but defying all logic, this 46yo father of two from troy (!!) will be on project runway this season.

holy crap now i’ll actually have to watch it.

premieres tonight at 9pm on bravo.

i hope he’s not a total douche, although will any of us troyalty really be that surprised if he is?

forget shaggy hair and black eyeliner. i want a band to be really different and look like a bunch of frat boys: short-sleeve polo, ratty loose jeans, flip flops, and a forward-facing, curved-rim baseball hat. stop being an accidental parody of yourself. do it on purpose.
i’m serious. i’d listen to that band.

so a couple posts back, i asked why someone would go to an art show where all the prints on display are also on the artist’s blog. the answer, obviously, is not to see the art, but rather, be seen preening and posing near the art.

imagine a room full of people who really, really want to be photographed by a the eminent fashion chronicler of our time. they look just like the photos on the wall—which *NEWSFLASH* is exactly why you won’t be photographed any time soon. why would he want to take pics of an outfit he’s already seen?

for the record, i wore an off-the-rack number—complete with ratty nine west loafers and tights, classy horizontal-stripe jcrew turtleneck (my favorite cotton/polyester blend), and an itchy black wool french connection dress.

i got some pics of the guy and some quasi beautiful people. that’s right buddy. i’m taking a pic of your overtanned, surprisingly small-statured existence.

i’m not going to post any more pics of the people there (that’s exactly what they want), but you can bet there were plenty of pocket squares, fake glasses, berets, and ironically mismatched prints.

i will, however, post pictures of these business cards i gathered from the floor of the stairwell.

if you can’t read the tag line, it says, “moving forward by thinking backwards.” what does this mean? what does this guy do? the answer is nothing, on both counts. these are fake business cards for a man who has no real job, who apparently runs an “online magazine” (read: half-ass blog) that was created because he was “all to [sic] tired of magazines that deal with celebrities and socialites alike to whom are interesting in their own right but in my eyes aren’t the ones that need the limelight 24/7.” huh? i repeat: found these on the floor.

one of my favorite blogs, the sartorialist, will be on exhibit at the adamson gallery around the corner from my house.

the concept of the blog is so simple it hurts: run around fabulous cities and take pictures of beautifully dressed people. the guy who runs it is one of time magazine’s “top 100 design influencers” (whatever that means) and is generally very famous in the fashion world now.

there is an open reception tonight, and i might as well go check out the scene. i’m not sure why i’d go look at 8 1/2×11 prints of the photos i can already see from the comfort of my own home/computer screen, but i suppose it’s good to be part of the world every once in a while. maybe i’ll run into some protesters.

and seriously, what’s with my newfound artsy fartsy interests? don’t worry, i’m keeping it real w/ a jeopardy marathon later and three flag football games this weekend. word.

lady, your hair is outrageous. that look might be OK in west virginia, but that shit don’t fly in ann arbor. and for the love of god, go buy a northface fleece.

from inside higher ed:

The Georgia Board of Regents voted Wednesday to lift a ban on placing college logos on coffins, clearing the way for fans of the state’s universities to hold on to a little bit of alma mater for eternity, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. A 1982 policy barred logos on coffins, alcohol containers, sex toys and other places deemed inappropriate, and the board only made a partial change. “You still can’t put a logo on a toilet seat, but you can now put one on a casket,” said John Millsaps, a board spokesman.

i wonder if michigan has any similar policies. and does a beer koozie count as an “alcohol container?” the sex toys joke is too easy.

this whole casket thing is a moot point for me anyway; i don’t want to be buried in a casket. i want to be a lifegem, or if that’s too freaky, then a green burial will do.