our hearts are electric

May
16th

Fri

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Hayden - Bad As They Seem

one of the saddest and sweetest songs ever written.

(per j’s request!)

May
15th

Thu

I hope ahh-nold makes a speech abaaht it.

— bds, on the good news in california

GENERATION SLAP:They're naive, self-important, and perpetually plugged in. This is a call to arms against Millennials

jstn:

This article probably offends 99.9999999% of the Tumblr community. Cool wand! —catbird

This just in: previous generation becomes annoyed at new, younger generation. But don’t worry new generation, soon you’ll be old enough to start judging the next new generation on how poorly they’ll adapt to the corporate workplace. Yawn.

I have a problem with this language: “my generation,” “our culture” “their work ethic” — it’s almost as if he’s comparing two different species. Sure, we all know generational differences exist, but the concept of “generational ownership” — some staunch identification with one’s generation — is absurd. Whether or not you SERIOUSLY IDENTIFY with the people in Reality Bites doesn’t ultimately matter; you are responsible for yourself as an individual, and blaming the year in which someone was born isn’t going to solve anything. Ever.

(But srlsy, what’s his glitch?)

May
14th

Wed

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy

I heard this for the first time in years yesterday, and it made me feel kind of old. It was the musical equivalent of seeing those signs in corner stores saying you have to be born 1990 to buy cigarettes.

THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD SPENDS $30,000 ON VIDEO GAMES AND HOOKERS WITH DAD'S CREDIT CARD “Asked why he ordered two escorts, Ralph said he thought it was the thing to do when you win a ‘World of Warcraft’ tournament.”

In Lighter News...

IT’S OFFICIALLY OK TO BELIEVE IN ALIENS

(thanks, derek)

Real Life

lovepuppy:

The world is going through a major shakedown. You don’t have to pay attention to the news to know that parts of Asia are an absolute mess right now and lives are lost and people are suffering. Not just there but everywhere.

And this, this is blogland. So can we take a moment and get the eff over ourselves?

Funny — I thought about exactly this on a walk I took this morning. Sometimes I’m disgusted by my own complaints and am further disgusted that I have a blog where I voice those complaints.

I am also “re-blogging” a stranger who feels the same way I do, which is profoundly weird, but comforting in a way.

I am also having a gmail chat conversation with a friend who just watched Helvetica for the first time. Again, WE ALL REALLY NEED TO GET OVER OURSELVES. (But what does that even mean?)

I’ll stop now before I write 400 pages.

May
13th

Tue