Blog Man on Campus: Text Message in a Bottle
If Josh Duboff's (Y '08) blog, Text Message in a Bottle, looks like he made it in five minutes, that's because he probably did. What kind of stuff does he blog about? Certainly not ideas or politics, if that's what you were thinking. Some observational humor, some quirkography, and a lot of bitching about pop culture -- all in the best tradition of the internet.
I read the whole archive, and it's pretty funny. Here are two entries from a list (there are a lot of lists) entitled "awkward moments:"
1) When you are on the subway and your iPod happens to be on something like "Glamorous" by Fergie or "Bye Bye Bye" by N' Sync (this has never happened to me, obviously) and the cool guy who has just the right amount of facial hair and those really big noise-canceling headphones who is sitting next to you glimpses the album art on your iPod and looks away smirking.
3) When you are sitting with your friend Ed in the dining hall and that girl who you met at that party who you talked to for like 45 minutes walks by and you say to Ed, "Oh, that's Kara! You'll love her. She's great - really funny." "Kara," you shout! She doesn't hear you, it seems, and keeps on walking with her gaggle of girlfriends in hip outfits to the back of the dining hall. You shout "Kara!" again, this time a little softer (it's more for show than for actually getting her attention at this point). She doesn't turn around. Ed looks down at his half-eaten lasagna.
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November 13th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
good find, ivygate–one of my favorite blogs. consistently funny.
November 13th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
He needs a new layout, the default blogspot layouts immediately turn-off readers. Also, I wonder if that first comment is from Josh himself.
November 13th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
hey keggy, arent you like an 06
November 13th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Keggy is more a legacy than an individual
November 13th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
keggy is more a basketball jesus than a larry bird
November 13th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
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November 13th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Duboff went to my high school – kind of self-obsessed, if the fact that he keeps a blog devoted almost entirely to lists didn’t tip you off already.
November 13th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Duboff went to my high school – kind of self-obsessed, if the fact that he keeps a blog devoted almost entirely to arbitrary lists of his “impressions” didn’t tip you off already.
November 13th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
the fact that you followed a news story about him on ivygate and then commented on it might suggest that you, too, are obsessed w/ duboff. creeper.
November 13th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Actually, a lot of it was pretty funny. I don’t really consider keeping lists of awkward moments as being “self-obsessed”. More like observant and accurate. I know I definitely had that same ipod experience this past weekend.
November 14th, 2007 at 7:06 am
I can’t believe that this blog is being criticized! First of all, I take issue with Ivygate’s assertion that Josh is not discussing “ideas.” (Think about it. That’s an idiotic statement.) Secondly, it’s kind of refreshing to read a non-political blog, especially one that is so creative and fun to read. Thirdly, the blog is much more than funny — it’s ingeniously original. How long would it take YOU to write such witty entries, let alone COME UP with some of the stuff he writes about?
And if we want to be picky, Ivygate, colons go outside quotation marks.
November 14th, 2007 at 10:10 am
Did you even read the post, inawe? I see IvyGate praising the blog.
November 14th, 2007 at 10:38 am
this blog is great..glad Ivygate found it so I can read it. It doesn’t matter to me if the author is “self-obsessed” because this guy can write!
November 14th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
I hate when people are so quick to jump on ivygate’s case that they do it before even realizing that they’re arguing the same exact opinion as ivygate (I’m looking at you inawe).
February 25th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
this guy censors all mildly derogatory comments. i wrote that one of his posts wasnt up to the standard of other posts and he deleted it! there was no foul language or personal criticism, yet he couldnt bear to have it on his site. this guy really is self absorbed!
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