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Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer (via...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:29:15 -0800

Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer (via BriTANicKdotcom)

GENIUS.

"Life in Quarantine," by Fully Sick Rapper - CollegeHumor video

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:21:01 -0800

"Life in Quarantine," by Fully Sick Rapper - CollegeHumor video:

Christian Van Vuuren was diagnosed with TB and has spent the last 55 days quarantined to a single hospital room. Instead of feeling sorry for himself, he made this amazing rap video. I hope he recovers, I want to hang out with him.

GPOYW red edition.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:15:11 -0800

GPOYW red edition.

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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:22:14 -0800

nickdouglas:

Don’t turn your email address into Bob[at symbol dudez]Loblaw[dawt but spelled right FUCK YOU SPAMMERS]cawme-but-really-com-hopeyoureallywantedtoemailmehard.

That shit’s for pussies.

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Check Out The Secret McMenu Item That's Sweeping SF, The Mc10:35 - The Consumerist

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:38:11 -0800

Check Out The Secret McMenu Item That's Sweeping SF, The Mc10:35 - The Consumerist

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:28:52 -0800

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A Calendar Of Question Marks

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:25:49 -0800

At the end of September, I moved out of my apartment on Division Avenue in Wicker Park and in with one of my best friends, Braden.

I haven’t lived in a place I’d call my own since.

Living in the domain of other people is something you get familiar with in college. It’s a unique experience for most; those of you who went to boarding schools or those fancy East Coast prep schools were rocking the roommates even earlier. Maybe boarding schools and prep schools are the same thing, actually…honestly I’m just a Midwest guy who played soccer and passed Calculus.

Either way the Rules of Life’s Trajectory usually dictate a point at which you don’t live in another’s domain at some point in your mid-twenties. I did rent on my own in Wicker Park starting at about 25 or so, and I did love it…I reached the point of no return on living with roommates.

I thought so, anyway.

Ironically, living with Braden was a lot of fun.

It was kind of like a vacation in some ways, and at that point I had quite a bit of uncertainty in my life and couldn’t have made it through that without his generosity, so if you’re following him on Twitter I wouldn’t be upset if you sent him naked pictures or money. Back then we were already spending most of our free time together and it saved us the four blocks walk between our places, which is pretty significant once it’s December and Chicago is frozen solid.

Since arriving on the Left Coast I have stayed in three different places (as of this weekend). I’m still transient, and it’s been so long that I’m pretty darn comfortable with being transient. It’s amazing the way life just sort of happens, and you can get comfortable with the way things were or you can let Change influence tomorrow.

My tomorrows are largely dictated by the almighty Change, as it were, and at thirty years old I feel a combination of irony and comfort with the whole thing.

I never thought I’d be thirty and living in a new city with a bunch of question marks sitting on my calendar.

I also can’t say I’d feel any more comfortable with an alternative path.

When I think about a few years ago, in a serious relationship (with a wonderful girl) and trying to put together pieces of a future in Chicago, I know that even that life was chock full of question marks. When I read all of the wonderful bloggers I’m fortunate enough to follow; people of all ages and walks of life; I see one common thread…tomorrow’s not always what you thought it’d be.

I’m not knocking stability. I do wish I had more, sometimes.

Yet, there’s nothing traditional about the lives of the people I know.

Even the people I know who have traditional jobs or traditional love lives or a measure of habit and repetitiveness in their days. Even my parents, who’ve been in St. Charles for more than twenty years, still manage to face total chaos somewhat regularly.

People get pregnant, sick, fired, and bored. They write books and get promoted and take vacations that change their lives. They get into grad school and drop out of college and follow their instincts.

The only thing that remains constant is how mixed up and crazy the world can be.

Fitzroy at a Distance (via sesamepoodle18)

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:31:52 -0800

Fitzroy at a Distance (via sesamepoodle18)

Geek Bonnaroo

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:31:07 -0800

If you’re not sure what Bonnaroo is, it’s the mecca of current music festivals.

If you are aware of Bonnaroo, and you just got your pants all bunched up because you think Coachella or Lollapalooza or Lilith Fair takes the crown as the mecca of music festivals, I’ll just say that you should try to avoid getting pants bunched up in general, and that Bonnaroo really re-ignited the concert scene for a large portion of the concert-going scene the first time it came around. Agree to disagree.

Anyway, at the end of this week in Austin, South By Southwest kicks off with their Interactive session, which what they call the geeky stuff. South By Southwest actually transitions from the geek scene into the music and film sessions with lots of overlapping, but all in all the first few days are what I’d call Geek Bonnaroo.

And I get to go.

The blogger network I have the great fortune to run on my free time is built on top of the social networking platform that a company called Ning created. Ning announced a very late contest offering to take a handful of their Network Creators to the conference, and I applied thinking that I’m the kind of person who never wins contests.

I was wrong.

I found out a few days ago that I did indeed win, and that I’d be joining Ning at Geek Bonnaroo to spread the word about their platform and to basically meet thousands of other geeks in a never-ending party of tech, music, food, and dry Texas sunshine.

Sooo, yeah…I’m heading to Austin, Texas on Friday to attend a conference I’ve wanted to attend since it was first conceived.

I’m beyond pumped.

I actually won a contest!

Have you won a contest before?

Do tell!

Are you going? If you are I’m sure we’ve already connected on twitter or plancast, but if not definitely reach out. One place you should find me is the Glass + 20SB Happy Hour on Sunday at the Ginger Man.