I think it all started a few years ago with the Wadsworth Atheneum’s Collage parties. All of a sudden we were flooded with pictures of shiny happy people out and about, radiating ecstatic about being a “young professional” in Hartford. Cookie cutter shots all over Niche Magazine, all over YourHartford, all over the Hartford Advocate’s Lush Life. I’d include the Hartford Courant’s Java column, but I don’t read it anymore. In the words of Fantasy Island’s Mr. Roarke, “Smiles everyone! Smiles!”
Now it’s time to embrace the concept of “bershon.”
the spirit of bershon is pretty much how you feel when you’re 13 and your parents make you wear a Christmas sweatshirt and then pose for a family picture, and you could not possibly summon one more ounce of disgust, but you’re also way too cool to really even DEAL with it, so you just make this face like you smelled something bad and sort of roll your eyes and seethe in a put-out manner. Kelly Taylor from Beverly Hills, 90210 is the patron saint of bershon, as her face, like most other teenagers’, was permanently frozen in this expression.
Michael Beirut’s article in the Design Observer tells you everything you need to know about bershon
Although bershon can be experienced and expressed anywhere, it seems to be especially associated with the act of being photographed. (”God, will you please just take the stupid picture?”) You don’t have to be an adolescent to qualify.
including a link to a NYT article which explains the Department of Homeland Security’s attempt to crack down on bershon at airport security.
I think that the new song “Run” by Gnarls Barkley is just the thing that I need to get me out of my winter slump. The video “leaked” onto the internet this morning in anticipation of the upcoming album in April. I also love that no one can dance in the video and, yes, that’s Justin Timberlake.
I read Paracinema’s “Bad-Bad-Bad-Bad-Bad-Bad” about Kevin Smith last week and the more press I see about his upcoming movie, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, the more I keep going back to read it again. Kevin Smith is a hack douche (confirmed in both his movies and his books) and it breaks my heart that Seth Rogan is working with him. Image and quote from the genius article:
Look, I’m fine if Smith wants to keep making his barely watchable mediocre bullshit over in his corner of Hollywood. Some people seem to like some of the shit he does, so great, more power too him. Just as long as he sticks to the caliber of actor that he’s been stuck with in the past. He can keep Ben Affleck and Jason Mewes and his goofy looking non-actress wife…. hell, he can even keep Rosario Dawson (though I have no idea why she would lower herself to his level) but Seth Rogan? NO. I won’t have it. Seth Rogan going from Judd Apatow movies to a Kevin Smith movie is like going from playing lead guitar for Ozzy to playing lead guitar for Dio. No, it’s worse than that. It’s like going from playing for Ozzy to playing for Creed.
“Finally, the greatest cult trilogy of all time is coming to the stage… as a musical! That’s right—Evil Dead: The Musical is here!This hilarious live stage show takes all the bloody fun of the 80’s horror films, Evil Dead 1, Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness, and combines them to create the craziest theatrical experience to ever hit New York. Blood will fly. Limbs will be lost. Demons will tell bad jokes. All of this, AND singing and dancing! …”
July 12 2006EAST HARTFORD - — A local man who police said walked out of a supermarket with more than $400 worth of groceries he didn’t pay for and bit a security guard who stopped him was in custody Tuesday on $25,000 bail.
German E. Lopez, 37, of 171 Smith Drive, was charged with third-degree robbery, fifth-degree larceny, third-degree assault and breach of peace, police said.
According to police, a loss-prevention associate watched Lopez select 36 packs of chewing gum, one case of Coors Light beer, six bottles of Tide laundry detergent, hamburger meat and shrimp and walk past the cash registers without paying. When the worker approached him, he tried to flee and a struggle began.
He struck the guard with his elbows, kicked him and bit his left hand, police said. Both men fell to the floor.
At Lopez’s arraignment in Superior Court in Manchester, Judge Raymond Norko ordered him to “stay out of Stop & Shops” should he post bail. His case was continued to Aug. 11.
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — A truck overturned along Interstate 84 Wednesday morning, spilling more than 20 tons of dog food onto the highway. Authorities closed I-84 between exits 42 and 43 so cleanup crews could remove the dog food.
That effort took more than nine hours to complete, and no one was hurt during the crash. Authorities have not yet determined the cause of the incident.
EAST HARTFORD–Police arrested a woman Wednesday who they said stabbed a man because he wanted to sell a snapping turtle for use as food.Iris Rivera, 31, of 47 Carroll Road, was charged with second-degree assault after the early-morning attack at the man’s Tolland Street home, police said. …
When police questioned the man, Frederick VanAllen of 551 Tolland St., he told them he and Rivera had caught a snapping turtle earlier at Keney Park in Hartford. He told police that he often sells turtles he finds for use as food, police said.
VanAllen told police that Rivera grabbed a steak knife and cut him on his left hand and his stomach. He said he didn’t want to press charges….
We have kind of the same reaction whenever we find a stray kitten… should we sell it, eat it, or hug it?
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Police are searching for a man who robbed a West Hartford Dunkin Donuts overnight.Police said the man walked up to the drive-through window and dove inside.
It is unclear how much money the man got away with. The police K-9 unit is assisting with the case. Two clerks who were working at the time were not injured.
I think it all started a few years ago with the Wadsworth Atheneum’s Collage parties. All of a sudden we were flooded with pictures of shiny happy people out and about, radiating ecstatic about being a “young professional” in Hartford. Cookie cutter shots all over Niche Magazine, all over YourHartford, all over the Hartford Advocate’s Lush Life. I’d include the Hartford Courant’s Java column, but I don’t read it anymore. In the words of Fantasy Island’s Mr. Roarke, “Smiles everyone! Smiles!”
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