Virtual Curses
Okay. Its summer. Its long - its hot - your tired - life sucks - and your pissed. You've had enough bs to last a life time and you are now looking for ways to get evenrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
Back down, vampy friend! Uncurl that fist, and unsnarl those fangs! Head straight to the computer - Revenge is nothing more than a mouse click away! This is the 21st century after all. In the mood to scrawl your message in blood? - Send a curse-o-gram, or how bout just a little anti-floral reminder that you care enough to send the very beast? I've got ya covered. The websites l reviewed this month give you multiple choices for extracting revenge in the virtual realm and enjoy doing it.
Bloody Finger Mail
http://www.bloodyfingermail.com
I have to admit that this is one of my favorites - hehe. I just love just zoning out and drawing with the little mutilated hand, watching the blood drip. I find it very relaxing - In that 'okay I'm sick but this is cheaper than a therapist' kind of way. Hey besides - what better way to send a personal message than to do it with severed fingers and the crimson fluid of life? And why just use this one for revenge? Nothing quite says 'I love you' like a gory, sanguinary expression of your devotion.
Virtual Curse
http://ls.berkeley.edu/departments/artpractice/dmz/projects/art160/Art16 0-02/V-Curse.html
Leave it to the folks at Berserkly to be politically correct. Designed as a site to send a message of malcontent to your least favorite transnational corporation, it can be used to send sentiments of a more personal nature. Love the graphics here and the obligatory Toccata and Fugue in D Minor music. You select a card to fit your malicious expression, personalize it with a line or two, and off it goes. The only drawback with this site is that it is not always available. I've visited here a number of times when all I could do was look and not post. I do hope that they get the issues here worked out or I'll be sending them a curse of my own.
VooDoo Curses
http://www.purpleglitter.com/voodoo
http://www.virtualdesign.com/demos/voodoodoll/voodoo.asp?section=demo&su bsection=voodoo
There seems to be a plethora of sites out there all taunting you send a curse-o-gram of the Voodoun variety. In all cases, they come with the request doll and means of cursing or torture. There definitely is enough of diversity within these sites that all will find something to appeal to their inner cursing nature.
Pinstruck is the most commercial of these sites. They tout you with high end edgy graphics, cautionary warnings, step by step instructions and a count of the number of curses served. The drawback here is that you have to select from their list of curses. And while expressions such as "now you know how it feels" or "why" may do it for some, it just doesn't carry the same weight as the personalized "bite me" expression I would like to offer. Still worth a visit for that causal cursing though.
The Purpleglitter
The "dolls" offered here are of a kinder, gentler nature, in that girly
psychedelic purple haze kind of way. While the doll paintings by Lake
Rain Vajra all are of a softer nature, your curse may be as vile as you
like. Included here is ample room to enter a personal message and be
rather specific about its nature. Love it. Tout them with visual
softness then rip out their heart and feed it to them. This is
definitely a site I can work with. :o)
Virtual Designs - VooDoo
Here again, a commercial site, but one that is rather fun. This time you actually get to personalize the doll with traditional torture instruments. After a pin sticking, knife wielding, candle burning session (in which the doll shrieks & screams) you then can add a personal expression of insult to the injuries. Ah yes - My kind of site indeed. The only caution I have here is turn off the damn music! Meant to give you that voodoo impending tribal feel - It just doesn't work - A few moments of those electronic drums, and you'll be putting the pins in them as well.
E-cards Funny Pictures
http://www.funny-pictures.com/ecards/
Okay. Okay. This too, is one of those crassly commercial sites. And yeah - It's not for everyone, especially given its overly redneck, sexploitation of women. However, there are times when only rude & crude is appropriate. Many favorites, here is a cute little cuddly teddy bear. Send him to someone with a message such as "let's kiss and make up" and you will play to their softer, gentler nature. Your true sentiments are expressed by pressing the button on the bear. They are then treated to one of the most vile nasty foul-mouthed expressions on the net. In a Deniro-esque voice, this sweet bear bequeaths very graphic details of just how the recipient will be mutilated. Careful here, this bear has been known to start flame wars - but when you need to play rough, he is definitely the bear to have swinging in your corner.
Happy Cursing.
Veritatem dies aperit.
LA. Judge / nodecaf