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Dedicated Project

Hey, Rad. I'd never heard of these dudes but I'm definitely appreciating the trailer and the powder slashes. Last year's movie is available for free download on their site, and this year's will be in November.
Powder slashes are one of the most rewarding feelings, it's like driving stick too fast, a complete excess but a wonderful feeling. Difference is, powder's free for the taking.

hip to it.

To see full article:
Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization

High Points:

"With nothing to defend, uphold or even embrace, the idea of “hipsterdom” is left wide open for attack. And yet, it is this ironic lack of authenticity that has allowed hipsterdom to grow into a global phenomenon that is set to consume the very core of Western counterculture. Most critics make a point of attacking the hipster’s lack of individuality, but it is this stubborn obfuscation that distinguishes them from their predecessors, while allowing hipsterdom to easily blend in and mutate other social movements, sub-cultures and lifestyles."

"While punk, disco and hip hop all had immersive, intimate and energetic dance styles that liberated the dancer from his/her mental states – be it the head-spinning b-boy or violent thrashings of a live punk show – the hipster has more of a joke dance. A faux shrug shuffle that mocks the very idea of dancing or, at its best, illustrates a non-committal fear of expression typified in a weird twitch/ironic twist. The dancers are too self-aware to let themselves feel any form of liberation; they shuffle along, shrugging themselves into oblivion."

"Red-eyed and bleary, they sit hunched over their laptops, wading through a sea of similarity to find their own (momentarily) thrilling instant of perfected hipster-ness.
What they may or may not know is that “cool-hunters” will also be skulking the same sites, taking note of how they dress and what they consume. These marketers and party-promoters get paid to co-opt youth culture and then re-sell it back at a profit. In the end, hipsters are sold what they think they invent and are spoon-fed their pre-packaged cultural livelihood."

Trends are a fascinating, puzzling, and frustrating phenomena. 5 years ago i thought chuck taylors where the footwear of the scum of society. i'm wearing them today.
ten years ago i scorned my glasses. Embarrassed, ashamed, i remember being holed up in the school bathroom - crouched on top of the counter, face an inch from the mirror - for an hour trying to put in my contacts for the first time. Today, i'm wearing my glasses. How does the way something look change, or more specifically, how does our experience change over time when we see something.

language block.

i love looking at photos on flickr, i love that it's so widely used around the world. only thing i dont love is that a lot of people post descriptions and comments in languages i dont understand. but because of that i've stumbled on what i'm going to call one of the most important pieces of literature of our freetranslation.com time.

I FOUND AUNT ESTHER CRYING, SICK TORTOISE.
POISONOUS ROOT, SEEMS, OR BAD CHEESE CONDITIONS.
DELICATE ANIMAL TORTOISES.
SOMEWHAT FOOLISH, they do NOT DISTINGUISH.
A PITY.

i've branded my feet. advertising language seems to have a common dictionary.

by not very popular demand.

on the request line to bring back the blog. truth be told, i wouldn't look at it if it wasn't my own, so i'm going to address that problem and keep it in mind for the future. post not in haste. that's the whole story.