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le-desir-de-lautre: Carel Fabritius (Dutch, 1622-1654), The...

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:55:29 -0500

Carel Fabritius (Dutch, 1622-1654), The Goldfinch, 1654, oil on panel, 33,5 x 22,8, Mauritshuis, The Hague.

This is one of my top ten paintings. I love this. I can imagine the paint brush in the artist’s hand moving as a master violinist moves a bow so precisely, yet still with the chaotic nature of the universe present. It’s simply beautiful, subtle movement.

As I walked off stage Patton Oswald said “I didn’t...

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:12:00 -0500

As I walked off stage Patton Oswald said “I didn’t know Shannon Hoon was still alive” https://www.google.com/search?q=shannon+hoon it got a great laugh. I was never more thrilled to be poked fun of, ever.

Of a kind

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:11:43 -0500

Of a kind

Some restaurant on broadway

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:01:42 -0500

Some restaurant on broadway

Statue of

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:10:42 -0500

Statue of

Look! A webby!

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:35:15 -0500

Look! A webby!

Someone gave a blurry me a webby. Silly fools. I also saw the...

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:54:00 -0500

Someone gave a blurry me a webby. Silly fools. I also saw the creator of tumblr present the guy who invented the gif. Pretty great. Turns out I been pronouncing it correctly alll along. :P Oh and backstage with Jerry Seinfeld was fun!

I seem to have made it to the red carpet.

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:07:45 -0500

I seem to have made it to the red carpet.

Hotel paper

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:33:09 -0500

Hotel paper

oh %$#@!

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:19:00 -0500

I just found out that I was selected to be on stage to accept the Webby award. This is nice cause not all winners get to accept on stage. BUT…

I am already nervous thinking about it. The last time I was on stage in front of humans I played Charlie Brown in a 3rd grade play, and that didn’t go well…. and my inability was oddly fitting for the role. I’d prefer to send a thank you note and go for a walk in the woods.

drifting in pairs

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:36:40 -0500

drifting in pairs

deadlines and quotas

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:12:00 -0500

deadlines and quotas

Photo

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:26:56 -0500

"I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:39:00 -0500

“I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine.”

- Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

Got my hair trimmed and cleaned up for the webbies.

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:02:37 -0500

Got my hair trimmed and cleaned up for the webbies.

listenlikeurblind: Time And Time Again (Hans Zimmer x Chase...

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:29:50 -0500

listenlikeurblind:

Time And Time Again (Hans Zimmer x Chase & Status)

"Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:11:46 -0500

“Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an an enormous reward. You will have created something.”

- Kurt Vonnegut (via styleandsubstance)

wskgyouthvoice: American Hand III from filmmaker Jon Walley I...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:17:15 -0500

wskgyouthvoice:

American Hand III from filmmaker Jon Walley

I can relate to Mark in this video with old vehicles and old equipment that doesn’t get used. I think Mark is correct about how all of today’s vehicles are crammed with newer equipment that cars don’t really need, all of the aftermarket parts that are added on.

You don’t want to buy a new car and just throw something on there or change the engine or mess with the fuel and air ratios. Lots of kids are putting too big of a turbo in and that can cause damage to an engine.

In automotive tech, I like doing drum and disk brakes and compression testing. My dream job would be to build up on older cars from the 60s or even earlier.

I think the tech these days is getting hard to work with and figure out. The older things actually seem pretty easy to work because they don’t have half of the computerized equipment in it. I will still work on newer cars with all the computerized equipment, but it’s harder to work on them. Like Mark said, older cars are easier to work on— Just wheels, engine components, and steering, with a body and frame.

With the technically today, you either learn it or don’t get a job in it. I think I’m in the minority of my age group. I’m not really “up to date,” as people would say.

I am in this media program that uses lots of technology. It’s different from the everyday things I do— Most of the time I just stick to exercising, working on cars, doing school work. I have a type of stage-fright when recording and I’m still not sure how to use the recording equipment. I talk to people on a daily basis but it’s different than with a microphone in your face.

Radio is pretty old because I grew up listening to satellite and CDs, rarely did I tune in to a specific radio station.

Once you use something for a while, it gets old and you won’t use it again. Like the radio stations, people don’t really tune into that anymore. If they do, it’s bc they don’t have their iPod at the moment or they’re in their car and decide to flip through the channels.

-Shane, Grade 12

“Like the radio stations, people don’t really tune into that anymore.”

There are so many things about life that correlate to this awesome metaphor, and even more so with AM Radio.

Rock on Shane. Rock. On.

Tinkering with the Edsel. FE big block, Holley 4150. rarrrr....

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:55:00 -0500

Tinkering with the Edsel. FE big block, Holley 4150. rarrrr. Needs a good cleaning for sure.

snowce: Andrew Wyeth: An Interview (Life, 1965) “In the art...

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:10:00 -0500

snowce:

Andrew Wyeth: An Interview (Life, 1965)

“In the art world today, I’m so conservative I’m radical. Most painters don’t care for me. I’m strange to them. Actually, I don’t consider myself an artist in the usual sense. Talking art bores me and I hate to get caught painting—- here I am working on this damn thing. Hate it. I hate to have people see me with my watercolor block under my arm—- here I am going painting. That’s just awful. Those pictures of the artist standing with his big palette in front of a painting—- Jesus, I think it’s awful. Artists will say, “If only I could get the effect of that sulfur-yellow sky above that landscape.” I’m never struck by that stuff—- cloud formations. Or friends will say, “Andrew, I know a place you would love to paint.” God, that has nothing whatever to do with what I do.”

“God, that has nothing whatever to do with what I do.” - Please put this on my grave stone.

This tumblr entry was brought to my attention by my friend greynotgrey. His blog is awesome, go visit it.