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posted by Japhy at 2/26/2004 03:50:00 PM || #

Sleeping with Doug Faneuil I'm fascinated by Douglas Faneuil, the broker assistant who is the key witness in Martha's ImClone trial. Appearing yesterday in court, Doug was polite and sweet, but what makes him so fascinating is that he's a breed of boy that makes this city run: the young gay boy with aspirations. He's everywhere. Clean cut, agressive, with good sense for what's appropriate and what's not, he is the attractive twenty-something assistant of choice and today he may or may not destroy Brand Martha. The pizza guy he used to work for as a kid figured he'd wind up in "arts or theatre" and he even asked if he could say "bleep" instead of obscenities when repeating during his testimony what his boss, Peter Bacanovic had said to him about Martha. Doug's the best little boy in the world and he's working in your front office right now, wearing an Armani suit he got on discount at Century 21. Doug also has a darker side. He's admitted to being a frequent pot smoker and having used Ecstasy at clubs. Martha's defense team has painted him as a inveterate upstart who's obsessed with Stewart. They'd call him a bitchy little drama queen, if public opinion would let him and essentially, he kind of is. Even in court yesterday, while trying to be on best behavior, he couldn't help but gossip that Mr. Bacanovic turned to him after a meeting with Stewart and said, "See what I have to deal with!" Doug is our generation's Gatsby or perhaps the fufillment of the Nietzschean Superman. With artistic aspirations, but (presumably) no talent, Doug has made himself into his greatest work. This guy who lists "gay booty" as one of his interests on his Friendster profile has single-handedly (alright, with a little help from the Feds) brought our country's icon of domesticity to her knees. I realize this makes him, you know- a bad bad man, but he's also something of a little guy hero. He's such a type, so ubiquitous to the Corporate American millieu that he deserves his time in the sun. He's the twenty-something who is hired after four years at the finest school in America and given menial clerical work to do. He's your copy boy and your P.A. He's all the boys and girls out there who are, if not necessarily smarter than their bosses, then are more tuned in, more aware of the big picture and frankly, a lot wiser to how the game is played than their older more trad bosses. Remember, it's the pawn who sees the front line of battle. A generation of great minds have wound up being treated not as team members, but serfs. They play the game for corporate America by day and at night, they have lives. An end to job-security has meant an end to loyalty, the rise of cynicism and the realization by America's youth workforce that they owe their bosses as much loyalty as 25k a year is really worth. No wonder this pawn's taken the queen. P.S.- This has nothing to do with the fact that he's cute as hell.

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posted by Japhy at 2/10/2004 03:13:00 PM || #

Proof of Life Yes folks- dear sweet Japhy is still with us. Forgive him for not posting. He's been awful busy (I'll tell you why later) and am also redesigning the site. Till then- Look! Pretty map! Pretty shiny map!
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posted by Japhy at 2/07/2004 09:56:00 AM || #