get away from the lever

Some people are idiots.
Some people have real problems.
Some people have it all.
Some people are fucking stupid and I have to deal with them.

things you were right about

Look, there are some things you (*you* being the general public or any one or number of my friends) were right about:

- coffee is delicious and a great funnel for caffeine
- Arizona Iced teas (esp. that raspberry and classic with lemon twist) are really delicious
- Red Rooster sauce is delicious
- beer is delicious
- I like rice

N-E History Lesson 1

"The modern Northeast extends to commercial districts stretching along major north-east corridors including University Avenue, Central Avenue, East Hennepin Avenue, Broadway, and Stinson and New Brighton Boulevard towards the city limits. Blending a heritage of old architecture, classic housing, bustling commercial streets, and industrial work centers, along with new residential high-rises, suburban cul-de-sacs, big-box retail, and a popular art scene, Northeast offers diverse amenities as part bedroom neighborhood and job center for the city of Minneapolis. The prominent features of Northeast include tall European influenced churches and massive grain silos and mills, both of which are visible in the landscape. Mostly built around the late 18th to early 19th century, these structures shadow the landscape of modest Victorians and four story apartments.

Restaurants and shops catering to a younger population have also re-energized Northeast Minneapolis. These newer businesses operate side by side with older establishments from the earlier era, including Nye's Polonaise Room and Kramarczuk's Sausage Company. The new face of Northeast Minneapolis is perhaps best seen in the new Hennepin Avenue Bridge. The new suspension bridge is at the same site of the first permanent bridge across the Mississippi River and is styled after the first bridge at the site, also a suspension bridge."

Ahhhh love.

k's internet tendencies

A whole bunch of my favorite McSweeney's lists because I was super fast at work today because I had 3 cups of coffee and now I feel like I am on speed:

Two Lists of Complaints
Iraq-War Cliches or New Euphemisms for Taking a Crap?
Thirty Illnesses, Sorted According to Whether or Not You Can Eat the Victims.
Past and Future Magazine Titles That Map Our Intellectual Decline
Signs of Impending Suicide That Hemingway's Friends May Have Overlooked
Ways in Which the Hunter May Become the Hunted
FAQ For Dogs

the oc!

YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.

I love Los Angeles as an art center. From the 'Los Angeles 1955-1985' exhibition that was at the Centre Pompidou while we were in France last year up until this very moment, one of my constant concerns is making people realize that LA has been and continues to be a fantastically unique place to create art. I'm still really into my history thesis, and if I am ever motivated enough, I'm going to try to use that Google Builder tool to try to do what I didn't have time to do - create a virtual exhibition. I guess maybe my ambitions of being a curator aren't completely gone..

I walk by eight Ed Ruscha prints several times a day while I'm at the Walker. I am trying to remember the names of the buildings in the prints - memorize their order. When I can finally do it, I'll report back here.

1. I so don't care. I'm offended that White Cube will put in this boring, overblown (haha) crap.

2. Some guys last year broke into the Pantheon to fix Foucault's pendulum clock - which hadn't been working since the 1960s. The French government had NO CLUE until 'UnterGunther' presented the clock to the head curator of the museum.

3. FYI - the new Tate Turbine Hall installation. Dang, I miss that place.

4. "All the attention of it -- how much money is paid for a Peter Doig or a Damien Hirst -- distracts us from thinking about what the work is about. It's amazing that these contemporary artworks are selling for as much money as they do, but I don't think it necessarily helps anybody appreciate what's interesting about contemporary art." Neither does talking about attendance numbers...

WHAT! My life plan changed!

Is this going to happen every year?

oy vey, really.

This and this and this are just three reasons why I don't miss Macalseter.