Happy Thursday! Have a look at what we're reading, viewing, and gawking at on the internet. We'll see you back here on Monday. Happy 4th of July!
Want to know how tall the buildings are in your neighborhood? Check out this map. (Mapbox)
We came across one of our early slideshows: San Francisco at night. Kinda spooky.
It's not open yet, but a POV video of a ride down the world's tallest and fastest water slide gives you an idea of the terrifying drop:
Repeat after us: "We've got spirit, yes we do. We've got spirit, yes we do. We've got spirit, yes we do."
Dagnabbit, was it too much to ask that a show billing itself as Mystery Girls, starring washed up '90s TV stars playing washed up '90s TV stars, would actually involve mysteries?
Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth play buddies who once had Hollywood by the balls; now they might occasionally appear in the tabloids after a particularly bad night out. Truth or fiction?
Their gay side-kick answers their phone and provides homosexual comic relief, but most of their work involves private detective stuff like spying on cheaters or insurance fraudsters.
The Write Stuff is a series of interview profiles conducted by Litseen, where authors give exclusive readings from their work.
Brittany Billmeyer-Finn is an Oakland based poet, community organizer, arts educator and shopgirl. She is a co-curator of the bi-monthly living room performance series, Manifest. Her work can be found in some local publications, such as Where Eagles Dare, Mondo Bummer, and The Poetic Labor Project, and is upcoming in a few more. You can also find her work at Dusie.org, Issue #15.
When people ask what do you do, you tell them...?
I usually reply, "for love or money?" or one/all of these: poet; community organizer; arts educator; shopgirl.
