AND…Williamsburg matches today! He he he. Today I am working from home but our wireless is out so I’m across the street at Atlas.
[Update, 11amish]: 8 mac laptops here now, 1 Dell.
[Update, 12:09pm]: 13 mac laptops here now, zero PCs. Also, my pinky is freezing. I don’t type with the right pinky usually. Working from home rules.
[Update: 12:45pm]: Guy walks into Atlas who has tied his dog up outside. The dog is muzzled and wearing a keffiah. Ah Williamsburg.
[Update: 1:09pm]: It’s like zero degrees in Atlas. There are some creepy realtors across the aisle from me.
[Update: 2:22pm]: It’s 24 degrees outside and it feels like it in atlas too. Meh. I should take lunch. One dell, 11 Macs.
[Update: 4:36pm}: Ate some pierogies and went to Lucky cat. They're shooting a film called Pride and Glory on my street. I am the only mac user here, along with a huge glossy screened hp PC laptop. I walked Aparna through the glory of file transfer protocol on the phone. Woot!
“[Update: 12:45pm]: Guy walks into Atlas who has tied his dog up outside. The dog is muzzled and wearing a keffiah. Ah Williamsburg.”
I don’t even have the words.
And what is it with hipsters and keffiahs lately?
Speaking of keffiahs, I never get sick of this story:
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — On his first visit to the Middle East, Ricky Martin declared he will try to change negative perceptions of Arab youth in the West.
“I promise I will become a spokesperson, if you allow me to, a spokesperson on your behalf. I will defend you and try to get rid of any stereotypes,” the 33-year-old singer told youngsters from 16 mainly Arab countries at a youth conference on Monday.
The children, ages 14 to 16, expressed concern about being labeled as “terrorists” by the West.
“I have been a victim of stereotypes. I come from Latin America and to some countries, we are considered ‘losers,’ drug traffickers, and that is not fair because that is generalizing,” said Martin, who was born in Puerto Rico.
“Those comments are made out of ignorance and we have to sometimes ignore the ignorant, but we also have to educate the ignorant. You have me here as a friend,” he said.
Martin, who is a United Nations Children’s Fund goodwill ambassador, said he wanted to get to know the youth and their cultures better.
He said he planned to do a concert tour of the Mideast and North Africa, including Jordan and the Palestinian territories, tentatively scheduled for May 2006.
Martin, whose hits include “She Bangs,” “Shake Your Bon-Bon” and “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” posed for photos with fans, at one point draping over his shoulders a traditional Arab kaffiyeh headscarf with the slogan “Jerusalem Is Ours” written in Arabic on it.
The scarf aroused criticism, for which Martin later apologized.
“I had no idea that the kaffiyeh scarf presented to me contained language referring to Jerusalem, and I apologize to anyone who might think I was endorsing its message,” Martin said in a statement released Monday by his New York-based publicist, Ken Sunshine.
“My role is entirely humanitarian, and I will continue to promote the elimination of stereotyping anyone — be they from Latin America, the Middle East, or anywhere across the globe,” he said in the statement.