Eliminating the Competition
I am the victor in Survivor: Brooklyn! Marla and Hayley were voted off the island of 632 President Street this weekend, leaving me the sole inhabitant of a 2 1/2 bedroom apartment. I have moved my computer into Marla's room and renamed it "the study", moved couches into Hayley's room and christened it "the drawing room", and left nothing in the living room, so I have renamed it the "Rumpus Room".
mike sold out at - 16:37
3.29.2003
Why "They" Hate Us (Part II)
If you're going to give $4.5 million dollars to a country, you should probably remember which one you were supposed to give it to.
mike sold out at - 10:27
3.27.2003
Jenny on the Q
Hero of the week: the six-year-old girl riding on the subway wearing a denim jacket embroidered with "J-Lo" and a single rhinestone.
mike sold out at - 20:13
3.26.2003
My Bio for the Center is up. I did not choose the picture displayed there, I swear.
mike sold out at - 10:41
3.24.2003
Moving to Montana (Part V)
My favorite quote in this article is by a park ranger who says:
"In this heightened state of alert, if anyone shows a particular interest in something, we get suspicious."
mike sold out at - 13:16
3.23.2003
Conan the Hilarian
State Quarters, that's all I'm saying - this is hilarious.
mike sold out at - 17:25
3.22.2003
Doublespeak in the house!
the quote of the week: "At this press conference, we will be telling you the absolute truth... er, as we know it"
-Gen. Tommy Franks
Don't those two things cancel each other out? I mean, if it's absolute truth, it's absolute truth. But if it's the truth "as we know it," then that is a relative truth, no?
mike sold out at - 09:48
3.21.2003
Several times people at work have prefaced sentences spoke to me with the following:
"You're probably too young to remember this, but..."
which the director of my organization (fact: he's early 30's) said to me this morning. I said in response "why does everyone always say that to me here?"
I have decided in the future to instead immediately change the topic to The Beatles, and then say "well, you're probably too old to remember that."
mike sold out at - 14:50
3.19.2003
Read this headline literally:
New York Times: White House Warns Citizens to Prepare for Loss of Life
Also recieved this email from the TA for this urban planning class I'm taking at Hunter (cf. "I'm Hot For..." above)
Hi All,
Due to tomorrow's probable 5pm anti-war protest at Times Square, attendance is optional. The topic will be slightly altered to: Historic Preservation and War.
The speakers will all be in attendance.
any question, just respond via e-mail, or call 212-772-5517
Thanks,
William
mike sold out at - 14:55
3.18.2003
Buyin' a Gun and Moving to Montanta (Part IV)
This may be the most disturbing thing I've read in a while (from MediaNotes):
USA Today casts Bush as a my-way-or-the-highway guy:
"To the president, most issues are matters of right or wrong, good or evil. He has great faith in his own impulses. 'I'm an instinct player,' he once said. After he decides on a course of action, he moves forward with little vacillation or retrospection. Those who disagree with him, he believes, are simply mistaken. . . ."
So if Bush has a gut instinct, then the rest of the world is simply mistaken?
mike sold out at - 10:27
3.15.2003
I'm Yer Ice Cream Man
In summer evenings, President Street is a cacophany of sound - mostly ice cream trucks. These trucks can be heard with their bells blaring as late as midnight or one in the morning. This of course, led us to joke that they weren't really selling ice cream from the trucks. Anyways, walking home from Carroll Gardens today, I finally found the ice cream truck lot - it is apparently right around the corner and the only street that leads directly there from Park Slope is President Street. mystery solved! scooby-dooby-doo!
mike sold out at - 17:35
3.13.2003
I have always considered the Friday staff meetings at my office to be far too early in the morning for me and to often be in the way of meeting important deadlines at work. Well I just found out today that at last Friday's meeting - which I happened to miss - the guest speaker couldn't make it. So they had an impromptu meeting centered around two projects that I have been majorly involved in. And I wasn't there! And they mentioned my name several times! The worst part is that no one told me about this until today! sigh.
mike sold out at - 15:09
3.12.2003
Sometimes I get angry and smash things, like my laundry rack.
mike sold out at - 18:45
3.11.2003
The news: all war. all the time.
mike sold out at - 15:32
3.06.2003
Why "They" Hate Us
Watching the NewsHour tonight - arguably the most intelligent, comprehensive and boring news program in America - they showed a map of the Middle East with the words "Iran" and "Iraq" on the wrong countries. You think they would have caught that one...
mike sold out at - 19:39
3.04.2003
The Truth Revealed!
So there have been some grumblings about the inaccuracy of the hipster test. Andy found an article on MSN's Slate saying how cool the Hipster Guide book is. I'm sorry but if it's on MSN, it could not possibly be cool. Therefore the test results are invalid. Deck.
And part III of I'm buying a gun and moving to Montana.
Sigh.
mike sold out at - 16:22
3.03.2003
"If you're going to eat, something has to die"
-Ted Nugent, Right-Wing Radio Talk Host and former rocker
