I need a break, yall.
It’s okay for me to take a break, because I am usually working. Having the opportunity to ‘take a break’ means that I am productive.
I have been in the studio all day. I need to decompress my mind–too much thinking. I will go outside. I will bitch about my demanding professor. I will go to a meaningful coffee shoppe. I will ‘bum’ a cigarette and forge a relationship with some1 based upon ‘bumming ciggs’ from 1 another.
[Photos by Lookbook]
I am outside. (torn pant knees)
I have branded myself with the building I am standing outside of. Much like it is pathetic 2 see a McDonalds employee standing outside of their franchise, it is intimidating 2 see me outside of my progressive office/progressive college of the Arts. I set my bag on the ground. I keep a close eye on it. I have valuable books (’idea’ books with memes in them + a Macbook Pro) in my bag.
I take a break.
I look into the sky.
I feel the temperature.
The way I feel is
directly related to today’s weather.
On some days, I throw down an iPod chill.
Today I read my Neon Bible.
Other days, it is quiet. I become one with The City.
The Sounds of The City
Is like music
or the sound of Television on the Radio
A Technological Societal Natural Paradoxical Metaphor
Is my life in the city
Busy–but on break.
This is my idle state
The city is a Meriweather Post Pavilion.
I have to go to a cafe to study/work
but it will be a relaxed environment
that will facilitate creativity
I will ‘get shit done’ but in a light-hearted way.
I need a break
2 get my mind off things
like the Justice song ‘STRESS’
I am s0 stressed
about deadlines, tests, relationships, and emotions that I don’t know how 2 describe.
This break will be a solid opportunity for me to collect my thoughts
and have some caffeine–I was up l8 last nite.
I might treat myself to a carb-heavy snack–I skipped breakfast
and possibly a smart snack–I need a potassium pick-me-up.
This break will be good for me
but I dread/anticipate
getting back 2 work.
I am me. Me does
For 2 weeks out of the year,
I need a vacay.
I will travel
It will be more than just a ‘break.’
Because I will leave my standard setting
and broaden my horizons
by seeing
a completely different part of the world
where people
have a completely different way of life.
(One day we’re going to live in Paris
I promise
I’m on it.)
I want to live in this world of yours.
Where you do things
differently than I do things
on a day to day basis
(riding vespas and healthier diets)
I have dreams
of living in & with U
But I am
trapped in suburbia
I need a break/change/paradigm shift/vacay.
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31 Comments
Well come Carles!
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crls r u ok?
keepn up w/ th meme economy is a hard job
sumtimes i dont check my tumblr dashboard for liek 2 days and thn i feel s0000 stressed/overwhlmd
its ok if u need a brake crls. <3 u
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Whoa… this post is sliding towards purposefully poetic. (And well done, at that.) Does this mean the Emos are coming back? Are snarky hipsters dead in 2k9?
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2nd! I am also break. I am brake. I take my brake in a country whatz at war with sum ppl who live nearby. Theyz shoot rocket-stuff at dis place, and then theyz get blown tha fuck up real bad. It iz fuked, but thatz the way it iz.
Next I’z going to BRLN, where da atlz parte. Dat will be fun. JA! WHERE SHOULD I PARTY IN BERLIN THIS WEEK YALL?
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I’z actually 4th. Whatevz.
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And I guess I’z more vacay than brake. I iz vacay, and that iz that. WAR SUX YALL!
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beautiful.
and is are those starbucks cups in the first picture?
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i am crying yall
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oh good, i was beginning to get bored but you shat gold once again.
bravo.
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mmmmm. so what class is giving you trouble dear carles?
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but u prom
ised
nvr gonna give u up
nvr gonna let u down
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Does any1 else notice that the black guy has a white arm? Is it just me, ya’ll?
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//////////Reply by xavier
//////////Posted December 30th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
@David, holy shit WTF?!?
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//////////Reply by terry fuckwit
//////////Posted December 30th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
@David, ye. cheeky crls on the photoshop
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//////////Reply by colander
//////////Posted December 30th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
@David, Hrsh, ovr expsd lghtng
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R.I.P CRLS 2k8
If I really want to see the golden nuggets of society I just go to lookbook!
Such fun golly gee!
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You’re right that, altbro has a dark face and whitey arm. Has he been photoshoped to keep the anon of Carles?
Hmmmmm.
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Paris is fun for a while…..and then, it’s just like anyplace else.
Better to visit and live in a real country.
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//////////Reply by colander
//////////Posted December 30th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
@AZN BifF,
Fr example?
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//////////Reply by AZN BifF
//////////Posted December 30th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
@colander,
Like the US. Travel a little and you’ll understand. Ingrates.
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montreal will be the paris of 2k8 in 2k9
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//////////Reply by lol
//////////Posted December 30th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
@Francis, only if your drunk and old and sad and not really french
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how many times are you going to mention you have a macbook? youre so lame
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//////////Reply by FFGT
//////////Posted December 31st, 2008 at 9:47 am
@jeff, yea, that gets old
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carles is the poet of our generation. he should publish a coffee table book with all the classic hipster runoff posts in full color. the death cab guy and zoey dechanel can put it on their coffee table when they entertain guests. alt design people can put it on the table in their offices.
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//////////Reply by fuckface
//////////Posted December 30th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
@d, that would sell really well at urban outfitters.
I can see it now, next to other blog publications of the mainstream persuasion — such as Post Secret and Found Magazine
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crls is black???
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carles u suck
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h8 all the students
applying to cooper union
30 acceptances
only the most alt get in
no mnstrms
so exclusively artsy
im going to get a degree in engineering and engineer the most altst product ever
the altpod
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//////////Reply by C_TA
//////////Posted December 30th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
@lol, would totally buy an altpod
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“I am me. Me does”
lolwtf?
btw, want u black and white paris girl.
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THX CARLES.
IT WAS YOU WHO LEAKED MPP, AMIRITE?
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you should take a break. permanently. because you suck, whiney ass
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//////////Reply by lol
//////////Posted December 31st, 2008 at 11:26 am
@HAM burger,
h8 u
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//////////Reply by HAM burger
//////////Posted December 31st, 2008 at 6:17 pm
@lol, whiney douches LOLZ@ u
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crls i hear apple makse u more creative/is 4 creative people
has ur blog gotten better since u got ur macbookie? or has ur new found creativity made u realize that art is better than the interwebz nd u need some space to reflect all of it/making so music vids 4 ur friends who r in a band that is about 3 make it big?
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quintessential post this. Glad to c ur not sticking it in that suburbbro all of the time.
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someone is a lil jealous of johnny love and his girl?
someone isnt going to get to live in paris? with a certain someone?
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yall carles mentioned my favorite ‘meaningful’ justices song, STRESS yall.
HRO ‘gets me’
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hro does ‘get us’
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u think what you say really matters hahaha it doesnt
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i want to marry the 2nd girl all alone with the coffee cup. Seriously, where did that picture come from? I’ll bet she’s listening to Merriweather Post Pavilion right now.
is she wearing wing-tips???
love her so much.
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