Stacy’s Blog Has Got It Going On
We may be a bit more domesticated lately than we were in those heady Diaryland days of Bill Knapp’s-bashing and spelling “sucks” with an x, but we still appreciate a good hate mail or blog feud, so it was refreshing to read this post, from a blogger named Stacy:
[T]he very first Welcome to the Confessional Idiot Award goes to whomever created http://www.annarborisoverrated.com. This lovely blog has provided reasons why Ann Arbor sucks (which, as far as I can tell, are the cost of living and the fact that Zingerman’s once dared to put mayo on his sandwich) since May 2002. That’s a really long time to rant. Idiot Boy (I’ve assumed this individual to be male) claims he cannot move out of Ann Arbor because he is still a graduate student.
Agrees one commenter, “What’s especially sad is how many people comment! How does he get so many readers?” Our mordant wit, duh. (Oh, Dale, Dave, FAA — we totally didn’t realize we were overdrawn this month! It won’t happen again.)
Stacy’s very next post is somewhat different in theme:
I spent three weeks unable to either shower or cook in my apartment … My ceilings had holes the entire time. I didn’t have a floor for at least two and a half weeks, possibly longer.
Some people apparently don’t have anything better to do than not shower, look at the holes in their ceilings and expect their landlords to provide a floor when they could be out enjoying all the great activities that A2 has to offer.
Aw, thanks for the linkage, Nameless One. My apartment (which is fixed now) is actually located outside of Ann Arbor and cannot be included in the reasons why Ann Arbor sucks.
posted by Stacy on March 23rd, 2007 at 11:55 amHugs and kisses,
Stacy
Hmmm…good point, is AAIO specifically referring to the city of Ann Arbor, AA Township, or the general Ann Arbor area? After all, we wouldn’t want the ‘overrated’ label to cross strict city boundaries.
posted by Matthew on March 23rd, 2007 at 12:11 pmSince the whole ‘point out the hypocritical in self-important town’ thing seems to be played out, maybe AAiOR could become a place to criticize other, more popular blogs.
To be fair though, you did pay $12 for that sandwich at Zingermans…. mayonnaise, seriously.
posted by ryan on March 23rd, 2007 at 12:39 pmStacy, whatever stats program you’re using that gets referrers in two hours, I’m switching to it!
posted by ann arbor is overrated on March 23rd, 2007 at 1:05 pmStacy’s apartment has to be located outside of AA because the rent in the city is so inflated.
posted by simplehiker on March 23rd, 2007 at 1:09 pmThe mini-DJ who gets songs stuck inside my head would like to thank you for the title of this post.
I do love the assumption that AAIO is male, though. Fantastic.
posted by Jen on March 23rd, 2007 at 1:15 pmThe cost of living in Ann Arbor, for the record, is at the very least much higher than living in Madison.
As Madison is my standard Ann Arbor comparable city, only with a state capitol, I’d say the rent-anger is justified. Just scanning, there seems to be a lack of anything more than $500/person on the Craigslist Madison page. Ann Arbor… well, right now, it’s overwhelmingly over $500/person, or at least $400.
posted by Jen on March 23rd, 2007 at 1:20 pmSorry, replace “person” with “bedroom”. kthxbye.
posted by Jen on March 23rd, 2007 at 1:20 pmI don’t really know the melody of “Stacy’s Mom,” so I’m immune. I really did a number on myself with that “Do You Have to Let It Nordlinger” post, though.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on March 23rd, 2007 at 1:23 pmMordant wit + song lyric puns = blogging gold, Jerry!
posted by Dave on March 23rd, 2007 at 1:36 pmOK, I read this line of Stacy’s as an obscene put down:
“Get a hobby, Idiot Boy. No, another hobby.”
So when this paragraph came immediately after that, I almost snorted my coffee:
“Lately, I’ve had this tingling in my fingers and palms and a pain in my forearms, which has caused me to wonder if I’m developing carpal tunnel.”
posted by mw on March 23rd, 2007 at 1:55 pmPsht, I think Stacy just noticed her new comments and tracked ‘em back to the source, AAIO.
I hae to say, anyone blogging about chasing cute doctors doesn’t have a lot of room to criticize other people’s blogging predilections.
posted by Chris on March 23rd, 2007 at 2:00 pmI love Ann Arbor and I love Ann Arbor is Overrated. I take my love for Ann Arbor with a grain of AAIO-flavored salt. (Which is cheaper than the salt at Zingerman’s, am I right? Har har har?)
posted by srah on March 23rd, 2007 at 2:48 pmP.S. You should try StatCounter if you’re not already. I like it.
posted by srah on March 23rd, 2007 at 2:51 pmAt least I don’t willingly live in fucking Milan.
posted by HNG on March 23rd, 2007 at 2:58 pmAnother one for the “You’ve lived in A2 too long when…” files: you’re watching the monitors at the airport and thinking, “Since when do they have flights from Boston to Milan?”
posted by ann arbor is overrated on March 23rd, 2007 at 3:06 pmFuck Zingerman’s.
posted by Hater on March 23rd, 2007 at 3:14 pmI figured the writer of ‘Ann Arbor is Overrated’ was a girl, or muslim. Hmmmm.
posted by Grandpa on March 23rd, 2007 at 3:49 pmOr both? Or neither? Do we get more than one guess?
Hey, I know! AAIO is a U-M grad student. That’s a lot more specific than those other categories.
posted by Larry Kestenbaum on March 23rd, 2007 at 5:15 pmSrah is right about StatCounter. It was because of StatCounter that I found this. I probably would’ve never realized this was here if I hadn’t opened a StatCounter account a couple weeks ago. (Although I do acknowledge that I probably deserve this negative publicity for declaring you Idiot Boy on my blog. I will say that I definitely wasn’t trying to suggest anything obscene about your hobbies!)
Chris, I probably won’t blog about cute doctors anymore, but I do have a GREAT post about shopping malls and nail polish planned for tomorrow. I’m sure you’ll love it.
posted by Stacy on March 23rd, 2007 at 7:19 pmAh, the height of Saginaw snark— “idiot boy.” Suck.com died for sins like this.
posted by js on March 26th, 2007 at 12:12 amBy the way, the best sushi’s at Totoro.
I second the Totoro nomination.
posted by Dave on March 26th, 2007 at 11:31 amThird on Totoro. Especially the totally affordable lunch bento boxes. Mmm.
posted by Jen on March 26th, 2007 at 3:33 pmAw, man, now everyone will be going there and it’ll be hard to get a table.
posted by Chris on March 26th, 2007 at 3:51 pmSo AAIO is like the New York Times? Once the collective readership deems a place awesome, it’s totally overrrun by word of mouth and you’ll never be able to get service.
Neat. Now to find a good way to abuse that power.
posted by Jen on March 26th, 2007 at 8:56 pmyeah i don’t back stacy, if it means anything to you aaio. “cutesy” kid with “attitude”– everything that tries to cling to aa but can’t *quite* hold on.
posted by toasty on March 27th, 2007 at 2:45 amAny post with a title that references a Fountains of Wayne song is awesome to me. That’s all I have to add to the discussion.
posted by Ian C. on March 28th, 2007 at 11:24 pmWell, word on the street was that Totoro had been struggling about six months ago, as there just weren’t enough people going there. And I’ve never had any trouble finding a table.
posted by js on March 29th, 2007 at 2:38 pmZingerman’s, like much of Ann Arbor — overpriced and overrated. I know someone out here (Madison) who hasn’t lived in A2 for at least 15 years and won’t shut up about how won-der-ful Zingerman’s is.
It’s a sandwich, for crissakes.
posted by mjl64 on April 13th, 2007 at 12:20 pmYou’ve obviously never fucked a Zingerman’s sandwich.
posted by js on April 13th, 2007 at 5:23 pmSometimes there are attempts at humor, that are not truly funny. Hm.
posted by David Boyle on April 13th, 2007 at 11:01 pmIn fact, some attempts at humor are so bad, that maybe they were cursed by Friday the 13th.
posted by David Boyle on April 13th, 2007 at 11:02 pmWatch out js - the Mormon Internet Police are all over your tail! No, it’s not the kinky romp I’m sure you’ve already pictured in your sinful mind. Once you’ve been chided for and cured of your cursing they move straight to ending all your drinking and fornicating. Beware!
posted by FAA on April 15th, 2007 at 6:06 pmSex with expensive sandwiches is, indeed, funny, if anyone’s asking me.
posted by Nitro on April 16th, 2007 at 8:40 am