meaghano:

Two days ago I was emailing a friend—we went to high school together, both ended up in New York—saying it had been too long, we should get a drink and so on. We hadn’t seen each other in over a year, though we live in the same part of Brooklyn. I took this picture with my phone and turned a corner and there he was. He asked if I was still working at the website. I was. Was he still working for that woman? No. He was no longer an assistant. Now he had assistants, whom he fired for making the same mistakes he had made when I’d last seen him. He said he liked the challenge of styling advertiser’s ugly products, mixing them in with beautiful things to make it work. “But you love ugly things,” I said. “True.” We considered the idea that New York was over when the thrill was over; that what would be left was only bad—things that made life harder than necessary, like trains late at night that never come or high rent. Maybe. Maybe soon. Our coffee had overlapped at last. “Fun Factory,” is what the wall says. Maybe even, “Phun Phactory,” although that seems ridiculous outside of spray paint.

meaghano:

Today in books borrowed from my roommate.

I’m pretty sure I’ve read most of these stories in various Best Of anthologies in various writing workshops over the years, but it’s nice to hang out in his world for more than 10 pages.

I LOVE HIM.

More on this later, I’m sure.

matthew:

hipsterpuppies:

raven thinks you should really see more of werner herzog’s work before you try and have this conversation

[photo via daniel c]

Though not generally a supporter of “hipster ____” nor “puppy ____” photo blogs, I can get behind the intersection of the two.

meaghano:

hipsterpuppies:

sam says the greenberg preview has “ruined lcd soundsystem for him forever”

[photo via ryan]

Ha. I CAN’T WAIT FOR THAT MOVIE.

meaghano:

Ok, Flavorwire’s Beach House interview has the best img ever.

[guess what Victoria Legrand’s favorite internet meme of the moment is?]

meaghano:

austinkleon:

“My 1st grade daughter made this for her Christian friend who told her she was going to hell.” - Tony Millionaire

Ha, oh my. This reminds me of living in Tallahassee and hanging out with too many Protestants and calling “friend meetings” because some of us were doing things with their boyfriends the rest of us had only read about in Cosmopolitan. Accountability!

matthew:

meaghano:

Computer Engineer Barbie. (via caro).

She wears a binary code patterned T-shirt and is equipped with the latest gadgets including a smart phone, Bluetooth headset and laptop travel bag.

…

So yes, if we are going to ruin girls like this, might as well ruin them in a binary t-shirt, because my god, the world does not need more ballerinas (sorry, boys!) and I would really like to have a female coworker someday.

When she gets to a certain age and swaps the disaster-shirt for a tasteful white blouse, Computer Engineer Barbie is well-positioned to become Diane Keaton.* And God knows we need more of those.

* I may be the only one who sees a resemblance.

meaghano:

Time Out NY has a bunch of great quotes up today from the lovely ladies and gentlemen reading on Friday at Housing Works.

meaghano:

johnlempka:

LOVE YOU GUYS!

!!!