Slang: I am falling behind

I must be getting old. All these new words kids are using nowadays, and I have no clue when they mean. I still use slang words. I use "down" when I ask someone if they agree with me. “Don't trip" is used to tell someone not to get upset. “Late" and "peace" means goodbye. Of course I use the common ones such as "cool" and "bad."
The Boston Globe did a story on the current nature of slang. With it came a list of some current slang, most of which I’ve never heard of. I'll admit, some of them are quite funny, and even I am thinking about using them in daily conversations.

What they're talking about

A sampler of modern slang

The bunk (disgust): busted, ama weak, bogus, dirt, janky, vile, grody, rank, vomit.

The gnar (amazement): sick, ill, tight, nasty, beastly, dank, buttah, pimp, fierce, fresh, all gravity, gravy, all raw, sizzlin', crackin', off the heezy, out the frame, savage.

Money: cabbage, chalupas, cheddar, Gouda, paper, Kraft singles (for dollar bills).

100m hottie: Someone who looks good from afar, but fuzzy up close.

Agnorant: Someone both arrogant and ignorant.

Anchor: To wait.

Bluetool: Someone always wearing a Bluetooth, even when they're not on the phone.

Break your crayons: To upset someone.

Buster: A fake or phony person.

Check your vitals: To do a sweep of e-mail and other essential websites.

Butterfaith: A girl who is attractive by all accounts, except for her devout religiousness.

Dandruff: One who makes plans but often ditches them.

Earjacking: Eavesdropping.

Errorist: Someone who always makes mistakes.

Flossin': Showing off.

Going federal: Making it, usually in reference to rap stardom.

Marinating: Hanging out.

Multislacking: Slacking at a series of things all at once.

Nonpology: An insincere apology.

Noob: An unintelligent person.

Pay out: To dis someone.

Presidential tint: Cars with exceedingly tinted windows.

Remail: Following up on e-mails that have gone unanswered.

Subwoofing: Sitting in your car and blasting your stereo system to show off.

Swiffin: Making up stories.

Work hot: A person who may or may not be attractive, but is the best-looking person at your workplace.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/04/talk_amongst_yourselves/?p1=email_to_a_friend

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/04/what_theyre_talking_about/

http://xkcd.com/166/

The future of televison

This should be the future of television. The New York Times put together a project that is phenomenal. They transcribed the Sept. 26 democratic debate. Not only it is transcribed, but the words are in sync with video....wait, let me just make a list.

• click on topics such as gay rights and illegal immigration and you are automatically forwarded to those topics of discussion.
• Word counts - see which democratic candidate said the most words
• Speaking time - see which candidate took up the most time speaking
• Word or phrase search - enter a word or phrase and see which candidate said the word, how many times they used it, and how they used it.
  

Now, they need to figure out a way for TiVo to do this.

UPDATE: The republican debate has been added. Same idea, different people.


http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/09/27/us/politics/20070927_DEBATE_GRAPHIC.html#video
http://www.nytimes.com/
http://www.tivo.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/10/08/us/politics/20071008_DEBATE_GRAPHIC.html#video

Now taking applications!

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a police officer, a veterinarian, a marine biologist, then a millionaire (I eventually found out that you can't take classes for that). Recently, a new position has opened that made me think twice about my current career choice. I guess with all the bad press NASA has gotten recently, they decided to have some sort of astronaut tryout.

NASA ASTRONAUT APPLICATION

It can't be that bad. Sitting on a giant bomb, being able to pee in space, and eating foods out of tubes is a once in lifetime opportunity. I'm sure the benefits are good too.

USA Jobs
http://www.astro.uva.nl/exhibition/pictures/mooie_gifjes/mooie.map

"It's a shame what they did to those people who lived there."

If I haven't said it already, but I am a Dodger fan. Yet, sometimes I have to wonder about what was once underneath Dodger Stadium. Chavez Ravine was at one point a poor, mostly Latino neighborhood. Both my parents were raised in the area just downhill from the stadium in an area that, to this day, I have difficult time describing to someone. It’s nestled between Elysian Valley and Echo Park, but I always remember it being called its barrio name--"Frogtown." Some people get, some just get more confused.

Raising my father is this neighborhood, my grandmother remembers Chavez Ravine quite well. I always remember she would say, "It's a shame what they did to those people who lived there."

Some have forgotten what the city destroyed to build Dodger Stadium. However, some are making sure it’s never forgotten. In an article in the L.A. Times, Vincent Valdez documented the event in his artwork, but not on canvas. Try a '53 Chevy lowrider ice-cream truck.

Los Angeles Times
A M B Y on Flickr
Dept. Special of Collections/UCLA Library

A goldmine of humor

Ah, the internet. What wonderful things we find. It can shock us, make us cry, sadden us and, most important, make us laugh. I have stumbled onto a goldmine of humor - enter Wikiality. This spoof of Wikipedia was born from Comedy Central's Colbert Report. What a wonderful site it is.
Just to get the ball rolling, check out these links: Conservatives, Liberals, American, George W. Bush.
Warning: These are not for those easily offended.

He has a wide stance

They have just released the tapes of Sen. Larry Craig’s interrogation after his arrest for soliciting sex. And I’m sure the words of the interrogating police officer express the feelings of some around the nation.

OFFICER: I just, I just. I guess, I guess I'm gonna say I'm just disappointed in you sir. I'm just really am. I expect this from the guy that we get out of the hood. I mean people vote for you.
CRAIG: Yes, they do.
OFFICER: Unbelievable, unbelievable.
CRAIG: I'm a respectable person and I don't do these kinds of...
OFFICER: and (INAUDIBLE) respect right now though.
CRAIG: But I didn't use my left hand.
OFFICER: I thought that you...
CRAIG: I reached down with my right hand like this to pick up a piece of paper.
OFFICER: Was your gold ring on your right hand at anytime today?
CRAIG: Of course not, try to get it off, look at it.
OFFICER: Okay. Then it was your left hand. I saw it with my own eyes.
CRAIG: All right, you saw something that didn't happen.
OFFICER: Embarrassing, embarrassing. No wonder why we're going down the tubes. Anything to add?
DETECTIVE: Uh, no.
OFFICER: Embarrassing. Date is 6/11/07 at 1236 interview is done.
CRAIG: Okay.

I'm back!

I have missed this. My only unrestricted writing outlet. While I have been writing very much lately, it seems all of it has been correspondence. I have plenty of things to blog about because I have been keeping a mental notebook of ideas. This blog will probably change. My Emo moments will probably fewer. Also, I have a new idea for a totally unrelated blog that I have been collecting material for all summer. I'll make it public when I feel it's ready.