39Xnever

that was a short-lived project.

fabulous/39x3

in his inaugural address on Tuesday, Mr Obama emphasised the idea of respect for justice and the rights of the individual, rejecting "as false the choice between our safety and our ideals".


Maddie was another badass girl who shaped me. She, too, was the most punk rock individual I knew at the time (in early middle school.) She still makes me think of Spuds McKenzy Chuck Taylors and whimsical social criticism.

39X2

Meryl was my best friend in fifth grade. She introduced me to sarcasm and punk rock and rebellion. Well, as rebellious as a fifth grader can be. Last I met her she was a vegan with a pierced hood.

39X1

Today is the first day of a new project. See if you can guess what it is. The rest of these will be narrative most likely. I'm not sure if I will fulfill my goal. Idea stolen from here.

ugh

Dear Israel and Palestine,

Fucking stop it, guys. Seriously.

XOXO,
Courtney

Larry Lessig+Stephen Colbert

Lawrence Lessig on The Colbert Report
very funny, very pertinent

and the remixes keep coming, and even if some of them suck, they're all wonderful

drm

win!
partway, not epic. because " what we're going to end up with is a new form of DRM. The more you pay, the less DRM you get bolted onto your music."
but my balls " the record industry has been trying to level the playing field," record companies do no such thing. (plz see napster)

word vomit

Found Magazine is the illusion of intimacy combined with the thought that another person could find a glimpse into our lives as interesting as we do theirs, or even better, that millions of people could find us as interesting as we find ourselves.
(same as reality tv)
Ze Frank made an episode of The Show about it, but he is more for individualism (to be fair, so am I to an extent.) He also made an episode (and interactive project) about experimentation with aesthetics revolving around making your Myspace ugly.
According to this book I'm reading, Hello I'm Special: How Individuality Became the New Conformity by Hal Niedzviecki, it's all a symptom of our society pushing further toward "radical" individualism.
God, I made a bit of web-art about this last year...
thougts?
additions?

i wish this blog was more of a conversation...