Practicality to My Whiteness

I must admit I am kind of obsessed with my Sigg water bottle. It's pretty, leak-proof, and keeps water cold. Tonight as I was taking a nighttime stroll through the neighborhood to catch up with some people on the phone, I was swinging my Sigg in my phone-free hand. (I probably looked pretty white and stupid.) I realized tonight it's the perfect defense weapon should I ever need it. I didn't have to learn this the hard way, fortunately, but that baby could pack quite the punch with the weight of the water in the metal bottle combined with my great strength. I am guessing it would be less effective if empty, so I should probably remember to always refill or choose being parched when walking alone at night in the name of my safety.

I could just buy pepper spray.

Or just hope for the best as I have all these years of lone nighttime walking.

Blurbs Overheard

The only part of the SkidNews I actually enjoyed reading in my college days was the Blurbs Overheard section which would either make me laugh at really clever things people on campus were saying or cringe at the really dumb things my peers were caught blurting in Case Center and the Spa and the Library.

TimeOut magazine has a section like that, too, and today in TimeOut Chicago, I read one funny one that said "And all this time I thought Dr. Dog was a rapper."

Sitting here in this coffee shop Atomix using the Internetz, I overheard a funny blurb.
Barista: You look sharp today!
Man: I thought I would wear head-to-toe white since it's the last day I can!

Nerd.

I am the only person left here, so there is no more eavesdropping to be had. Cue to go home.

Halloween In May... How White!

Over a month ago, my friends Ally and Kara began talking about having a Halloween in May party because Halloween is just too great to only have once a year. They weren't actually going to have a party party, just a go downtown in costumes party, so I offered to host a pre-downtown event. I was planning all day yesterday to recycle my Halloween, October 31, 2007 costume, but the idea was boring me... and had I done that, I probably wouldn't have been allowed in D'Andrea's (Can we joke about this now?) and good thing because D'Andrea's BBQ chicken pizza became an important part of the end of the night.

So I let the brainstorming begin by looking through my closet. I was a little stunned by how much North Face, EMS, etc gear I have and decided I would just be "that girl"... or this boy we know with long hair who kinda dresses that way, too. Then I hopped on this grand Old Internet and had a better idea. I will be "www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com." I used many of THEIR IDEAS as well as my own contributions.

(Mid-Post Disclaimer: This is a totally self-indulgent post about how awesome and funny I am. If you are already bored or turned off, don't continue. It only gets worse.)

So, after getting my COFFEE and going to FARMER'S MARKET, I cleaned my apartment and got ready for this THEME PARTY. I then went and bought the BROOKLYN BREWERY PARTY PACK (2 points: BROOKLYN and MICROBREWERIES... unless BB is a macrobrewery?). After showering, I put on my jeans, an AMERICAN APPAREL T-SHIRT, an EMS VEST (2 points: OUTDOOR WEAR and BODY TEMPERATURE ISSUES), a SCARF (the kind that reflects my smarts and interest in politics... Also, 1.5 points since I was wearing a scarf and a t-shirt and that goes back to the BODY TEMPERATURE ISSUES issue), my NEW BALANCE SNEAKS, my sunglasses on my head. I then packed my TIMBUK2 MESSENGER BAG with: Dave Egger's What is the What (hardcover, obviously...I rushed to the store for that one), the WES ANDERSON FILM Darjeeling Limited, the MICHEL GONDRY film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, JUNO, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT DVDS, a SAN FRANCISCO Giants baseball cap, a snow globe from when I STUDIED ABROAD, a little ECO-FRIENDLY tote I had taken to FARMER'S MARKET, and my NALGENE, hooked onto the bag with a carabeener, obviously.

You may think my posting this is just a regurgitation of someone else's blog, but really, it was a great costume and I really "got into character." When my friend Bob arrived at the party, too cool for a costume, I adopted him as an accessory: FRIEND OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC BACKGROUND. Also, I told everyone downtown that he is GAY.

We white zombies and lobsters and rock stars all had a good time and sat around listening to this mix of music I thought white people would like. It was pretty INDIE, but I threw in some OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP and country gems.

Things this white person doesn't like: Post Party Cleaning.