Um...so, I met a vampire yesterday. Well, she claimed to be one, anyway. It was for an upcoming news feature on people who are REALLY into vampire mythology - maybe too much. We met her in the park (in full daylight), and then set up for the interview. She wanted us to conceal her identity, so that her kind isn't persecuted any more than they are already, I imagine.
During the interview it was revealed that she became a vampire (through some sort of mysterious awakening process, which involved neither bloodletting nor intercourse) and now she 'feeds off the energy of others' - think of it as a new-age vampire who eats auras and people's chi, or whatever. And while she doesn't require sucking blood from someone, there's the occasional feeding off a willing partner. Oh! I just remembered: the awakening process that turned her into a vampire was her basically reading about psychic vampires on the internet and then realizing that she might be one. So, If you'll excuse me...I need to go read about ninjas, I might very well turn out to be one. Wouldn't that be rad?

Other weird stuff:

I couldn't find a link to it, but the Raelians are going to clone the long extinct wooly mammoth as an attraction at their UFOland theme park. Here's an excerpt from their press release:
"His Holiness RAEL, spiritual leader of the Raelian movement, proposed to Dr. Brigitte Boisselier, head of the cloning project who made world headlines in January 2003 by announcing the birth of the first human clone, to clone a “woolly mammoth” from remains recently found in Siberia by the French scientist Bernard Buigues."
No more summer vegas trips for me. I'm gonna ride on the back of one of those majestic beasts with a PBR in my hand, and a ninja sword in the other.

Make your own Michael Jackson face, and then feel ashamed.

Chronicles of Riddick animated prequel on DVD? And there's a video game too! Sweet!