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Tuesday, June 25, 2002
"The days when you took the country's pulse from their albums have long gone, but play it loud and you can still believe this is the band who hosted the biggest rock'n'roll block party since punk. In gloomy times Oasis have remembered how to cheer us up. What else, really, are pop groups for? " | Sunday, June 23, 2002
Chicken and cheese Indian bread -- I was turned onto it by Matt B during my senior year at UT. After a nice between-classes lunchtime pint, we would head over to the little cart that sat outside the University Co-op and buy a couple of those delicious little pockets of heaven for $1.25 each. The friendly Vietnamese lady would hand 'em over along with a cup of ice for the accompanying Mountain Dew, and we'd scurry off to eat them. Subsequent trips back to Austin usually involved a detour by campus to ensure that I got a least a couple of them in the system; if Sonnet was driving, I was free to savor them in the passenger seat. The move back to Austin was wrenching in many ways. One of the saving graces for me was my imminent proximity to unlimited supplies of chicken and cheese Indian bread. The price? Still $1.25 each. So as I left The Omelettry after breakfast yesterday, I was gobsmacked to see the friendly Vietnamese lady's mugshot on the cover of the Austin American-Statesman. Turns out she and her equally friendly husband have (allegedly) been fencing stolen goods through the chicken-and-cheese cart for years now. I'm devastated. How did they have time to fence, given the prodigious lines that the food inevitably occasioned? Was it the money? Miss, I would gladly have paid double for that food -- that's $2.50 each -- if I'd known that the alternative for you was a life of criminal subterfuge. 
I jest, but this really sucks. | Wednesday, June 19, 2002
Tuesday, June 18, 2002
One more thing re: MEETUP -- if you sniff around the site a little bit, you might be able to find a picture of me beavering away on this very laptop...and all your preconceptions about what I look will be dashed to the rocks (actually they'll probably be confirmed in spades...and come to think of it, those of you who know me in meatspace will also be less than shocked at what I look like. probably.). | Saturday, June 15, 2002
Another impressive England victory. Bring on Brazil! In other news, I finally get to talk about the oh-so-secretive Internet startup I worked for after getting laid off. The site has launched now, and I for one think it's pretty cool. MEETUP The idea is that if you're a huge fan of...let's say...Weezer -- or you want to meet other bloggers in your town...or you're planning a wedding and want to MEETUP automatically schedules a meet up in 500-odd cities around the world (most in the US, at least to start) and you get to vote on which location you'd like to use. The site launched the other day and was promptly "Slashdotted", so there are already almost 5000 participants (mostly techies) as of the time of writing. Soon they'll start getting the word out, one by one, to the hundreds of online communities that I helped to identify -- and a worldwide Weezer fan MEETUP will surely be of interest to the major Weezer fan sites out there, so those categories will shortly begin to show some life too. Anyway, you can get all the juicy details at the site...have a poke around. And think: "What topics am I geekily passionate about? And goddamn, wouldn't it be great to meet other people who are just as into "blankety blank" as I am. Odds are, your little niche is not on there, so please suggest it! For instance, Matt might be all excited about the Metafilter MEETUP, but might want to suggest a Comic Book Fans MEETUP. | Friday, June 07, 2002
Wow, what a fantastic match -- all I can say is "Nes Gadol Hayah Sham". I was dead proud of West Ham's own Trevor Sinclair coming on as a surprise sub for the injured Owen Hargreaves just 19 minutes in -- he created chances, he put in 110%, and he deserves as much credit as anyone for the win. Having said that, England's defending was just phenomenal. All credit to Nicky Butt, who played out of his skin, as well as the impeccable central defensive duo of Rio Ferdinand and Sol Campbell. It was so heartening to see Campbell's massive frame back there, ready to lunge in and clear the ball whenever it got anywhere near him. And you could see Argentina succumb to fear once Owen put that shot off the post...after that, they would do anything to stop him, and the result was the decisive penalty. Plus the spirit at Fado was just great, even though they didn't start serving pints until 7am. Can't wait until the Nigeria match on the 12th, which we *must* win. ...so far, it's been a really enjoyable World Cup. (Oh, well done USA as well...an epochal victory for them, to be sure). | Thursday, June 06, 2002
Heh..hello?? Hi. I'm sitting in my brother's apartment having hooked up the puter, and I'm dipping my toes in the water. Since I last blogged, I/we: I just called around to find a pub that is opening early for the England/Argentina match -- looks like I'll be heading to Fado at 5:45am tomorrow morning in order to get a good spot for the match at 6:25. This is the big one, folks, and it's going to be a lot of fun. After extensive deliberations with the S.O and a few frantic late-night calls to the more prestigious Italian fashion houses, I've settled on a coolly casual look, and will be sporting a chic claret and blue polyester number with a sexy little West Ham United logo on the sleeves and a big fuck-off Doc Martens logo emblazoned on the front. I think it will be a hit, but you know what these early-morning pub football watching types are like -- so catty. My brother found a place to live in Dallas -- an apartment complex called Rancho Palisades. Naturally, we're having a grand old time referring to it as "Rancho Relaxo". Saturday, the mighty Nina Nastasia is coming to Austin's Mercury! I saw her many times in New York, and I bet she will blow Austin away...Albini produced her last album and it is goosebump-inducing beautiful. Lots of things on the agenda: must get in touch with old friends like Chip C and Matt B; must do some homework to prepare for the new gig; must buy that car; must find a place to live; must stay in touch with the New York peeps; must seize the opportunity to promote the exciting startup I worked on when it launches (just a few days away now...watch this space), must watch World Cup matches...must begin to settle into new existence. Weird. In some ways, blogging is one of the few points of continuity...this interface is the same one I've always used. More later... | |
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