Global Friends
Sovok of the Week makes an intriguing comparison between Voronezh activsts of the early 80’s and Ann Arbor “conscientious grad students” of today, drawing from housing ads for co-ops and non-co-op houses. The best one is the two guys seeking “global friends.”
I get a message saying “Sorry, you can’t access this file directly…” when I visit that link.
posted by George on December 8th, 2003 at 1:24 pmThanks for pointing that out - should be all fixed now.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on December 8th, 2003 at 1:34 pmWell, Ann Arbor may have changed in the last ten years, but as one of the earliest members of Black Elk in my undergrad days, I am happy to report that some things haven’t changed one bit.
Incidentally, last time I drove by I noticed that the front lawn still looks like shit. That’s because we decided that, “front lawns are bourgeois, suburban, and obnoxious. Plus, mowing sucks. Therefore we are rototilling ours under and planting wildflowers.” The measure passed unanimously.
Ah, youth.
posted by Anna on December 8th, 2003 at 1:47 pmThanks, guys, for giving us coverage. The topic of the article is so huge that one short piece does not do it justice. By the way, look out for this week’s exposé of “Whole Foods”. I think it will go so well with everything this site is about.
posted by Vadim on December 8th, 2003 at 1:54 pmAnna, you lived in the oops house?
Cool. Mowing *does* suck, and black elk does have the triangle park for frisbee-throwing and other grassy activities…
(double meanings intended.)
posted by Murph on December 8th, 2003 at 3:51 pmWe would have used that park more often if we hadn’t been afraid that the frat boys would beat the hell out of us, Crips-style.
posted by Anna on December 8th, 2003 at 3:57 pmOh — and I just remembered the other motive. We wanted to piss off the cranky woman next door, who somehow accidentally bought her house on frat row instead of in the OFW.
posted by Anna on December 8th, 2003 at 4:00 pm