I haven't really watched Conan since becoming an adult with a real job but I am very sad he's not on Television now.
Yeah I am the same way but that is the basic problem. People who watch TV from 9 until they drop off at midnight are generally the kind of people who like Leno's brand of not-really-humor. People who prefer Conan are generally the younger crowd and catch their TV, if they do, on tivo or hulu or something.
You can go to good theatre and symphonic concerts for pretty cheap most places if it is something you are actually dedicated to doing. It is not necessarily the monocle-and-topcoat crowd sorts of events but performances of equal calibre can be had if you look around a little.
A lot of it is that, since I have zero background in it, it's going to take a lot of work to find the venues that are cheap but don't make me want to burn the place down.
I'd be happy to show up in a hoodie but the TYPE of things I want to enjoy are very monocle-styled. Ancient dramas and such.
Making a list of places is on my list of shit to do.
Now that I finally have bought a goddamn futon it is getting closer to the top of the list.
PITTSBURGH -- The photos taken by Jordan Miles' mother show his face covered with raw, red bruises, his cheek and lip swollen, his right eye swollen shut. A bald spot mars the long black dreadlocks where the 18-year-old violist says police tore them from his head.
Now, 10 days after plainclothes officers stopped him on a street and arrested him after a struggle that they say revealed a soda bottle under his coat, not the gun they suspected, his right eye is still slightly swollen and bloodshot. His head is shaved. The three white officers who arrested him have been reassigned. And his mother says she is considering a lawsuit.
"I feel that my son was racially profiled," Terez Miles said. "It's a rough neighborhood; it was after dark. ... They assumed he was up to no good because he's black. My son, he knows nothing about the streets at all. He's had a very sheltered life, he's very quiet, he doesn't know police officers sit in cars and stalk people like that."
A judge continued the case until Feb. 18 after the officers failed to appear at a hearing Thursday, Miles' attorney, Kerrington Lewis, said.
The police department is saying little as it investigates and isn't releasing the officers' names. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said that the city is investigating whether the officers' actions were justified and that if they weren't, "they will be held accountable for those actions."
"The incident was very troubling to me, and we're taking it very seriously," Ravenstahl told reporters. "It seems as if there was a tremendous amount of force used."
Miles' family describes him as a studious teenager who plays the viola for a jazz band and the orchestra at Pittsburgh's prestigious Creative and Performing Arts High School.
The confrontation began around 11 p.m. Jan. 12, when the teenager walked out of his mother's home and headed to his grandmother's, where he spends most nights. His mother complimented him on the new jacket he had gotten for his birthday.
"It looks handsome," she said, smiling as he walked down the front steps.
As Miles walked up the block, he noticed three men sitting in a white car, "but I thought nothing of it," he said.
The criminal complaint says Miles was standing against a building "as if he was trying to avoid being seen." But he says he was walking when the men jumped out of the car.
"Where's the money?" one shouted, according to Miles. "Where's the gun? Where's the drugs?" the other two said. "It was intimidating; I thought I was going to be robbed," Miles said.
That's when he says he took off back to his mother's house but slipped on the icy sidewalk. Before he could pull himself up, Miles said, the men were at his back.
"That's when they started beating me, punching, kicking me, choking me," he said.
Not until 15 minutes later, when uniformed officers drove up in a van and Miles overheard their conversation, did he realize he had been arrested, he said. Initially, when the handcuffs were clamped around his wrists, he thought he was being abducted, he said.
The police believed Miles, who appeared to have something heavy in his pocket, was carrying a gun, according to the affidavit. The police say they used a stun gun on the teenager.
According to the affidavit, the object in Miles' pocket turned out to be a bottle of Mountain Dew. But Miles says he didn't have anything in his pocket and rarely drinks Mountain Dew.
"The story just doesn't make sense when you read the affidavit," said Lewis, the teen's attorney.
Miles said the family is considering suing the police department and the officers.
"I knew that he hadn't done anything wrong," his mother said. "That's just not an option for Jordan."
Pittsburgh police have reassigned the three officers and put them back in uniform while the city investigates, spokeswoman Diane Richard said. She declined to say whether racial allegations are part of the probe.
Meanwhile, Jordan Miles says he awaits a physician's approval to return to school and is suffering from nightmares and flashbacks.
Once he's done with school, he says, he hopes to attend Penn State University - and study crime scene investigation.
and here's a fun quote
Question: Did you beat people up who you arrested?
Answer: No. We’d just beat people in general. If they’re on the street, hanging around drug locations. It was a show of force.
Question: Why were these beatings done?
Answer: To show who was in charge. We were in charge, the police.
i'd post the picture of the student's face but frankly it's kind of NSFW
They are too small and cute not to be horrible pets. They probably carry leprosy, poop on the floor, squirt musk glands everywhere and like chew off your nose in your sleep.
You can go to good theatre and symphonic concerts for pretty cheap most places if it is something you are actually dedicated to doing. It is not necessarily the monocle-and-topcoat crowd sorts of events but performances of equal calibre can be had if you look around a little.
A lot of it is that, since I have zero background in it, it's going to take a lot of work to find the venues that are cheap but don't make me want to burn the place down.
I'd be happy to show up in a hoodie but the TYPE of things I want to enjoy are very monocle-styled. Ancient dramas and such.
There are probably some free events every now and again. There's the 'Day of Music' here, plus a lot of stuff in Millenium Park during the summer. Plus Ravinia, which isn't free but its generally cheaper than even the nosebleeds at symphony center.
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There are probably some free events every now and again. There's the 'Day of Music' here, plus a lot of stuff in Millenium Park during the summer. Plus Ravinia, which isn't free but its generally cheaper than even the nosebleeds at symphony center.
Yeah, can't wait for the summer music season in general.
Pittsburgh police have reassigned the three officers and put them back in uniform
And that is why people like me hate the police.
I didn't know you were a black guy raiden.
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Voight is just a crazy old man. Angelina Jolie is crazy as hell too. I bet she goes psycho stalker when a relationship ends. Like she and Brad Pitt are getting divorced, I bet she is like standing outside his window cutting herself or some shit.
Voight is just a crazy old man. Angelina Jolie is crazy as hell too. I bet she goes psycho stalker when a relationship ends. Like she and Brad Pitt are getting divorced, I bet she is like standing outside his window cutting herself or some shit.
Who adopts like 12 kids within like two years? Like what part of your brain has to be broken to do that?
I would bet if she did not have so much money she would have a house full of like fifty cats
Voight is just a crazy old man. Angelina Jolie is crazy as hell too. I bet she goes psycho stalker when a relationship ends. Like she and Brad Pitt are getting divorced, I bet she is like standing outside his window cutting herself or some shit.
Who adopts like 12 kids within like two years? Like what part of your brain has to be broken to do that?
I would bet if she did not have so much money she would have a house full of like fifty cats
and she'd go to anime cons, sleep with boys with less self esteem than her, and when she's dumped after giving them a huge ego boost, stalk them and claim to be carrying their love child..while she cuts herself and cries about her daddy issues
Voight is just a crazy old man. Angelina Jolie is crazy as hell too. I bet she goes psycho stalker when a relationship ends. Like she and Brad Pitt are getting divorced, I bet she is like standing outside his window cutting herself or some shit.
Who adopts like 12 kids within like two years? Like what part of your brain has to be broken to do that?
I would bet if she did not have so much money she would have a house full of like fifty cats
I think at least part of it is because she has so much money. If she hadn't become famous, she wouldn't have had as much of a reason to be fucked up. Paparazzi + fame + money + trying to create an image can make people become (or at least seem) completely psycho.
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Voight is just a crazy old man. Angelina Jolie is crazy as hell too. I bet she goes psycho stalker when a relationship ends. Like she and Brad Pitt are getting divorced, I bet she is like standing outside his window cutting herself or some shit.
They're not actually married. He's just knocked her up 3 times.
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Get away from shooting bullets to shooting arrows. Then you can just go collect them afterward and shoot 'em again.
Yeah I am the same way but that is the basic problem. People who watch TV from 9 until they drop off at midnight are generally the kind of people who like Leno's brand of not-really-humor. People who prefer Conan are generally the younger crowd and catch their TV, if they do, on tivo or hulu or something.
Yeah, but you're not in Chicago so it'd probably be more difficult as far as logistics are concerned.
Btw, will,
A lot of it is that, since I have zero background in it, it's going to take a lot of work to find the venues that are cheap but don't make me want to burn the place down.
I'd be happy to show up in a hoodie but the TYPE of things I want to enjoy are very monocle-styled. Ancient dramas and such.
Making a list of places is on my list of shit to do.
Now that I finally have bought a goddamn futon it is getting closer to the top of the list.
and here's a fun quote
i'd post the picture of the student's face but frankly it's kind of NSFW
I bet they are horrible pets.
They are too small and cute not to be horrible pets. They probably carry leprosy, poop on the floor, squirt musk glands everywhere and like chew off your nose in your sleep.
OMG I MUST HAVE!
You did the right thing quizzy
you made a chat for the ages
There are probably some free events every now and again. There's the 'Day of Music' here, plus a lot of stuff in Millenium Park during the summer. Plus Ravinia, which isn't free but its generally cheaper than even the nosebleeds at symphony center.
It's true.
should I get a summary? or wait to start 2? fuck.
Yeah, can't wait for the summer music season in general.
And that is why people like me hate the police.
I hate jon voight so much
he is an awful person
You're an awful person.
Jon Voight is awesome. he gave us Angelina Jolie.
Are you going to turn into a pumpkin if you don't start playing ME2 on release day?
For me its that and using a 5 pointed star. The city's flag uses 6 pointed stars, and shields look better regardless. What the hell, buddy?
At least they still have the checkerboard pattern on their hats like Bobbies.
I don't really think much of Angelina Jolie either but she is not nearly as horrible as Jon Voight
but I really want bioshock 2
I didn't know you were a black guy raiden.
you could just go without food for a few days and get both eddy
Who adopts like 12 kids within like two years? Like what part of your brain has to be broken to do that?
I would bet if she did not have so much money she would have a house full of like fifty cats
oh
hi will
also if you don't do any of the side quests you can beat the main game in like 10 hours i'd wager
that's not too much!
My job is playing a commercial for bioshock 2 on the tvs every 5 minutes.
It looks pretty.
'cism
and she'd go to anime cons, sleep with boys with less self esteem than her, and when she's dumped after giving them a huge ego boost, stalk them and claim to be carrying their love child..while she cuts herself and cries about her daddy issues
it was like an hour long
I think at least part of it is because she has so much money. If she hadn't become famous, she wouldn't have had as much of a reason to be fucked up. Paparazzi + fame + money + trying to create an image can make people become (or at least seem) completely psycho.
well I pre ordered it and everyone is gonna be talking about it is all.
no, not a pumpkin :P
he used the second hedgehog pic in GIS