December 2008
114 posts
Any Graphic Designers out there?
livejamie:
onemoretimewithfeeling:
My sister Katie is going to school for Graphic Design. I was thinking I’d get her a book for Christmas, and I was wondering if any designers had a book that they loved and would recommend. Not just any book - no hot crotch romance novels or any trade paperback…a book specifically about design. I am sure I wasn’t misunderstood; I just don’t get many chances to...
so.
it’s all pertinent in some fasion.
but.
then again, it’s all arbitrary.
even typing this [dis]proves it.
looking for: wha?
*a course of action is set in play.
inside 01: something! of course… inside 02: i need it! right? inside 03: small, near the bottom of the bag. inside 01: i chase it around. inside 01: it eludes me. inside 02: it’s in here, yeah? inside 03: yes, yes, it is. (*said object: no! not in here!) inside 01: [in]animate object, why do you taunt me so? inside 02: ah, yes, there it is. inside...
The Auto Bailout: LOLFed Explains
thedailywhat:
This morning President Bush again did what he does best: circumvented congress and announced a bailout plan for the auto industry.
LOLFed, the Internet generation’s WSJ, gives you the long and short-attention-span of it:
So the auto industry is getting bailed out, after all, from the TARP, after all, and they’re still going to fail, after all. The White House’s plan is to hand...
“Every object you touch is alive with your life and your will.”
– The Now - An Essay by William S. Burroughs
Korruptor: School Night Sessions 13
Wasteland (Ritmo Remix) - Vibrosphere [Iono] Bondage (D’Julz Remix) - Polder [Intacto] Doiicie A - Minilogue [Minilogue] Clear Vision (Fiord Remix) - Perfect Stranger {Iboga] Walk the Line - Paul Ritch [Quartz] Smile for Me (Chaim Remix) - Sei A [Missive] Djembe (Re-Work) - Layo and Bushwacka [Olmeto] Kronn - Franlin De Costa [Curle] Sweet Lies...
[Internal Imagery]
It never ceases to amaze that the subconscious is so loaded with visceral (primal? instinctual?) imagery it produces dreams that, upon waking, you feel as if it’s affected the outlook on your life. In this dream-case, it was not in an enlightened sort of way - just the opposite - base, animal and intense. (Which could be posed as a different type of enlightenment…)
The mind is a...
NYC job hunting.
stinks. remind me again why i’m leaving employment in LA for NYC? timing is not apparently one of my strong-suits at this juncture in my existence.
“Look, I was bad before, but I am good now. Let us revel in the inherent goodness...”
– Bullshit.
(via jaimeleighfairbrother)
This one is gunning for the Best Line of the Day award.
vivid imagery win! although, 1000 tap-dancing gregory hines’ would be pretty great too…
tesslynch:
It is raining so hard outside, it sounds like a stampede of high-heeled women running across my roof and tripping over each other.
warm mini-sourdough round, dipped in vegetable...
I would not be so quick to leave out Portland or Seattle… just sayin’.
karawr:
apolloblanc:
i feel sorry for anyone in America who isn’t living in either NYC or in California.
*sigh*
One of these days, mark my words!
seems that
our latest meme-storm revolves around spunkin’ the pantaloons. many a GIF and JPG, i have seen. funny, to be sure. carry on, good internet, carry on.
“Design is in everything we make, but it’s also between those things. It’s a mix...”
– Erik Adigard
*well said, sir. *edit: it’s also a little BS.
“Americans should stop giving Reagan credit for making the Soviet Union collapse,...”
– I don’t think I’ll ever understand the Reagan Years Boner that so much of the nation sports… Star Wars (not the movie kind), Voodoo/Trickle econ? Uh, no thanks.
Richard Stallman (via azspot: alexanderpf) (via vruz) (via msbadkittie)
Um, this takes the phrase-cake for the day.
thewordunheard:
…I am really a fraud when it comes to adulthood…
6od's road trip rekindles my desire to own a VW...
Chai + eggnog - water = Latte FTW.
What a wonderful little tale. Words to take to heart for sure. The laugh description is spot on as well…
sterlingpowers:
notcaragh:
There’s this Nigerian dude in my Spanish class who is just so fucking happy. About everything. He’s happy about Spanish. He’s happy about America. He’s happy about Nigeria. He’s happy about his life in general and you guys, I’m not kidding when I say this,...
Don't you think it's about time?
(via sarahsaturday)
Indeed, it may be.
Classic. I hope you get this when you least expect it and it means the most…
allisonjenna:
Someday I want someone to call me a saucy minx, and mean it.
