bio: i'm miranda. i'm a boring girl with a big heart. i'll never close the blinds on a window seat. experience in mistakes, ambition, passion, learning, and possessing a high regard for good music is not required but highly looked upon.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Banksy on Advertizing
“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are “The Advertisers” and they are laughing at you.
You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.
Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.”
~ Banksy
good:
The Rules Of: Cutting Off Your Hair
holy fuck. i have done this. wasn’t always inspired by the opposite sex, but mostly.
Artists and their most iconic pieces
(Source: the-ballad-of-the-beatles)
list
of new years resolutions if i were to have new year’s resolutions.
1. Make more healthy choices.
2. Be less sad.
3. Be more happy.
4. Go back to school.
5. Save money for travels (Russia/Mongolia next summer)
6. Be productive.
7. Love more.
8. Stop picking my cuticles.
9. Learn new things and continue to focus on things currently learning.
10. Find a focus.
11. Find lost ambition.
12. Kill the internship.
13. Make this work.
Kids These Days of the Day: With the help of producer Rob Sharpe, 8-year-old Juliet sets her sights on the Australian hardcore scene with a brutal, no-holds-barred track about how much she loves her dog Robert.
[thanks ryan!
The First Battle of the Internet War
In response to the United States Department of Justice shutting down the popular MEGAUPLOAD website, hacktivist group Anonymous has shut down the Department of Justice website
![thedailywhat:
Infographic of the Day: According to ProPublica, which is tracking opposition to and support for SOPA and PIPA among members of Congress, yesterday’s blackout managed to persuade many politicians to come out against the Internet killing bills.
As hope-affirming as that is, it’s important to note that support for PIPA remains strong in the Senate, where those in favor of the bill outnumber those opposed by almost 2 to 1.
As mentioned yesterday, another interesting oft-ignored fact is that there is far more support for both bills among Democrats than Republicans. In the Senate, over two-thirds of all supporters are Democrats.
The blackout made a difference, but PIPA could still pass, and a procedural test vote is expected next week. Appreciate the accomplishment, but don’t mistake regrouping for retreat.
Take action.
[propublica / newsweek.]](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly26lyBUqR1qzs5cqo1_500.png)
Infographic of the Day: According to ProPublica, which is tracking opposition to and support for SOPA and PIPA among members of Congress, yesterday’s blackout managed to persuade many politicians to come out against the Internet killing bills.
As hope-affirming as that is, it’s important to note that support for PIPA remains strong in the Senate, where those in favor of the bill outnumber those opposed by almost 2 to 1.
As mentioned yesterday, another interesting oft-ignored fact is that there is far more support for both bills among Democrats than Republicans. In the Senate, over two-thirds of all supporters are Democrats.
The blackout made a difference, but PIPA could still pass, and a procedural test vote is expected next week. Appreciate the accomplishment, but don’t mistake regrouping for retreat.
[propublica / newsweek.]
I like people too much or not at all. I’ve got to go down deep, to fall into people, to really know them.
Sylvia Plath (via tarnishedtype)
(Source: 5000letters)
My tattoo done by Steve Bauer of Premier Tattoo in CO. These are lyrics from a La Dispute song, and these words hold incredibly strong personal meaning to me.
La Dispute tat!
This is amazing. Via pulmonaire:
Tyree Callahan modified a 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter, replacing the letters and keys with color pads and hued labels to create a functional “painting” device called the Chromatic Typewriter.
A diver swims alongside a Greenland shark, a rarely-seen species that looks like it has been etched from stone. They can survive for more than 200 years at depths of up to 600 metres under Arctic ice. They grow to 23-feet long and are so fearsome they have even been known to eat polar bears. Picture: Doug Perrine/Seapics.com/solent
