R.I.P. Don Becker

:(

Probably one of the most loyal friends I've ever had.

link here.

more fun with my new cell phone

my new cell phone that is not an iphone. oh well.

Kristin dancing at the Space Gallery, May 10 2008

Signs of the upcoming recession?

Westminster, Colorado, May 14 2008.

Shuttered-up Countrywide Mortgage office in a strip mall.



Only a few doors down is a shuttered-up "Asian Massage" parlor.



Related? Perhaps so, perhaps not.

why are all these people waiting on line in NYC for a cheeseburger?

Shake Shack Madison Square Park cam.

Good lord, it's 12:04 pm ETZ as I post this and already the line is stretched around the block. What is it with this line mentality, especially at lunch? Is it more about the line scene than the food? I'd rather spend most of my lunch hour savoring my food than waiting for it, but maybe that's just me.

on the intellectualizing of twee pop...huh?

An article mentioning all that is 30-something and hipster-ish...huh? Gwyneth Paltrow as twee? Okay, I guess.

Reading down further in the article, I'm really scaring the crap out of myself because according to a quote from the British fashion magazine i-D (which I never read...):

“Childlike innocence and assumed naivety permeate the Cutie scene,” the report read. “Their clothes are asexual, their haircuts are fringes, their colours are pastel. Cuties like Penguin modern classics, sweets, ginger beer, vegetables, and anoraks.”

Well, with the exception of the pastel "colours," that pretty much was me, mid-90's. I never thought I was the follower of any scene, but hey.