Reverie Machine

Elsewhere, I'm active.

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:21:38 -0600

It’s pretty obvious that I’m not really blogging here anymore, but I really would love if all of you said hello to me in other places. I’m much more active elsewhere!

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Motive

I still got love up in this club, it’s just not happening as often.

Artist to Watch: Jónsi Birgisson

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:30:56 -0600

Artist to Watch: Jónsi Birgisson:

by Chris Reinhard for 303 Magazine

Art by Chris Reinhard

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:08:05 -0600

Art by Chris Reinhard

Art by Chris Reinhard.

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:18:54 -0600

Art by Chris Reinhard.

The Interns

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:03:00 -0600

On Friday I spent my afternoon talking to recent graduates at a job fair for the New Denver Ad Club. Now, unsurprisingly, this isn’t the kind of thing Motive does on a regular basis. It’s hard enough for us to find employees with experience; finding interns who are prepared for the kind of hell we’ll put them through is another story.

To be completely truthful, I know that I can be a little judgmental when someone isn’t keen to doing things the way I have learned to do them. I laugh a little about corporate process; I don’t have any desire to wear a suit to work, even for a little heftier paycheck; I’m not all too concerned with best practices, so long as the things I do turn out relevant, original, and creative. So when I sat down at this job fair booth to interview potential internship candidates, I found myself wondering why nobody had ever told them to be themselves as opposed to trying to fit a pretty picture more suited to pre-millennial applicants.

Some of the kids I talked to were smart, ambitious, and genuinely interesting. Most weren’t. Most of these kids had no sense of who they were, and if they did they weren’t comfortable showing it off. I remember being in college and having a couple of professors who encouraged me to be myself…are these types of mentors not as common as they should be?

I’m not totally sure what I’m trying to get at here, but I think the gist is that if you’re a college grad looking to work in a creative environment, you should act the part. Be excited! Be ambitious! Be yourself, and people like the ones who work at my agency will undoubtedly be more interested in hearing about your abilities.

My idol. Seriously.

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:55:52 -0600

My idol. Seriously.

Everyone still laughs at the jokes, but there’s no denying: these jokes are hiding more than a...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:36:32 -0700

Everyone still laughs at the jokes, but there’s no denying: these jokes are hiding more than a hint of cynicism underneath the punchline. “It’s almost over, right?” “Yeah. Right.”

Because how funny can it be, eating a five-star meal in the most beautiful restaurant on an inevitably sinking ship? This is one hell of a last meal, if I may say so myself. Sweet, savory, full of all the bad things we used to think about—even avoid—and intoxicating as all hell. Who cares, I say. Eat up, drink up, take in the view; it might get better, but you definitely won’t have the wherewithal (or a care, at all) to relish in it.

You’re all grown up, now. There’s no time for those pretty things anymore.

I love my state so much!(via thedailywhat)

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:18:32 -0700

I love my state so much!

(via thedailywhat)

Apparently this is the Russian version of the Rickroll....

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:13:43 -0700

Apparently this is the Russian version of the Rickroll. I’m not sure if it rivals Rick Astley’s chart-topping late-eighties mainstay, but if I could be as happy as this guy even half of the time I don’t think I’d have the stones to complain.

Other Things

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:04 -0700

Other Things:

I know, I know. I’m slow. I don’t post much. But if you like the things I do post, check out my other Tumblelog, Other Things. It’s just viral stuff. You know, funny stuff. I post to there almost every day.

Would You Be Mad If...?

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:17:00 -0700

Would You Be Mad If...?:

My friend Molly just started a new blog that I think is going to be pretty big. It’s totally self-fulfilling, which is awesome for the internet, and it has a little bit of FMyLife/TFLN appeal, which is also awesome for the internet. It’s called ‘Would You Be Mad If…?’ and it lets you submit scenarios and let the public decide if you should be mad about them or not. Like, if your boyfriend, instead of watching porn, sets up casual encounters on craigslist and then doesn’t show up for them…is it cheating? Would YOU be mad?

Check it out, yo. I’m sure two minutes on the site will explain it better than I just did.

Winter

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:13:03 -0700

Winter is my favorite fucking season. I love snow and I love bundling up and I love jumping off cliffs with skis on. But this winter kind of blows.

I haven’t spent much time complaining so I’m just going to let it all out here. Preface: I’m pretty stoked on life right now, so all the things that are going to spew out here are pretty much all the things I’m pissed off about. Totally.

I’ve been working a solid 60+ hours a week since the beginning of 2010. It doesn’t seem like that much, but I work at a creative studio and spend about 50 of those hours trying to be completely brilliant. It’s exhausting. It’s thrown a wrench in my social life. It makes me want to move to California, where nobody has a job.

It’s also given me next to no time for interpersonal consideration. I don’t think about the fact that I’m single and not-so-loving-it (no time, no hoes), or that I had a bad breakup with one of my best friends that I can’t still really explain or comprehend. I’m a little worried that one of these days the weight of my emotional repression is going to collapse on me and I’m going to punch a baby in the face, or whatever.

Finally, I haven’t jumped off ANY cliffs this ski season. It’s bullshit. On the days when I actually have time enough to strap in and hit the mountain, it doesn’t snow. And the rest of the days…well, 60+ hours.

I’m going to New York tonight, to meet with clients on a couple really exciting projects. It’s a good thing I don’t hate my job because if I did I’d have gone postal by now—but I swear to God, if I don’t see at least one of my dear friends while I’m on the other side of the country I’ll probably annoy someone on the plane ride home with my uncontrollable sobbing.

This has been fun…next post, I promise, will be about something positive.

"He’s downplaying it but it won’t be easy for the band to replace him. They’ll have to go down to the..."

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:06:12 -0700

“He’s downplaying it but it won’t be easy for the band to replace him. They’ll have to go down to the guitar store and wait until it opens. Then when someone buys a bass, they’ll have to ask if he wants to be in a band.”

- WWTDD writer on Pete Wentz leaving Fall Out Boy

Photo

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:49:36 -0700

On Removing Tumblarity

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:22:31 -0700

Thank goodness I’ll feel far less compelled to post uninteresting things now.

"If ‘Party In the USA’ was the death of good taste, ‘Tik Tok’ is its first..."

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:18:27 -0700

“If ‘Party In the USA’ was the death of good taste, ‘Tik Tok’ is its first post-apocalyptic hit.”

First head-exploding meme moment of 2010: Michael Cera gets a...

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:57:14 -0700

First head-exploding meme moment of 2010: Michael Cera gets a Jersey Shore makeover.

As disinterested as I usually seem in ‘getting the...

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:52:24 -0700

As disinterested as I usually seem in ‘getting the girl’ in the traditional sense, I have to say that I disagree with this. Maybe if the girl’s drunk, this would work in a social situation. Otherwise, it’s kind of silly to think that ignoring someone (for any discernible amount of time, like a week or more) would actually make them interested in you.

I prefer to ignore people I dislike in order to make more time for the people who I do like.

(diagram via juliaroy)

(via davidscottmason)

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:07:50 -0700

(via davidscottmason)

"On the First Day, God created a bunch of microorganisms and gave them the ability to evolve. Then,..."

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:27:44 -0700

“On the First Day, God created a bunch of microorganisms and gave them the ability to evolve. Then, He rested.”