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April 21, 2006
According to the Village Voice, I have finally reached the status of ambivalent, embarrassed post-yuppie. I always thought that I veered more closely toward neurotic, not embarrassed, and I'm not quite sure what a post-yuppie is (though I don't doubt that I probably am one), but with that over with, I can now die in peace.
Context is always key, especially when dealing with metaphor.
Posted by callalillie at April 21, 2006 9:24 AM | Random
Whoa!
Congratulations!
You've been quoted out of context!
Posted by: Tiya at April 21, 2006 10:02 AM
I am still trying to find some of the context. I can't remember when I said that I would gladly trek to Manhattan for my groceries in order to save a warehouse. The warehouse where Fairway is wasn't in danger of being knocked down. I'll have to go through my archives. I would definitely gladly trek to Manhattan to buy crappy furniture in order to save the shipyard, though.
Posted by: corie at April 21, 2006 10:34 AM
Posted by: Tiya at April 21, 2006 11:50 AM
Nah. As a blogger, I consciously put myself and my words out there and part of that is the risk of being taken out of context. If she had interviewed me, it would be a different story.
Posted by: corie at April 21, 2006 11:56 AM
Instead of you being embarrassed, she should be embarrassed of this subject-verb agreement error:
On the other, she write that when Fairway opens, she'll be one of the first in line, buying each and every one of the canisters in the spice section.
Posted by: Sally at April 21, 2006 12:13 PM
Posted by: Bill at April 21, 2006 12:29 PM
Hey, out of context. You may try politics next (really just kidding!)
Posted by: Vickie at April 21, 2006 5:11 PM
As a blogger, I consciously put myself and my words out there and part of that is the risk of being taken out of context. If she had interviewed me, it would be a different story.
I think that's true, but it takes a lot of class not to take a swipe at the author of that article, which is a sloppy bit of fluff about the future of Red Hook, a subject which I think deserves more serious attention.
I also think it's trashy for paid journalists to lazily skim the blogosphere for material, and then heap thinly veiled condescension on those same bloggers later. Trashy, but entirely expected. After all, as you point out, we are fair game.
Keep up the good work. You are the best ambivalent embarrassed post-yuppie in the blogosphere.
Posted by: Dope on the Slope at April 23, 2006 12:55 PM
yes, well maybe if Callallillie spent even a fraction of the time she does on consumer lust with the still unresolved-- still, it should be noted, unattended-- environmental issues in RED HOOK, maybe she wouldn't be such an easy target?
or has she & others here secretly been calling 311 & writing Bloomberg, DEP, EPA, etc?
enjoy yr priviledge & $$$, ya'll. maybe a goddamn Brooklyn Industries will open on Van Brunt someday & we can all die happy.
goerge
corner of court & lorraine
Posted by: george metesky at April 23, 2006 8:23 PM
yes, well maybe if Callallillie spent even a fraction of the time she does on consumer lust with the still
You've done stopwatch studies on how Callalillie spends her time?
I admire your scientific approach to finger wagging.
Maybe we can bottle your self-righteous indignation and use it to feed the homeless. That is, if the EPA doesn't categorize it as toxic waste.
"I think people who judge are terrible, and those who blame are the cause of all the world’s problems."
----Swami Beyondananda
Posted by: Dope on the Slope at April 24, 2006 9:35 AM
