Daily Digest 11 (Fri 5/13)
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drunkkkkkkk. We are not going to write a proper DD tonight. You should
read the entries yourself this time, anyway. They're mostly really
good.
THis is the daily digest:
MIMI published a convo she had with a man she met at the stripclub
where she works. It was personal and interesting and showed a more
vulnerable side of Mimi. And it also represented the strip club scene
inn an interesting light. Really worth reading.
JAMES...Writing about James is hard today because we adore him and it
pains us to say anything less than supportive, but the truth is that
his video was kind of boring. There were some definite high points.
like the quote he used for the title: king of fleas. We know the
language barrier was probably an added difficulty. When we first
started watching the video we were hoping it would all be in chiinese.
Oh. He talked to a taiwanese flea market guy.
MEDYA decided to interview his friend Justin who is an American Youth.
He asked questions like "Have you ever wished to die in a particular
way?" and "Have you ever farted in the public?" Medya's was very casual
and conversational, which made it easy to read but not very deep. (The
UHUBUGGGUGGUGGGUG thought that Medya's asking Justin if he knew the
difference between kurds and arabs was an awesome way to get back at
Joel for that elimination vote.)
LOIS interview a friend of hers -- a fellow smarty pants who studies
blogs, political blogs in particular. HE STUDIES BLOGS FOR A LIVING!
Apparently he is also a "wicked DJ." We think Lois' friend might like
this thing we found on game host Mike's blog today:
http://www.kmikeym.com/news/May13th.mp3
At the end of her interview Lois borrowed Steve's tag, "keep on
blogging." We thought that was cute of her. She also gave us lots of
links in her interview which we will probably follow tomorrow.
RITCHEY published another rambling but fascinating tale, this time
about her father's lifelong career as a newspaperguy. Once he busted "a
conservative judge for calling a black reporter a "jiggaboo", and
another time when he started an interview with Emilio Estevez by saying
"fuck you, queer" (which turned out to be a quote from Repo Man). GOod
times, ritchey! Good times! The entry was good, but it stretched the
definition of interview and could have done with some ruthless editing.
Also, Ritchey looks exactly the same as she did when she was a young
lass, don't you think?
WILLOW brilliantly channeled her alter ego, Miss Nancy Novak, a sassy
reporter. She interviewed a genius, an activist, and a celebrity.
Highlights include: A story about a cheese inspector and an industrial
rabbi; radical puppet shows and engagement stories involving tits; and
Calvin Johnson calling the Ultimate Blogger competition "the stupidest
thing I ever heard." Very, very strong showing from Willow. Her best
yet. If she wins immunity this week, she will have deserved it.
LYOVA IVANOVITCH LYUBOV blew us away! How did he do this awesome
interview? His illegitimate father? What? He interviewed "musician,
traveller, playboy, activist, Mr Jerzy B," a Polish jazz musicizn. He
talks about how, in the 50s, jazz was labelled "decadent" and
"anti-socialist" in Poland, and musicians were persecuted like other
artists. Jerzy became part of the counter culture movement, playing
jazz, wearing illicit western clothing, and enjoying lots of sex and
alcohol. Jerzy also tells a story of being robbed in NYC, but the
robbers wait for the bus with him and tell the bus driver, "We just
robbed this white guy and he needs to get back to his hotel. Take him
free of charge, will you?" It was an interesting glimpse into another
world, and a strong interview. For Americans, we might have needed a
little more background, and maybe some of the answers could have been
shorter, but still, Lyova demonstrates the first rule to successful
interviewing: pick an interesting subject. (Lyova. Your song already
showed us that you are a musical genius. Please share more of your
music with us!)
SONNY posted with only ten minutes to spare, and admits that he's
interviewing his sister Jane because he "thought the deadline for this
entry was tomorrow when it is in fact in 45 minutes." I'm sorry to have
to say this, but blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
Our piece of advice to Sonny: WRITE ABOUT THE ARMY. WE DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT WEIRD ARMY STUFF. PLEASE TELL US!
okie dokie. we aren't as drunk now. We are now sleepy.
Until tomorrow...