I’m just getting to watch last nights Project Runway on my DVR. I haven’t even gotten to the end yet but Amy’s design has one element that I DIE for. The big beautiful round bolero is ARUGALA. I LOVE IT!!! The dress is a little too patch worky for me, but that bolero! OMG!
http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway/rate-the-runway/season-7-episode-3#rate

Bill and Melinda Gates have pledged $10 Billion to a vaccine program that is likely to save 8.7 million lives if it succeeds. It’s not only for AIDS research, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, they said the 10-year program will focus on vaccines for AIDS, tuberculosis, rota virus and pneumonia.
“Vaccines are [...]

What a great time to act like you give a shit about other people and the environment. The National Socialist Movement applied last year to adopt a stretch of a Colorado highway and it was recently granted.
Um…HELLO!! Is anyone else appalled by this? I’ve mentioned in a previous post how I met the leader of [...]

It’s here!  Apples newest toy is the iPad –>

“What this device does is extraordinary,”  Steve Jobs said at an invitation-only event today in San Francisco. The tablet will act as a sort of missing link between a smartphone and laptop. Like an iPhone, the device is reported to have 3G and Wi-Fi connections and run [...]

Before the holidays I want contacted by Jordan asking me to to take a listen to his music.  I said yes and was sent his 5 song album.  Since Jordan is new to the scene I do not know any more about him despite what’s on his myspace page (listed below) but I liked his [...]

Yes it’s true….during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics there will be two sites offering FREE concerts.  And by free I mean you do not even have to have tickets to attend.  Do not be confused with the shows happening in Whistler which are also free but you must have tickets and those tickets are not available [...]

It’s funny how everybody is talking about this being a sign that the people are turning on President Obama, having elected Republican Scott Brown in the recent Massachusetts election. And with everybody in an uproar over this one vote changing the direction of the health care reform bill, DID YOU KNOW THAT MASSACHUSETTS IS THE [...]

Paste magazine has launched their own campaign to raise funds for Haiti.  You can donate through the magazine which will give all the proceeds to To donate, click below. 100% of money contributed through “Songs for Haiti” will be spread among three charities active in Haiti: Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross, and Wyclef Jean’s Yele [...]

An anonymous reader will be writing a series called “Tales of a Jobless 20-something”. Please enjoy and a big Thank you for choosing AgainstheGrain Blog!
-Jessi and Koop
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Sometimes the anxiety is too much to handle. Not in a suicidal way, but in an “I’ve never cried so much in my life” kind of way. And it’s [...]

After 7 days in the rubble a young boy named Kiki was pulled out of the rubble just moments before his sister. The difference between this video and other rescue videos is that Kiki was elated and seemed to be unharmed by the lack of food, water and air for 10 whole days! He and [...]