over the weekend in dc, my dad handed me a wallet i had made out of red construction paper when i was little; he had found it while cleaning out my childhood bedroom (clearing it of some allusions to my former residence there).
so the wallet has multiple compartments (five or so), each of which contains a dollar bill. and somehow, i can’t seem to allow myself to remove any of the bills. it feels like i’d be stealing from my childhood or something.
Soooo….I have an idea. There are so many rad people on tumblr nowadays, and a lot of these people go unknown…er followed? Anyway…I’m going to post five people I enjoy on tumblr and why. (I tried to choose people you might not already follow.)
You should reblog this and add a few that you like….Deal? No big deal if the person has already been said…it just establishes how cool their tumblr is! Oh, and it’s harder than you’d think to just share a few…
Soxiam…good videos, good websites, and really witty comments
Ian Broyles…all over content….really great photos! no serious…go look at his flickr account…
Frank Chimero…well if you hadnt noticed, I love his graphic design work (I post it all the time) and now he’s got a tumblr!
Shotguneddie…nerdy AND fashionable…cool combo
Beauty Zealot…I love her drawings so so much…makes me want to go grab a box of crayons and have some fun
this is a fabulous idea (as i curtsy)! i already follow several of those above, and here are four more i always enjoy:
hrrrthrrr herself, who has such a wonderful aesthetic sensibility
sarahgoodreau whose illustrations enchant me whenever she posts
sameoldshits for engaging imagery (both photography and sketches)
spacelola who posts beautiful images i might not have seen otherwise
last night i was talking with a friend about how unreliable planes and trains are these days. we all know that we should never expect to arrive on time when put at the mercy of train schedules or air traffic control.
this of course led into me ranting (briefly) about how people, too, have become primarily unreliable. i’m always careful when broaching this subject not to go too overboard - because, really, i could probably go on about this topic for hours. probably. i think a lot of us have friends or family who we adore but don’t find to be particularly reliable. but those of us who consider ourselves to be reliable people, i’m guessing, get frustrated sometimes (read: often).
when did the switch-over occur, after which we knew to arrive late for meetings intentionally, just so that we wouldn’t be left waiting for ages outside a restaurant? when did it become commonplace for people to end friendships or romances just by letting things drift off into nothing, without saying a word? when did we come to half expect not to receive return calls from people on a regular basis? what happened to integrity, and to the pride that comes from doing what you say you will?
i know i have a tendency to expect more of people than is realistic, but a spoonful of dependability from time to time doesn’t seem all that much to ask. probably not, anyway.
