hahaha
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 October 2012 23:21 (eleven years ago) link
I remember in sixth grade in Arlington, (i.e. 2000) my whole class taunted our social studies teacher when she revealed she voted for GWB. I seem to recall Gore winning our mock election with like 95% of the vote.
― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Sunday, 21 October 2012 05:28 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone know anything about this movie showing for free tonight/Friday at 7 at the Freer:
Beijing Flickers’ screenplay is inspired by interviews Sixth Generation auteur Zhang Yuan conducted with hundreds of twenty-somethings while he was working on his photography exhibition Unspoiled Brats. Dumped by his girlfriend for a rich man, San Bao descends into a self-destructive spiral and meets a few kindred souls: a drag queen addicted to cosmetic surgery and poetry, a female singer kicked out by the musicians in her band, and a girl…
― curmudgeon, Friday, 26 October 2012 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't make that movie. Saw A.C. Newman & Mynahbirds instead.
Federal government closed Monday. Hopefully Frankenstorm won't be too bad.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 October 2012 04:15 (eleven years ago) link
No power loss for me in Arlington. Hope everyone else is doing ok
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
Question for Bradpittsville ilxors: I'm going to be in DC for the first time on election night - where would be a good place to watch the results come in?
― Well, ILE be damned! (seandalai), Sunday, 4 November 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
Huddled in your hotel room, raiding the minibar. Wear a suit. Pretend you have to give a concession speech.
― Infamous dickbiscuits (silby), Sunday, 4 November 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
make sure there's a pool photographer there to get shots of you looking pensively at the screen as results come in
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Sunday, 4 November 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
suggested actions (today and tomorrow):
start your own political consulting firmmake a facebook fan page for your consulting firmmake a facebook fan page for yourselfhave business cards made up w/your firm's name on itvisit lots of bars and restaurants on cap hill and k street and south of dupont circlenetwork with everyone -> give them your business card, friend them on facebook
election day:invite all 1500 of your new facebook friends to your firm's official returns eventdon't worry when only 20 say they will attendnetwork some moretake lots of pictures of everyone at the bar
days after, suggested plan of action:post on facebook lots of pictures of your wildly successful eventfriend the friends of all your 1500 friendsask them all to "like" your consulting firm's fan page ask them all to "like" your fan page for yourselflook up the email addresses of everyone you cangenerate a mailing liststart emailing them updates about your latest facebook posts about yourself and your firm
etc
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Sunday, 4 November 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
^ my god
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 5 November 2012 03:22 (eleven years ago) link
Ha.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 November 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
So dj Chris Burns and BYT folks are at Bohemian Caverns/Liv tonight. I think I wanna stay in and sit on my couch in control of my tv remote.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
Had yummy Trinidadian "doubles" (pancake/soft taco with curried chickpeas inside) and roti at Caribbean Palace in Langley Park, MD yesterday. Great stuff. Also wandered around and picked up some stuff for home cooking at the Red Apple Market and the Caribbean market.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.boston.com/businessupdates/2012/11/13/martin-baron-editor-the-boston-globe-become-editor-the-washington-post/ycJWyd1XOsuvpQAQ3LMStI/story.html
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone going to the Magnetic Fields at 6th and I? Saturday sold out, but I'm thinking about getting Sunday tix.
― quincie, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
http://maxgif.com/5fk
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 November 2012 06:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2012/09/where_to_eat_in.php?page=all
Village Voice food critic visits DC and likes a few places
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 November 2012 06:37 (eleven years ago) link
I think I saw that article a while ago. Coincidentally, I got a cubano from Fast Gourmet today. It was really tasty!
― Fieri-brand sausages into my and your ready holes (silby), Friday, 16 November 2012 06:39 (eleven years ago) link
going to be in DC next week for thanksgiving
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 16 November 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
dammit, n/a, why are you always here when I am not???
― quincie, Saturday, 17 November 2012 13:02 (eleven years ago) link
ugh I wanna come visit y'all
― goya cézanne (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 22 November 2012 03:02 (eleven years ago) link
My fave new Vietnamese restaurant in Eden Center is now gone. It's a Vietnamese ban mi sandwich joint now. Lots of competition there
― curmudgeon, Monday, 26 November 2012 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
Guys I think I'm coming to DC in December but I don't know when. Is there anything awesome happening I should see or do?
― goya cézanne (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 03:30 (eleven years ago) link
hay stevie I'm going to be driving back and forth a couple times in december if you need a ride (unfortunately I'm probably going in the opposite direction, north on fridays & south on sundays)
― los blue jeans, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 04:50 (eleven years ago) link
plus i'm notoriously unreliable
Ah, damnit! Yeah, it looks like I'll be there the 13th-15th. I'll probably just get a Megabus.
― goya cézanne (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 01:48 (eleven years ago) link
I'm toying w/ the idea of bringing a bike. How is biking in DC? Is this a v good or a v bad idea?
― goya cézanne (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 01:50 (eleven years ago) link
biking in DC is certainly a fine idea; putting yr bike on a megabus…maybe not so much? Do you have a folder?
― Toshiro Mifune is my spirit animal (silby), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
also http://www.capitalbikeshare.com
― Toshiro Mifune is my spirit animal (silby), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 01:53 (eleven years ago) link
Megabus actually won't let you bring a bike on; I'd have to use Greyhound or Greyhound Express. I've taken it on a Bolt to NYC/New Haven just fine, though.
― goya cézanne (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
Stevie you are welcome to my bike! It needs air in the tires and I have to find the seat, but other than that. . .
― quincie, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
I have an extra ticket for Neil Young in Fairfax tomorrow
email bonus (dot) tubes (at) gmail.com; 1st come 1st served etc.
― los blue jeans, Friday, 30 November 2012 02:36 (eleven years ago) link
Splurged already for tickets. Will hopefully be a great show
― curmudgeon, Friday, 30 November 2012 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
Hopefully someone wanted your extra
― curmudgeon, Friday, 30 November 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
Guys.
Seriously, this Nam June Paik exhibition @ American Art Museum is one of the most fucking incredible things I have ever seen in my entire life. There is so much to see and explore; if you miss out on this you will be robbing yourselves of something truly great.
http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/paik/
― jawn valjawn (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 15 December 2012 06:07 (eleven years ago) link
There is so much innovation and inquisitiveness and genuinely awe-inspiring moments in this guy's career and it often has a levity and sense of humor about that allows the viewer to engage in a really intimate way vs. the sort of detachment that one may often feel with Stuffy Serious Artworks.
― jawn valjawn (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 15 December 2012 06:10 (eleven years ago) link
I was going to wander the museums next week, so I'll put this on my list.
― Gukbe, Saturday, 15 December 2012 06:12 (eleven years ago) link
I <3 him and I really want to see that but I just moved to Seattle, hope I visit back home in time to see it. And by "hope" I mean "I'll have to plan to."
Electronic Superhighway is one of my favorite works of art.
― wongo hulkington's jade palace late night buffet (silby), Saturday, 15 December 2012 06:42 (eleven years ago) link
8 months, I shd be able to swing that.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 December 2012 06:48 (eleven years ago) link
As a newly unemployed person I am going to avail myself of ALL of the free museums in Jan/Feb!!! Thanks for the tip Stevie.
― quincie, Saturday, 15 December 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yeah mine too. I didn't notice until yesterday that Idaho's video was just footage of piles of potatoes and I laughed a lot harder than I probably should have in a quiet museum
― jawn valjawn (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 15 December 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
This Vergara photo exhibit at the National Building Museum could be worth seeing also:
http://www.nbm.org/exhibitions-collections/exhibitions/detroit-is-no-dry-bones.html
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 15 December 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
still need to see the lichtenstein before it goes
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 15 December 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
me too
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 15 December 2012 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/bestbites/food-restaurant-news/dining-at-level-3-todd-klimans-most-memorable-meals-of-2012.php
tldr but I might later
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
Saw the Serial Portraits photo exhibit at the National Gallery of Art West Wing the other day (some nice Stieglitz, Friedlander, Nan Goldin and others works) and today, the "Detroit is No Dry Bones" and "Detroit Disassembled" photo exhibits at the National Building Museum in DC. More than "ruin porn," as some naysayers would argue, these are fascinating photos of abandoned Detroit that don't seem too exploitive (some buildings and blocks now covered with trees and growth; others show new life or at least new paint)
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 26 December 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
Still haven't seen Nam June Paik; Lichtenstein; or that newspapers in collage paintings one at National Gallery
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 27 December 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
fuck I wish I saw that Detroit stuff
― nicki mINOJ (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 30 December 2012 07:30 (eleven years ago) link
but really go see NJP, why not tomorrow?
the lichtenstein was badass. i didn't realize he'd had a whole fascination with chinese landscapes at one point--gorgeous stuff imo
http://www.bettertotravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/20120606-133112.jpg
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 31 December 2012 02:51 (eleven years ago) link