Lawrence.com

February 1, 2003

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World Takeover

Globe

Hotel

How can anyone come to live here really? We evolved from the creek-beds of the midwest and once our fins were strong enough to support us on dry land we walked to the middle ground to find the next biggest pond. The only problem is all the other fish did too. We find ourselves then with older fish from smaller towns who have the same mindset but now just take up more space in the pond. This is how we come to live in Lawrence.
The rest were born here.

Leaving town.
Drawing stick figures of Lawrence locals doing the naughty things we saw them do at an after party.
Then speaking for them.

Antonin Artaud: The Theatre and Its Double
Beverly Clary: The Mouse and The Motorcycle

Spongebob, Faster Pussycat Kill Kill, anything John Waters.

Sesame Street Fever
Cats
Phantom of the Opera
Jingle Cats
Jessica Simpson
Kelly Osborne
Britney Spears
311
Uncle Cracker
Jackyl
Anything But Joey
Get Up Kids
Lamb of God
God Project
Sandy Pattie
Carmen

Spongebob
Kids Incorporated
You Can't Do That On Television.

http://www.rathergood.com/laibach

I believe we mostly want to be entertained by blogs. Case closed.

Ideas and preconceived notions of others.

I'm not a hipster? Crap, I guess I was just trying too hard.

We are ALL hipsters in Lawrence.

The reasons being that:
1: We pretty much buy our clothes in the same stores.
2: We still ask our friends where they got theirs from.
3: Many of us have the same income as non hipsters ie. Preps, Hicks, Frats etc.
4: We all read and copy the same mags.
5: We all hate the same crap.
6: We all like the same crap.
7: We all say the same crap "Uhh I was wearing this and playing this music for my self and it doesn't matter to me if anyone sees or knows it."
7.5: After we say such things we ALL understand that WE are not typical.
7.6: We get away with being cool by reading
The Emperor's New Handbook on Fashion and Art. (Illustrations by Cy Twombly.)
8: We all sleep with the same people, and their friends. Then we have to pretend not to.
9: We end up in the same bars.
9.5: We have the same dealers.
10: We work at one clothing store or bar and trade favors for another.
11: We can get away with all of it because there will be a new group of fresh wanna-be hipsters who don't know yet.

$1 from two million people over a period of ten years.

This land is my land, this land is your land.
Go figure. It seems typical to say this but one must understand that white Judeo-Christian males want to keep power over this land.

We like it because we realize that if we're smoking outside of the bar our lives and bodies aren't in danger of being damaged from the fighting, broken glass, drinking, and loud decibels of noise that goes on in them bars there.

It's a much safer workplace now.

Oh and thanks for banning public drinking and driving during sports events. That was a smart one.

Too many sweatpants. Too many pleats, Khakis, and Polos (didn't that crap die in the 90's?). Mow it down and turn it into a golf course already.
Can't we have a parade over there sometime?