{"id":5927,"date":"2009-09-01T16:45:23","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T21:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=5927"},"modified":"2009-09-06T11:44:59","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T16:44:59","slug":"can_i_get_one_a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/01\/can_i_get_one_a\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I get one at the “As Seen on TV”-store at the Mall?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Foursquare* isn’t rewarding me with any points<\/a> for running around my city and worse than that, GMail is down (boo! et tu Goo?). What’s a web-addicted fool to do? Check her facebook, natch. It’s a good thing I did– because that’s where I saw this:<\/p>\n\n

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Posted by SM reader Jisha to her feed, I found the narrator’s sorority<\/a> accent to be soothingly familiar, as she gushed about the very things I love to mock: Starbuck’s redundantly-named and poorly-made “Chai tea latte<\/a>“, scam-y scientology<\/a>…and movies about schlub<\/a>by guys who miraculously pull hot chicks.<\/p>\n\n

Judging from their comments below it, Jisha’s friends weren’t feeling the clip (I believe the word “weird” was offered as a reaction). I think it’s funny. Props to Lindsay Gareth and Kosha Patel<\/a>, who did such a cute job with this spoof that I can almost overlook the use of “a” instead of “an” in “1-800-uh-Indian”. Almost. Every time she intones that number, all I can think of is “An, an, AN, damnit, AN!” And yes, I know that they were probably prioritizing having seven digits over preventing glottal stops, but still. Does anyone have $19.95 which they can spot me? Like J. Wellington Wimpy<\/a>, “I’d gladly pay you Tuesday for a Indian today”. <\/p>\n\n

*location-based social networking, much like the now-deceased Dodgeball<\/a>. There’s a brown connection which I may write about, if I ever get through my current backlog of blogging. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So Foursquare* isn’t rewarding me with any points for running around my city and worse than that, GMail is down (boo! et tu Goo?). What’s a web-addicted fool to do? Check her facebook, natch. It’s a good thing I did– … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,47,48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}