You are the true lord of the dance.

theastralcity:

Inspired by another post here on Tumblr, I decided to look into the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong a bit more, it truly was one of the most amazing and terrifying places on earth. Being slightly smaller than an NFL stadium, the structure was built of 350 smaller interconnected buildings and hosted, at it’s peak, a population density of 5 million people per square mile.

To put those numbers in perspective, this would be like taking the entire population of metro Philadelphia, the 4th largest in the US, and putting it in 1 square mile instead of 1,744.

The area was also largely ungoverned and unregulated. Factories, apartments, schools, temples, churches, shops, cafes, hotels and almost anything else one could imagine were housed within the structure that never had a full blueprint of it done. Buildings were built onto buildings, expanded, rebuilt, and re-purposed as needed without a central authority of any kind.

Within the structure, natural light was almost non-existent, and an unknown number of miles of jury-rigged wires provided electricity to everything. Water constantly dripped down to the lower levels from both rain and leaking pipes, while garbage filled every passage. A constant yellow haze filled the structure and there were never any government safety inspections.

The Kowloon Walled City was demolished in the early 1990s as part of the deal that returned Hong Kong to the Chinese from the British. The entire area is now a park.

I find places like this fascinating, it is just incredible what we, humans, build and live in. This, hive, for lack of a better term, was one of the most interesting structures I’ve yet looked at. Documentary here.

thedailywhat:

Taco Bell For Breakfast of the Day: Taco Bell will begin offering breakfast foods in select locations from a new menu called “FirstMeal.”

Ten Western states will take part in the initial roll-out, which will involve the introduction of a variety of breakfast burritos and wraps. A partnership with Cinnabon means you now have another place to get your Cinnabon on.

Locations in Eastern states are expected to start serving breakfast in 2013. Taco Bell will also test the addition of breakfast items to their late-night menu later this year.

[eater / abcnews.]

A PARTNERSHIP WITH CINNABON.

Do you know how many times I’ve been stoned in this city and would have killed for cinnabon? I surely hope this comes to the east coast soon.

Started my diet today!

Breakfast: 2 cups of coffee (black), bacon egg and cheese on unbuttered wheat toast. Lunch: Tall black eye, spinach salad with grapes, carrots, sweet peppers, hard boiled egg, cheddar cheese, red wine vinigarette.

ratsoff:

17-year-old Stacey Irvine of Castle Vale, Birmingham, has admitted to eating practically nothing besides chicken nuggets since she was two.

Irvine was recently rushed to the hospital after collapsing at work. Doctors there told her she had anemia and made it clear that she was going to die if she didn’t immediately add fruits and vegetables to her diet. “I am starting to realise this is really bad for me,” Irvine acknowledged.

Still, she says she can’t stop eating nuggets on a daily basis. “McDonald’s chicken nuggets are my favourite. I share 20 with my boyfriend with chips,” she is quoted as saying. “But I also like KFC and supermarket brands. My main meal is always chicken nuggets every day.”

According to Irvine, her mother Evonne, who introduced her to McNuggets when she was two, has long since given up trying to get her to eat anything else. “I’m at my wit’s end,” says Evonne, a 39-year-old beauty therapist. “I’m praying she can be helped before it’s too late.”