It was just a couple of days ago that I posted about the major changes coming to deandagati.com. I said how it’s going to become more integrated with social networks: that the blog will now be through Tumblr and the videos now through YouTube. While all of that was true, there was also something in the post that was a flat out lie. I said that this is going to be a summer project, that nothing is changing yet. Well, here we are, five days later, and this WordPress blog has already come to an end.

It was a pretty unexpected change, but the new site is so much better than the old one, and much easier to keep up with, so you should definitely check it out at deandagati.com.

The loss of this blog is not all bad, because I’m not taking any of the content posted here offline. All 200+ posts will stick around in their entirety, comments still activated, videos still playable, and pictures still… there. In the move over to Tumblr, I didn’t have the option to bring posts from another blog in, but I didn’t want to delete them all together — a lot of my life is on this site. So everything stays.

The best news of all though, is even though this blog is ending, another one is just beginning.

THE BLOG CONTINUES: http://blog.deandagati.com

Peace out, WordPress.

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Last week in my writing class, my teacher was telling us about some candy store downtown. When we asked if we could go, she said that yeah we’d take a field trip there next week.

I feel like most of us (myself included) didn’t think she was serious. Before class today, we started scheming of ways to remind her that she promised us a trip to a candy store, but when she walked in, she had printed maps directing us from NYU to Economy Candy on Rivington Street.

best. class. ever.

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It’s so on.

If you’ve been on Facebook lately (which obviously you have if you’re here) you know that there’s a battle going on right now… for Cooper City High Prom King & Queen 2010. (Full disclosure, I’ve been asked to make a post about this.)

So we’ve got two groups/fan pages going down here:

Anthony and Daniella for PROM King & Queen!

and

TAYLOR SLINGERLAND & ELIA MAGARI FOR PROM KING & QUEEN (which one’s the queen?)

My vote goes to Sling & Elia for the title of the group alone.

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Deandagati.com is about to expire, so I renewed it for two more years, but this website has always been faced with a problem.

For some reason, I’ve always wanted deandagati.com to be completely self contained. All blog posts, videos, pictures, contests, whatever, are posted here, and solely here. Yeah, maybe there would be a link on Facebook, but there is really no way to see aspects of the site unless you physically go to deandagati.com.

Well that’s just stupid.

This summer, deandagati.com is going to be completely overhauled. The site isn’t going to look or work at all like it does now. While I’ve been really impressed at the amount of hits and support I get under it’s current platform (I love you all), the site’s going to be implemented with social networking websites so that posts can be found and shared elsewhere, further promoting the site, and hopefully getting more visitors.

All blog posts will be through Tumblr.

All videos will be through YouTube.

Links to everything will be found on the Facebook fan page.

You’ll be able to subscribe/follow/fan on all three sites.

As for right now, however, nothing is changing. So keep hitting up deandagati.com like you’ve always done, and I’ll try to keep you entertained with my ramblings and stupid videos.

Late.

UPDATE ::: Turns out Tumblr is even cooler & easier than I thought. This change is going to happen sooner than originally planned.

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(Yeah, I’ve basically replaced my regular camera with Hipstamatic.)

I’m so happy that it’s baseball season again.

Last night, I went to a Yankees game against the Angels as part of their Home Opening Series. When we got there, it was t-shirt weather, but by the time we left it was 12-layer winter weather & pouring rain. I guess we were lucky that we got the tickets through NYU and were given the worst seats in the house because we were so far back that we were covered and didn’t get rained on.

None the less, saw my second in-person Jeter home run and the Yankees won 6-2.

Here’s a video of the fans in the Grandstands trying to get a wave to go around the entire stadium:

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NYU was named the 4th most hipster school in the country by The Huffington Post this week, so to celebrate (sarcasm) I want to share with you my new favorite iPhone app: Hipstamatic ().

The picture above and my new profile picture on Facebook are both products of Hipstamatic. It’s a sweet app that let’s you take “old looking” pictures. The coolest part about it though isn’t the pictures…. actually, it is the pictures. But the second coolest part is the interface. It’s not select from a list of effects and then snap a picture regularly. You pick your film, lense, and flash right on a legit old school camera. I don’t even know how to explain it. Just go download it and take a journey to the 1970’s or 80’s or 60’s or whatever pre-Dean D’Agati time period that cameras actually did this.

(It costs 2 bucks, so if you know of something that’s cooler & free, post in the comments!)

Here are some more (click for full)…

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In light of todays walkout/fire alarm chaos at Cooper City High to protest SB6, I’ve realized how often CCHS gets involved in school-wide protests/pointless mayhem … and I love it.

Let’s look back shall we?

Freshman year, in 2005, we had three white powder scares causing lockdowns and a police/biohazard team response.

Sophomore year, in 2006, all conga lines were banned from CCHS after the excessive and hilarious A Lunch conga.

Junior year, in 2007, the Senior class president was arrested and expelled for changing grades.

Senior year, in 2008, we had the ID Scandal that sent half the school to Saturday School for switching ID pictures.

What a place.
Miss you Cooper <3
Post other things that have happened!

PS. There is a pink Cadillac parked outside of the building.

PPS. Seriously, here is the Facebook page for stopping SB6.

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You know what I hate more than NYU cable? Internet rants like this one. But I have to do it… just this once. I’m sorry.

Dear NYU Campus Cable,

You are the worst TV provider in the history of television.

Last year, you gave me 66 analog channels. Analog? It’s not 1985 anymore dude, get with it. All of the channels come in fuzzy and stretched because I, unlike you, live in the now and have a widescreen HDTV.

This year, you thought you were making yourself awesome by adding 6 digital, HD channels. First of all, 6? That’s not very impressive, but hey, I’ll take what I can get. But oh wait — I can’t get them. My TV says “NO SIGNAL” on those channels more often than they actually come in. I get my HD channels via antenna. ANTENNA. This is what you’re making me resort to… and my antenna is somehow more reliable than your cable services.

Oh and hey, thanks for NOT giving us YES, the Yankees station. I only live in the heart of New York City, why would I want to watch the reigning World Series champions? You give us the Mets station, of course. Because everybody watches the Mets and all. Oh, and you know what’s even better? How when the Yankees games are on national stations like ESPN or TBS, but are then BLACKED OUT IN NYC to force New York viewers to watch on the Yankees channel — but oh wait, we don’t get that channel…. just like the other hundred basic cable channels we don’t get…

Hey remember when Jay-Z performed a benefit concert that was broadcast live from Madison Square Garden? Of course you don’t, because we don’t get Fuse. Hey remember when you wanted to know if you should bring an umbrella to work but the regular news wasn’t on? You got wet didn’t you? Because we don’t get NY1. Hey remember that time Vince hooked up with some hot girl on every single episode of Entourage? Of course you don’t, because we don’t get HBO.

So when you, Mr. NYU Cable Executive, go to your lovely home in Westchester tonight and turn on your 873 channels of HD on DirecTV, think about us, the probably-going-to-work-in-the-TV-industry-but-can’t-even-watch-decent-TV-in-my-dorm-because-of-you students.

I’m getting an apartment next year so that I can get a decent cable provider like Time Warner.

I hate you.

Sincerely,
Dean D’Agati

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First off, no, I’m not actually in the UK. But yesterday, I received one of the coolest Facebook messages ever to pop up in my inbox. Anika, a girl from London, England wrote to me saying that in her search for information on NYU’s Film School she came across deandagati.com and loved it. Needless to say, I’m flattered, because sometimes I find it hard to believe that even my best friends want to come on this website (oh, hey, thanks guys, btw). Anyway, Anika asked me for some for some advice about Tisch and told me that she can help me increase hits from the UK. Well Anika, I don’t actually have any other hits from the UK so you’ve already done a lot, and thanks again for the message.

PS. Stickers are in!

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My license still says Florida, but as far as the United States government is concerned, I’m officially a New Yorker. Last night I filled out my Census form thing for NEW YORK. But that still wasn’t enough New Yorker for me… so today, I got a library card. That’s what the locals call BIG PIMPIN.

So for my New York City Social History class, we have to write a 10-page research paper that’s due pretty soon. We got to pick from a topic list, but almost everybody chose the same topic (aka the only one that is even remotely interesting) which is something along the lines of how do 1950’s sitcoms like I Love Lucy reflect race & class relations in New York City during that period.

I’ve got one of those professors who is really against websites as sources so I had to do it old school and search for some I Love Lucy books at Bobst (the NYU 12-floor monster of a library). They had a whole bunch but since everyone is doing the same topic, they were all checked out… so I turned to the New York Public Library for help.

(uh oh, I can feel this post getting long…)

I don’t know about you, but when I think of public libraries, I think of disgusting, old, rundown places full of employees that hate their job, coworkers, and life. Turns out, it’s not like that at all — at least not in New York. They have branches all over the city including specialized branches like the one I found myself at today: The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Let me just say: this place was NICE. I don’t usually get too excited about… books… but they literally had multiple books for every TV show you could think of. They had a Who Wants to be a Millionaire book. Come on. So I signed up for my library card, and got me some I Love Lucy books.

That was all the work I accomplished on my paper today. I got some books.

Turns out, the library was in the Lincoln Center Plaza, which is an area west of Central Park, and I seriously think that even though today was my first and only day there, it’s one of my favorite areas of NYC. It’s right next to Julliard, and they even had a group of Julliard kids, dressed in suits, playing music in the plaza.

Also in the area is Apple’s newest store (which I had to stop in and play with another iPad, of course), and the Shops at Columbus Circle in the Time Warner Center which was basically like an extremely upper class mall (check out their site). So nice, right off of Central Park.

Pictures from everywhere are below, click for full size, and have a fantastic Friday. YES.

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