Wednesday, February 6, 2008

The Dreadful, Miserable, Connected World The internet is not your friend (for a moment). I was forced to get a bus earlier today (normally I'm a black cab man, but you know...) and I saw this lady furiously working her Blackberry. Being rude and inquisitive I peered over her shoulder where I could just make out she had received an email that detailed "nine points for the way forward". This email had been sent to at least nine people and maybe more. She began her reply with, "What an exciting and informative way to spend the xxx bus route. Totally agree with points 1 and 7..." Jesus Christ. I imagined all the other eight people sat on buses compiling their replies and I thought what an awful way to communicate / conduct a relationship. What a dreadful, miserable, connected world we live in. But don't worry. I was just having a moment. [Noisy Decent Graphics] 8:09:21 PM

papierblog Mara Hoffman brings the color. With nearly every single show looking like an eastern european casting call, we had to give Mara Hoffman kudos for winning Papierblog[base ']s color count thus far. With Heatherette out of the running this season (see Heatherette cancels show), Mara Hoffman has picked up the slack and then some. We counted at least 3 models of [...] [] 8:04:03 PM