These two
Imparadis’t in one another’s arms,
The happier Eden, shall enjoy thir fill
Of bliss on bliss.
(John Milton. Paradise Lost, Book 4, 505-508.)
Charming, romantic, a little sexy even, yes? These lines crop up on “quotes about love” here and there. But the scene is not so romantic when you consider it’s being reported to you by an envious, voyeuristic Satan who is literally hellbent on revenge on Man. Here’s what’s actually around that quote:
Sight hateful, sight tormenting! thus
[these two imparadised blah blah blah bliss]
while I to Hell am thrust,
Where neither joy nor love, but fierce desire,
Among our other torments not the least,
Still unfulfill’d with pain of longing pines.
So the lines are really more an illustration of how Paradise is still agonizingly out of Satan’s reach on every possible level than they are a spectacular commentary on the magic of love or whatever.
Suck it, romantics. Milton will have none of your frippery.
Nerdcore.com, run by Jon M. Gibson, has put out a nerd-themed girly calendar several years running now.
2007 was girls playing video games:
Happens all the time.
2008 was lady superheroes and supervillains.
Seeing Famke Janssen as Jean Grey/Phoenix naked would have definitely cushioned the blow of watching the Golden Gate Bridge get destroyed in X-3 (so not cool, I was totally upset by that).
2009 was a salute to Sci-Fi, both newer and classic entries in the genre.
Say what you want, but my robot friend is metal and small and doesn’t judge me at all…
This year, the theme is Horror. Kick ass!
Bobbi Starr as a Frankenstein’s concubine
Justine Joli: Corpse bride
Mosh – Bloody prom (Carrie).
Jana Jordan and her ass do Poltergeist.
Kind of a high school slasher thing.
Night of the Living Dead. Naked girl zombies would get so many more brains than the traditional tattered-clothed male ones. Can you imagine?
Army of Darkness; the kneeling model is Penthouse Pet Aria Giovanni.
And I saved my favorite shot for last:
Justine Joli as Marion Crane in Psycho — that is a great shot, photographed by Cherie Roberts, designed by Jason Adams.
The calendar features noted days of both the civilian and hardcore nerd army variety; from holidays to ComiCons and Quentin Tarantino’s birthday. So scoop one up! You can buy this year’s calendar, plus back issues, direct from the source at totallynerdcore.com.
This randomly terrible photo of the lovely and talented Roberta Vasquez, Playboy‘s Miss November 1984, makes “1984” scary in new and grotesque ways.
To answer the question we’re all asking: 40D. (the wiki.)
She was a cop in real life and also played one in Clint Eastwood’s The Rookie. I think that centerfold picture is terrifyingly ugly, I’m not sure why it got the nod, unless the editor was one of those guys who fantasizes about women hurting him — not emotionally, I mean, like crushing him to death during sex or something — but she looks better in some of these other shots.
I think this is the nicest one of the lot, but I guess it’s a little too late to vote, huh?
Almost all the pictures from that shoot don’t really look like her, she looks kind of crabby and a little scary. Maybe the photographer was a jerk for the interior stuff. But whoever did the outside work brought out her smile. See how much nicer?
As a final thought, Roberta Vasquez cares deeply about your health. Please watch her workout video and enjoy some retro aerobics. I admit to not watching the whole thing, but I’m sure it’s chock full of good solid nutritional advice and up-and-up shit like that.
So sweet of her to take the time, right?? I tell you. Beneath those mammoth mammaries beats a heart of gold. This girl is a giver, you guys. God bless her.
The Thought Experiment 