February 2012
17 posts
Got bored with my old Tumblr theme...
So I switched to a new one. Not sure I’m totally sold on this one either.
1 tag
Blah.
“The outrage is tiresome and deeply hypocritical, in all the tiresome ways you’ve...”
– Sasha Frere-Jones on MIA’s middle finger and everyone else’s panties being in a bunch over it. (via iwantnothingless)
So good.
(via zurik)
“Michigan State University surveyed more than 700 employers seeking to hire...”
– Bring Your Parent To Work Day: So-called helicopter parents have hit the workplace, phoning employers to advocate on behalf of their adult children. Human resource managers say more parents are trying to negotiate salary and benefits and are even sitting in on job interviews.
—-This is kinda...
Hello Bubs!: I haven’t been drunk in 3 years...... →
dariusmonsef:
I had my last drink of alcohol 3 years ago and it’s been a dance-battling, boat-cruising, skinny-dipping, word-traveling, HUGE party ever since.
It wasn’t a choice of restriction or having less fun, but rather of fully experiencing everything and truly having the most fun possible. The way…
Great stuff. I’ve been seriously considering cutting out drinking entirely...
WatchNew Hunger Games trailers make the day so much better.
Love the last scene. Gave me chills.
alexbaca:
The Jealous Sound - “Your Eyes Were...
January 2012
41 posts
MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY' →
murkavenue:
CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics” Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…
This is the greatest thing I have ever seen on the Internet.
The Brilliant "Don't Be Evil" Bookmarklet →
parislemon:
Kudos to Facebook (with some help from Twitter and MySpace) for having the balls to do this. It’s a bookmarklet that replaces Google’s new “People and Pages” area, the hardcoded social search area, and the search completion drop-down, with organic results.
In other words, it makes the new Google behave more like the old Google.
There has been a lot of back and forth in recent...
epiphany / bakery revamp
charlavail:
Charlavail’s Traveling Confectionery
I think this idea is brilliant. Low overhead to cover (a huge problem in opening a small business.) Vail gets to combine her two loves - art and travel. And it allows people around the country to experience the art; not just the people who can make it to Orlando.
Awesome, awesome idea.
ALEX BACA TUMBLOG: Top 5 Dumbest Lines in Bret... →
alexbaca:
“Rejecting people was the hot pastime. We had a lot of sex. Everyone talked about the year 2018. One day we pretended to be ghosts.”
“As we started moving down the Hudson River I wrapped my head in a fluffy towel, started to sob inauthentically and then used one of the gift-box lotions I found…
If you actually finish(ed) this book, I’ll be amazed. I never did.
Question
Who’s one person you follow on Tumblr that I should be following?
Billboard Top Alternative Songs →
Made a Rdio playlist of the Billboard Top 40 Alternative Songs, which I’ll keep updated weekly.
Some good songs…and some REALLY bad songs on there. It’s an interesting listen though, especially if you don’t listen to the radio much.
Best Coast on working with Jon Brion →
So stoked for this record. I have a feeling it’s going to be absolutely amazing.
Things I keep telling myself
alexbaca:
(via rawkblog): You don’t have to read everything, you don’t have to read everything, you don’t have to read everything
That one Portlandia sketch is based on my everyday life—and probably yours, too.
Truth.
WatchJust listening to this over and over and over.
“Our teacher had merely fallen under the spell, like countless others before and...”
– Benjamin Anastas, The Foul Reign of Emerson’s “Self-Reliance”
I heard Anastas on On Point last night (listen here) and thoroughly enjoyed his feeding of Emerson into the woodchipper. I’ve always been leery of transcendentalism and thought that “Self-Reliance” was a rank, sniveling, selfish little...