To Darrin Hudson

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I think everyone had a "Darrin Hudson" in their lives. Darrin Hudson was in my high school, back in Marlboro, NJ. You know, that person that you had to one-up all the time. Didn't matter what it was: Gear, hair, grades, sports, whatever...it was ON. Well for Darrin and I...it was kicks. Plain and simple. Oddly enough, in a school with over 1000 kids, me and him were the only 2 really into sneakers back then. This is my blog dedicated to Darrin. This is to tell Darrin that I'm still out there, and if he wants to battle, here it is son!! Bring it!! I've since lost touch with Darrin, but thanks to him, you all get to check out the kicks I have amassed over the years. So it is here, that I will archive every pair of shoes I own. It’ll include detailed photos, a grading system, a little tidbit behind each one and every single one will be available for purchase. (Simply POST A COMMENT with your offer). Some other little goodies sprinkled throughout also. Even if I updated a different shoe every week, it would take me about 3 years to complete this project. So sit back and enjoy! The project begins January 1st, 2006...

Sunday, July 27, 2008

POTTY MOUTH.

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I am slightly obsessed with toilets. Actually the entire bathroom experience intrigues me. It's one of the few places left on earth where you are really YOU. Nothing to cover you up. Nothing to make you pretty. Just straight reality. In fact, this privacy allows us to do our most base and primal things...whatever they may be. It's the one thing that links all of us no matter where we sit on the social ladder. This becomes apparent to me especially whenever eating dinner at like, a 5-star establishment. Everyone is trying to be on their best behavior and very proper. Then someone excuses themselves to the bathroom—for fifteen minutes. We all know he/she just went to the bathroom to drop a deuce. But it's like the elephant in the room. No one comments or remarks because at any given second, YOU could be that person. I just find it funny that in one room we're having escargot, and 15 feet away, dude has his pants around his ankles and moaning "Gnnnnnnn" with a turtle tail coming out of his butt. Anyway, when I'm on the road, the concept again comes into my brain. I think because you're then forced out of your natural bathroom routines and cycles. Every bathroom is a foreign one...even a beautiful one in a nice hotel...though it still requires some settling in. Small things like the height of the toilet paper dispenser from the ground requires some getting used to. Younghee Jung works at Nokia and her job seems to be simply observing humans. I wish she would blog more, but she's like the GZA of the blogosphere. Short on quantity. High on quality. Check out her post on global toilet culture as well as the PPT she has posted for downloading. You can read it while you're........nevermind.
僕はトイレに少し夢中です。実際に、トイレの中の体験すべてに興味があります。この地球上で実際、自分が本当に自分でいられる数少ない場所です。隠すものは何も無い。きれいに見せられるものは何も無い。真っ向の現実だけ。まさに、僕たちの根本的で根底的な事が。。。それが何であろうと、できるプライベート空間です。僕達の社会的地位がどうであれ、みんなに共通している唯一の事です。これは、特に5つ星のレストランなどで食べている時に明らかになります。みんな、とてもお行儀がよく、とても礼儀正しくしようとしています。すると誰かが、トイレに失礼して、15分後。 みんなその人がトイレで大をしたことに気づいていますが、知らぬふり。誰も何も言わないのは、それがあなたにも起こりうる事だから。ただ、一部屋ではエスカルゴを食べている間、5メートル先では誰かがパンツをくるぶしまで下ろして「んんんんんん」と踏ん張りながら、おしりから亀の尻尾を出していることを考えるとおかしくてしょうがない。とにかく、このコンセプトは特に僕が旅の中よく頭の中に浮かびます。たぶんいつもの慣れているトイレとお決まりの手順と違う事をしないといけなくなるからだと思います。すべてのトイレが異質。。。いいホテルのきれいなトイレでも落ち着くには時間がかかります。トイレットペーパーの地面からの位置など小さなことに慣れるのにも時間がかかります。Younghee Jungさんはノキアで働いて、人間観察をするのが彼女の仕事らしいです。もっとブログを更新してほしいけど、彼女はブログ界のGZAです。量は少ないがクオリティーが高い。彼女の世界のトイレ文化のブログとダウンロードできるPPTもありますのでチェックしてみて下さい。それを読みながら。。。あ、いや、なんでもありません。

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2 Comments:

Blogger Jimmy! said...

Where's your powerpoint on things that look like faces?

7/28/2008 2:49 AM  
Blogger Kevin said...

ive noticed that casinos in atlantic city have nice bathrooms with the borgata being my favorite.

now since las vegas is better, are the bathrooms too?

7/30/2008 10:47 AM  

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