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We went on a family vacay when I was 10
to chill in the Grand Canyon and New Mexico
We stopped at a gift shop on an ‘Injun’ Reservation
and my parents encouraged me to buy ‘a bag of kewl looking rocks’
and a gadget called ‘a dream catcher.’
I asked the old Indian man behind the counter
‘What does this gizmo do?’
He said, ‘Hang this above your bed.
It shall capture all of the bad dreams + nightmares
and only let the chill-ass dreams in2 ur head
while u sleep.”
I thought this was ‘fucking stupid’
but my parents bought it anyways so that I would
have something to always remember our vacation.
I didn’t touch the dreamcatcher for years, but then
when I was going through a zany fashion era,
I decided 2 use it as a necklace
but part of me really started to believe that
this Indian gadget was really working.
My dreams were coming true
Was about to start school at a relevant design program in the city
Attending tons of cool shows
Hooking up with hi level members of the local scene
Reading tons of cool blogs every day
Finally feeling like my wardrobe was ‘complete’
Music was ‘free’ on the internet [via google search]
Everything just felt ‘right.’
If I just wore this dreamcatcher for the rest of my life,
none of my nightmares would manifest themselves.
I wouldn’t end up a mainstreamer in a desk job
I wouldn’t have a husband+kids who I resent
I wouldn’t gain weight + look old.
I would never die
The dreamcatcher had become a part of me
It protected me
It was more than just a zany accessory
It gave me hope, and it made me believe I could do anything.
The dreamcatcher kept me safe.
Don’t be afraid to dream.
There’s nothing wrong with ‘being a dreamer.’
Do u have a dreamcatcher necklace?
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i saw this yesterday…i want good dreams to come to my vag
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I saw this yesterday as well. too e-z carles. too easy.
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i just shit my boner
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//////////Reply by gt89p 809y
//////////Posted July 8th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
this tha thang raht hurr
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HAHA ‘only let in the chill-ass dreams’
Carles, your posts have been recovering wonderfully. Very very nice.
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i saw a bro in my relevant city with a dreamcatcher tatty on his taut calf muscle… it made me want to bone him cause he seems “cool” “sensitive/in touch with nature/ things that ‘matter’” and “fuckable” all at the same time.
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//////////Reply by lil hipster girl
//////////Posted July 8th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
@emle, im gonna get one on my vag except ill call it a peen catcher
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//////////Reply by bamboomz
//////////Posted July 8th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
@lil hipster girl, laugh
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u dont hafta post everyday carl. step ya game up nicca
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//////////Reply by alternalt
//////////Posted July 8th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
@BENJY, go away plz ‘benjy’
you are ruining the good vibez i am getting from my homemade dreamcatchy
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i wear a tream catcher on my keys, that way its closer to my crotch.
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hilarious
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the best part about being an ironic hippie is you can take acid ironically and then forget about irony and just be a tree huggin son of a gun
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oh, a lookbook post
carles
:/
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what about dream catcher tattoos tho
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i ebayed my wolf t-shirts to buy a dreamcatcher necklace.
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HRO needs a dream catcher to stop all the shitty out of touch posts.
So mstrm now crls go get you tye stuck in a printer and die you hackysack of a manoohoodism
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//////////Reply by Loot the core hound
//////////Posted July 8th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
theonly thing alTernative about this site now is it’s quality via not jiggering me to snoop on local sceen and help this site ‘get back 2 basic’ly hAlf reAadablle
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//////////Reply by haha
//////////Posted July 8th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
not really because the way u caucasian hipsters act is still as elitist/falsely enlightened/douchey as the shit that comes from this blog.
wish u could be cool and original like the black alts/afrogeniuses of yesteryears but not gonna happen.
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//////////Reply by Wildwood
//////////Posted July 9th, 2009 at 9:14 am
@haha, can you really not have an opinion about anything without it turning into some race war? Insisting that white/black has anything to do with hipsterdom or trends only proves two things 1.) You are not a hipster 2.) You are a racist.
//////////Reply by ∑£¢¢∞§
//////////Posted July 10th, 2009 at 4:08 am
@haha, wish u could michael jackson yourself away
just don’t break ur dreamcatcher or u’ll release all the nightmares, plunging the surrounding area into hell on earth and pushing every sentient creature to absolute terror and irreversible insanity
which would be bad, i think
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//////////Reply by vdieselfor20
//////////Posted July 10th, 2009 at 3:37 am
@vivi, thatd-b not chill
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Ok, got the dream catcher thing down but i’m so confused about the ripped pantyhose…is that zany or just alt?
Which areas are important to rip? What is the age limit to wear them and most importantly how ripped is “too” ripped?
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//////////Reply by ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
//////////Posted July 8th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
@Mightytaiger,
long vertical runs in stockings = alt
horizontal runs/holes in stockings = played, VRY “hot topic” as in meaning not good
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//////////Reply by Mightytaiger
//////////Posted July 8th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
@]]]]]]]]]]]]]]], Got it!
Thanks HRO! and HRO commenters! Keep on ‘bringing meaning’ into my life!
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saddle creek is advertising on hro. my hair is falling out.
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used one to catch a dream about megan fox giving me a “bj” after a tranformies shoot.
i keep it in a jar with holes poked in the lid and feed it twice a day.
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I wores me a dream catcher necklace 2 an animal partie a couple months ago and never looked back. its broken now tho.
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Dreamcatchers remind me of the ’90s. I used to want one to put over my bad to get rid of the bad juju haha
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this is poppin charleston
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//////////Reply by Daft Punk
//////////Posted July 11th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
@the kanye,do me a solid and go pop yourself. H8 u corny blipsters/posers
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//////////Reply by the kanye
//////////Posted July 11th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
@Daft Punk, im ‘into’ fashion
just trying 2 be me DeePee
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thought no1 else had one. got one at ‘South of the Border’ on a ‘Road Trip’ 2 florida in january. i wear it around my neck to find my ‘inner peace’
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The bros in the ghey band 03oh wear dreamcatcher necklaces. that should be a sign to stop wearing them. + in my city they sell them in most stores to 15 yrold so they can look cool 2. another sign.
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youre supposed to put it on the east wall, duh
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“Music was ‘free’ on the internet [via google search]”
=fav.
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“I wouldn’t have a husband+kids who I resent”
…i knew carles was an intersex.
h8 typical categories of male and females.
<3 carles
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mine is the keychain kind hanging on the ceiling fan. it has a windchime so it tinkles when i hit my tall-ass head on it. liking how the girl decided to double wrap the necklace like a choker so that the awkwardness is tripled. i have molestoglasses too but they are prescription, when people ask me if they are real i say “i’m not an asshole” but really, i am an asshole.
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Dream is Destiny
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Hey, don’t mess with the dream machine! I’ve had that thing since I was five, and that shit be keepin’ my head all free from nightmares!
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//////////Reply by dorian
//////////Posted July 12th, 2009 at 3:02 am
@dorian, ps i’m the girl you stole that picture from <3
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dayumn, i just found this bitch on lastfm
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//////////Reply by dorian
//////////Posted July 13th, 2009 at 6:02 am
@anony, who are you??? why are you looking for my last fm?
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