Briana’s Blog of Madness

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My former housemate found a game called Fact or Crap?, and it’s really a fun game. The rules are incredibly simple, you can play with 3-6 people, and it’s definitely fun, and a great way to use all that “useless” trivia you’ve got stored in the back of your brain. It’s as simple as deciding whether each question is Fact, or Crap. We’ve laughed our butts off at some of the stuff that’s true, and argued with the cards over the things that are false. I really think you ought to try this game if you don’t have it already. We’ve found it to be good family entertainment, and a neat way to build up even more of a reserve of screwy tidbits in your brain.

I was just standing in the living room, and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is on. Now, these are supposed to be nomadic people, away from society and all that, they look like they’ve taken dressing tips from hobos, and yet… Here’s the kicker… They all have perfectly white teeth, and all the women are smooth as baby’s butts. You wanna tell me where they’re getting their dental care and Nair from?

I wonder if people making these movies and TV shows think that viewers are stupid, or if there is just so much of the world wrapped up in vanity, that they don’t dare to show a person as they would really be in the conditions the story depicts. I’m sorry, but if it’s a movie like 10,000 B.C., they would not have had the things necessary for brilliant white teeth and smooth shaven legs. I remember laughing when I was watching that movie, and wondering where the main female managed to get her laser hair removal. I wondered the same thing watching Lost. They’ve been on that island for how long? And the ladies are still smooth and lovely? Somehow I think not.

Do they think it would disgust us to see people with yellow teeth and hairy legs? It’d sure be more realistic. But I guess we live in a society where image is everything, and they can’t go for realism, because viewers might think it’s icky. Unless of course, it’s a man, in which case they can have bad teeth and a ragged beard, and that’s fine. But Goddess forbid we have a woman with bad teeth and hairy pits and legs. That just wouldn’t be right.

Whatever. Hollywood, get a clue and make things more real. I’m sick of seeing pearly whites and shiny legs in the middle of the stone age or in places where hygiene would barely exist.

As this blog has grown, I’m coming to realize that there’s too much to fit into a 2-column layout. I really need to find a better free layout, but after tons of searching, I can’t find anything I like. So I figured I’d ask and see if anyone out there might be able to point me in the right direction.

Here’s what I want:

• A dark layout (preferable in burgundy/reds, blues, or grey/black (nothing with a lot of light area
• 3 columns, widget ready (I don’t like layouts that have the widgets coded in, and you can’t change them without digging into the code)
• There must be clear distinction between the post entries, and between the widgets. I don’t want anything that runs all together.
• Nothing that MUST have an image in every post.
• Wide post content area. I don’t like layouts that are 50% or more used up by the menu columns.
• Easy to read, but interesting to look at. I don’t care what the header graphic looks like, I can always make my own.

I really need a layout where I can get a lot into it, without it looking cluttered.
If you have any suggestions, make a comment on this post with the link to the theme. (Please make sure you link to a page that has both the download and preview links for the theme.)
Thanks!