Jan. 24th, 2007 06:25 pm
jade blue, we'll miss you
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toastykittenFrom gordonzola 's journal I saw the link to this week's SF Weekly story on Jade Blue. My first reaction was, no way! Then I saw the picture and instantly recognized her.
So Jade Blue was a contortionist (her other careers included, but are not limited to: martial arts porn, stripping, free labor for her aunt, and owning a crime-scene cleaning business). She is currently on the lam because she does not have legal status in America and decided it would be easier to leave the country than fight the federal agents who are wasting taxpayer money to pursue her because they consider her a threat to "national security".
One of the reasons I was really surprised to see her on the cover was because well, I had actually met her. I hired her as a surprise for a party I threw for Mark a few years ago and she did her contortionist act to an Einstürzende Neubauten song. It was really awesome. (Maybe I'll put pictures up on Flickr later or something.) She was very sweet and friendly, and we were all surprised to learn that her contortion stuff was something she only picked up a few years earlier. We were all under the impression that she had been doing it all her life - that's how good she was.
I was kind of wondering why she didn't just marry someone - but apparently she's quoted as considering that more "unethical" than taking the identity of a dead child. I think if she had married someone, things would have been way easier for her in the short run - she could have arranged to get a green card, actually establish herself as a legitimate alien, etc, but it would have been really hard for her to extricate herself from the marriage. In my family - when we sponsored our uncles, and arranged for them to come over here, they were not legally married to their spouses in China until after they'd been here for a certain amount of time. (Consider that my uncles are in their forties at least - so they've been waiting a long time to get their wives and children.) American immigration laws are fucking stupid.
I will miss her (I had actually been considering inviting her back for my next party, but obviously that's not going to happen). I hope she never gets caught and goes on to better things.
Huh. Jade Blue made an appearance on a William Gibson-written episode of X-files. The character was played by someone else, who does not look nearly as cool as Jade Blue does in real life.
In other alt-weekly notes:
gordonzola 's journal I saw the link to this week's SF Weekly story on Jade Blue. My first reaction was, no way! Then I saw the picture and instantly recognized her.So Jade Blue was a contortionist (her other careers included, but are not limited to: martial arts porn, stripping, free labor for her aunt, and owning a crime-scene cleaning business). She is currently on the lam because she does not have legal status in America and decided it would be easier to leave the country than fight the federal agents who are wasting taxpayer money to pursue her because they consider her a threat to "national security".
One of the reasons I was really surprised to see her on the cover was because well, I had actually met her. I hired her as a surprise for a party I threw for Mark a few years ago and she did her contortionist act to an Einstürzende Neubauten song. It was really awesome. (Maybe I'll put pictures up on Flickr later or something.) She was very sweet and friendly, and we were all surprised to learn that her contortion stuff was something she only picked up a few years earlier. We were all under the impression that she had been doing it all her life - that's how good she was.
I was kind of wondering why she didn't just marry someone - but apparently she's quoted as considering that more "unethical" than taking the identity of a dead child. I think if she had married someone, things would have been way easier for her in the short run - she could have arranged to get a green card, actually establish herself as a legitimate alien, etc, but it would have been really hard for her to extricate herself from the marriage. In my family - when we sponsored our uncles, and arranged for them to come over here, they were not legally married to their spouses in China until after they'd been here for a certain amount of time. (Consider that my uncles are in their forties at least - so they've been waiting a long time to get their wives and children.) American immigration laws are fucking stupid.
I will miss her (I had actually been considering inviting her back for my next party, but obviously that's not going to happen). I hope she never gets caught and goes on to better things.
Huh. Jade Blue made an appearance on a William Gibson-written episode of X-files. The character was played by someone else, who does not look nearly as cool as Jade Blue does in real life.
In other alt-weekly notes:
- I hate Ted Rall. I think he's stupid.
- I still love Red Meat.
- Does anyone know what the fuck is going on with Burning Man? I read both the SF Weekly version and the Guardian version, and I still don't know what they're fighting over, or how not releasing Burning Man the trademark into the public domain is going to protect it from commercialization.
- The California healthcare reforms being proposed right now are going to be a total clusterfuck.
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