dear diary

I just spent twenty minutes searching for a video that I watched two years ago; all I had to go on was that it wasn't on YouTube, it was posted by a site that I normally read, and involved Chloë Sevigny returning to her hometown, or so I thought I remembered. Gradually, I recalled that Lesley Arfin (Vice's Dear Diary author) was involved, even though I've never read any of her stuff. I searched Vimeo, Pedestrian.tv, the Streetboners search archive, and somehow realized that I forgot about Vice's pretentious VBS.tv video site. I felt like I was hunting the fucking Hipster Grifter.

Why can't there be a single pretty YouTube alternative? I'm really jonesing for a duopoly right about now. And in my frustration, I am posting the video here so I never lose it again. I don't even know if I'll want to see it again--I just want to know that I can.

dear women of mymonthlycycles.com: (the majority of) you are being silly

Maternity leave is one thing...

separated at birth?

The Pack's "Vans" - 2006
New Boyz'^* "You're a Jerk" - 2009

Hint: Play both videos at once and alternate muting one.

The pack - vans

Sad story: According to Last.fm, I have played tracks by The Pack 655 times. (To date...)

^*What the hell am I supposed to do with the apostrophe when something substitutes a "z" for an "s"?

i did know who tank man was, either

Little is publicly known of the man's identity or that of the commander of the lead tank. Shortly after the incident, British tabloid the Sunday Express named the man as Wang Weilin (王维林), a 19-year-old student who was later charged with "political hooliganism" and "attempting to subvert members of the People's Liberation Army;" however, the veracity of this claim is dubious. Numerous rumors have sprung up as to the man's identity and current whereabouts, but none are backed by hard evidence.

[wikipedia: tank man]

Oh, China. The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 sound like a political horror film. Happy 20th anniversary.

found: soul mate, commenting on youtube

Ever since I discovered Native American Sign Language (NASL--I pronounce it "nasal") almost two years ago, I have wanted to study abroad back in time for my senior independent study project (after designing a major in NASL, of course). I had planned to request school funding for a time machine, but unfortunately, I had to design another major in order to graduate. But now, my dreams can come true.

Even better: he was commenting on this Pat Morita film clip: What is Film?

[oh, pat.]

mp3: N.A.S.A. - O Pato (Feat. Kool Kojak & DJ Babao)

i want harmony korine, circa 1998

breaking news: hos up, bros down

[thanks, Facebook Lexicon.]

Watch out for those brus on the rise, though.