February 2012
14 posts
My life is fucking surreal. I’m living in the houses of wonderfully receptive people that I don’t know in cities with which I’m unfamiliar, unsure of what I’ll encounter for the rest of my day. I’ve freed myself of so many comforts I thought I’d really cling to — a comfortable place to sleep, privacy, downtime, dressing well, familiarity with where I’m staying, social comfort, frequent...
“A good job with a good future, a nice safe path to death via the predicatble...”
– Sleepy City
Anonymous asked: It’s not that so few people are willing to know you, but that those of us who have been burdened by the knowledge of what kind of a human being you happen to be have developed the preference to not keep company with those such as yourself. Your life is even so far from bearing consequence that it isn't even worth taking from you. The most noteworthy aspect of your legacy is that...
January 2012
15 posts
Moments, connections, and the beauty of life
I long for these moments; these moments where everything fades into the background except the connections — softly spoken and pure — to people and the spaces they occupy in time and place. These moments where everything seems to be expressed and impressed without so much as a word. These, moments.
These moments where everything and nothing is clear all at once and all the same. These moments...
Knee the Knee-Jerk
When I’m doing things right, I don’t know what to think right away. I’m not sure what to think about a person I’m getting to know, or I can’t tell whether or not I like a movie I just saw, or maybe I just can’t figure out whether I’m happy with the coat I bought.
Other times, though, I let a handful of fleeting moments define my opinion on something. Either a gut instinct that says “No!” will...
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Thanks!!!!!!/Credit Cards
These guys are awesome. If you’re in Austin, I leave it to you to keep them in business while I’m on my road trip.
Also, I’ll shamelessly note that I was the “hungry customer” who gifted them with Square. :)
municipaltaste:
Tis the season. MT is very thankful for all of our loyal customers and friends. We would not have made it this far without you. In...
“Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t...”
– Jerry Spinelli (via arreter)
I cannot emphasize this enough.
“Go and get a job. Go and find a flat. Find somebody else. Put them in the flat....”
– Dylan Moran (via serpent-flower)
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Unwritten Rules to Not Being A Douchebag on...
It’s really fucking easy to not be a douche on Tumblr, but some people are so selfish and pigheaded they can’t figure it out. Nothing here is hard, out-of-the-ordinary, or needlessly restrictive:
When sharing something from Tumblr…reblog it to give appropriate credit.
When you post something that isn’t original (read: yours), post credit. If you can’t find the original...
December 2011
7 posts
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Every Day
Every day you’re given 24 hours. You decide how you spend those hours, and those decisions are your life. Nothing is more important than how you spend the hours you’re given.
If you want to be happy — to feel fulfilled, to live the life you’re longing for but can’t describe — you need only spend the hours you’ve been given doing things that resonate with your soul. Do what you love doing, what...
Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday...
Shauna spent decades afraid to create the life she wanted, and now she comes before us with glorifying the life she has lead to rationalize with her choices and postulating that we should follow in her footsteps. Bullshit.
We are creatures of justification. The part of our brain that forms opinions operates quickly and without consulting the part of our brain responsible for rationalizing. After...
Goodbye Austin, at least for a month… →
Posted on my photography blog, because that’s where it’s most relevant, but here is the story I hope you’ll read about what I’m doing starting January 25th:
I first met Echo for a great photo shoot back in July. Less than a month later, and due to unrelated events, my inspiration had vaporized, and I was contemplating retiring as a photographer. Today, though, I am more...
A sixty-something woman at the coffee shop is bitterly denouncing the over-usage of computers at the coffee shop with a cliché, “it didn’t used to be like this…”.
She’s right, you know — we didn’t used to have coffee shops. We had to work from home or our own offices, almost antisocially, and the misers hadn’t an audience to express their disdain for all things modern.
...
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No Longer Just Sci-Fi Dreams
We are so incredibly close to achieving a level of individualization through technology that we will likely surpass the far-fetched sci-fi predictions of movies like Minority Report within a matter of just a few years.
Take, for example, searching the web. Google was far from the first search engine around, but they provided more relevant search results by weighing the value of a website based...
November 2011
2 posts
“Sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whiskey and drive fast on empty streets...”
– Hunter S. Thompson (via skinandboneskeleton)
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Fitness For Real People
“Maintain a consistent workout schedule and stick to it.”
“Get your family and friends involved in your journey to fitness!”
“Workout 3 times a week for 45 minutes at a time if you want to see results.”
“A personal trainer is essential in developing a workout plan that fits your body’s needs.”
“Increase your protein intake; drink whey protein to supplement your diet. Protein!”
“Keep a...
October 2011
5 posts
“If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you...”
– Anthony Bourdain (via youngfolksociety)
NFLX
Netflix has been in the news a lot, and most of it hasn’t been positive. The company’s decision to raise prices and split the cost of instant streaming from DVD-by-mail service confused and angered a lot of their users (and fans). The news that they were likely to lose their rights to Starz movies for streaming created a panic, and their more recent decision (and then retraction) to...
echon asked: Your the best ^__^
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Echo NittoLitto: Growing pains and constant... →
As I grow older and gain experiences I’ve learned to cherish moments more. Yeah people say that all of the time and when Your painting your parents house for them after working for a month straight with only 2 days off its easy to lose sight of that….BUT as I was painting I somehow managed to remind myself that one day I wont be able to paint anymore because I will be too old to and my body...
September 2011
3 posts
Revolution
Isn’t it grand,
how a turn of the wheel and a revolution,
go hand-in-hand?
Those with dirty hands might want to wash them soon. While a revolution is like an earthquake — pressure builds, and then it happens, and you don’t know when or where until it does — if I had to place a bet, I’d put my money on 2012.
A Tax on Ignorance
What if we implemented a sliding scale for university tuition based not on your income, but on mental aptitude?
We already have such a system through grants and scholarships, but this is just so much more direct and cuts out middlemen, while also encouraging all students to do as well as they can because each additional bit of knowledge reduces the cost of going to college.
On the one hand,...
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“It’s not the job of politicians to inform you, it’s supposedly the job of the...”
– Bassnectar (via dracouni)
August 2011
4 posts
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“The most terrifying fact of the universe is not that it is hostile but that it...”
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Pure Gold
My gut is very adept at two things: sharing with the world that I’ve been enjoying beer, and knowing when something is a scam. It’s been doing both lately, as I’ve been thinking a bit about Cash-4-Gold. Let’s look at this for a second:
Wealthy people are investing in gold.
The value of gold is going up.
Less wealthy people are being encouraged to turn in their gold for...
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Politicians and Jobs
Why do we think that politicians can create jobs if they have none of the experience needed?
Creating jobs is nothing like being elected for public office, lying to your constituents, or taking all-expense-paid trips to the Cayman Islands; these things require rhetoric, tax cuts, and stimulus packages. However, rhetoric doesn’t create jobs. Neither do tax cuts or stimulus packages.
