you know how there's this mythical land where milk and honey are supposed to flow freely on the streets? the land of milk and honey? well, recently we have expanded the concept a little bit. it seemed that the abundance aspect of it was not enough, so we added a mint rubbing component and came up with the land of mint and honey (that's what we do here at the association: take time-honored concepts and expand them to fit modern needs).

so we asked ourselves: what good is abundance if you can't enjoy it by rubbing some mint? hell, i guess we could even drop the abundance part completely and still have everyone satisfied with the land of mint. yes, that's romania ladies and gentlemen. the land of mint. yay.

so where is this going? probably not very far, although we do have a bit more substance to the current issue of the journal: four pretty good featured sites, one piece of ancient wisdom, assorted junk. sticker distribution is going pretty well, we probably sent out 30 or 40 pieces, so that's happening. we'd like to see some photos with the stickers from the people who got them, so we can post them on the site. what do you say?

we are aware of the fact that one issue of the mint rubbing journal cannot be enough for all your mint rubbing needs. this is why, with the help of our supporters, we strive to find additional mint rubbing sources for your rubbing pleasure. no, we're not talking about porn, but about interesting/weird/cool/useless sites that have caught our attention. only the cream of the crop make it to the coveted monthly list of featured sites in our journal. here is this month's batch:

- http://postsecret.blogspot.com and http://notproud.com/confessed.php - two excellent sites that bring lowbrow.com to mind. very cool finds, especially the first one. thanks to GringoCroco for bringing them to our attention.

- http://www.googlesightseeing.com/ - the advent of the internet, spy satellites and technology in general has rendered many real-word practices, hobbies and activities obsolete. this also includes, well, sightseeing. excellent mint rubbing source sent by radu.

- http://www.isitnovember.org/ - highly informative site that addresses one of the most debated issues of all time: is it november?

next, new sites linking to us this month (if you're new to the journal - we keep track of all sites linking to us and list them each month to show our appreciation):

- http://www.grigore.org
- http://www.geocities.com/danila_alexandru/CMONEVERYBODY.html
- http://profiles.yahoo.com/darkghost_ro
- http://profiles.yahoo.com/imirceah
- http://exotic4.nipne.ro/~iacobs/
- http://profiles.yahoo.com/maenervezcanugasesccevaliber
- http://profiles.yahoo.com/kokane4mybrain
- http://www.geocities.com/neicu/
- http://www.geocities.com/tudornserban/index.html
- http://utnapistim.blogspot.com/2005/05/underwater-love.html
- http://www.roforum.com/google.html

- http://nyx.8.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=362
- http://dark-times.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=169...
- http://www.arad.ro/forum/index.php?showtopic=3330&st=30

finally, we also certified no less than three new sites in june - ain't that something?

- http://www.curatmurdar.ro
- http://www.StudentTM.uv.ro
- http://www.rimniceanu.3x.ro

next, check out some of the coolest messages received this month - most of them on the topic of the now world famous rmra sticker:

- "Doresc si eu sa fac parte din acest ONG-eu super necesar si specific romanesc. (exista undeva vreo lista cu membrii???).....Cred ca membrii cu state vechi se gasesc pe www.cdep.ro si www.senat.ro?!?" (marius)

- "Felicitari!!! Trebuie sa recunosc ca ma incadrez perfect in acest curent multi-etnic si multi-cultural al frecatului mentei la romani. Asa ca nu-mi ramane decat sa fiu mandru de asta (si sa-mi pun sticker-ul vostru pe usa de la intrare)." (bogdan)

- "Hi ! I am a very proud and consequent mint rubbing individual and would very much enjoy a sign, sticker in this case, to assert and assure my position between people of the same ambitions..." (anca)

- "Hello Master MintRubber. Ur da man with da plan. Site-ul e super grav il stiam de mai demult dar n-am aflat decat acum de sticker." (corneliu)

- "Fuck sex , mint rub 4 life ! Mint rubbing is better than sex !" (chris)

- "PS: I begged (like a cute little wet puppy ... woof) in a previous mail for a RMRA super sticker. I didn't get any response about it. Well the e-mail contained a few things but I think you only noticed the part in which I proposed a site (proposed ... not as in marriage). Well I'm gonna start begging again: Pleeeasseee, pleassseeee, preeettttyy pleaseeee Would you be sooooo kind as to send ma one of those super-duper-kinky-winky-pinky-trinky stickers. Pleeease, preeety please with cherryes on top. If like, any of my friends gets one before I do ... well, I could die. Or worse, I could start a rampant killing spree. You want to have the lifes of my friends on you conciousness? So ... please send'em sticker(s) to the following address, or I'll execute every last one of my friends. And no Basescu is going to be able to save'em (hmm... except if he gives me one of his RMRA stickers ... 'cause he's gotta have some ... like ... he just sits on a chairall day long ... what better thing to do than rub some mint ... Why didn't I think about this earlyer ... yeess ... I know now what I must do) ... oh better Idea ... I'll kidnap the whole Romanian people ... so you'll be left without RMRA members ... so you'll be forced to give me a sticker. ... Muhahaha Muhahahah Muhahaha" (gringocroco)

and well, after all of that, check out the coolest message received this month by the association. the message comes from corina-gabriela (notice the skillful use of caps lock):

-"COSTI DACA TE MAI OCUPI DE ACEST SITE DA SI TU UN SEMN DE VIATA DAR PROBABIL NU STII CINE SUNT EI ADUTI AMINTE UNDE AI FACUT ARMATA LA CAMPULUNG NU CA MAI FACE sERGIU MAI TRAIESTE? ASTEPT RASPUNS DE LA TINE...........PAAAAAAAAAA"

if you're wondering who the hell is costi, well, so are we. it seems there's this new trend going around: bragging about having created mintrubbing.org. now, honestly people, does this site look like it might be created by someone called costi? anyway, costi, you're trying to get into corina-gabriela's pants, aren't you? she looks like she's willing, just try a little harder, son.

we also have one excellent piece of ancient romanian wisdom this month. click here to check it out.