Cost: 4 hours of emotional investment, ended with disappointment, half hour spent cleaning room
Benefit: Clean room
A reader pointed out an ad on my LinkedIn profile. Damn, how's a guy supposed to get laid on a Saturday night?
Matt J: anyway, I've got to run. Soon, I have to either leave this place or pay the man for another hour of internet time. They charge my in euros. This leaves me confused. I still feel like I'm somehow using something both more valuable and less real than american money
Yes, there is a Gay Financial Network. So I'm chatting with someone about it:
Angela: hahaha well didn't you know? money works different if you're gay
nickdouglas: what with the three-dollar bills
My home bank (M&T) sucks. Whom do I switch to? I need:
- Overdraft insurance. M&T once charged me $300 in a day in a cascade of overdrafts. Only after they took my money did they try to sell me overdraft insurance.
- No frozen deposits. M&T sometimes froze deposits for no reason. A call to their customer support got the money freed, which makes me ask why it wasn't freed in the first place.
- Decent online banking. M&T's is hideous.
- If my card is stolen or lost, a new one within a week. M&T said it'll take TEN BUSINESS DAYS to send me a new check card after my old one was stolen. Have you ever tried to live on checks and charity for two weeks when you have money in the bank? It's frustrating and embarrassing.
- ATMs throughout San Francisco. No more $1.75 fees, please.
Does your bank fit these needs? Please tell me.
Caution: page plays music. Also, you will laugh until your guts turn to jelly.
From the Gawker Media AIM files:
Nick Denton: obscure
» I hope you explain when you write
Nick Douglas: someday i'll write a scene in which t.s. eliot writes for you
» "who the hell is the fisher king? explain"
» "you're going on too long here. three seasons tops"
Nick Denton: who's t.s. eliot?
Nick: anyway, yeah, measure the times someone says they'll do stuff
» mostly gathered from blogs and party talk
Scott: "yeah, i do coke ALL THE TIME"
Nick: no, no
» like, "oh my god i'm gonna start a vlog"
» "and a startup"
» "and i'll buy a boat"
» and take a class
» in karate
» and yoga
» karatoga
Scott: basically what youre always saying
Nick: right, which is why i tried coke and didn't feel a thing
Scott: that should be a gawker shirt
One would think an afternoon concert in Dolores Park, on this summer's
sunniest day, would consist of light chatter-background music, such as a
Mozart serenade ("A Little Night Music" seems ironically appropriate).
But the orchestra selected Impressionist pieces such as the overture to
"Candide." The finale, we're told, will be the 1812 Overture. Too
obvious, too booming for a 3:30 park crowd -- people brought parasols,
for god's sake -- and probably a lazy reprise left over from fireworks
season.
Thank you,
Everyone who's called to ask if I'm okay. I am, thanks to all of you.
MJ, Glenda, and Kevin, for driving up to rescue me and take me out, get me drunk, and drive me home.
Kristen, for calling and keeping me phone company in the minutes after.
Everyone who offered rides and help in the last 24 hours. Leecher that I am, I wish I could take you all up on it. (But seriously, if you offer to pay for lunch or dinner this week while I'm waiting for my new ATM card, I will not protest.)
The cops who took down my info. I think they know that it's more to help the victim calm down than to actually find the perps. Those two assholes could have been anyone.
Everyone who knows me through my work and treated me more kindly than I've treated them.
You are all beautiful people and I love you.
