 20051220 Strike strike strike strike strike
 I was originally excited about the transit strike. It was supposed to coincide with a huge snowstorm and combined there could have been ridiculous amount of chaos and gallantry. I thought my body would naturally shapeshift to that of a Midwestern rugged-type guy, my adrenaline would surge and I would rush to the street to save people trapped in subways, flipped buses, etc -- but the storm never came and the strike was late. Now that it's here, it pretty much sucks. There is no anarchy ... we're just bored, and pissed that we can get lunch delivered. The office is empty because everyone is stuck at their apartments far away. Even worse, my family is coming on Thursday and I have no idea how to get them to my place from the airport ... how awful? (Mom, chill, I swear I'm kidding). Just thinking ... wouldn't it be great if this was happening during the summer? The City would be a party! Imagine the thousands with blankets and coolers hiking up Fifth Ave towards Central Park to picnic. Oh, and for all you Californians who have no idea/care about what's going on -- imagine if every car in LA suddenly had a flat tire. Oh, come on, like you'd know how to fix it. I know I am right ... Yeah, I know -- we're that fucked. 6
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bwaller said... That is classic! I was waiting for some remark or some sort of perspective from the Connected Ventures group. Merry Christmas to you and Congrats on a successful year! 4:20 PM jumboshrimp said... I dig the suggestion from gothamist to have strike parties. 4:45 PM jane said... i would never think it was so hard to get to manhattan from brooklyn.. especially since i live no where close to the bridges. 6:10 PM Leigh Rowan said... I remember the blackout in '03 - now that was a party! But this time around ya can't sit on the roof and drink beer (maybe schnapps, instead?!). And, yes Zach, we Californians know how fucked y'all must be....sorry. :( 6:42 PM said... that's a pretty funny photo, but what was the photographer thinking? 1:45 AM noahstone said... As an Angelino I resent that. We know how to fix a flat. You call the 800 number on the back of your AAA card. 3:03 AM Post a Comment |
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 Hi, I'm Zach. I grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and graduated from Wake Forest. After college, I moved to Manhattan to get serious about a company I ran with friends. We sold it to Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp in 2006. I just wrapped up with a project I co-founded called Vimeo and left CV to focus on being a twenty-five year old. I have another blog called Copy and Taste, where I post about learning to cook. I live in Brooklyn now.  Del.icio.us My Flickr Me on Flickr Last.fm Linked in MySpace Netflix History Vimeo  Amir Blumenfeld Chris Bodenner Mareen Fischinger Fort Wayne Observed Nick Gray Hype Machine Jake and Amir Jakob Lodwick Oh My Rockness Jonathan Marcus Youngna Park Megan Scheminske Eliot Shepard Shorpy Signal vs. Noise Alex Soth Stereogum Ricky Van Veen Khoi Vinh Eugene Wyatt   Postal Skype SMS (via AIM) |