Others “in the know” of what’s really going on don’t speak up because they also know that ultimately, it doesn’t matter. Stories fade. New ones rise. Everything is forgotten in an instant. Roll with it. If anything, speaking up simply often makes things worse because it validates the original story in a strange way.
And then there are the people simply too busy or who don’t give a shit what the press says. That’s the right mentality in my mind since actions do always trump words.
This.
Finally the fruits of my labor: baking all the livelong day.
Mmmm. I want. What’s the recipe?
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“one of the things that fascinates and baffles me about l.a is the randomness and accidental beauty and strangeness of the architecture here…generally the only pragmatic and non-arbitrary aspect of l.a architecture is: will it fall down in an earthquake? apart from that criterion it’s a free for all.” —
Moby Los Angeles Architecture Blog
I’ve been a staunch LA hater, as any red-blooded New Yorker/SFer would be. But recently I’ve been coming around to the idea that LA must exist, for the sake of us all. Moby’s documentation of the weird architecture there is a testament to that.
(via christenduong)I still hate LA.
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“Go through the lane - like Jeremy Lin!” — Dad talking to his son at a crowded Brooklyn supermarket.
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Dead at 48, Whitney Houston
Man. What a talent.
Apart from the all the stuff that’s not essential tacked on like barnacles to Facebook’s interface (groups, events, ask a question, apps, newsticker, chat, search(es)), here are a few of my annoyances. To be honest, I’ve found myself checking in on Facebook more in recent weeks - not sure why - and each time, I increasingly get more annoyed.
#1 - Creepy and kind of lame. I don’t really need to or want to know that my friend B is reading that article. It just adds a whole bunch of short-term reactions that have no basis in any sort of broader understanding.
#2 - If I click on those lists and actually try to manage them, it’s like a worm hole that I’ll never get out of.
#3 - Annoying. The average number of friends a user has on Facebook is ~300. That’s close to 1 birthday each day for the year. It’s fucking annoying. Mostly because I don’t care enough to do anything about this person’s birthday because I haven’t seen or talked to them in years. The only birthdays that matter are the ones where we invite each other to our birthday parties. The backslap full of shit happy birthday messages on Facebook just underscores how fake the connections really are.
#4 - So I’ve been posting a lot about Jeremy Lin. But don’t tell me to ‘Like” some page that I’ll never go to. This is the apex of what ‘social media strategy’ is today. There has got to be a better way. And I guess I should really look into digital media degrees and intelligence analysis. So awesome that Stuff I don’t Care About will take up 1/3 of the screen.
#5 - Like, Comment, Date, xyz, blah blah like, view more likes, view more comments, view this comment, no view this other comment, look at this comment, write a comment, run on the wheel you hamster. FML.
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omg i’m dying rn
OH man. Priceless.
Bring on Rubio.
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