Posts from 9 2004

• September 12, 2004
  olive park, bench
  
• olive park, platform
  
• keep off the rocks
  
• colorful bench
  
• navy pier, life preserver
  
• September 08, 2004
  blommer chocolate company
  
• curvy benches
  
• walk do not run #2
  
• don't even think about it
  
• pulaski park pool, call 911
  
• walk do not run #1
  
• fence
  
• danger no diving
  
• pulaski park pool, fieldhouse
  
• pulaski park pool, empty
  
• September 01, 2004
  score one more for stephen colbert

  wow, stephen colbert really laid into the RNC on the daily show tonight. because i'm incredibly dorky, here's the transcription (J is jon stewart and S is stephen)...

  J: what'd you make of last night's focus on 9/11?
  S: well, remember john, 9/11 and it's aftermath bring to mind a time of unprecedented national unity, when from the crucible of an unthinkable tragedy, there arose a steely patriotism, transcending ideology and partisanship. that stuff kills in the swing states. those nascar dads suck it down in a feeding tube.
  J: so you had no problem with it?
  S: john, i found it crass-tastic. the message was delivered by republican's most popular figures, john mccain and rudolph giuliani, two men of bravery and leadership, qualities the president would very much like associated with him.
  J: what is tonight's theme?
  S: tonight, they took last night's theme ("a bush victory would bring closure to the 9/11 families") and built on it with a theme of compassion. we heard from widows, orphans, the enfeebled, the limb-less, all raising their voices in support of the president, whose compassion, like the olympics, triumphantly springs forth every 4 years. you see, it all goes with the overall theme for this convention: "a time of unmitigated gall."
  J: but stephen, to be fair, aren't all political conventions manipulative?
  S: no. john, to call this convention manipulative would be to call marcel marceau a little quiet. these people are artists, operating at the peak of their abilities. take for example thursday night's theme: "fuck you, what are you going to do about it?"
  J: that can't be right, stephen, that sounds absolutely awful!
  S: yeah, but... ya know, fuck us, what are we going to do about it?