bleh....

i hate to start monday with a gripe, but i've got a lot to say today. i feel like jerri on strangers with candy (a show my lovely rock the voter was on...)- desperate to stand up with my hands in the air and scream...

"I'VE GOT SOMETHIN TO SAAAAAAAAY!".

but thankfully, this medium prevents the sort of aural damage that would ensue, were i to rant and rave to my heart's content. so anyway, first thing's first.

why is the new york times so boring? i know they don't publish things until they're already established, but why must that be so painfully obvious (in the realm of style, no political talk for today...)?? geez- the times is running their T magazine now, a look at design and style from the times' perspective and i'm about to fall asleep just thinking about it. granted, one of the companies i work for got more than generous coverage in it, i thought the whole thing was a veritable snooze-fest.

case in point- modern baroque. aaaarrrrgh! i know i wrote about it too, and not that long ago, but for some reason i'm tired of hearing about it. eesh. next trend, please. while the photography in T is lurvely (and bonus points if you can name the movie that references*), i have a hard time getting through it without creating my own al gore-ish symphony of sighs. it's just boring. bo-ring.

what's even worse is that the team of writers at T magazine is soooo nice. i've mingled with the editors at a few recent nausea-inducing schmooze-fests (i am horribly ill-suited for my current day job)and they were lovely. i've even spoken to them about up-and-coming designers but it seems they take the safe route every time. in some respect i guess i should shut up because a) they clearly are talented people with enough insight to work for the new york times and b) i have no idea what's it like to have to please a national audience and a publisher at the same time. so, perhaps i'll mark my rant down to: moderately displeased.

either way, this is the first of the day. i'll write some more as soon as i managed to dig up some (late) breakfast and refuel....

*psst...if you don't know what movie has the word "lurve" in it, here's the answer.