September 2010
32 posts
your calling:
dopegirlfresh:
the intersection of what you’re good at, what you like to do, & what people will pay you to do.
per a monster.com seminar i attended two years ago. i was working in HR recruitment & that’s their definition. i’m not mad at that explanation. i think it’s realistic & fair.
… says she who quit her job 18 months ago & hasn’t looked back since.
Fact: 1 out of 4 Canadians are in Broken Social...
letsgetoutofthiscountry:
this is true
I frequently joke that membership in BSS is Canada’s version of conscription.
“Suddenly the entire sweep of our written history was clear to me. I was reading...”
– Haunani-Kay Trask, “From A Native Daughter” (via anarchafemikazebomb)
“Mr. Magic Penis” is a song I wrote after hearing...
“fear is what keeps your reflexes razor-sharp when there’s danger about. in case...”
– get free or die tryin’.: to no one in particular:
“The act of imagination is bound up with memory. You know they straight- ened out...”
– Toni Morrison (via anemptyspace)
Why Fred Korematsu Day is Important →
Last month, the Fred Korematsu Day bill was passed by the California legislature after a series of unanimous votes. It’s now on the desk of Gov. Schwarzenegger, who has until Sept. 30 to sign the bill into law. If passed, this will be one of the first days officially named after an Asian American/Pacific Islander or hell, after any ethnic minority in the US! Fred Korematsu, like Rosa Parks, Dr....
The Cocker Spaniels' "Crooked Purple Rain" Fall... →
A month from today, I’ll be criss-crossing the Midwest, the East Coast and the Deep South to preach the gospel of ackrite with new and old songs from Sometimes You’ve Gotta Fight to Get a Bit of Peace, The Gratitude Sessions and Withstand the Whatnot, along with occasional covers of my favorite artists. Details are being attended to the itinerary every day, so please check my official...
“Besides, light skinned black people aren’t the only black people who are tested...”
– More Musings on Melanin (or lack there of) « The Crunk Feminist Collective (via shanaelmsford)
chuuuuuuuurch!
(via so-treu)
Fuck You, Kings of Leon. →
so-treu:
novazembla:
This article is amazing.
Taking clips from movies as diverse as the seemingly innocuous Lethal Weapon and the odious 1915 white supremacy flick Birth Of A Nation, Peebles argues that while overt, aggressive racism has all but disappeared from cinema, it has been replaced with something more subtle and also more poisonous: an ongoing normalisation of a notion of black...
“On May 10th, 1933 the Nazis burned 25,000 books — including those written by...”
– Middle East Online: DR. Muqtedar Khan, who also counsels his fellow-Muslims, when they see images of the Quran burning, to “recognize this provocation for what it is,” to “let Terry Jones enjoy the monopoly on barbarity,” to remember the teachings of the Quran: “Forgive them and overlook their...
“Manhattan Skyline” appears on...
douglaspaul:
Sex Machine by Sly & The Family...
AUSTIN
kylesowash:
Austin. The Live Music Capital of the World. We lined up a great show with lots of friends at a great venue. All we have to do is get there and sing our songs.
What could possibly go wrong?
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Please read a full account of the show I played @ the Mohawk this past Monday, written by a member of the Kyle Sowashes, a band from Ohio whom I consider kindred spirits. ...
matthewedwards:
cargohoo:
My Bloody Valentine...
“Whenever this issue of compensatory or preferential treatment for the Negro is...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (via jonathan-cunningham)
Venetian-Blinded Rage: Opening the Blinds: →
themarriageofadeadblogsing:
I have come to realise how powerful sleep deprivation really is.
Pulling an all-nighter led to me being highly-emotional and slightly more irrational. My perspective the entire day was covered by a veil, it seems. I don’t know how bad I was back when those were normal for me…And pulling just one of those shook up my entire schedule; it felt weird to be back in the...
Gulf oil rig explodes off Louisiana coast -...
chandapw:
A commercial helicopter company reported the blast around 9:30 a.m. CDT Thursday, Coast Guard Petty Officer Casey Ranel said. Seven helicopters, two airplanes and four boats were en route to the site, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast.
The Coast Guard said initial reports indicated all 13 crew members from the rig were in the water. One was...
