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PRINCE TURNS KIDS GAY

I refuse to believe this complaint filed to the FCC following this year's--Yawn--Super Bowl half time performance is actually genuine, because surely, surely the evolutionary process eradicated the genes that could produce such idiotic bigotry and homophobia:

It was obscene to show Prince, a HOMOSEXUAL person through a sheet, as to show his silluette [sic] while his guitar showed a very phallic symbol coming from his below-midriff section. I am very offended and I would prefer not to have showed it to my 4 children who love football. One of them has hoped to be a quarterback and now he will turn out gay. I am actually considering checking him for HIV. Thanks CBS for turning my son GAY.

I'm going to file a complaint against some of these people's right to procreate.  I fear for the future of America if America is eventually going to be run by the offsprings of these people.  [Insert Dubya joke here.]  The Smoking Gun's got more complaints.

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METROCARDS AND CONDOMS AND ROBITUSSIN

I've never been more ill in one winter than this year.  I have a few theories that could explain this (Memo to self: Stop making out with skanks.  I kid, I kid.), but I am solidly sure about one thing and that is this: I'm really ready for winter to be over and done with. Anyway, back to what you are here for, which is links to things that will amuse, entertain, and occasionally educate you while avoiding your work duties.  And I have a link ("plug" for a friend) that will hopefully provide all three.

One of the most erudite friend of mine has caught the blogging bug and has started maintaing an entertaining blog (metrocardsandcondoms.wordpress.com) that presents his grand unifying theories and penetrating analysis on dating, sex, and relationships, along with an occasional insight into his neuroses.  The writer intends for it to be a roundtable discussion, if you will, with each entry providing the proverbial launch pad or diving board.

Cheers.

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LAST NIGHT'S PARTY

IMG_8867Thursday was--no big surprise here--Babel. It IS really tough to turn down a free bottle of Goose and hookah action especially after a brutal week.

IMG_8870 Chloe trying to convince her BFF Cristina to inhale. "Everyone's doing it."

IMG_8872 Take two. What's with girls insisting on editorial control with deletion powers over photographs taken?

IMG_8875 Chris agrees: "Yea, what's up wit' dat?"

IMG_8877 Belly dancer appearance. Cue rhythmic clapping.

IMG_8878 I applaud her balancing ability.

IMG_8880 Henry helps the dancer.

IMG_8881 "Come closer."

IMG_8882 Cy looks so happy to be in the middle of this sandwich.

IMG_8883 "ARRRGHHHHH!!!!"

IMG_8884 "Why Chloe? Why?"

IMG_8885 Two thumbs up for Babel thursdays!

IMG_8886 Beautiful girls make Chris act the foolishness.

IMG_8887 Couple of Henry's friends (forgot your names though: sorry!!).

IMG_8889 "It's okay, Matt."

IMG_8890 White smoke of the legal variety. Stay clean, kids.

IMG_8891 "Hmmm."

IMG_8893 Getting their their dance on.

IMG_8899 I kind of like this photo, because of its uh, composition.

IMG_8895 "Gimme your money BITCH!" Haha.

IMG_8896 More foolishness. Haha.

Friday night was 'stay in and drink wine with roommates' night.

IMG_8897_1 Chris entertaining us with some sweet depressing music.

IMG_8898 Kristin avoiding the paparazzi style.

IMG_8904 Luca thinks he's a cat. He loves sitting on laps.

IMG_8905 I am Korean after all...although the Mexican in me would wrap him up in a tortilla.

IMG_8909 Collectively can we all say, "awwww."

Saturday, we went to Cherry Tree on Bergen and 4th Ave. Cool place.

IMG_8915 Grrrr.

IMG_8916 "It's the hat, dude. Chicks DIG the hat."

IMG_8920 Chris ruining a perfectly nice moment with a bit of vulgarity. (High five, bro!)

IMG_8921 Condoms!

IMG_8923 I've never seen Chris so happy!

IMG_8925 An effective way of letting the bartender know that you aren't finished with your drink. OH, speaking of: The bartenders at Cherry Tree kept taking my beer and throwing it out before I had finished it. It happened twice. Fucking pissed me off.

IMG_8926 The Roommates of President Street. This time it's my turn to ruin a photo. "ARRRRGHHHH!"

IMG_8927 Haha. Ass cleavage!

My favorite thing about the bar was BUCK HUNTERRRRR:

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n506129499_28305_1061 I call this the "Dick Cheney." BAM! BUCK SHOT TO YO FACE, PUNK!

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IMG_8932 Yea, you.

IMG_8936 Hmmm, some unknown klepto of the bunch with the strainer...

IMG_8939 Haha. This is a brilliant jumping photo.

IMG_8940 The wind up...

IMG_8941 Unsuccessful take two.

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I'M SO SICK OF THE NON-APOLOGY APOLOGY

I'm so sick of the non-apology apology from people in the public limelight after they utter something racist, sexist, or hateful.  Their "apology," which is never a straightforward acknowledgment that they said something ignorant and malicious, is always cast so as to implicitly blame the victimized individual or group: See Rosie's "mea culpa" after her whole "ching chong" incident. Here's the most recent example after a Boston Celtics radio announcer Cedric Maxwell remarked, during a game, referencing the female referee on the court:

"Go in there and make me some bacon and eggs, would you?"

Clearly, such unquestionably sexist remarks shouldn't be uttered on air (I say it all the time to chicks though in private, but I also throw in,  "and clean the house afterwards" for good measure and then I slap on them on their ass as they walk by) and if it happens, just say you're sorry.  But nope, this genius goes with this non-apology apology:

“If I said anything that might have been insensitive or sexist in any way, then I apologize because she worked extremely hard to get where she is now, end of quote.”

Um, "IF?"  "MIGHT HAVE BEEN?"  "OR?"  "CAPS?"  "CAPS AND QUESTION MARKS?"

Try: "I said something that was incredibly insensitive and sexist and I apologize because she worked extremely hard to get where she is now.  I have begun reading the Feminine Mystique."

I didn't listen to the game, so I don't know whether he said made the bacon and eggs comment as a joke or whether there was a real male chauvinist anger there, but if it was an attempt at humor, he should know better.  If I know what I say is going to be broadcast to tens of thousands of people, I'm not going to be making jokes about how fast my people can deliver food on one-speed bicycles (They ARE fast though).

Anyway, I guess there's a good reason why Cedric Maxwell is only on radio.  OOOH BURNNNN.

In the meantime, GO RED SOX!

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LUCA'S GETS A PLAY DATE

Chloe brought over her pup Taytay to play with Luca. They trekked through that Sunday night snow this past weekend like true troopers. IMG_8812 Luca doing what he likes doing most: sniffing private areas.

IMG_8822 "Helloooo."

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IMG_8832 LUCA YOU SOOO CUTEEEE

IMG_8833 Even though Luca has like 20 pounds on Taytay, he was definitely not being the alpha dog. If they were in prison, Luca would be Taytay's bitch.

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LAST NIGHT'S PARTY

Don't have many photos for this one on account of the camera battery (and sometimes it's good to just put the camera down). IMG_8805 Saturday morning, got up and met up with the Cy for brunch at B and 12th Street.  I got out of Union Square to find myself in the midst of a massive pillow fight taking place there.

IMG_8806 Cy solemnly awaiting his 10 dollar plate of eggs, toast, potatoes, coffee, and mimosa. (Seriously, the best brunch deal I've come across in the City.)

Right, so on top of the brunch being tasty and easy on the wallet, there were these two smoking hot lesbians all over one another who were sitting directly next to us. It was very welcoming-ly distracting.

So after we finished our food, drinks, and lesbian making out gazing, we decided to leave. Outside the restaurant, I noticed it had a street placard advertising 2 for 1 drinks from 4 to 8 pm. I took out my cell phone and checked the time (I don't wear a watch) and turned to Cy. "It's 4:18 right now. Should we...?" When we went back in, the couple saw us and laughed. We explained the happy hour special to them.

IMG_8809 Party picture taken at....

IMG_8811 4:34 pm! Haha.

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PHALLIC ONEUPSMANSHIP

Whether you're a soccer fan, a desk jockey in the advertising industry, or a Latin American aficionado (whatever that fucking means), this is a pretty hilarious mano-a-mano battle taking place in the realm of advertising between an Argentine (ostensibly) condom company and the Brazilian Football Organization. Prior to a soccer match between Argentina and Brazil, the condom company ran the following taunting ad:

Look at the ad again. Get it?

After Brazil beat its rival, Brazil's football group ran the following response:

On top of the loss...wow, talk a real kick in the nuts for Argentines, that is.

Anyway, I love the Brazilian futbol team because of their fans:

Original Source.

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LAST NIGHT'S PARTY

UPDATE: Find Waldo us on the party page of GBH. How obnoxious. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming:

I need to empty my recycle basket. Don't you think?

I like to think that this could be "art" that speaks to the lack of a creative and critical discourse in the modern office in today's capitalist milieu, where paper, which permeates all offices, and it's incredibly discursive quality is minimalized in order to maximize and propogate profit. The physical tabula rasa is used to print rote correspondence seeped in a facade of familiar salutations and amity that only serve to mask the dog-eat-dog nature of business. What I've done here is to crudely equate the perverted symbolism of paper with trash, however by utilizing a recycle basket I'm bluntly screaming that there is no hope. It remains a forever viciously recycled business of corporate robots and soulless peons.

Oh, by and by: I'm selling a limited edition reproduction of this photo for 900 dollars each. And the actual item can be yours for 10,000 dollars.

Speaking of art, on Thursday Carly and I went to an art exhibit in the LES aka an exucuse to drink at the open bar, which was spilling over with uber-hipsters, and three girls who accidentally wandered in ask us what was happening there. So we told them about the exhibit. They looked around and asked us, "Where is The Art?"

Exactly, where IS the art? Hmmm. Deep thoughts. Think about it.

IMG_8770 Ms. Thang.

IMG_8771 Carly and me with my sweet 3-D glasses I found around the office. The place was so jam packed, that she and I ended up chilling out by sitting on the cabinets, quite literally.

IMG_8772 Classy plastic cup.

IMG_8773 Mmm, open bar! (But look at all those barely touched wasted drinks!!! Travesty!)

IMG_8774 Carly's magazine friend Andrew. Thanks dude for hooking us up with free drinks even after the bar 'closed.'

IMG_8775 Andrew (look at his "been frequenting the open bar for quite awhile" eyes...haha) and his super cool friend who is starting her own jewelry company.

IMG_8776 Happy people.

Afterwards, we bounced over to Hiro for Cheeky Bastard partay.

IMG_8779 Haha! This might be the most brilliant photo of Sam. Sam and Nick run a art community website called Heelpress. Go check it out, sign up and join, and upload all your creative efforts.

IMG_8781 Nick--the other half of Heelpress (which later that night as he was talking to a couple girls became a porn site). I think I'm going to bring more prop items out with me. Everyone wanted a turn with those glasses.

IMG_8778 The K to the S doing her best Stevie Wonder impression.

IMG_8782 Pure foolishness.

IMG_8784 A two drink minimum?

IMG_8785 Haha.

LeVar Burton was also there. He kept trying to read us shit from Reading Rainbow, and I was like, "Dude, stop. We're trying to dance!"

IMG_8786 Sweater over shoulder? Yes!

IMG_8788 Haha. As this photo was being taken, Chris--who at the time was flirting with the bartender or something--saw this and thought "I NEED TO BE IN THESE PHOTOS" and he SPRINTED over...just in time to make the next photo:

IMG_8789 Chris literally came to one of those cartoon skidding stops just as the flash went off. Result? Brilliant photo.

IMG_8794 Hot sweaty dance floor mess.

IMG_8795 "And the midget was THIS tall bro! Someone THIS tall can't be calling herself a midget! She was hot though."

IMG_8797 "And this was a tough move, but those How-To Riverdance videos really paid off!"

IMG_8798 Mikey (He can dance better than you) backs up his trunk...and Carly kinda likes it.

IMG_8800 And of course, the night ends with a jump!

Final thoughts: Did I really dance on stage? Did I really see Chris wheelbarreling a girl on the dance floor? Was there really a 50 dollar minimum? Did someone really text message...basically, Pol Pot? And lastly, one thing one should never throw down the gauntlet and call me a pussy.

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BRADY BUNCH

Knock. Knock. Who's there?

Ex-girlfriend.

Ex-girlfriend who?

Ex-girlfriend with your baby!

Tom Brady's ex-girlfriend, the actress Bridget Moynahan, is apparently pregnant with his baby.  He is currently dating Gisele Bundchen.  I think she's some model or something?

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WEEKEND UPDATE

First, a few photos kindly sent to me (Thanks Lauren!) from an open bar outing a few weeks ago. IMG_0039 I kind of love this photo.

IMG_0041 This might be one of my favorite photos ever from my party photo set.

Anyway, fast forward to the present. Saturday night was an interesting night...unfortunately the camera was left at home. Played wingman to a friend at his ex's going-away send off party. After Saturday, my friend and I are now even for when I dragged him to play wingman at a terrible club on the west side that played only Oldies music all night long.

On Saturday, my friend Jesus's band Zenen performed at the Delancey to help kick off a new monthly music and art event, Tripnotica.

IMG_8754 Some artist was painting on the main floor of the three level bar.

IMG_8755 Jesus and the White Jackets!

IMG_8757 Industrial rocking it!

Then I met up with Cy and we went to Faluka for some silly hookahing, drinking, and dancing. Some photos...

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MOVIES OF THE WEEK

I saw two movies this week that couldn't be more disparate from one another.  One was a brilliant, but ultimately flawed Spanish film.  The second was cotton candy drivel for the masses that appealed to the lowest common denominator. The former was Pan's Labyrinth, which has been sort of billed as the "fairy tale for adults" and while that characterization certainly resonates throughout the story, the level of violence depicted (although not necessarily gratuitous...) ultimately distracts from the story, as well as the film's other redeeming qualities, such as its cinematographic beauty.  Of course, before Walt Disney got his hands on the fairy tale mythos, fundamentally and traditionally fairy tales were gruesome and terrible, filled with all manners of dreadful creatures and grim imagery and in part, it is this that writer and director Guillermo Del Toro is tapping into.  However just as I found myself getting drawn into the phantasmagoria of Ofelia's (the Cinderella, Gretel, and the Little Red Riding Hood of the movie) world, the all too explicit gore shocked me out of my entrancement.  Nonetheless, Del Toro usage of post civil war Franco Spain as a backdrop creates a brilliant dichotomy with that of Ofelia's world.  I don't want to talk too much about the plot for fear of revealing too much, but I do recommend you see this movie in the theater--just be sure to leave the kiddies at home.  On a side note, this was a bizarre movie to watch on Valentine's Day.  I give it three out of five stars.

As for the second film, I'm actually quite embarrassed to admit that I saw it.

*Cough*Musicandlyrics*Cough*

It might be one of the worst movies I've ever seen and not in that "so bad, it's so good" way either.  I'm very hard pressed to find one redeeming thing about the film, which says a lot because the masochist in me is rather forgivable towards insipid films.  Premise is a has-been forgotten former 80's pop group singer has to write a song for...oh nevermind.

Oh wait!  I just thought of something positive about the movie: it motivated me and my friend to find a bar afterwards as quickly as possible.  I give this pablum of a film one dim star out of five.

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IN THE SUBWAY TONIGHT

I've seen some pretty decent to the pretty god awful subway musical performances during my time in New York, but the best I've ever seen, again, can only be described as "pretty decent."  Honestly, the most impressive thing I saw on a subway was this busker doing a tonally perfect mimicry of  the subway train "door closing" sound.   I've certainly never seen anything quite like the performance given by this R&B acapella group, Naturally 7, on the Paris Metro. This group sang their own mixed up (but in a good way) version of Phil Collins's "In the Air Tonight."  It's quite stun-tastic.  Check it out here.  It's funny to note the passengers slowly warming up to them and to see their reactions.

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YESSS...ANOTHER 24 WITH BOBBY LEE

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z6IFUOW5Lw] This is the only MadTV skit that consistently cracks me up.  My favorite line: "You know you like me, inside you want ethnic love...!"

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BALD BRIT

The recent Britney Spears--the one passing out in clubs, and providing the paparazzi with endless snatch shots--who graduated valedictorian from the Paris Hilton finishing school has apparently matriculated into the Ivies of craziness with her recent choice to look more like the Dalai Lama, Kojak, and GI Jane Demi Moore by shaving her head. When asked about Brit's recent hair shearing, Paris replied, "Bitch is crazy. Even I'm scared of her."

At one point, she used to look like this:

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