Who Owns What, by the CJR.
They forgot about Freedm@n-Schn@pp Tri-Media, Inc... bastards.
mike sold out at - 10:10
10.28.2003
Halloweener
Have you ever wanted to be in a parade? Are you liberal? Come join our menagerie of Brooklyn for Dean in the NYC Village Halloween Parade! We'll be accompanying our 20' tall puppet of Howard Dean (see below- we'll be painting him tonight) who will fight with George Bush during the parade. Come in your own Halloween costume (no real people or religious figures, please).
Meet at Spring and 6th Ave. in SoHo at 5:30 on Friday. Let me know if you have questions.
Ok enough soapbox grand-standing... In other news, Kevin has the best costume ever... to be revealed Friday.
mike sold out at - 17:10
10.27.2003
I'm Moving to Montanta and Buying A Gun (Part VII)
Bush Says Attacks Are A Sign of U.S. Progress (washingtonpost.com)
"The president, speaking after attacks on police stations and a Red Cross facility in Iraq killed at least 35 people, said such attacks should be seen as a sign of progress because they show the desperation of those who oppose the U.S.-led occupation. "
Umm.... what? P-Bushie must have overlooked all of the "progress" in inner-city America over the last three years or he would have claimed that as the accomplishment of his administration too.
mike sold out at - 23:55
To make up for the previous lame post, this is priceless.
mike sold out at - 13:13
10.26.2003
Me liver hurts matey...
(warning- lame post follows)
Activities of the weekend (in no particular order):
1. Building a giant Howard Dean puppet (20' tall)
2. "Dead Prom" party in Crown Heights
3. Farewell to G
4. Revisted my old neighborhood (P-Sliddy... it's still there)
5. Won an hour of sleep from The Man
6. Carved Pumpkins
If you were disappointed by the quality of this post, turn your mood around by listening to "Pirate Radio". I guarantee that of the first two songs played, at least one will be a song from PMK at Arlene's.
mike sold out at - 23:14
10.23.2003
Sad: the cafeteria at my old camp burned down.
Thanks to Josh for the article.
mike sold out at - 16:43
Area Man Excited, Enthralled By Public Radio Show
Brooklyn-area man and blogger Michael Freedm@n-Schn@pp, 23, was greatly excited and enthralled by a local public radio show today. The show consisted of an interview with the Editor-in-Chief of the Onion. "God, I love the Onion," said Freedm@n-Schn@pp to his coworkers after listening to the interview. "That Brian Lehrer is so insightful and it's amazing that they got the Onion to talk to them! Did you know that the pictures in The Onion are of the staff's friends and families? That's so awesome!" Freedm@n-Schn@pp's comments were met with grumbling and eyerolling from neighboring coworkers.
mike sold out at - 11:07
10.22.2003
So I'm building a giant puppet for the Halloween parade with some folks. (more on this when it's finished). Anyways, due to some poor planning on my part, we found ourselves with a giant head and no place to work, as the head is larger than most doorways. So in conclusion, there is now a 5 foot tall head in my office in the Long Island City courthouse.
Also want to announce the coming of Dino's new blog, which is sure to bring us all much joy and disgust.
mike sold out at - 23:59
10.20.2003
I Am Become Citicorp, Owner of Worlds...
Ok we're going to take a step back from the usual word of Word Up levity to talk about something serious. That would be the world's largest financial services corporation, Citigroup.
According to the NY Times, Citigroup is worth $1.2 Trillion, arguably the largest private agglomeration of capital in the world.
That means it's bigger than the Gross Domestic Product (roughly the total amount of income in a single country in a year) for all but the richest 10 countries in the world. It's 10% of America's GDP. It's bigger than the GDP of all countries in Latin America combined, excluding Mexico.
Think about how much power that represents, and how it's concentrated in the hands of a few people. Just think about it and let me know if you think that's fair.
mike sold out at - 14:34
10.19.2003
Here I am, Rock you like a Schnapplecane
So we had a discussion (& demonstration) tonight about how you can fit my nickname "schnapp" into any pop or rock song. E.G.:
I fought the law and the schnapp won
Where the Schnapp has no name
Hot-Schnappin (Hot-Blooded)
I challenge anyone to suggest a song that you cannot work the word "schnapp" into the lyrics. Try me.
mike sold out at - 02:37
10.16.2003
The Mass Media is Watching Me... and You, but mostly Liz
First on Tuesday night came a report on CBS Evening News about flash mobs, including some footage of one which Liz was at (see 8/8/03 post).
Then tonight was a report on ABC News which was about Friendster and was actually one of the more clever human interest stories I've seen on the news.
But excuse me, what? When did the networks' evening newscasts care about what some internerds do? Yeah right buddy, you thought you were being all alternative and shit with your e-zine and your friendster and your blogs, but then BAM! you're a story on the evening news- the most public stage in America except for that time I streaked the Superbowl.
What's next- Ted Koppel reading transcripts of Bangin Brooklyn? Huh Ted?* You think that'll make a good Nightline episode?
So all you internerds... put that in your pipe and smoke it. The man is on to you. Get back to work. That means you, Anna.
*I assume that Ted Koppel or one of his research assistants is a regular reader of Word Up.
mike sold out at - 21:00
10.14.2003
Call Me! Call Me Anytime...
So 7:00 am this morning I get the following phone call:
Me: [half-awake] Hello?
Phone: [whispering voice] Good morning.
Me: mmmf?
Phone: This is an obscene phone call. Do you want to know why it's obscene?
Me: mmmm?
Phone: Because I'm playing with myself. Do you want to join me?
Went back to sleep, but when I woke up (late for work, of course) I started laughing. That may have been the funniest prank call I've ever gotten.
mike sold out at - 23:12
10.13.2003
Josh's Pictures are also up and much better than mine.
mike sold out at - 01:49
I Have Seen the Future...
... and it had a lot of lights, as well as carboard and styrofoam spray-painted silver. thanks to all who came to the future party!
More Pictures
mike sold out at - 01:25
10.10.2003
Some Introspection About the Diddy... P-Diddy That Is
Looking back on this blog, there have been numerous P-Diddy references and even whole posts dedicated to the man. This begs the question- "Why?"
Some possibilities:
1. I am obsessed with the sound of his name. Say it out loud to your self three times: "P-Diddy. P-Diddy. P-Diddy." Don't you feel better now?
2. His intentional construction of a new identity by changing his name to the first initial, a hypen, and a corrupted version of his nickname is too easy to make fun of, e.g.: P-Sliddy (Park Slope), G-Pity (Greenpoint), and K-Diddy (Kevin P*tere).
3. Two words: white suits.
And special shout out to all those who I took a drunken hike with over the w'burg bridge last night at 2:30. Rock on.
mike sold out at - 16:08
10.07.2003
Hos and Painting
So I had talked earlier about how there's lots of prostitution on Queens Plaza at night. I had seen some ladies of the night late at night on Queens Plaza before- no big deal. But this afternoon, while walking to a cleanup site for work, I happened to witness an actual act of prostitution under a bridge. Need I repeat that this was in the middle of the day? Wow.
In other news, I got to paint today- I painted "Welcome to Queens Plaza" and the address "28-10" on the front of our base site. It was a lot of fun.
mike sold out at - 17:03
10.06.2003
So I thought I was bad-ass (or something) for planning to grow a goatee just for my halloween costume. But a friend one-upped me tonight when she informed me that she was going to grow a unibrow and go as Frita Khalo.
and now...
True Roommate Quotes, Part Deux
Kevin: hey are you writing in your blog again? you should put the music from Doogie Howser on it...
Me: [blank stare]
Kevin: you know, he was always typing the things he learned on the computer while it was playing...
Me: [blank stare]
Kevin: [makes keyboard-playing motion] doo-doo-doo-do! y'know how it went! oh crap this is going in your blog again, isn't it?
mike sold out at - 11:50
10.05.2003
Future Party!
Come dressed as part of your favorite version of the future, be it the Jetsons the Twlight Zone, or Planet of the Apes. Bring everyone you know!
P.S. This new blog was in the left-hand side of Blogger: We Are Not Homosexuals. Hopefully it will bring us all entertainment.
P.P.S. Quote from Kevin as I write this: "Are you typing in your blog? Do you write anything about me, like 'Kevin just stepped out of a hot, steamy shower'? Also I hear School of Rock is good."
mike sold out at - 23:30
10.04.2003
Listeners heed my words: Do Not go to the Library on Ave A b/t 1st and 2nd. The bartendresses there are dicks (not literally). I had an enjoyable time at Liz's (check it topographer- we're linked now!) b-day party last night there. But the bartendress accused me of passing her a fake $10 bill! I think I was so irate that I didn't have the presence of mind to refuse to tip her and automatically put down a one...
mike sold out at - 20:49
10.02.2003
