A Champion

God, I love this guy. Kanye wrote the following on his blog today -

THIS IS MY LAST DAY IN PARIS AND IT'S BEEN CRAZY. I'VE MET SO MANY DOPE PEOPLE. I FEEL SO INSPIRED BY THE TRIP... I'VE BEEN THINKING OF RAPS, BEATS, CLOTHES, VIDEOS ,STAGE DESIGNS AND PHILOSOPHIES ... I ALWAYS FEEL MY BEST WORK IS MY NEXT WORK... I'VE MADE SOME GOOD CHOICES AND SOME MISTAKES... I'VE BEEN LOVED AND HATED.... I'VE BEEN HAILED AND RIDICULED... I'VE BEEN INVITED TO SHOWS AND AS USUAL ASKED NOT TO COME... I'VE BEEN ATTACKED FOR BEING ME... FOR BEING BRIGHT RED IN A GREY WORLD.... I AM NUCLEAR ENERGY... WHEN INCAPSULATED IN AN IDEA OR BOX LIKE A STAGE OR SHOE DESIGN I CREATE MAGIC... WHEN LEFT FREE SOMETIMES I BURN THINGS... IT'S THE NATURE OF A TRUE ARTIST... I AM NOT PERFECT AND I WILL NEVER BE WHAT I WAS TAUGHT MY WHOLE LIFE AND THAT WAS TO BE "CHRIST LIKE"... I'M FINE WITH JUST BEING THE BEST ME! I ACCEPT AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY MISTAKES AND LEARN FROM THEM. I WILL NEVER ATTACK NEGATIVE PEOPLE AND THEIR ENERGY...I FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY DON'T THINK FOR THEMSELVES BUT MERELY BASE THEIR OPINIONS ON WHAT THEY WERE TAUGHT. LIFE IS A GAME! IF EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD WHAT I WAS DOING WHEN I WAS DOING IT THERE WOULD BE NO CHALLENGE THEREFORE NO GAME. IT IS THE CRACK IN THE WALL THAT ALLOWS LIGHT TO SHINE THROUGH... SOOO THANK YOU SENSATIONAL NEWS REPORTERS ... THANK YOU GOSSIP SITES... THANK YOU BARBER SHOPS... THANK YOU TO ANYONE WHO THRIVES ON THE DOWNFALL OF OTHERS FOR I WILL NOT FALL!!! YOUR PESSIMISM IS MY POWER... YOUR PRESUMPTIONS LEAD TO MY REDEMPTIONS ... I DON'T LIKE THE OBVIOUS... I LIKE THE TENSION... I LIVE FOR THE FIGHT... I AM A SOLDIER OF FREE THOUGHT IN A CLOSED MINDED WORLD AND I AM READY FOR WAR... I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING SO I AM FEARLESS ... YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE UP AGAINST... I WILL SPARK A GENERATION OF THINKERS WHO WILL QUESTION TRADITIONAL THOUGHT UNTIL THEY FIND THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME SOMEONE TO PROVE WRONG AS I HAVE DONE FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE... YOU FEEL THE WORLD WILL NEVER CHANGE.. YOU FEEL MISERY IS THE ONLY COMPANY... AND I AM HERE TO PROVE YOU ALL WRONG... (I'LL GIVE THE SECRET TO MY DEMISE FOR ALL THAT WISH I WOULD JUST DROP DEAD.... ACCEPTANCE!!... IF YOU COULD FINISH MY SENTENCES THERE WOULD BE NO REASON TO START THEM. ) THANK YOU PARIS ONCE AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME ACCESS TO THE GREATEST ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS THIS EARTH HAS TO OFFER... THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION BECAUSE GENIUS LOVES COMPANY

01.30.2009

Obamicon

This is pretty awesome. Even though I voted for the other guy, I'm pretty excited about having such a cool president. Check out this site by clicking on the poster I made in honor of him and my favorite movie.

808s & Heartbreak

Buy it. It's awesome. "808s" refers to the Roland TR-808 drum machine, which Kanye used on every track. I learned here on Wikipedia that Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" was one of the first hit songs to employ the 808 in production.

T-shirts White People Will Like

Nice Sweats

Fellow Jumbo Jessica Biel was showing some love to her alma mater while walking with some random dude. I'm kidding about that last part. Just so you don't think I'm an idiot. I mean, I did go Tufts. Did I mention that I went to Tufts and that Jessica Biel went there? She was only there for a year though, I think, so I'm surprised, but I did see her at Spring Fling during my senior year. Probably a good move since she's made a lot more money than I have since then and I have like 2 majors and stuff. Cool.

Here's Hoping...

I'm still nervous about President-elect Obama, but this is the kind of stuff that totally endears him to people. He is one hell of a politician. Plus he winks and I saw him chewing gum getting out of his motorcade the other day. He sure is cool.

Obama-McCain: New Meeting Set to Bury Campaign Ax

That is gracious. Interesting news is that Hillary Clinton is a possible Secretary of State pick. John Kerry and Republican Chuck Hagel are also in the running.

Miamiopoly

This would have been cooler in the 80's.

http://www.monopolymiami.com/

Hoping and Changing

Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are

I See a Little Silhouetto of a Man

This is so awesome. I was considering "Live at Wembley" Freddie Mercury for my own Halloween costume this year. Where does one find a yellow jacket like this? Probably easier for a celebrity like Katy Perry.

Speech!

This is the kind of stuff that makes this country so f'n awesome -

McCain-



Obama -

Cult of Personality

I'm not claiming that McCain voters are necessarily well informed, but I'm pretty sure they'd catch the fact that these views are the exact opposite of the ones on which their chosen candidate is running -

Nothing Sad About This

The plane that Steve Fossett was flying when he went missing last year has been found. The wreckage suggests the crash was unsurvivable and that he likely died instantly. What an awesome way to go. I would be pretty psyched to acheive the designation of "millionaire adventurer".

"Fossett made a fortune trading futures and options on Chicago markets. He gained worldwide fame for more than 100 attempts and successes in setting records in high-tech balloons, gliders, jets and boats. In 2002, he became the first person to circle the world solo in a balloon. He was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in July 2007.

"He also swam the English Channel, completed an Ironman Triathlon, competed in the Iditarod dog sled race and climbed some of the world's best-known peaks, including the Matterhorn in Switzerland and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania."

Read the article on Boston.com.

Next Saturday? Can't I'm afraid. At a matinee of American Psycho.

My family has a wonderful Thanksgiving tradition of going to New York (City) and hitting a couple of nice restaurants, a museum or two, maybe a comedy show on the Upper East Side, some shopping on 5th Ave., a little Wii with Mike Santulli, etc.

The highlight, ostensibly, is the Broadway show we pick out far in advance. The problem is that most of them suck. We started with Les Miserables and it hasn't gotten any better. Phantom and Rent were great, but pretty much everything else has been a waste of time and money. Last year, when Broadway went on strike and our planned Spamalot outing was canceled, we just did other, better stuff with our time. No sooner had I convinced myself that the show should NOT go on, when this news came into my Outlook inbox from my friend Andreas -

"American Psycho" to be Broadway Musical

Lucky, I guess.

Can't We All Just Get Along?

This is a heartwarming display of non-partisan politics -

Where Are My Yeezys?

I don't think you can actually buy these. The Nike Air Yeezy (made for Kanye) is obviously quite reminiscent of the pair of sneaks that Marty McFly wears in Back to the Future II. They are awesome. Kanye wore them on his last tour.

Bushball

I was flabbergasted when I heard it myself, and NewsBusters has posted a clip of Kerri Walsh thanking President Bush after she and Misty May won the gold in Beijing. I thought it was awesome and it's nice to see the guy get a little public support.

Barely Legal

I just heard about this on NPR-

http://www.amethystinitiative.org/

The Amethyst Initiative was started by the former president of Middlebury. The organization's goal is to lower the drinking age in the U.S. to 18.

I don't know too many people who think you should be able to vote and die for your country but not buy a beer. The federal government has been pushing the states around for decades by threatening to withhold critical highway funding if they resist the 21 year-old drinking age.

I was pretty psyched to see Tufts president, Larry Bacow, on the list of signatories.

John Mayer Chillin' in His Bape S**t

This new Bape hoodie is awesome, but I'm fairly certain it will become too popular to be cool.

RidiQlis Is Back...

...Let the party get insane.

http://RidiQlis.com

Guess Who's Back...

Sneaker/tennis fans the world over are peeing in their pants at the sight of the throwback Nike Air Zoom Tennis Trainer, available at tennis-warehouse.com