The Empty Box

May 24

Gator riding!! (Taken with Instagram at Gatorland)

Long view. (Taken with Instagram at Disney Dream)

Mar 2

Dr. Seuss on IEPs (1999)

I do not like these IEPs
I do not like them, Jeeze Louise!
We test, we check,
We plan, we meet,
But nothing every seems complete.
Would you, could you like the form?
I do not like the form I see,
Not page 1, not 2 not 3
another change,
A brand new box,
I think we all
Have lost our rocks,
Could we all meet here or there?
We cannot all fit any where.
Not in a room, Not in a hall,
there seems to be no space at all.
Could you, could you meet again?
I cannot meet again next week.
No Lunch, no prop,
Please hear me speak.
No, not at dusk. No, not at dawn.
At 4 P.M., I should be gone.
Could your hear while all speak out?
Would you write the words they spout?
I could not hear, I would not write,
This does not need to be a fight.
Sign here, date there,
Mark this, check that,
Beware the students ad-vo-cat(e)
You do not like them,
So you say
Try again! Try again!
And you may
If you will let me be,
I will try again,
You will see
Say! I almost like these IEPs
I think I’ll write 6,003
And I will practice day and night
until they say
You got it right

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Feb 21

“[Language] becomes ugly and inaccurate not because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.” George Orwell

Feb 11

twicr:

GIANT ROBOT HATE PLANE! GIANT ROBOT SMASH CAR! WHY NO LIKE GIANT ROBOT? GIANT ROBOT FOREVER ALONE!

(iv orlov via creativefiasco)

Ha.

Feb 5

kateoplis:

Jack Delano, Pabst over Chicago, 1943

Cool!

Jan 21

Bi-weekly project MVP trophy/robot. Each winner adds an embellishment. (Taken with Instagram at WDPRO)

Jan 18

laughingsquid:

Poster Series Featuring Modern Films Recast as Classic Movies

“The fear of infinity is a form of myopia that destroys the possibility of seeing the actual infinite, even though it in its highest form has created and sustains us, and in its secondary transfinite forms occurs all around us and even inhabits our minds” Georg Cantor (via philphys)

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Jan 16

this is the offical ‘i care’ symbolthis is how it works:basically you reblog this and your followers know that you care and that they can message you about anything anon or not and you will reply back or at least look at their message. if you care about your followers please reblog

this is the offical ‘i care’ symbol

this is how it works:
basically you reblog this and your followers know that you care and that they can message you about anything anon or not and you will reply back or at least look at their message. if you care about your followers please reblog

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The Invisible Activist

cuntflavor:

Who are the invisible social justice advocates? The ones who aren’t able to attend the protest. The ones who silently blog when no one is looking. The tumblr-ers. The wordpress-ers. The facebook-ers. The twitter-ers. Are they not activists? Or have we forgotten that there are still people whose voices are not being heard in activist circles?

I always say “your ableism is showing” to people who tell me I am a real “activist.” It is not because I do not care but it is because I do not have the time. The effort. The mental health to go out and about and risk my well being simply because your organization deems it necessary.

Dictionary.com defines an activist as “1. an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, especially a political cause. 2. of or pertaining to activism or activists. 3. advocating or opposing a cause or issue vigorously, especially a political cause.” So, as you can see there is not a checklist for being an activist. No one is telling you what you need to be doing because, simply it is up to a person’s discretion. You decide what activities to take part in.

Protests are cool. They are vintage — I mean you need only watch every documentary on political rights to know that. But, activism is evolving and blogging is becoming part of a big resistance that protests can’t tough. Blogging can reach millions of people — protests maybe thousands if you’re lucky. Millions if you’re “truly revolutionary.” But, blogging is doing something protests can’t: spread ideas to millions of people without much time, effort or energy.

And it’s awesome for those of us who suffer from high social anxiety. Because in a crowd of people, those of us who are afraid to talk are invisible. We are not being heard because we don’t want to be. We are expected to follow fucked up rules to appease to the larger leadership within such an activist circle.

This is a call for a broader definition of activism. I am a social justice activist. I am a blogger. I am here to fuck your shit up.

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Jan 14