#worldly advice

[flowersandspacestuff]

If a beautiful woman comes and calls to you from the side of the river as you pass in your canoe, and you know her by face and by name, and she is your beloved, go to her, always go to her, for she is your beloved, and she knows your name.

If a beautiful woman calls you from the side of the river as you pass in your canoe, and you do not know her face, and you do not know her name, but she is beautiful, do not go to her, for she is not your beloved, and she does not know your name.

[easilyhookedwonderfullyweir-blog]

My sister once told me that nothing is scarier than shitting at work. Wise woman, my sister.

[jrodon-blog]

Hot tips from yours truly:

#1: rip out your uterus at first given chance. #2: never shave your arms “just for the hell of it” #3: don’t judge people who have done anal. We are all just one misdirected poke away. #4: marry young and rich, or not at all. #5: no matter how hard you try, you’ll never be able to take a flattering picture of your feet. #6: if you’re getting in the car with a person and they automatically go for the back seat, they a bottom. #7: use your logic before your feelings, and if you ain’t got good logic try and stick to gluten free foods. #8: try everything once, and by everything I’m only talking about things that could get you mentioned in Vice or Ripley’s believe it or not. #9: talk how ever the fuck you feel like talking, but be aware of your surroundings. #10: watch out for people who -still chew green apple gum -move to the Midwest by choice -don’t own microwaves -wash their hair with two in one shampoo and conditioner

[thecutestlittlebunbunfairy]

It’s ok not to know all the answers. It really is. I once said to a friend “We are not born with a knowledge of this world. And we will not die with one either.” We are never going to have all the answers. All you will have is your experiences as you walk around on this blue speck of dust. And that’s all you can offer people. And if they want more, then you have to explain that to them. You can’t offer what you don’t have. And it’s easier to read my words then to act on them. But changing yourself to help yourself is not a bad thing. And there is no such thing as “too much change.” So rather than say “That’s too much change for me. I’ll change next year.” say, “This change won’t happen instantaneously. But I will help it along.” There is no such thing as too much change. Hell, I changed my entire identity, changed what college I was going to, and I’ve lost count on the number of times I’ve changed what I want to do with my life. Things change. Everyday things change. And as much as we all just want to sleep for a couple days and ignore the world, we can’t. We have to face reality. Even if reality makes us want to puke.

[mondoreb]

PATIENCE: SHOULD CHRISTIANS PRAY FOR PATIENCE? One bit of advice that's heard in churches "Don't pray for patience or God will answer your prayer!" But is that right? What does the Bible say about patience? Why Christians should pray for patience: one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

[yunhopabo]

"The only thing that's consistent is change." - My Dad

[theskippersays]

This Seasons Gift & Our Earth Day Pledge.

Just over a month ago our good friends at Good.is (pun intended) posted an article on Earth Day encouraging readers to make an "Earth Day Pledge"– The point being to demonstrate your commitment to improving your relationship with the environment. A lofty way of saying, "stop being a dick to the environment" (who knew our slogan was so versatile?). In said article, this beautiful man, Patrick James, pledged to "... reduce the time I spend driving alone in the car. At least once a week for the rest of the year, I'll walk, bike, carpool, or take the bus to work." Not only did this get Craig and I thinking about how much of a smug little goody two-(walking)-shoes Patrick James was... but how we could change our own habits and one-up that hippy Patrick with our own idea for improving the health of the rock we call earth. So our pledge is simple.

No more disposable cups. Is it just me or does this feel like a perfect place for a few of those cliché, real-world examples of how wasteful we are as Americans? • Did you know Americans use an estimated 16 BILLION paper coffee cups annually? Dude, thats like 6.5 million trees a year on just coffee cups people — we're not even counting those paper sleeves. So this season's dodgeball gift is a re-usable porcelain cup. This double walled porcelain is pretty good at keeping the hot, hot and the cold, cold without a sleeve, paper or otherwise. Our hope is that you'll swim out to that ship of sustainability with us... Have another gift idea? Think this one sucks? Let us know in the comments.

[theskippersays]

Screen Printing 101.

So, I'm sure some of you are sitting there, alone in your offices, looking at the sky, thinking, "Jesus, how can I learn to make my own t-shirts?". Well, your prayers have been answered, friends! The Yacht Club teamed up with our good buddies at Hit+Run and The Video Mouse to create this little vid explaining how the entire process works.

We'll be doing live screen printing with Hit+Run tomorrow at the GOOD/LA Pop-Up Community Center. This video is the first part of a series of videos we're putting together for a kids workshop at Glassell Rec. We'll have more info on that soon, but if you're interested in volunteering your time, we need all the help we can get. Just shoot us an email.