Tom Ford is on Top

I know I'm late but...Terry Richardson + Tom Ford = Fire

The new Dandy looks great. Go out and get your bowties and your tailored suits y'all.

Treated Like a Piece of Meat

This may be an all time low. Imagine telling your friends and family, "Yo, I've been traded for some slabs of meat."

Heartless.

The ugly truth: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=360149&cc=5901

Olympics Observations

-Michael Phelps really is Superman.

-Bob Costas is a robot that never sleeps.

-President Bush has a higher approval rating in Beijing than in the U.S.

-Chinese female Gymnasts were all born after 1995.

-Badminton, once thought to be a backyard leisure sport played with a cocktail in one hand, is actually quite intense.

-Usain "Lightning" Bolt could probably play WR in the NFL based on speed and size alone.

-Bernard Lagat choked in the 1500m.

-NBC has screwed us all by only showing the good events in "Primetime". Americans everywhere are bleary eyed.

-The U.S. Softball team is almost as dominant as Michael Phelps.

-Boxing is always, always on.

-Olympic Boxing is like watching a glorified street fight. I saw someone get noogied last night.

-China is way too uptight to be the preeminent Super Power on Earth.

What Ronaldinho has to say to the Haters...

Look Ma, No Pants!

The Recession is hitting everyone hard these days. Apparently Middle to Upper Class, Boho girls are suffering the worst. Deep pockets have become...no pockets as the average girl in SF plainly can't afford to buy pants. Instead girls are supplanting their lack of pants with unflattering leggings.

This phenomenon has swept across the city, from the Financial District to the Sunset (with a strong contingent in the Mission). Girls who look to be en route to a Yoga class are simply taking their look to Dolores Park to smoke weed and drink beers with sweaty, beardy male counterparts all afternoon.

"It's comfortable and chic. I love it," says Lizzie Smith, 22, about her fave new trend.

Are girls like Lizzie misinformed or on the Kool-aid?

Whatever it is this trend of going pantsless in favor of leggings and an oversized white t-shirt (see "T-skirts") is a fast trend. 20 somethings accross the globe seem to be overwhelming advocates of displaying pancake asses, hungover facial expressions and cheap Wayfarer sunglasses as their power look.

"It's like bedhead...only on your body and stuff. It's really sexy," said Carla Feinstein, 23.

Girls are strutting this look down Valencia and Haight Streets with a swagger that says, "I just don't give a fuck what I look like".

I was curious as to how young, male hipster counterparts view the fairer sex's trendiness.

"It's really sloppy. Leggings aren't flattering on anyone outside of the Ballet in my opinion. It's like girls are just putting their camel toes and flat asses out on display. It's one step away from Maternity gear. Truly and deeply, the look...sucks," said Matt Layton, 24.

"It's a weird look. It's like you're in the bar, and you're looking at what the girl is gonna look like the next morning when you go for coffee after an awkward, drunken one-night stand. It's like looking into a crystal ball of indifference about self-maintainenance." Says Cesar Perez, 27.

Will this trend of pantsless wonderment and pre-mediated grooming apathy continue? Will girls be able to afford designer jeans in the near future? Only time will tell.

Into the Future

A jilted poem I wrote back in March:

"Into the Future"

I’m no friend of time.
I pay time respect but never will I fear it.
The definition of constant motion while you stand still,
The center of the universe in its own mind.
The stoic face of undebateable truth.
"Time stops for no one".
The reason for words like "distractions" and "waste".
The one we fight but always lose to.
The one we race naively.
Time is kicking my ass on the daily.
I’m older than I was when I wrote this.
I’m older than I was when I thought this.
There will be no pause button.
There will be no time outs.
There is no rip in the fabric of time.
All we have is the reality of the situation...
While you sit and ponder the meaning of that,
Realize that time keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin...

Open the Box

After listening to some Bernie Mac (R.I.P.) classic clips on YouTube today I realized that my iPod is sooo tired. How many times can I listen to that last Kings of Leon album or that old Broken Social Scene album or "Low End Theory"?

I had an epiphany all over again and re-upped on www.pandora.com. I thought it was a fad in the past; used it all up and discarded it. But, there aren't many sites that provide a better soundtrack for monotonous office work.

Revisit Pandora. Don't sleep.

The Fader

I occasionally go to http://www.thefader.com/ in hopes of getting a glimpse into the next big cool thing (song, fashion trend, etc.). Alas, I'm repeatedly disappointed. There's the occasional video clip to an unreleased song I've been lusting to hear but usually it's just overzealous blogs about hyper mediocre music.

I've come to the conclusion that The Fader is just a bunch of nerdy, uber trendy NYC kids with way too much free time and even more free music at their disposal. I guess taste is in the eye of the beholder; they have no taste. Really who listens to that bullshit Dirty Souf, pre-manufactured, over dramatized shit that they tout like the second coming of LeBron James? Hip-hop is on life support so don't pull the plug.

The Takeover

I noticed last week that the Financial District of SF and also the Shopping District were swarming with more Europeans than usual. When I went into Niketown to cop some kicks on sale I noticed a number of tourists walking around with shoebox stacks 4 high.

Aside from a conversation with another San Franciscoan about some exclusive kicks being shown on the tv screen, I didn't hear any English being spoken around me. Droves and droves of parents were buying whatever their kids wanted. I felt like a fish out of water. More alarming was when I was standing around waiting for help, meanwhile I was being stared at by some tourists who obviously don't see African-Americans everyday. Was I in Western Europe or Union Square? It was hard to tell.

The dollar ain't worth a cent these days and tourists are reaping the benefits. Everyday Downtown SF seems touristier and touristier. When did American become the #1 destination for Middle class Europeans and Asians?

The NY Times ran an article today about the similar affect the weak dollar has had on Manhattan tourism.

Friends, we are in the midst of The Fall of Rome in this country. Global warming, astronomical gas prices, recession and now tourists buying everything up. We've been one-upped!

The word: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/fashion/03tourists.html?_r=1&oref=slogin