Streeter Seidell

LA Advice?

My lady friend and I are heading to LA next week from Wednesday till Sunday.  I need some stuff to do.

• Any good comedy shows I should check out?
• Any good comedy shows I can do?
• Any restaurants I absolutely need to eat at?
• Anything worth the drive not too far outside the city?
• Anyone wanna hang out?

If you’ve got good LA advice, shoot me an email at streeter.seidell@gmail.com.

Thanks

Dance Like No One's Watching

Work like you don’t need money,
Love like you’ve never been hurt,
And dance like no one’s watching.

This quote has been gracing the away messages and status updates of girls since the Internet was invented, but where does it come from?  Well, after just having a dream where my ex-girlfriend kept saying it to me, I woke up and decided to dig around a bit.

I first found this long “poem” by someone named Crystal Boyd.  It basically echoes John Lennon’s sentiment that “life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.”  The quote is tacked on to the end of it as a ‘Thought for the Day.’  According to some sites, the poem is lifted from a book Boyd wrote called Midnight Muse in 1998, but I cannot find any more information than that. Her site appears to be down as well.

My next discovery was the song, “Come from the Heart,” written by Susanna Clark and Richard Leigh and performed by Clark’s husband, Guy, a country singer/songwriter (listen to the song on his album, Old Friends). The song was later covered by Kathy Mattea, another country singer/songwriter.  Here is the video.

But the story does not end there, my friends!  No!  We have merely scratched the surface! For as my next clue revealed, the hunt for the true author of the quote would be one of adventure, intrigue, danger and…it comes from a professor.

A professor at the University of Florida named William W. Purkey, to be specific.  Some sites attribute the quote to him, including this one, that swears he is the source of the quote that has now become public domain.  He is also the source of this gem: Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.

So there you have it, as best as I can tell.  The source of your girlfriend’s Facebook status is this dude right here.

Complaints I Wish I Had

“My girlfriend always orgasms so quickly when we’re together I barely have to do anything.”

Reblog and add your own!

I just found this old humor piece I was writing for the NYT.  I don’t remember why they didn’t want it but I thought it was pretty funny.  Enjoy? Hopefully!

The Death of Newspapers?  I Think Not.

Much has been made in the media lately about the death of the newspaper.  At first glance, it’s hard to argue against the statistics: circulation in the US has fallen 5% in the last five years, newspaper staff have been being laid off in record numbers and increasingly the younger generation is getting its news from online outlets.  However, is the written word dead?  Some say yes, but those who disagree say we’re merely witnessing a slight shift.

“They say newspapers and print are dead. Well, I just don’t see it,” said World Associated Newspapers president, Timothy Balding.  “We just need to explore new revenue streams and get creative about how advertisers reach our readers,” continued Balding while sipping a delicious Starbucks ™ doubleshot beverage, available for $1.50 with a copy of this article at participating Starbucks ™ locations and fine grocery stores.

Television and Internet content providers have managed to weather the economic downturn thus far by offering increasingly lucrative product placements, a model some papers are exploring.  “We’ve had to adapt as well,” said Mark Gihuley, a producer for ABC Family (Don’t miss Roommates, a hilarious new sitcom only on ABC Family, Wednesday nights at 10/9 central), “You have to be able to roll with the punches.”

Newspapers have been heralded as the most tangible expression of democracy (See the birth of our democracy at Colonial Williamsburg – Buy a Family Pass before April 1^st and receive reduced admission to Busch Gardens theme park), but will past glories sustain an increasingly out of date business model?

Optimists argue that a drop in circulation is merely a signal that newspaper readers are becoming more refined, educated and metropolitan, much like travelers who stay at Ramada Inns (Ramada Inns – Feel Like A Million Bucks).

Even online newspaper readers are more educated according to some data.  “Consumers who read newspapers on the Internet are well-educated, for sure,” said Thomas Murphy, an analyst citing a Pew Institute study.  According to the study, 44% of college graduates read an online paper every day, compared with 11% of those with a high school education or less.”  Now you can join them! Get your bachelor or associate’s degree in as little as 18 months and from home.  Visit WWW.PheonicUniversity.com for details.