Did I say something about optimism?
Forget it. These jokers are selling a new t-shirt that's been pre-torn to make it look like an old t-shirt. It doesn't come with any sort of cool logo, hipster design, or even a retro iron-on. It's just a frayed t-shirt that costs forty dollars.
Forty god-damned dollars for a frayed t-shirt.
Anyone that would pay that, even in devalued 2007 money, is a fucking idiot. And I don't care how alternative your stubble is.
What's that emotion that's lower than scorn, but not as gentle as pity? That's what I feel for the humans. Every last one of us.
19 December 2007
Geek Tagging?
You ever seen one of those big-ass ads projected onto a wall or something? They kind of suck, don't they? Sure would be good if someone could work out a way to do something about it.
Something like this.
Every now and then I start to feel a little bit optimistic about humans. Usually somewhere around beer number four.
[link courtesy Graffiti Research Lab]
Something like this.
Every now and then I start to feel a little bit optimistic about humans. Usually somewhere around beer number four.
[link courtesy Graffiti Research Lab]
11 December 2007
Stereotypes dept. part 11
Today I met a garrulous Irish person with a delightful lilting accent, bright red hair, and an actual twinkle in her eye. Within three minutes of her sitting down, I'd heard about her job, her daughter, her daughter's job, her expected granddaughter, her dental history (really), the best places to buy prayer-cards (honestly), her trip to Krakow for dental work (no kidding), and the possibility of her taking a job as a live-in caregiver for a wealthy, elderly VIP expat living in Oman (I shit you not).
It's been far too long since I had one of these conversations, and this one just about made my day.
It's been far too long since I had one of these conversations, and this one just about made my day.
02 December 2007
In the system again...
I think my extended visa application will be approved, which means it looks as though I'm going to be a legit citizen again.
Which means I'll be able to look for full time work. From the point of view of the relative strength of the pound against the dollar, that's probably a good thing. Of course, that also means I'll have to try and be a respectable, employable such-and-such, which may not be so good. The last time I demonstrated any aptitude at work, it was at strangling junior high students and drawing cartoon pictures of monsters and Santa Claus and Kamen Rider and such.
Somehow I don't think that'll do me much good here. Damn stupid non-transferable skills. When is there going to be a job that requires a command of English grammar, Japanese pop-culture trivia, QuarkXPress and a willingness to drink alcohols of many lands?
Which means I'll be able to look for full time work. From the point of view of the relative strength of the pound against the dollar, that's probably a good thing. Of course, that also means I'll have to try and be a respectable, employable such-and-such, which may not be so good. The last time I demonstrated any aptitude at work, it was at strangling junior high students and drawing cartoon pictures of monsters and Santa Claus and Kamen Rider and such.
Somehow I don't think that'll do me much good here. Damn stupid non-transferable skills. When is there going to be a job that requires a command of English grammar, Japanese pop-culture trivia, QuarkXPress and a willingness to drink alcohols of many lands?
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