[this is something I rarely do; I'm not actually finished writing this article yet. I've been sketching some ideas out for awhile and just felt like publishing what I had so far.]
"you can sometimes look at a 12-year old and see the obnoxious idiot they could one day become. they aren't bad in that 'grow up and sell crack to preschoolers' kind of way. more the type that will drive a hummer with a 'save the planet' bumper sticker."
--geoff trenchard
on def poetry jam
I'm glad the holidays are over. being the procrastinator that I am, I waited until the season's feeding frenzy was in full effect before getting my own ass started on my christmas shopping. I was confronted by the standard hordes of people all dragging themselves out of their homes for charity, peace and love. crowds of people, sub-speed-limit traffic, stores running out of pretty much everything interesting, the works. but this year more than other years, I was surprised by how douchey people were. maybe not the level of douchiness (though the level this year seemed much higher than I can remember from previous years), more the combination of the level with the context: people were out buying gifts to demonstrate how caring they are, but were being absolutely horrendous to everyone around them in the process. the day after thanksgiving was an especially strange sight: people swarming with elbows out; pushing and shoving in the spirit of graciousness and generosity.
