if these guys aren’t fremen,

sans spice and wormriding, then I don’t know who would be:
glumbert – The Gun Bazaar of Pakistan

post-canada, pre-LA, presently-christmas

a post in three parts:
part I
vancouver was overall a success, though too short to really get a good feel for the city—me and steve spent an embarrassingly large portion of the two days either en-route to or at H&M (we got lost, a lot), but I feel it was worth it.  I didn’t take very [...]

briefly…

whilst I wait for steve to return from the vancouver public library’s bathroom, a quick update.
as the more observant of readers may have already guessed, I’m in vancouver.  the one in canada.  there’s one in washington, too, but it’s way less cool.  so far the trip has been pretty much awesome, even considering how damn [...]

ongoing wish-list addition

“The Earth has a new centre and it is a tiny desert kingdom gone mad.”

Fascinating article about Dubai: its past (brief), its present (glittering) and its future (bound to be spectacular).  Also contains the interesting factoid that Dubai, with it’s 1.5 million people, owns the same amount of foreign assets (including US debt) as China, whose population dwarfs Dubai many times over.

It sounds like a surreal, magnificent, exploding shrine [...]

two of my favorite things

typography + tarantino
I would embed it here, but I don’t want to pay $20 for the privilege of doing so.

addition to christmas list

because this is really quite something…

transatlantic submarine cables reaching land
“In An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, Taryn Simon documents spaces that are integral to America’s foundation, mythology and daily functioning, but remain inaccessible or unknown to a public audience. She has photographed rarely seen sites from domains including: science, government, medicine, entertainment, nature [...]

so there I am…

at work, browsing craigslist, something awful, nytimes, you know, working.  It’s 2:00, and I’m glad that I have an hour left before I can go home… and browse craigslist, something awful, nytimes—you know, relaxing.
then it begins
a flood
a torrent
of calls from students
apparently writing 2 classes opened for enrollment at 2:00 and faced with hundreds of students [...]

i’m so there

the next time I’m in new york.

I really enjoy reading the NYer’s architecture reviews, by Paul Goldberger.  He obviously knows his stuff (wrote for NYT for 25 years, dean of Parsons school of Architecture, etc etc) and the language he uses—that of light, texture, even movement—really make the buildings come alive.
bowery dreams

well it’s december now

and thus I will do my duty as a participant in the free-market economy… [edited for clarity, this be a wish list]

ipod shuffle

subscription

cuz all my classes next quarter are easy

I could use one of these now…

just for laughs
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Now playing: Animal Collective – Peacebone