Ill, DOB and Placeholders

[talktooloose]

I'm Ill which is somewhat annoying, but I'm not really making a big drama of it, so it's not bad. I have a lot of work to do but I will also take Snake's advice and rest.

I'm almost ready to post DOB Chapter 19. This morning I researched the band Anti-Flag who are referenced in the chapter. Heh, I love polemic as much as I find it ludicrous and I <3 having a storyline where different characters can go off at each other about these views. Chapter 20 is two-third finished in draft, btw, so I hope it will be up within three weeks of this one.

I am thoroughly enjoying web design again! I have to play with some javascripting this morning and I'm hoping that DreamWeaver holds my hand through the process. I am rarely lost and clueless, but the javascript class I took a couple of years ago made me feel as lost and clueless as Grade 12 Calculus all those many years ago. That same sickening feeling of: "OMG, I'm supposed to be smart and yet everyone understands except me."

Placeholders for posts:

1. New Gillette DISPOSABLE razors ads take over Bloor-Yonge subway station. I am planning a response poster which I will stick to as many instances of the ad as I can as I pass between platforms.
   
2. Atheism. Fascinating interview two weeks ago on The Sunday Edition with Chris Hedges. Strangely, I found his views more in line with my own than those of the racist atheists he was attacking. Of course, as long as you remove the God part from his arguments...
   
3. Movies It's been a while since I blogged on the cinéma. Recent viewing includes "The Mist" and "Margot at the Wedding". Things to say.
   
4. POLEMIC! Why Lost is actually a better show than Battlestar Galactica.

Comments

[danger-aardvark.livejournal.com]

I haven't taken the subway for a while so I haven't seen the station. Regardless, this makes me want to create stickers that look like razor cuts and stick them over the impossibly smooth/airbrushed flesh that is undoubtedly featured in the ads.

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

They're actually incredibly banal ads just showing the razor which is as ugly a piece of industrial design as you're likely to see. But the word DISPOSABLE is highlighted throughout, clearly the draw. How can that be? Why is the fact that its disposable so attractive?

I use a razor that may date back to 60s! It's even hard to find blades for it now. But it has a heft to it that makes it moved across my face much more effectively than a nothing piece of molded platic.

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

Shaving is just a shill to extract more money from men since they don't buy all the cosmetic crap that advertisers push at women. Think about how much a guy spends on shaving crap over a lifetime (it's in the tens of thousands over the course of 60 years), now contrast that with the cost of a Wahl that would trim the beard without destroying the face, and lasts 50 years, for $100.

[danger-aardvark.livejournal.com]

That's disgusting! Even more so than typical razor ads that promote an unachievable body image. Screw a good shave or a quality product, what people want are things they can throw away?! Infuriating!

Let me know if you want a postering buddy. I am no stranger to culture jamming.