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kyber-crystal · 2 years ago

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a lil hangman backstory drabble

ALRIGHT you got it :) sorry if this seems lowkey stupid. it sounded a lot cuter in my head i promise

everyone says hangman got his callsign because of his independent, overconfident nature

but the truth is that's not how it happened at all

you were actually the one that gave him the little nickname

he came from a broken family, and leaned on you a lot because you were all he had

since either of you could start walking and talking, you were best friends

so he was crying one day because his parents were fighting yet again. he was maybe 6? 7? years old. you heard him through your walls, and climbed through his window to get to him. (luckily, there was a tree between your houses so doing this was pretty easy)

being as young as you were at the time, you didn't know many was to comfort a distressed first grader

"jake? i can go back home and bring some cookies. mom made some new ones last night, 'cause she remembered snickerdoodle was your favorite"

he kept crying, which really worried you because he never turned down a request to your family's baking.

so you did the only other thing you knew. you pulled out a piece of paper and colored pencils

you drew a familiar series of lines. then thought for a bit, before you came up with a word and drew out a long series of dashes

"pick a letter!"

as expected, jake went through all the vowels first

it didn't take long for him to guess the phrase

through his tears he looked at you and started to smile. "jake and y/n forever? really?"

you grinned super wide. "duh! what else?"

"so we'll be together forever."

"yeah, dummy. whether you like it or not, i'm staying"

you two had set sights on the naval aviator dream for the longest time. so you pushed each other to the max, and always supported each other no matter what. through middle school, high school, and the naval academy, you stayed together

when you both received invitations to top gun you were beyond excited. you sprinted across the field, not caring that you were probably disrupting the whole commencement ceremony

and you jumped towards him and he spun you around and around

"we did it! we're going to california"

"we sure are," and he kissed your forehead - but he was so excited that he almost kissed you full on the mouth

but he stopped himself because you're his best friend and best friends aren't supposed to feel this way about each other. right?

right.

jake finally sets you down and you dust yourself off. your heart warmed as you looked at his nametag

"it suits you. hangman."

"now, who do i have to thank for that?"

you're so excited that you keep holding his hand through the entire 5.5 hour flight to san diego

and you keep holding his hand as you get in the taxi to the naval base

and as you get out

and as you introduce yourself to everyone there

"i'm phoenix, and i think we're going to be best friends," said the first person you ran into. "that your boyfriend?"

that's when you finally let go of hangman's hand. "no"

"i don't believe you for a second"

fast forward several years and you're all sitting around at penny's bar, talking late into the night

the subject of everyone's callsigns comes up and right away everyone starts roasting poor hangman

"hangman always leaves people out to dry!" - bob

"you left me hanging in the air, and during wii tennis. traitor. i can't believe you" - coyote

"i gave that loser his callsign, you know," you spoke up

and the gang is like wait wtf

so you gave a brief explanation on how it came to be. you'd been glued together since you were babies, and played the classic word game all the time. hence the name...

fanboy and payback are full on SOBBING by the time you finish and it's so hilarious

"might as well change both your callsigns to husband and wife at this point!" - penny

oh. he totally calls you wife up in the air the next morning

it throws you off track long enough for maverick to get a missile lock on you, dropping you out of the simulation's competition

"don't get distracted, ms. seresin" hangman said over your comms

after years of waiting, he finally kisses you when you touch down later that afternoon

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the-master-cylinder · 5 years ago

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Russell was born in San Diego, California, the daughter of Constance (née Lerner) and Richard Lion Russell, a stock analyst. Three of her four grandparents were Jewish. Her maternal grandfather was journalist and educator Max Lerner. Russell wanted to be an actress since the age of eight and started acting in school plays. She appeared in a Pepsi commercial that was taped locally while in high school. After graduating from Mission Bay High School in 1981, she moved to Los Angeles and began taking acting classes before landing her first role. She did a masters program in Spiritual Psychology at the University of Santa Monica and is a certified hypnotist and life coach, also from the University of Santa Monica.

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The day after graduating high school, with limited commercial and modeling experience. Russell set out for Los Angeles with a UCLA-bound girlfriend. She located a roommate, actress Diane Brody, via the campus bulletin board. Brody helped Russell line up acting classes and waitressing jobs. Accompanying an acting classmate to an audition, Russell walked away with representation. She was subsequently cast in an unapologetic PORKY’S clone titled Private School (1983)

Private School (1983) Chris from a girls’ boarding school loves Jim from a nearby boys’ boarding school. Jordan also wants Jim and plays dirty. Jim and 2 friends visit the girls’ school posing as girls.

Russell played Jordan Leigh-Jensen, “a spoiled rich girl willing to do anything to get her way.” As her romantic rival, the top-billed Phoebe Cates waged war for the affections of Matthew Modine. Critics excoriated the film’s leering sexism, but Russell’s recollections are pleasant. “It was like walking on air,” she recalled. “Phoebe Cates was my idol at the time, and she was so nice to me. We grew very close, and she was fun to work with.”

Phobe Cates, in fact, coached the novice actress who was nervous about her nude scene: “Phoebe said, ‘Oh, this is nothing-in Paradise (1982) I had nude scenes. To make matters more stressful, old acquaintances showed up on the day Russell was shooting her topless “Lady Godiva” scene. “I hadn’t seen these people in years,” laughed Russell. “They turned up on the set, outdoors in the middle of nowhere. The director made them leave. It was hysterical. I learned that day not to take it all too seriously.”

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She insists that reviews, citing herself as the film’s sole asset, caused no friction with leading lady Cates. Phoebe is very secure with herself, stated Russell “She should be. Look at her now! We didn’t pay any attention to critics.”

Offers promptly rolled in. One of the networks offered Russell a spot on any series she wanted Numerous agents called, Playboy asked her to pose for a pictorial on struggling actresses in Hollywood. Although she does not regret turning down Playboy, Russell admits that she, and her management, did not make the best choice of opportunities. Though she auditioned for smaller parts in higher profile filmy, she inevitably landed leads in B-movies.

Out of Control (1985) Teens (Martin Hewitt, Betsy Russell, Sherilyn Fenn) crash-land on an island, find vodka, play strip spin-the-bottle and run into drug smugglers

In Out of Control (1985), Martin Hewitt and Russell were cast as a prom king and queen who invite six of their classmates on a “grad night” chartered flight. The plane crashes and the kids acclimate themselves to survival on a deserted island. Most critics panned the film, but the Los Angeles Times and L.A. Weekly gave it good reviews.

“We filmed in Yugoslavia,” explained Russell. “It was fun. There were a lot of us around the same age… Martin Hewitt, Sherilyn Fenn. Russell remembered that Fenn, who debuted in the film, “was the youngest of us all and very sweet. We both liked Martin. I liked him for about two minutes the first day, and she ended up breaking his heart. The producer, Fred Weintraub, said, ‘Sherilyn is going to be huge-she’s going to break a lot of hearts. He was right. She’s worked very hard and she deserves her success.”

Russell played the title role in her third film, Tomboy (1985), Her character, Tommy Boyd, was a curvaceous auto mechanic with car racing ambitions. The movie was dogged by controversy: despite it’s claims of feminist affirmation, TOMBOY was peppered with the usual B-quota of sex and nudity.

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Tomboy (1985) A strong-willed female stock car driver challenges her chauvinistic crush to a race to win his respect- and get him into bed.

“It turned out all right, said Russell. “Actually, that movie surprised me. I’ve heard a lot of people really loved that movie. At first, I thought it was going to be kind of dumb but I’ve gotten great response. I saw it about a year ago and thought it wasn’t so bad.”

Avenging Angel (1985) was more of a challenge for Russell. The film served as a sequel to 1983’s ANGEL, about a high school student’s double life as a hooker. “That was a rough experience, because I didn’t understand the character,” recalled Russell. “I felt kind of unsure I was still very young and this had all come very fast, and I hadn’t really studied that much. I didn’t totally relate to the character. Angel wasn’t an everyday girl. It was something new to me, and I didn’t have time to do any research.”

Avenging Angel (1985) Molly, former prostitute, has managed to leave her street life with help from Lt. Andrews. She studies law and leads a normal life. When Andrews is killed by a brutal gang, she returns to the streets as Angel to find his killers.

Although ANGEL had been released only two years previously, the sequel’s storyline picks up five years after the conclusion of its predecessor, Producer Keith Rubenstein and director Robert Vincent O’Neil felt that Donna Wilkes, who played the title role as the first ANGEL, wasn’t credible as a college graduate. The sequel’s investors, however, insisted that Wilkes reprise her familiar role. But it was Wilkes, pricing herself out of the market, who finally broke the stalemate. Cast as a streetwise heroine, Russell drew unflattering reviews from critics.

“Queen of Schlock Wants to Abdicate,” announced the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. After AVENGING ANGEL, it appeared Russell was fed up with her movie career. “I’ve done four B movies and now I’m just gonna stop,” she told a reporter. “I’ve paid my dues, and four is enough.” Russell also related that a meaty role in PRIVATE SCHOOL blinded her to its exploitation elements. She was critical of her involvement in B-films, and pledged to stop making them.

During the next two years, Russell turned to television, performing guest stints on T.J. HOOKER MURDER, SHE WROTE, FAMILY TIES, and THE A-TEAM, “I had down time, she noted. “I didn’t really want to do more nudity. I didn’t want to do B-movies and be taking my clothes off.” A lack of good scripts also prompted Russell to decelerate her movie output.

Cheerleader Camp (1988) A group of cheerleaders become the targets of an unknown killer at a remote summer camp.

Russell wasn’t obligated to disrobe in her next film, Cheerleader Camp (1988) which was initially promoted as BLOODY POM POMS. The plot: cheerleaders, including centerfolds Teri Weigel and Rebecca Ferratti, are sliced and diced while attending a wilderness retreat. The slasher epic hardly adhered to Russell’s speculations about a future in A-movies. “CHEERLEADER CAMP came along, and I liked the character, the actress explained. “She was kind of cute. She was getting driven crazy, and I could keep all my clothes on because the Playmates around me took all their clothes off. It was fun, too, working in Sequoia National Forest. I’ve always made friends with every film I’ve done.”

Following the film, she renewed a past friendship with actor Vince Van Patten. “I met him at the Playboy mansion when I first moved to L.A., Russell recounted. “We dated a few times, and then I never heard from him again. He was involved with the tennis circuit. We both really liked each other, but at the time he wasn’t right. I broke up with my boyfriend five years ago, ran into Vince at the Hard Rock Cafe and the rest is history. The timing was perfect.”

Trapper County War (1989) Two city boys (Estes, Blake) get in trouble with a backwoods North Carolina family (Swayze, Armstrong, Hunky, and Evans) when they try to help an abused step-daughter (Russell). Bo Hopkins and Ernie Hudson are the good locals who attempt to help the boys.

Russell’s last turn as a teenage ingenue was Trapper County War (1989), an updated, sanitized version of DELIVERANCE. Playing the 17-year-old adopted daughter of a backwoods family, Russell served as the city slicker’s love interest.

In Delta Heat (1992), a film noir thriller shot two years ago in New Orleans, Russell was cast as a deceased drug kingpin’s daughter. Academy Entertainment recently released the film on video. “New Line wanted it.” smiled Russell, but the investors had already made a deal with Academy. I think it should have come out in theatres. It’s pretty good.”

Delta Heat (1992) An L.A. cop investigates the death of his partner in the swamps of Louisiana. Enlisting the help of an ex-cop who lost his hand to an alligator many years before.

In Amore! (1993), “It’s Jack Scalia and Kathy Ireland and me, but you wouldn’t know it because of my billing,” laughed Russell. “I’m definitely in the movie. In fact, it’s only me and Scalia in the first half of the movie, and we get divorced and Kathy Ireland comes in. It was my first real comedy.” As the film started to roll, Russell had something else in production. I was three months pregnant at start time, and kept getting bigger!,” she revealed. “I finished the movie when I was four and a half months, and the filmmakers never knew I was pregnant.”

Her husband, who has retired from tennis, is producing a movie adapted from his own script. Rewritten by Dan Jenkins (Semi-Tough), The Break (1995)is a family affair for the Van Pattens. “It’s my first small part in a really good movie,” beams Russell “It’s like ROCKY or BULL DURHAM with tennis. Vince plays the veteran coach, with this rookie kid that he has to coach for the summer. I play the love interest to the kid. I’m the older woman.” She laughs, reflecting upon her ten-year development from PRIVATE SCHOOL starlet to more mature character actress.

When addressed with questions regarding nudity, Russell replied, “If BASIC INSTINCT came my way. I’m sure I wouldn’t have turned it down. It depends on who’s in the movie, what kind of part it is, what the movie’s about. But, you know, I’m not getting those types of offers or scripts anymore, so I’m not worried about it.

“I hope to do good work, to do entertaining, enjoyable projects,” Russell continued. Then, with a glimmer in her eye not at all reminiscent of Arnold Schwarzenegger, she smiled and vowed, “I’ll be back…”

Interview with Betsy Russell

What is the difference between the filmmakers you were working with in your early career versus the filmmakers of today? Betsy Russell: That’s an interesting question because I was just reading a little blurb online about a director on a movie I did called ‘Out of Control’ [1985, directed by Allan Holzman], and he went on to do award winning things, documentaries and other films. The directors I work with now are amazing, talented and insightful, but I’ve also worked with directors before who have gone on to do incredible things. For example, the dialogue coach from Private School [Jerry Zaks] went on to a Broadway career. All the people I worked with were fine. I don’t like to compare one to the other, they are all different.

When you made “Private School” back in the early 1980s, the videotape revolution had just begun. What do you think of how your images from that film proliferated from VHS to DVD to the internet? What do you think of the ability to download virtually anything from the internet, including those pictures of your younger days? Betsy Russell: When I said I would do the topless scene, because it wasn’t in the original script for Private School. I remember thinking I’m 19 years old, my body is great and for the rest of my life I’m going to have something on film that the people will say, ‘yeah, she’s topless but that is my Mom, that was my Grandmother, that was my Great-Grandmother’s first film.’

I remember thinking this is kind of cool, why not? Just to have it out there now in the ‘anything goes’ era, with Playmates becoming TV stars and the like, I am proud of it, I’m proud of my body and I’m proud of the sort of free feeling that my character had in that movie, not inhibited whatsoever. It’s more of a European-type feeling, that the body can be a beautiful thing. There is reason to hide it.

You were beautiful then, you are beautiful now, nothing to worry about. Do you remember the name of the famous horse on which you rode to 1980s movie glory? Betsy Russell: No, because he almost killed me. I didn’t know how to ride very well and I got on it just to get to know the horse. We didn’t have a very big budget so that the stunt guys had gotten some kind of wild horse. The minute I got on the horse it took off with me. Of course, everybody was at lunch except for the stunt guys, the horse wranglers and me. I thought I was going to die, because it started to run out of the stable area. Somebody finally stopped it. So I don’t remember the name, but it ended up being a quiet, passive horse after that incident.

You were fairly busy in the 1980s with your career. Was there anything that you auditioned for or didn’t do that you think might have led to a different career track? Betsy Russell: Yeah, I was a favorite of a casting director name Wally Nicita, and she eventually became a producer. She was a big fan of mine after Private School, and there was a film coming up called ‘Silverado.’ I was shooting ‘Avenging Angel at the time and I had an audition. It was a night shoot, I was very tired and I didn’t really understand the ins and outs of the business, I relied more on my manager to take care of that, and he was learning to as we went along.

So they called for me at the audition for Silverado, and I didn’t pay attention to who had been cast in it. I just looked at it as an ensemble piece, and the other movie I was auditioning for was a ski movie, in which I would star. I just said let’s go for the bigger part. As luck would have it, the audition was in the same building as Wally Nicita’s office, and she kept saying how much the directors and producers of Silverado would love to see me. I told her no, I was here for the other audition. She looked at me like I was the stupidest person on the planet, and never contacted me for anything again. Everything happens for a reason. I always believe my career would have been different had I done that part. I can’t say if it would have been better or worse. I’ve had a good run.

Tomboy had your character as a mechanic. How did this occupation change your character from a typical character? Betsy Russell: It defined her. I was playing a girl who loves auto mechanics. My oldest sister was a mechanic growing up. She did all the lube jobs on the car – she was that type of person. It wasn’t far out for me to imagine myself as that type of character. That’s what she did. She was a tomboy who liked riding motorcycles and playing basketball.

What are your thoughts on the trailer for Tomboy showing you as a strong female, but then cutting to you in the shower? Betsy Russell: I’ve never really paid attention to that. I don’t know that I’ve seen it. I guess strong females still have to take showers. They still like to feel sexy, so I don’t think there’s one thing that should stop someone from feeling sexy and showing their body if that’s what they choose to do. I don’t think it makes any difference in the world.

Tomboy is arguably feminist. Was this a draw for you? Betsy Russell: Yes, I like playing strong characters. I thought it would be fun. I was probably twenty-one years old, so the idea of playing this type of character was great. I didn’t think that hard about it. I said, “Ok, this is another role, this is what she does, and I’m going to get into it.” I started working with the assistant basketball coach at UCLA, trying to learn a little bit of basketball. At that point in my life I wasn’t thinking that long or hard about which role to take. I did have a couple of offers with Tomboy; I had another offer for another movie. I picked this one. I’m sure that was a draw for me.

What do you think makes it a feminist role? Betsy Russell: She has a career that isn’t the norm for women. Usually women rely on men to do all the mechanical things. It’s kind of unusual for a woman to be a mechanic. I think it’s silly to be unusual, but I guess it is.

In the same vein, what role does feminism play in Avenging Angel? Betsy Russell: I barely remember that movie, but I know Angel carries a gun. She’s a tough chick. I saw that movie maybe one time. I don’t remember it well, but I had a lot of fun doing it.

There were a couple of stronger roles you did early on. Did you find yourself drawn to the stronger roles? Betsy Russell: Typically the leads in movies are stronger women. Nobody wants to watch a wimp for two hours. I played more of a leading lady than the sidekick. I don’t think I’ve ever played the sidekick. If given the chance, I would have. I did what I thought was good.

How did you get your role in Avenging Angel? Betsy Russell: I auditioned first, but then the director fought for me. The producer wanted the girl from the first movie. The director said he wouldn’t do the movie without me. That was nice.

Do you remember having a favorite line from Avenging Angel? Betsy Russell: No, but a lot of people tell me their favorite line from it, and I don’t remember anything.

What were your thoughts on Cheerleader Camp (1988) and Camp Fear (1991) and how have these thoughts evolved over time? Betsy Russell: Camp Fear was somebody called me and said, “Would you and your husband, Vince, like to do this little movie? You’re going to make a lot of money for three weeks shoot, and it’s going to go right to video.” I said, “Great, I want to make a lot of money. If nobody sees it, I guess it doesn’t matter. It’ll be fun to work with my husband.” We did it. Who knew that YouTube would happen. I’ve never seen the movie, so I have no idea. I’m sure I was terrible in it. It would be hard to be anything but terrible in it. I’ve always seen bits and pieces on YouTube. My voice is really high in it. We had fun. My brother-in-law is in that movie. I remember the actor playing the Indian could never remember his lines; we laughed so hard we almost fell off a cliff. That guy who played the Indian asked Vince to be his best man at his wedding. We barely knew him so that was funny. That happened back when they would say, “No one’s ever going to see it.” You’d do it. As an actor, if you’re not working, you want to just work. It doesn’t matter all of the time if it’s best project if you haven’t worked in a while. You have to put some money in the bank. That’s why I did that. Cheerleader Camp, I hadn’t offered this role called Bloody Pom Pom’s at the time. I remember thinking, “Oh my gosh, I don’t have to take any clothes off.” At that time, coming from Private School, Tomboy, and Out of Control (1985), I was tired of taking my clothes off. I wore those big nightgowns, and I just wanted to be taken seriously. That’s why I did that movie. I had a lot of fun filming it. As for Cheerleader Camp, we didn’t know we were making kind of a farce. Honestly, it was a little bit funny, but I took my character very seriously. We were rewriting scenes on the set five minutes before.

What are your views on nudity in film? Betsy Russell: I don’t have any negative views on it at all. In my twenties, I would say, “If it’s intrinsic to the character then I think it’s great.” I learned that word, intrinsic, just to say that. I really don’t have any problem with it. If it’s just thrown in there because it’s a low-budget movie and they’re trying to sell it, it’s really obvious. It takes you out, which isn’t always great. Sometimes it’s just right for what’s going on. It’s great that the actor or actress isn’t embarrassed to show it. If it looks good then it’s great. If it’s a person who looks terrible I would rather they keep their clothes on. If it’s important to the role and that type of film then it’s fine.

CREDITS/REFERENCES/SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Femme Fatales v02n02 0038 Bad Ass Women of Cinema: A Collection of Interviews Chris Watson hollywoodchicago

Betsy Russell: 80’s B Film Princess Russell was born in San Diego, California, the daughter of Constance (née Lerner) and Richard Lion Russell, a stock analyst.

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wineanddinosaur · 3 years ago

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Wine 101: The Judgment of Paris — 45th Anniversary

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In this episode of “Wine 101,” VinePair tastings director Keith Beavers discusses the Judgment of Paris, a monumental event that changed American wine culture forever. Beavers details the history of how the tasting — which compared American and French wines — led to the worldwide recognition of Napa Valley.

Listeners will learn about trailblazers who planned the tasting — including Patricia Gustad-Gallagher and Joanne Dickinson DePuy, without whom the Judgement of Paris could have never occurred. Beavers also explains how George Tabor’s Time Magazine article boosted the event’s impact by painting what was meant to be a friendly tasting as an intense wine competition.

Tune in to learn more about the Judgment of Paris.

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Keith Beavers: My name is Keith Beavers, and you know what I love about “Star Wars”? Well, a lot of things. But No. 1, it’s an ongoing story. It’s not an adaptation.

What’s going on, wine lovers? Welcome to episode 27 of VinePair’s “Wine 101” podcast. My name is Keith Beavers. It’s Season 2. I’m the tastings director of VinePair. What are you guys doing today? What’s going on today?

OK. This one, guys? This story is awesome, complicated, and foggy. We’re going to clear it up. It’s important. Let’s do this. Judgment of Paris.

Here we are, wine lovers. We talk about the history of American wine and when I’m talking about wine regions, I often mention this moment in our history where I call it the watershed moment. The moment where we as an American wine- drinking culture started really coming back from Prohibition. Prohibition really messed us up, guys! It really messed us up. A decade, 10 years, of illegal alcohol. That is just crazy.

When it was repealed, there were still so many problems. Every state has its own liquor laws. It’s insane. For us as a drinking culture, man, it took us a while to get back to what we were doing before Prohibition. From the Gold Rush until Prohibition, we were on track to be one of the major wine-producing regions in the world. Then, we had 10 years of Prohibition that messed all that up. We had to rebuild our wine industry after that.

The people in Napa got started pretty quickly. In the 1940s, they created something called the Napa Valley Vintners Association, which is still around today. They started conceiving of a wine region that was more than just a regular wine region. It was more of a fine-wine region. We had the whole Napa episode from last season, but none of this would have been possible. I mean, I’m sure at some point it would, but it was expedited. Our clout on the world stage was expedited by one event called the Judgment of Paris in 1976. In the early days after Prohibition, between the mid- and late 1930s, there were a bunch of winemakers really trying to recreate what they had lost 10 years earlier. One of those wineries was Beaulieu Vineyards, which is down in what is today Rutherford. It was owned by Georges de Latour and his wife, Fernande. The two of them were looking to get some young, new energy into this wine region that they loved so much.

They ended up going to France and convincing a man by the name of André Tchelistcheff to leave his very important work in France and come over to the United States. He was to help consult with them and make wine in a way that the region hadn’t seen before. André Tchelistcheff went on to be the most important winemaker in Napa, in California, and probably the United States.

His story is awesome, and I can’t get into all of it here, but what’s important about him, and about what we’re talking about today, is his influence on the winemakers that were making wine in the late 1960s and early ‘70s in Napa Valley. One of the most important roles André Tchelistcheff had besides making wine and being innovative about winemaking processes, is mentoring the future of winemaking in Napa. That is what was happening in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s.

Now, I’m not sure how familiar you are with this event called the Judgment of Paris. I mean, it’s an intense name for an event. It’s actually Greek mythology, but the term the Judgment of Paris was conceived by a man named George Tabor. He was a journalist for Time Magazine, and he wrote a story about an event that he witnessed in Paris. This event, which he called the Judgment of Paris, was really just an educational wine tasting with California wines and French wines as a comparative thing. That right there is what is important about what this event did.

It wasn’t so much the story in Time Magazine as it was what actually happened. What is known as the Judgment of Paris in 1976 only happened because of two figures. In the early ‘70s, a young American from Delaware by the name of Patricia Gustad-Gallagher was in Paris working for the International Herald Tribune. Obviously, she started to develop a passion for wine in Paris. I mean, that makes sense.

In 1971, she answered a classified ad for the release of the new Beaujolais Nouveau. And the way she puts it, she arrives at this place and she sees this guy unloading a ton of Beaujolais Nouveau from his station wagon. He had apparently driven from Beaujolais to Paris overnight to have it in his store. The store was called Academie du Vin, which was also a wine school, and this was the perfect opportunity. I don’t know if Patricia knew what she was getting herself into, but she and Steven Spurrier became very good friends.

She began to work at his shop and the wine school. One of the focuses of their work were the tastings they would do. I’m not sure if they were monthly or annually, but they would do these big educational tastings through the ‘70s and I’m not sure how this worked out, but Patricia did have a sister in San Diego. I’m not sure if that’s how it happened, but she started hearing rumblings of good wine being made in Northern California.

Patricia had this proud American thing going on. She really wanted to show and share American wines with the people in the Academie du Vin. Unfortunately, the wines that were provided by the embassy just weren’t wines they wanted to share with the French. Also, as an American in 1975, she saw that in 1976 the bicentennial was coming up, so she conceived this grand idea. Where were these fabled northern Californian wines?

Napa was not being imported to France at this time, so she needed to find those wines because she had this really cool idea. She was going to get all these French wine experts in a room, and she was going to do a comparative tasting with French wine and American wine. Not to show who is better than the other, but just to show that the United States is making pretty amazing wine. She was determined to make this happen, brought the idea up to Steven Spurrier, who thought it was a great idea. So what does she do about it?

She went to California to visit her sister in San Diego and tacked on a few days in Northern California to see what was going on up there. At the time, in Napa, there was a very famous wine writer by the name of Robert Finnegan. He had a newsletter called Private Wine Guide. He was basically the guy before Robert Parker. She reached out to him. He recommended a bunch of wineries. She went to taste mostly in Napa. She really liked everything she tasted mostly, but two wineries really stood out to her. It was Chateau Montelena and Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars. She also enjoyed wine from Freemark Abbey, a very historic winery in California.

She goes back to Paris, talks to Steve about what she experienced, and Steve gets very excited about all this. So he and his wife Bella decide that they’re going to go to California and experience it for themselves. This is in 1976, which is months before this whole event is supposed to go down.

Joanne Dickinson DePuy had lived in Napa Valley since 1949. In 1973, she was getting a divorce. Her kids were grown, and she thought, “I never really held a full-time job. I’ve only had a part-time job at a travel agency. I have to figure out my life.” She’s quoted as saying that she was going to give herself six months to figure it out. She loved two things: tennis and wine.

Then, she decided to launch two businesses, a wine tour company, and a tennis tour company. Now, I don’t know what happened to the tennis tour company, but I do know about the wine tour company, which is pretty amazing. Her idea, which I think is pretty innovative in the 1970s for what she wanted to do, was she wanted to bridge Napa to other wine regions and vice versa — meaning she wanted to take winemakers from Napa to places in other countries to see how wine is made and how their cultures are. She wanted to take people from other countries, specifically France, from their countries to Napa and show them Napa. It’s a bridge to both, which is a pretty amazing idea.

It was going pretty well. She convinced the secretary of state of California to lead a tour to China. Her clout was rising. In 1976, when Steven and Bella Spurrier wanted to come to Northern California to see what was going on, she’s the person they called. Joanne DePuy takes the couple to Chateau Montelena, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, Freemark Abbey, and other places. Actually, the Spurriers declined a visit to the Mondavi Estate because they wanted to find winemakers that were still under the radar. Yeah, Chateau Montelena and Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars were under the radar. Woah.

The Spurriers bought a bunch of wine — 24 bottles from different wineries — and they were going to have these wines sent over to France for this little thing they were doing. Patricia was stoked. Now, for Joanne and her company, one of the bucket-list situations she wanted was to get André Tchelistcheff, the famous winemaker who was still around mentoring everybody — the big deal — to do one of these tours. It took some doing, but she finally convinced him to do a vintners-only tour to France.

Since André Tchelistcheff was leading this, it attracted some of the most well-known winemakers in Napa at the time. Two of those people were the owners of Chateau Montelena, Jim and Laura Barrett. They were there just because of André Tchelistcheff. It was just pure coincidence that their wine was being brought to France for a tasting. Right before Joanne was about to take these vintners on a tour, she gets a call from Steven Spurrier in France saying, “Oh, no, the wines are not going to clear customs. Would it be OK if you guys could each put a bottle or two in your luggage to bring it over to help us out?” Joanne said, “Yeah, we can do that.”

Now, it was a lot more difficult than that, but she was able to wrap all these wines up in boxes and convince the people at TWA to put these on the plane and really try to get them over there safely. One bottle ended up breaking. It was a Freemark Abbey Cabernet Sauvignon, but that’s OK because that wine was still tasted in the tasting.

I wonder what was going through Jim and Laura Barrett’s minds. One of their wines is now with them going on a plane to Paris, which they will eventually go off into France and just have a tour of French vineyards, mostly in Bordeaux, and their wines are going to stay in Paris. In Paris, I’m sure that Steven and Patricia are sighing with relief. Steven Spurrier is trying to find press that would cover this thing, because it’s a big deal. It wasn’t a big deal, but it was a big deal. Patricia thought it was a big deal to her. Her family was a colonial family in the United States, so it was a big deal.

They managed to get one person to attend the event from the media, a man by the name of George Taber with Time Magazine. Now, this is where things got a little weird, mainly for Patricia. I am not really sure how Steven Spurrier took it, but the panel of wine experts that were asked to be part of this tasting were some of the most popular and well-known wine critics in France. It was one of the reasons why Steven Spurrier was trying to get media attention for it, but they weren’t judges. They were just experts. This was supposed to be just a fun, comparative tasting that was hopefully going to get some media attention and would be really cool to show how American wines were faring these days.

It was to be a blind tasting. Whites being blinded against whites. Reds are being blinded against reds from each country. Of course, the American wines were from Napa, and the French wines were from Burgundy and Bordeaux, white and red. As this tasting progressed, George Taber, the media guy, saw something. He didn’t see these wine experts as experts doing a comparative fun educational tasting. He said, “Oh, my gosh, this is a blind tasting.”.

He saw it as a competition, and he saw these wine experts as judges. This guy would go on to write an article in Time Magazine about what he witnessed and then because of the impact of this particular event in American culture, he ended up writing a book and calling it “The Judgment of Paris.”

Even though it was an educational tasting, these wine experts were taking notes. They were actually taking scores, and this is what you do in tastings. You score wines, and it’s not necessarily a competition-based idea for scoring as it is for you to understand your own preferences. What got really crazy is when people started realizing that the American wines were being scored higher than the French wines.

In Taber’s book, he describes tension in the room, a little bit of frustration, murmuring, people wondering what was going on, not understanding what was happening. On a side table, scores were being tallied up. I don’t know that these scores were meant specifically for winners and losers, but George Taber saw it like that. He was noticing something pretty fascinating. He was looking at the top 10 whites and the top 10 reds, and he was losing his mind.

The No. 1 white wine in a blind comparative tasting between French Chardonnays and American Chardonnays, the 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay came in at No. 1. Chalone Vineyards 1974 Chardonnay comes in third. Spring Mountain Chardonnay 1973 comes in fourth. Freemark Abbey Chardonnay 1972 comes in sixth. Veedercrest Vineyards 1972 comes in ninth, and David Bruce Winery Chardonnay 1973 comes in 10th.

Then, over in the red, things really got crazy. The No. 1 red, according to the scores, was Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon. Number 5 was Ridge Vineyards 1971 Cabernet Sauvignon. Number 7 was Mayacamas Vineyard 1971. Number 8 is Clos du Val Winery 1972. Number 9 was Heitz Wine Cellars 1970, and Freemark Abbey 1969 was No. 10.

On the surface, wow, right? It was supposed to be just this fun, educational, momentous event with experts tasting wine from France and the United States and understanding the difference between the two to see where the United States is on the map right now. Since George Taber and Steven Spurrier were working together to make this into a media event, it started to look like a competition. To the point where one of the judges, Odette Khan, who was one of the most famous wine critics in France at the time, demanded her scores back because she was worried that this is going to be a competition and not an educated tasting. Then, she worried her results were going to be published and she was going to have to deal with the fallout of that.

According to Patricia, she was also very upset with this idea. She thought, “Wait, what’s happening?” She had conceived of this entire thing. This is her idea and it was being turned into a competition when she conceived of it as a fun, educational, comparative tasting. Alas, George Taber would write a very good piece about this event in Time Magazine, but he framed it as a competition of the Old World versus the New World. Thus, that massive statement made a huge impact on the American wine-drinking culture.

It didn’t really have a big impact on France because no one thought of it as a competition. What’s interesting is George Taber ran the call, the winemakers that had won. It just so happened that Laura and Jim Barrett, the owners of Chateau Montelena, were actually in Bordeaux at the time with André Tchelistcheff. They got a phone call at a restaurant they were at, and they thought something was wrong but turns out they found out they “won,” and they lost their minds. They thought it was really cool. I mean, you imagine being a winemaker in the United States, in Northern California. There are no wine regions, you are just making wine, and you try to make it the best you can. Then, all of a sudden there’s this event happening in Paris, and your wine is going to Paris, but you don’t really know what it means. You happen to be in France when you get a phone call saying the wine that you sent out to Paris actually became No. 1 in a comparative tasting that ended up being a competition? Yeah, I’d be pretty stoked.

What I find really wonderful about some of the “winners” of this Judgment of Paris, is those winemakers were the winemakers that were mentored by André Tchelistcheff. Full circle, people. Very cool.

That was in 1976. By 1980, Napa was the second AVA to be awarded in the United States, and that began the new era of wine in the United States, bringing us into the modern culture that we have now. Fun little side note here: Thirty years later, they opened up the same vintages again to see how they were aging. Again, the American wines came out on top.

This was a big moment for us in the history of American wine. This is huge! The fact that it happened and palates thought that these wines were superior or just beautiful in general is such a big deal. If it wasn’t for Patricia Gastaud-Gallagher and Steven Spurrier working together with this awesome idea that she conceived of, and if it wasn’t for Joanne DePuy of the international wine tours in California, this would never have happened. The wines that were on this list, that were in this tasting, are today some of the most famous wineries in the United States.

These winemakers would go on to mentor other people, and this is how we grew as an American wine culture and how we’re still growing today. The history of wine in America is such a fascinating story. This is just one little gold nugget of awesomeness that helped us on our journey.

I want to give a big shout-out to my father-in-law. He and my mother-in-law live in Petaluma, and he sends me wine information all the time that he reads in the newspapers. In 2018, he sent me an article by Esther Mobley in the San Francisco Chronicle about Patricia and Joanne. It’s because of that article that this episode happened and the way the story has been told. Thank you, Dean Dizikes. Keep sending those communiqués.

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“Wine 101” was produced, recorded, and edited by yours truly, Keith Beavers, at the VinePair headquarters in New York City. I want to give a big ol’ shout-out to co-founders Adam Teeter and Josh Malin for creating VinePair. And I mean, a big shout-out to Danielle Grinberg, the art director of VinePair, for creating the most awesome logo for this podcast. Also, Darbi Cicci for the theme song. Listen to this. And I want to thank the entire VinePair staff for helping me learn something new every day. See you next week.

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Sports in Laguna Niguel CA

The beautiful bay area of Laguna Niguel California is home to many fine sports teams and leagues. The most well known of these is the San Diego State University football program. However, there is a soccer team called the Aries that plays at Almeda Soccer Stadium in Encinitas, California. They wear blue and gold jerseys and are sponsored by Nike and Adidas.

Many other sports teams call this bay area their home, including the well-known Atherton Soccer Club and the Cal Poly Pomona Hoya. There are also teams from the United States and Europe. If you live in the area, you might want to attend a match or two. You can even sign up for a team and go to international friendlies. This would be a great opportunity to travel and meet some of the other cultures in the area. For example, if your child happens to love football, there is the San Diego Chargers NFL team whose home field is in San Diego.

The Atherton team was recently represented at the 2021 Friendly Football Classic in California. This is a competition that brings local high school and college teams together to play against others from other parts of the country, as well as against the best athletes from other countries. This was a very good opportunity for Atherton to showcase their exciting football program, and many fans attended this event in order to see their team play. There were many other sports at this fun event, including volleyball, softball, and baseball.

If you have never watched a football game at Almeda Field in Laguna Niguel, you should. It is one of the most famous fields in all of Southern California, and it was even named by the US Olympic Committee as one of the venues for the 1996 Olympics. This venue is the home of the Atherton soccer team, and many other sports teams. It was even used as a place for the Academy Awards ceremony.

There are many different sports in Laguna Niguel, and it would take you quite a while just to read about them all. There are horse racing, golfing, tennis, badminton, volleyball, softball, and many other sports. If you enjoy fine wines, you will certainly be able to keep up with the events at the Sonoma Wine Country Wine Trail, which happens to be on the Almeda Field property. There are also great concerts held at various times of the year. In the summer months, you can enjoy free concerts every Saturday evening. Many local residents enjoy going to these events, because they give them a chance to relax, enjoy themselves, and have a good time with their friends and family members.

The Atherton football team is just one of many sports teams in Laguna Niguel. They also have swim teams, bicycle teams, tennis, and volleyball. As you can see, there is something for everyone in this wonderful town. Indeed, if you're looking for an interesting place to go, look no further than Sports Laguna Niguel. With all the fun that you can have, you will certainly not be disappointed!

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With its warm rainfall and love of out-of-door recreation, San Diego has long been a popular destination for sports suckers. Tennis stands out among the numerous sports that are popular in this energetic megalopolis as a popular hobby horse and competitive exertion. San Diego has a wide range of tennis classes and seminaries to suit your requirements, whether you are a neophyte trying to learn the fundamentals or an aspiring pro looking to hone your bents. Among these, On the Rise Tennis Academy stands out as one of the top choices for tennis suckers looking for top- notch instruction and a probative setting to ameliorate their game.

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La Mesa

La Mesa, California is a city a mere 9 miles from the center of downtown San Diego, CA, a smallish city with a population nearing 60000 with a growing community as homeowners are pushed east because of the incredibly high San Diego real estate prices. The civic motto of La Mesa is "jewel of the hills", and it can be a pretty place, very hilly and with a lot of classic old homes.

Getting To La Mesa

Like a lot of places around San Diego County, La Mesa is geographically pretty large, but mostly residential. Driving East from San Diego, you'll want to take the 8 Interstate to arrive at the city at its northern most areas, or you can take the 94 highway to arrive at the South of the city. A major portion of the 125 highway forms the Eastern most border of La Mesa, with Lemon Avenue extending La Mesa into the neighboring Mt. Helix area. The city is bordered by Rolando on the west, Lake Murray to the north and of course Lemon Grove to the south. Also to the South of La Mesa is Spring Valley, which reveals itself when drivers continue on the 94 instead of taking the 125 north into La Mesa.

Outdoors In La Mesa

Although it shares a lot of its incredible climate with San Diego, La Mesa is quite a bit hotter, as it is much further from the Pacific Ocean. But, this is still an enjoyable place for a hike or a picnic, and one of the best places for that has got to be Collier Park, which is a neat little 7.7 acre park that has some pretty quality green space. The park does have lighted tennis courts, which are harder to find in the county than you might expect. It also is a great place for families to get together on the weekend for a picnic, as there are quite a few tables around and BBQs, of course.

Since we're still outdoors here, it's probably a good bet to talk about MacArthur Park, which is a little park just north of La Mesa Boulevard that offers some nice outdoor space. The park is fenced in, is a great place to bring your dog and does have free parking. What is also cool is that it's within walking distance of downtown La Mesa, which is a pretty cool area if you're looking to do shopping or just grab a drink and a meal. The park does also have a recreation center and a pretty substantial play area for kids.

La Mesita Park includes the Junior Seau Sports Complex, named after the famous San Diego Charger, Junior Seau. This park also has a good amount of space to walk, as well as tennis courts, picnic sites and a skate park, which is always of interest to those looking to rip it up on a board.

Fitness enthusiasts will want to check out the not so secret La Mesa Secret Stairs, a place that has an excellent view from the top. This is a public stairway that was installed to facilitate foot traffic through adjacent neighborhoods. But, a lot of stair climbers tend to use it for fresh air exercising, and the sheer number of stairs makes it a serious exercise challenge.

Finally, we would be remiss if we did not mention Aztec Park, which is a smaller park than either Collier or MacArthur, but has a great view and vibe and can sometimes be quite empty, despite having a child's playground and some urban trails which are excellent for hiking in general.

Fun La Mesa Tourist Attractions

OK, so being right next to San Diego, one of Southern California's most epic tourist destinations, isn't necessarily going to be the best, but La Mesa does have some points of interest worth checking out. I would look to the San Pasqual Winery first, a small winery that apparently boasts great local wine and very friendly staff and servers. Check them out at the winery or a separate tasting room and gallery located on La Mesa Boulevard.

For Train enthusiasts, the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum is an excellent bet, located on Nebo drive not far from La Mesa Boulevard. The museum here is quite small, but does feature some classic looking train engines and cars, as well as a little gift shop. Apparently, this is one of the oldest buildings in California, and does sport a good deal of excellent railway history information.

Education in La Mesa

As this is a community nearing a population of 60,000, it only makes sense that there would be some quality spots for kids to be educated. So naturally, we first talk about Helix Charter High School, located on University Avenue at almost the middle point of La Mesa. Meanwhile, those of a more artistic bent may want to consider the La Mesa Arts Academy. This school actually has a lottery to select its students, so it's probably a good idea to not leave an admissions application until the last second! Finally, younger kids are gonna need some kind of book learning as well, which is of course offered at Murray Manor Elementary School, located north of the Interstate 8 and near the unofficial border with Lake Murray. Another interesting elementary school is the Lemon Avenue Elementary School, which is of course located on Lemon Avenue in La Mesa. Finally, for folks that would prefer to place their children in private schools, La Mesa does feature the Mount Helix Academy, and is in the North East corner of La Mesa right near Harry Griffen Park.

Shopping In La Mesa

As La Mesa isn't the smallest city ever, there are quite a few shops and shopping centers, but few as expansive and as popular as the Grossmont Center located just off of the 8 Interstate and is very near to the intersection at Fletcher Parkway and Jackson Drive. The mall is a little old school, but does have some pretty serious anchor tenants, such as Best Buy, Macy's, Target AND Walmart. As tends to be the case surrounding larger southern California malls like this, there does tend to be a variety of restaurant and retail properties nearby, such as Office Depot, Petco, BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse and of course a Guitar Center, which actually apparently is still open (early 2021, anyway).

If you're looking primarily for groceries, or at least relatively interesting and nutritious non prepared foods, the Vine Ripe Market is a winner up on Fletcher Parkway, or nearer to downtown and Spring Street, check out the Sprouts location, or even the Vons at the corner of University and Allison. If you're from California or the West Coast, then it also bears pointing out that there is an excellent Trader Joe's location right off of Murray Drive and about a couple minute drive from the Grossmont Center. Also, the Frazier Farms Market is a great natural grocery store with no shortage of organic and farm to table-type items.

Eating Out In La Mesa

One of the best places to walk around and hang out in La Mesa has got to be downtown, where you'll run into such luminaries as the classic Hills Local Pub, Swami's Cafe and the Tiramisu Trattoria for good eats. A bit off of the beaten track but an easy and total classic establishment in the area is of course the Riviera Supper Club and Turquoise Room, a classic old school steakhouse where you can either cook your steak yourself, or have them do it for you. This is one of the most high character spots in the area, so if you have to be in La Mesa, hit the Riviera, and then stay and watch a band afterwards. You won't regret it!

Healthy Living In La Mesa

Last but definitely not least is mentioning access to health care in the area, which of course is fairly limited, but not by much. The Kaiser Permanente La Mesa Medical Offices are where a lot of locals see their M.D., while Sharp Grossmont Hospital is clearly the crown jewel of the area as far as medical care goes. The latter also features the La Mesa Cardiac Center and other medical specialties in the area, so if you have an issue, it's more than likely that it can be dealt with here. Meanwhile, if you have some kind of medical situation that requires a period of rehab, the Country Manor La Mesa Healthcare Center may be a good call for you!

So, let's have a good ol' time in La Mesa, shall we! We'll start by checking out the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum and then stopping for lunch at Banbu Sushi!

Good times right there, but let's get local and burn off some of those calories at La Mesa Secret Stairs!

There's always business to be done in La Mesa, so let's take a quick trip to La Mesa City Hall:

With the Sun still out, we want to take in a little more outdoors time, so let's head up to Aztec Park, which is a pretty quick drive if we take Baltimore Drive.

Having enjoyed the great weather, let's have a quick dinner at our absolute favorite local spot, The Riviera Supper Club!

And, of course, we close out our day trip to La Mesa by driving down University Avenue to hit the offices of La Mesa's most loved Internet Marketing Service, All Systems Go Marketing!

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2017

this year i learned that (white) people send holiday cards, and i guess these posts have always been mine. to revive the three pronged thesis from the trenches of middle school: i traveled a lot, i started grad school, and i became more horny.

on travel

i kept track of every place i slept this year. here is a map:

and a bar chart:

locations serve as a good summary of stuff that i did for “work” or “career” or whatever. life fell in segments. having graduated undergrad, i interned at [generic tech company] while living in san jose from the beginning of the year until mid may. one time i fell asleep in a meeting that i called. around late feb/march i also missed over 15 days of work (lol) because i was touring all those phd programs--that was a lot of fun!

i went to 3.5 conferences this year: one in cyprus that was my first talk (though about work i think has fundamental flaws), a preconference in san diego for communications that was awful, one at MIT with an associated week long ‘summer school’ that i enjoyed, and one in orlando for digital humanities that made me very grateful to be in HCI.

i spent summer in europe and that was the dream. i was a really bad researcher, but can anyone focus on doing work when surrounded by the beauty of paris? after my research stint ended (and financed by that internship money) i did what every other college grad with newfound wealth did and traveled around europe. i went to iceland, which i had been wanting to do since i was 12! on my way back to the states, i stopped in chicago to see some friends and also drove down the pnw to see the solar eclipse. a lot of planes this year! feeling bad for my carbon footprint. oh, i also bought my first car (i survived in the peninsula for 10 weeks without one...sigh), so that ain’t helping either. though i do now commute by bike to school, which is really great (and good cardio)!

a brief media interlude

here is my annual best of playlist. this year i went to at least 15 shows, mostly in the bay area. the ones i remember: thom yorke, grizzly bear, tennis, badbadnotgood, radiohead x 2 (berkeley + arras), avalanches x 2 (sf + boston), andrew bird x 2, gorillaz, the national & sufjan stevens et al (planetarium) in paris, mitski, the xx, blood orange, lcd soundsystem. when i saw thom in december my first thought when he stepped on stage was ‘he’s so fucking ugly and needs to wash his hair so badly,’ a stark contrast from the first time i saw him (at 14) which was incoherent crying and worshiping--character development, i guess?

this year, more so than any other (perhaps my nomadic nature), i’ve started to have vivid associations of songs with place. kendrick’s damn (album of the year) or tennis’ (band of the year) yours conditionally: listened to heavily while carpooling to work in the south bay in a truck 20 years older than i. radiohead’s man of war: dashing to the pompidou when it was released to watch the music video as i didn’t yet have data, and then blarring out of speakers in a late night coffee shop as folks wandered the streets of arras, waiting for the first morning train home.

i also read 14 books this year, potentially the most books i’ve read in any year in recent memory--that’s what graduation affords. i started actively seeking out stuff written by asian americans (especially millennials) and i am soooo glad that i did. favorite ones are pamela: a novel (pamela lu), when i grow up i want to be a list of further possibilities (poetry, chen chen), chemistry (weiki wang), and sour heart (jenny zhang). is this how white people feel all the time, seeing their stories and narratives and experiences captured and validated and published?

on grad school

i spent a few weeks agonizing where and with whom to spend my next ~5 years, which to like literally anyone not in the academy as a computer science phd student just sounds like crying because you can’t decide between artisanal ice cream flavor x or y, so i won’t elaborate. but--i visited the campus i’m now at the day i had to make a decision and met with some faculty on the roof of the new art building. the bay stretched the distance, sunkissed. when they left, i just sat, waiting for my mom to pick me up, and i started crying, because i felt so lucky, because i felt like i really had the opportunity to achieve my dreams, and i didn’t even know what those dreams were (i still don’t). i’m trying to hold on to that feeling.

it’s only been 10 weeks, and i definitely am having a good time (the cushiness of private school!), but i still miss my undergrad. i moved out of a 140 person co-op and into a 2 person apartment (heavily subsidized by my school) in the heart of silicon valley that i think is bigger than the house my parents live in. no more spontaneous dinner hangouts because campus is its own city and the downtown 1.5 miles away is too fucking expensive anyway. while the peninsula can’t compete with east bay, i have met some really radiant folks here, but i wish we hung out more. in the start of this year, when i was still living in berkeley, i was getting dinner or exploring the city or doing something dumb (or just doing work together and getting distracted) with people i really loved every day. i didn’t expect graduate students to be closer to working adults than undergrads in terms of their social lives, but that’s what i’m feeling. 2018: a year of foraging closer bonds, the kind that make you feel like you’re overflowing. also 2018: a year to get serious about school again. i feel like i just had a lot of fun in 2017! gotta work harder.

on being horny

this year i had a very necessary and very belated realization of my attraction to the White Man™ (just look at the kinds of media i idolized when i was younger, or my hometown). i was also in love, at some point, with two of them. one helped me formulate my own definitions and actions around romantic love (granted, this has always been/will always be happening, but it was a catalyst to get me to explicitly think about these things). one helped me further that and also breach into the realm of touch. i had identified somewhere in the grey ace spectrum for the last 4 years of my life (around the same time i realized gender was a painful lie, the same time i went to college and escaped white suburbia, stumbling upon the qpoc oasis i’m still trying to create in grad school) but i think a lot of it was because i associated sex with shame and denial. but hey, physical intimacy is cool! i know it seems painfully obvious, but it wasn’t to me.

six chronological selfies from 2017

mt haleakala at sunrise / cyprus at sunset / me as asian fuckboy / me as asian tourist in versailles / me as european fuckboy post italian haircut + glasses / the most beautiful place on earth

i wore 4 different pairs of glasses (most current not pictured) this year cuz i kept on breaking ‘em!! 2018: the year where my ass sits only on things it should.

#noon's shitty end of the year summary posts #2017 #mundane #i'm not going to comment on the macro events of 2018 cuz it's too damn sad

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15 TO WATCH/5 SPORTS TECH/POWER OF SPORTS 5: RICK HORROW’S TOP SPORTS/BIZ/TECH/PHILANTHROPY ISSUES FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 25 with Jacob Aere

With a firm handshake and swipe of a pen, the San Diego Padres up their quest to create America's Finest Baseball City. During a press conference officially announcing the signing of third baseman Manny Machado, Padres General Partner Peter Seidler said that Machado's record-setting, $300 million free agent contract was primarily an instinctual baseball decision. “We obviously talked a lot about this and we feel it makes financial sense for us. But it’s as much of a back of a napkin thing as anything,” he said. Seidler added he is confident there will be an incremental revenue lift from the Machado signing in core areas such as sponsorships, ticket sales, and merchandise. However, the 11th hour deal and the club’s poor on-field performance of late will make more meaningful financial gains a multiyear effort. “Ultimately, revenue follows winning and winning is what will really drive that revenue,” Seidler said. Every business decision comes with an opportunity cost, and for the Padres as well as a San Diego sports fan base still stinging from the loss of the Chargers, it's hard not to wonder whether that $300 million wouldn't be better spent shoring up the franchise's farm system than on one infamous slugger.

While Cactus and Grapefruit League games intensify, baseball sees its most significant participation gains since 2014. According to the Wall Street Journal, the number of people who played baseball in the U.S. "surged 21%" from 2014 to 2018, with nearly 15.9 million participants. Most of the gain has come from casual players who play baseball 1-12 times a year. The ranks of those "dabblers grew 53%, or by nearly 2.3 million people" since 2014. The growth of "more frequent baseball players was a modest 5% over four years." However, those numbers are better than in most other amateur sports. Tackle football participation "dropped 3.4% in the past five years," and hockey and soccer saw respective one-year drops of 3.8% and 4.3% in 2018. MLB credits the growth in part to a "program it launched" in 2015, Play Ball, that "holds programs across the nation." Last year, MLB and USA Baseball also "started a program for schools to introduce the game to kindergarten through fourth-grade students in gym classes." Drop offs in other sports are clearly baseball’s gain, and MLB is smart to partner with USA Baseball, Ripken Baseball, and other organizations teaching personal growth and leadership skills alongside baseball fundamentals.

As the NFL Combine opens in Indianapolis, Kyler Murray’s decision to choose the NFL over baseball will continue to be hotly debated. Ric Edelman is a founder of Edelman Financial Engines, which helps more than one million people make financial and career decisions. I asked Ric, would you have advised Murray to play in the NFL or go the MLB route? “In the short-term, Murray could make more money playing football,” Edelman said. “But, if he were to become a star baseball player, he would earn more money in the MLB in the long-term. Just look at the numbers. The top 10 draft picks in the NFL get about $17 million plus an $11 million bonus. By comparison, at least 38 MLB players have deals that large. But like all big financial and career decisions, there’s a lot of emotion involved. That’s why I think Murray made the right decision because he’s said that his heart lies between the hash marks. Besides, if the NFL doesn’t work out, he could go back to baseball, like Tim Tebow is doing now.” Murray’s decision will come under even more scrutiny in the wake of Manny Machado’s $300 million deal with the Padres. If Murray is smart, he will heed Edelman’s wisdom and stay on his current course.

And the Oscar for best ad sales goes to…the Internet. Disney-ABC TV Group's ad sales team confirmed it "sold off the last available unit" for ads during Sunday's Oscars telecast, and thirty-second spots were fetching $2.1-2.2 million, according to AdAge. But the big ad winner this year is digital. Spending on such digital channels as desktop, mobile, search, and social media is expected to pass traditional media formats in the U.S. this year, according to eMarketer, while spending on non-digital TV, radio, print, and billboards is projected to drop. Digital ad revenue was $26.2 billion in the third quarter of 2018, up 22% versus the year prior, according to a report from PwC U.S. It is highly likely that when the Nielsen ratings come in for this year’s Academy Awards telecast they’ll be down from years past – just like every other appointment viewing mega event including the Super Bowl. But it’s a safe assumption that mobile and social numbers for the global event will leap higher than Spike Lee into Samuel Jackson’s arms following his first ever Oscar win.

Investor Kyrie Irving stars in Beyond Meat campaign. Vegan food maker Beyond Meat has already gotten plenty of attention from athletes minding what they put in their finely-tuned bodies. According to Hashtag Sports, Beyond Meat put one of its new investors, Kyrie Irving, in the center of its new paid media push as the company, which has raised $122 million so far, gears up to go public. More and more NBA players are embracing a plant-based lifestyle that increasingly cuts red meat out of the picture. Irving isn't the only athlete interested in the venture; other new investors include a variety of retired and current sports stars including Shaquille O'Neill, Chris Paul, DeAndre Hopkins, Victor Oladipo, Lindsey Vonn, DeAndre Jordan, Harrison Barnes, Shaun White, and Luke Walton. Many athletes have sought to raise their performance by changing their diets. Now, they are literally putting their money where their mouths are as they financially back Beyond Meat.

The NBA ranked No. 3 on Fast Company's 2019 list of the Most Innovative Companies. The magazine noted that in 2018 the NBA "broke attendance records for the fourth straight season," had total revenue increase 25%, and saw its streaming service grow subscribers by 63%. Another reason for the NBA's ranking was the NBA 2K League, the "first extension of pro sports into esports, which has 21 teams and games that stream on Twitch." The NBA last year also "made a deal" with MGM Resorts International, "making it the first pro league to integrate real-time data into a gambling platform and enable the king of in-game micro-betting that keeps viewers watching each and every play." Other organizations with sports ties that were mentioned in the Fast Company rankings include Disney (No. 4), Peloton (No. 14), and Fanatics (No. 40). While the NBA’s competitive expansion has been undertaken by other American sports leagues, the NBA’s international makeup and the success of its many foreign national players have been major factors in its worldwide popularity.

The NFL suffers another black eye with news of Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s impending arrest for solicitation of prostitution. Kraft, one of the NFL’s most influential figures, was charged Friday in connection with an investigation of several massage parlors in Florida suspected of human trafficking ties. According to the Washington Post, an arrest warrant for the 77-year-old billionaire, whose team won its sixth Super Bowl since 2002 this month, will be issued this week for the prostitution-related charges, both misdemeanors. “The charges against Kraft stemmed from a months-long investigation of several massage parlors in three counties in southeast Florida suspected of forcing immigrant employees to engage in sex acts with customers.” Kraft was among 25 men facing charges. The NFL said in a written statement, “The NFL is aware of the ongoing law enforcement matter and will continue to monitor developments.” Kraft could certainly face discipline from the league under its personal conduct policy, which covers owners as well as players.

World No. 2, 17-time Major Champion and three-time BNP Paribas Open Champion Rafael Nadal headlines “Rafa & Friends.” The event is the first-ever Eisenhower Cup presented by Masimo – a one-night Tie Break Tens event scheduled for Tuesday, March 5 during the 2019 BNP Paribas Open. Joining Nadal for the $150,000 winner-take-all event at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden are World No. 8 and 2018 French Open finalist Dominic Thiem; World No. 14 and 2016 Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic; eight-time ATP Tour winner Gael Monfils; and others. The fast-paced, innovative Tie Break Tens format consists of first to ten-point tie break matches. The players will be divided into two groups for round-robin play, followed by a final match between the group play winners, for a total of seven matches during the course of the evening. All proceeds from the event will benefit four local charities: Masimo’s Patient Safety Movement; Eisenhower Health; Bighorn Golf Club Charities; and Family YMCA of the Desert. The event echoes the "Hit for Haiti" exhibition match organized by Roger Federer in 2010, which raised close to $200,000 for the earthquake torn country.

Tennis World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has a new endorsement with Ultimate Software that includes assignments for his team members. Djokovic is a Lacoste endorser, but will now wear an Ultimate Software patch. Djokovic’s coach, agent, physiotherapist and others will be required to wear an Ultimate Software cap when in the player’s box during matches. The deal mimics one struck last year for another IMG client, Madison Keys. In Keys’ case, it was born out of necessity because Nike, another of her sponsors, would not allow any other logos on her apparel. Florida-based Ultimate Software specializes in HR and payroll software, and also sponsors the Miami Heat and golfer Patrick Reed. An IMG Tennis spokesperson declined to say if the Djokovic team would get paid for wearing the caps. However, Keys’ IMG agent, Max Eisenbud, said the player herself was paying part of her endorsement fee to her team members for wearing the caps. It takes a hatted village to produce a champion tennis player, and it’s only fair that the villagers are compensated.

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field in front of a "wet sellout crowd of 69,620" as part of the Coors Light Stadium Series. Despite forecasts of strong rains, the Philadelphia Inquirer noted the "heavy stuff didn’t really ever come down." There was "noticeable pooling along the rink’s edges and particularly in the corners, stopping the puck as if in mud." Despite the "heavier late-game rain, the plan for NBC remained the same. Also part of the weekend success was the PreGame at the 2019 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series, the official fan festival. Highlights of PreGame events included the American Legacy Black Hockey History Tour, a mobile museum showcasing black hockey history, and sponsor activations including Coors Light Slapshot; the Dunkin' Fan Zone; a custom penalty box photo opportunity from GEICO; and the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. Despite the rain, outdoor hockey prevails again.

ESPN has cemented its plans for global coverage of the 2019 Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi. Coverage will begin with a live three-hour special on the Opening Ceremony from Zayed Sports City Stadium on ESPNEWS. The 2019 Special Olympics World Games will span March 14-21, and ESPN’s coverage of these Games will include more live coverage of competition than ever before, offering multiple live feeds each day on ESPN3, delivering more than 25 hours of live coverage across venues and competitions including swimming, soccer, volleyball, basketball and more. Additionally, ESPN will produce an evening studio program airing on ESPN2 and ABC, bringing viewers the stories, athlete profiles, and features from around the 2019 World Games, as well as recapping key results from each days’ competitions. Keep an eye out as we make a special announcement regarding the Special Olympics in the near future.

The Raiders "appear to be close to wrapping up a deal to keep the team playing" at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum this year and "possibly" in 2020. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, an announcement is expected "this week or early next week.” A source said, "It's for one year for sure, with an option for the second year." Under the proposed deal, the Raiders would pay $7.5 million this year, with the rent rising to $10.5 million "if the team stays on" through 2020 in the event that its new $1.8 billion Las Vegas stadium is not ready. Of all the relocation possibilities floated in the last couple of months, from playing in San Francisco to Santa Clara to San Diego, staying put in Oakland is the most sensible plan for the Raiders, and certainly for their fan base there. With the Warriors set to relocate across the Bay to San Francisco next season and the A’s continuing to push for a new bayside ballpark, the Raiders will have more of the hometown spotlight to themselves, which could come in handy if their win-loss record doesn’t improve.

The United States Soccer Federation provisionally sanctioned the National Independent Soccer Association as a professional soccer league, clearing the way for the league to begin play in the fall of 2019. Clubs in Atlanta, Charlotte, New England, and Philadelphia have already announced their efforts to be part of the league, with the rest expected to go public in the coming days. Unlike other American soccer leagues, NISA will play a fall-to-spring season with a winter break, allowing time off during December and January. Upstart offseason pro leagues seem to be all the rage in both football and futbol these days. While NISA has not yet announced a TV carriage deal, the cities on board thus far have proven to be strong soccer markets, which should bode well at least for modest success.

Tom Dundon rescued the Alliance of American Football with a big cash infusion, proving he’s not one of Don Cherry’s “Bunch of Jerks.” The Alliance of American Football has introduced NHL Hurricanes Owner Tom Dundon as the league's new Chairman after his commitment of $250 million last week "enabled the AAF to meet" its financial obligations, according to The Athletic and other sources. Without new investors, there was a "good chance it was going to miss payroll last Friday." Dundon "will continue in his role" with the Hurricanes. About the AAF, one source said, "Without a new, nine-figure investor, nobody is sure what would have happened.” The Hurricanes have also been in the news cycle recently over the comments made by announcer Cherry about their unique victory celebrations, which recently included a limbo line. The team turned Cherry’s “Bunch of Jerks” criticism into a $32 T-shirt that fans have snapped up close to 5,000 so far.

Breakdancing is among four sports shortlisted by the Paris 2024 organizing committee for inclusion at the Olympic Games. According to SportsPro, organizers have proposed to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that surfing, sport climbing, and skateboarding also retain their places as additional sports on the program in five years' time. The IOC will consider the proposal before putting it to the executive board at its next meeting of representatives March 26-28, and must reach a decision by December 2020. Surfing, sport climbing, and skateboarding are all making their Olympic debuts at next year’s Games in Tokyo, but 2024 would mark the first time the multi-sport event has featured breakdancing. Breakdancing competitions at Paris 2024 would take the form of head-to-head battles in a similar format used when the sport was included at last year’s Youth Olympics in the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires. Paris 2024 said breakdancing was an “obvious choice” for inclusion given that France has the second-highest levels of participation in the discipline behind the U.S. However, the move was considered a blow for sports such as baseball, softball and karate, the additional sports included on the Tokyo 2020 program.

Top Five Tech

Qatar sports channel beIN Sports has been linked with a possible acquisition by the French company Canal Plus. If the move were to be completed, Canal’s sports rights would increase and its subscriber base would swell to 3.5 million. Although Canal + has struggled with some of its subscriber base shrinking in recent months, this potential deal, which should be completed by summer, would help to address that issue. According to Broadband TV News, both beIN Sport and Canal + lost a substantial chunk of coverage of the French football federation under last May’s deal with Mediapro, which in 2020 will receive rights to cover eight out of 10 weekly Ligue 1 matches. Back in June 2016, the Autorité de la Concurrence barred Canal from an exclusive distribution agreement with beIN Sports, so this is an attempt to at least pull even in a market that it used to dominate.

The NHL receives an extension from Snapchat to add hockey highlights and curated stories. According to Variety, the NHL is delivering a new weekly highlights show on Snapchat to recap the top 10 plays of the previous week and will produce Curated Our Stories for select games and marquee events, making the NHL the first pro sports league to use Snapchat’s third-party curation tools. The NHL is bolstering its Snapchat presence because the league sees unusually high engagement on the platform, particularly among users under 30. Millions of hockey fans share images and videos on the platform every day, and the expanded NHL-Snap partnership includes Bitmoji outfits for all 31 of the league’s teams as well as utilizing geofilters for every team’s home arena. “NHL Highlights,” which will hit Snapchat’s Discover every Wednesday, is produced by Disney Streaming Services, which also operates the NHL app and NHL.TV out-of-market subscription-streaming package in partnership with the league. NHL’s social media engagement numbers are the best of the big American sports. By increasing the volume of digital content, the NHL should see more fans gravitate to the league.

Hulu kicks off its new live sports campaign with some help from basketball athletes. NBA stars Joel Embiid, Damian Lillard, and Giannis Antetokounmpo have signed endorsement deals with over-the-top streaming platform Hulu. Embiid and Lillard activated their deals during the recent NBA All-Star weekend with TV advertising campaigns and social media posts. The campaign is centered on the concept of the players “selling out” to promote Hulu’s live sports content, as accounts for each of the players would have such hashtags as #ad, #paid, #sponsored, #hulupaidme, #neversellout, and #hulusellouts. Although Hulu is best known as an entertainment streaming platform, it also offers live TV on a short-term contract option. According to SportsPro, Hulu also said it added eight million subscribers in 2018 and closed its fiscal year with more than 25 million total subscribers across its subscription on demand and live TV plans in the U.S. The key will be convincing users to shell out big bucks for its live TV service, which comes in at $39.99 per month.

The AI-Powered SendtoNews (STN) signs a multiyear deal with NASCAR Digital Media. According to Media Post, NASCAR Digital Media signed a multiyear deal with AI-powered sports content and monetization service SendtoNews just ahead of last week's Daytona 500 to give NASCAR access to STN’s user network of 1,600 publishers and its Smart Match video platform. As part of the deal, STN will host a library for its publishers comprising NASCAR race highlights, in-car footage, driver interviews, and other footage from the NASCAR Cup Series, XFinity Series, and Truck Series, adding millions of unique views to NASCAR’s content. STN reports that its platform provides a 99% unduplicated audience when compared to NASCAR’s owned-and-operated properties which should allow the brand to reach new audiences without duplicating efforts across its own. SendtoNews is the most recent deal to try and boost NASCAR’s dwindling fan base and push the sport back into the limelight.

Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost starred in a new commercial for Verizon that ran during the Sunday night’s Academy Awards broadcast. According to the Kansas City Star, Yost has "credited a cell phone with being the reason he is alive today." After a "horrific fall from a tree stand at his farm in Georgia" following the 2017 season, Yost's pelvis was "shattered and he was unable to get help." He was able to use his cell phone to call his wife and was "airlifted from his property and had emergency surgery." From now on, if inquisitive reporters were to ever ask Yost “who are you wearing?” he’s most likely to say, “Verizon.”

Power of Sports Five

Basketball Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman promotes healthy lifestyles and educational opportunities for young girls and boys at her gala. According to CultureMap Dallas, celebrities such as actor Burton Gilliam, ESPN “Sports Center” anchor Jay Harris, and country singer Imaj mingled with an array of athletes including Deion Sanders, Rick Barry, Ed Belfour, Tim Brown, Homer Bush, and Rick Carlisle among many others on a night when Lieberman presented NBA champion Julius "Dr. J" Erving with a Trailblazer Award, and actor-musician Ice Cube with the Lifetime Achievement Award. All proceeds from the evening go to Nancy Lieberman Charities, which are dedicated to expanding and ensuring that educational and sports opportunities exist for economically disadvantaged youth. Lieberman’s network of charities serves students across the U.S. with basketball camps, clinics, Dream Courts, college scholarships, and school supply programs. It’s a good time for “Lady Magic” to spearhead a gala, as WNBA coverage is on the rise and her storied career and business experience could be crucial for popularizing the women’s league.

Three female coaches in the Alliance of American Football are just the beginning to hire more women in the sport. According to CBS Sports, Jen Welter alongside Birmingham Iron defensive line assistant Lo Locust and Arizona Hotshots wideouts assistant Jennifer King are the three women currently coaching in the new AAF league. The AAF's head of football development, Hines Ward, noted that the blueprint for hiring the women in the league was the NFL's Bill Walsh Minority Coaching Fellowship. Locust, a longtime assistant coach at various levels, from high school to arena, spent the past year as a defensive line intern with the Baltimore Ravens, while King was an intern with the Carolina Panthers. Ward says that the AAF is a league of opportunity and after a $250 million bailout during its second week, it’s good to see that certain initiatives may separate it from the NFL and allow the football league to create its own identity.

Cleveland Browns QB Baker Mayfield raises money for the Special Olympics. The event is a Special Olympics Ohio Cleveland Polar Plunge that raised money for athletes who are petitioning for the full inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities. According to 247 Sports, the February 23 event at Edgewater beach and Mayfield also gave away a pair of signed Bose headphones to one lucky participant. The quarterback had previously announced that he was teaming up with Barstool Sports to benefit the Special Olympics in the greater Cleveland area with a merchandise line featuring flags, sweatshirts, and T-shirts. 100% of net proceeds go towards supporting the Special Olympics. After Mayfield and fiance Emily Wilkinson played Secret Santa during the holidays and the quarterback played in a charity softball game to benefit victims of the fires and shooting in Thousand Oaks, the No.1 pick shows no signs of slowing down his charitable arm.

Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainright’s charity makes its mark in the Dominican Republic. Wainwright is also the co-founder of non-profit organization, Big League Impact (BLI). According to Yahoo Sports, their goal is to connect players and fans with communities in need around the world. In 2018 alone, BLI raised a total of $1.07 million for communities in need with help from 24 total major league players, a partnership with Yahoo Sports, and the generosity of thousands of fans. Last December, Wainwright and others spent time in the Dominican Republic and in partnership with Food for the Hungry, BLI created the “Striking Out Poverty” campaign. Through “Striking Out Poverty,” $200,000 was raised for various projects across the Dominican Republic including baseball fields, water systems, and food and farming programs. Players like Wainwright will be hosting events at Top Golf locations as well as private fantasy league drafts in stadiums across the country to raise awareness about Big League Impact for the upcoming season.

The Chelsea and Manchester City Carabao Cup final matchup at Wembley will feature a focus on mental health. According to Sports Mole, the mental health charity Mind has already forged a two-year partnership with the English Football League that started at the beginning of this season. As part of its collaboration with the EFL and Carabao Cup, Mind ran a host of activities related to mental health before the last Sunday’s afternoon matchup in order to raise awareness and highlight the support the charity provides. By bringing mental health initiatives to a widely watched football event, Paul Farmer, Mind CEO, hoped to ensure fans that they always have somewhere to turn to when dealing with mental health problems. More than just another big ‘football’ clash, this Carabao Cup final blended a social initiative into the English Football League.

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what i'm interested according to facebook ads topics

Feb 19th

i’ve downloaded my facebook data today and it was very interesting to kind of go back in time while looking at things i’ve done on my digital/social life since i’ve created an account (nov 2006).

These are the ads topics that i’m interested in according to my facebook data:

Youth Lagoon

Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Aventura

Home video game console

Hour

Solidarity

Escape pod

McSweeney's

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Public broadcasting

60 metres

Vivo (telecommunications)

Guto Requena

Parsons School of Design

Artnet

Joan Cornellà

Table tennis at the Summer Olympics

Amazon Student

Vitis

Hammer throw

Exame (magazine)

Humanities

Monologue

TV5Monde

AIESEC in Brazil

ClickBus

jerome jarre

A Mighty Girl

Baroque pop

Fernanda Lima

mofilm

Trama (mycology)

Simon & Garfunkel discography

Miles Davis

Observatório da Imprensa

Kelis

Badminton

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Tiny Furniture

Morgan Library & Museum

Weta Workshop

Motherboard

Torta

Goethe-Institut

Organism

Bamboo

BoA

Le Lis Blanc

Frank Ocean

Amy Poehler's Smart Girls

Quartz

Moringa

Latitude

Sketchbooks

Cutty Sark (whisky)

Flea

Totem

StreetArtGlobe

Independent record label

scarface

Funhouse

Republic

Panda (band)

Aion (Japanese band)

Road

Lisbon

Jinx (DC Comics)

Artforum

Hugo Weaving

The Creators Project

Brilliant.org

Degustation

Hostel (2005 film)

Mystery film

Livery

Planá (Tachov District)

Consortium

Simon & Garfunkel

Launch vehicle

Secret NYC

Exame

Nerds (candy)

childish gambino

Braun (company)

Deception Point

médicos sem fronteiras

H2 (TV network)

Tropicália

Workers' Party (Brazil)

Tisch School of the Arts

Zine

Governors Ball Music Festival

Printed Matter, Inc

WeWork

HuffPost Women

Andre (band)

Smot (chanting)

Decriminalization

Vine (service)

Garance Doré

Meta, Campania

MIT Media Lab

Taste of Cinema

New York University School of Law

Pole vault

Anthology film

Coconut Records (musician)

Frequency

Levant

Sensacionalista

Special effect

Artist-in-residence

Navigation

Bananal, São Paulo

States of Brazil

1900 Summer Olympics

Steering wheel

IEEE Standards Association

revista piauí

Pro Evolution Soccer

romantic comedies

D-A-D

the cool hunter

Flux

Getty Images

HuffPost Brasil

René Aubry

Kizomba

Knot (unit)

Palestine Liberation Organization

King Krule

Room

New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA)

Thread (computing)

Kite

News magazine

Rozendaal

Lincoln Center

SOS

Sigur Rós

Urbanus

Steeplechase (athletics)

Romário

Shaivism

Gilberto Gil

Museum of the Moving Image (New York City)

Olympic medal

Sochi

Formigueiro

2016 Summer Olympics

Landform

Tijuca

Arte

Dream pop

Opala .

Orquestra Voadora

Forum for Urban Design

Móveis Coloniais de Acaju

Fair

History of Europe

800 metres

Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger

Illuminated manuscript

Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência

Financial Times Global 500

Moog Music Inc.

The Intercept

Democratic Labour Party (Brazil)

Bossa nova

Western Europe

Rio, I Love You

Rama

Freak folk

Epic film

Protest

Psychedelic pop

New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science

Extremis

guardian

Mediterranean Sea

Operating system

El Hormiguero

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Araucaria angustifolia

Shot put

Helianthus

Dr. Martens

Extended play

Nectar

Ariel Pink

do bem™

Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)

Plastic

Blake Edwards

2020 Summer Olympics

Laurus nobilis

London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Queremos

Carl Linnaeus

Selectism

Megaforce Records

Nike Soccer

Giorgio Moroder

Moog synthesizer

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

400 metres hurdles

Portmanteau

Dance-punk

Prix Ars Electronica

enlace

The Awl

CreativeApplications.Net

DOS

Glossary of musical terminology

Jout Jout Prazer

Sensationalism

Rosin

100 metres

República

Marshmallow

void

Rodrigo Hilbert

Tank (magazine)

Deborah Colker

Fundação Estudar

Música popular brasileira

IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society

AIESEC

Rio (2011 film)

Casablanca

Quentin Tarantino Movies

Cactus

CRESCER E VIVER

Brooklyn Museum

100 metres at the Olympics

Lego The Lord of the Rings (video game)

Beach House (album)

Helianthus annuus

Noisey

Infinitum

Nova (TV series)

Common quail

NOO

Woody Allen

Hudson River

Award

Samba-enredo

fear

The Week

The Proud Family

Bubblegum pop

Drive-through

110 metres hurdles

Guarda, Portugal

2010 Winter Olympics

ARTE Concert

The Party (film)

Mare

Ben Gibbard

AD Parla

Christopher Lee

International System of Units

Darcy Ribeiro

Sport Club Internacional

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Psychosis

GBK

Frank Ocean discography

Mini (marque)

It's Nice That

Study in Germany

Orient

IEEE Communications Society

Victoria Harbour

Acne Studios

Sea of Shoes

eMAG

Pagode

Réunion

Oboe

Fernando Gabeira

Quartz (publication)

Jornal Meia Hora

Líbano, Tolima

Kings of Convenience

NewYorker

EF Brasil - Intercâmbio

Residency Unlimited

Grass

Samba-canção

Sagmeister & Walsh

Araucária

Vertigo

BAMcinématek

Hyperallergic

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Nowness

Hyperbole

The Tallest Man on Earth

Wednesday

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Dark wave

2014 Winter Olympics

Olaria Atlético Clube

Cachaça

Smaller Earth

Kingston upon Hull

Plastic bag

Space Shuttle

Hyphen

One Million Voices Against FARC

Muda (Japanese term)

Lightning strike

Eunápolis

Sketchbook

Guillermo del Toro

Brazilian science and technology

Phonebloks

Silent film

John Mayer Trio

Paste (food)

Ralph Bakshi

Chevrolet Opala

vox

A&E Networks

Hunna

Levante UD

Brownie (folklore)

Mad Decent Block Party

Etapes

best vines

Hurdling

Piracy

Beautiful/Decay Magazine

Anima Mundi (event)

Trip hop

Long jump

Street

Perestroika

Winter Olympic Games

The Dodos

VFX Solidarity International

Green Party (Brazil)

Mobile, Alabama

Pali

Roman Forum

Party (role-playing games)

List of Sonic the Hedgehog characters

Moog Music

MUBI

Discus throw

Gold medal

Frontier

Ema (Shinto)

Xcaret Park

Sliced bread

Post-punk

Sambass

ClickBus

gus

Xcaret

Death Cab for Cutie

breakfast at tiffanys

Catcher In The Rye

Vuze

D3 road (Croatia)

Buga, Valle del Cauca

Loungerie Intimates

Cut, copy, and paste

Binders full of women

Carnival block

Social class

Médecins Sans Frontières

Local Natives

Maxxie Oliver

The Last King of Scotland (film)

End Homophobia

Dazed & Confused (magazine)

graduate

Individual Olympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Samba

Svetlana Kuznetsova

Toda Criança Pode Aprender

Little Joy

Girls Who Code

Pes

Munchies (film)

Robert Moog

Partido alto

Pictoplasma

New Art Dealers Alliance

Alto

Bois de Boulogne

Control key

Bus

uber

Cereal Magazine

Diego Ribas da Cunha

Dia Art Foundation

Bolt (2008 film)

Agência Pública

MOODs

Human Development Index

Z (Aion album)

MIMO

Power station

Marcelo Freixo

The Antlers (band)

Shiva

spicy food

Rhythm

(Le) Poisson Rouge

Boiler Room

Unidentified flying object

200 metres

Girls (comics)

Print on demand

That '70s Show (Official)

Sociedade Esportiva do Gama

Ondina

Colossal

Mae

Psychological thriller

Artsy

Escola Nacional de Belas Artes

Music Photographers

design-dautore.com

MTV Europe Music Awards

Vuze Bittorrent Client

Biographical film

Poorly Drawn Lines

Piauí (magazine)

Mac DeMarco

Non-governmental organization

Propaganda

StreetArtGlobe

Olympic Games ceremony

Vila-seca

Tijuca Forest

Sarah

Pedro (footballer, born July 1987)

Inhotim

Praia da Vitória

MyFrenchFilmFestival.com

Mandrake the Magician

Vector space

Convenience store

The Beach (film)

Indie folk

Multi-sport event

São Paulo

New York (magazine)

OZY

Midfielder

Action Bronson

Jerry Mouse

Philippines at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Vinicius de Moraes

npr music

Link (knot theory)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

British rock

Gaia (mythology)

I-D

Fountain

Italo disco

Skins (UK TV series)

James Blake (musician)

Nord (French department)

Token ring

Comparison of BitTorrent clients

Kinescope

Courage

Nõo

Helianthus annuus

e-flux

Cave

Seed

High jump

Cultural diversity

2000 Summer Olympics

Instituto Moreira Salles

2012 Summer Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Belgium

Designtaxi

Anima mundi

Academic journal

Military dictatorship

Dumont, New Jersey

Wilfred

Adaptations of The Lord of the Rings

Glass House

Somos tão Jovens

Domestic worker

Units of measurement

Porvir

Ars Electronica Center

Bubble wrap

Summer Olympic Games

Atlantic Records

Bon Iver discography

CCBB Rio de Janeiro

Sovereign state

Oriente (Ecuador)

Ministry of Education (Brazil)

Sigur Rós discography

Condé Nast

Nanotechnology

Emporium (antiquity)

CPI

Céu

Mark magazine

Thought Catalog

Spaceflight

Sanskrit

The City of the Sun

Sense

Temple

Student exchange program

Ciência sem Fronteiras

Grammatical mood

Comic strip

Third Man Records

Collection catalog

Devendra Banhart

Mammal

Tictail

Cell nucleus

Blue-eyed soul

Facebook Lite

Carona, Ticino

Celina, Ohio

Residency (medicine)

MGMT (album)

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Cronus

Heima

La Blogothèque

Public library

Help Kids with Cancer

Russia

Trem Desportivo Clube

Cooper Union

Professional wrestling promotion

Opening ceremony

binders full women

Bar da Praia

República (Nepalese newspaper)

Bento

Ethnic groups

The New School

Chico Buarque

Smile (band)

Institution

The Cure (The Cure album)

List of Girls episodes

Associação Quatro Patinhas

MyFonts

IEEE 1541-2002

Gus Van Sant

Fictional film

400 metres

MIT Technology Review

International Olympic Committee

Port

Computing

Fuerza Bruta Wayra

awl

Design Milk

Studio

Earth, Wind & Fire

Ian Holm

Pingu

Middle-distance running

Foster the People discography

European Union

Parque Lage

Mixcloud

Jah Wobble

Vox (blogging platform)

John Mayer discography

Videos

Hue

Unbreakable

Tempo

Piauí