I've just been hanging out not getting anything done. What can I say? I've basically been doing nothing worth mentioning, but pfft. Not that it matters. Pretty much nothing exciting happening to speak of. I haven't been up to much these days.

Basically nothing noteworthy happening right now, but eh. Today was a complete loss. I haven't been up to much recently. I've pretty much been doing nothing worth mentioning.

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I just don't have anything to say , but shrug. So it goes. Not much on my mind recently. I can't be bothered with anything recently.

I've just been staying at home waiting for something to happen. Whatever. Not much on my mind lately. I guess it doesn't bother me.

I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. I've basically been doing nothing worth mentioning. My life's been pretty unremarkable these days. Eh.

I haven't been up to anything today. I don't care. I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. Basically not much happening right now. Maybe tomorrow. I guess it doesn't bother me.

I can't be bothered with anything these days, but shrug. I just don't have anything to say recently. I haven't gotten much done recently. Nothing seems worth thinking about.

Basically nothing seems worth thinking about. I haven't been up to much these days. I just don't have much to say right now. I can't be bothered with anything , but whatever.

Not only is it the busiest because of the planes but because of the helicopters as well.

With regards to the original point of this post, and the naive and ignorant people who mocked the person posting, let me educate y'all a little here.

First of all, these are NOT contrails. Contrails are produced by condensation from jet exhaust, what is depicted in this photo are indeed 'Chemtrails'. What's the difference? Chemtrails are the result of some substance or agent being released purposefully by the plane to be dispersed over a populated area.

Now to explain why I know this for a fact I have only to realte the events of this day, Friday, Jan 20, 2006.

This morning I went to work at 8:45 AM - took the train at Union Square in Manhattan and saw 2 Chemtrails over head. By the time I got to work and looked out the 25th floor window I could see DOZENS of them all across the Manhattan sky.

I could see at least 5 or more planes leaving these trails and they went back and forth in deliberate patterns over the next 5 or more hours creating long parralel lines of trails and then criss crossing them until they created a grid that when dissipated began to form a complete canopy covering all of Manhattan.

A bright sunny day turned into overcast as the gasses dispersed. I caould see planes running these trails from Hoboken and Jersey City, over Manhattan and into Brooklyn.

This happened today!

The fact that these planes were NOT travelling anywhere but instead going back and forth over the same area over a 5-6 hour period is evidence that they were carrying out a spraying operation.

If you don't believe me watch for yourself as this is occuring quite often lately.

And if this doesn't bother you, it should. This was brought up in Congress and the government is not acknowledging it which should reassure you that it is quite sinister

First rule of Gothamist Fight Club: You don't talk about Gothamist Fight Club.

Second rule of Gothamist Fight Club: You don't talk about Gothamist Fight Club.

Lovin' the flow of ideas! and especially happy to see someone usilng the handle "L'Emmerdeur", as i thought i might be the only human to have devoured Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cyle. Cheers to you, Jack Shaftoe!

i love that song 'vapour trail'.

Now you know how us gypsy freelance designers feel..no insurance..no pay..and image theifs..those plane clouds are like a mix of fuel and possible human waste raining down on us daily..whee!

Leaving aside issues of contention that have resulted in a parting of the ways between Gothamist and myself, issues that will remain between myself and management, I just want to weigh in on the whole metasite issue. Gothamist has produced significant original content in the past couple years. That's a statement of fact.

Lest anyone doubt this, just read a sampling of the three hundred plus interviews conducted over the past two years. Take a gander at the Ask Gothamist section or the countless theater, restaurant and film reviews, etc. etc.. Even the posts relating to current news contain a hefty dose of editorial content. Now does all this qualify as "reporting"? I guess that depends on one's descriptive understanding of the term. In my book it certainly counts as "journalism."

To suggest otherwise (to make the distinction between "reporting" and "commentary" seems somewhat arcane if the issue is meta- vs. not-meta-site) is to radically diminish the efforts of an overall pretty talented corp of writers, many, myself included, whose only collective payment for, literally thousands of hours of unpaid labor, was the quality of our work and the chance to bring that work to an increasingly large and diverse audience. Jake is right on the count of "intangible" benefits that writers have received.

As for the issue of paying writers, the writers who wrote for Gothamist in the past knew the terms of the engagement and agreed to those terms willingly. Again, myself included. I did interviews for Gothamist because I loved doing them. I loved telling stories about interesting New Yorkers, especially those at the edges of society’s peripheral vision. Tell the story just right and you might even be able to shift society’s gaze the slightest bit. That was a hell of an adrenalin pump and with or without money the experience was well worth it both professionally and personally.

That said, I think it's GREAT that Gothamist is going to start paying all of it's writers because a lot of hard work DOES go into it. The issue of whether or not this was communicated to the staff in the past is now moot. It's time to look ahead, not behind.

The bottom line is this: Gothamist, obviously, is going through unavoidable growing pains as a pioneer in an entirely new industry, and the transition to a monetized staffing model is rife with complexity and a hell of a balancing act. Personally, I believe mistakes have been made, but, again, that is an issue best left between myself and management. From where I'm sitting right now, it seems that Gothamist is heading in a really positive, constructive direction.

I would only offer up to Gothamist for consideration the notion that not all posts represent an equal amount of labor. An interview, for instance, requires significantly more effort than an "Ask Gothamist" post, which is not to diminish in any way anyone's contribution, but only to note the obvious. Perhaps this is already being addressed internally. I can't speak to that because I'm not in the Gothamist loop these days.

In any case, that's my 222 cents. Apologies to anyone who feels this comment post to be overly long. Hopefully, though, it has added an alternative perspective to the discussion.

i'd like the past five minutes of my life back.

wow, i haven't seen back and forth shit flinging like this since i stopped reading missed connections.

time for cute overload. i need a happy pill.

God I love Gawker for making my evening!

I think the idea was that the plane clouds are making people go crazy, and that idea appears to have been confirmed.