the anniversary of this blog has come and gone in unheralded fashion. i am happy with the quality of the proetry and ranting displayed on these pages during the past year. however, this is not exactly feminist-meets-fratboy origami blog i envisioned so long ago. here are some aught-six highlights and aught-seven resolutions:
best of last year:
--p.l.a. comment: “avante-garde chili cupcakes... cubist reflections... introspectives on entomologists... a christmas eve brunch with t. price... priceless.” by george michael (a pseudonym for a teenage girl, no doubt) this comment, in response to my december post about thoughts inside a salon, is as close to perfect as i can imagine.
--show the blog attended: the thursday barsuk records showcase at south by southwest in austin. two gallants, mates of state, and nada surf. this was also my drunkest show. it was so good we stayed at that one show all night and drank with what had to be a high school girl.
--p.l.a. guest blogger: d.e. the only guest blogger of ’06. however, open invitation to her exists.
--t.price post: this nihilist post about anyday u.s.a.
--i am not victor ward post: this well written post about a nada surf show.
resolutions for sophomore year:
-more frequent, less-sensical posts from me.
-i’d like to get back to this blog’s core mission: being a magnet made of anti-truth, thus attracting fragments of truth out of today's nonsense. also, more collaborations, theme days, etc.
-to fall short of everyone’s expectations.
when i was asked by Access Hollywood for my new year's resolutions, i responded that i have none. when they asked why that was, i said i'm already perfect, why would i need to change. i feel like p.l.a is in a similar state, except by perfect i mean spurious and by already i mean quite. if anything, i hope the new year brings more field reporting from p.l.a. perched in it's ivory tower, it often loses touch with the people it purports not to represent.
ReplyDeletethanks reece, ianvw. pla definitely pulled itself up by the bootstraps in 2006. unfortunately, it was holding a tray of belinis at the time which proceeded to tumble to the ground. thus is life, yin and yang, etc. i'm looking forward to diagonal movement in '07.
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