Alex Balk
The second time I done it on my own.
Nov 09
When you're as clueless as I am it's helpful to be surrounded by those with their finger on the pulse.
- Me: Do you know what Ed Hardy is?
- Cho: yeah of course
- Cho: christian audigier
- Me: It is... a line of clothing?
- Cho: are you kidding me?
- Cho: it's definitely like a cultural thing
- Cho: http://images.google.com/images?q=ed%20hardy&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
- Me: Dude, I shop at THE GAP. WHEN THERE IS A SALE. I don't follow fashion.
- Cho: it doesnt matter
- Cho: it's like part of the cultural zeitgeist
- Me: I know, I see the name ALL THE TIME.
- Cho: it's woven into the tapestry of our lives
- Cho: did you read the thing on christian audigier in gq a few montsh back?
- Cho: that should be a pretty good primer
- Cho: it's pretty much a brand for dickheads in LA and europeans to wear
- Me: ah
- Cho: it's like tshirts with these designs on them for $150
- Cho: that are also bedazzled
- Cho: also
- Me: Bedazzled? Really?
- Cho: the guy who started the "clothing line" is the same guy who did von dutch
- Cho: yeah
- Cho: it's like got rhinestones and stuff on it
- Me: Wow.
- Me: People really are getting stupider.
- Cho: von dutch = those really expensive mesh hats that everyone wore for like a year
- Cho: it's a HUGE brand
- Me: I'm getting that sense.
- Cho: christian audigier is also best friends with jon gosselin
- Cho: of jon and kate
- Cho: plus eight
- Me: Okay, this conversation is over.
- Cho: i really cant believe you dont know what ed hardy is
- Me: Dude, do I look like a DANDY to you?
- Me: Some kind of trend-sucking fop?
- Cho: i'm telling you
- Cho: it's bigger than that
- Cho: like i bet there have been nytimes pieces on ed hardy
- Cho: i wouldnt be surprised if it was in PARADE
- Cho: and yes
- Cho: YOU DO SEEM LIKE SOMEONE WHO READS PARADE
- Me: Only for Walter Scott's Personality Parade.
- Me: I never miss that one.
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Guess what topic this chart is used to illustrate. Go ahead, guess.
Nov 06
How Decisions Are Made At The Awl
- Choire: Is "bite me" nicer than "suck it" for a headline?
- Me: "Bite me" is a little too genteel. It doesn't quite convey.
- Choire: Yeah, but "suck it" is too over the top. It'll turn people off.
- Me: How about "lick my left one"?
- Choire: Yeah, I'll go with "bite me."
Apparently, I am five years old.
Because I have had “She’ll Be Comin’ Round The Mountain” STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR THREE HOURS NOW. What the fuck?
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Mornin’!
Nov 05
Name for my new emo band.
Inbox Confessional
Nov 04
V: The Review
“But we really should talk about the Big Show, the new head alien lady Anna, who is the BEST CASTING EVER because she is SUCH a Monet-with-a-twist in that she’s so pretty from far away but up close she’s not as cute and in fact totally scary. She rapes your face with her face and she does it while SMILING WITH HER EYES and it’s so confusing because she has the perfect pixie haircut of a passionate inner-city grade school teacher and is maybe wearing Armani Collezioni.”
I’m sorry, I will always be a sucker for these.
