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MeFi post:
Espresso on Ice is Not Okay
For what it's worth, that's my blog. I wrote that. And it's pretty much a tempest in a coffee cup -- infuriating at the time, but not such a big deal the next day. I milked it for a quick, disposable blog post and got over it a few hours before MeFi (and now BoingBoing) picked it up.
I can totally admit that I behaved like an utter dick in the situation and made a bigger deal out of it than I should have on my blog. But is this really bigger than all that? I don't... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 12:07 PM on July 14, 2008
Ironmouth -- thanks for looking out for me, there, I sincerely appreciate it. I'm perfectly capable of being a petulant bullshitter, though. Most people are. It's a human, and hopefully temporary condition.
And you're right. Arlington's not DC. It's much worse.
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 2:29 PM on July 14, 2008
MeFi post:
Banksy uncovered?
Why does it matter where he grew up or went to school? He can't really help that, can he? All that matters to me is the quality of the artwork ... which is really, really high IMO. So what if part of his story is boring, the work speaks for itself.
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 7:59 PM on July 13, 2008
MeFi post:
Jezebelism
A friend of mine likes to say "A sober man's thoughts are a drunk man's words ..."
I saw Moe do a "reading" recently, where she basically regurgitated a long, rambling e-mail that referred to Mariane Pearl as a "hack writer and a hack person" for writing a book about her husband's murder.
Whether or not you out there in MeFi land liked the book, I think that SUCKS. She had a proud little smirk on when she described... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 8:42 PM on July 6, 2008
MeFi post:
Blogging May Cost You Your Life
I've been a removalist, dishwasher, concrete worker, kangaroo shooter and professional blogger. The 'roo shooting was hard physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Blogging's really, really hard emotionally and mentally -- if you care about it. Your feeling good when the traffic's up, bad when it's down. You can write you heart out about something that cares and watch the world not care in real-time ... and you can spend endless hours looking for the next thing that never... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 10:46 PM on April 6, 2008
good, dammit, I meant good ...
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 10:47 PM on April 6, 2008
MeFi post:
He turned ALL of his cheeks, repeatedly
Interrobang, I sincerely hope you never, ever say the phrase "gosh, all the media ever reports is bad news" for the rest of your natural-born life. It's not like this guy was like, running around with a trumpet and a banner. He was invited to tell a good story, and happened to have one. If this dude was a fame and glory-hog, he sure wouldn't have chosen a career as a social worker.
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 10:59 AM on March 28, 2008
I'm in the process of writing/preparing/practicing a story for The Moth, and I'm here to tell you -- you have to throw out so, so much stuff just to distill real life down into a compelling short story. It's not that the stuff that gets thrown out doesn't relate, or the stuff that gets left in isn't true -- it's just that there's so much that happens all the time that just doesn't relate at all to what you think the point is at the time.
Like Rorschach says in The... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 1:56 PM on March 28, 2008
MeFi post:
Habla Ingles or You Ain't Getting No Cheesesteak
I would not move to Latvia and never learn Latvian.
I'd rather do that than move to Latveria and not learn Latverian.
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 1:19 PM on March 20, 2008
WCityMike -- it was a joke. Not necessarily a funny one, or a good one, just an incredibly dorky, possibly ill-advised joke. The clock, it CRAWLS today.
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 1:29 PM on March 20, 2008
MeFi post:
The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar
Forgive me if this wanders, but -- what is it about Glass/TAL that you haters hate so much? Is this just the Internet's "tall poppy syndrome", or is there more? I am not sure that I understand what is pretentious about pacing.
This isn't coming from a huge fan of the show, though I like what I've heard. I'm just really curious to hear a credible explanation.
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 11:25 AM on March 19, 2008
MeFi post:
Doing More With Less: In Defense of Creative Loafing
This guy sucks the paint off an 8-ball. It's exactly the kind of writing I'd have loved and aspired to when I was writing for independent weeklies myself, though.
I'm fairly certain that he also did another piece about a year ago for the City Paper about how easy it was for him to have mindless, soulless sex in DC. The tone rings a bell -- it was a thin veneer of self-deprecation over a great big sack of "aren't-I-cool," self-conscious affectation at its... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 2:03 PM on March 11, 2008
MeFi post:
Boom boom bap.
Man, if I were still at home, I'd be mirroring these on YouSendIt at least -- anyone? Anyone?
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 8:00 AM on February 15, 2008
MeFi post:
Poster Police
I'm from neighboring Norfolk, a comparative hotbed of sin and iniquity. One would think that considering the amount of bikini advertisements, surf shop ads, and miles upon miles of actual exposed human flesh from May to September (though HARDLY A&F-quality) in VA Beach, this sort of thing wouldn't even elicit an eye-blink.
On the other hand, it IS Pat Robertson's home base.
Outraged, yes. Surprised -- not at all.
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 10:59 AM on February 4, 2008
MeFi post:
How to Get Rid of that Waxy Buildup ...
I saw Soulwax at the Virgin Festival a few years back, and they were unREAL. Their album "Nite Versions" is one of the most perfect records I've ever heard, start to finish. I think that album itself is a mashup of a previous Soulwax album, also done by Soulwax. Confusing, but so, so gooood.
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 9:12 AM on January 1, 2008
MeFi post:
teh cute being fed and feeding others
Just curious: how is it that this woman is holding a porcupine without wearing some sort of protective armor? Or gloves at least? Cute or not, I thought porcupine quills were involuntarily delivered to intruders -- but she's not looking like a pincushion.
What gives?
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 8:18 AM on October 29, 2007
MeFi post:
You got your pizza in my Happy Meal!
Willie11, I'm not sure if you're serious or not. But I'm both a Southerner and the person who owns the blog in the FPP. In the words of Florence King, "Southerners have a genius for psychological alchemy.. If something intolerable simply cannot
be changed, driven away or shot they will not only tolerate it but take pride in it as well."
The South does stuff with fried fats that Satan himself couldn't think of. Might as well be proud of it, because I... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 2:14 PM on October 27, 2007
MeFi post:
WE WILL FIND HIM
This guy totally exists. It's one guy, and he lives in New York City. I was freelancing at a small ad firm on 5th Ave. this summer and saw him staggering up the road wearing cargo pants, combat boots, and that necklace. He was sluggish, possibly drugged.
I thought that terrorists had kidnapped the real Rambo and were torturing him in the basement nearby. From his gait, it was totally conceivable that he was shaking off his sedatives and blinking in the harsh sunlight.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 8:58 PM on October 21, 2007
MeFi post:
Crazy.
See, I am curious here. While the MoonMilk stuff is fantastic, and I love it -- is it really accurate to refer to it as a theremin-playing robot? It's really a sort of wind-up automaton, isn't it? What is the difference between a robot and a wind-up machine?
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 8:13 AM on October 12, 2007
MeFi post:
Robot Sex
I'm having a dickens of a time finding his website, and I'd really like to see more of his stuff. Really, I'd like to contact him about a piece that I'm writing. You MeFites have any ideas how I can ferret out his site?
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 8:28 PM on September 26, 2007
MeFi post:
Tacos in America
Can I say Mi Hogar in Norfolk, Virginia one time? Oh god, that place makes me so happy. Anyone been there?
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 2:31 PM on August 24, 2007
Also -- I had a torta at Tacos Pepitos in Adams-Morgan for the first time a few years back. I have never seen a sandwich that uses a hot dog as an INGREDIENT before. Like Homer Simpson south of the border, and so, so goooood ...
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 2:35 PM on August 24, 2007
MeFi post:
Panoptimus
I did find the makeout scene in the movie to be more than a little weird. But considering (SPOILER) Bumblebee had already given John Turturro a golden shower (/SPOILER) it wasn't all that out of context.
The film itself was fun, although there were long boring bits between awesome action sequences.
It was kind of difficult to SEE the things moving, actually -- they moved so fast and were so complicated, I had a tough time making out what was... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 9:17 AM on July 5, 2007
MeFi post:
God says it's a real big no-no.
I'm weak with laughter here, and I don't know what kind of laughter it is ... I think that this guy probably is the best argument against himself, better than anything we can say. I mean, yeesh.
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 7:55 AM on June 15, 2007
MeFi post:
The Wrong Trousers Killed the Radio Star
Flapjax, I do see your point. Those kids are great and talented, but the aesthetic is not exactly mine either.
Give these Aussie kids a little time and they'll probably give you what you want. From their Myspace profile:
The Silver Lemons are a stuff around band which consists of Nicholas Lambos (14, ...) on guitar and Stephen Lambos (12) on drums who have both recently made this band as a leave from Deadly Autumn. Stephen isn't that... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 8:49 AM on May 3, 2007
AAhh, dammit, stuffed up the link above. Try this.
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 9:01 AM on May 3, 2007
MeFi post:
Climate change explained!
Not sure if you guys caught this or not, but the headline says "Daylight Exacerbates Warning." Shouldn't that be "Warming" or am I missing something?
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 10:26 AM on April 24, 2007
MeFi post:
Mummenschanz on the Muppets
padraigin, mckenney, you guys are on it: these folks scared the WHOOPSIES out of me when I was a kid. I'd hide under the couch cushions and tremble ... but never turn off the TV.
posted to MetaFilter by chinese_fashion
at 10:24 AM on April 24, 2007
