January 2010
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Last post of the decade.
Changing the world for the better is extremely difficult.
Changing a person is often counter productive, unless that person is yourself.
Changing the way people, en masse, behave, is probably the only thing I find interesting enough to dedicate my life to.
I’m planning on spending the next decade working on ways to do the third thing very, very well, in hopes of being able to help others...
December 2009
content wants →
By the by...
There’s a big difference between wanting someone to be their best, and wanting someone to be your best. Trying to learn to catch myself projecting.
There is no 'low art'.
Every time you say “sarcasm is the lowest form of humour” I stop listening to you. Sarcasm can be high art. So can a pun. So can any tool. When you decide everything you are unable to use artfully is inherently not an art, you start to suck.
Some of the best works of art I’ve encountered have been based entirely on children’s fables. Snark, sarcasm, alliteration or...
In the long term:
Places don’t make you happy, people don’t make you happy, things don’t make you happy, pets don’t make you happy, no outside influence will make you happy*
*unless you are actually happy with yourself.
“If you believed in anything, you’d be terrifying.”
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It's nothing speciallllllllll...
I’m drinking a Christmas beer, and typing this on my iPhone. Do not expect coherence.
This has been a massively transformative year. This morning I sent greetings to a lot of people, wanting them to know that they were important to me.
This time last year, I knew four of those people.
So, here’s to my rebuilding year, to new friends, new interests, a new career, new community and...
personalise your rolex online →
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Rebuild.
This isn’t a New Year’s Resolutions post. It’s a post about a fundamental mistake that I’ve made, and that some other people will make in the coming year.
You can’t fix yourself. You have to rebuild.
Unless you’re supremely lucky, you’ve probably gone through something in life that broke you. Not permanently, maybe not even visibly, but there has been...
mother gives →
Things I may buy on Boxing Day.
Incase Sling Pack
Incase perforated Snap-on iPhone Case
A new, black suit (because some friends are getting married)
A new Parka (thinking Spiewak Carson)
SkullCandy Full Metal Jacket iPhone headphones
Winter boots
More nerf guns
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
Arctic Monkeys (121)
The Cribs (49)
Crystal Castles (40)
Kanye West (23)
The Rakes (20)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Phone Call
cbeth:
*ring ring*
Casey: Hello?
Dad: Hi. Where are you?
Casey: at a bar.
Dad: What are you drinking?
Casey: Scotch.
Dad: Which?
Casey: Macallan 18yr
Dad: GOOD GIRL.
I know if I don't see Avatar it's gonna be the...
jaimeleigh:
And ten years from now people will be all “Whaaaaat?” when I say I’ve never seen it. That’s right. I’ve never seen the matrix.
WHAT?
Hidden sensory apparatus discovered in human skin →
Simpson's Info Graphic →
chartreuse:
brucewinterton:
Awesome.
This is fantastic.
Loserkaraoke, FTW. →
This Thursday, Tequila Sunrise, 10pm, Toronto. If you like karaoke, are geek-friendly, and will be in the area, I’m sure there are worse things to do with your time.
If you don’t live in/around Toronto, you should feel left out.
Hidden sensory apparatus discovered in human skin →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-13) →
Blur (143)
Bloc Party (53)
Arctic Monkeys (40)
The Cribs (26)
Gorillaz (19)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
cube grenade case study: kula marketing →
Official: KGB chief ordered Hitler's remains... →
Possibly the craziest thing I will read this year. And I agree with the decision, actually. (found via @bud_caddell on twitter)
in defence of Sarah Jessica Parker
jaimeleigh:
I hate the horse comparisons. I hate them because I damn well like her face, and everything it represents. I hate the horse comparisons because they are bad for women—they, once again, reduce females to nothing more than a face. I hate them because they are callous and uninspired.
Say what you will about Sex and the City, but through that series Sarah Jessica Parker et. al....
“If there’s one thing I hate, it’s people.”
– Warren Ellis (via therealkatiewest)
10 Tips for Viral Marketers From a Military... →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-6) →
Blur (81)
Arctic Monkeys (66)
Rise Against (13)
The Cribs (4)
Drake (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
choosing my morning coffee →
Meet Gigi Gaston, the ye ye singer who never was →
Shocking News On The Porn Front →
Things I can't decide how to feel about:
The fact that I have a ‘look’ (as in, people can say ‘I just saw a guy who was dressed exactly like Jon Crowley’, and others know what they mean. It involves cardigans.)
Declaring info-bankruptcies (Google Reader, Email, deleting blogs / social network profiles, etc)
Smoked salmon
Fiction I’ve written
The tenuous link between self-destructive tendencies and art
...
"Some men just want to watch the world burn."
attentionindustry:
The words spoken by Michael Caine in The Dark Knight, in description of the Joker’s motivation, are intensely inspirational for me. Speaking of a jewel thief in Burma, Caine’s Alfred explains that the man was robbing caravans not for the money or the precious stones, but for the thrill. The rubies and diamonds ended up thrown away, they were meaningless to him, in comparison...
“Being young and not knowing what you wanna do is totally the worst sometimes.
I...”
– Life is hard. Here is someone.:
Meaghano is Awesome.
Greenpeace ads featuring aged politicians in 2020... →