February 2012
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WatchThe idea of this started out as a really simple sight gag of putting my friend Jeff’s face where they talk about “Jeffrey”. My friend Wes (who’s picture is used as the “Dad”) and I were at the theater and saw this trailer, and he said “Wouldn’t it be funny if that were Jeff”. It evolved into me grabbing pics of other friends and throwing them...
sarahjaggard.tumblr.com: My Year Without Facebook →
sarahjaggard:
»The biggest reason was that it fed ENVY. I do not blame anyone but myself for this. I would look at people’s photos and find myself upset that I didn’t look as good, have as much money, didn’t have a beautiful house, or a dog, or a kid, or a functional marriage. I envied people’s vacations, weekend plans, family photos… and I assumed they had it better than I did. I have since...
The creative battle →
jackzerby:
“The willing endurance of pain is a key factor not only in human dignity, but also in human creativity. It would seem to follow that individuals who spend their lives in the persistent avoidance of pain are not likely to amount to much… The process of achieving their professional level is usually full of pain. Such mastery demands endless practice of technical operations, endless...
Nick Cave's letter to MTV
21 Oct 96
To all those at MTV,I would like to start by thanking you all for the support you have given me over recent years and I am both grateful and flattered by the nominations that I have received for Best Male Artist. The air play given to both the Kylie Minogue and P. J. Harvey duets from my latest album Murder Ballads has not gone unnoticed and has been greatly appreciated. So again my...
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“I’m a simple man. I like pretty, dark-haired women and breakfast food.”
– Ron Swanson
Philosophy to live by.
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“I am starting to sense your location…”
– Freelance Whales, Location
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January 2012
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How do you write a letter to your parents telling them that you think that they both have problems that you think they need to address? Problems that have echoed, more than likely, throughout their entire marriage, and me and my brothers life?
I want them to be happy, but I think they’re so dug in that they can’t see what they’re doing to themselves and to each other....
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“Dating can be awkward and nervous and boring, but using whimsy to try to charm...”
– Julieanne Smolinski
“Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it....”
– Barack Obama (via quitecontinental)
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“And if you want to end it, then just pull the plug and shut it down. No one will...”
– Headphones, Pink and Brown
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“I’ll be happy if you want to stay, happy if you want to leave, know that...”
The Rise Of The New GroupThink →
“But it’s one thing to associate with a group in which each member works autonomously on his piece of the puzzle; it’s another to be corralled into endless meetings or conference calls conducted in offices that afford no respite from the noise and gaze of co-workers. Studies show that open-plan offices make workers hostile, insecure and distracted. They’re also more likely to suffer from...
“A lot of people think my music is sad. It’s not sad, it’s triumphant. I’m...”
– Cat Power (via ohnonotme)
This is what I’m going to start telling people when they complain that my writing or my films are too sad. If i was trying to make Lars Von Trier stuff, where there was no hope when all was said and done, I could understand, but all of my work always ends on people...
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“The only childish fantasy is reflected in your desperate attempt to not...”
– Your response is a simple restating of what I said before, that Rand believes that everyone else can go fuck themselves.
However, let me ask you this - How long is one of your “visionaries” meaningful? If you invent something in your twenties, but produce nothing of any value for the...
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“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life:...”
– - Paul Krugman
There is a new docu on Apple trailers about Atlas Shrugged. I have never read the book, which, I know, is a mortal sin when it comes to the concept of commenting on it. But reading the Wikipedia synopsis, I can tell this one thing - It is a book that espouses a certain philosophy...
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“But this is hardly customer service. It actually gets in the way of a customer...”
– Why Best Buy Is Destined To Fail
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JVC just announced a 4K, 1/2” chip, hand held, fixed lens camera. 5k price point. Available this March.