tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post114864490785323008..comments2023-09-25T04:10:23.046-04:00Comments on The Stone's Colossal Dream: They Should Have Called It 'Vegas'Tania Rochellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343894619102379852noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-1148715978542161782006-05-27T03:46:00.000-04:002006-05-27T03:46:00.000-04:00McMansions ARE tacky....unless they come with frie...McMansions ARE tacky....unless they come with fries.<BR/><BR/>HariusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-1148686441096310682006-05-26T19:34:00.000-04:002006-05-26T19:34:00.000-04:00your mom started it.and anyway, hate is not a fami...your mom started it.<BR/><BR/>and anyway, hate is not a family value. it's not my fault that your mom and husband like me so much.minus fivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02878687181826931183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-1148685407955136502006-05-26T19:16:00.000-04:002006-05-26T19:16:00.000-04:00Hey, could the minus-five fan club and its preside...Hey, could the minus-five fan club and its president sarah please hold your meetings somewhere else?Tania Rochellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343894619102379852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-1148672335230891302006-05-26T15:38:00.000-04:002006-05-26T15:38:00.000-04:00thank you, tania's mom. it's nice to know that i'm...thank you, tania's mom. it's nice to know that i'm not the only one who is impressed with myself.minus fivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02878687181826931183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-1148670643829491852006-05-26T15:10:00.000-04:002006-05-26T15:10:00.000-04:00minus-five thank god you're back. i'v missed your...minus-five thank god you're back. i'v missed your charm and wit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-1148668020613925682006-05-26T14:27:00.000-04:002006-05-26T14:27:00.000-04:00I remember Indian Hills. Kenny and Jerry Martinson...I remember Indian Hills. Kenny and Jerry Martinson lived there. They had the first VCR I ever saw. Haven't thought about them since about 1975.<BR/><BR/>It makes me sad when I find myself in those treeless American neighborhoods of bleached white concrete driveways of 6,000SF of mostly mortgage debt that only the cleaning lady ever inhabits during weekday daylight hours. There's a great Joel Sternfeld photograph that comes to mind <BR/>http://www.billcharles.com/sternfeld/joelsternfeld_7.htm<BR/><BR/>top left image - the maids waiting for the bus - it's even photographed in Atlanta - it maybe doesn't work so well as a small web image.<BR/><BR/>These houses really are just another example of the power of marketing forces and even dare I say mental unhealth. These are fine examples of narcissism and true narcissism being about hiding one's true self, these cookie cutter neighborhoods of gigantic houses just give the owners of these houses more room to hide out in.<BR/><BR/>Imagine too if you moved into one of these neighborhoods and didn't build a piece of crap stucco terra cotta roofed spanish/tudor fusion prefab thing, you'd stand out, not hide out. Keeping up with the Jones is not so much about showing off your wealth as about blending in. Imagine too if those houses had lot's of acres around them, you'd never be sure that you were blending in. How would you sleep?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-1148665963310665222006-05-26T13:52:00.000-04:002006-05-26T13:52:00.000-04:00Those kind of houses and subdivisions make me want...Those kind of houses and subdivisions make me want to slit my wrists. BIG, BLAND, BORING...places where imaginations go to die. I'll take a double-wide with plastic flowers ANY day over that...Mary Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01631594203558208360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-1148657786996523752006-05-26T11:36:00.000-04:002006-05-26T11:36:00.000-04:00i'm glad to see your mom is concerned with my wher...i'm glad to see your mom is concerned with my whereabouts; even if she won't buy me a $200 slide from wal-mart b/c i'm not "family".<BR/><BR/>i'm really having a hard time seeing these pictures of the "renaissance" neighborhood. if i hadn't seen similar catastrophes in texas locations and if i didn't know about your lack of photoshop knowledge, i would swear you doctored those images.<BR/><BR/>what a waste.<BR/><BR/>do you know how many pairs of flip-flops and rolls of duct tape you could buy with that kind of money?minus fivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02878687181826931183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-1148657057641350702006-05-26T11:24:00.000-04:002006-05-26T11:24:00.000-04:00Those tacky Renaissance walls are what happens whe...Those tacky Renaissance walls are what happens when whitetrash gets their on hands on some money.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09489424880198887882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-1148656915762890602006-05-26T11:21:00.000-04:002006-05-26T11:21:00.000-04:00with plastic flowers and pink flamingos? that's wh...with plastic flowers and pink flamingos? that's what i'm talkin' about.Tania Rochellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343894619102379852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-1148656528820963082006-05-26T11:15:00.000-04:002006-05-26T11:15:00.000-04:00honey, you know there's a palatial double-wide wit...honey, you know there's a palatial double-wide with our name on it somewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-1148653385844150482006-05-26T10:23:00.000-04:002006-05-26T10:23:00.000-04:00Right, you and Biggy, always with the minus-five.....Right, you and Biggy, always with the minus-five...Tania Rochellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343894619102379852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-1148650056130234692006-05-26T09:27:00.000-04:002006-05-26T09:27:00.000-04:00are these homes or just HOUSES?and, where is minus...are these homes or just HOUSES?<BR/><BR/>and, where is minus-5? she hasn't been around since monday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com