On 15 T-Shirts About Philip Glass
Philip Glass's First Cousing, Once Removed Is Actually Ira Glass
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On In Defense Of Prudes
@bittersweet true! Except I am neither a writer nor an editor. But thank you for correcting me.
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On Tokyo Jihen, "Atarashii Bunmei Kaika"
@Jared In my previous post I was all like "yeah that totally sounds like Shiina Ringo!" Then I clicked the link and realized that it actually is her, singing in a band. In summary, I'm a retard.
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On Tokyo Jihen, "Atarashii Bunmei Kaika"
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On Dare2Share Worldview Characters, In Order Of Their Likelihood To Put Out
@offthewawl I was about to quote that. It's genius. Especially when it goes on to say: "What this means is that Mo has to carefully weigh all the consequences of trusting Christ, so give him time and make sure you don't make trusting Christ sound flippant."
I think Christ often sounded flippant, he was basically the fourth character from Clueless.
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On Small Beach Town Freaked Out by Arrival of 250,000 Black People
I was there once, four or five years ago. It's hard to describe the experience without coming off as completely racist. So I won't. Honestly, it wasn't the worst thing ever but it won't rank among the most pleasant experience of my life. Although I think that a quarter million drunk white assholes listening to loud shitty music would have been equally annoying.
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On If You Must Wear Shorts, Avoid These
To play devil's advocate: I happen to own a similar pair. I have nice legs and can wear whatever the fuck I want, and these look fantastic on me! I (would add that most people who's opinions I care about agree, but it doesn't matter either way)
Frankly, I don't understand The Awl's obsession with men's shorts. They're an actual garment! They've been around for nearly as long as most other pieces of our contemporary wardrobe. And it's not your place (nor is it anybody else's, but especially not yours, I think) to tell people what they should and shouldn't wear. It concerns me how much effort people put into processing and passing judgment on what others use to cover their bare skin.
When I load The Awl I'm looking for original and engaging articles. Or at least links to other people's original and engaging articles. I don't want the back pages of Harper's Bazaar. Buy! Keep! Snore.
Thanks.
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On Dear Juliette
Thoughts:
a) Although convential wisdom is that activities like air drumming or air guitaring, etc, while on a treadmill are ridiculous, I believe the treadmill should be a completely judgment-free zone. For instance, I often mouth along to songs and occasionally headbang. It works for me and keeps me interested in staying in the treadmill for a while longer. Plus, nobody should be sitting around caring about what people look like on a treadmill. The activity itself is inherently absurd. You're literally running in place. (This may be the first time I've correctly used the term "literally" in the past ten years). In any case, if a person is that invested in what others are doing while exercising on what is basically a human hamster wheel, chances are that person is a big douche and therefore his or her opinion is invalid. But I wouldn't want to judge.
b) I get where you're coming from with this whole Aerobical Mea Culpa, but I wouldn't be too bothered by it. First of all, by Juliette's own admission, the BEP is a substandard "band." But whatever gets her going. I secretly sort of listen to Black Eyed Peas for running also ("Get It Started" is a great first song for a long run, actually, in a kind of an ironic way). In fact I listen to a lot of ridiculous music that I would otherwise visibly wince at--let's just say I know who Vernessa Michell are, and I'm constantly on the lookout for new Deborah Cox remixes, however unlikely it may seem that they might happen. Much as I do like Ice Cube, the thought of running to any of his music terrifies me. Juliette, like most intelligent human beings, probably acknowledges this musical double standard as much as you do.
She probably just didn't think it was a very funny joke, especially after you repeated it the first time. I mean, what was she supposed to do? The best case scenario would have been a smile and an "I know, right?" Worst case scenario, a "fuck you, asshole" or similar rebuke. You got something in between, so all in all, not bad in the least.
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On Barack Obama's Looming Legume Catastrophe
Didn't something like this happen on The West Wing?