Random & Modern Musings

witty things from a designer of witty things

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[surferartchick]

Creative alphabet: A is for articulate A is for articulate. You thought I would say art, or artistic, artistry, or some nonsense like that right?

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[showslow-deactivated20180412]

Paper Art by Joe Bagley.

[surferartchick]

very cool.

[whitabex]

[officialdarkones-deactivated201]

never not reblog

[stripperontrainfirstclasson-blog]

And then there’s good ol’ America

[ghostofhogwarts]

This actually makes me so angry. The truth is right here and people see it and brush it aside. We really could make things better. But no, America apparently wants to suck forever.

[mitsmitska]

THANKYOU MOTHER LAND.

[thelearningbrain]

Pretty sure I’ve posted this before, but I like the graphic and the info — reminds us (non-Fins) how to approach ed differently.

[faesylveon-deactivated20191106]

NO HOMEWORK IN FINLAND, MY ASS.

[surferartchick]

Sending my unborn children to Finland for their education. 

[orangieporangiepuddingpie]

[ms-interpret]

Why yes I am reblogging this again. It currently sums up my mood on my way to a movie day for final crit and free pizza I am pleased

[surferartchick]

Accidentally saw this while listening to this 

[surferartchick]

Be Yoda: Nancy Duarte on the structure of presentations

I think my favourite quote from this video is, “you are not Luke Skywalker, you are Yoda.” While, surprisingly not that great of a presentation, the information is spot on. Story marketing, whether in a presentation or in your brand story, linking your…

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[surferartchick]

Code 101: Responsive Design

Responsive design, in the simplest of terms is a design format for digital content that allows…

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[surferartchick]

Ten Life Lessons I Learned Being An Artist

Ooster Bunny Illustration for MeeGenius Publishers

As you know, (and if you don’t) I’m a commercial…

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[surferartchick]

Ira Glass on Storytelling

While browsing one of my inspiration sites, This is Colossal–I came across this video, which is good, but I remembered the original video of the quote. Thankfully they linked back to the original video (displayed below) as I would’ve never found it again.…

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[geekeryandhockey]

Tony “Fucking” Stark. That’s what.

[surferartchick]

Always Tony fucking Stark. 

[surferartchick]

Epic time-lapse video screams "Hey you, come visit California now"

I am a native of California. Lived in various parts for the first 28 years of my life. My love of the California sunrises and sunsets within the confines of this vast state can only be described as truly awe inspiring. Finally someone has captured what…

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[surferartchick]

Millennials: why I hate this term

Quote by Tolken

The term “Millennials” describes my generation. It tends to be thrown around quite…

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[theatlantic]

The Cheapest Generation: Why Aren’t Millennials Buying Cars or Houses?

What if Millennials’ aversion to car-buying isn’t a temporary side effect of the recession, but part of a permanent generational shift in tastes and spending habits? It’s a question that applies not only to cars, but to several other traditional categories of big spending—most notably, housing. And its answer has large implications for the future shape of the economy—and for the speed of recovery.

Read more. [Image: Kagan McLeod]

It’s safe to say that a decent number of Tumblr users are a part of the Millennial generation. So, tell us: Do you own a car or house? If not, why?

[thecallus-deactivated20130520]

IT’S BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO DISPOSABLE INCOME YOU THUNDERING IDIOTS. Fucking preference has nothing to do with it. 50% of college graduates have no job! They all have the most student loan debt ever! What are you asking this question for?!

[shorterexcerpts]

Also: housing is a good bit more expensive now.

My parents got a 15-year mortgage on a new house in the mid-70s. The house was $32,000. Average home price in that area now? $190,000.

[awesomeeverysingleday]

So, home prices went up. Food prices went up. Health care prices went WAY UP. Rent prices went up. Higher education went up so damn high that some of us forgo that all together. Energy prices went up. Car prices went up.

Prices of prices went up.

We also pay cell phone bills, internet bills, data plans, text plans, online subscriptions, cable/satellite tv, netflix, DVR subscriptions — bills that didn’t even exist 30-40 years ago. We also use computers and smartphones and microwaves and other consumer electronics that didn’t exist 20-50 years ago.

We need medications and doctors and contact lenses and tampons and maxi pads and other things that cost money just to be alive and keep us healthy.

Most of us can’t afford to:

Get married and have a “Traditional” big wedding

Buy a house

Buy a new car

PLAN to have children

Take two, consecutive weeks of vacation.

Jobs that paid 50k in the late 1990s now pay between 30-35. Interest rates that favor consumers have gone down.

So I say, no. We are not choosing not to buy homes. We’re not choosing to take the bus in cities where there’s no good public transit. WE ARE NOT CHOOSING TO LIVE WHAT SOCIETY DEEMS AS AN UNDESIRABLE LIFESTYLE.

Don’t even get me started on the fact that these two people in the picture are young white hipsters. Young black and brown folks have been forgoing homeownership and buying new cars for decades, this shit isn’t new, pal. You’re just acting like this shit is new because it’s hitting white folks.

anyway, my point is: We are fucking broke.

[mika-monster]

read the commentary above ^^

[lampblack-deactivated20170504]

"Hey. Hey, guys. I know the economy being fucked up is totally our fault, but what if we tell people the next generation…wants to be poor?”

[notapaladin]

Oh look I’m reblogging this again.

[surferartchick]

I'm of this generation and have a job with disposable income. I don't own a home, nor a car, but can afford both. It has nothing to do with the fact that I want to be poor exactly the opposite-I want to be rich with events. I choose to travel and experience in life while not tied to a town or a ton of bills. The term "Millennials’" is just a way for someone to try to categorise the shift in economical and social climate. Same way the terms "hippy", "baby boomers", or "Yuppie" were coined. 

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{ Cambridge }

[surferartchick]

Can't wait to be back. 

[surferartchick]

Curate moments not things

Cambridge open market

I’ve taken a lot of pictures. Mundane travel photos of fantastical places,…

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[surferartchick]

What travelling with a smart phone has taught me about the value of slow living.

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[machine-factory]

IDIOTS - by  Big Lazy Robot

'Don’t take the message too seriously. This is a promo video we’ve done to laugh at ourselves. We all have an i-diot inside, and it’s so fun!' - BLR

[surferartchick]

So cute.