quiddities and agonies of the ruling class - a rolling new york times thread

I was trying to figure out what college her daughter goes to - my guess is oberlin

I want to know what her kid was up to during the trip!

Also, she really missed out at this point:
I considered driving our golf cart off the villa grounds to the Golf Grill, overlooking the nine-hole course, but that, Emma said primly, would set a bad example of maternal drinking and driving.
..then she later talked about how the kid loved to drive the golf cart around. Uh, you have a built-in chauffeur, lady!

She also doesn't want her daughter to see her drink, I think you're forgetting.

The daughter also had a little piece:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/travel/5-tips-for-traveling-with-your-mother.html?ref=travel

I want to know what her kid was up to during the trip!

being a spoiled, sulky brat - ie. a teenager?

Also, I have a deep suspicion about this:
La Trattoria, a pizza and pasta place near the golf course that looked as though it belonged in a Scottsdale, Ariz., mall.

I would guess all rich white people leisure/retirement enclaves look pretty much the same, with the exception of the surrounding landscape, no matter where you go. tbf, there are parts of suburbs in most areas of the country that try to approximate this aesthetic.

Laurel, I mean her daughter could drop her off! She could feign sleepiness or something when the kid picks her up later, I don't fucking know. And exactly how "irresponsible" is letting your college student kid see you drink like an old woman? It's not binge drinking, so it's a relatively great role model experience

Daughter sounded pretty cool until the vocational school crack.

it's kind of thoughtful, college debt is a big deal these days

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/fashion/justin-ross-lee-party-animal-seeks-fame.html

kill it with fire

There’s also an endorsement deal. A few weeks ago, LugLess, a start-up that ships luggage for travelers, named him its spokesman. The company noticed his Twitter messages about lost luggage and high jinks in first-class cabins wearing pajamas.

“He flies about 200,000 miles a year and is always posting glamorous pictures of himself, and that works for us,” said Ben Luntz, a founder of LugLess. “Justin gets attention for better or for worse. He gets people talking.”

this is funnier and sicker when you think about it

ha, there are so many of these assholes in manhattan

occupy

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/realestate/midtown-penthouse-at-one57-sells-for-new-york-record.html

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/21/business/men/men-popup.jpg
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/business/increasingly-men-seek-success-in-jobs-dominated-by-women.html

“I hated my job every single day of my life,” said John Cook, 55, who got a modest inheritance that allowed him to leave the company where he earned $150,000 a year as a database consultant and enter nursing school.
His starting salary will be about a third what he once earned, but database consulting does not typically earn hugs like the one Mr. Cook recently received from a girl after he took care of her premature baby sister. “It’s like, people get paid for doing this kind of stuff?” Mr. Cook said, choking up as he recounted the episode.

you've gotta be fucking kidding me re: "pink collar"

also, that dude has a wake-up call coming if he thinks nursing is all hugs

http://www.selectism.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/thomas-pink-spring-summer-2009-front2.jpg

^^ pink collar.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/05/20/business/pink-collar-opportunities.html

tbf there's a fair amount of hugs in most database consulting; this guy might just be a dick

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/face-time-leelee-sobieski/

This post has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: May 16, 2012
Sobieski was misquoted in an earlier version of the post. She likes heels, not flats, by Givenchy, Alaia, Pierre Hardy, Nina Ricci, Balenciaga and Dries van Noten.

idk man I'm not gonna make fun of that dude

"it's like, people get paid for this stuff?" is always low hanging privilege fruit dayo, don't be ashamed

Anastasia, do you have any idea how much money I make?”
I flush, of course not. “Why should I? I don’t need to know the bottom line of your bank account, Christian.”
His eyes soften. “I know. That’s one of the things I love about you.”
I gaze at him, shocked. Love about me?
“Anastasia, I earn roughly one hundred thousand dollars an hour."
Fifty Shades Darker, p. 78.

"earn"

"roughly"

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/us/george-lucas-retreats-from-battle-with-neighbors.html?src=me&ref=general

poor people on the horizon!

The staunchest opponents of Lucasfilm’s expansion are now being accused of driving away the filmmaker and opening the door to a low-income housing development. That has created an atmosphere that one opponent, who asked not to be identified, saying she feared for her safety, described as “sheer terror” and likened to “Syria.”

"Syria"

quotes not really needed there, are they

http://i.imgur.com/hOYLA.jpg
Syria

lol

I thought maybe they meant syriana and it's a typo

likened to "Episode 1"

ha i think it's the right stylistic choice

otherwise i feel like the paper is getting on board w/ her sense of "what syria is like"

lucas should build this low income housing and name it "Syria"

Anastasia, do you have any idea how much money I make?”
I flush, of course not. “Why should I? I don’t need to know the bottom line of your bank account, Christian.”
His eyes soften. “I know. That’s one of the things I love about you.”
I gaze at him, shocked. Love about me?
“Anastasia, I earn roughly one hundred thousand dollars an hour."
Fifty Shades Darker, p. 78.

For some reason this reminds me of:

http://achewood.com/comic.php?date=04142003

Six hundred million dollars isn't a funny enough number.

Should've gone for seventy billion. Plausibility be damned.

A. Stanley was off to a promising start there: "One of the good things about divorce is that you get to see less of your children."

(sorry I'm late, I read the less obviously ridiculous parts of the Times first)

So the crossword?

My own erotic novel, "Entry Level," about a handsome, mysterious and domineering data entry clerk has seen disappointing sales.

she likened it to syria, not "syria"

like it's a mogwai album track or something

us papers not real comfortable with reported speech in general though i've noticed, cf 'valentine said his bullpen was "terrible"' (yes) 'valentine said his bullpen was terrible' (no)

idk exactly what this is about but i think it needs to be here

http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/who-handed-out-these-hilarious-fake-menus-at-googamooga-over.html

was crying at some of these tbh

kinda think it could have been executed better

I'm also reminded of this, which, while derivative in a super corny way, nonetheless has some moments:

http://vimeo.com/35314812

it's back!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/23/dining/easy-homemade-mayonnaise.html?hpw

“DON’T you know the mayonnaise trick?”

My friend Dori and I were standing in front of Empire Mayonnaise in Brooklyn, the city’s first and only artisanal mayonnaise shop, ogling its wares: flavors like lime pickle and, of course, bacon, when she asked me that.

ogling its wares

tbf this article contains good practical advice

The first time I tried it, I achieved the lightest, most ethereal mayonnaise I’d ever made. It tasted deeply of the good olive oil I used, seasoned with lemon and mustard. We ate it with roasted asparagus, dunking the spears two, three and four times into the tasty sauce until we swabbed the bowl clean.