Complaints meant to self-aggrandize; transportation delays, work schedule, lines outside parties, &c.
Geographical locations meant to impress; usually tropical.
Rap lyrics demonstrating street cred, with either implied or explicit dramatic irony.
Declarations, vague and indecipherable in nature, meant to express your definitive comprehension of the universe, but in a way so profound that only you will understand; usually directed [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Apocrypha Electronica//’
December 2, 2009
Facebook Status Etiquette// Art Basel: Miami.
“[The] ‘how busy I am’ [New York Fashion Week] Facebook status update—perhaps the only thing more annoying than the ‘how fabulous it is’ Art Basel Miami update.”
—Martin Marks, “Under the Big Top.”
For those of you attending Art Basel: Miami, the above should serve as a brief reminder as to the etiquette of your status updates. On [...]
August 11, 2009
The Road To Aspen, A Gallery.
From the Lincoln Tunnel to the Mountains of Colorado, a gallery, featuring:
Vast expanses of open road,
Bear-Tornadoes: the worst tornadoes of them all,
Lots of moo-cows,
Entire fields filled with sunflowers,
The back of the “Welcome to Oklahoma!” sign, and,
Most of Oklahoma herself.
Venture forward to see these images…
August 10, 2009
The Road to Aspen.
Two girls, one boy, and a Mercedes SUV with its engine light on. As we rapidly approach the anniversary of a jaunt across this great nation of ours, I thought I’d share the e-mail I sent out three summers ago marking our arrival in the fair state of Colorado.
During my more formative years, I spent a [...]
May 7, 2009
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright (Sent via Blackberry by AT&T).
My parents are currently on a side excursion to Bandhavgarh National Park in Jabalpour, India, so that my father may photograph the elusive white tiger in its natural habitat. As per usual, my mother brought along her Blackberry. Below, please find selections from her reportage, along with a brief response from my sister about the [...]
April 28, 2009
Live Twitting the Class of ’99 Reunion.
Replicating the Elgin Marbles with Alums.
On the weekend of 17-19 April, 2009, theClass of 1999 gathered at various local residences and at the Ft. Lauderdale Pier 66 Hyatt to celebrate their 10 year reunion. Some of them lived to tell the tale.
April 25, 2009
Great Books, Half Read.
Welcome to Great Books, Half Read. May I say, from the get-go, that I’m embarking upon this enterprise half-heartedly. It sort of reminds me of when parents ask their children, “If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it, too?”
A professor of Near Eastern Studies once told me that the invention of [...]
