Author Archives: Carles

Who is more authentically alt: The Jonas Brothers or a Wild Pack of Latin Americalts?

I saw this picture of the Jonas Brothers in Venezuela with a Group of Latin AmericAlts (who are closely related to Mexicalts). The picture sorta ‘made my head explode’ since there were so many consumer alt trends being implemented/utilized in this picture.
Swoopy Bangs.
Plaid. Stripes. V-necks.
Sunglasses.
Scarves.
Jeans of every colour/texture/style.
Lil jackets.
Remnants of the electro era mixed [...]

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Should I attend my local community’s most prestigious Hair and Makeup College?

Photo by easyfashion

As yall know, I am about to graduate high school, and I missed most of the design school application deadlines/I am ‘too suburban’ to even know what ‘design’ is yet, and that u can buy a Macbook and go 2 college in a meaningful city to learn abt it. I don’t wanna [...]

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Sorta miss the glory days of the ‘making fun of hipsters’ viral video genre.

Just saw this youtube movie Where The Dirty Hipsters Are (Wild Things Spoof) and it made me miss the glory days of 2k5-2k7, back when it was s000 funnie 2 make ‘jokes about hipstars’ and other interesting alternative ppl.

I wish I could go back in time to the final year of my Undergraduate Film Studies [...]

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What kind of Halloween Candy can I hand out that won’t make me look poor?

Hey yall… Just doing some last minute Halloween shopping… I’m in the candy aisle, and I’m having a difficult time weighing what is important to trick or treaters vs. my budget in the current economic recession vs. how I want to ‘brand’ my house as a destination for trick or treaters. Not sure if [...]

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