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or, the lukewarm reception this store was met with
“According to demography, this is what a significant portion of my fellow observable 18-24 year olds purchase and wear.” This was the rationale I had in my head when crossing the stone threshold at the recently opened Urban Outfitters that fell in the middle of my downtown earlier this summer. It only took about five months for this Urban Outfitters to gestate- remember that. But there it was, with it’s deceptively humble white neon sign perched atop the sculpted granite lentil. I opened the door to the store to find the number of people inside to be sparse and a cheery “Hi, welcome to Urban Outfitters!!” was promptly communicated at me from a near by sales associate. I reciprocated a responsive false signifier, and made a blitzkrieg for the men’s section. Read the rest of this entry »
I cried when I watched Obama’s speech tonight, I was so happy. Tonight was such an emotional roller coaster as Ian and I watched the election unfold. We were also totally mesmerized by the mysterious floating 3D senate/house display and will.i.am’s appearance via hologram on CNN. What was this? Star Wars? Thankfully, CNN was nice enough to provide us with some superior quality eye candy to keep us nerds engaged. How could we take our eyes off of Anderson Cooper in that fabulous suit? Shoot, I’d give up my legbite street cred for him (who is also, allegedly, a legbite. This possible fact only augments his amazing hotness, and, by extension, my street cred). Can I get a witness? Read the rest of this entry »
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My mind is still more boggled by the enigma of Sarah Palin than “Joe the Plumber,” but I like how America’s new working-class hero now has to hire a publicist due to all the attention he’s been getting from the McCain campaign. Rumor has it that there are “Joe the Plumber” books, public appearances, and, possibly a country music album in the works. I have to hand it to Joe. I think this is brilliant. What’s more American than the working class? Could it be the middle to upper class’s fetishization of the working class? Of course not! (That would be un-American.) It’s cashing in and selling out! Just think of all the “bootstrapping” yarns the McCain camp could spin now. Read the rest of this entry »
And is it ever a “Fuck You Friday” here at Teletypewriter! Ian fell ill with the flu and I have to complete one to two chapters of my thesis and the GRE’s in less than three weeks. But our woes can’t compare to the woes of John McCain’s brother, Joe McCain, who apparently called 911 because he was stuck in traffic:
Operator: 911, state your emergency
Joe: It’s not an emergency, but do you know why on one side at the damn drawbridge of 95 traffic is stopped for 15 minutes and yet traffic’s coming the other way?
Operator: Sir, are you calling 911 to complain about traffic? (pause)
Joe: “Fuck you!” (hangs up)
Apparently, the operator found out that it was Joe McCain thanks to *69. I totally forgot that even existed thanks to cell phone caller-ID. Read the rest of this entry »
So, I was reading the health news section tonight and I learned that inSPOT.org has this nifty service where you can notify past partners via e-mail about your STI status. Read the rest of this entry »
Pardon my minor obsession with Sarah Palin, but her enigma possesses me like no other. Allegedly, this is her report card complete with SAT scores. While I harbor absolutely zero sympathy or any other warm feelings toward this woman, I sure hope this is as fake as all get out. In fact, it has to be fake. Seriously: a “D” in foreign language given her close proximity to Russia?! Impossible!
The 416 on the math scores are especially charming since one gets 200 points just for writing their name.
Monday was movie night with some of my Radical Philosophy crew and we went to see Godard’s La Chinoise (1967) at our local non-profit movie theater. Sometimes, I feel inundated and overwhelmed by the sheer amount of important literature, film, and music that exists in the world, so I always appreciate it when some outside force helps me to make a decision about what to read, see, or listen to next. This impetus came in the form of my thesis advisor giving an introduction and post-film discussion at this particular screening and his alerting the Radical Philosophy student group to this event. Here’s the trailer and my commentary for La Chinoise follows after the jump:
For some of you, this may come as old news. But for those of you who haven’t done a thorough google search of our favorite beauty queen lately, now hear this: allegedly, this pit bull hockey mom has her lipstick tattooed on. I guess compulsively reproducing, threatening women’s rights, and conducting business e-mail out of a Yahoo account all while pretending to be a feminist leaves very little time for lipstick application. It’s okay, Sarah, I understand. My real worry for you is that you’ll never be able to experience the joys of M.A.C. Lip Glass like the rest of us.
Anyway, the full “story” is here.
I suppose the real question is…should we care? Well, of course we should! You see, the internet is in the middle of a very important decision: is Sarah Palin a “milf,” a “vpilf,” a heartbeat away from being a “pilf,” or all three? In my opinion, this is breathtakingly milfy and I know milfy aesthetic when I see it, gosh darrnit you betcha!
