Disco
Is it so wrong that I love it?
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Intellectual Curiosity
Sound familiar?
“Joe the Plumber has now had more press conferences than Sarah Palin.” -Andrew Sullivan
I’ve become less obsessed about the election. The fear is gone. Now, it’s sort of an easy calm. For me, for my own sanity, intellectual curiosity is what causes people to reach that point of self-actualization that I talk so much about. It is thoughtfulness, consideration, reflection. I prefer blinking, thank you.
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Vertical Integration
The beauty of vertical integration.
Someone just yelled across the room right now on her way out of the door.
“Are the crop sweaters selling enough that we should make more?”
Silence for a good five seconds.
“Yeah.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah.”
“Okay!”
And that’s how things are done in a vertically integrated environment in the U.S. No Chinese translator necessary.
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Where I’ve Been
I haven’t updated in a while. Why?
I’m absolutely obsessed with Sarah Palin. Seriously. It’s driving me insane. I wasn’t very political before and, as I’ve mentioned before, was formerly registered Republican. Now? I visited Huffington Post and Daily Kos for the first times in search of photos for LOLpalin and have been returning ever since. I am a completel political junkie constantly refreshing for new stories about the presidential election.
I work all day, but when I get home, I literally lose sleep as I read commentary and stories about the Republican ticket. It’s incredulous and I’m frightened for this country if we put the McCain-Palin ticket in the White House.
If I talk a lot about self-improvement and reflection, it’s the lack of introspection coming from that side of the aisle that is a scary prospect. Not blinking and the like. Malcolm Gladwell said that experts in their field often made their best decisions immediately. But what if you don’t know anything? Isn’t blinking a good idea?
I feel confident I will start posting again very soon. At this very moment, I just keep playing Palin’s response to the Couric bailout question over and over again. It’s maddening. And I can’t stop it.
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Introducing LOLpalin
I’ve got something awesome cooked up for you guys (think football and social media), but I had to start a new blog in light of today’s events.
I’m obviously talking about the appointment of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as John McCain’s vice president nominee.
So I did what any rational person would: I put LOLed her.
Check out LOLpalin.
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New York I Love You
My fridge looks like it belongs on MTV Cribs. Lots of juice and beer. But it’d all be empty and unnecessary if I had a vacation.
Too much work, and no vacation,
Deserves at least a small libation.
So hail! my friends, and raise your glasses,
Work’s the curse of the drinking classes.- Oscar Wilde
I’d rather be in the city for my mindless entertainment. Or just a solid cart food gyro. That’d do it.
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Present
Science fiction author and distant relative of John Wilkes Booth John Scalzi wrote this on the Tor Books blog today:
I’ll let you into a little secret of mine, which is this: I’m the sort of dude that gets wrung out about emotional scenes in books and movies and TV. I date this tendency back to a specific event, which was the birth of my daughter. Before then, I could read or watch a scene of complete heartbreak and go “eh”; after her birth, I get choked up watching very special episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants. I hate it, man. Among the reasons I hate it is that when I go out in public to do a reading, there are entire books of mine that I can’t read aloud, because I can’t get through them without sobbing.
This totally resonates with me. I was as indifferent to everything as anyone could be before. Once you start learning about yourself and figuring out what things really mean to you, I think it’s easier to have a stronger connect with the things around you. It’s just a guess, but the numbness is gone now.
Instead, I feel like I’m actually present, an active participant in the here and now. In hindsight, it is truly unreal, especially considering I never bothered to even consider working towards this state before, but it makes all the difference now. And it is absolutely amazing.
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I’m not the type of person to find substance in lyrics. But things that I think are often put better by other people. From “Labor Days”, Aesop Rock’s “No Regrets” pretty much embodies my part-time perfectionism, an idea based in sober reality.
No Regrets – Aesop Rock
Look, I’ve never had a dream in my life
Because a dream is what you wanna do, but still haven’t pursued
I knew what I wanted and did it till it was done
So I’ve been the dream that I wanted to be since day one.
If you’re not working towards that everyday or fearful that you might lose that focus, you’re doing it wrong.
(A note: I often reference past posts of ideas that keep me going. This is a reminder to me. I need it as much as anyone else. Find ways to remind yourself of what you want. It’ll empower you to do more than you could ever think you could.)
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Everywhere
Opportunities in marketing and relationships come from unusual places. Last week, somebody posted an interesting comment on a site writing about American Apparel. I ended up contacting him and it turns out he’s a great guy. He came down to the factory this week and I showed him around. He wrote about it at his blog yesterday and said some awesome things about me.
Shawn Shahani of American Apparel gave me a tour of the headquarters and factory right here in downtown Los Angeles. Shawn is a real dynamic, up and coming marketing guru and I have faith that he will help lead the web 3.0 revolution…
Leading the revolution. That’s me. Maybe I should dress up like these guys.

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