i wish i could attend, but this is one weekend that i am booked solid for. if you can make it, there is a SPILL INTO WASHINGTON DC to rally for the gulf, this labor day saturday & sunday. (BTW, did you know that our commander in chief cashed in his BP stocks the week before the accident, along with BP CEO?) if that doesn’t get ya fired up, i don’t know what will!

for details on this unprecidented march on the capital, visit SPILLINTOWASHINGTON.org, or buy a tee shirt now for $20. car pools are being organized… this will be one for the history books, peeps.

you can also help the gulf by purchasing our charity SPILLTINI™ martini kit. fifty cents from each sale will be donated to gulf rescue.

we here at IZ are trying our best to do what we can for the gulf disaster… thanks to my friend katherine for suggesting i turn the GULF SPILL COCKTAIL into a saleable item. great idea! for only $10, you can sip your very own SPILLTINI™, fifty cents from each purchase will be donated to charities assisting with the gulf of mexico oil spill. each kit makes about eight-ten drinks, because SPILLTINIS™ are best enjoyed with friends.

cheers to finally, for the most part, securing the gulf’s gusher. it’s only been since april 20th, but as they say better late than never. question is… will it hold? and will this have taught us anything?

this spring’s gulf spill was so big it overshadowed the other disastrous oil spills happening around the world simultaneously. like say, the other gulf spill. or the spill in the red sea. in fact, it is estimated that oil spillage off the coast of nigeria surpasses that of the gulf of mexico spill, EVERY YEAR! (but because it affects shack-dwelling africans, rather than wealthy, ahem, americans we don’t hear about it. if you’re an oil spill junkie, you can keep up with the latest crude catastrophes here on wiki. whatever you do, please don’t tell me we need to drill, baby drill. oil spills are not isolated incidents, and now matter what drilling precautions are taken in the future, or how many safety laws are adopted, the spills will remain inevitable. it’s time to get our alternative energy on!

of course in the apocalyptic (unveiling) times we find our selves living, this whole scenario comes as no surprise. earth has an incredibly challenging–and blessed–chart forecast for this summer. a perfectly synchronized cocktail party of cardinal crosses, grand squares, sensitive trines, new planets, stressful angles and unrelenting celestial energies that are stripping our world and everything in it to its core, exposing the flaws in both our own personal lives, and in the bigger sociopolitical arena. hello BP cover up? hollywood couldn’t write a movie like this! but get ready for more still because august is predicted to be the most intense month yet, according to most astro blogs. “We are in the midst of formidable astrological energies. we finally undergo a Grand Cardinal Cross on August 7th 2010.”

but hey, think positive peeps, because the fun lies in rebuilding it all, better than it ever was. after all, my fave ascended master saint germain, has decreed this to be the golden age–and 2010 the year of creation. if you still think the gulf spill was merely an unfortunate accident, you’ll think again after reading these words of oil wisdom from gerald o’donnell.

i concocted this libation to symbolize our addiction to oil. the glass is rimmed with sand, the contents are saturated in crude, and the garnish is floating, belly-up. because i don’t know about you… but i could use a drink.

GULF SPILL
1.5 blueberry juice oz
.5 oz kahlua
.5 oz chocolate liqueur (i prefer godiva)
3 blueberries
sand colored sugar, like raw or demerara
optional:
bar spoon chocolate sauce to make extra chocolatey! if you’re an addict, and chocolate is your poison, might i suggest CHOCAGAVE. this stuff is amazing and sort of healthy (considering that it is chocolate sauce!)

shake ingredients over ice and strain into sugar-rimmed glass. float berries on top.

Sometimes politicians need to be reminded whom they really work for. Now is one of those times.

Last week, several dozen members of Congress put the interests of AT&T ahead of yours and signed a letter to the FCC opposing the agency’s efforts to protect Net Neutrality.

AT&T and these members of Congress were hoping we wouldn’t notice this deception. Well, it was noticed, and now we need to band together and send a message from the public…

Tell the FCC: Stand with the Public for Net Neutrality

THE GOAL: 10,000 signatures to push back against the members of Congress who buckled under telecom industry pressure. each and every one of us needs to send the FCC an urgent message of support for Net Neutrality.

GO TO THIS LINK TO SIGN THE LETTER.

my parents (we all hate them) just came back from south africa. my swag was a beautiful hand hammered tribal necklace, AND a hand crocheted and beaded drink doily! apparently they’re all the rage over there in the tourist shops. i think this is so cool—what a practical gift! think about it… how many times have you been sitting out on the porch sipping on your caiphirina when i big ole fly lands on the edge for a little sip himself? well, say goodbye to mr. fly — thanks to the drink doily. the best part was that the lady’s cooperative that made these items funded the livelihood of aids victims. (which is the whole damn continent; another conspiracy…)

there is not a shred of doubt in my mind that we are being completely FUCKED with. most would say i’m a conspiracy theorist, but i prefer to call myself a curious skeptic, anxious to find loving truth under each rock i turn. with my rising sign in scorpio, i’m a natural sleuth, and there aren’t many rocks that escape my scrutiny. often, i’m shocked to find greed and deception laying under the most beautiful rocks. especially lately, in a time when it seems a new cover up is exposed daily. the question is WHO exactly is fucking with us… aliens? the government? an elite secret society? the more one researches any of those three, the more convinced one becomes. in fact, one could spend days googling, youtubing, and surfing to be totally convinced that we are under attack. or one can stoically dismiss the mounting evidence as outlandish, over-imaginative trash talk. all i ask is that you open your mind to the possibility… OPEN YOUR MIND. then make your decision to believe or not believe these “theories”.

if you don’t want to go though the tedium of research, you can cut right to the chase with some groundbreaking films put out by new production company, REALITY ENTERTAINMENT. they have several titles from which to choose, but THE CONSPIRACY TO RULE THE WORLD, FROM 911 TO THE ILLUMINATI, is a good one to start with. i suggest you watch this video to learn how deeply entangled in this web we really are. this film exposes stuff i’ve never seen on the web! 911 was planned: a european news anchor said the tower had fallen as it stood erect in the background. it fell 20 minutes later, so obviously the press release went out early. there were two huge attachments on the bottom of each plane, and they’re captured on film! the hole in the pentagon wall could not have been physically made by an airplane–it’s been proven. numerous firefighters swear they saw bombs go off while they were inside WTC. and my personal favorite is the benign enough looking, but very sinister organization called COMMON PURPOSE. well now, how many times have i heard obama speak those two words in his speeches? apparently the phrase “common purpose” is simply another way of saying “new world order” which is code for “slave system.” hint: we’re not going to be the slave masters if you catch my drift… this video will WAKE you up to the new reality that is upon us!

the key to solving our little predicament lies in staying positive and acting constructively. if you watch an enlightening video like this and then want to kill yourself, well we haven’t solved a thing, have we? that would be akin to someone saying, oh gosh i don’t where to start conserving energy, or saving money, or eating healthy — there’s just too much! and then they just shut down and don’t do a thing because they are frozen with fear, or overwhelmed with depression. just remember KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, and the only way to win this war (if you believe we are its victims) is to THINK POSITIVE, BE HONEST, ACT KINDLY and be a RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN of the earth abiding by SPIRITUAL LAW. that my friends, is the only way we can win. so what are you waiting for? stop the denial… admit you should be more informed… watch the mind-blowing flicks from REALITY ENTERTAINMENT…

this past spring i stopped to grab a drink downtown with my… errr… friend. the cocktail menu sucked so i perused the tap handles in desperation. if they let me down plan C was to inspect the wine list. i saw the usual suspects… sam adams was the only micro brew in the bank, and i almost asked for it until i saw something new. a well designed logo — clean, easy to read, and dark. perfect i thought, no need for wine, i’ve found a beer i’ve never heard of. oh, bartender i beckoned, i’ll take an AMERICAN ALE. the words rolled off my tongue in an off handed, confident way. i felt kinda cool saying it even. relieved i had made the right choice i turned to look at my friend, whose gaze was waiting for mine. he was kind of smirking in that bemused way he has of almost patronizing you but not really. something was up, and i wasn’t looking forward to finding out what. i was silent as i waited for him to speak… he said, you do know that’s budweiser don’t you, with a very serious face. wow, i had just committed a severe infraction in our world of educated coolness. i was a sucka. embarrassed, i wanted to crawl under the bar. sheepishly i said, it is? my friend said yeh without even a smirk this time. his eyes were saying: you’re an idiot but maybe we can still hang out. then he cracked that smile finally and said, you thought you were all cool ordering it too, didn’t you? i admitted that i had and we both chuckled, knowing that he’d called my bluff. it was then that i wanted to crawl under the bar and take a keg handle to gouge my eyes out with, or, just the hearts of every anheuser-busch employee alive for tricking me. but so goes another day at the office for corporate america. i was just one more innocent citizen who’d been deceived. for christ’s sake america, anheuser-busch is a BRASILIAN and BELGIAN owned company. budweiser’s AMERICAN ALE isn’t even american anymore!

the movie BEER WARS quite literally documents a war about beer, and small business in america, and how both are under attack from huge, multinational, government influenced, greedy corporations. this movie had me entertained, informed and inspired from the beginning. it spoke to me on a very personal level as i myself am an entrepreneur fighting the same battle on a different field.

“Beer Wars is a true “David and Goliath story” – small, independent brewers who are shunning the status quo and creating innovative new beers as they challenge the corporate brewery behemoths. The story follows two of these intrepid entrepreneurs – Sam Calagione and Rhonda Kallman – battling the might and tactics of corporate America. Witness their struggle to achieve their American Dream in an industry dominated by powerful corporations unwilling to cede an inch.”

i’ve always shunned flavorless pale lager, but after seeing BEER WARS i’d rather drink piss than drink anything from the spouts of the big three: miller/coors/anheuser-busch. so peeps… support human-owned business and stop buying those fucking imposter micro brews from anheuser-busch — or green valley brewing — as they like to refer to themselves on their fake micro brew label. spend the extra few bucks and buy the real micro brew. watch BEER WARS here.

my dad is the king of ice cream sodas. his uncle was a soda jerk and operated his own parlor in new york city which served this now famous kaiser treat. upon hearing that i intended to post his recipe, with added alcohol, on my blog got my dad slightly irritated. there was no way in hell his daughter was going to bastardize his secret recipe by adding vodka. in fact, he refused to make me one if i did so. stubborn insane aquarius that he is, i knew he meant it. my illicit vodka had to be added in secret. i ran into my kitchen, and added the vodka to the finished product, which did get a little messy, stirring with all that whipped cream all ready on it. i therefore recommend adding the vodka in the initial stages, all though i have not actually tested how it effects the carbonation. somebody wouldn’t let me, but i highly suggest you do just that the next time you find yourself wanting to be a soda jerk. the vodka gave an extra kick to an all ready out of this world treat. in the same way that a brandied chocolate covered cherry beats the hell out of a regular one, so does this bevvie beat the hell out of dad’s old fashioned version. i’ll not drink a virgin ice cream soda again. sorry dad, oh and thanks for the recipe!

this obscenely decadent snack could only belong to one sign, and that is Sagittarius, the zodiacal hedon. savorer of the whole pint of ben and jerrys. drinker of the whole pitcher of frozen margaritas. eater of all the leftover birthday cake. polite acceptor of second helpings. Sagittarius knows no bounds and her generous below offering super cedes any level of decadence you think you may have known. taste this, and taste gluttony’s broken sin.

NAUGHTY ICE CREAM SODA
vanilla organic icecream
chocolate syrup
fresh organic whipped cream*
seltzer
cherry*
organic whole milk
oh, and vodka

NO COOL WHIP: make fresh whipped cream by adding 1 cup cream to mixing bowl and beating on high until stiff. add sugar to taste. be sure not to over-whip or you will have made butter! you can also beat by hand using a whisk.

CHERRIES: i don’t feel cadmium red dye #9. trader joe has some really great sour morello cherries, or i hear brandied cherries are easy to make. (ashamed to say i’ve not made them).

start with whole milk. of course organic is recommended as there is no RBGH3 growth hormone in it. better for the cows, and better for moo.

add chocolate syrup. dad says be sure that too much milk will flatten the carbonation so BE CAREFUL : )

stir very well with a long-handled spoon or bar spoon.

add more soda and stir again.

add yet MORE seltzer and stir again.

add 2-3 scoops of icecream. again, organic is best cuz there’s no RGBH3 growth hormone.

at this point things will start to get messy so be sure to have RECYCLED MARCAL napkins on hand!

perhaps a little too messy.

/> pop a cherry on that baby and enjoy!

as a creative person, this is the most important pending legislation i have come across. unless your head has been buried in the sand for the last few years, you’ll know that as americans our democratic freedoms are disappearing as quickly as the polar ice caps. if you don’t know this, get with it. this particular bill, however, has really struck a nerve with me. my fellow bloggers and readers, i think it will with you too.

in a nutshell… if this bill (the U.S. Orphan Works Bills, H.R. 5889 and S. 2913, introduced into the House and Senate on April 24, 2008) is passed we will not inherently own our work. this includes music, blog entries, photos, doodles, etc. if we don’t pay to register our creations with some yet to be formed commercial registration office, we will have no commercial right to our work.

apparently, google has all ready announced that it plans to publish and disseminate anything they can find on the web, free and clear! theoretically, walt disney can swipe that sketch you made on your napkin, totally legally. in fact, they can xerox your sketch book and sell it for a million bucks, and be done with it. perhaps you think you can win in court against a big corporation in an instance such as this? think again…

here’s a little story, i attempted to copyright the name CELESTIAL COCKTAILS for myself (this was before i’d thought of INTOXICATED ZODIAC). well, guess who came a knockin” on my door talkin all sorts of legal action? CELESTIAL SEASONINGS, that’s who! so, what do cocktails and tea have in common? apart from a long island iced tea, i have no idea. but they won and i walked.

hey, but that’s ok, i’m safe… after all, i legally copyrighted all of my original astrology designs with the same intellectual property lawyer who won kate spade’s lawsuit against the gap. ha ha ha… this new law will force you to re-copyright anything and everything you ever created. all for a small fee of course.

are you breathing a sigh of relief because you don’t make your lively hood as an artist or blogger? well you are still not safe. home video recordings, cell phone photos, scrapbook entries, hell your kinky sex videos, are all fair game to the all mighty US corporation.

so watch this video on youtube and go to this website to sign petitions. spread the word… we have to stop this one peeps!

READ MORE:

IPA Statement to House Subcommittee March 20, 2008

Geneva/ May 7, 2008 Orphan Works Bill Catches Global Attention/ Intellectual Property Watch

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