Month: April 2004

Fashion, Anti-Fashion

Plush Living claims to be anti-fashion but sells only hipster just-past-its-prime paraphernalia: trucker hats, beer cozies, quote-unquote-vintage t-shirts. Paul Frank, for crying out loud. What screams trendy fashion-chasing more than Paul Frank? Carrie Bradshaw? I do like the Utah shirt though.

Anger

I get angry when I have to stand by and see things I don’t like happening. This means seeing people make bad decisions, or making fun of my friends, or drinking too much, or lie to be popular. I think this accounts for my dislike of the Ben Stiller, Jerry Sienfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm mode of comedy. It also accounts for my anger at politicians and at the Average American Consumer who has racked up too much debt for no good reason, and at myself when I make stupid decisions, especially when I know they’re stupid well in advance (“Hey, I think I’ll drink too much tonight, and then spend the weekend sulking instead of doing anything worthwhile, and then on Monday feel like I’m wasting my life!”)

So, there is plenty of anger in my life. I’m trying to let that go.

Anniversary

I started working at Ximian four years ago today. I showed up and was only slightly worried that the whole job offer had been an elaborate April Fool’s joke.