Craigslist, at its best

While partaking in typical Monday afternoon activities a friend of mine stumbled upon this craigslist missed conections post:

Why did you never post? - w4m

Reply to: pers-956522905@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-12-13, 11:11AM

I hate you, fuck'n titty bastard. 

Don't get me wrong, I thought we had something too. I was walking through the plaza of campus and you ended up holding the door open for me. I smiled and nodded my thanks, and you curtly nodded your dark, shaggy head in return... well, I think it was dark and shaggy, you had your hood up and I could only see the back of your head. But nonetheless, I knew it then. I felt it. You were going to be my missed connection. 

I was excited. I was eager. Being of a shyer personality, and averagely-plain looks, I was never really noticed. I always scrolled the missed connection page, hoping against hope that someone would mention the chunky girl in King Sooper's buying the quart of Ben&Jerry's, or the disheveled girl scratching her armpit in the sedan going north. They never happened. Not a single post could even be pretended to be me. But, it was different with you. You were going to be my breakthrough. You were going to propel my debut to anonymous posting fame. 

I checked MC that night, scrolling through with bated breath. M4M, W4M, I saw you at this bar, You had a kid. None of those were for me. I felt a pang in my stomach, but I let it pass. I knew, you just had a busy night. You were at odds with your family, and had to work overtime to pay for your school as you weren't able to get loans due to your father's fabulous wealth. Your cat died. You had to do laundry. I know how it is. I forgave you. 

However, the next day, still nothing pertaining to me. No "I held the door open for you. You were average looking, but polite. Tell me what I was wearing." No reply back of, "You were wearing a hoody. The hood was up so I wasn't certain if you had dark and shaggy hair." No reply-reply back of, "Gee, that's right. Want to get coffee?" No reply-reply-reply back of, "I hate coffee. Sorry I don't think this will work out." No reply-reply-reply-reply back of, "Wow, I hate coffee too. I was just being nice. I love you." No reply-reply-reply-reply-reply back of, "I love you, too. Vegas?" None of that happened. NONE OF IT. 

I was getting worried. Maybe a bus hit you? Maybe you got probed by your roommate? Maybe your cat came back to life and zombified you? The possibilities were endless. I dialed PVH multiple times, just to hang up realizing the only thing I knew about you was you were wearing a hoody. I was starting to forget what colour the hoody even was. Black? Dark blue? Maybe a CSU green? I forgot colours were important in MC. Frantically I hit up MC again, scrolling up and down, clicking every option. Dear lord, were you dead? 

I was getting desperate but I couldn't post my own W4M posting for you. I was too haughty for that. You were supposed to come to me. You were supposed to post your generic statement of lustful attraction FOR ME. But then you had to get hospitalized and ruined everything. I can't wait for you forever. They don't even have a vaccine for zombification. I had to move on. Couldn't you drag your sore, corpse-like body home and make one MC posting? Your lack of dedication appalled me. I began to hate you. 

I scorned MC for awhile, my heart still broken over your fucking lack of commitment. I waited two whole days for you. TWO. 2! My life was wasted. I could've been playing GuildWars, reading generic shoujo, saving orphans in Tibet. Now those orphans are dead, because you didn't fucking post and I spent two days wasting my time. Good work, orphan killer. You get kicks and giggles from murdering orphans, you fucking psychopath. 

I sent a request to medical research requesting they never find a cure for zombies, fucking shithole douchebag titty hoody man from the depths of orphan killing hell. Way to ruin my hope in MC. 

...btw, to the young man who was loitering in front of King Soopers, wearing a grey and green jacket, who glanced at my entrance...I am waiting for your post next. 

It'll ruin your bank account

Have you ever been sitting at your computer, looking at your on-line bank statement, and just get the urge to blow it all down to maybe an overdraft fee? Well, next time that happens browse the selections of FarFetch.com, a website dedicated to bringing you some of the most exciting up-and-coming and established designers. From Balenciaga and Yohji Yamamoto to Alessandrini and Ateliers Ruby. If you're working on a budget check out their sales, though you're still going to drop a bill (aka $100, for those of you who arnt up to date on your drug lingo) or two.

check out some of my faves from this site.

Les Ateliers Ruby Helmets

Linda Farrow Vintage for Luella, black framed glasses

Also, Check out jackthreads.com. It says by invite only... but also has a link to sign up, which I did.. without an invitation. They have ONE ITEM per day, usually 50% or more off. Its an interesting concept, but items are hit and miss.

Like a girl talk mash up

I havent posted in awhile so I'm going to give a hot load of goodness all at once. Lets start with the new take on the breif case. Greek product designer Alexandros Stasinopoulos started from the ground up, choosing the seldomly used ceramic material Zirconium Oxide. Its structural quality is almost that of a diamond! The body of the bag (not a body bag) is rigid and almost entirly scratch and stain proof. The straps were done exclusivly in leather, a proper a choice. But enough about the technical details, lets talk design. These breifcases were the winner of the International Forum Design competetion. The bold but minimalist approach, comparable to apple design, has been taken to a slightly more interesting level with a delicate choice in a very modern palatte.

Now, random fashion stuff!

From a spread in The New York Times, featuring tights

I dont even have to say anything about these. beautiful! by danish designer Barbara Igongini.

random girl with serious heels.

Waist Coats by Baptiste Viry

Heartbreaks and 808s?

let down


and by the way:
i am pretty sure it is easy to rap (i.e. rhyme words rhythmically and phonically to a beat) when you end EVERY line in the first verse with the same word, "yo."

also,

vocoder and auto-pitch sound stupid on raspy screamed lyrics.


small props:
taiko drums.

Everybody Dies

I don't really know how to explain this
but it looks really interesting.

Text-based neo-chooseyrownadventure puzzle books


i am reading this tonight
i will let you know what happens

(click the cover for linkage)

Back when the Vocoder was Awesome

holy shit

Harmony Korine Zines

Harmony Korine made some zines with Mark Gonzales 15 years ago.



Drag City is putting them out as an anthology due November 18th.

Pretty weird.

I want it.

DROP CROTCH!

It's not a silhouette for the stubby legged, but if you're lean and tall enough to breath gods air then you're set to rock a this look. Its surprisingly versatile depending on materials. Girls, look out for this look in denim.

Two SMASHING points of contention

Billy Corgan is a whiny bitch


article here (via stereogum).

and James Iha is way more nautical that I thought he was

Grizzly Bear talk new album (and it's about damn time)

that's Ed Droste.

He told Drowned in Sound (who told Stereogum, who told me)
that they--GRIZZLY BEAR--are nearly 80% done with the tracking for their new album.
here are the details I filtered out:
+there's a children's choir on a few songs
+the drums will be more prominent
++Chris Bear (drummer) is producing again


this is what Ed says: "I can't tell you how excited we all are about it. It's definitely got more variety, higher highs and lower lows. [It's] much more dynamic and [has more] breadth in sound, not to mention a much more collaborative approach to the songwriting. With Yellow House, most of the songs were individually written by either Daniel [Rossen, guitarist] or myself beforehand and then brought to the table, whereas a lot of these were written as a band or brought in at very primitive levels and then fleshed out together, which means more shared lead vocals and back and forth interplay between everyone."

here is "two weeks" on letterman again
cause it is just THAT good

Panda Bear T-shirts//Hats

in orange and white

i just found out about these too:



i am behind the boat.

Ponytail!

If Battles and Deerhoof had a lovechild
and then fed that lovechild massive amounts
of sweet treats
and then set it loose on a tropical island

it would be Ponytail




PONYTAIL MYSPACE

Duhmb, or: Politically Inactive People should stay on the internet

I would have much rather not voted (which i didn't)
than be one of the many voters, like the kids in my Comp class, who were totally uninformed.

in an effort to stay informed about the topics that interest me on election day
i hopped over to pitchfork.tv to watch some "news"


this is what they gave me:




DUHMB.

VERIZON KC910////super future camera phone from LG

this thing looks crazy



coming to korea soon eventually?

hopefully we get some by christmas...

delicious