c -walk?

So I'm paddling through the electro surf on youtube, and I do a search for Outkast which leads me to this kid doing the crip walk in his living room which leads me to this wikipedia entry which leads me back to youtube to a whole bunch of crip walk media ( as well as blood walking ). Then I google "crip blog" and I come across this site which leads me to the postings of this girl from Indy. Her posts are this chaotic blend of gang lingo mixed with netspeak. On February 9th she posts that she thinks she's pregnant. Suddenly we see this scared teenager drop the gang girl pose. She's absent for a few months, and then posts that it was a false alarm, and the tough girl is back.

So where am I going with this?
I'm not sure.

There are a million different stories that I could follow from just this tangential journey.
-What is a gang??
-Gang subcultures and rituals
-The growth of independent viral gang media
-The connection of gangs and hip hop
-Race/class/economics...?
-How do police, parents, teachers, etc. define a gang?
-How do they define themselves?
-What about wannabe culture?
-If you post on a site devoted to promoting gang culture, make videos of yourself crip walkin', take pictures of yourself in gang colors, does that make you a gang member?

on and on and on...

Good source for a movie.
Now I just need to find a filmmaker...
Hold on a second.
What am I saying?
Gotta go.

art is toxic

I'm doing research for a possible art project and I came across this site.
I love that they have a whole section devoted to gear for pets and kids.

meltdown

Why does this remind me of Bellona in Dhalgren?
The idea that there is this ghost city in the Ukraine still glowing with poison from Chernobyl is strangely attractive in some way.
I have the bizarre desire to put on a heavy duty hazmat suit and play in the ruins of this man-made Pompeii.

Nepal

This photo just blows me away.
When was the last time you saw someone in this country who feels passionate enough about his political views to take on the police with a wrist rocket??
phalano.com is a great blog about the protests going on in Nepal.
It makes me feel kind of guilty and spoiled.
Maybe I'll write a letter to my representative.
It's a start.

(via boingboing)