PS: I am not standing by these rules. But that's what happens when you invite Nezua to the damn bake sale. I don't care if these folx have already been tagged. Two tags mean less bull balls for me. And more lovin' for you. We all win. —besitos, Nez.

1. Kai. This cat's signal-to-noise ratio is GOOD, vato! He's got both bullets and bubblegum. Count on it. The original monkey king himself, you never quite know what new move he'll train for, but it's always rewarding to practice along in the mirror.

2. Sylvia. This a one smart cookie. With a big heart. She'll learn ya if you keep your eye on her. Of course you can't keep your eye on her right now, because she has taken a break. So just anticipate for now. It's good for the complexion.

3. XP. This man SCHOOLS the nayb. His passion for what he approaches with the thought and focus he uses is admirable. His latest foray into the deep undaground of factuality bringeth this into the light of Why he is muh HOMEboy.

4. Blackamazon. Yes, you should be scared by her name. Pero drop your defenses, cause ya gettin ya ass beat anyway. She drops beautiful insight, and thank hoomeva, she won't speak it with poise.

5. The Strangest Alchemy. For feministy/anti-ablist musings and thoughts and areas of which I wouldn't normally have many glimpses. Trin, I may not comment often, as it's an LJ thing with no non-reg comments, but I do read!

Now there are others, but we've only got five slots, lo siento! I could have listed more. But I tag these peeps because they are doing original thinking and researching and reporting—even of their own lives and hearts. There are way too many blogs out there scanning tired headlines and chewing on Atrios' scraps, hookin' onto the clever buzzphrases of the day so they sound Buzzy, or just doing endless meta. (OH GEE, REALLY? HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HARDBALL'S RESPONSE TO BILLO'S BLACKOUT ON COULTER'S REFERENCE TO EDWARDS?) Like pizza crust, if there's nothing else, you'll gnaw on them. However if you want some frickin onions and peppers and real sausage up in ya sauce, scope out these foo's I listed above. Let the others remouth the King's proclamations; maybe they even get their own graf fa tha Hist'ry Plaque. One day we can check back and watcha fa dat. Pero en eso dia, and in the meanwhile, mi compadres listed above will be etching graffiti over somebody's false temple.

Nezua's Rules: Those who want to play, can play. Whether you are tagged or not. Those who are tagged, don't feel obligated. Don't know bout you, but I never did like when people tugged forever on my arm to drag me onto a merry-go-round. Those things make me puke.