THIS MY BLØG

no its just delayed up to 20 minutes

old news :/

DOW more like OW right?

btw bizkit is my dog

i just gave bizkit a five album deal. we're going to put his dreams out on ILC records if that is cool.

guest post: BLØG hits the big time

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this viral internet meme is spreading like wildfire!

THE_REAL_ice_cr?m nytimes ft greene blogg o jeez http://fort-greene.blogs.nytimes.com 11:53 AM March 3rd from web

cant believe they hired that guy instead of you, RIP blogging

Good morning.

Yesterday we launched a blog. That was a big deal. And also lots of fun.

But now what do we do?

Well, let’s see what’s in the in-box.

A bunch of questions for Captain Tasso of the 88th precinct.

Hot tips about evil landlords and cool bartenders with faux-hawks.

Events to announce — a “stomp and chomp” zydeco dance party at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church Saturday.

Your Artwork — photo of woman cross country skiing in the snow. Neat Drawing by 5 year old.

Fan mail, believe it or not, on our film-making debut and a recommendation for a good video-training site.

A post about us from a Korean site — can anyone translate?

— and mysteries to be solved. Read more…

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i am in a coffee house, FYI

this guy is not exactly up to date - will contact nytimes.com abt replacing him asap

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:D

did u provide a link to this blog

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I imagine that one of the reasons why Fort Greene and Clinton Hill are getting NYtimes-attention is their rapid demographic shift of the last few years, which followed the steady demographic shift of the preceding years. It might be useful to have discussion about that shift.

When my partner and I first moved to the area, in 2001, we were oblivious to the ongoing gentrification. We wanted to be in Brooklyn and close to Manhattan. We weren’t concerned with the cultural changes to which we were contributing.

Eight years later, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill are almost unrecognizable. That’s not meant to be a value-laden observation. I’m not eschewing change. I am, however, calling attention to the exclusion that accompanied the neighborhoods’ change.

Our working-class and poor neighbors were priced out of their homes. They’ve been pushed east or stacked high (in projects). And they’re left wondering why they haven’t also benefited (as much) from the positive changes? Where is their representation in the job force that was brought about by new restaurants and other small businesses?

Some of our business leaders and local elected officials have made efforts to bridge together the residents of the past, present, and future. But these efforts are missing on a larger scale.

This isn’t meant to be an anti-gentrification rant (who am i, after all?), but our communities are at an interesting juncture. We can continue to ignore the cultural clash that bubbles under the surface, or we can have conversations about it. For the people who aren’t interested in having a tightly-knit, lovey-dovey community… that’s fine. But ignoring the divide between old and new residents will have ramifications that we won’t be able to ignore, especially in the economic environment in which we find ourselves.

Long story short: unemployment, poverty, desperation, disaffection, and marginalization lead to crime, of all kinds.

According to a recent Town Hall meeting, we learned from the two local precincts that most crimes have decreased in the last year. But these statistics came before the recession was front and center.

I don’t think that we should wait for a spike in crime in order to focus on some long-term solutions. The police isn’t going to save us. First of all, NYPD funding is on the chopping block. Second, the criminal justice system (apart from being an oxymoron) is a revolving door. Too many people go into the system with a drug habit but leave the system being capable of much, much worse. Don’t bank on rehabilitation.

As residents of CH and FG, we need to get to know each other better and watch out for each other: A tight-knit community makes for a safe neighborhood. We also need to make sure that we all benefit from positive changes. Local jobs should go to whoever need them most. As Councilmember James says, challenge your local business owners to hire locally.

Too many people live in fear of “the projects.” However, these housing developments have governing structures and internal civic societies with liaisons. Liaisons who are looking for opportunities to connect residents (especially youth) with jobs. Business owners, reach out to them directly, or contact Councilmember James’s office; she has always been accessible and especially for this type of endeavor.

Andy, thank you for the space, and I hope that you will use this venue to discuss some of these issues.

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ilu

;)

omg ft greene bloggr approved my n00b post :D

i bet u guys will become friends--this seems like a buddy comedy to me

ask him why i have to take the shuttle bus home this weekend

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it occurs to me that trading places poster kinda gives away the whole plot - one of my v fav movies as a kid btw - me n my dad saw it in the theater

love that movie--its my parents all time fave comedy

owns def

joe, what are some perks now that you are a nyt blogger?

they hav one of those lil college refrigerators w/all frank brunis leftovers in it u can snak out of if u want to - and me and maureen dowd and some of the production guys are gonna run a train on david brooks l8r - its pretty awsom tbh

the terrorists hav lost
Mullah_:Omar LOL 9:11 PM from txt

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guest post: my new fav celeb couple

vernon davis and the woman from reno 911

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she looks good there

saw this hawk
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and then i saw the park rangers and i was like damn im runnin through a blog post wtf nytimes. crazy day on ilx huh.

Max: ur missin a great day on ilx
me: whoa bloody massacre in there

in a post 3/5 world, this bløg is needed more than ever

hey i was at momofuku someone get me up to speed on this?????

i saw a beautiful hawk while running in ft greene park and dom and ethan got their asses bannded - which momofuku u go to

milk bar fyi i feel like i should have brought back pork buns 4 everyone???? also we discussed raptors at lunch my friend's friend thought we meant the dinosaur

sorry bløg alt+0248 im a little O_O right now

scool next ime bring pork buns tho def

yeah love pork buns

i for one think they're gross

3/5/09: today, we were just suggest banned

:D

weird that you would think buns were gross jordan

do u get it

"buns"

lol ;)

but what about the meat part

;-)

pretty sure u can get meat inserted in pork buns