May 2008
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obviously I'm a poet...
This a poem that I wrote a year or two ago, most likely during one boring lecture or another. It was recently posted over at 7days7authors. I re-blog it here only to satisfy my own vanity. the drift Sleepless nights, endless streets, minds that wander empty corridors, dreams recalled on feedback loops, eerily silent, alone with strangers, a sense of wonder...
much ado about nothing
The youth-driven blogopshere has exploded with angry denunciations of a 60 Minutes segment that derided the work-ethic of the Generation-Y crowd. I am simply amazed at how many Gen-Yers have already run to their blogs to refute this segment. Shouldn’t they be at work? Or worse still, perhaps they are. Does Generation-Y pose a challenge to the values established by previous generations? Of...
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daily dose of outlandish celebrity gossip
Very few people will openly acknowledge this, but in his early days as a performer, Lil’ Bow Wow was drugged and then aggressively sodomized by his limo driver. The attack left Bow Wow with 16 stitches. News of the assault quickly spread through the hip-hop underground, and Snoop Dogg became so infuriated that he ordered a hit on the limo driver, who has not been seen or heard from since. ...
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Young Galaxy - “Swing Your Heartache”...
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if Obama were president...
If Obama is elected president, there will be very few substantial changes. The intensity of his message does little to change the fact that there is simply too much political inertia to overcome, and too many realities that can’t be wished away. There are a lot of disillusioned voters who are desperate for a charismatic leader to deliver them from evil. The Obama campaign is riding high on...
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who you are versus what your blog is
mascarah: Shouldn’t we all be entitled to say what we wish within our own space without being personally attacked for who we are and what we choose to share? jessicagoldharalson: The words I write — the words any of us write — have consequences. Just as some will have fawning admiration for what we write, others will feel indifferent to or despise it. Just as you are entitled to write your...
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nietzsche on truth
I thought is might be interesting to start the mornining by looking at what the old master has to say about truth: What then is truth? A mobile army of metaphors, metonyms, and anthropomorphisms — in short, a sum of human relations, which have been enhanced, transposed, and embellished poetically and rhetorically, and which after long use seem firm, canonical, and obligatory to a people. ...
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blogging makes the world seem a bit smaller
jessicagoldharalson: sarazucker: this got me to thinking, what new opportunities have you encountered through your blogging experience? a new job? a new friend, perhaps? in the beginning, and even still, i felt that with the creation of my blog came the need to share my emotions, although i continually self-censor myself for fear of burdening you all with inane thoughts. to blog is to share...
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private groups
It is with great disappointment that I must report that I have yet to be invited to join a private group. I suspect that I would make an excellent member, although I cannot be sure of this due to the veil of secrecy that obscures the private group phenomenon. I can assure you that my thoughts are almost always original, and that my taste remains absolutely impeccable. Please do not hesitate to...
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all that is solid melts into air
What matters most to modern man is no longer pleasure or displeasure, but excitement. (Nietzsche) The desire for excitement now exists as a societal imperative, establishing the motif for every social interaction, technological innovation, and pharmacological ingestion. In keeping with F.T. Marinetti’s Futurist dream of a world enriched by “the beauty of speed,” the artificially-accelerated...
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on democracy
I have heard more than enough about the Democratic primaries. If I never hear Obama’s name again it will be too soon. How did everyone all of a sudden become an armchair political enthusiast? And tell me, why did it take a two-term Bush presidency for the American public to finally realize that they might actually have to get involved in the democratic process? Just curious.
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flamewars on tumblr
Girl: Dude. You have issues. You managed to come up with all this just because i said, essentially, that i find the women on tumblr/in real life better looking than the men. This is what upsets you? Really? ... Jesus. Cry me a fucking river while you’re at it.
Boy: Don’t play dumb, sweetheart...
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narcissism & the internet
dailymeh: There were always people who were addicted to attention, but the current culture combined with modern technology makes it that much easier to indulge. Totally agreed. We are now living in the over-exposed society. All of life has become a stage and everyone (and I mean everyone) is a goddamned actor. The internet is the purest medium for attention-starved junkies who incessantly drop...
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correction
I am not a fan of posting the transcripts of IRC chats, but for those that engage in this sordid practice, I would at least appreciate a certain degree of accuracy. To this end, I must regretfully post the unabridged version of a comment that I recently made in an IRC chat, and which has since been published in a diminished form against my better wishes. The full version of my comment is as...
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but is it art? (pt.2)
I don’t really understand why people feel inclined to take a picture of their latest meal and post it to their blog. This is just plain weird. Why are you sharing this with everyone? What sort of reaction are you looking for? Do you want me to reblog it and add something like, “OMG, your braised short ribs look soooo gooood”? Well, I got news for you—not gonna happen.
a backhanded compliment
My Wife: Thank you for helping me decorate today, even though you got frustrated and you thought everything was ugly.
Me: You're welcome, I guess.
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the four things that bug me about tumblr
In my previous post, I professed an undying love to all things Tumblr. I apologize for gushing. There is a teenage girl in all of us (we also contain an elderly but suprisingly agile Chinese man and an overly assertive New York waiter, but enough with the Jungian archtypes). Returning to the topic at hand, and in the interests of journalistic balance, I thought it would be best to list the five...
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tumblr & me (a love story)
There has been a lot of chatter today—as always—about just what, exactly, Tumblr is and the usefulness of its reblogging feature. You can find some of these commentaries here and here. Given that I recently decided to radically change the way that I use Tumblr, I though it might be enlightening to weigh in with my own two cents. First off, I have decided to shut down my Wordpress...
Mixtape (sic)
Everyone else’s Muxtape sucks. I think I’m going to have to make my own, unless of course someone can think of a better way for me to prove my white-hipster cred (again…)
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