I will be 26 in December, so by 30

I'd like to:
• Skydive
• Travel to Africa, Israel, Australia/New Zealand, and anywhere else that seems right at the time
• Get published somewhere new
• Take an extended road trip
• Learn to swim freestyle
• Return to grad school
• Go to Coachella
• Go to Burning Man
• And probably some other smaller stuff I will have to think about

Back in 1996

hip hop was still fun, ladies regularly rocked the T-Boz cropped haircut, and leather gloves were a regular accessory for guys in music videos. As one of my all time favorite songs, I'm not sure how I only just saw the official video for Return of the Mack this morning. It's even better than I'd expected.

yes, I was browsing cute animal videos last night

and this is possibly the cutest thing I've ever seen.

the bottle

Not only is the narrative surprisingly cohesive and deep for not actually having any dialogue, this great stop-motion action must have taken foreeever.

the picture

I liked best from my visit to Wendy's yesterday. It may or may not also be my new desktop background.

Story to Be Told

M.I.A. kinda changed my life when I first heard the song 'Galang' at Beauty Bar of all places back in my sophomore year of college. I've held a strong affinity for her music and crazy unique style ever since, plus she spent her early years in Sri Lanka which is completely badass. Anyways, her last couple songs didn't really do it for me but Story To Be Told came out yesterday and I like it. The choppy graphics in the video are funny, especially when all the comments on YouTube clearly think she's actually serious about the aesthetic.

Tavi

I definitely do not follow fashion but I do care about good writing/reporting and while this 14 year old kid Tavi Gevinson is all over the place now, after reading a New Yorker profile on her, I kinda get why people are so fascinated by her.
Not only does she have an unusually keen vocabulary, but she has this rare and wide understanding of culture that few young teens posses.
She injects references to 90s TV shows, 60s fashion ads, mythology, and advanced literature. Talking about her social life she said, “I go between a Daria mind-set and Atticus Finch.”
anyways, she made me excited about youth and even mildly interested in fashion for about 20 min, two things that don't often peak my interest. plus, her rap video to designer Rei Kawakubo is friggin adorable and hilarious. an intriguing little person she is.

so fresh...this gave me chills.

It's all about timing