less than three.

what does it say about our culture when kids can't even graffiti a heart without the use of computer symbols? that is not a heart. that is a less-than sign and the number three.



this is more like it!

JohnTV.com Interviews OKC Street Prostitute 'Star'

this is ridiculous.

Seaside Heights: "The Town That Fun Built" (Heh)

"On Barnegat Bay... the watchful lifeguard is almost unnecessary."

You learn something new every day: Carburetors

Carburetors mix fuel with a "volatile hydrocarbon."

[disgruntled] words of wise-dom

having your wisdom teeth extracted is really a rather miserable affair, as it turns out. just about everyone else i know had it done before i did (i guess they usually yank 'em before you're 22) and everyone i consulted in my pre-op anxiety just said, "oh, it's no big deal, really, you'll be fine!" which i am, but what everyone seems to remember, with such painful clarity, NOW are all of the annoying little details. like, for example, how you wake up in the morning with this awful throbbing pain because your mouth has been idle and unmedicated for 8 or 9 hours, or how around day 5 (which is where i am right now) you just want to eat a fucking cookie or some cheez-its, because all you've eaten since wednesday is yogurt and apple sauce, and even though you're feeling much better than the day before, YOU CAN'T. it's not that i'm trying to discourage anyone from joining the ranks of the wisdom-less (90% of people, as someone in my oral surgeon's office insisted), since in all honesty, it's more uncomfortable than anything, and apparently there are all of these possible problems one could face in the future if they don't come out. besides the fact that i do have percocets that i've refusen to take (in an attempt to be tough and noble, i've been taking advil). so i guess if i had taken those, i would be considerably less unhappy. i'm just saying, for something that has become like a right of passage, it's pretty shitty.

sad chipmunk:

Friendly Fires, "Paris"

Cats <3 Necklaces

TODAY, I found this,

a "pet essential," clearly...

And then I did this...

.... Because every cat needs a felt necklace.  Just look at how happy they are!

Inspiration?

From The Official Team Zissou Website

From The USS Yorktown: "The Fighting Lady," 1944?

See it on YouTube

Vikings!

Polaroid Update & Petition

Polaroid Notification

According to my research, you may be able to get FujiFilm instant film, but who the f wants FujiFilm?  Ever?

Here's a petition to SAVE POLAROID FILM! 

I don't know if it will do any good, but I signed it.  And you should too.

New Mexico (or Texas?)

ode to the polaroid

i recently heard that polaroid will no longer be making their instant film.  at first, for some reason, it didn't dawn on me how immensely disappointing that news is.  i suppose that with the advances in technology concerning digital photography, film is becoming un peu obsolete, and if 35mm is becoming scarce, then polaroid film must be even rarer.  however, as a film devotee and person who adores polaroid cameras, i'm having a difficult time coming to terms with the fact that  in the not-so-distant future, i won't be able to find film that i can use with mine.  and after a while, if i can find it, time probably will have rendered it useless.  perhaps the colors will be a bit off.  or the contrast slightly less apparent.  the shadows less crisp.  some of my favorite photos have been taken with polaroid cameras.  and who among us doesn't remember, at least once, waving that blank card around, waiting impatiently for an image to appear?  did you know that you're actually not supposed to "shake it like a polaroid picture?"  in time, you won't be able to, anyway.  there is nothing quite like instant film, even today.  we do not have another camera, that i'm aware of, that allows a photographer to hold a fully developed image in his or her hands mere seconds after the shutter clicks.  and i know that you may be thinking, 'well, who cares, with a digital camera, you can see the image instantly and if you want a print, you can have it later.'  but it's not the same.  there is a sort of nostalgia attached to polaroid's instant cameras, at least for my generation, i think, and i'm sad to see them go the way of the 8-track.

you know what?  maybe there is something i can do to prevent this from happening.  let me look into it...

College...

"If you are attending commencement, please indicate the pronunication of your name for commencement readers."

DSRL