My Name is Carles. I was Born 2 Blog

Last night I had a dream that I was in a relevant dive bar, drinking an imported beer with God. He told me, “Son. I’m proud of you. Don’t be so afraid. Be yourself. Move forward. Listen. Listen to the people.”

I replied, “I’m scared, God.”

“What are you scared of?”

“Maybe I just don’t have it any more. Maybe this whole blog thing isn’t for me.”

Jesus took a sip of beer and responded, “Carles. You have always been an authentic bro. That will never change. This above all, to thine own bro be true.”

He was right. In that moment, I tuned out the classic new wave blasting in the background, and I realized something had been missing from my life for the past week or so. I had given away something that meant so much to me to a few acquaintances who I had met at a Blogging and Internet Workshop in late 2007. I had given my blog to Becca, Mike, and Reginald. It was time to stop running away from my problems. It was time to confront my fears as a blogger.

God eyed a cute 17 year old lingering by the DJ booth, obviously afraid to buy a drink and risk getting carded by the 35 year old bartendercore bartender. I knew he was about to bail on me to take advantage of some sweet, young vagina–he was really into being ‘daddy’ to so many young girls who needed lessons on ‘how to be a hipster’ before he ditched them when they turned 18.

Godbro turned to me and said, “Carles. You know what you need to do. I’m not going to tell you, because the answer is inside of you.” He walked towards the 17 year old, and his thick FleetFox-like beard was like a blowjie magnet to the 17-year old prey. Needless to say, God had booked a one-way ticket to Cum City, USA. He looked at me and said, “Cha-ching” then pretended to put a penis in his mouth, representing the eventual blowjob he would get in the bar restroom.

I walked out of the bar into the cold of the night. I knew what I had to do.

“I’m going to get my blog back.”

I went home and took my Macbook Pro out of the recycling bin.

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“We all have a reason to be alive. Michael Jordan was put on this Earth to put balls in baskets. Michael Jackson was put here to entertain. Tiger Woods was put on this Earth to _________. I am here to blog. This bro is me. This blog is me.”
-Carles, 2k9

This is Carles. After spending some time away from the internet, I decided that it was time to unretire. After reading thousands of emails and tweets from concerned followers, I finally understand why I am alive. I was put on this Earth to blog. For those of you who don’t know, blogging is an art form invented sometime in the 1990s, but gained tons of steam in the 2k0s.

In many interviews with numerous esteemed paper magazines, many interviewers ask me, “When did you know that this is what you wanted to do? When did you know that you are the Hipstar Ranoff?” I remember when I was a child, I wanted to be a doctor or a lawyer, or a professional in some other field that would offer me a bright financial future, with a chance to make a difference in my local community. Something that would give me the opportunity to raise a well-fed family and drive a nice car to my nice home every night. Then I turned into a teenager/post-teenager, and discovered my alternative identity. I wanted to express myself, contribute to ‘the arts’, or possibly some sort of niche micro-scene. I wanted to be paid for ‘being myself,’ or at least create a marketable self and ‘make Am Appy ad $$$$.’

“For a minute there, I lost myself”

-Thom Yorke

I must not be afraid of the opportunity that is the Hipster Ronuff blog. I must move forward, promoting progressive journalism and web media. I must continue analyzing mainstream and alternative topics. Carles has been widely regarded as ‘the last great music critic/journalist.’ Additionally, many websites like and GorillaVsBear credit Carles for the success of breaking such bands as Animal Collective, Neon Indian, and Grizzly Bear. With Carles acting as a consumer tastemaker forecaster and trendsetter, the scene is truly a better place. The Mission of the Carles is still alive. The Passion of the Carles is still alive in his ‘tribe’/'twitter following.’


“The Passion of the Carles.”

-Mel Gibson

We can’t forget about the teens/tweens.

We can’t forget about the former altbros.
We can’t forget about the middle aged music criticism core bros.
We can’t forget about the ‘ppl who like to laugh at effing hipsters.’
We can’t forget about the readers.
The readers who take this blog very seriously.
We must move forward together.
We must be trendsetters together.
We must filter out the finest bands/memes/tweets for our consumption.
This is our internet. This is our country. This is our generation. This is our bloggiosphere 2.

“It’s my life
It’s now or never
I ain’t gonna live forever
I just wanna live while I’m alive”

-Bon Jovi

Srsly worried about 2k10 though. Feel like ‘the rug will be pulled out from under us’ unless we ‘put together a plan’ to ‘totally overhaul the scene’, throwing past trends/bands/fashions under the bus, and moving forward. The next decade will be our last war, holding on to the power of our demographic as a consumer force before the tween generation evolves. We must get better jobs. We must not have kids. We must control trends so that tweens are late-adopters to technology/products/brands/etc. We must uphold the brands that we hold dear, and not make them affordable to minorities and the poors.


When 2k10 begins, “Alt” will end. These are the last days of Alt. These are the last days of ‘indie.’

This is my mission. I am Carles. A blog.


“God Bless us…Every One.”

-Tiny Tim


“Never forget.”

-the people who branded 9-11

The Brand is Alive. Ur kinda Carles.

“Never, ever, ever give up. Here is an orange wedge. Make sure to drink some fluids.”
-Carles coaching his son’s youth sports team

     
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187 Comments

  1. mr jeffers
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:46 pm | Permalink

    first but really third

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    lastnightsfartie

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    @mr jeffers, CRLS please make sure that you give Becca, Mikebro and Reginald one last change to blog – i would really like to follow their other projects / blogs. I feel like i’ve grown closer 2 them. Just want 2 stay in touch w/ them.

    thank you!

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    Crlsisback

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    @lastnightsfartie, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MICQZrdM8I

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    ANAN

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    @Crlsisback, OMMGGGGG I LOVE THIIIISIISISISISI REMIXXXXXXXXXXX!!!!!!!!

    a_nonnie_muss

    //////////Reply by a_nonnie_muss
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    @lastnightsfartie, i know rite

    these last few days have been s0 krazie for me

    don’t know what to believe anymore

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    Jesse

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    @mr jeffers, DAMN!!!! IT’S GOOD TO HEAR UR VOICE

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    BROMINE

    //////////Reply by BROMINE
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    THE RETURN OF THE KING [via l.o.t.r.core]

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    hey anony anony

    //////////Reply by hey anony anony
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    @BROMINE, THE KING STAY THE KING

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    Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI

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    @mr jeffers, I bought the Portishead album last night. Smoked weed.

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    remixes are better

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    @Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI, ‘It’s only you, who can tell me apart, Carloses.’

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    HORNDAWG

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    CAN NE 1 RECOMMEND SOME RELEVANT ALT PORN TO ME?

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    Altbag

    //////////Reply by Altbag
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    WELCOME BACK TAO

    WE MISSED YOU MISSED YOU

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    jovial

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    what the fuck is this?
    where is the smart ass writing?
    all i see is this boring fucking shit.
    i need some absurd remarks to get through the rest of this year.

    jfchrist, who ever manages this blog must be in marketing, always changeing fucking shit up.

    Reply

    Michael Richards

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    Adblock for Firefox, the true altbro browser, for every1 who is sick of Carles advertizementz.

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

    Reginald FTW

    //////////Reply by Reginald FTW
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    nigga plz

    gimme sum hennessy

  2. simply j
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:46 pm | Permalink

    B E B E
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    Bigger_I_Said

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    fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuu

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    Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI

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    @fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuu, Ha I’m team Edward.

    Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI

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    @fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuu, I just picked up an eighth off my guy. Want to chill and watch Twilight and smoke weed? Got some cool Peter Tosh too.

    CrassLOVER

    //////////Reply by CrassLOVER
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    YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF “ALT” DEATH [via mainstream-afication of the altbro way],
    I WILL FEAR NO EVIL: FOR CARLES ART WITH ME;
    THY BLOG AND THY POSTS, THEY COMFORT ME.

    CrassLOVER

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    @Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI, u are a disgrace to chiLLbros everywhere

    twilight was one of the apocalyptic horsemen of the AltWorld

    ANALOGY
    twilight : the dying “Alt Way”:: diarrhea : anal sex

    altina

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    @simply j, hahaha Derrick ur funny LOLz etc

    Reply

  3. Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:47 pm | Permalink

    No Reading Comment! 2nd?

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    matt

    //////////Reply by matt
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    looking for friends:
    please enjoy critical thinking(even if you don’t do it much, we can work on that together)
    have experienced euphoria and nirvana
    hope for a future full of euphoria

    p.s. : i’m a neuroscience major at johns hopkins that hopes to cure aging.

    Reply

  4. Neezy
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:48 pm | Permalink

    ‘i knew it the whole time guyz’

    Reply

  5. sara
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:48 pm | Permalink

    thank god

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    remixes are better

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    @sara, Boner of God.

    Reply

  6. Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:48 pm | Permalink

    i miss reginaldbro…

    Reply

    fu

    //////////Reply by fu
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    @ncreep, lawl same

    Reply

  7. Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:49 pm | Permalink

    welcome back bro

    Reply

  8. comfortablysmug
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:49 pm | Permalink

    http://www.twitter.com/comfortablysmug

    Reply

    gwen

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    @comfortablysmug, whore

    Reply

  9. The Bear
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:49 pm | Permalink

    7thish

    Reply

  10. gimmick
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:50 pm | Permalink

    Praise Godbro!

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    CrassLOVER

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    @gimmick, PRAISE BJ’s FOR JESUS!!!

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    CrassLOVER

    //////////Reply by CrassLOVER
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    @CrassLOVER, if i grow a fleety-foxy beard will i get miscellaneous BJ’s from women??

    …gotta be a tiger mountain peasant

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    zombiescan

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    @CrassLOVER, Not only will you get hella bjs, but you will never die.

    OhNoOhMy

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    @gimmick, A L E L U Y A!!!!

    Reply

  11. anon
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:50 pm | Permalink

    thought you were gone for real this time, wish you would’ve left, wish we would all forget about alternative.

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    Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI

    //////////Reply by Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI
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    @anon, Ha anon, it’s like short for anonymous. Dude we should totally blase together.

    Reply

    anonymous

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    @Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI, ಠ_ಠ

    Reply

  12. Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:51 pm | Permalink

    How come every time I comment first, the server crashes?

    Very suspicious, I feel cursed

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    chilisfan

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    @Bebe, dont worry bebebro. yalls face is still on the banner. mayb hro.com can’t handle too much of ur alt-jew powers. think alt-jews might be more influential than most alts via controlling the media.

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    mr jeffers

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    @Bebe, ohhh thats why i was first but really third

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    Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI

    //////////Reply by Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI
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    @Bebe, Do you RSS this from a smart phone? Do you think you can teach me how to do that. I just got an iPhone and am dying to know how to use it. Let’s smoke weed.

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    Anonymous

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    @Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI, Woah. R u 4 real?

    @BeBę, diggin the myspacepics QT

    @Carles, Welcome back. Thank U

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    CrassLOVER

    //////////Reply by CrassLOVER
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    @Anonymous, Feel like weed will be big in 2k10.

    altina

    //////////Reply by altina
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    @Bebe, <3 u Crls/miss u MikeBro/h8 u Bebe

    Reply

    Bebe

    //////////Reply by Bebe
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    @altina, you were in my dream last night

    Reply

    DAT ASS

    //////////Reply by DAT ASS
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    @Bebe, <3 BEBE. THERE IS NO FINER EXAMPLE OF ALT TWEEN JB.

    Reply

  13. dandaroo
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:52 pm | Permalink

    another gimmick come and gone

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    CrassLOVER

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    @dandaroo, wat do u want from this site bro?? Carles is giving us wat he has to offer. If u didnt enjoy this creative stunt I cant image why u check this site…

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    OhNoOhMy

    //////////Reply by OhNoOhMy
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    @CrassLOVER, word

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    dandaroo

    //////////Reply by dandaroo
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    @CrassLOVER, i was not making any negative judgments on this particular gimmick, just pausing for moment to witness it’s passing

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    u go mikebro!

    //////////Reply by u go mikebro!
    //////////Posted

    @dandaroo, gimmick? whatevz. just bring mikebro back.

  14. wheresthe
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:52 pm | Permalink

    godbro sounds chill

    Reply

  15. jc
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:53 pm | Permalink

    so are the black guy, the fat chick and awesome mike gone?

    or is this now a team?

    Reply

  16. iriez
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:54 pm | Permalink

    That douchey broad becca made me miss you carles… Thanks for not forgetting about those of us who “like to laugh at effing hipsters.”

    You are a bright spot in my work day. srsly.

    Reply

  17. siczar
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:55 pm | Permalink

    welcome back carles. i knew those replacement bloggers were you. strawmen to make you look better. well, it worked. don’t leave me like that again.

    Reply

  18. grant golland
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:57 pm | Permalink

    so is carles still dead.com?

    Reply

  19. alegría de la huerta
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:57 pm | Permalink

    CABRÓN! ALELUYA DIJO EL SEÑOR!

    Reply

  20. jig
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:58 pm | Permalink

    closer to being first than to being “last” — I know only this (my fave song is “Somewhere Out There” as sung by a mouse in a cartoon movie)

    Reply

  21. lebaumer
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:58 pm | Permalink

    It’s good that you’re back. Those other bloggers you left us hanging with are garbage.

    Reply

  22. MySpaceWinz
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:59 pm | Permalink

    was worried ’sic’ about u bro

    Reply

    ANAN

    //////////Reply by ANAN
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    @MySpaceWinz, freal bro

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  23. Posted December 3, 2009 at 3:59 pm | Permalink

    pheeeeeew

    Reply

  24. Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:00 pm | Permalink

    new carles seems ‘fake’, somehow.

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    sambone

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    @stvspl, yeah I get that.

    Reply

  25. Conan
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:02 pm | Permalink

    fuck you carles.
    read the comment by ‘john m’ in your ‘retirement’ post. that comment is the best thing ever posted on HRO, and it was a reader’s comment.
    he’s right, HRO is dead, you’re pandering to the masses now. the mainstream has walked in on hipsterdom’s inside joke, and it’s all over

    it’s sad that you came up with this gimmick because it really shows how over-the-hill this blog is

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    Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI

    //////////Reply by Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI
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    @Conan, One time me and my friends protested in front of the admissions office. Then smoked weed.

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    sambone

    //////////Reply by sambone
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    @Conan, it is true, he is pandering to the masses, but he seems to do this in cycles.

    He gets more edgy and then gets scared and goes safe again.

    Reply

    John M

    //////////Reply by John M
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    @Conan,

    Cheer up, emo kid.

    Reply

  26. Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:02 pm | Permalink

    Carles, you owe me a page for the zine, tia

    <3 Carles

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    grant golland

    //////////Reply by grant golland
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    @Carles, first

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    Scott Curtis

    //////////Reply by Scott Curtis
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    @Carles, damn. howd you get so many posts so fast. and howd you get a kewl blue background? u r carles

    Reply

    Carles

    //////////Reply by Carles
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    @Scott Curtis, i am carles

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    Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI

    //////////Reply by Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI
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    @Carles, HAHA H4XORD 4LIFE

    Reply

    what

    //////////Reply by what
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    @Carles, blogstrong.

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    OhNoOhMy

    //////////Reply by OhNoOhMy
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    @Carles, praise be Carles.
    Nice stunt, although you did have me mad worried.
    I h8 u for <3 you.

    I still want a shirt, when are you announcing the winners??

    Reply

    Carles

    //////////Reply by Carles
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    @OhNoOhMy, you ‘won’

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    wantbebez

    //////////Reply by wantbebez
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    @Carles, in ~2.5 rl yrs i have never noticed a crls cmmnt b4

  27. Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:02 pm | Permalink

    “bartendercore bartender”

    lulz

    also, best dialogue in any post ever.

    Reply

  28. Sports
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:03 pm | Permalink

    bring back MikeBro

    Reply

    Fagcore Fggt

    //////////Reply by Fagcore Fggt
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    @Sports, 2nd that yall MikeBros the illist

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    u go mikebro!

    //////////Reply by u go mikebro!
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    @Fagcore Fggt, fuckin totally bros!! bummin hard core. mikebro 4 evah!!!

    Reply

  29. jess
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:03 pm | Permalink

    down with fat white chicks! up with carles!

    i had a feeling this was a plan to push moar #AMAPPY “shwag” but i forgive u carles.

    Reply

  30. Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:03 pm | Permalink

    noice

    Reply

  31. HJ
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:04 pm | Permalink

    whenever i go to church via xmas/easter i spend most of the time having impure thoughts about the hot girls butts in the rows ahead of me

    Reply

  32. justin
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:04 pm | Permalink

    carles is a true bro.

    Reply

    karlheinz

    //////////Reply by karlheinz
    //////////Posted

    @justin, is he

    Reply

  33. Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:04 pm | Permalink

    thank God!!!

    Reply

  34. ultbro
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:07 pm | Permalink

    FAG. CARLES YOU ARE A FAG.

    Reply

    u go mikebro!

    //////////Reply by u go mikebro!
    //////////Posted

    @ultbro, woah, carelsy is no fag, but he sure isn’t as rad as mikebro.

    Reply

  35. missubecca
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:07 pm | Permalink

    I’m guna miss becca’s BBW perspectives

    Reply

  36. Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:07 pm | Permalink

    the internet was blowing without you carles. blowing s0 hard.

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    Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI

    //////////Reply by Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI
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    @tissuesnotkleenex,

    Q: How do you chop a hick’s dick off?

    A: Kick his sister in the mouth.

    Reply

  37. random alt
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:08 pm | Permalink

    THANKU:)

    Reply

  38. Brodeo clown
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:09 pm | Permalink

    But I do really like Jack Johnson

    Reply

    Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI

    //////////Reply by Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI
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    @Brodeo clown, Yeah he’s great. He came and played at my University last year. I hope we can pull Rebeluion this year. I’m going to smoke so much weed.

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    Brodeo clown

    //////////Reply by Brodeo clown
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    @Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI,
    grabbed her tits
    grabbed her ass
    grabbed my bong and smoked some grass

    Reply

  39. ultbro
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:11 pm | Permalink

    ITS DEAD CARLES. ITS STILL DEAD. FAKE HIATUS’ CANT FIX IT.

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    Carles

    //////////Reply by Carles
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    @ultbro, damn

    Reply

    grizzlycunt

    //////////Reply by grizzlycunt
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    @Carles, true, carles. this post is like a premature ejaculation.

    Reply

  40. Hung Fa Lo
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:13 pm | Permalink

    You’re such a fag. You suck, royally.

    Reply

    karlheinz

    //////////Reply by karlheinz
    //////////Posted

    @Hung Fa Lo, no yr wrong

    Reply

  41. Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:13 pm | Permalink

    i’m very happy. <3 this post and <3 all my authentic cmmntrs. thnx for adding me on myspace yall.

    welcome back, crls. welcome back welcome back welcome back.

    Reply

  42. andrew
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:15 pm | Permalink

    *feigned surprise*

    Reply

  43. Montell Williams
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:17 pm | Permalink

    Becca plz come back I want to morry u

    Reply

  44. jimothy
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:19 pm | Permalink

    miss u dark perspectives

    Reply

    gaston

    //////////Reply by gaston
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    miss wavves

    Reply

    phydeax

    //////////Reply by phydeax
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    @jimothy, 2nd[ed]

    Reply

  45. broseph stalin
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:19 pm | Permalink

    luv u.

    Reply

  46. pokey v.
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:21 pm | Permalink

    How’d u get ur URL back from Becca + MikeBro + Reginald!? Surprised Becca would just walk away. Knew MikeBro was a quitter all along. Reginald was probz too worried about the MediaJews.

    Reply

    Carles

    //////////Reply by Carles
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    @pokey v., traded twitter logins

    Reply

  47. Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:24 pm | Permalink

    hai crles.

    Reply

    karlheinz

    //////////Reply by karlheinz
    //////////Posted

    @NecroWizard,

    LOLCATS: BIG IN 2k12????????????

    Reply

  48. Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:24 pm | Permalink

    Godbro bless yall.

    Reply

  49. Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:25 pm | Permalink

    jesus dude you had us really worried there for a bit – i mean, becca was kut and all but dang man she didn’t nearly have your same ‘panache’ (can I say ‘panache’ in mixed company)? i h8 to say it but maybe she could stay on as your marketing guru – she did have some hawt ‘authentic’ ideas that might help break HRO into the ‘mainstream’ – and godbro could tell you about the ‘goodtimes’ in that neighborhood.

    Reply

  50. Ingrid
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:28 pm | Permalink

    Is Carles ‘a gift from god’ now?

    Reply

    iampaco

    //////////Reply by iampaco
    //////////Posted

    @Ingrid, duh carles=alt Jesus
    resurrection rocks and we are his disciples

    Oops got too bible there

    Reply

    Ingrid

    //////////Reply by Ingrid
    //////////Posted

    @iampaco, And this may be his ‘2nd coming’ perhaps.

    Reply

    iampaco

    //////////Reply by iampaco
    //////////Posted

    @Ingrid, yes, we have pulled back the stone and there he was completely alive and chillin to some anco

  51. oui
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:29 pm | Permalink

    FUCK THIS. im out

    Reply

  52. leah
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:29 pm | Permalink

    that was fa$t

    Reply

  53. SMKBNZ88
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:29 pm | Permalink

    Now that CRLS is back i have a reason to live again

    Reply

  54. Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:30 pm | Permalink

    ty

    i hoep u are keeping becca tho

    Reply

    Flip_McCool

    //////////Reply by Flip_McCool
    //////////Posted

    @teh, shes tied up

    in my basement

    lmao

    Reply

  55. bob dobbs
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:30 pm | Permalink

    I know you can come up with a meme that serves a bigger and wider purpose, carles. Godbro knows it too, cause he told me so.

    Reply

  56. pookie
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:33 pm | Permalink

    i luv u w/ all my <3 carles!!!!

    Reply

  57. wila
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:35 pm | Permalink

    i miss reginald

    Reply

    karlheinz

    //////////Reply by karlheinz
    //////////Posted

    @wila, no shit reginald ftw wtf

    Reply

  58. anyomos
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:35 pm | Permalink

    <3 carles godbro blesses you all

    Reply

  59. mnstrmylolly
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:37 pm | Permalink

    I MISS BECCA :(

    Reply

    mae

    //////////Reply by mae
    //////////Posted

    @mnstrmylolly, becca sucked Carles lives!

    Reply

  60. unouomedude
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:38 pm | Permalink

    luv u carles
    luv u bebe

    Reply

  61. Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:39 pm | Permalink

    FINALLY

    Reply

    Lord Gaga

    //////////Reply by Lord Gaga's Muse
    //////////Posted

    @jenerous,
    Old pirates, yes, they rob I
    sold I to the merchant ships,
    Minutes after they took I
    from the bottomless pit.
    But my hand was made strong
    by the ‘and of the Almighty.
    We forward in this generation triumphantly.
    Won’t you help to sing this songs of freedom
    ‘Cause all I ever have
    Redemption songs,
    Redemption songs.
    - some jamaican bro

    Reply

  62. Dave Davidson
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:40 pm | Permalink

    Cool ’stunt’. Excited and nervous for 2k10, wondering what ‘altbros’ will evolve into [via pokemon]

    Reply

    mr jeffers

    //////////Reply by mr jeffers
    //////////Posted

    @Dave Davidson, It’s a cat who’s a vigilante.
    A cat who is a vigilante.

    Reply

    chong

    //////////Reply by chong
    //////////Posted

    @Dave Davidson, ratatat?

    Reply

  63. scraperbike
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:43 pm | Permalink

    hell yes. the normal all caps font is back. carles is back. great post, dude. welcome back.

    Reply

    lilers

    //////////Reply by lilers
    //////////Posted

    @scraperbike, seriously missed the uppercase title.

    Reply

  64. PANDA
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:44 pm | Permalink

    Crls died for alt according to the twitter, that he was buried, that he was raized on the 3rd day accrdng to the facebook.

    Reply

  65. Flesh
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:46 pm | Permalink

    carles.

    just blog if u feel like it.

    not really sure if that ‘retirement shit’ was just a ‘device’ to introduce becca etc, but regardless i think you are having some ‘artist problems’ about HRO. don’t ‘worry about it’.

    carles is gonna die eventually, just let him die a natural death.

    Reply

  66. skybeard
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:46 pm | Permalink

    was kind of hoping you’d let the Mike/Becca/Reginald ‘trifectum’ ‘marinate’ for a while and let their characters develop. but the one thing you do on this blog, and I fucking respect you for, is fuck with our perceptions. we expect something, get accustomed to it, and you take it in a different direction. you have built into you what Animal Collective does – they can write anything, change into any style at any given time, and even if it’s ‘crap’ – they will still get props for challenging us and doing what they want to do artistically. and like them, you have a league of followers who like your ‘core nature’ enough to support you in any weather. you have followers who will take your brand in, swallow it up, adopt some of the memes/mannerisms in their own way – and take it to new, such great heights/perspectives. but without you to generate the desire to do so, it is nothing. worried this paragraph didn’t ‘flow’.

    Reply

    Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI

    //////////Reply by Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI
    //////////Posted

    @skybeard, Haha, Damn. This was almost like reading a text book. Man, School sucks.

    Reply

    brobro

    //////////Reply by brobro
    //////////Posted

    @skybeard, [via Carles = '#1' {subvia Strawberries and Jam}]

    Reply

    midnightspecial

    //////////Reply by midnightspecial
    //////////Posted

    @skybeard,

    dear carles, ‘you have followers who will take your dick in(their mouth), swallow it up, adopt memes/cremes in their own way’

    skybeard is one of those followers

    Reply

    Runnoft

    //////////Reply by Runnoft
    //////////Posted

    @skybeard,

    Agree w/ your ‘marination theory’ bro. Wish Crls character took a blog year off or so.
    This site = s0 mnstrm now.

    Am I not authentic b/c I spend so much time ‘online’?

    Reply

  67. Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:50 pm | Permalink

    Please tell me Mikebro got fed into a wood chipper!

    Reply

  68. PANDA
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:52 pm | Permalink

    also; can we get the alt report back?

    Reply

  69. Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:52 pm | Permalink

    Crls,

    Sanity is restored since you’ve returned to HRO – feel it is authentic again. Hope you fired Mikebro and Becca, but keep Reginaldbro around for business operations and to give us a fresh perspective (albeit only once every two months).

    Hope alt doesn’t die in 2k10.

    Reply

  70. JOE
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:52 pm | Permalink

    “And after 3 days of blogsphere-death, Carles rised from the dead to save yall”

    Miss the Dark Perspectives bro though…

    Reply

  71. TomBro
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:56 pm | Permalink

    We all knew this was going to happen. It was only a matter of time.
    Hopefully there will be less ‘gimmicks’ now and more ‘memorable’ posts.
    xoxo

    Reply

  72. torbro y moi
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 4:58 pm | Permalink

    CRLS this week has been s00 funny. Thanks.

    feel like this was one of the best hro post ever. made me feel special. made me feel ‘part of something’

    Reply

    chilisfan

    //////////Reply by chilisfan
    //////////Posted

    @torbro y moi, feel like we ‘experienced’ history together. nvr frgt crls.

    Reply

  73. lil bro
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:00 pm | Permalink

    CaRLES BAK YaLLL!!!! **new it**

    (did you see the words blastin through my bose head fonezzz)..felt vulns for a bit.

    Reply

  74. anon
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:01 pm | Permalink

    fuck dubstep. stay disco.

    Reply

    Fuuuuuuunk

    //////////Reply by Fuuuuuuunk
    //////////Posted

    @anon, word. i feel at x1000000000000000

    Reply

  75. Conan Brobrien
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:04 pm | Permalink

    Best hoax since #ballo0nboy

    Reply

  76. HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:08 pm | Permalink

    CARLES…. SERIOUSLY CONSIDER the idea of

    Changing the Blog Colors to

    YELLOW, GREEN, BLACK

    (AND POSSIBLY a little RED for the “Buffalo Soldiers”

    Who Lost their lyfe in ‘Da Revolution’!)

    420 Yall
    Bob Marley Ya’
    Raggae DUBSTEP YA!

    Reply

    Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI

    //////////Reply by Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI
    //////////Posted

    @HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK, You Mean “Ja Revolution”?

    Reply

  77. iampaco
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:09 pm | Permalink

    crls = altbro jesus
    may your holiness last for ever.
    Lol at god gettin some head gettin gettin some head

    Reply

  78. goosey lucy
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:10 pm | Permalink

    hay carles bring back the relevant links at the top i like those a lot k thanks

    Reply

  79. Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:12 pm | Permalink

    You Mean “Ja Revolution”?

    Reply

  80. na-thing rlly mattrs
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:12 pm | Permalink

    tyga tyga woods yall

    Reply

  81. brobro
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:13 pm | Permalink

    Too long, did not read.

    Reply

  82. Roanoake
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:15 pm | Permalink

    i’m going to jerk off to becca’s pic for the last time now.

    Reply

    karlheinz

    //////////Reply by karlheinz
    //////////Posted

    @Roanoake, lmao

    Reply

  83. jimmm
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:16 pm | Permalink

    I ‘feel it all around.’

    Reply

    Fuuuuuuunk

    //////////Reply by Fuuuuuuunk
    //////////Posted

    @jimmm, word. got that shit on wacks.

    Reply

  84. jerryseinfelds
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:16 pm | Permalink

    becca gave alt a chance to continue life…2 bad…

    Reply

  85. brybro
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:19 pm | Permalink

    3nt3rt41n1ng 4 5H0.

    Reply

  86. Derrick_PHI SIGMA PI
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:20 pm | Permalink

    Beer Pong at my place!

    Reply

  87. spokentroll
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:24 pm | Permalink

    oh… good….

    Reply

  88. Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:27 pm | Permalink

    My audio engineering teacher was the original bassist in Bon Jovi. Fuck all of you.

    trillzy.

    Reply

  89. brobro
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:28 pm | Permalink

    Let me catch you up on the stories you need to cover:

    -The Owl City ’shitstorm’
    -The Gorizzly vs Bear Dirty Projjies Snub of 2,009
    -GvBvP Blog War of 2,009
    -What Would U Want?
    a) Sky
    b) Choose.Your.Own.Response.
    -The Death of Carles
    -p4k’s Most Meaningful Videos/Worst Covers of the Blog Year.

    Reply

    hey anony anony

    //////////Reply by hey anony anony
    //////////Posted

    @brobro, + cudderisback blipster freestyle (via ottoman)

    Reply

    aw, fukk

    //////////Reply by aw, fukk
    //////////Posted

    @hey anony anony, link plz

    Reply

    hey anony anony

    //////////Reply by hey anony anony
    //////////Posted

    @aw, fukk, http://hypem.com/search/cudderisback/1/

    aw, fukk

    //////////Reply by aw, fukk
    //////////Posted

    @hey anony anony, <3 u

    Reply

  90. DICKZ
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:32 pm | Permalink

    Gonna celebrate carles on x-mas instead of that other dude.

    Reply

  91. CARLES_U_DIPSHIT
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:32 pm | Permalink

    FUCK YEAH!
    ‘Never do that shit to me again, you dickhead.

    Reply

  92. octopus magic
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:33 pm | Permalink

    I’m tired of being a hipster. I’m tired of American Apparel, Urban Outfitters, and mediocre music that’s being used more to sell personal electronics than it is to actually listen to/enjoy. There needs to be something more than substance abuse and trying to out elite everyone else with the latest music. If you give a shit how much cooler you are because you listened to some band first, who cares? Every music blog and the internet make trying to be elitist a trivial pursuit.

    Y’know how Rockabilly is the punk retirement plan? What’s the Hipster retirement plan? Where do I go to pasture, with my days of all night drug fueled benders coming to a close, not so much out of age, but out of tedium and need for something novel? Should I become one of those weird dudes who goes with their girlfriend/wife/toadie/boyfriend/fuck buddies to gallery openings and drink shitty wine/bad crackers and then leaves to go listen to Vivaldi on his MacIntosh stereo.

    Maybe I should really put the gun in my mouth and take the Pepsi Challenge.

    Reply

    chilisfan

    //////////Reply by chilisfan
    //////////Posted

    @octopus magic, think the alt retirement plan is bcoming a ‘cool dad’ or ‘free-spirited mom’ and raising lil alts of ur own. yall know. montessori school. soy baby formula. 4 walls n adobe suite.

    think maybe we grow up we will have kewl jobs like college professor like the ted mosbys (from how i met mom) or art gallery owner like rufus humphrey (from gossipgurl) or private practice psychologists (like alan thicke from growin painz).

    excited to turn 35 yall.

    Reply

    karlheinz

    //////////Reply by karlheinz
    //////////Posted

    @chilisfan, please no

    Reply

    b4hc

    //////////Reply by b4hc
    //////////Posted

    @chilisfan, We must not have kids
    We must not have kids
    We must not have kids
    We must not have kids
    We must not have kids

    Reply

    chilisfan

    //////////Reply by chilisfan
    //////////Posted

    @b4hc, i just do whatever uffie does. want to get knocked up by andre and/or dj feadz.

    ddddbbbbb

    //////////Reply by ddddbbbbb
    //////////Posted

    @octopus magic, i think i wanna get into meditation and go beyond it all. like metaphysics? we’ll see, my time will soon be closing- and i definitely don’t want to be an aging hipster- must think beyond

    Reply

    karlheinz

    //////////Reply by karlheinz
    //////////Posted

    @octopus magic,

    – high fashion
    – do drugs by yourself
    – listen to CL4SS1C4L MU51CK on drugs
    – read books that are not by dave eggers/charles bukowski

    Reply

  93. not carles
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:35 pm | Permalink

    feel like my life is meaningful again/my personal brand is authentic again because u r back, carles. thank u.

    Reply

  94. voniscarl
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:35 pm | Permalink

    thank fucking god. i don’t care if you were those people but they were ghey. thank you.

    Reply

  95. Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:36 pm | Permalink

    am now relevent thx 2 the alt report.

    Reply

  96. sambone
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:42 pm | Permalink

    u better come back strong now carles, expectations are higher than ever, especially since this post had very little laughable content.

    Reply

    **0**

    //////////Reply by **0**
    //////////Posted

    @sambone,

    dont be a ‘fucking downer’.

    it was inspirational.

    Reply

  97. Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:48 pm | Permalink

    A husky fifenote
    BLEW.
    BLEW.
    BLUE
    BLOOm is on the
    Gold pinnacled hair.
    A jumping rose on satiny breasts of satin,
    Rose of Castille.
    [via toshiba commerical]

    Reply

    lolz

    //////////Reply by lolz
    //////////Posted

    @jjj, what the fuck do you have like AIDS is that why YOUR comment box is a different color [via world aids day twitter meme] [happy belated birthday AIDS!]

    Reply

    Carles

    //////////Reply by Carles
    //////////Posted

    @lolz, sigh

    Reply

    AstroCandy

    //////////Reply by AstroCandy
    //////////Posted

    @jjj, “air war” by crystal castles. makes me reminisce on the ‘golden years’ of alt (via 2k7-2k8).

    Reply

  98. Chaz
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:50 pm | Permalink

    Praise Carles (via Jesus).

    Reply

  99. eliza thornberry
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:52 pm | Permalink

    i’m glad that’s finally over. it was real unfunny

    Reply

    lolz

    //////////Reply by lolz
    //////////Posted

    @eliza thornberry, yup

    Reply

  100. Posted December 3, 2009 at 5:56 pm | Permalink

    a) sup, hai, balloons, etc
    b) <3 u carles, miss reginald tho
    c) as a team, let us try to make 2k10 better. this year was weak 4 music (lets be serious irl)
    4) we were promised shirts

    Reply

  101. portmanbreau
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 6:03 pm | Permalink

    thanks carles. thank you. ive only read the past 5 comments above me and theyre all shit. keep posting and never stop again. l8r.

    Reply

  102. Posted December 3, 2009 at 6:06 pm | Permalink

    carles PLEASE stop the messianic shit, it’s boring. i’m starting to think you’re Hipster Shmuli.

    Reply

  103. cousins
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 6:17 pm | Permalink

    FUX YA

    i can hold the tears back now
    no need to cower in my bed @night
    can now sleep soundly
    i love u bro

    Reply

  104. phil
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 6:20 pm | Permalink

    qualitry

    Reply

  105. **0**
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 6:46 pm | Permalink

    It was foretold via Ezekiel yall. totally ‘knew all along’. all tweens should go to church. until they find hornitos/cocaine.

    4 And I looked, and, behold, a sweeping wind came from the north, and a great cloud on it, and there was brightness round about it, and gleaming fire, and in the midst of it as it were the appearance of amber in the midst of the fire, and brightness in it.

    5 And in the midst as it were the likeness of four living creatures [carlsReginaldmikebroBeccabro]. And this was their appearance; the likeness of a [blog] was upon them. 6 And each one had four faces, and each one had four wings. 7 And their legs were straight; and their feet were winged, and there were sparks(!!!), like gleaming brass, and their wings were [chillwave]. 8 And the hand of a man was under their wings on their four sides. 9 And the faces of them four turned not when they went [hro nvr forgets]; they went everyone straight forward. 10 And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man [mikebro], and the face of a lion [carles] on the right of the four; and the face of a calf [beccabro] on the left of the four; and the face of an eagle to the four [reginald]. 11 And the four had their wings spread out above; each one had two joined to one another, and two covered their bodies. 12 And each one went straight forward [alt solidarity]: wherever the spirit was going they went, and turned not back.

    Carles is back yall.

    Reply

    karlheinz

    //////////Reply by karlheinz
    //////////Posted

    @**0**, cool

    Reply

  106. Sonia
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 6:48 pm | Permalink

    crls that was not funny. don’t do it again.

    Reply

  107. Posted December 3, 2009 at 6:50 pm | Permalink

    Too long didn’t read.

    Reply

  108. karlheinz
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 7:10 pm | Permalink

    WAVVES

    Reply

  109. Julio
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 7:15 pm | Permalink

    i smiled an authentic smile for this entry

    Reply

  110. fuck
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 7:23 pm | Permalink

    carles, youre such a dick bag. every time you leave we know youre coming back.

    Reply

    aw, fukk

    //////////Reply by aw, fukk
    //////////Posted

    @fuck, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB30ZXGdenw

    Reply

  111. womp
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 7:25 pm | Permalink

    thank crls!!!!!! wuz going “crazee”

    Reply

  112. ThePopeIsAlt
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 7:28 pm | Permalink

    So does this mean that you will not be delivering my shirt??? it was the only way to get one… You will be too busy now that you are back :(

    Reply

  113. women's studies 101
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 7:34 pm | Permalink

    but where are the hornitos

    Reply

  114. Posted December 3, 2009 at 7:35 pm | Permalink

    baby ur backkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

    i love you

    Reply

  115. sally d .
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 7:39 pm | Permalink

    ;_; tears of joy

    Reply

  116. Posted December 3, 2009 at 7:43 pm | Permalink

    To Carles:

    Dear Carles,

    I hate you for once again puttng me thru all dat turmoil. I dont understand why you do what you do; nay, I know understand why you do what you do. No one can create a ‘meme’ quite like you. Carles, after reading this post all I can say ‘without a doubt’ is that you are ‘meant’ to blog. The spirit of HRO lives on and will continue to ‘live’ on for, Carles, you are ‘forever’. I am jealous that you have ‘found meaning’ in this ‘life’. I hope to one day find ‘meaning’ in my life. You have ‘inspired’ me to love who I am, even though I already did, and knew I was better then the ‘masses’, but now I can ‘proudly’ say that I am ‘different’, I am ‘unique’, I am ‘Crls’.

    The most important question remains, though, and that is: Are you still giving away 200 Iamcarles shirts?

    Reply

    OhNoOhMy

    //////////Reply by OhNoOhMy
    //////////Posted

    @OhNoOhMy, cause I want one, js.

    Reply

  117. ast
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 7:51 pm | Permalink

    weak post carles

    Reply

  118. Myth
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 7:56 pm | Permalink

    Feel at home again
    Feel alive

    Good to see this blog survives.

    <3 HRO
    : inspiring us all

    Reply

  119. jake
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 8:01 pm | Permalink

    you had me at hello

    Reply

  120. went
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 8:03 pm | Permalink

    Dnt have anything relevant/interesting to say, just wanted to ‘boost’ up the comments to show my appreciation for this turn of events.

    Reply

  121. Posted December 3, 2009 at 8:23 pm | Permalink

    Internet was empty with you, Carles.

    Reply

  122. Jess
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 8:27 pm | Permalink

    past few days have been so weird. weird feelings.
    so glad you’re back

    don’t pull anything like that again!! i don’t think i could handle it

    Reply

  123. carolina
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 8:30 pm | Permalink

    my name is caroline. i was born 2 read ur blog.

    love u carles. welcome home.

    Reply

    Carles

    //////////Reply by Carles
    //////////Posted

    @carolina, new york and steve

    Reply

  124. Dov Charney
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 8:41 pm | Permalink

    Wait, is this a serious site?

    Reply

  125. overjoyedbro
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 8:41 pm | Permalink

    we missed u carlesbro!

    gld ur bck!

    Reply

  126. brobro
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 8:43 pm | Permalink

    more alt bewbs plz

    Reply

  127. dead ascetic fingers
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 8:49 pm | Permalink

    ’shit’

    Reply

  128. lazerbear
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 8:50 pm | Permalink

    “I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you *stand, Men of the West!*”

    return of the king/carles

    Reply

  129. HeyThatsMyShoe
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 8:52 pm | Permalink

    I think the ‘Hipster Runoff brand’ has really ‘taken a knock’ like it is not as ‘authentic’ as it ‘used to be’ before Becs/Mikeybro/Reginaldbro ‘flushed the brand down the toilet.’
    Not sure I ‘believe’ in Carles like I did in the past [4 days ago].
    Wonder what his web log/global brand ‘really means.’
    If I tell people ‘HRO is kewl’ would they think I was ‘culturally informed’/'had relevant tastes’ or would they think I was a ‘total loser.’
    Wonder if the blogosphere will remember that Hipster Runoff named the ‘Jack’ Johnsons ‘Album of the Decade.’
    Just want to put this whole experience ‘behind us’ and ‘move forward.’

    Reply

  130. agg b.
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 8:54 pm | Permalink

    i hate u for this, i <3 u for this

    Reply

  131. squashgreen
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 8:56 pm | Permalink

    this made my day. you had me worried.

    what would have happened to my fav time on xmu?

    Reply

  132. Posted December 3, 2009 at 9:52 pm | Permalink

    WELCOME BACK YALLS

    Reply

  133. BRADLEY
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 9:57 pm | Permalink

    Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy u made my shitty day

    Reply

  134. fuck me
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 10:12 pm | Permalink

    i feel like i was just rescued from a kidnapping then finally back in nostalgic familiarity. welcome home

    Reply

  135. chesley canning
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 10:15 pm | Permalink

    its like when Charlie brown xmas came out & wuz like rilly rilly good & stuff
    then it got all big pumkin
    & st pattys day shit
    & halloween or whutever
    till u feel like a fucktard for ever likin the 1st one, bitch.

    HRO makes me feel all weirded out after Becca & Reg & shit

    i can’t go back to feelin kewl about carles
    u cheaped out the whole franchise w/ kiddie mind games, bitch

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  136. Beelzeb00b
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 10:20 pm | Permalink

    ‘Let there b alt bewbs and blow’ – Carles, 2k12 presidential campaign

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  137. superman
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 10:42 pm | Permalink

    tao lin hates carles

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  138. brobro
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 10:47 pm | Permalink

    ‘you are coming home
    are you still alone
    are you not the same as you used to be’

    –Victoria Legrand & the Beach Houses, worried about the ‘new’ HRO/resurrection of Carles.

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  139. Posted December 3, 2009 at 10:57 pm | Permalink

    Glad to hear your back. Would not be the same without you.

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  140. coolface
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 11:06 pm | Permalink

    I missed you bro. My life can now be relevant.

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  141. wannabe
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 11:12 pm | Permalink

    this was the worst week of my life. so glad your back.

    Reply

  142. Most Popular Hipster
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 11:31 pm | Permalink

    Carles Dude! You need to get a job! A girlfriend/boyfriend. And get over yourself.

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  143. jordan
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 11:55 pm | Permalink

    bout time, bro

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  144. Posted December 4, 2009 at 12:03 am | Permalink

    whatever, carles

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  145. sadnostalgicbro
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 12:35 am | Permalink

    kind of happy Carles is back. Kind of miss Reggie-bro. Hope Carles allows reggie to keep the “Dark Perspectives” Brand alive.

    Reply

  146. Sociolog
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 12:54 am | Permalink

    that picture of the vaginal birth is horrifying. glad the alt report is back.

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  147. Posted December 4, 2009 at 1:05 am | Permalink

    huzzah!

    don’t think there are any i am crls shirts left, yall.

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  148. brobro
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 1:17 am | Permalink

    Heard Gorizzly vs Bear referred to you as a “person” in ironic quotations. How does that make you feel?

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  149. FUCK YEAH YOU ARE :)
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 1:20 am | Permalink

    GLAD YOU ARE BACKERS BACK MAN!!!

    YOU ARE THE COOLEST BLOGGER IN MY LIFE!!!

    WORDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!

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  150. Joshbro
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 1:25 am | Permalink

    Im glad you have returned Carles.
    I will continue to read and enjoy your blog, while commenting…sparingly.

    Oh and my shirt arrived today!!! Thanks

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  151. no fish today
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 1:53 am | Permalink

    goddamnit, i really wanna wear out that bebe zeva baby face

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  152. manbaby.
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 3:04 am | Permalink

    <3 U CARLES.

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  153. skybeard
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 3:05 am | Permalink

    worried that everyone just view Reginald as an entertaining ‘house negro’ and that’s why they love him so much… not because he was being authentic.

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    christobro brolumbus

    //////////Reply by christobro brolumbus
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    @skybeard, chill bro

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  154. Posted December 4, 2009 at 3:24 am | Permalink

    Its good to have Carles back. Its like that scene in Conan the Barbarian when Conan is totally about to kill James Earl Jones, but then James Earl Jones is like “if you kill me, what will you do to give your life meaning?” and then Conan hesitates, like he’s not gonna kill him, but then BAM! Fucking cuts off the motherfuckers head, right in front of all his cult-followers, and just holds his head up in front of them like “Yeah that’s right bitches, I just cut this motherfucking bee-baa-BITCHES head right the fuck OFF, cuz I’m Conan the Barbarian.”

    Fuck yeah.

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  155. *DeShawn'sBaby*
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 3:42 am | Permalink

    people like the “bleed neon” girl make me unable to read this blog without vomming. this is why I have to quit you, Carles.
    I feel lost.
    who killed the alt?
    what is next?
    there are so many twenty-somethings in subculture limbo-land right now.
    we’re too old for HRO, yet too young for business socks and pleated slacks.
    because we scoff at the ignorant bliss of mainstream culture, does that mean we now have to avoid all altness, because it “became mainstream”? What does that leave us with? What is the new alt? Should I “go pro”? Should I adopt a minimalist life-outlook? Should I start shopping at Eddie Bauer and L.L. Beans? Should I start fly-fishing and drinking cognac?

    h8 teens.
    h8 growing up
    I’m so lost.
    Where do I go from here?

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    mattmattmatt

    //////////Reply by mattmattmatt
    //////////Posted

    @*DeShawn’sBaby*, h8 mean ppl
    [via u h8in BB [via ur puke]]

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    scraperbike

    //////////Reply by scraperbike
    //////////Posted

    @*DeShawn’sBaby*, relax. everythings ok. be yourself, that is tru alt

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    andrew

    //////////Reply by andrew
    //////////Posted

    @*DeShawn’sBaby*,

    exit American alt (indie rock scene/hipsterism) and get into techno/house and electroacoustic compositions. You can be an electronic dj/producer/listener until you die basically… a lot of the best producers are in their 50’s right now (or older). There’s no weird holdover of rock n roll/warped baby boomer “worshipping of youth.”

    Become an expatriot and move to Europe, or chip in money with friends and buy a mansion in Panama/Ecuador for cheap. Hire some Russian guys to be your private defense force. Grow organic crops year round.

    Lots of things you can do that are cool, or just
    live a normal working/middle/upper middle class life and enjoy it. Live somewhere interesting, work a job you like, have a lot of kids, and all that, that’s what I will probably do soon. Seriously considering getting out of the country in the next 10 years or so though, we’ll see. Have a nice garden, cycle to work, etc. Brew beer, cook a lot, have a nice life.

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  156. dc
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 3:53 am | Permalink

    am glad crls has been metaphorically resurrected.
    was worried abt my future. the world’s future. the futures of relevant blogs.

    was considering moving to a cabin in the wilderness to ‘escape a bleak future.’ but now crls is back.

    i no longer have to ‘escape modernity.’

    i am your disciple, crls. hallowed be thy bro.

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    Fio

    //////////Reply by Fio
    //////////Posted

    @dc, w o r d

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  157. *DeShawn'sBaby*
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 3:59 am | Permalink

    also, I just wanted to say, I can NEVER admit (outloud) to reading this website. It used to be (mildly) acceptable to read HRO but now I’m embarrassed by it. It’s become one of those unspoken websites that everyone visits sometimes but doesn’t talk about. I’m pretty sure that if you admit to reading HRO, people will think you are a poser.
    does anyone else feel like 2007/2008 was a flash in the pan?
    Do you think that true altness can rebuild itself from the ashes and rubble of its former identity?

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  158. Posted December 4, 2009 at 4:00 am | Permalink

    oh.

    Reply

  159. Posted December 4, 2009 at 4:11 am | Permalink

    Pioneers, o pioneers. we the youthful jean wearers

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  160. Bipster
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 4:25 am | Permalink

    SRSLY glad to see Crls posting.

    Reply

  161. cha
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 5:02 am | Permalink

    PLEASE KEEP MIKEBRO

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    altina

    //////////Reply by altina
    //////////Posted

    @cha, he made me feel safe *

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  162. MEMEs
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 5:09 am | Permalink

    hooraaay :)

    Reply

  163. Sheils
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 6:44 am | Permalink

    DUDE, thank god you had an “epiphany” and decided to stay…i was starting to get scared that the relevance of HRO was dead and gone….way to go crls!!!!!!!

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  164. altina
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 7:52 am | Permalink

    These past few days/blog minutes I have been checking HRO as often as I used to check it in 2k7 (via let´s get vulns/electro wars/Uffie’s nipslip). The gimmick has worked Dear Carles, and I truly am your fan.
    You are one intelligent ‘person/prophet’. Glad to have you back!

    ps. comments section has been thoroughly enjoyable too.

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    altina

    //////////Reply by altina
    //////////Posted

    @altina, big up chillisfan/Derrick/anonys/miss u flowers4algie

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  165. rrrrrrrrrose
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 8:39 am | Permalink

    blogstrong carles, blogstrong

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  166. Lauren
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 8:55 am | Permalink

    welcome back carles, we love you <3

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  167. scraperbike
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 9:24 am | Permalink

    ready for another ‘update’ on the XX broad/chick

    Reply

  168. ncef
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 10:51 am | Permalink

    hro sux now what is this bullshit

    Reply

  169. missucarles :*
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 11:12 am | Permalink

    phew that was a close one

    luv u crls

    Reply

  170. victoria
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 11:50 am | Permalink

    confused ab why isnt hro on wikipedia?

    Reply

  171. Posted December 4, 2009 at 12:07 pm | Permalink

    It ain’t trickin if you got it And I got it
    So bad I just wanna take a shot (I got it)
    Later on hit the club and get it poppin
    Girl I told you it ain’t trickin if you got it
    I got it (you got it) I got it (I want it)
    So bad I wanna see you in the mornin (I got it)
    So bad I wanna see you when you moanin
    You can have whatever if you want it
    Cause baby I got it I got it I got it I got it
    Cause baby I got it I got it I got it I got it

    Hop up in a whip and get out of here
    I can turn your wrist into a chandelier
    You can go where I go, I go where you won’t go
    Trips to Acapulco, probably cause I got dough
    Baby I got game though, I am not a lamo
    Gucci Gucci Gucci, baby come up out that rainbow
    Swag to the left to the right with me
    And I can cover your body with Louis V.
    Fantasy fulfilled if you come with me
    And I’ll introduce you to a lavish live of luxury
    it’s just you and me, wherever we go
    all that I know is we buyin’ the store
    And I’m spending the dough
    Tell me what’s going to break me
    Receipts so long, man, he thinking I’m crazy
    If you were my baby
    You could have anything, I got it
    Just take a card out my wallet

    It ain’t trickin if you got it And I got it
    So bad I just wanna take a shot (I got it)
    Later on hit the club and get it poppin
    Girl I told you it ain’t trickin if you got it
    I got it (you got it) I got it (I want it)
    So bad I wanna see you in the mornin (I got it)
    So bad I wanna see you when you moanin
    You can have whatever if you want it
    Cause baby I got it

    Shorty got that good good man I gotta have it
    Ass so fat man I just wanna grab it
    that’s a bad habit, Excuse my hand
    I wanna kidnap you, baby, change of plans
    Monday is Germany, Tuesday Japan
    Wednesday is Italy, Thursday is France
    Friday is yacht day, you and all your friends
    Chillin on the coast of Puerto Rico with your man

    It ain’t trickin if you got it And I got it
    So bad I just wanna take a shot (I got it)
    Later on hit the club and get it poppin
    Girl I told you it ain’t trickin if you got it
    I got it (you got it) I got it (I want it)
    So bad I wanna see you in the mornin (I got it)
    So bad I wanna see you when you moanin
    You can have whatever if you want it

    It’s all on you, tell me what to do
    But you gotta tell me before the night is through
    it’s all on you, tell me what to do
    But you gotta tell me before the night is through
    I said my time is money, and baby money is time
    Baby I got money, I wanna make you mine
    I said it’s all on you, tell me what to do
    But you gotta tell me before the night is through
    So I can upgrade to you

    It ain’t trickin if you got it And I got it
    So bad I just wanna take a shot (I got it)
    Later on hit the club and get it poppin
    Girl I told you it ain’t trickin if you got it
    I got it (you got it) I got it (I want it)
    So bad I wanna see you in the mornin (I got it)
    So bad I wanna see you when you moanin
    You can have whatever if you want it
    Cause baby I got it I got it I got it I got it
    Cause baby I got it I got it I got it I got it
    Cause baby I got it

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    aw, fukk

    //////////Reply by aw, fukk
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    think this is my new gimmick

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    Cambridge

    //////////Reply by Cambridge
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    @aw, fukk,

    You have to do this everyday!!!!!

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  172. al gore
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 12:11 pm | Permalink

    sup, im back too :)

    Reply

  173. sex muffin
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 2:52 pm | Permalink

    i came buckets

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    Cindy Pepper

    //////////Reply by Cindy Pepper
    //////////Posted

    @sex muffin, That’s hawt!

    Reply

  174. walker
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 3:41 pm | Permalink

    becca was fat

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    phat is where its at

    //////////Reply by phat is where its at
    //////////Posted

    @walker, get high then she turns hot ;)

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  175. not carles
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 3:56 pm | Permalink

    starting to wonder if this was all a stunt for more interwebs hits and am appy ad $$. starting to question my place in life.

    Reply

  176. broner
    Posted December 4, 2009 at 6:38 pm | Permalink

    i got a madge broner for carles!

    Reply

  177. Elaine
    Posted December 5, 2009 at 12:01 am | Permalink

    YESSSSS :):)

    Reply

  178. brorack obammy
    Posted December 5, 2009 at 9:05 am | Permalink

    miss u reginald :(

    Reply

  179. Aaron
    Posted December 5, 2009 at 12:03 pm | Permalink

    TLDR

    epic troll is epic. Thanks Carles. HRO = SRSBSNS

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  180. urektat
    Posted December 5, 2009 at 3:07 pm | Permalink

    -made my day-
    tearfaced

    SOHAPPYURBACK

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  181. lurrr
    Posted December 5, 2009 at 3:28 pm | Permalink

    God bless you, Mr. Carles.
    I missed you so much. You are a main staple of my online life that was lacking for days.

    Reply

  182. Rome
    Posted December 6, 2009 at 1:39 am | Permalink

    Good to have you back. I found myself lost in your views and insights(which is good). I never thought finding my way out would be such a downer.

    Reply

  183. PLEASENEVALEAVE
    Posted December 6, 2009 at 2:17 am | Permalink

    PLEASE NEVER LEAVE AGAIN.

    I GOT SO SCARED.

    THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO READ ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR GREAT BLOGOO’Z!!!

    *HUGGERS HIPSTER HUGS*

    ;)

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  184. charlesbloggi 4 life
    Posted December 6, 2009 at 2:20 am | Permalink

    Charles was born to be my favorite blogger.
    Robed head of ferns
    Cat child. tutored by the learned.

    Darkly ghostish host
    Haggard vizier of the moats
    Seeks the sandled shores of Gods
    Baby of the moors.

    The night-mare’s mauve mashed mind
    Sights the visions of the blinds
    Shoreside stream of steam
    Cooking kings in cream of scream.

    Jackdaw winter head
    Cleans his chalcedony bed
    A silken word of kind
    Was returned from Nijinsky Hind.

    Giant of Inca hill
    Loosed his boar to gorely kill
    The dancing one horned waife
    In doublet of puffin-bill.

    The beast in feast of sound
    Kittened lamb on God’s ground
    Ridden by the born of horn
    Jigged like a muse on life’s lawn.
    Forever keep blogging on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  185. Imma Let Ur Finish
    Posted December 6, 2009 at 2:24 am | Permalink

    imma let you finish but CHARLES HAS/HAS/& ALWAYS WILL!!!

    +have the BEST blogging skills EVERS.

    Peace

    Reply

  186. black mars
    Posted December 6, 2009 at 7:45 pm | Permalink

    micbrocarlsington levi
    altstrm will never “die”

    http://omg.ly/q99j
    dennis black, instant classic
    stabbing westwood

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  187. Blackface Killah
    Posted December 7, 2009 at 4:41 pm | Permalink

    glad u r back. was achieving too much without favorite blog to procrastibate on. that gimmick lasted too long. hope u enjoyed va-kay

    Reply

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