Alternative weddings: more meaningful than a "regular" wedding?
Two self-proclaimed hipsters got married and choreographed their processional to Animal Collective’s My Girls. It’s the indie equivalent of that viral video where the wedding party dances to Chris Brown’s “Forever”, just a lot more sloppy and awkward. While watching the clip, I disliked seeing the bride’s apprehensive parents play along with their son-in-laws gravity-bong dream. Even some members of the bridal party looked as if they were crawling in their skin. I read the grooms account of the event on hipsterrunoff.com, and he is deluded enough to think that this display was “meaningful.” Was it also meaningful to have the ceremony in a church? There was an uncomfortable juxtaposition of creaky minwax-scented tradition with lysergic tribal vibes. The bride’s parents must have pulled the longer straw with that one. I think the real meaning was to alienate most of the guests, piss off the in-laws, and to own bragging rights for doing all the above while being “cool.”
And isn’t it wacky that there is/are an Animal Collective cover band(s)? They’ve barely existed for half a decade and they haven’t disbanded yet. What’s next then? A Yeasayer tribute band? A homage to Neon Indian? It’s amazing how hyper-derivative music and media has become.
Wood is good
This morning, I got into a conversation with my roommate about whether it was more hygienic to use a wood cutting board vs. a plastic/rubber one. Post DuPont era, the conventional notion about wood is that, since it is porous, it harbors more bacteria than its competitor, plastic. This is a half-truth. Studies found that the cellulose in wood absorbs bacteria but will not release it. The bacteria is trapped in the wood and unable to resurface and contaminate your food. Conversely, plastic boards are recognized to absorb less bacteria, however, when the board develops tiny cracks casued by knives, the cracks absorb bacteria and may go dormant for weeks. Even worse, dishwashing may not completely kill the bacteria on plastic boards.
Just sterilize your wood cutting board by nuking it for 5 minutes. Sponges (cellulose, not natural), similarly, take about 1 minute in the microwave.
What’s the moral? Nature is smart. I’d rather rely on a technology that took millions of years to perfect than one roughly older than half a century. The Scandinavians know good design.
Man dies of uterine cancer (?)
Super weird headline today. In record breaking news, a 37-year old named Vincent Liew is the first man ever to die of uterine cancer (no wonder since a man doesn’t have a uterus)
Liew was a diabetic who waited 5 years for a kidney transplant as he was in complete kidney failure and receiving dialysis three times every week. Ironically, he believed the transplanted kidney would save his life (insert rimshot)
—“The extraordinary things that surround people are not all inanimate. Things can be sad or merry, they can affect a person’s mood, help him or cause him pain, provoke memories and inspire wishes. A man must learn to understand things, look beyond the object itself, see its function and what is behind it. Without this wonderful curiosity the world would be devoid of the romantic imagery of reality. Without it, things would be only monotonous inventory numbers.” - Yuri I. Pimenov
—“Each city receives its form from the desert it opposes” -Italo Calvino
Overheard in New York
Is It Fair That White People Monopolize All the Irony? Discuss
—“We loathe our life and yet we love it.
We caress the serpent in our bosom
until it has actually eaten away our heart”
~Voltaire
“Lightness for me goes with precision and determination, not with vagueness and the haphazard”
~Italio Calvino, Six memos for the New Milennium
“I don’t want to belong to any club that would have me as a member”
~Groucho Marx
NIGHTNIGHT by DEDDY
