Currently experiencing technical difficulties

Over the past few weeks (”the holidays”), I began to observe an uprising (maybe downrising) within myself: I began to burn out on technology. OK, I guess I maybe didn’t burn out on technology, but I did maybe burn out on its mainstream representations.
Nouns
Screens. Smart phones. Computers. Tablets. Apple. Google. Facebook. Social Media. GChat. Facebook Chat. [...]

Sunday night, December

She said: “As life goes on, it gets less desirable to live.”
He said: “Don’t get caught up too much in how you feel right now–on a Sunday night in December.”

Shed the meaning

I was walking through Penn Station, and I noticed a homeless woman wearing a Sevendust shirt. I guessed based on her age and demeanor that she probably doesn’t even know what Sevendust is (it’s a shitty band, FYI), nor does she care.
To that woman, it was just a shirt. It presented no external meaning, even [...]

Some wisdom

One of my best friends in the world, Karoleen Decastro, recently came to visit me in NYC. She said this in a note the day she left:
“I know we’re going through a lot, but as always, I am confident everything will work out. How do I know? Four years ago we talked about all the [...]

The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs

Jolie Holland - The Littlest Birds

Independence Day

Otis Redding - “These Arms of Mine”

But FOR REAL

My friend is a Master’s of Product Design student at Carnegie Mellon. He had two projects from two separate classes earlier this semester:
One was to develop a new kind of home air freshener.
The other was to research emotions that occur when someone is trying to quit smoking (cigarettes, duh). Based on the research, design opportunities [...]

Song of the life

Gang Starr - Above The Clouds

Sonically functional

This song doesn’t really remind me of anything, but I love this song.
Burden Brothers - You’re So God Damn Beautiful

Twice Upon a Time (color) & Portishead - Theme from ‘To kill a dead man’ (sound) mashup

My Godfather (hAH!) gave me the movie Twice Upon a Time as a Christmas gift–It’s a film that’s always been kind of symbolic of my family’s humor and creative taste. The art is beautiful and the story is beautiful. And, I guess I should mention it was produced by George Lucas, or whoever that guy [...]

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