The hands down funniest thing I read today while I'm gathering bits for a proper nuggets post:
This morning, I saw Cynthia Nixon running across Dekalb Avenue (near Vanderbilt) in Ft. Greene, Brooklyn, screaming "Gary! Gary!" at the top of her lungs. I suppose SATC is filming scenes of her new life across the East River. She was rocking a bright red peacoat and jeans, and looked hot and spunky--I'd totally do her. Of interest, too, were the extras walking down Dekalb to provide a bit of street flavor. Not a single black person among them, and Brooklyn without black people is like an ice cream sundae without...ice cream. It just isn't.Ain't that the truth. (And she went to my HS! A hawk made good!)
Apparently, it's lets talk about the poor ex-programmers week around the net. Abe linked to a Wired feature and Salon throws their two cents in. That reminds me that I have a hell of an unfinished story to tell about my small jaunt into the insurance business. I'm working on it today, I swear.
Also on Salon, a quote that sums up how I feel about the current primary races and all of that leading up to the election for the most part: "I don't care who wins" the Democratic primary, said Judy Donovan of Tuscon, Ariz. "I'd get my dog to run. I'm not kidding. I would get Mickey Mouse in there. Anybody but Bush."' Still, who else is a little disturbed by this week's Voice cover story?
Reading P6 reminded me that I meant to throw in here a link to a story about Super Size Me at Sundance. I want to see that, ditto for the other documentary mentioned at the end.
Posted by Candicissima at February 4, 2004 10:10 AMwere our sports teams called the Hawks? And should I feel bad that I have no idea?
Posted by: Abe at February 4, 2004 10:40 AMNot a single black person among them, and Brooklyn without black people is like an ice cream sundae without...ice cream
ain't that the truth.
Posted by: jenny at February 4, 2004 10:54 AMEvery team, as I remember it, had a different name because it's not like we actually cared about things like that. The basketball teams were the Hawks and Lady Hawks respectively which I only know from my one season stint.
Posted by: Candicissima at February 4, 2004 11:15 AMTV shows have been under fire for not showing real demographics: no blacks or latinos, no diversity, only the most bland mixture of WASPs and platitudes.
But not only TV: Remember Spiderman?
color me disturbed...i haven't read the article yet, but the headline had me double-taking like crazy.
Posted by: n.o.s. at February 4, 2004 02:49 PM