2008 Woodie Awards
An open letter to Lanz Bañes
Issue date: 10/11/07 Section: Letters to the Editor
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Bañes,
In regards to Saint Louis still sucking:
You were standing at the MetroLink station waiting for someone, with a camera around your neck. I assume you were looking around, seemingly confused. You are also from the Philippines. If I were to inquire from someone that looks like a tourist, as you did - a person of a somewhat-Asian descent, holding a camera, looking around - I would probably second-guess his fluency also.
Consider if I lived in Japan for 16 years, and became a naturalized citizen there and I was standing around by the bullet train with a camera. I'm sure people would not immediately assume my fluency in Japanese, and might even not pick up on my air of righteous citizenship, which, from just being in the same building with you, I can attest you exude as a hearty musk, that at times smells like carrots.
You need to get a Web blog, also called in colloquial English, a "blog." (I am not presupposing an ignorance to American slang, but rather, I kind of miss your wordsome prose.) These "blogs" provide a space for ramblings, musings, and rants for people who have too much time for self-reflection. If you get a blog, Bañes, I will get a hobby. Does that sound like a fair deal? No more commentaries, no more letters. I can dissect Karl Barth, you can look for other ways you're victimized.
Let me know through the regular channels, my palaverous Filipino, if we have a deal.
Your most dedicated reader,
Arthur Stewart
2007 Alumnus
In regards to Saint Louis still sucking:
You were standing at the MetroLink station waiting for someone, with a camera around your neck. I assume you were looking around, seemingly confused. You are also from the Philippines. If I were to inquire from someone that looks like a tourist, as you did - a person of a somewhat-Asian descent, holding a camera, looking around - I would probably second-guess his fluency also.
Consider if I lived in Japan for 16 years, and became a naturalized citizen there and I was standing around by the bullet train with a camera. I'm sure people would not immediately assume my fluency in Japanese, and might even not pick up on my air of righteous citizenship, which, from just being in the same building with you, I can attest you exude as a hearty musk, that at times smells like carrots.
You need to get a Web blog, also called in colloquial English, a "blog." (I am not presupposing an ignorance to American slang, but rather, I kind of miss your wordsome prose.) These "blogs" provide a space for ramblings, musings, and rants for people who have too much time for self-reflection. If you get a blog, Bañes, I will get a hobby. Does that sound like a fair deal? No more commentaries, no more letters. I can dissect Karl Barth, you can look for other ways you're victimized.
Let me know through the regular channels, my palaverous Filipino, if we have a deal.
Your most dedicated reader,
Arthur Stewart
2007 Alumnus
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