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99problemsbutapitchaintone:

knitmeapony:

ZeFrank has a show again.  Here’s the first episode, An Invocation for Beginnings.

TRANSCRIPT (bolding mine on things that I particularly liked):

I’m scared.

I’m scared that my abilities are gone

I’m scared that I’m going to fuck this up

And I’m scared of you

I don’t want to start, but I will.

This is an invocation for anyone who hasn’t begun

Who’s stuck in a terrible place between zero and one

Let me realize that my past failures at follow-through are no indication of performance

They’re just healthy little fires that’ll warm up my ass

If my FILDI (fuck it let’s do it) is strong let me keep him in a velvet box until I really really need him

If my FILDI is weak let me feed him oranges and not let him gorge himself in ego and arrogance

I may not hit up my facebook like it’s a crack pipe

Keep the browser closed

If I catch myself wearing a to-to (too fat too late too old) let me shake it off like a donkey would shake off something it doesn’t like

And when I get that feeling in my stomach — you know the feeling when all of the sudden you get a ball of energy and it shoots down into your legs and up into your arms and tells you to get up and stand up and go to the refrigerator and get a cheese sandwich — that’s my cheese monster talking.  And my cheese monster will never be satisfied by cheddar only the cheese of accomplishment.

Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me I still love them, I still give them chances, and I still see the best of them.  Let me extend that generosity to myself.

Let me find and use metaphors to help me understand the world around me and give me the strength to get rid of them when its apparent they no longer work.

Let me thank the parts of me that I don’t understand or are outside of my rational control like my creativity and my courage.

Let me remember that my courage is a wild dog and it won’t just come when I call it, I have to chase it down and hold on as tight as I can.

Let me not be so vain to think that I am the sole author of my victories and a victim of my defeats.

Let me remember that the unintended meaning that people project on to what I do is neither my fault or something I can take credit for.

Perfection might look good in his shiny shoes but he’s a little bit of an asshole and noone invites him to their pool parties.

Let me remember that the impact of criticism is often not the intent of the critic, but when the intent is evil, that’s what the block button’s for.

And when I eat my critique, let me be able to separate the good advice from the bitter herbs.

[unintelligible]

Let me not think of my work only as a stepping stone to something else, and if it is, let me become fascinated by the shape of the stone.

Let me take the idea that has gotten me this far and put it to bed.  What I am about to do will not be that.  But it will be something.

There is no need to sharpen my pencils anymore.  My pencils are sharp enough.  Even the dull ones will make a mark.

Warts and all.

Let’s start this shit up.

And god, let me enjoy this.  Life isn’t just a sequence of waiting for things to be done.

LOL. Nice one #digiday

rockthelips:

Reblog!! Can we get the Starbucks mermaid to #RockTheLips on International Women’s Day?  (With all the Frapaccinos we’ve had…we think so!) : )

rockthelips:

This one’s for all the ladies and lady-lovers out there. We’re pro-lady.

Celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th by wearing red lipstick. 
RSVP to our event here

#RockTheLips. Wear red lipstick on March 8 to celebrate International Women’s Day. Join the Facebook event and share with your friends to help us get 1 million women to participate!

http://www.facebook.com/events/333513166686115/

siliconvalleyryangosling:

Hey girl.  Censorship can ruin a magic moment.  STOP SOPA. 

Please call and write your representative.

Click here for more SVRG on SOPA.

kopointwireblog:

Produced for KoPoint Stories by Doc Stodden  Political Director of KoPoint.

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This inaugural edition of the KoPoint Political Explainer covers everything you need to know about the Iowa Caucuses, including what is actually going on in Iowa tonight, who Ron Paul is, What are the major issues facing the potential winner of the General Election in November, what a conservative is, and why We should pay attention to Iowa. Voice credits include Doc Stodden, (Host) Mallary Allen, John Hansen and Victor Moses as supporting voices.Barry Goldwater also makes an appearance.

Full Post

fastcompany:

The response to Fast Company’s recent feature story, “The Case for Girls,” has been incredible. First, digital agency AKQA’s mock ad campaign became a real-life call to action and a mobilizing worldwide event. Now social media agency Lovesocial has announced a partnership with indie doc Miss Representation and reached out to Fast Company to create an infographic to illustrate the stats featured in our story.

Helpful. After seeing the neon pink script in the movie Drive, I’m not becoming more of a type geek.

Are you ready, @advertisingweek? I’m psyched. #aw8

It’s been a great summer of relaxation, good friends, and a few adventures littered throughout. Though my life could hardly be described as boring, I’ve realized that I’ve found myself in a somewhat comfortable routine. My typical week involves about a nine-hour workday (more or less), catching up with friends at bars, wine-filled girls nights, great meals, nice walks, good fiction, and some gentle yoga and cardio exercise. I intersperse this with some weekends away and vacations a few times a year, but day-to-day, my life is pretty familiar. I’m definitely not complaining — I’m extremely lucky, incredibly grateful, and I know I have a wonderful life.

What I’m missing is a creative outlet. Instead of lusting over other cities to live in and travel to, I’m going to take NYC for all it’s got.

So here’s my plan: starting this week, I’m going to kick off the post-it challenge.

The post-it challenge will entail covering my under-utilized fridge with post-its of fun creative activities: cooking classes, piano lessons, taking up knitting again, writing for pleasure, sketching, and more. Some will be more in-depth endeavors (learn Python) and some will be one-off activities (like sketching with colored pencils in Tompkins Square Park).

My goal is to do at least 2 a week and document my experiences on Tumblr and on Google+.

Here’s where you can help:
1) Suggest some creative activities that one can do without a lot of time, money, or travel in NYC. Example: take a silks class at NY Trapeze School.
2) Join me. Are you interested in partaking in some of my mini-adventures, email me and let me know what you want to do and when you can do it.
3) Challenge yourself. Create your own post-it challenge and with a personalized to-do list of new creative activities and projects.

Here’s a list of a feel initial ideas I have. Share yours!

I’ll post my covered fridge in the next few days. Here’s the before pic

If you don’t know Alex Winston, you need to. She’s hypnotic and addictive.

What failure means. Thanks for the reminder @SapientNitro LA cc @ebrewer (Taken with Instagram at SapientNitro)

rollingstone:

Sixties icon Ronnie Spector was a major influence on Amy Winehouse’s sound and visual style. They shared beehive hair, a talent for deep, smoky vocals, and tragically, a taste for trouble as they hit success. 

Spector spoke to Rolling Stone about the sadness of seeing her troubled protégé go: 

Amy came to my show in London about six months ago, and she was so shy. She was hiding behind somebody, but I could see the hairstyle, and I knew she was there. That was all I needed. When I sang “Back to Black,” I could see the tears in her eyes, and there were tears in mine.

Visit rollingstone.com to hear Spector cover Winehouse’s hit “Back to Black.”

Time-lapse video of graffiti battle in London, brought to you by SapientNitro

have you met me? blue!

katykelley:

mopostal:

nickdouglas:

“My, Baratunde sure does look different in this week’s issue of Adweek.”

(Apparently someone did a Google Image search but went with the one picture that was a different black comedia.)

No way! No no, seriously!!?

WHAT! Okay, first…NOT Baratunde.  Second, personally knowing all three of these people is kinda a trip.