hawaiian cynics in london

the hawaiian shirt epidemic
its not that i fear them, its just i dont get them. they are "casual" wear, but they are still button ups. and the shirts are cut straight at the bottom. the patterns are weird. i cant picture any true hawaiian wearing one. they are novelty. it is what makes hawaiians money. but anyway, i feel that if i walk into a place (restaurant, gym, bar, store........and so on) and at least 1/6 of the population is dressed in hawaiian shirts, i lose my comfort. im being honest. i dont know the exact percentage, but there is a point where i can deal with it, and then there is a point where it stresses me out. help me find the line.

the cynicism epidemic
ive always been pretty cynical about lots of stuff. as you can read above. i realized that im at this point where there is no adventure in things. there is no hope really. or it seems much more bleak than i would want it to be. all because i go into everything with the mindset that something must be wrong or i find faults before i find anything else. this may explain why i enjoy movies that others do not and many other things about me.

the britons epidemic
this "summer" was great. i went to europe. but i had an equal amount of fun with the britons that came out here. it was exciting showing them around. it made me look at my surroundings with new eyes again. with non cynical eyes. examples being:
emily smiling about seeing lexington reservoir
simon happy about eating pumpkin products/mountain dew
sammy laughing about us not using the metro
dominic going to an electro-bootie-house show with us
ashley so excited to wear a foam hand at a baseball game

i just feel that everything is so new to them, and we got to show them around for bits and it was the best. it made me appreciate so much more. it made me understand that we do have culture here, and they see it just as we see their culture overseas. im pretty sure i want to spend my days in the bay area showing foreigners around.

im blogging at 545am

first off. the red room in santa cruz is still one of the best places on earth.
secondly. the new album by Brazilian Girls is up there.
Brazilian Girls - All About Us

killing yourself to live

i have been reading 'killing yourself to live' by chuck klosterman and here is an excerpt that i love. it goes along with my non-fascination with celebrities and celebrity status.

This is how popular culture works: you allow yourself to be convinced you're sharing a reality that doesn't exist. Every summer, Hollywood movie studios convince millions of people to see blockbuster movies they know they're going to hate. Every day, shows like Access Hollywood force 2 million housewives to ask themselves, "who really cares who Lindsay Lohan is dating?" And you know what the answer to that question is? Almost no one. There are very few Americans who honestly care who Linsday Lohan is dating. But it's still information they need to have. This is because those people care about something else entirely; they're worried about the possibility of everyone else understanding something that they're missing. This is what they're afraid of, and this is how they deduce societal truth."
-chuck klosterman

banksy again


he went to disneyland, and put a figure of a guantanamo bay detainee with shakles and hood over his face, right next to big thunder mountain railroad.

visual attraction


as days go on, i become more attracted to these:




phil will probably be the only person that reads this that cares.

that's hot

never have i cared for paris hilton. nor did i care for the release of her self-titled album.
but i have cared for banksy. the artist known for works such as these:




his newest work is teaming up with danger mouse (the beats guy for gnarls barkley) and they remixed the paris hilton album and changed the artwork to have song titles such as "Why am i famous?" and liner notes saying "every cd you buy puts me even further out of your league".

i would show images of the cover art and everything but its not totally appropriate.

with the album, he made 500 copies and switched them with the actual albums in HMV stores across UK. keeping the bar codes on them they would still get scanned and rung up. people were buying crap and finding out that it wasnt what they wanted. but imaging having one of 500 pieces of banksys art. which is why it is going for £600 on ebay.

enjoy the song

Paris Hilton/Danger Mouse/Banksy - That's Hot

october 19

i was way off about me turning 5 in starbucks years. its october 19th. and im thinking a big party will follow.

audrey

Audrey - Mecklenburg
Audrey - Views