The solid gold turd
December 3, 2007 | 9:44 pm | Internerd | Houston | 1
Part of me understands why people say ‘Fuck Houston’ in their heads, and move to New York or LA. Houston can be ugly, unromantic, and like Seth said, make “every other place seem exotic.” But the bigger part of me, the part of me strapped to rap music and the Orange Show, says fuck you for not giving Houston respect for what it is. Houston may be a city wrapped in cold urban banality and hot shitty weather, but the culture and artists that exist in this town are not irrelevant or deserving of marginalization. This city is like a solid gold turd at the bottom of an outhouse — you may feel awkward or disgusting picking it up out of the pot, but you’re an asshole if you let it just sit there. — Gene Morgan on art, hometowns and Wes Anderson
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Welcome back to Houston, Brittanie. I discovered your blog while you were in Korea, but it’s great to know you’re back in our fair, solid-gold turd of a city.