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Everything wrong with indie film industry in a single classified

Posted on March 13, 2013

Craiglist community has recently started cracking and flagging down low/no pay freelance film gigs – this is why.

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Online stores are ruining shopping

Posted on September 2, 2012

When I moved to LA six months ago I was excited to furnish and equip my new heaven. I set out on my shopping sprees, browsing the much-needed goods, but leaving empty-handed and disappointed. All because of that niggling thought in the back of my head… “I can get it cheaper online.”

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Coffee Brewer, the Man-Made Machine

Posted on August 26, 2012

My roommate has a coffee maker. An old, dirty, rusty and scary coffee maker I refuse to use. That thing is ancient. But I have a degree. Nay, even two; so I put my creative mind to work to overcome the challenge of brewing coffee.

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How cornflakes and PayPal made me appreciate Apple’s philosophy

Posted on August 17, 2012

Today I went to buy cornflakes – but which? Plain, honey, almonds, clusters, pecan… What brand? Honey Bunches, Kellogs, Special K, Safeway… God, why do I need to pick between so many almost-identical choices? I want just one, just one that… works.

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The Unquenchable Internet

Don’t feed the Internet

Posted on June 17, 2012

Sometimes I feel we got tricked, duped, with that internet and all. Back in the day, we were promised the information super-highway, connecting people from distant lands in a matter of seconds, and all the grotesque and obscure pornography you could ever yearn for. But the more I read the internet, the more it seems a ruse, a clever mechanism that feeds on us. On our anger.

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Pavement

Posted on April 14, 2012

The bus sped away as I was making my way towards the stop. “Ha. Good thing I decided to bike instead.” The drizzle was a drizzle. Good thing indeed.

I guess it is true what they say – time does slow down when you are getting hit by a car.

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At the bar

So a straight man walks into a gay bar…

Posted on April 6, 2012

“Arizona?”
“Yep, my parents live there, but I’ve been here for a few years now.”
“Good for you!”

He smiled as he gave me my driver license back.

Of course, that was just an excuse to pat my back, which was just a pretext to put his hand on my shoulder, which was just a ploy to slowly slide it up and down massaging me a little too sensually for my liking. Oh yes. I was just about to enter the gay bar.

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Three reasons why Greyhound sucks

Posted on February 29, 2012

A few years ago, I had the opportunity made the horrible mistake of taking a greyhound bus from California to Arizona. Greyhound™, being a kind monopoly that they are, made sure the provided service is as horrendous as possible and all the costumers are treated like sheep. And you know it’s bad when the fact the trip takes some 13 hours in a cramped seat on a bus is actually one of the better parts.

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Why I no longer donate blood

Posted on February 29, 2012

Most of your typical community service experiences follow a similar pattern of interesting, yet demanding work, filled with many new challenges, revelations and a profound feelings of self-fulfillment and satisfaction. My community service experience, however, was quite… different.

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