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People have paid money for t-shirts that were not quite as funny as this.
Twitter has come up with another awesome site maintenance image/message (right)! They should start printing these on t-shirts. It’s not anywhere near as awesome as the pigeon one (see below), but hey! People have forked over money to get a lot less. It doesn’t bother me at all that I can’t update my status, or see the funny things that Michael Ian Black is posting when I am greeted with something like this. Today has been a good day. Anyways, on a more logistical note…I’ve said it before, and clearly I need to say it again: Twitter should probably figure out how to handle a greater capacity. I’m not sure how long the vast armies of internet warriors can be assuaged by such images.
Pigeons = rats with wings. If there is one truth in the world, this has to be it.
In other recent news, I’m going to see Passion Pit on Wednesday! Finally, since they bailed as Ra Ra Riot’s opener at The Westcott back in March. That would have really bummed me out if Ra Ra Riot hadn’t been one of the best shows I’d seen since Excuse Me Gunmen in my kitchen the night before. YES! I think tickets are only like $12 which, because I am so unbelievably broke, is out of my price range but if I dig through the couch cushions and the car seats for long enough I can definitely come up with the chunk of change.
Passion Pit
New topic
Over the past few months I’ve read some stuff about Passion Pit. The lead singer, Michael Angelakos wrote the first songs for his girlfriend and they’re based out of Boston. Fact. Enough said. I never gave it a second thought, but just today I was reminded that Angelakos was in a band with one of my friend’s ex-boyfriends who I definitely saw perform a few times during highschool. I don’t really know this kid and these are events that took place like five years ago. Since then parts of my memory have atrophied (although I would like to believe that other parts of my brain have expanded) so I’m not surprised that I never figured this out until someone told me. I hope it’s not weird that I’m writing about this, but whatever! I dig Passion Pit’s music and I’m not trying to say I was anyone’s best friend.
I was so fortunate as to obtain a copy of their newest album “Manners”, which I have been enjoying thoroughly. Their single “Sleepyhead” and also “I’ve Got Your Number” from debut album Chunk of Change has had me super-pumped to see them live since January, and Cuddle Fuddle never fails to make me feel like I’m walking on air. The Reeling off of “Manners” has been a popular single, but I also like Moth’s Wings. Can’t seem to upload music without paying for a space upgrade(dah!)…so check it out for yourself and, you know, buy the album.
Giant Bird
The White Whale
Question of the day: which picture do you like best? Both of these images pop up when there are too many people on Twitter. How do you want that message delivered to you? With an oversized orange peep sitting on telephone wires OR a white whale with a blissful expression that is being gently carried away by a flock of small orange birds. Today you get to choose. One criteria you may want to rate these two images on is this: which conveys the idea of “over capacity” the best?
Cast your vote here in this poll box thing. It’ll be fun.
Think that they both suck? Any new suggestions would be welcomed both by myself and Twitter. I think that would be decent fodder for future posts.
Now let’s focus the spotlight on Twitter for a second and give them some publicity that is not related to the Twitter reality-TV idea (???really?) that was floating around a few weeks ago, or monetization. Twitter – hats off to you for the most clever error messages. When something goes wrong, rather than dumping me down a dead-end exit off the information superhighway, you gently reassure me with absurd cartoons.
Also, feeling weak today? Getting the fear? Finding it difficult not to succumb to your cravings? Just in case, here are a few more reasons not to eat fast food.
