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Thursday, October 27, 2005
Anyone I Ever Met
Downtown
I was having lunch with Mariela.
 MARIELA: Did you hire an assistant?
BLAMB: She's starts on Monday.
MARIELA: [to waiter] Hey asshole, can we get some of that?
BLAMB: You just called the waiter an asshole!
MARIELA: Listen, asshole. If you're an asshole, everybody's an asshole. Besides, the waiter is an asshole. When was the last time he topped up the coffee?
BLAMB: Good point.
MARIELA: So, Torontoist was named Best Blog in NOW's 'Best Of..." issue. I guess they showed you, asshole.
 BLAMB: Pfffttttt ... At least NOW gave the nod to the spacing wire. That's a great site.
MARIELA: Yeah, whatever. All you bloggers are assholes.
BLAMB: BlogTO does a better job of the cityblogging, but if you wanted to read local-related news & opinion online, Doskoch and Weisblott's PAVED are great picks. Doskoch is smart and offers a variety of posts (during the CBC lock-out, his site was the place-to-visit) and Weisblott has his crazy, original, sharp wit.
MARIELA: You're an asshole.
 BLAMB: Why?
MARIELA: 'Cause you like some blogs better than others.
BLAMB: I would like Torontoist 20% better if they switched the cold blue background to something a little warmer. I mean, winter is on its way ...
MARIELA: Hey, asshole, don't question THE BEST.
BLAMB: I was downloading music one day, and I found this odd cover of Tina Turner's 'Simply the Best' sung by a woman who changed the lyrics to make it support the Ulster Defense Association. It's ironic that a group that's so racist they don't even like other white people would use a black woman's song.
 MARIELA: Uh huh ... so what ever happened with your conversation challenge?
BLAMB: It faded.
MARIELA: That's too bad.
BLAMB: Yeah, cause I enjoy reading other people's dialogues. Especially if they're set somewhere other than Toronto. I really liked Merv's Strathroy posts. They give you the flavour of hanging out in smalltown Ontario, more than a post that says, "I hung out in Strathroy tonight, and blah blah blah."
MARIELA: Blah blah blah.
BLAMB: When you do a dialogue or interview, it automatically creates a situation with tension and that's interesting.
MARIELA: When I call you an asshole, does that create tension?
 BLAMB: People always compare blogs to diaries and print journalism, but you read blogs on a video screen. Blogs are also TV and radio. TV and radio conventions work on blogs.
MARIELA: You're not going to start writing dialogues where Mr. Furley overhears Jack & Janet talking about a broom handle and thinks they're talking about his penis, are you?
BLAMB: I want the blog to be a little more conversational, so I've started adding comments to posts with little pictures of the people leaving the comments, if I have them available. I want this page to feel more populated.
MARIELA: If you're so smart, how come you're not the best, asshole?
BLAMB: Maybe I'm underrated.
MARIELA: Maybe you're overrated.
BLAMB: Maybe I'm freakin awesome!
MARIELA: Maybe you're an asshole!
BLAMB: MAYBE!
2:27 PM
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