May 2008
43 posts
Quit gawking. It's just sex.
lenachen: I’m not marketable in love and not marketable in the labor force and not marketable in civilized society, really. And when you begin to realize that you are the antithesis of everything acceptable or American, that your Ivy League resume is chock full of life experience but nothing more, that the only people who will love you are the rare ones who forgive first impressions, it’s then...
Veronica Monet →
Blog of legendary sex worker Veronica Monet. I saw her speak when I took the San Francisco Sex Information class and her writing is incredibly intelligent and for lack of a better term, FIERCE.
“You see, most people understand that they aren’t funny. Internet people,...”
– How to Ruin a Joke
(and before you leave me a snide comment, know that i count myself as one of the people he is complaining about)
Ariel Waldman » Twitter refuses to uphold Terms of... →
“The only real benefit to exercise is being able to hold your nose over people...”
– An Engineer’s Guide To Weight Loss - Ted Dziuba
Harpy, Hero, Heretic: Hillary →
This article is over a year old before the embarassing debacle that has been this year’s election but many of it still applies. Despite all the stupid shit her campaign has done this year, I can’t help but feel a kinship with Hillary and it is absolutely because she is a woman.
Even though I had an insanely heavy heart due to Joe’s birthday, I managed to have a good weekend underneath it all. Lots and lots of carbs (vegan brunch! deep fry party! ghee free naan w/ my main vegans!) plus Bay to Breakers, which I enjoy despite myself. After all: I love a good party, above all else.
“At 5:13am on April 18, 1906, a devastating earthquake – that would become one of...”
– ING Bay to Breakers | About Us | History
Today is your birthday, dear old man. I look forward to the day when I don’t remember. I hope you’re happy, but not as happy as you were with me.
Big Announcements: Portia De Rossi-DeGeneres The... →
On the heels of the gay marriage announcement (and cementing my desision to never leave this godforsaken beatiful state), Portia De Rossi & Ellen DeGeneres announce their intentions to get married! If their tears of joy don’t break your cold, cynical heart of stone, there is no hope for you.
“But I think it’s also possible that New Yorkers just appear smarter,...”
– Smithsonian Magazine | Travel | You got a problem with that?
“Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more...”
– Claude McPillow (via laureola)
When I write my book (notice I said when and not if), I’m going to dedicate it to my favorite ex-lovers in this order: JM, SP, JG & DK.
I haven’t decided if it’s going to say thank you or fuck off. Probably a little of both.
Facebook making sure there's nowhere on the Web to... →
FB fights back to the Myspace data portability thing. You can already link your other 8 billion web 2.0 accounts to Facebook with apps but I guess now it is official. Like I said, I am not completely sold on data portablity/aggregating everything. There’s a place for it, but fuck, dude, there’s gotta be somewhere to hide. And as we all know I am not exactly the most private person...
“I was in the car listening to the radio, and who is this “shorty” they keep...”
– Shorty » Postcards From Yo Momma
“After moving to San Diego, Strider was asked in an interview if he had any...”
– The Raw Story | San Diego GOP chairman co-founded international piracy ring
Late Adopter
I’m really trying to like Friendfeed. I don’t know how I feel about everything in one place, I want tabs, I want filters, and I want center justified text. I’ll come around to lifestreaming when it gets better. I’ve been bumming around these parts for so long that it takes me a long time to adjust to new stuff.
I remember when I broke down and got a Livejournal; I’d...
“When [producer] Stargate and I were approached with the task, we viewed it as a...”
– Listen to Lindsay Lohan’s New Song ‘Bossy’ - Music News, Lindsay Lohan : People.com
The song is pretty cheesy, but I predict it’ll be a gay club hit. And really, what else does a pop singer need but support from gay clubs? Not much else.
“You may feel that these are pretty poor substitutes for a loving relationship –...”
– Ask Aunt Fattie: How can a fat woman find love? « Shapely Prose
So Shapely Prose has this advice column thing and a woman who was 30 and had never dated anyone wrote in wondering what to do. Someone left this as a comment. It seems really sad to me. Don’t bother thinking about it because...
MySpace to launch “data availability” — new ways... →
This is verrrry interesting but like the post says, they haven’t actually implemented it yet and I think that most heavy Myspace users may not be big Twitter users or won’t actually use the service.
But, nice to see Myspace doing something first and attempting to stay ahead of the game, especially at a time that FB appears to be beginning it’s inevitable decline.
I have a soft...
Google me
As someone I know says, I never “killfile” anyone. I keep tabs on people, some more consistently than others. Some people call it “stalking”, which it is most assuredly not — my interest in these people of my past is passive, it fills a short-term need, and I go “oh, that’s interesting” and then I re-load my Twitter page or look at my Gmail, full of...
“I’m not taking any shit anymore, because like it or not, it’s not...”
– Sexplanations: The Sexist Business Of Sex Writing by Tracie Egan
Michael Bauer: Between Meals : The "trendiest"... →
Since Yelp is all but dead to me, I’m going to use this space to pontificate on the VERY IMPORTANT LOCAL FOOD SCENE. This article is interesting: does anyone actually care what the “trendiest” restaurants are? In any case, here’s what I think of the places I can actually give an opinion of:
Foreign Cinema - it’s okay, but the real time to go is brunch. Otherwise,...
“Sites like Second Life offer no protections to keep kids from virtual...”
– Ban ‘Second Life’ in schools and libraries, Republican congressman says | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
Whenever old white men who know nothing about the Internet try to legislate use of it, I get very angry.
“First of all, why would anyone ever purchase a fake bag. I have always thought...”
– Heidi_2_You
Interesting choice of words on a fake blog created as part of a guerilla marketing campaign students at Hunter College came up with against counter feiting. Truly hilarious copy.
“Most people overestimate the regret they’ll experience after making an...”
– Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk
Don't Be Latino: Google doesn't care about Mexican... →
Google doesn’t care about Mexican people
Weekend Moments, First Weekend in May
1. Catching a girl calling a guy who stole her cab a faggot and watching her utter embarrasment when she saw I noticed
2. Having older persian gentleman cut in front of me in line at the corner store while he buys 4 bottles of grey goose, 4 bottles of pellegrino and a pack of marlboro reds while his un-sexy wife waits (I was buying toilet paper, ginger ale & string cheese)
3. Getting 50 cent...
WatchI’m gonna babysit your vagina.
Don't tell me to calm down.
Zachary: Well I guess I'll talk to you sometime tomorrow,
Sent at 3: 14 AM on Saturday
Zachary: & we'll figure out what we're doing.
Sent at 3: 15 AM on Saturday
me: any ideas?
Zachary: I have a few
me: what are they?
Zachary: Don't get your hopes up they all involve spending time with me.
me: ugh, if you're going to do this, you have to stop with the self effacing shit. it's not cute - what are your ideas?
Sent at 3: 19 AM on Saturday
Zachary: ok ok calm down
“I want to see a small run book or magazine, or a record, or a cassette tape and...”
– emptyage : Will You Let Me Be The Last To Know?
You better start watching what message that you...
“Of course it’s deplorable that sexually adventurous young women are constantly...”
– Kerry Howley, Reason Magazine - Hit & Run > Thoughts on Thoughts on Spitzer (via melissa)
What goes around comes around, but when does it stop coming?
I honestly don’t think I will ever have a boyfriend again. I never say this in public, because it makes me sound like I am fishing for compliments when 95% of the time, I’m not. It’s a truth, not self pity. This is it. I’m sure I’ll have sex lots more, but what does that have to do with love? Not much.