M.I.A.

Last November I pointed out this awesome website--it just seemed so horribly ironic for a design company. Lately I have been enjoying M.I.A's Paper Planes. I know, I know, it has been out forever and not that notable. But her website combines annoying and weird to make something awesome. It was probably done by some high-priced Volvo-driving designer, because even though it looks low-budget hipster-trashy, you can still navigate it well and find what you are looking for.


Also, Paper Planes is a great running song. This is especially true late at night when I am running on the Venice boardwalk--a soft ocean breeze at my back and a yellow moon rising in front of me. The halos from my Lasik make everything look like Starry Night. When I see, hear smell the groups of homeless vagrants congregating on the sidewalk and see, hear smell the drug dealers selling (and smoking) dope as I am cruising down dark alleys wearing several hundred dollars worth of iPods, GPS watches, and heart-rate monitors, it is downright comforting to hear these M.I.A.'s lyrics:

All I wanna do is (BANG BANG BANG BANG!)
And (KKKAAAA CHING!)
And take your money

I am pretty sure white yuppies exercising at night with lots of electronic gadgets, poor night vision, and earphones to mask out the sound of anyone approaching is on the list of Stuff Homeless Vagrants Like, Stuff Venice Dope Dealers/Smokers Like, and Stuff Plagiarizing Consultants Write About At Work But Also What These People Like Doing When They Are Not At Work.