Or does the walrus have us? Crap.
Investors: Steel yourselves for a special email in a few days. And if you haven’t completed your investor directory entry yet, shame on you.
Non-investors: This is what it must have felt like to have missed out on buying Google stock when it first came out, or to have been a caveman who thought that the wheel was a “passing fad”. Let us know about the depth of your woe in the comments section.
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And now, thanks to David Broyles, the talented and totally cool director/friend/classmate of Morgan’s, I can.
Remember back a long time ago when I posted pictures from a short film shoot? (http://morganpatrick.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/catching-up-is-hard-to-do/)
Now said film is available online. I play a briefly alive and then mostly dead person named Baron. I have no speaking lines, but I do have a nice hat.
Be gentle in your comments, I am a diva.
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When in doubt, put up a mix. That’s our motto. Also Abutebaris modo subjunctivo denuo (literally: “You’ve been misusing the subjunctive again”). You can never have too many mottos.
As many of you already know, EEPB is moving to Brooklyn. This means that you can safely forget all about the previously unfinished Virtual House Tour. It will soon be replaced by a new (and more easily finished) Virtual House Extravaganza which showcases another motto of ours: Locus enim est principum generationis rerum (“For place is the origin of things”.) Happy Halloween and never forget that: Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum europe vincendarum <— that’s for you and Google to figure out.
Download Halloween in the City Mix here. You’ll like it.
At least they didn't bleed on the chair.
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This summer has been somewhat of a blur – and with new jobs, a new cat, and a new apartment lurking on the horizon (actually only the apartment is lurking, the cat and the job are already squatting squarely in the living room), I thought it best to offer up something to drown out the silence that has been Everything Else Plastic Bag as of late.
Wait 'til he hits a pimple...
Tracklisting
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Sabio Mancát and some dude in a tie
After weeks of speculation and rampant punditry, Supreme Pet Nominee, Sabio Mancát, appeared yesterday in front of the full U.S. Senate. Mr. Mancát, who has dazzled the Faust/Noyes administration with his ability to turn everyday cat events, like sleeping and walking down stairs, into concussive blasts of pure cuteness, seemed relaxed and poised as he calmly batted a ball of aluminum foil around the Senate chambers.
Democratic Senator Harry Reid of Nevada was predictably laudatory in his opening remarks, stating that, “[Mr. Mancát] has proven that he can purr loudly in the hallowed Halls of Justice”. He went on to describe Sabio’s “intense dedication to pursuing that fuzzy blue thing dangling on the end of the elastic cord” as well as his “decisive role in desegregating schools and getting the U.S. off the gold standard.”
A young Sabio Mancát experiments with cross-dressing
Debate was spirited, but even Sabio’s main detractors, Republican Senator Brian Staveley of Utah, and Independent House Representative Colin Woods of Ohio, were hard pressed to come up with any substantial reasons why confirmation should be delayed. “Sometimes he hides under the couch,” grumbled Rep. Woods, “and then I can’t be loving him the way my heart wants to.”
“I just want the record to show that I think Sabio Mancát is a total pussy,” said Senator Staveley, “a shorthair, mottled gray pussy.”
Mr. Mancát at home
Though Mr. Mancát seems to have a penchant for controversial out-of-court statements – claiming that a “wise male cat” may be more suited to judge certain cases than “your run-of-the-mill mutt”, such proclamations seem to present few problems for an administration that, by its own admission, would “rather invite flesh-eating goats to share our bathtub than have a dog as a pet.”
If confirmed, Mancát would become only the third cat to hold the position of Supreme Pet during the Faust/Noyes era. Long-standing Supreme Pet Gita has gone on record as saying that she looks forward to “licking Mr. Mancát’s head, sniffing warily around his tiny private litter box, and shedding inordinate amounts of hair together. And also probably upholding Roe v. Wade.”
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Morgan and I just had what we thought was a done deal of a sublet fall through…so we are looking for a subletter this summer. Here is the basic info, all of which can be conveniently passed along to people by referring them to our temporary webpage about it: http://sites.google.com/site/subletmhnewyork/ (which has pictures)
Remember when we helped you find a subletter? And you said that if you could ever return the favor, you would? Hmmm? ‘Cause we remember it just as vividly as if it had actually happened.
Le Details
Where: Morningside Heights (Between Upper West Side and Harlem)
Near to: Columbia University (2 blocks), 1 train (3 blocks), A,C;B,D trains (3 blocks)
Availability: June 7 – Aug 15th, 2009 (dates negotiable)
Price: $1380/month, includes electricity, gas, water, $700 deposit. Laundry in building.
Please contact us at patricknoyes@gmail.com with the Subject: Summer Sublet if you would like more details/have specific questions
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Download the Currently Awesome Mix (zip file)
This is not plastic bag. Quite the opposite.
Many things have recently conspired to keep this blog less-than-current, most notably all the time I sink into changing my GChat status so as to antagonize Paul Campbell. In a penitential spirit, I dedicate this mix to him.
Currently Awesome is a represenative sampling of the music I had in heavy rotation a few months ago…please pay particular attention to the last track, by Heroes of Popular Wars, a local Brooklyn band that is cool.
Almost as cool as Paul Campbell.
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In which we welcome our first pre-teen blogger and do our best to disseminate his musical taste to the interwebs.
Kevin did a photo shoot just for this mix. No kidding.
Kevin Alexander, older brother to Sean (featured in the karate pose above), was so inspired by the Guilty Pleasures Mix, that he searched his soul and iPod to come up with his own top 10. He claims they need no explanation and are, in fact, guiltless. My carefully cultivated ice sculpture of detached hipster cynicism has now melted into a puddle on the floor – thanks, Kevin.
Download “Kevin’s Top Ten – Guiltless Pleasures”
P.S. These are in order, with the first song being Kevin’s favorite, and there on down….
1. Baby Please Come Home (Christmas) – U2
2. Africa – Toto
3. Down Under – Men at Work
4. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce
5. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
6. Pocketful of Sunshine – KidzBop (originally by Natasha Bedingfield)
7. Teardrops on my Guitar – KidzBop (originally by Taylor Swift)
8. Funkytown – Alvin and the Chipmunks (originally by Lipps, Inc.)
9. Through With You – Maroon 5
10. Rumors – Lindsay Lohan
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In no particular order, ’cause it’s all great:
Click here to go see the trailer!
1) The trailer for the Columbia Film Festival, dreamed up, wrangled into reality, directed, and then shepherded through post-production by Morgan and her magic, is now up on the website: http://www.cufilmfest.com/ It is positively stunning how much work goes into an endeavor like this: no fewer than 10 Columbia students gave up most of their spring break week to make it happen (click on the extended credits to get an idea of the crew size)…Morgan not only pulled it off, but turned it into an amazing bonding experience. I heard people say that it was one of the defining moments of their Columbia education. In addition to being on the website and the Festival DVD, the trailer will begin showing on the Reuters Jumbotron in Times Square in a week or so.
2) Morgan’s birthday was yesterday. If you missed her online birthday survey, don’t be shy, click here. My favorite response so far is to the fill-in-the-blank: “If I could give Morgan a gift, with no regard for cost or practicality, I would give her…”: a more fuel efficient/dolphin safe/free range/childproof version of Patrick. My bias is obvious.
3) Morgan got a haircut. I am now the long-haired hippy of the family. ‘Nuff said.
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In which Adventure Racing is undertaken and certain whopping differences exposed.
A long, long time ago (March 7th), Morgan and I, along with erstwhile teammate Karen, turned the spotlight of our considerable athletic prowess on a winter adventure race called the FRIGID INFLICTION . Our team name: The Cold and the Beautiful. Despite colossal and systemic misgivings, we let our participation be known to a team named UltraBambi spearheaded by Brian Staveley. Brian has since made claims to the effect that “they (UltraBambi) invited us (The C+B)”, “we (UltraBambi) have been training for months”, and even “we (UltraBambi) won the race”. Sometimes pictures speak louder than words. Especially when those pictures have captions. We submit for your approval the true story of the Frigid Infliction…
(Also, for those readers desirous of a more complete description of adventure racing, I remand them to this online resource of dubious parentage)
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