- The Cottage, Friday 9:27pm
Buy My Sweet, "Oregon Trail"-Themed Shit!
Selling this mf on Craigslist. Ro, maybe you want to truck it back to Wheelock?
I'm selling a well-used, 5-drawer, wood bureau for cheap. The wood is pretty nicked up, but all the drawers are intact and it's completely functional.
Additionally, it has a sweet Oregon Trail motif going on. The drawer handles are shaped like half-wagon wheels, and there's a sick inlay of a sick homesteader with his sick oxen. ****NOTE: This bureau can definitely hold more than 60 lbs of buffalo meat, but it won't give you or your grandmother dysentery.***
Also, there is a religious touch. The kid who must've owned it before me scrawled some pretty moving stuff on the inside of the drawers:
"I love you God" because you make my socks match.
"Take care of us always, Jesus" with the help of mothballs.
Et cetera.
So, it looks sweet and it's functional, and it's all sorts of cheap. Email me.
"Can We Stop Acting So Childish?"
Esquire's Stephen Marche wrote this article saying what I wish I was clever enough to say about America's fascination with the likes of Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears.
Spotlight: Austin
Attention: Austin (from College) has updated his profile picture on Facebook. He is now grizzled and ready to take on Boston. Have a great day
Ahh, the eternal struggle
GoingAway2College69 says:
carles, im about to get vulneable. fair warning.
I want to know what happens to hipster tweens when they grow up. Don't you dare say that they just become alt moms and alt dads because that's a bit shallow to say don't you think? Seriously, what happens when im 30? I don't think I can wear my CYOA shirt when i turn 30, I don't want to be "that guy that never grew out of his hipster phase." would you still be my friend if i became a frat boy? Don't get me wrong, I love this hipster shit, but I don't see myself going anywhere with it. If I'm a fratboy at least I can follow a tried-and-true paradigm. If i continue to be a hipster, I'll be burned out by the age of 30 without any true sense of identity. After all, hipsterdom is all about being young and hip right? If i become a fratboy I can be rich and have a hot wife and spoiled children. You see what I'm saying? Short term sacrifice, long term gain? I can go to dance parties every weekend, but where is that going to take me? If i
go to frat parties at least I can network and become connected.
A frat boy made fun of me last night
Carles, save me, please.
Carles says:
Ur at a real (rlly) important moment in ur life. There comes a time when there is a fork in the road, and u must decide whether u r going to be a mainstreamer or an alt. The poet Robert Frost wrote a poem about this tough decision. In the poem, he references coming to a fork in the road, but taken the road less travelled(the alt choice). This makes a difference, and he believes that his life is more authentic. Basically, u should usually choose the alt-road if u want life to be somewhat meaningful, but it's not for every1.
Source: Hipster Runoff
the Latest from David Byrne
I know there are plenty of Talking Heads fans out there who've already had themselves a wonderfully Byrne-laden year so far.
Wrapping up this weekend, his Playing the Building exhibition has received a good deal of publicity and praise. He also accompanied Paul Simon onstage during Simon's month-plus stint at BAM back in the spring, making up for his botched You Can Call Me Al lyrics with that ridiculous speed-skating-marionette style of dance he's known for.
Now to complete the '08 trifecta comes the release of a new album. Everything That Happens Will Happen Today is the first collaboration between Byrne and Brian Eno since Talking Heads 1979 disc Fear of Music, and it's really good. I especially like "Life is Long", "One Fine Day", and "Poor Boy", but give it a listen for yourself and let me know what you think.
The album's being streamed online (obviously), but you can also purchase disc or download at the album's web address, www.everythingthathappens.com.
Wrapping up this weekend, his Playing the Building exhibition has received a good deal of publicity and praise. He also accompanied Paul Simon onstage during Simon's month-plus stint at BAM back in the spring, making up for his botched You Can Call Me Al lyrics with that ridiculous speed-skating-marionette style of dance he's known for.
Now to complete the '08 trifecta comes the release of a new album. Everything That Happens Will Happen Today is the first collaboration between Byrne and Brian Eno since Talking Heads 1979 disc Fear of Music, and it's really good. I especially like "Life is Long", "One Fine Day", and "Poor Boy", but give it a listen for yourself and let me know what you think.
The album's being streamed online (obviously), but you can also purchase disc or download at the album's web address, www.everythingthathappens.com.
You know you're a yuppy when...
-You rely on a trip with your cooler, dirtier friends to return a sense of non-yuppiness to your psyche
-You wear your driving moccasins (sockless) because your Rainbows cut up your feet after a long walk through San Francisco
-You know what a warrior pose is (and thats NOT "what she said")
-You might buy a car but worry about the ecological ramifications of abandoning public transportation. You then hear yourself sound like a yuppy, so you justify it with something about how you'll be stimulating the economy while helping to break the dependency cycle of terrorist-endorsing oil producers (HOORAH)
-You like Cosi
Cooleyhighharmony
Nobody quite played to my emotions like Michael McCary...the cane-toting, shirt flowing in the wind, sweet sweet deep voice from Boyz II Men. Below is a nice little (bilingual) mashup of me favorite gimmick of 90s R&B's past - the spoken interlude.
All is right with the world again
After a much-needed vacation from banking, bathing, and the Big Apple, I'm out of the woods and back to my old ways, at least for now. I didn't catch any fish but I did reclaim some of my life again. If you'll endulge me in some Xenga'ing, here's my life update in bullet form:
-Leaving my banking job the 22nd
-Moving out of NYC
-Moving (back) to Hanover (again)
-Working for a startup
In an effort to be a real person, I'll be buying a car, renting / buying a place (hammock a requirement) and maybe getting a dog. I also plan on running a B&B for any and all friends hoping to relive glory days / dog-sit. So come visit.
OK, back to business: celebrity gossip. To my surprise, despite my short blog-sabbatical, the celebrity world continues to turn. Z-lister Audrina Patridge* is still vying for attention (seen above and at her website). Jennifer Aniston is still getting dumped. And random Indian bit-part players are still stabbing bitches.
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Pence fucked her.**
**Probably
UPDATE: Apparently Jen did the dumping due to John's repeated infidelity. At least she didn't pull out the shank.
