i am not amused
rainy day. isn't really raining all that hard. it was a nice weekend. team ride on saturday morning. i went out thinking it would be cold (it looked cold). i took off my jacket and hat before i even got to zoka's! damn. so its that time of year. time to bring five pounds of extra clothing on every ride. it could rain. who knows. time for fenders too. i'm getting everything together for my rain bike. should have it together this week. gotta shark a few parts from my tt bike...
went to michelle's parents' on saturday. one of her aunts was in town so most of the local family was there. three nephews aged 1 yr, 6 yrs and 12 yrs. always an adventure to hang out with kids of that age. things laying about like fake dog shit. good times. played touch football--barefoot in the wet grass. i was lacking in traction. two days later, i'm quite sore.
dinner was awesome. sopapillas. posole. enchiladas. and green chiles to top it off. RC2000 and ricky ricardo ought to appreciate that line up. especially when it's prepared by some native nuevo mexicaneras.
on our way back from michelle's parents' house, we stopped at ikea real quick like. yeah, real quick like at ikea, i hear you say. well, i was ducking. i was dodging. i was taking the short cuts. michelle wasn't quite as focused. nearly lost her once. it was touch and go for a bit.
turns out ikea is a tourist activity. yeah, on HWY 169 there's a sign for "tourist activities" and it lists the "IKEA shopping district" as one. weird. need to get a shot of that!
here's a shot from NYC. i think pinche tomas will appreciate it.
anybody out there with html experience want to tell me what "span" and "div" mean?
haven't figured out what exactly to do about pictures. put a bunch up on snapfish.
i need some commentary. i somehow ended up watching the local news the other night. good god. so worthless. they had a bit where a firefighter from seattle won the national firefighters chilli contest. but all they had was a clip from the today show where they happened to talk to him in the crowd outside the studio. so worthless. maybe my definition is a little restrictive, but news should be information that informs me in such a way that i am able to participate in society and government. world news counts. firefighter's cookoff? not really. murders? barely. i'd say that 90% of what is shown on local news wouldn't count. there's a great book on the subject: amusing ourselves to death. the general thesis is that TV news has come to be more entertainment than informing. print media, by nature is rational. it relies on intellect. the consumer to can go back to previous sections, reread and procede at their own pace. essentially, the reader analyzes the content much more. the typical print article might take several minutes to consume. the content includes pictures, occaisionally, which can be viewed and analyzed at the reader's pace. TV by contrast, its primarily irrantional. sounds and images play to an emotional side without adding any content. take the intro to newscasts. the music. it makes you feel a certain way, doesn't it? and the images. what do they mean? zooming, panning, turning, flashing. why? reporters often talk in a certain way. why? what does this really contribute? the exagerated styles on the daily show wouldn't be so funny if they weren't so accurate. the average bit of news gets lets than a minute of attention. its TV, so we're accustomed to it. but step back and notice how little time is actually spent on a story. notice the quick cuts and quick edits. fascinating. news as a market product. they show what the people want. the people want entertainment. does it sound familiar? rather like brave new world. i need to read both those books again.
los lobos. not just another band from east l.a. saw la bamba the other night. los lobos has a cameo. the singer also sang the song for the actor to lip sync. they go pretty easily from anglo rock to latin. amazing, really. good music too.
went to michelle's parents' on saturday. one of her aunts was in town so most of the local family was there. three nephews aged 1 yr, 6 yrs and 12 yrs. always an adventure to hang out with kids of that age. things laying about like fake dog shit. good times. played touch football--barefoot in the wet grass. i was lacking in traction. two days later, i'm quite sore.
dinner was awesome. sopapillas. posole. enchiladas. and green chiles to top it off. RC2000 and ricky ricardo ought to appreciate that line up. especially when it's prepared by some native nuevo mexicaneras.
on our way back from michelle's parents' house, we stopped at ikea real quick like. yeah, real quick like at ikea, i hear you say. well, i was ducking. i was dodging. i was taking the short cuts. michelle wasn't quite as focused. nearly lost her once. it was touch and go for a bit.
turns out ikea is a tourist activity. yeah, on HWY 169 there's a sign for "tourist activities" and it lists the "IKEA shopping district" as one. weird. need to get a shot of that!
here's a shot from NYC. i think pinche tomas will appreciate it.
anybody out there with html experience want to tell me what "span" and "div" mean?
haven't figured out what exactly to do about pictures. put a bunch up on snapfish.
i need some commentary. i somehow ended up watching the local news the other night. good god. so worthless. they had a bit where a firefighter from seattle won the national firefighters chilli contest. but all they had was a clip from the today show where they happened to talk to him in the crowd outside the studio. so worthless. maybe my definition is a little restrictive, but news should be information that informs me in such a way that i am able to participate in society and government. world news counts. firefighter's cookoff? not really. murders? barely. i'd say that 90% of what is shown on local news wouldn't count. there's a great book on the subject: amusing ourselves to death. the general thesis is that TV news has come to be more entertainment than informing. print media, by nature is rational. it relies on intellect. the consumer to can go back to previous sections, reread and procede at their own pace. essentially, the reader analyzes the content much more. the typical print article might take several minutes to consume. the content includes pictures, occaisionally, which can be viewed and analyzed at the reader's pace. TV by contrast, its primarily irrantional. sounds and images play to an emotional side without adding any content. take the intro to newscasts. the music. it makes you feel a certain way, doesn't it? and the images. what do they mean? zooming, panning, turning, flashing. why? reporters often talk in a certain way. why? what does this really contribute? the exagerated styles on the daily show wouldn't be so funny if they weren't so accurate. the average bit of news gets lets than a minute of attention. its TV, so we're accustomed to it. but step back and notice how little time is actually spent on a story. notice the quick cuts and quick edits. fascinating. news as a market product. they show what the people want. the people want entertainment. does it sound familiar? rather like brave new world. i need to read both those books again.
los lobos. not just another band from east l.a. saw la bamba the other night. los lobos has a cameo. the singer also sang the song for the actor to lip sync. they go pretty easily from anglo rock to latin. amazing, really. good music too.
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