GODDAMNIT I hate Wicker Park. Also: Die, Red Eye.
I figure it's been a while since I really shared with you, dear blog readers, how very much I fucking hate hate HATE WICKER FUCKING PARK.
First, it's a goddamned disaster area. Everything is condemned, crime is rampant because the police force doesn't care about the retarded spoiled hipsters who think living like fallout victims is "cool", and there are people creating crap made out of old floppy discs and mint tins that look like old 8 bit Nintendo Controllers.
What has triggered my ire?
The fucking Red Eye. Which by all accounts at this point should be picked up as a whole and dropped in a goddamned volcano. (please see entry on September 13, 2007).
They did an article today that just made me want to rip my eyeballs out.
It was all about "Geek Chic" and how girls are just "all about being into things that boys like". And they featured this one chic (see the crap she makes above) and where is she from? SURPRISE! Wicker Park.
And THEN to top it all off, in the same article, the Red Eye once again referenced how people who enjoy football are uninteresting and boring:
"There's so much to talk about, like, 'What would the world look like if there were three genders instead of two?' That's a much more interesting conversation than, 'Who won the Superbowl'".
Yes, you're right, random interviewed "chick-geek"! That would be a much more interesting conversation, because anyone who watches TV or breathes, knows that fucking New York won the fucking Superbowl. A more interesting yet related conversation might also be, "How did New York get there?" or "Wasn't this the second brother in the Manning family to Quarterback a Superbowl Team and win? The second year in a row? Wow, that's pretty fucking amazing!"
Well, look, that isn't exactly fair of me. My point is, Football Fandom and Geekdom are not mutually exclusive. I am tired of this city's 'hipster culture' determining for me what's awesome and really taking a big dump all over what's not.
Anyhoo, this was the letter I sent:
Your Geek Article had few saving graces... least of all doing a fantastic job of turning individuality into kudos for Ugly Betty, more acclaim for crappy, "It's cool to live in squalor" Wicker Park, and even more annoying: the closing quote regarding the Super Bowl.
I rarely read your paper, simply because I find it, for the most part, polarizing, dumb, and any other synonym for insulting.
Imagine my distress then, when I deign to pick it up again and I read yet ANOTHER slam on football in reference to what women (geeks) enjoy.
The last was some vapid piece about women complaining about all the football in their men's lives. Boo f-ing hoo. Try watching a game once in a while. Or don't, but don't keep insulting people who actually enjoy sports.
Because actually, some men would argue that girls who like football are "nerds" in their own right because women don't traditionally enjoy the sport.
Please, find something else to reference when looking for comparison to things uninteresting and interesting.
Thank you for your time.
Back to laundry.
First, it's a goddamned disaster area. Everything is condemned, crime is rampant because the police force doesn't care about the retarded spoiled hipsters who think living like fallout victims is "cool", and there are people creating crap made out of old floppy discs and mint tins that look like old 8 bit Nintendo Controllers.
What has triggered my ire?
The fucking Red Eye. Which by all accounts at this point should be picked up as a whole and dropped in a goddamned volcano. (please see entry on September 13, 2007).
They did an article today that just made me want to rip my eyeballs out.
It was all about "Geek Chic" and how girls are just "all about being into things that boys like". And they featured this one chic (see the crap she makes above) and where is she from? SURPRISE! Wicker Park.
And THEN to top it all off, in the same article, the Red Eye once again referenced how people who enjoy football are uninteresting and boring:
"There's so much to talk about, like, 'What would the world look like if there were three genders instead of two?' That's a much more interesting conversation than, 'Who won the Superbowl'".
Yes, you're right, random interviewed "chick-geek"! That would be a much more interesting conversation, because anyone who watches TV or breathes, knows that fucking New York won the fucking Superbowl. A more interesting yet related conversation might also be, "How did New York get there?" or "Wasn't this the second brother in the Manning family to Quarterback a Superbowl Team and win? The second year in a row? Wow, that's pretty fucking amazing!"
Well, look, that isn't exactly fair of me. My point is, Football Fandom and Geekdom are not mutually exclusive. I am tired of this city's 'hipster culture' determining for me what's awesome and really taking a big dump all over what's not.
Anyhoo, this was the letter I sent:
Your Geek Article had few saving graces... least of all doing a fantastic job of turning individuality into kudos for Ugly Betty, more acclaim for crappy, "It's cool to live in squalor" Wicker Park, and even more annoying: the closing quote regarding the Super Bowl.
I rarely read your paper, simply because I find it, for the most part, polarizing, dumb, and any other synonym for insulting.
Imagine my distress then, when I deign to pick it up again and I read yet ANOTHER slam on football in reference to what women (geeks) enjoy.
The last was some vapid piece about women complaining about all the football in their men's lives. Boo f-ing hoo. Try watching a game once in a while. Or don't, but don't keep insulting people who actually enjoy sports.
Because actually, some men would argue that girls who like football are "nerds" in their own right because women don't traditionally enjoy the sport.
Please, find something else to reference when looking for comparison to things uninteresting and interesting.
Thank you for your time.
Back to laundry.
posted by LC Greenwood at 3:41 PM
2 Comments:
Somewhere in Wicker Park some chic femme geek is making a papier mache Venn Diagram of her feelings with this issue of the Red Eye. And irony's head just exploded.
Hi, I'd like to buy this pre-ripped jeans. Ooh, only $80? Let me get my dad's wallet...
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