My Lonely Friday Night

Fifteen years after her mandatory military duty, photographer Rachel Papo decided to visit a few Israeli military bases where she encountered girls, not surprisingly, completely deprived and starved of all experiences we take for granted: "social, sexual, and educational explorations."

Now, let me give you a quick explanation of what you're locking at. When girls turn 18 in Israel, they all spend two years in military camp becoming soldiers. According to my narrow scope of all things foreign, this mandatory militarization of what would otherwise be normal girls--but in a fucked up country--is to bolster their sense of duty in country where nationalism acts as some sort of gorilla glue.


Anyway, there are tons of images over at Papo's site, Serial No. 3817131, so be sure to head on over to check those out.

I think it's strange that I'm really looking forward to the FOBs blog.

HARRO here's what we do here.

Me and my FOB friends have to deal with a lot of bullshit. Conflating idioms, poor diction choice, not knowing a lot of the pop culture references you grew up with. So let this Tumblr be a place where all FOBs can feel safe to express their hardships, embarrassing moments, anecdotes, etc. A digital Ellis Island if you will. FOBs are totes people too!

Maybe it's not strange, considering that I live an area with relatively high concentration of FOBs.And understanding the grievances of your neighbors can always bring you closer to them... or in some instances, help you push them away. In any case, I don't think there's a better time for me to apologize to someone:

Dear FOB whose name I can't remember, but I'm sure rhymes with Tang,

Remember that time in class when you asked me what pop rocks where, and I told you it was a rock candy that made you sing like Rivers Cuomo? I'm sorry.

Apologetically,
Eric

The Shit Box, manufactured by the

As the name implies Shit Box is a lightweight portable cardboard toilet, made specifically for outdoor use. The concept is simple the box pops up from its convenient 14” flat pack to a rigid reusable box, you pop in a degradable poo bag, do you business, seal and dispose of (responsibly of course!), and off you go.

People in America tend to shit on the British for their un-inventive and poor-minded tendencies. Now, Americans can literally shit on something tangibly British. Hooray for the British! And shit!