http://bradtastic.com Brad Chin's thoughts on style, fashion, technology, society, culture and relationships. Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:13:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I HAVE A LONG, DEEP POST PLANNED, but I realized that I haven't updated in a while. The birthday-and-post-catastrophe is over, things have been getting better. The weather is much nicer... we had our "first rain" and hopefully there's more to come. Either way, I appreciate the gray-days—much easier on ... http://bradtastic.com/2008/11/a-brad-chin-quickie/ I'm not just open (these days...), I'm really open, about everything. My private life can play out on public forum; deep, dark secrets? Not the same thing for most others and I... ... and that's okay. I'm trying to, or doing my small-part to, change society into a freer, more equal-open, ... http://bradtastic.com/2008/09/openness-for-all/ Today marks seven years after a national tragedy... and God bless us, we haven't been hit again, since. I think far too many people dismiss and overlook the real threat that radical Islam presents to us, America and other free nations and peoples, all over the world. Europe has since ... http://bradtastic.com/2008/09/the-consummate-fantastic/ I haven't been able to set-aside time to blog... in quite a while. I haven't been able to keep up my usual microblogging pace, either. [I post to my Twitter, and others... I haven't Plurked much, however.] I have posted a few things on my Tumblr, and will continue to do ... http://bradtastic.com/2008/08/busy-and-sick/ “What’s up?!” The inevitable question I used to answer in oh-so-many different ways. It's not my favorite question; it's occasionally more of a statement, and I don't always want to share the answer. With close-friends: it's a phone call or shared in-person. With other friends: SMS or instant message. To all others: a blog ... http://bradtastic.com/2008/07/twitter-killed-the-blog-in-me/ I sometimes do ugly stuff when I'm feeling sick, and I'm past my limits to tolerate the pain I'm always stuck with... I feel bad about it, but when I can't sleep, can't eat and can barely move life then, just doesn't feel worth living. DURING THE BETTER TIMES I've experienced some ... http://bradtastic.com/2008/07/explanation-of-inevitable-pain-thwart-destruction/ A long time ago, I wrote the basic rules of my "art of impression," and because of the "pickup artist" phenomenon and my opposition of all-things "fast seduction," I'd intended to revisit the subject, make refinements and additions to it, and re-release it. And it would be "Brad's book, number ... http://bradtastic.com/2008/07/bradtastics/ That title simply sounds better than "making changes to my blog;" of course, proceeding to explain this very-unimportant and trivial fact negates any possible positive-effects... and maybe that's why it's important (to explain). If you're reading this at bradtastic.com, you'd see that the site has been stripped of the artwork and ... http://bradtastic.com/2008/06/altered-structure/ I'VE BEEN ILL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS; unfortunately (for me), the world doesn't stop nor slow-down simply because I'm feeling the wrath of sickness, the side-effects of narcotics, and the endless-pains of the semi-crippled. However, because of my illness, I haven't been able to setup this website as I'd been ... http://bradtastic.com/2008/06/the-new-bradtastic/ This show follows the story of two American girls, Krista Barnes and Jennifer Davis who were, more or less tricked into being drug mules for Peruvian drug traffickers. Airing on National Geographic for the first time yesterday July 27 and again today at 3PM PST, this show was on National ... http://bradtastic.com/2007/07/locked-up-abroad-peru/