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the problem with logo wear
what happens when the wrong person is seen wearing your logo:
paris is apperently trying to reinvent herself as gwen stefani from 10 years ago. at least christina aguilera is only trying to re-invent herself as gwen from 3 years. so for her b-boy streetwear phase, paris gets some promo shots taken wearin a modded xLarge shirt. hypebeast, who are basically the kings of streetwear tastemakers online, don’t like it much.
and so paris has basically killed the brand for the streetwear scene (at least for this season). but now thousands of midwesterners who worship her despite (or for) her vapid skankiness will be trying to find xlarge (or xgirl) clothes at their local hot topics. does urban outfitters still sell XL?
Filed under: advertising, clothes horse, culture | 1 Comment
not just shoe culture
i took a walk down to blue bottle yesterday to take in the amazing weather and on my way i stopped into huf. i can’t help myself. i don’t buy shoes every time i go in, but i can’t go by without checkin out what’s new.
i walk in and something is blasting over the speakers and it’s not hip-hop, which shocks me. then i realize that everyone in the store is crowded around the PC / register laughing their asses off. what they’re watching and what’s playing over the speakers is this:
and so begins re-indoctrination into the steroid-fueled mess that was the ultimate warrior. and it is one hi-friggin-larious ride. innit?
so i share it with jesse and jocko and what do they say? how much would they have to pay me to see a video of me imitating the warrior? and instead of naming some large, but reasonable sum, i get an idea. why not include these boys in our very own vlog deathmatch? sure we’re not famous and beautiful bloggers, but who cares?
so jim, jess, i’m callin you out. let’s have our own deathmatch. say, 30 seconds of the best ultimate warrior imitation? nonsensical rambling and gratuitous flexing mandatory, hair and costume optional? should we invite anyone else? i’m thinkin little nicky might like to join in the fun. anyone else out there want to join in? or maybe you have a recommendation?
Filed under: deathmatch, web, wrestling | 0 Comments
dear ann coulter
i hope YOU run for president, because i won’t have to go to rehab for calling you a cunt.
Filed under: wackos | 3 Comments
quoted
my roomie drew, self explanatory “fuck you tyra. stop throwing cell phones at your maids.”
Filed under: culture | 2 Comments
hiding under a rock
when any motorcycle obsessed person heads to europe, you pretty much spend 50% of your time looking at bikes. which isn’t really all that different from how you spend time in the states, except that the bikes are different. some are the same bikes with different paint, some are tiny bikes that will never come state-side, and others are those bikes you see and say “why the hell isn’t that available at home?”
when i was in barcelona this time i saw my first suzuki GSR. this is a well thought-out urban warrior. it’s a midsized (650cc ish) bike with a narrow silhouette despite the fact that it’s a 4 cyl. the exhausts are stuck under the seat like last year’s race bikes to keep things narrow (race bikes have since moved their exhausts back down low again to keep them from frying your ass, which they were doing).
and the most thoughtful touch of all - the turn signal are integrated into this beefy metal exoskeleton of a bike frame instead of on stalks or mirrors. this way when you’re bike goes down (i hope you’re not on it when that happens), your signals are less likely to need replacing - finally. the instrument cluster was small and well laid out and i just fell in love with the thing. what can i say. the reviews i’ve read all say it handles really well but that the throttle is a bit wonky. so either i could tinker with it, or start looking at the aprilia shiver, which might actually come out here, but is a bit bigger (engine wise)
the shiver has a bunch of neat high tech improvements on your standard street fighter, many of em meant to make the bike a bit smaller and easier to handle, which of course sounds appealing. plus it looks mean as all hell doesn’t it? that externally mounted rear shock is so terminator. now if only it were a little smaller and more affordable. ha! guess i’ll have to wait a few years.
Filed under: gearhead | 0 Comments
bad advice
“there comes a time in every young man’s life when all the parties and the one night stands, they’re not enough.” - i’m pretty sure quoting the pet shop boys has got to be one of the gayest thing i’ve ever done in a blog post. but what they say there, well it’s become true. granted i was never the circuit queen that some guys are, but i was never prone to relationships either. but for the past few years, i’ve been feelin the itch - the itch i guess most dudes straight or gay feel in their late 20s or early 30s (i was always a late bloomer) - to find a healthy relationship.
since i was never relationship prone, i didn’t have much experience on this front, so i took other people’s suggestions. which started simply with alot of dating (duh) and then moved into the territory of sappy hallmark cards - let love find you type of bullshit. i don’t know why, i guess because i had so little experience and was open to suggestion, but i followed this bullshit for a long time. and you know where it got me? nowhere!
here is my theory, not born out of success, but out of failure: successfully finding mr. (or ms.) right is just like everything else, you have to work at it. this shit just does not magically happen to most people. and those people who it does magically happen to usually wind up breaking up a few years later. you gotta be willing to put some effort in. find new places to look. be aggressive with people who show strong potential. in short, this is no more a spectator sport than anything else about a life well lived.
and so this year i have resolved to step up my game. ok, i’m starting rather timidly because, well, old habits die hard and more important i don’t want to jeopardize the friendship of a certain candidate. but even with him, i’ve been getting bolder. quite simply put, i don’t wait around for anything else in my life to happen to me. i work to make it happen. why should this be any different right?
stop whining and starting doing something people.
Filed under: All about me, culture | 1 Comment
quoted
anthony bourdain, world’s coolest chef on the cast of food network:
on mario battali “How I would like to see him unchained, free to make the television shows he’s capable of, the Real Mario–in all his Rabelasian brilliance. How I would love to hear the snapping bones of his cruel FN ringmasters, crunching between his mighty jaws! Let us see the cloven hooves beneath those cheery clogs!”
on paula deen “A recent Hawaii show was indistinguishable from an early John Waters film. And the food on a par with the last scene of Pink Flamingos. But I’d like to see her mad. Like her look-alike, Divine in the classic, “Female Trouble.“ Paula Deen on a Baltimore Killing Spree would be something to see.”
Filed under: Food and Drink, writing | 1 Comment
quoted
david sedaris in his new piece for the new yorker on people trying to guess who’s on top “One of you has to be in for murder and the other for child molesting or something like that, right?”
Filed under: homo gay, writing | 0 Comments
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- finderic: @niall they're playing in SJ tomorrow. look for them around town.
- finderic: also, have i mentioned lately that "king" is my new favorite weezer song? or at least my favorite weezer song that Scott sings.
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