Blair Ellis

jakec: I don’t know how I found this band. Been #1 in my tabs...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:19:49 -0400

I don’t know how I found this band. Been #1 in my tabs since the last time I closed Chrome, which must’ve been over a month ago. This always happens. Links fester and I promise I’ll get around to them as soon as I can, opening new tabs to new distractions all the while. How did I find you, NONA? Maria? Everett? Daniel? Calvin? Dayna? Pitchfork? Who’s my inside line on Pennsylvanian indie rock? Maybe this is the ideal way to hear a new band. No context. No clue.

good band, good peoples, only punx I have ever met who care about golf

pro tip on how to forget how sad you are: shave off all your body hair

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:17:09 -0400

pro tip on how to forget how sad you are: shave off all your body hair

POP FEMINIST PERBLOG: I know the purpose of telling myself over and over again “$250” is...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:39:00 -0400

POP FEMINIST PERBLOG: I know the purpose of telling myself over and over again “$250” is...:

rgr-pop:

I know the purpose of telling myself over and over again “$250” is that that’s a stupid tiny amount of money to pay to have a place to live (esp a lovely place to live) and it’s supposed to convince me that I shouldn’t worry about it too much because I know based on empirical evidence…

I feel this so hard… like I now have 2 jobs and at each of them I make the a months rent in one day… but that’s also because I live in Flint and work in Bloomfield Hills, (and also work in Flint)…

if I start thinking about paying rent it gets really scary… money in general is really scary but it makes working so much better because I can tell my self if I can just make it through the next 10 hours (2 of which I get time and a half) then I will have a place to live (and cats to chill with) for a hole month.

also my friend who I work for at like special events and stuff buys me Amy’s samosa’s, and my other job I get to eat with the kids so I get 3 snacks a day, and like all the left over vegetables and chips and stuff.

if not for student loans and car insurance I could potentially start saving money, because while things are going well right now if I ended up in jail again or paying court fees or having to take care of someone in an emergency I would be kinda screwed.

thepeoplesrecord: Just a reminder that 166 Guantanamo Bay...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:02:11 -0400

thepeoplesrecord:

Just a reminder that 166 Guantanamo Bay detainees have been on hunger strike for more than three months now, & 43 are being force-fed in what doctors have just called “a medical ethics-free zone.”

GITMO cartoon by Matt Bors

Might not have the best relationship with my dad but I’m kinda into fathers day this year...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:57:40 -0400

Might not have the best relationship with my dad but I’m kinda into fathers day this year because I was able to find a record of the band his best friends were in from the 60’s… and like they suck and everything but like my dad is doing mid-life crisis the best

Video

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:09:59 -0400

deeplezstonerwitch: afrafemme: searchingforknowledge: malanga-...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:40:32 -0400

deeplezstonerwitch:

afrafemme:

searchingforknowledge:

malanga-coco:

kemetically-afrolatino:

Obama tells Africa not to blame colonialism for problems

“I think part of what’s hampered advancement in Africa is that for many years we’ve made excuses about corruption or poor governance, that this was somehow the consequence of neo-colonialism, or the West has been oppressive, or racism – I’m not a big – I’m not a believer in excuses.

“The West and the United States has not been responsible for what’s happened to Zimbabwe’s economy over the last 15 or 20 years.

oh yea cuz two decades erases 500+ years of Maafa African Holocaust colonialist, racist, white supremacist, capitalist slavery

YES WE CAN OPPRESS!

oh god this just gets worse

Oh the World Bank and IMF do not exist? Obama pls go and FUCK YOURSELF

fuck this guy.

embarrassing

I had to check the sauce… but wow this is a thing

nearlya: Yigal Ozeri. Untitled, Priscilla in ecstasy, 2007, Oil...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:14:13 -0400

nearlya:

Yigal Ozeri. Untitled, Priscilla in ecstasy, 2007, Oil on paper mounted on board

realism doesn’t usually do anything for me.. but damn

shopping list: white ‘bunny’ bread strawberry jelly 1 gallon of sunny d

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:48:11 -0400

shopping list:

white ‘bunny’ bread

strawberry jelly

1 gallon of sunny d

#Intelforchange

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:24:19 -0400

#Intelforchange

piecesofablackman: Truth. False there is a very different...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:57:03 -0400

piecesofablackman:

Truth.

False there is a very different power dynamic behind each of these statements, terrorists who come from communities that are suffering from imperalists control and exploitation at the hands of the west who then attempt to inspire a violent revolution to defend them selves against oppression are for sure not the same as racist white dudes who were pissed that people existed who wern’t just like them… I mean from a historical perspective this ignores a lot of stuff but that’s pretty obvious….

but like that’s not what this is about this is about how we use language to construct weather identities are valid… and these are two very different statements…

“To say Muslim terrorists represent the Islam is like saying Christian terrorists represent Christianity” might be a little closer to a valid critique of language

but it still fails to take into account the fact that there has been a deliberate effort to popularize the phrase “Islamic terrorist” where as a similar effort has not been made to popularize the phrase “Christian terrorist”… the fact that almost half of the time we here the word “terrorists” we also here the a reference to islam is building an argument through linguistic proximics where we are being trained to associate the two. a racist argument that things like this post play a big part in.

like this shit is racist… in a bunch of ways maybe I’ll write something better about this later but for now like check your shit

stuff is actually working out great

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:07:00 -0400

So the situation with me and Intel now is actually pretty great. I went and talked to a lawyer and he basically said not to trust anyone ever and that everyone is out to get you… and that is pretty much my goto response to a any situation but I think between that and the pure shell shock of the situation, I wasn’t able to really appreciate what I’m getting.

I mean they are giving me a lap top and a phone and moneyz and letting me plan a trip pretty much anywhere in the world to learn more about stuff that I care about.

and it is obviously frustrating to go somewhere and be worried that nobody really wants you there, only to later find out that maybe you were right… but like just because people don’t want me at there things dosn’t mean they are evil or whatever… maybe they feel the same way about me being in there spaces as I do about new yorkers coming to my spaces…

They guy who I was working with on all this stuff was pretty great and basicaly just let me yell at him for an hour on the phone last night and was supper nice and apologetic and I get that he is in a shitty situation too so…

I’m still pretty shaken up… but now I get to go to the AMC and not have to miss working at my awesome summer job as a professional hang out with kids and do awesome crafts person (also it’s through the state so the money is ridiculous. and I get 10 hours of overtime every week so I’ll be able to pay rent for the whole year with the money I make working for 2 months)

also I’m looking at different trips that I could do and it has to be through legit groups so that limits a lot of what I want to do but it’s looking like I will do a 2 week (yuppie style) bike tour and then 2 weeks of volunteering at a school, farm or orphanage. either in ecuador, kenya or india… so like everything is coming up millhouse

when it comes down to it 2 months ago I felt like I bombed an interview and was ok with walking away at that point and now I got to go see L.A. meet some fancy people and I’m still getting to go on a trip and all the swag. so I’m pretty pumped about the hole thing

this movie was so important and was like the only reason I...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:06:18 -0400

this movie was so important and was like the only reason I wanted to go to college

"Hey - If you ♥ any vets please let them know that they can get a free One-Year membership at TechShop + $350 worth of classes for free. It's really an amazing opportunity designed for some amazing people."

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:49:41 -0400

"Hey - If you ♥ any vets please let them know that they can get a free One-Year membership at TechShop + $350 worth of classes for free. It's really an amazing opportunity designed for some amazing people.":

it’s no secret that I’m not a big fan of the way people celebrate military service as if it is some how the ultimant way to serve your country… because A. there are all kinds of ways to serve a country many of which I think are more important than military service and B. I don’t beleave in serving a country (or in the validity of states in general)…

buuuuuuuuuuuuutttt… I am never not pissed about the way the military tricks kids into joining by promising the moon and stars and then more or less abandons those kids when they are done being exploited… it is our responsibility as community members to take care of those who the system failed and the system fails vets in a big way, so we should do what we can to help them (not because they are great …most vets I know are complete assholes … but because often times they are not given the resources they were promised.

I think techshop is good people, and I think it’s cool that they are doing this… I don’t know too many vets (because like I’m a jerk or whatever) but if you know people please send this info there way

burgrs: im rly good at developing 15 minute crushes on ppl rather I’m not very good at not...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:18:44 -0400

burgrs:

im rly good at developing 15 minute crushes on ppl

rather I’m not very good at not developing 15 minute crushes on ppl

cardboardamerica: Kellogg Company - Battle Creek,...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:42:55 -0400

cardboardamerica:

Kellogg Company - Battle Creek, Michigan

Thousands of visitors annually make the trip to Kellogg’s in Battle Creek where they see how ready-to-eat cereals are made. In the five decades since Kellogg plant tours were started, several million people have been guests of the Company - at Kellogg’s you, too, are always welcome!

...and then they came for the trans* people.

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:54:43 -0400

...and then they came for the trans* people.:

smashtheplates:

nepantlastrategies:

transcreature:

tooyoungforthelivingdead:

Transgender people in Greece are now being rounded up and detained in a continuation of the social cleansing of the “undesirables”.

FUCK.

THIS.

Umm I’m pretty sure it should read “and then they came for transgender women”

I really resent the trans* identity at times like this

“The testimonies of a large number of victims suggest that before being released from custody, the policemen threatened transgender women, warning them that if they did not ‘return to normal’, legal proceedings against them would be initiated for indecent behaviour in public places.”

http://www.grreporter.info/en/transgender_persons_thessaloniki_become_victims_police_violence/9400#sthash.DTZuhKOk.wstjBQTp.dpuf

What the fuck!!???!! “return to normal” what the hell does that even mean.

fyeahstick-n-poke: new lil crystal on my leg with blue tattoo...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:06:52 -0400

fyeahstick-n-poke:

new lil crystal on my leg with blue tattoo ink. I did all these guys.

so plans changed and it seams like my goals and intel’s...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:53:35 -0400

so plans changed and it seams like my goals and intel’s goals… might be a little too different to make the the program work as it was, so they are letting me plan/funding a trip that will approach issues in a way that is more consistent with my beliefs… I have a lot of feelings about this, that I’m sure I will share later but for now I’m wondering if anyone knows of an organization that helps put together such trips that are some what social justice oriented?

occupymytits: If you are up in arms over Edward Snowden’s persecution but didn’t give a fuck when...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:18:09 -0400

occupymytits:

If you are up in arms over Edward Snowden’s persecution but didn’t give a fuck when homegirl Assata Shakur was put on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list with a $2million reward you better work on your intersectional politics and ain’t nobody want you here.