aim: devaskate | e-mail: syntaxfeline@yahoo.com
le cine scale: ***** best of the best ~ * worst of the rest
prior convictions:
2000 rants
2001 mumblings
2002 whispers
2003 confessions
[01/13/05] ... ThursdaY 4:46 p.m.
http://www.bizbash.com/ - all the parties i'm not attending
happy 2005! christmas was bearable this year, though the days following new year's eve were less than sane. from december 24th till december 31st, i was with my family in puerto rico thanks to my dad's infinite supply of frequent flyer miles and travel agent cunning. leaving on the morning of christmas eve, the airport check-in line was insane. just finding the end of the line was a monstrous task and a tense half-hour ticked by before it was our turn to hand over our luggage. after a brisk brush through security, a light jog to the gate, we weren't even the last ones on the plane. at least 5 other passengers boarded after us. a few, indeed, had to have the door re-opened to let them on. our takeoff time ended up being delayed half an hour.
we rode continental, on a plane full to bursting. it was lovely (and a bit embarassing on such a full plane) to have an empty seat between my mom and i for placing of miscellaneous items not currently in use. probably the only empty seat for the flight. should have offered it to the guy sitting next to the fussy baby. perhaps the mother of the fussy baby. (note: i really don't like it when people say "should of" instead of "should have" - as in "The parrot SHOULD HAVE eaten the bird food, not your ice cream." inject some proper grammar in your veins, asshole - and, of course, forgive me for any grammar gaffes i should commit.)
the farther south we flew, the smaller and livelier the clouds got. gone were the poofy obese languorous gloomy gus's of the midwest - their bastard children, freshly laundered spiky little dabs of cloud frolicked about in their absence. and the sky was blue blue blue, like in every salacious hit-the-beach-let's-go-on-vacation ad that's ever tempted and tortured your monitor-weary eyes.
pardon me, i'm disgorging an inappropriate amount of description. it's flowery, even. and taking far too long to get to the actual vacationing.
we landed. we got our luggage. we got a taxi. we cringed in the back seat while my parents attempted spanish. er, chinese-spanish. er, chinese-english-spanish. spanglese? embassy suites was our destination. drive took less than 3 minutes. hotel featured a nightly happy hour with free drinks, a casino, a gingerbread diarama, a pool, a hot tub, and wireless internet service ($11/24 hrs). all for the steal of a deal of a seal of a meal of...$300/night. ri-diddly-diculous.
places we went: old san juan, the wyndham hotel san juan, the intercontinental hotel san juan, mi casita restaurant, church's chicken, the taco maker, burger king, wendy's, burger king (again), royal siam restaurant, pasha (restaurant inside wyndham), ruth's chris steak house (inside intercontinental), momoyama (another restaurant inside the intercontinental), outback steakhouse (inside our hotel hooray!),
[11/30/04] ... TuesdaY 2:26 p.m.
tomorrow is december. oy vey. i've really got to get crackin on making my first million.
eBay owns 25% of Craig's List!
go HERE and check out the "work we do" at Wieden + Kennedy. click your way from the 80's to 2003 and be sure to watch the last one, "Cog". best. ad. ever. second only to their 2002 case study, "Tag".
freeman's, that hip lil les hot spot is now officially open to the public. well. the blue states anyway. be sure to dress in your best anti-bush ironic/sarcastic trucker hats, movie star shades and glitter belts when you finally deem yourself spiffy enough to dine at this joint. article text is available HERE if you're johnny-come-late.
how does one become a creative director? i can't even find a good biography on someone like that. damn you amazon and your completely unrelated recommendations!
it's true. the incredibles are farking great! definitely check it out on the big screen. go see it for the hair alone. that gorgeous digitally rendered wet hair. cool fight scenes too. and holly hunter's luscious vox with just a hint of saintly southern drawl. mmm mmm good!
bright house live - more delicious creative
[10/21/04] ... ThursdaY 11:42 a.m.
Firebird Gas Lighter
Design Guido Venturini, 1993; pmma, aluminum
Made in Italy by Alessi
As ironic, humorous and elegant as you could wish for, the explicit eroticism of "Firebird" has attracted considerable criticism from the more straight-laced and orthodox quarters.
(please note: the firebird does not produce flame, it is intended to create a spark to ignite a gas stove.)
available in your choice of blue, black or orange
$69.00 + $8.00 shipping in the continental U.S.
(usually ships in 1-2 days)
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[10/19/04] ... TuesdaY 11:19 p.m.
***jealous***
theB0RA: the pollution in mexico city is sick - so my dad used to take us on day trips on the weekends to check out a pyramid or two - i wish i kept a log of that - we found the biggest ones, to the smallest ones - cool memories~
theB0RA: EVERY weekend - no joke
theB0RA: uh... random... wtf... "Mr. Ford could leave his most enduring mark in New Mexico, where he owns 24,000 acres of mesa and ranchland outside Santa Fe. He has commissioned the architect Tadao Ando to design three buildings of eight planned: a stable, a house and a mausoleum. He started thinking about a burial site after his beloved terrier John died. "I'd like to bury him out there," he said. "I'd like to be buried out there." He smiled. "We might as well have Tadao Ando do a mausoleum.""
theB0RA: that is tom ford for you.
***<3***
alienexplanation: hey babes
devaskate: hi buny
alienexplanation: you brother is just like you
alienexplanation: haha
alienexplanation: it reminds me of trying to help you write cover letters
alienexplanation: or prepare for your interviews
devaskate: *lol*
devaskate: we're both pretty hopeless, eh?
devaskate: =)
alienexplanation: no, just you already accept defeat before you try to win
alienexplanation: also you werent raised among jews
alienexplanation: sadly enough
alienexplanation: and thus aren't pathetically and neurotically self-analyzing
alienexplanation: which makes it difficult in life
alienexplanation: but easier to write college essays
devaskate: haha
devaskate: whatever
devaskate: i self-analyze too much as it is
alienexplanation: no kidding
[06/24/04] ... ThursdaY 6:12 p.m.
***sorry about all the caps...had to cut n paste***
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[05/17/04] ... MondaY 1:36 p.m.
Elzar: Here ya go big spender: Fois Gras and caviar.
Zoidberg: Goose liver? Fish eggs? Pfwa! Where's the goose? Where's the fish?
Elzar: Hey, that's what rich people eat, the garbage parts of the food.
Zoidberg: I ate garbage yesterday, and it didn't cost me $300!
[05/14/04] ... FridaY 10:30 a.m.
"I shall call him Squishy, and he shall be mine, and he shall be my Squishy."
[03/29/04] ... MondaY 4:30 p.m.
depression-ometer
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let's go skipping! kill me now.
100 Movies That Deserve More Love
"a simple plan" is definitely one of my faves. and i would watch more of them if i could FIND them anywhere! netflix does a decent job of offering up obscure fare, but i expected it to last past #3 at least!
[03/12/04] ... FridaY 5:45 p.m.
yay friday!
go here for some extra special music by dj rekall:
http://krisgale.com/?go=noise
home movies (on adult swim) is being cancelled after this season! NOOOOOO! the last episode "those bitches tried to cheat me" was awrrrrsome. there was this one exchange between walter and perry that had me peeing my pants. those two will grow up to be the next siegfried and roy. or the next will and grace...er, jack. if only i could remember the dialogue. someone help!
[03/11/04] ... ThursdaY 9:50 p.m.
let's get it ON! safe for work porn. with passers-by looking on. and clothes. on.
japanese girls and drums...rawr. something with which to pass the time. and smash your eardrums in. with. which.
bex is a lucky cat. he got neutered and spayed about a week ago. one of his balls was MIA so skin had to be sliced. yipes. what a brave lil kitty. unfortunately, he has not calmed down the slightest bit. maybe he'll just get fat. and be a fast fat cat. like that computer-animated garfield they've got coming soon to theaters near you. can't wait for that fart to bomb.
i want to see "endless sunshine of the spotless mind". i think it's just cuz i want to see kate winslet in a semi-starring role again. i lust after that lusty scene from titanic with the dusty/steamy/dirty window. rawr. i've concluded that leo dicaprio is not an attractive man, now that i've seen his latest work "catch me if you can" and, in addition, compared him to my boyfriend. yup. he just did not age well. er, at all. he'll forever look 12 yrs old.
i want to see "dawn of the dead" NOW. usa is showing the first 10 minutes of it on monday night, 10pm. be there. of course, the first 10 mins of any movie make the movie, so you may not need to shell out $10 to see its 11th through 90th minutes. so save yourself some FUCKING MONEY ALREADY. i mean, if you have cable. otherwise. sorry. please forgive my dirty dirty mouth. it's got a mind of its own.
macs suck. what is up with the 10-second delay between a mouse click on an icon and any noticeable response from the computer? huh? WHAT? it's really annoying the piss out of me. i insist that apple fix it. now. and the fucking sound effects. ENOUGH with the sound effects. and the fucking BOUNCING. for god's sake, i'm not 10! i don't need a bouncing ball to show me the way!
i called the apple store in soho the imac store when i was showing some friends from out-of-town around the city. me smart.
[03/05/04] ... FridaY 4:38 a.m.
greatest flash game of all time. thanks dave.
[02/27/04] ... FridaY 11:14 a.m.
i need to see:
suicide club (japan)
shower
russian ark
the discreet charm of the bourgeosie
the piano teacher
humanite
por la libre
angel de fuego
show me love (fucking amal) - sweden
i'm 23 now fyi. if you forgot to tell me happy birthday, you SUCK. if you forgot to send/give me a present, you will burn in hell.
[02/24/04] ... TuesdaY 2:14 p.m.
danger mouse
tis a steal
[02/13/04] ... FridaY 12:05 p.m.
sweeeet...
art
rawr
pwitty
robots
support the troops! and fuck bush.
stay healthy!
rock out with your cox out!
[02/09/04] ... MondaY 11:05 a.m.
STEWIE!!!!
NOISE!!!!
[02/05/04] ... ThursdaY 11:33 a.m.
girls have pms only because they're so fucking stressed out about whether they're pregnant or not. post-virginity-loss anyway.
[02/04/04] ... WednesdaY 4:40 p.m.
yay toys!
snowfight
the art of cool
artsy fun with which to kill time.
elliot smith tribute
nyc art
SWEET!
mmmm...grandaddy...
penguins!
[02/03/04] ... TuesdaY 4:44 p.m.
hola homies and chicas and coochies. it's been an interesting year thus far. and i still love new york city. not like, LOVE.
i also love my 40mb ipod.
got myself a beau. he's actually a good friend that somehow crossed the line to beau-dom. how? i'm a lil slut. but you know that already.
been spending way too much money online. started up my fanatical ebay shopping again. tis a bad sign for my checking account. damn you paypal! still, life is too good. it's all gotta be downhill from here, right? well, the job search is continuing. i stress out way too much about the job that i do have, but i am making some headway with a few headhunters and cold calls. headway = my hopes are slightly up.
um...other news...i missed janet jackson's nipple ring, i got a glimpse of the streaker, and i LOVED watching the superbowl. i hate football with a passion (or at least i thought i did), but 38 must be my lucky number because it was enthralling for some reason. well, the beau was there to explain what the poo was going on, and it was an amazing/exciting/nail-biting game to the very end. i placed my "bet" based on which team had the prettiest uniforms, so i sided with the panthers. i've always had a weakness for neon blue. i can't say i'll watch football a lot more from now on, but i think i have an affinity for big cats now. grow beckham grow!
tonight: it's nyc restaurant week 2004! get out there and have some crazy expensive food for relatively humane prices. i may have to go home and change out of my chucks and tank top before we get reservations.
wednesday: modest mouse! irving plaza! it's a love/hate relationship.
thursday:
friday: suicide girls burlesque tour! knitting factory NYC! dirty on purpose! hotttttttttttttttttttttttttt with a trillion t's!
saturday: snowboarding @ hunter mountain. 2.5 hours north of NYC sits a medium sized mountain covered in fake snow and a little bit of the genuine snow. it's crawling with snowboarders and skiiers and skiboarders and ski lift operators. all happy, all freezing their asses off. i plan on joining them via paragon bus. you should come too!
sunday: write cover letters. write some more cover letters. write some better cover letters. chilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.
my lil 17 yr old bro wilson is coming to the city soon. valentine's day weekend to be exact. his choir is taking a trip and we're going to cruise around the met together that sunday. can't wait. he'll get to meet my cat and my beau. but most likely just my beau. unless his chaperones let me kidnap him for a few hours. beckham doesn't travel well.
yowlyowlyowlyowlyowlyowlyowlyowlyowlyowlyowlyowlyowlyowlyowlyowlyowlyowl
[01/01/04] ... ThursdaY 10:50 p.m.
so this is the new year...
rest in peace sean stolon.
much love, you will be missed.
<3 cat.