some stuff i did.

hi. improv everywhere is one of my favorite things about living in new york, and not solely because they’re responsible for me getting a grainy photo in the mail with the words “is this you???” written on it in sharpie (something about that another time, maybe).

they do fun stunts. they’re good people. it’s nice. they improve things around here, you know?

anyway, some things happened:

first, i.e. did a thing in best buy.

then they sold shirts to commemorate it on neighborhoodies. they had this logo:

then best buy got a little miffed. first they cease and desisted neghborhoodies. who ceased and desisted.

then they c&d-ed i.e., who posted some thoughts about it.

then they c&d-ed a totally random blogger who posted a bit about the shirts being cool. seriously. to his credit, the dude isn’t pulling the original post, complete with pics of the shirts.

it was about at this time i started wondering if i could get a cease and desist from best buy for merely mentioning this. i kinda doubt it, but it’s worth a brief post to see. i mean, we are talking about one of the least friendly shopping experiences one can have (seriously, have you been inside a best buy? it’s like stalin put together a labor camp for his political enemies and threw some overpriced electronics on the walls for the poor fuckers to try to sell). it’s not a stretch to imagine, especially considering the above, that that’s the sort of culture that extends to their legal team.

time will tell, i suppose. if my three posts/no promotion blog does get a c&d, i’ll be sure to mention it, though it’d be a minor miracle, since boing boing, digg and a bunch of other outlets are already howling about it.

it’d be really cool though.

by the by, there are links in here, but i’m still playing with the template and they don’t show up unless you mouse over them. so… mouse over stuff, i guess, until i fix it? sorry.

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