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As sure as your heart muscle rests in your chest cavity
we ask god to bless these festivities
yet, this hostility
felt between you and me
stops opportunity given to spread unity
2na be rhythmically wiping sadness clear
reggae cumbia mixtures create this atmosphere
people packin' cheer
simply cuz these songs show depth
giving shouts to these victims of wrongful death
now, soon as we're rid of society's small terrors
the sooner these teenagers
don't have to be pallbearers
and carry their pals nearer to graves premature the cure
be mature by keeping you hearts pure- 2na never had a chance********
- the first album was gold, but then it all went violently downhill7point34
- 2na never had a chance
- ********0
pfff.
so much to complete.
I think i'm going for a nap
- ********0
whats thankgiving.
screw those holidays.
- ********0
tss
i've been thinking for a fucking idea for that St. Patrick's Day poster we have to do.
no ideas. no fuckin ideas.
I will never go in advertising, i now this for sure.- you are half way there********
- what happened to your nap?hallelujah
- I recommend ithallelujah
- fuck it, i can't sleep when this happens.********
- you are half way there
- MrOneHundred0
Where the hell is elise coker?
- hallelujah0
do you guys think the median intelligence level on qbn skews stupid, or smart?
- Is there another choice?Mimio
- present thread excluded, of coursehallelujah
- MrOneHundred0
Based on the median – stupid. But I tend to base my analysis on the mode and I plot on a bell curve, so naturally you can see where our observations are skewed.
- based on this post, your intelligence skews higher than minehallelujah
- I invented an IQ test. Apparently I'm the smartest person on Earth.Mimio
- Things are a tad askew.MrOneHundred
- omgitsacamera0
who has a polaroid i can borrow for thanksgiving?
- sighhallelujah
- What of?MrOneHundred
- yeah, an actual polaroid or the camera? cause i got some polaroids my olds took in the bedroom in '72 if you wants?airey
- Send me $50 to cover shipping costs and I'll help you out. Email is in profile.canuck
- the cameraomgitsacamera
- canuck0
rogerhaus thread is gold!
- hallelujah0
"Sometimes I wonder what I will do when I grow up. I ‘don’t want to end up’ ‘working’ in a ‘cubicle’ and feeling meaningless, kinda like the movie ‘The Office Spaces.’ I am going to design school/liberal arts school to get a better perspective on the world. I want to be able to share this perspective with others who need help making decisions. I understand the world and/or people and/or humanity and/or ‘business.’
I am a coolhunter without even trying 2 b. Even though I do not realize it, I am on the cutting edge of ‘what’s NOW‘ in society.
I’ve read that employers like google have free buffet-style food and dry cleaning for their employees.
Should I work at google? Do they have vegan options? What can I do if I work 4 google? Can I be the guy who finds what people r looking for when they search?
Does n e other place have a progressive/zany [CUSTOMIZABLE] environment in which 2 work?I just want an authentic place where I can work.
I want 2 work 4 a firm where I can contribute 2 humanity.
I don’t want to b ‘just another alternativeBrick in the wall.
I want to authentically bond with my coWorkers.
I want to have a lava lamp.
I want to have a progressive poster in my office that wouldn’t be allowed in most workplaces.
I want to have a starting salary of $60K per year and be able to waste half of my day on the internet.
I want to eat lunch at kute restaurants with healthy options every day.
I want to be respected within my office.
I want to have authentic conversation with my coWorkers, and not just talk abt ‘the weather’ or how my local sports team is ‘in the playoffs’ and ‘has a good shot.’
I want a workplace where I can have a sweet speaker system in my office, and blast Popular Songs from The HypeMachine which inspire coWorkers to come into my office so I can tell them about the band, then spend 15 minutes telling them about how it is authentic to find MP3s from the hypemachine because it is the ‘most authentic form of buzz’ which can be associated with a band."
- hallelujah0
"When I graduated from High School (got a G.E.D. cuz I outgrew a lot of the social bullshit rlly quickly) and made a 10 year plan, I realized that I wanted a job that not only provided financial security, but more importantly projected an image that enabled people to think that I am ‘cool’ and ‘passionate about what I do at the same time.’ Picking a career is a difficult, soul-searching journey/ongoing quest for self-awareness+actualization.
When you are building a personal brand, you want a brand so strong that people want to emulate it. Kinda like Michael Jackson when he was in the process of turning white. You want other people to want your life.
Picking your authentic alt career is difficult. Sometimes it takes a lot of hard work. Sometimes it means ’standing up 2 ur parentz bullshit expectations’ and/or ’societal norms.’ It means taking risks, going to college, not going to college, changing your major, taking a year off, and transferring to a school where u r socially comfortable+’academically stimulated.’ It means being yourself and being some one else. While ‘wanting 2 make ur parents proud’ is an innate within all humans, authentic alts are willing to rage against this desire. Your pride is the most important thing in the world. Your pride, your terms.
This is ur life.
WHO DO U WANT 2 B?//////
HIPSTER RUNOFF PRESENTS
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THE MOST AUTHENTIC ALTERNATIVE CAREERS
/////The Guy who works the soundboard at concerts. He knows a lot about sound quality, systems, and bands.
DJ at a shitty radio station/college radio station/guy who is affiliated with a university 5+ years after graduating & not getting a real job.
“Door guy” who multitasks as a bouncer/ticket tearer/janitor.
Buffalo Exchange employee
Am Appy employee
postpostironic McDonalds employee
Start an indie band that is better at ‘looking like an indie band’ than it is at making music
Start a web 2.0 company
Start the first myspace profile
Work for a web marketing company who tries to get products/services/memes to go viral for companies who don’t ‘get’ how the internet works. h8 when ‘big businesses’ don’t understand the importance of the meme economy.
Work at Costco
Be a Zany Doctor
Work at a free spirited, local coffee shop
Work at Starbucks (great benefits, yall)
Go 2 beauty school.
Learn photoshop/become a designer. Carles is certified in Photoshop CS1.
Transition your name into a fashion label / be a judge on a Bravo show / make clothes for keut women.
Buy a video camera and make a lil meaningful film.
Start a blog!
Go on a Bravo Show/pretend u r ‘into the design sciences.’
Become an altCEO // start a ‘plain tee shirt company’ that is ‘fueled by legal Mexis’
Spend ur whole life ‘becoming good at the internet’ for no real reason.
[via Designnotes]
Tattoo artist
Apple Store Employee
Blipster Apple Store Employee
Make a viral vid
Note: Working in a record store is no longer an authentic alternative career in the postMP3 blog era.
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Yall have a lot of options to express your personal brands. I’m sure I left out tons of options. Feel free to add some more to the comments.In conclusion, it is just important to always remember the power of your alternative self, and the power of alternative free will. You are not functioning within the implied expectations of society. You will justify your life at any cost. You want people to understand that you are at your job for a reason. Even if you are just ‘working at a coffee shop before you move to NYC to get a job at a design firm after you get your portfolio of doodles+MSPaint files together.’
Never give up on you. You are special. Eventually, you will find a way to get paid for just being yourself. You have a unique perspective on the world, and eventually, you will find a way to let people know ‘who u really are’, establishing a platform where people will listen 2 u, and most importantly, want 2 b u. (kinda like God/Michael Jordan/theGirlTalk/Macauly Culkin circa Home Alone)."
- canuck0
Rand is bored again
- eating_tv0
I think my left foot is fading.
- Jaline0
*phew
SUCCESS!!!!
(in responding to my messages)- Congratulations! Now shouldn’t you be nursing a hangover or something?MrOneHundred
- I don't really drink. But I don't mind taking drinks from strange men!Jaline
- Not really, of course.Jaline
- * subtly puts back bottle of vodkaMrOneHundred
- moamoa0
I feel so bad!!!!! I am working for the enemy.... ;(
bläähhhh I sold my soul....
*for the first time in my life
- The shame, like the pain, disappears after the first time.MrOneHundred
- lol I hope so... the enemy pays the rent :)moamoa
- They always do.MrOneHundred
- Hey, can you also sell your soul to me? I need some superb work around me at all times.Jaline
- There is no enemy
Only paying clients.
FIN******** - sure I sell everything incl. my body. fck I am a whore, I´ll quit my job! I alway wanted to be a bakermoamoa
- OK, I will Paypal the $10.Jaline
- naaaa I am not that cheap, 12$ would work for me.moamoa
- details, pleasehallelujah
- cigarette company?hallelujah
- Fine. It's going to be more like $15 with the exchange rate. Maybe I will just make YOU work it off.Jaline
- BonSeff0
i created an exposure unit at the house for my screen prints. tested it today and it worked out great.
- That’s sweet arse! What are the lights? Halogen?MrOneHundred
- ooooo....aahh...I like the greenJaline
- ya, just 2 500watt. cost 6bucks ea at the hardware store. works brilliantly! i am geeked.BonSeff
- the green is the emulsion (negative) on the screenBonSeff
- yeah, I like it.Jaline
- I like your work too, of course ;)Jaline
- Are you just using the weight of the glass in lieu of a vacuum source?MrOneHundred
- yea- just glass- works fineBonSeff
- canuck0
Drinking a bottle of St Peter's English Ale. It's growing on me.
- locustsloth0
nobody's-paying-attention-bump
- whoops!MrOneHundred
- Got yer back, Mr. Clocustsloth
- thanks.MrOneHundred
- e-pill0
dear blog,
thanks for a great day. first Jaline's bidet!! then RogerHaus meets Flavorful!!! then Brad Batesole and his circus of FiveSharp Theft of stolen Intellectual property from QBN's own dearhead.
what a glorious day!!!
:)