<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Schwag Blog                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    </title><link>http://www.orlandoweekly.com/blog/schwag.asp</link><description> </description><language>en-us</language><item><title>To sodomy, it's between God and me..</title><link>http://www.orlandoweekly.com/blog/schwag.asp?perm=1224</link><description><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Not wanting to be outdone by Disney - the great minds behind <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lewd Night</span> sent over a gruesome package:</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Some naughty t-shirts, a fluffy red heart pillow, a few posters and a vibrating toy hamster that was <span style="font-weight: bold;">auto-erotically asphyxiating</span> itself on a bloody condom.</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Just ... let that marinate.</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">OK, kids - check out the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Third Anal</span> (not a typo!) Lewd Night on Saturday, May 10 at the AKA Lounge (9 pm).</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">$10 ($8 in advance) will get you a ticket to </span>works
of art meant to <span style="font-weight: bold;">disturb and repulse</span>, plus spoken word by
Patrick Scott Barnes and music by the Goldminers and Vomit PopHope to see you there - I'll be the one in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">'Sodomy is not for Pussies'</span> t-shirt.<span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">That's what she said.</span></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Oh, and in case you were wondering ...&nbsp; yes, the hamster survived unscathed. He just has <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kool-Aid mouth </span>now. Oh yeeeeaah!</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Want the heart pillow? Email me: LTabora@orlandoweekly.com<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>
                      
                      
                      </description></item><item><title>Mr. Potato Head, Interrupted</title><link>http://www.orlandoweekly.com/blog/schwag.asp?perm=1215</link><description><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Three 
days ago a small, colorful box from Disney/Pixar showed up in my mailbox (and by 
‘showed up in my mailbox’ I mean was delivered to Lindy Shepherd, the Arts &amp; 
Culture editor, and promptly stolen by moi). <span style=""> </span>The outside of the box sports a Mr. Potato 
Head, dressed as a side-show barker, announcing Disney/Pixar’s TOY STORY MANIA 
(coming <span class="GramE">Summer</span> ’08).<span style="">  
</span><o:p></o:p></span>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">I'm 
excited, okay! What’s it going to be? <span class="GramE">A Buzz Lightyear 
key chain?</span> <span class="GramE">(AWESOME!)</span> <span class="GramE">A 
miniature Slinky-dog?</span> <span class="GramE">(Oh, hell yes!)</span> 
<o:p></o:p></span>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">No. 
It is a pair of ears. <span class="GramE">Mr. Potato Head’s ears, to be 
precise.</span> This is like some sick, twisted cartoon reenactment of Van 
Gogh’s spiral into insanity. Jeezuus, Disney – what have you become? I’m not 
sure if this is a threat or a declaration of love. <span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">So, 
true to form, I set the ears on my cubicle wall (along with the 700 other toys 
and toy parts I have been collecting over my two-year tenure at the 
O-Dub).<o:p></o:p></span>

<span style="font-size: 10pt;">I 
thought it was all over, but yesterday I received a second box in the same 
fashion (read: I stole again – I have a problem. Don't judge me.) <span class="GramE">This 
time, an arm.</span> <span class="GramE">A single, pale thin arm.</span> Well, a 
white plastic Potato Head arm with a large, gloved hand forever molded into the 
universal sign of hitchhiking.<span style="">  </span><span class="GramE">So creepy.</span><o:p></o:p></span>

<span style="font-size: 10pt;">When 
I got to work today (late) another box was on my desk. Which seems a little 
stalker-ish, but I figured someone ratted me out to Lindy and she just cut me 
off at the pass.<span style="">  </span>This time, Eyes.<span style="">  </span>Eyes, people!<span style="">  </span>That shit will wake you up at 9:30 (fine, it 
was 10:07)! <span style=""> </span>The bulging eyes are nestled 
in foam with the <span class="GramE">inscription<span style="">  
</span>“</span>An eye-popping 4-D adventure”. <span style=""> </span>At this point I am feeling a bit nauseous 
(course that could be the scotch talking).<o:p></o:p></span>

<span style="font-size: 10pt;">I 
have to admit now, I am a bit hooked. I float somewhere between morbid curiosity 
and sheer terror over what body part I’ll be receiving tomorrow – a single, 
bushy black uni-brow, maybe? <span style=""> </span>Personally, 
I’m hoping for a tongue.<o:p></o:p></span>

<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">I’ll 
keep you posted.</span><o:p></o:p></span>
                      </description></item><item><title>But Daddy! I want an Oompa Loompa now!</title><link>http://www.orlandoweekly.com/blog/schwag.asp?perm=1212</link><description><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Welcome to the Schwag Blog!This is where we brag about all the free junk people send us (not you) because they love us (not you).But, if you are lucky, we might just give some of the cooler (or weirder) items away on our Free Stuff page.So, click back often. We need the ratings.</span></description></item></channel></rss>