July 2008
15 posts
June 2008
27 posts
Why should ever-increasing homeownership be a... →
I wish this were a longer, more fully researched article rather than an Op-Ed because I’ve long felt there are some serious flaws with the homeownership ideal, and I think the implications for regional planning and economic development are real. I believe the country will be forced to densify, whether from confronting the impracticalities of too much personal space and fossil fuel...
"Ambiguous is when you feel really strongly about... →
Jezebel’s Pot Psychology is my favoritest. Oh yeah, that’s the New Yorker’s music critic in the background. AWESOME.
“One is for the money
And two are for the show
Knock three times I’ll be...”
– High Places, “New Grace”
http://www.imeem.com/pitchforkmedia/music/qoUenwX4/high_places_new_grace/
This is how I knew.
'American Girl' Heads to the Big Screen : NPR →
Okay I realize this is probably the least cool thing ever posted on Tumblr. But if you listen to the short podcast, you hear the reporter wax nostalgic about her own American Girl doll (Kirsten, meh) and there was something really jarring for me about hearing this grown up, adult woman my own age talking about how much this brand impacted her memory and identity and life direction and um…...
reblogomania!
mumblingmynah:
meaverly:
I love this meme.
You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have: 1. One weapon. 2. One song blasting on the speakers. 3. One famous person to fight alongside you. Weapon can be real or fictional; you may assume endless ammo if applicable. Person can be real or fictional.
My answers: 1. FemBot-style telescoping boob guns 2. Professor Murder - The Mountain 3....
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Why SFist pisses me off. Alternatively titled, why...
Brant: why is sfist pissing you off?
me: because while their bent is ostensibly liberal they manage to be about as ignorant, racist, stereotypical and conservative as they can possibly be within that label
they do nothing but gripe and perpetuate damaging stereotypes about Muni
outright insulting drivers collectively as a group
argh
it helps nobody to continue to insult the entire body of operators (most of whom are skilled and professional) for a few overly-publicized transgressions by the minority
"Muni drivers are ALWAYS on their cell phones"
not true
"Unlike Muni drivers, who time their runs according to their own personal whims, The PresidiGo departs every half hour on the dot; and even though it has to contend with the same traffic as Muni, it's really reliable."
that's just insulting
also, they know little about the city outside of the yuppie core
http: //sfist.com/2008/06/23/sfist_blotter_75.php
in no way is Maynard & Congdon "Bernal Heights" and if any of them had ever set foot outside the north half of town they might know that
oh and this is RICH
http: //sfist.com/2008/06/20/vile_firstfloor_turk_and_hyde_onebe.php
first they perpetuate a really gross, ignorant stereotype about the Tenderloin "In a space where people are sure to kick in your window and sexually assault you twice a day."
Brant: Umm
me: and then they COMPLAIN that they can't find a suitable apartment in the TL!
me: kicking in the windows twice a day is unlikely.
why are these assholes looking for a place in the tenderloin if they're clearly inimical to its native population??
just to slum it?
garner some cred?
score a cheap rent deal because they're privileged and white and landlords should rent to them?
in a neighborhood they clearly consider "vile"
I'm just really sick of this kind of urban imperialism
like, we will pass judgment on your social ills because we are moneyed and educated and coming to use your city as our personal playground
without regard to the underlying causes of the "problems" we identify and bitch about
like, if any of these assholes spent a week at Central City Hospitality House on Turk, or at the city clinic at 50 Ivy, or at SF General, they might have a perspective on homeless people that is not sportingly condescending: http://sfist.com/2008/06/17/reason_why_the_homeless_totally_rul.php
anyway that's my rant, feel free to ignore
mostly just using this chat as a draft of some later indignant letter or blog post, sorry
Track 4 off the new Girl Talk album (thanks...
“The critical challenge today is to keep preservation fresh and vigorous and on...”
– Paul Goldberger, The New Yorker’s architecture critic and a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, illustrating exactly why it’s important to reinvigorate preservation at this critical stage. Read the whole Modernist Manifesto here.
For the record, I’ll never...
Wow Crank that Megan →
Meaverly has inspired my new favorite afternoon distraction.
Magic.
Laura: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/garden/12puzzle.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
me: whoa
Laura: nuts, right?!
so cool, i wish i'd had that!
me: I KNOW! me too
but still, I bet those kids are fucked up cokeheads anyway
in 5 yrs
Laura: nice, megan
laughing
me: oh come on!
you know I'm right
I am modern day buddha
Laura: i believe in the MAGIC! of CHILDHOOD!
me: hahahaha
I want to put this whole exchange on my tumblr
Laura: GOD WHEN IS TWITTER NOT DOWN
me: laughing
The Plan | Save Berkeley Iceland →
I am overjoyed to discover that at the intersection of all my worldly interests (historic preservation, community organizing, urban planning) strong forces have combined to save and restore the building where I probably spent more childhood hours than any of my actual homes. This should foster enough optimism for the whole month, I think.
You will live in House.
You will drive a black... →
This RULES.
High Places - Jump In
*inspire*
Today I overslept, was unable to polish myself...
Nobody with an STD will be allowed into China for... →
