Or more accurately, the Carolina Cup. It's an annual horse race held in Camden, SC. People go ape shit for this thing. Like the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, The Cup (that's what people from South Carolina call it) has it's own uniform and aesthetic. More or less, the infield at the race looks like the Easter Bunny had some bad sushi and threw up everywhere.
I wore a pink and blue polka-dotted bow-tie.
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When a friend posted a picture of me as a profile picture I got weirded out. Everywhere my friend touched on facebook now included a picture of me in a bow-tie. I knew this would open me up to unmitigated shit from everyone at school. I'm used to taking shit, but it bothers me that any part of my life that can be captured in pixels can be shared to thousands of people. Regardless of the content, I don't like any aspect of my personal life being out there in a way I can't control.
The larger question here is: am I cut out for web 2.0? Am I cut out for all of this openness? If I get squeamish over one photograph, can I cut it a world and an industry thats increasingly calling for sharing? Am I responding like Coke during the whole Eepy Bird Mentos and Diet Coke thing? Should I have been more like Mentos? Should I have embraced the photograph? Commented on it? Created a group for jackasses wearing bow-ties?
What happens if Modernista's new website backfires? What happens if they get involved in a ATHF situation? Will they change their site?
