I’ve been on vacation for the past week. There will be blogging but now I’m too tired. In the meantime, this video perfectly sums up my love for Sarah Palin.
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Sunday, August 16th, 2009
Blog buddy
Friday, July 24th, 2009My special lady friend has a blog:
Check it out. I suspect she may be funnier than I am.
How dare you tweet?
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009Bank gets robbed. Girl waiting in said bank posts about it on Twitter. Commentators on Gothamist proceed to call her “one of the worst people [they've] ever read about.”
Certainly, that is correct… she is much worse than Patrick Burris, who recently gunned down five people in South Carolina. Or, you know, Hitler.
Check it out here. Madness.
What’s with the vitriol? So she tweeted about a robbery that happened at her bank. Where’s the fire? I’m not a fan of Twitter, but I don’t arbitrarily hate people for using it. That’s like me hating the guy who stands outside the building selling fruit. He doesn’t bother me. He doesn’t try to shove stuff in my hand as I walk by. But if I decide I want fruit, he’s there with a Granny Smith apple and a smile. Good times!
I believe that the worst people I read about are the anonymous people on the internet who hide behind their computer screens and make pissy and hurtful comments about people they don’t even know. And also, Hitler.
Will write for food
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009Gawker has a wonderful new feature, where they call out the companies looking for writers on Craigslist by offering exposure in lieu of money. Because exposure can pay an electric bill.
It’s one of the frustrating things about being a writer – or, more specifically, being a writer who cares about his craft. Writing is a fairly easy creative outlet, in the sense that you don’t have to go out and buy instruments, or paint, or even seemingly practice, because we all know English. Thing is, it’s hard to do well.
Unfortunately, there are plenty of people jumping at the chance to get themselves some “exposure.” You know how landlords charge $3,000 a month for an apartment in the East Village that doesn’t seem fit for human life? They get away with it because sooner or later some trust-fund idiot from Connecticut is going to come along and think it’s a great deal. Same principle.
Seriously though, I don’t get a free haircut on the condition that I hype my barber. It shouldn’t work like that. It annoys me that somehow this is an acceptable standard for working writers. All it does is create less opportunities for the people who care about what they do, and do it well. I call shenanigans.
Testing, testing
Friday, June 12th, 2009So apparently I can blog from my iPhone. With pictures. This is a test, with a picture of the view from my office.
EDIT: Not bad, considering the iPhone’s weak camera, and that I’m shooting through a window with poor lighting.
And it begins…
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009So, I hear this ‘blogging’ thing is supposed to be pretty popular. I’m still not sure what my blog will be about. Probably whatever I’m currently feeling most self-indulgent about. Then in six months I’ll get bored with this and move on to something else.
I am sure of one thing: The revolution will probably eventually be televised, but it’ll be on a blog first.
Keep checking back for occasional updates!