WORK COMFORT

Despite the fact that this looks really odd to wear, I would do it, just because it looks soooo comfortable.

DEAR HOBOKEN “RESIDENTS”

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From: sngk

To: Metropolitan Area [Stereotypical] Yuppies

Date: 13 March 2009

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Dear Residents* and Visitors**:

I understand that the city where I grew up in has many restaurants and bars.  I thank you for frequenting them because it’s good business for my hometown.  However, I’d like to remind you that your college years are over, and that they ended some time ago.  Please don’t get completely wasted and then ruin the delightful, gentrified neighborhood that this once diverse place has become – it might not be the same Hoboken I grew up in, but it’s still a scenic and beautiful city.  I am confident that longtime residents and people who have moved here viewing it as a relatively charming and calm city agree.  Here’s some proof: (Please ignore the fact that “defecating” was spelt incorrectly.)

You can read the rest of the letter here.  There are also some lovely photos of drunken revelers from last week’s St. Patrick’s Day parade here (Hoboken celebrates it early for some reason).  So please, help keep this city clean.  I’d like to remember this place fondly and not as some quaint little gentrified city overrun by drunk yuppies.

Sincerely,

-sngk

Residents* = Mid 20-somethings who move to Hoboken and only stay for a few years before moving to the suburbs with their new families (You know, for the two-story Colonial house with the white picket fence and 2.5 kids).

Visitors** = Mid 20-to-30 somethings who come to the city on Friday and Saturday nights to engage in drunken revelry until 2ish AM.

LAST WEEK OF FREEDOM

Of course it’s raining for half the week.  What to do, what to do…

BOLLYWOOD

Is awesome. (At least I think it’s a Bollywood film or TV show.)

Interesting take on the motorcycle diving under a truck action shot.

NOKIA BRICKS

When I was studying abroad in the UK, I purchased a Nokia 1600 generally because it was a) cheap, and b) seemed to be a quality candy-bar phone (thanks to my reliable history with my such Nokia devices).  It worked flawlessly, and I still have it in storage here at home (it unfortunately does not run on North American GSM bands). It may not be the prettiest mobile device, but it certainly worked well and was quite practical.

Then I read this story today… and I couldn’t help but smile. Haha.

Nokia 1600 survives week in fish’s belly, still makes smelly calls

DIFFERENTIATION

So I’ve had a Tumblr for a while, but it’s been somewhat idle (OK, completely idle) until recently.  I wasn’t really sure what to do with it, soI’ll be posting some of the random stuff I find on the interwebs over at sngk findings for now. Don’t worry, this blog will remain active too.