Hearts Alight

Photo

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:36:35 -0400

leupagus: ave-atque-vale: syedaaj: jawdust: where is this...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:12:36 -0400

ave-atque-vale:

syedaaj:

jawdust:

where is this guy’s blockbuster movie

Wow mind-blown

Source.

WOAH. The article is amazing - this guy really was incredible.

richpellegrino: The 16x20 Sleeping Beauty print is now...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:48:31 -0400

richpellegrino:

The 16x20 Sleeping Beauty print is now available as a very limited edition of 35:

Link to Purchase

theartofanimation: Pettryb

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:24:37 -0400

theartofanimation:

Pettryb

theartofanimation: Redredundance

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:01:24 -0400

theartofanimation:

Redredundance

theartofanimation: Redredundance

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:36:17 -0400

theartofanimation:

Redredundance

theartofanimation: Redredundance

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:12:18 -0400

theartofanimation:

Redredundance

wake-up-kid: runwhenisayrunfightwhenisayfight: ahorsecalledhono...

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:48:16 -0400

wake-up-kid:

runwhenisayrunfightwhenisayfight:

ahorsecalledhonour:

fixthefisherking:

banjaxed:

nightlifemingus:

nosdrinker:

hypnotiqradiance:

If you don’t get this reference, you’re too young for tumblr.

are you fucking kidding me pixar puts out a movie ever year a baby would get this reference

it’s not pixar it’s a reference to that time in 1994 when lamps became sentient humanoids

many were lost that day

It was a grim day for mankind. My parents took refuge in a cave and thus saved us from certain death; we lived close to a lamp factory at the time and the surrounding region was utterly devastated in the conflict.

My brother fought one off using only an egg whisk and a pogo stick.

Only 90s kids remember the Lampocalypse

My father still has the scars from where one stole his kidney

Ironically, it was a dark time.

robinlockheart: imtheotterlope: vegansanfrancishet: So, I...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:24:11 -0400

robinlockheart:

imtheotterlope:

vegansanfrancishet:

So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these days. I also work as a barista/cashier pretty regularly these days. A few weeks back, I had a customer come in, a fairly typical, sheltered, suburban soccer mom, and she ordered a latte from me. She saw my brightly colored nails and said, “Wow, you’re so brave! My son asked me about painting his nails, and if it’s okay for boys to do that. Now I’ll tell him there’s a cool guy who does it too!” It was a nice moment, very cute.

Then, last week, she came in again, and said, “Hey, I’m so glad you’re here! I want you to meet someone!” She then brings her son forward, and says, “Okay sweetie, show him what you did!” And he throws his hands up, showing off his bright, sparkling blue nails. He shows them off, and I show mine off to him. He smiles. We fist bump.

Guys, I’ve only wanted to cry once at work before, and that was when someone ordered a large dry soy cappuccino on ice.

This time, though. This was a good cry.

I don’t know this man or this mom, but I love them both.

aww so cute,

btw: as a barista I understand why he wanted to cry about tat drink.

dustingthewind: zeenuts: The troubling viral trend of the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:36:38 -0400

dustingthewind:

zeenuts:

The troubling viral trend of the “hilarious” Black poor person

May 7, 2013

Charles Ramsey, the man who helped rescue three Cleveland women presumed dead after going missing a decade ago, has become an instant Internet meme. It’s hardly surprising—the interviews he gave yesterday provide plenty of fodder for a viral video, including memorable soundbites (“I was eatin’ my McDonald’s”) and lots of enthusiastic gestures. But as Miles Klee and Connor Simpson have noted, Ramsey’s heroism is quickly being overshadowed by the public’s desire to laugh at and autotune his story, and that’s a shame. Ramsey has become the latest in a fairly recent trend of “hilarious” black neighbors, unwitting Internet celebrities whose appeal seems rooted in a “colorful” style that is always immediately recognizable as poor or working-class.

Before Ramsey, there was Antoine Dodson, who saved his younger sister from an intruder, only to wind up famous for his flamboyant recounting of the story to a reporter. Since Dodson’s rise to fame, there have been others: Sweet Brown, a woman who barely escaped her apartment complex during a fire last year, and Michelle Clarke, who couldn’t fathom the hailstorm that rained down in her hometown of Houston, and in turn became “the next Sweet Brown.”

Granted, the buzzworthy tactic of reporters interviewing the most loquacious witnesses to a crime or other event is nothing new, and YouTube has countless examples of people of all ethnicities saying ridiculous things. One woman, for instance, saw fit to casually mention her breasts while discussing a local accident, while another man described a car crash with theatrical flair. Earlier this year, a “hatchet-wielding hitchhiker” named Kai matched Dodson’s fame with his astonishing account of rescuing a woman from a racist attacker. But none of those people have been subjected to quite the same level of derisive memeification as Brown, Clark, and now, perhaps, Ramsey—the inescapable echoes of “Hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ wife!” and “Kabooyaw,” the tens of millions of YouTube hits and cameos in other viral videos, even commercials.

It’s difficult to watch these videos and not sense that their popularity has something to do with a persistent, if unconscious, desire to see black people perform. Even before the genuinely heroic Ramsey came along, some viewers had expressed concern that the laughter directed at people like Sweet Brown plays into the most basic stereotyping of blacks as simple-minded ramblers living in the “ghetto,” socially out of step with the rest of educated America. Black or white, seeing Clark and Dodson merely as funny instances of random poor people talking nonsense is disrespectful at best. And shushing away the question of race seems like wishful thinking.

Ramsey is particularly striking in this regard, since, for a moment at least, he put the issue of race front and center himself. Describing the rescue of Amanda Berry and her fellow captives, he says, “I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man’s arms. Something is wrong here. Dead giveaway!”

The candid statement seems to catch the reporter off guard; he ends the interview shortly afterward. And it’s notable that among the many memorable things Ramsey said on camera, this one has gotten less meme-attention than most. Those who are simply having fun with the footage of Ramsey might pause for a second to actually listen to the man. He clearly knows a thing or two about the way racism prevents us from seeing each other as people.

Source

Please stop sharing these memes. Poor Black people speaking candidly about various serious incidents isn’t a hilarious joke.

This is really well written. I admit to have laughed at Dodson’s recounting , so this was good for me to read and I hope people keep reblogging this!!!

fishingboatproceeds: colchrishadfield: I find it hard to...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:12:31 -0400

fishingboatproceeds:

colchrishadfield:

I find it hard to picture the geologic event that made this happen. Central Africa.

When you follow a lot of contemporary art blogs and also astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield, sometimes you’re like, “Wait, is that an abstract painting or is that THE PLANET EARTH?”