special. I hope Rubber Debbie is available.

Radio show today at 5pm. I'll be talking about the live sex show I saw in Amsterdam. (This won't help things in the "john is getting too sexual" discussion.)

My 91x.com web review of scooterdeath.com is going to air tomorrow. Apparently they want it to coincide with an anti-scooter rant planned by on-air guest Gary Coleman.

Long ago, I thought that by registering my domains with Net Nanny-type programs, I would be doing the responsible thing. That way, parents could make individual choices about what they wanted to expose thier kids to. That would avoid the need for the government to intervene. It didn't occur to me that numerous colleges and educational institutions would install the blocking software. Most of my sites are currently inaccessible to school computer labs. That sucks. What sucks even more is that a current bill will REQUIRE schools to have blocking software before they get federal funding. Before you get really pissed, check out P E A C E F I R E. They are distributing a program that disables all popular Windows censorware. Tell your information-robbed friends.

12.19.2000 The M-W.com Word of the Day for December 20 is: prehensile \pree-HEN-sul or pree-HEN-sile\ (adjective) *1 : adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around 2 : gifted with mental grasp or moral or aesthetic perception Example sentence: The monkeys moved around in their treetop environments with the aid of prehensile tails. or Perhaps those same monkeys told stories that really grabbed hold of the audience..."prehensile tales."

Experimented a bit with a program called "Roger Wilco." Pretty nice quality voicechat. Might be a cool adition to the technology of TheRealHouse. Might facilitate the 2 way participation.

12.18.2000 Last week's radio show is archived. Amsterdam stories. Some political stuff. And an explanation of Globalgasm. Wednesday at 5 we'll be talking more about Amsterdam's underbelly.

New Pre-Party Pics and Feeling Orange photos

12.17.2000 I left my phone at my apartment but spent the day at TheRealHouse. It's kinda like floating in space without radio contact...kinda peaceful, kinda scary.

If you haven't noticed, the daily vibe has become the weekly vibe.

This week's Tales are the Globalgasm project and a hub for past Holiday Tales. So far, comments about globalgasm are less-than-glowing.

12.16.2000 My heart goes out to Ron.

12.15.2000 Man-o-man, I really want to see this 3-d animated IMAX movie.

Yeesh. Finally made all the photo galleries on TheRealHouse Netscape compatable. It's amazing wahat a little "/frameset" tag will do.

Pics from the Photoshoot with the girls of BadGirlPro.com.

12.14.2000

oymygod. This is the greatest, most offensive, most... Wow, I am so impressed with this line of religious sex toys. Don't miss the baby Jesus Butt Plug. (thanks, Jason!)

12.13.2000 Radio show today @5:00 ! Amsterdam tales and more. To call in to the Radio Show: 1-877-986-9200 LISTEN LIVE

Are you ready for National Commando Day :: December 17th, 2000 :: A Day Without Underwear ?

12.12.2000 Tell Santa I want a personalized action figure. How cool! (thanks, Holly)

Anyone got porn connections that could get me into the AVN Awards?

Wow. Pretty offensive tribute to me at BastardsRUs.com

12.11.2000 I've been working feverishly on a cockybastard redesign last two days. It feels good. Tonight I'm heading to my folks' place to decorate the tree.

12.10.2000 This week's Tale is from Amsterdam.

12.9.2000 Added some members-only video clips from the Erotic Masquerade. If you're not a ClubCX member, you can still see pics from the party.

I responded to some questions on the CockyBastard discussion boards.

I may get the supreme honor of being a waferbaby action figure!! Now I have to figure out my super powers. I was thinking: Atomic Flamboyancy Villians run in homophobic fear of his women's clothing and gender-bending style. Those who can make it past the retina ripping pink hues of Halcyon's attire are helpless to the little understood "vanity Votex" Vanity Vortex Halcyon weilds the "mirror of Narcissis" with extreme prejudice. Evil-doers whose eyes meet the mirror's reflection are paralyzed. They become unable to break the gaze of the mirror, instead spending hours pondering their inner beauty and self-love. Do you have a better idea?

12.8.2000 I'm not even sure who made this RealHouse.com teaser graphic. I think it is to help get in the rankings for a cam listing engine. We're #99 now. Click to help the ranking. If you're already a RealHouse/ClubCX member, I added a nude sunbathing photo gallery. Coincidently, the pics were taken on between sips of wine as we decided to go to Amsterdam. (Amsterdam pics up soon)

12.7.2000 Just in time for a Bush administration, my old college frat brother is selling American Pig t-shirts. What? You didn't know I was in a fraternity? I'm a complex little bitch.

Post Amsterdam...still fighting that lost feeling. Perhaps I should just sit in it for a bit. (That sounded like a Seuss rhyme. "Hop on Pop? No sit in it for a bit!")

I remember seeing The Star Wars Holiday Special when I was a kid. But all I remember was Wookies in treehouses.

12.6.2000 The radio show today will be a re-run. New show next wednesday: amsterdam, swing clubs, red light, etc.

Someone asked my to state one thing I like about myself: I love my cheekbones. They represent the adult me; surfacing from the pudgy-cheeked pain of youth.

I'm home safe! Tired and recovering from a little sick bug, but feeling great.

12.4.2000 I think we're trudging back to the red-light tonight after dinner for a live sex show. You realize I do all these things purely for research, don't you? I'd rather be home watching Friends.

On the way to the city of Gouda (where the swing club was) we passed amazing countryside and I got to see a windmill. Today I bough tulip bulbs. I think those are the two requirements for Dutch citizenship.

Woke up with a sore throat. Unfortunately, my travelmates had matching ailments. Despite sickness and a drizzly day, we packed up and moved to a MUCH nicer hotel. The gritty novelty of living in the red-light district wears thin quickly. And the cockroaches on the bed we're NOT ideal in a land where you can legally get THC-induced paranoia.

Ohmygod. The swing club was like erotic Disneyland. The kind of place that leaves you so filled with joy (and so depleted of body fluids) that you're uncertain what is left for you on this planet. Just knowing that a place like that exists is enough to alter my worldview. It *is* possible. I'll try to put the experience into words when I return.

12.3.2000 sorry for any typos. In addition to tha hash smoke in this bar, they also charge too much for net access and I'm rushing. Haste makes waste. Hash makes mash.

MissM yesterday wore a full length pink bath robe, a neon pink wig and pink fur pants. Even in my orange fur pants (thanks Kip), I was out-classed. It is rare that someone out-dresses me. (of course, the combo of the two of us together was *smashing*) I had no idea the bar *could* be raised. Liberace, Elton John, Ziggy Stardust, MissM...these are my fashion pace-setters.

I brought a digital camera, a digital camcorder, and a laptop. I am DIGITAL BOY! Unfortunately, I'm having trouble with my electricity converter. So I'm currently unable to recharge the laptop. (Which is a pity since there is a tale of the week on there. Okay, so I haven't re-read it since sobering up...but I'm sure there's something salvagable from my hunt-and-pecked ramblings.)

The coffehouses (hash bars) are all pretty similar. All dark. smokey, with music too loud to talk over but with nowhere to dance. Almost all play techno. They serve coffee, VERY strong, and space cakes at the bar. Hash and buds are bought from the "dealer" in the back. All over the counter, but the "dealer-in-the-back" is a legal technicality, apparently. And lots have internet connections. I'm paying 2.50 (US) for 20 minutes right now.

Today we take a train an hour out of town to a swing club located in an old farmhouse mansion. It rained all night, the pinging of rain-on-metal maintained a musical accompanyment to the sleeping hours. And the bells of course. Off-key and seemingly right outside our window. Honestly? The bell song-every-15 minutes has been onbe of my favorite elements of the trip.

It's amazing what a good booty-shake will do for my mood. cruised around town last night wearing fur pants and a Hashish smile. danced my ass off for a few minutes in a bar. Its amazing how slamming house/trance music can grab my body and shake me to the beat of the universe. My ligaments become liquid. I've actually worn fur pants every day since I got here. We brought white, pink, blue, orange, & green fur pants. It's fun to wear shocking colors and fur amidst the drab colors and ancient grey walls of this town. The permissive attitudes of Amsterdam are a shock to the system for visiters. And I think our colorful visage was a shock to the system of some local folk. No spectators.

12.2.2000 fuck. I resized the page and just lost everything I wrote about Amsterdam. That's kinda frustrating. Been having quite a few of these traveler frustrations. Nothing major. Just annoying things like cockroaches on the bed. Hmm.> Some days, it's a challenge just getting comfortable. And some things renew your appreciation of what you've started to take for granted. That can be a valuabale expereince, too. (note: remind myself the importance of mental state! Keep seeing the wonder in this half full glass!) All-in-all, having a blast. Be back soon.

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