This is a post about Heath being 'gone.'
This is a post about Heath being 'in a better place.'
I remember when 2008 started. We were looking for a new actor who would 'be really awesome when he was young' but then make movies like 'Meet the Fockers' when he got older. Kinda wish James Dean was still around so that he could be in sillie comedies about Bucket Lists/dealing with getting older in a whimsically meaningful way.
Heath died. He's gone. We'll never know if he is still alive. We'll never know if his death was just a mrktng gmmck. We'll never know 'what coulda been.'
Still can't believe Mary Kate/Ashley Olsen are __% responsible for Heath's death.
Conspiracy of 2k8
Did Michelle Tanner 'end' HeathBro [via peer pressure]?
Can't believe Michelle Williams (aka ex-Mrs. Heath Ledger) started to date Spike Jonez.
Can't believe Spike Jonez ever divorced Sofia Coppola. Wish they stayed together making Lost in Translation progressive guerilla videos starring Kirsten Dunst (Being John Broavich).
Remember Green Aggs and Ham?
Does n e 1 know if an 'alt celebrity couple' will emerge in 2k9?
Read a rumor on a message board that the Death Cabs were getting married. Can some1 verify that? I don't trust blogs as gossip news sources.
Also read on a blog that the Bloc Parties/TVoTR/VampWeeks/FleetFoxes are getting married.
Just gonna miss him. Might not mention him in 2k9 just to 'move on' and maybe latch on to a new celeb death as a meme-gimmick that represents 'missing some1' who allegedly meant a lot 2 society bc of his portrayal of a character + real life meme-ability.
I am thinking about making a t-shirt.
This t-shirt will be a tribute.
This t-shirt will be a tribute to some one who I was very close to but has since passed away.
When I wear the t-shirt, people will know that I identify with more than just the 'cultural impact' of the figure on my t-shirt. They will identify with the man on my t-shirt. They will identify with me.
When a person on the street sees my t-shirt, they will come up to me and shake my hand. We will talk about the man on my t-shirt. We will tell stories about how he was s00 good in that one movie. We will talk about 'what could have been' and 'how he could have won s00 many oscars' if he just didn't live so wrecklessly.
///Just don't understand why they wanted 2 leave our planet [via heaven].
This is a post abt 'miss u.'
miss u
[facehunter]
miss u
[icanteachyouhow2doit]
miss u
sorry yall if this post is kinda sad. Starting to think about what I'm truly thankful for.
Kinda miss some people who r gone. That's natural, right?
Think I need 2 make a t-shirt tribute.
Should I start thinking abt what I will be for Halloween in 2k9?
miss Heath. Don't think I'll be ready 2 b a JokerAlt for at least 5 years.
Not even a zany one with a bunch of kute buttons/pins + an altBro visor.
Might be THE KNIFE, but they haven't had a new album in like 200 blog years. :-(
Probs will just end up being 'Naked Bjork.' Authentic Muff = free spirited authentic zaniness.
This past Halloween was a flop, so I'm just gonna do whatever it takes 2 get back my concept of 'fun.'
XX BONUS CUNT XX
[Photos by thefriendattack]
I was reading PEDESTRIAN.TV, and I saw that the Olsen twins are about to publish a meaningful scrapbook:
The latest venture being a coffee table book titled "Influence" which seeks to share the Olsen's own pop culture influences (everyone from Terry Richardson, Karl Lagerfeld and Radiohead).
I rlly need 2 start to think about which pop culture references have had huge impact on my life. Should I start listening to more abstract Radiohead lyrics that I can apply meaning to? Just need 2 make a coffee table book/meaningful scrapbook.
I feel like I can really gain from reading the Olsen Twins'z memes, since they had a gifted childhood, and now life an authentic alternative life. They have access 2 anything they could ever want. The Zaniest accessories. The kutest males. The finest drugs. The best Buffalo Exchange outlets. Autoacceptance to any respected alternative university in the world. They have it all, yall.
We need to jump on this opportunity to get inside of their heads.
N e ways...Pedestrian.tv obtained pictures from Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's book. I thought I'd post them so that yall can 'relate' to them.
Do yall feel 'closer' to the Olsen twins now?
Don't u luv when the special-est people in the world share their beautiful minds & memes with u?
Isn't it refreshing to see that even 'celebs' have zany, random, meaningful thoughts going through their heads?
How old were u when u made ur first/last meaningful scrapbook?
Yall. Getting ready to go to HARD HALLOWEEN 2nite
Think i'm gonna bring this jackolantern with me.
It's gonna be weird since this is the first Halloween since Heath is gone. I'm gonna see His face ovr & ovr again (kinda like that clapyourhandssayyeahyayea song).
Gonna be hard 2nite.
hard halloween.
harder than ever 2 b alive. let's take a nite 2 'forget abt it' and just 'celebrate' like life is as meaningful as a davematthewsband song.
(if yall are at HARD, I'll c u at the JEANS stage).
_________________
sent from my T-mobile Sidekick
[Photo by hobogestapo]
To me, Heath Ledger's death was not 'just a meme.' I will NVR let that one go. Yall need to realize that the meme economy is making meaningful entities disposable. All of these news + celeb blogs aren't authentic cuz they don't take the time to reflect on a legacy. They are s00 consumed with creating Search Engine Optimized memes that they don't stop to realize that on the other side of this whole 'internet thingy' are real human beings. We are real human beings who are searching for authenticity.
I wish people would just understand that HIPSTER RUNOFF not just a blog. I am an open search for authenticity. I don't rlly care about turning 'events', 'people', and 'newsbits' into memes.
HIPSTER RUNOFF is a place for reflection. Kinda like how myspace is for friends. I just want to be a place where you can come and 'get real.' I want you to be able to really just be you. I want to 'get' u. I want u 2 'get' me. I want to get buzzed with u. I want to laugh abt the 'simple things in life', like an incompetent waitress at Chili's who will never be a college graduate. I want to make mistakes, and go through hard times with u. I want u 2 listen to me. I want to pretend 2 listen 2 u.
This is life, yall.
There's more to life than
Just do ur best to justify ur own existence--that's all you can do.
Liberty. And Jewsteece. For All, Yall.
Is HRO:
a) a blog
b) more than a blog
c) just a blog
d) a fggt
e) a webZine
f) a 'think piece'
g) a place for altBros
h) mainstream
i) authentic
j) the best thing 2 happen since AZNs discovered America [via landbridge]
h) just another hypemachine blog that posts gimmicky music to get traffic
i) Choose.Your.Own.Response
We are special. We are the fortunate ones. We have been given the t00ls to discover ourselves/authenticity. Do u believe in us?
///s00 scared of the future&the unknown////
(hope I get accepted 2 a good college)
Joker Alts Are Taking Over The W0rld.
(Where can I buy those keut/quirky leggings?)
[ Photo via <a href="
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suicidegirls/2679628123">SG FLICKR]
(We miss u Heath)
Didn't the Dark Knight come out like 30 blog years ago? Why r people stilll so into it? In my opinion, it wuz just another 'viral video' xcept it was show on the IMAX screen.
Previous Zany Joker Alt
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/07/monitoring-emerging-joker-alts-why-so.html
Yall,
This weekend, I sacrified a lot of my time to go and see 'The Dark Knight.' It took me a while to decide whether or not I was going to see it because I couldn't tell if it was mainstream or alt, but deep down, I wanted to fit in. If it is going to be the biggest movie ever, I thought it would be a good idea for me to 'connect with the human race as a whole.' I thought it would be a rewarding experience to 'connect' with my fellow audience members as we watched a wonderful piece of art that achieved mainstream success.
I felt a lot of pressure to go. According to what I've read in blogs and newspapers, 'The Darky' is a big deal. I wanted to be able to appreciate what has been described as the most authentic-mainstream movie experience EVER. 
However, after going through the process of 'going to the movies to see The Dark Knight', I have realized that I will never be able to appreciate what mainstreamers think they are supposed to appreciate.
1. Going to the Movies
DARK KNIGHT = way 2 long. Kind of like one of those bad HRO posts where Carles just 'keeps tlkng & tlkng abt stuff he doesn't know abt.' If you're going to see THE DARKIE, expect to lose 5 hours of your day. If u see it in the IMAX, a teen usher with acne will tell u to put your iPhone away when you are trying to liveblog abt how the movie is 'kinda long.' SRSLY tho... kinda wish some1 would embed the movie in youtube, or maybe I could watch it on HULU. The best solution would be for some1 to open a theatre chain where you had to pay like $40 per ticket, except u didn't have to watch previews/commercials. You can have the option of having these ads emailed to you. N e ways... I just think stuff like 'going to the movies' and 'watching baseball' are for people in their prime from the year 1989.
'OMG...POPCORN AND SODAS R SO EXPENSIVE' - old people
'OMG...I DEFAULTED ON MY MORTGAGE BC I HAD TO BUY AN ICEE AND WHOPPERS WHILE I SAW THE DARKIE' - rlly old people taking their grandkids to the movies
I thought the whole movie was going to be Heath + CBale chillin in this room.
2. Heath Ledger
Heath may or may not be dead, but his (fake) death was great for BOX OFFICE $$$$$$$. I wish some1 had told me that he was only in the movie for like 15 minutes. I went into the theatre thinking that the movie was going to be about him. I felt kinda lied to when I had to sit through a bunch of 'stuff blowing up' for so long. If I wanted to see stuff blow up, I would have gone to a Justice concert.
Remember people who thought they were 'visionaries' because they were into anarchy/punk music?
3. The movie had a bunch of ghey themes
Another thing that really bothers me was that 'The Dark Knight' had themes that were made to appeal to people who didn't-go-to-college-but-like-feeling-smart. Basically, the movie exposes the audience to themes that are so complex that smart people don't bother trying to apply the themes to our modern society but they can convey an abridged version for mainstream dummies to feel like 'they are actually thinking about important issues/philosophy.' This makes them feel deep. They went into the theatre solely looking to be entertained, but since they were also exposed to ideas that a freshman in college would have been exposed to in his Political Science 101 course, they feel like they come out of the theatre a better person. I feel like movies like 'The Matrix' or 'V for Vendetta' are some of the most popular films in this genre. They usually deal with concepts like 'why is our society so zany/capitalistic/controlled by 1 person?' or even 'what makes us human, yall?' It would have been nice if Heath Ledger just read some Foucault to me for 3 hours. I mean srsly..what's the deal with society/prisons/social systems/'the world'/'how history has altered the way things are(that's kinda unfair--especially 4 minorities)'.
4. Heath Ledger as the Voice of these 'Deep, Complex Themes'
This weekend, I was walking down the street and I saw a little Mexican kid dressed as the Joker. He had facepaint, a big red smiley, green coloring sprayed over his dark mexi-hair, and was dressed just like Heath in the movie (aka he was wearing the church clothes he used to wear before he rebelled against his ever-loving Catholic mother's dead ideologies). I'm sure last week the same kid was into identifying with Linkin Park lyrics that commented on how 'people r full of shit, there's no such thing as love, and I hate my dad, too.' Ultimately, exposing impressionable tweens to concepts that they don't really need to be aware of is bad for humanity. I understood when goth-ish people dressed like they were in 'the matrix' to seem interesting until high school administrators determined that they 'looked like they were going to shoot up the school' in the post-Trench Coat Mafia era, but I just think 'dressing up like the Joker' to let people know that you 'see the same world that he sees' is a little bit much. I wish the Joker just wore business casual so I wouldn't notice audacious little JokerMexis any more. It's sort of like the 'deep version of a little girl dressing up like Hannah Montana.'
A lot of people say that Heath Ledger killed himself because he 'couldn't pull himself out of this dark, dark role.' If that is true, then we can assume that Heath Ledger has the same mental-makeup as a 13 year old angsty kid who dresses up like the joker.
5. Christian Bale
I feel like every one is just waiting for him to turn into Patrick Bateman in American Psycho again. He did a lil Batemen with his Bruce Wayne impression, but he sounds kinda sillie when he talks with his Batman voice. Is Batman even a difficult role to play? People who have played Batman: Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney. N e ways...I hope Patrick Bateman does a good job in the new Terminator movie. I miss Edward Furlong, though. He was pretty alt when I was a kid, so I think John Connor wedge haircuts might be big in 2k9.
Remember Arnold b4 he was mainstream/conservative?
6. Morgan Freeman
Remember when he played a Black President in 'Deep Impact'? Remember that time he played 'God' in that other movie?
7. The Most Troublesome Part of going to the movies was being exposed to this commercial:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMy35Aw0bjI&hl=en&fs=1]
JC Penny is trying to appeal to ___________?
a) people over the age of 30
b) Emilio Estevez fans
c) lil alts
d) people who listen to ska/punk cover songs of 80s anthems
e) tweens who are still searching for their sexuality but identify with bands like Good Charlotte, Fall Out Boy, and Panic!@the disco.
****IN CONCLUSY (SRSLY)****
SRSLY tho... I'd rather slit my wrists with broken Criterion Collection DVDs than go 2 the movies again. It took a lot out of me. So many people, so m
any lives', so many differences, so many similarities. I mean, r we all just 'trying to make money to thrive in our society?' That would be s0 random if we were...
Theoretically we all want to fit in (be mainstream), but sometimes u just have 2 realize that ur gonna be an alt 4evr. You should surround yourself with a network of alts who understand their positions within the alt-mainstream social graph and how their social interactions from grades K thru 16 impacted their social self-perception.
Maybe I should just loosen up and 'enjoy goin out to the movies + grabbin bite 2 eat at TGIFridays.' <3333
Hey yall... Sometimes, my head almost explodes from seein so many crazie people wearing these random, funnie stuff. I mean, srsly...where do these people come from? Alt Island?
Love yall...enjoy...
Seen any cute Aggys/Oliver Twists lately?
Seen any blipsters in bowties lately?
Seen n e secretive, pouty AZNs lately?
Seen n e Dreamy Boys in Picnic print shirts with flower bow ties lately?
Seen n e dark-hearted alts who stand on the sides of their feet lately?
[Click Clash]
Seen n e edgy independent films with deceased actors in them? 
[s0 many photos by the facehunter]
(miss u, Ennis Del Mar)
SRSLY tho...
Should I see Dark Knight? Is it good?
Is the Dark Knight ALT because Heath is in it, and he is authentic?
Or is it mainstream because it is the biggest movie ever ($$$$$$$) and you have to sit in an IMAX movie theatre with a herd of mainstreamers?
Srry I don't post MP3s as much. I only rlly p0st the stuff that I like, so it makes it tuff sometimes. Forgetting how to post mp3s is kind of like 'not being intimate with some1 4 a while' but then 'learning how to love/make love again' once you have found a 'mate who understands u.'
N e ways, here is a blatant blogville hit. I remember when I used to not take KNIGHTLIFE seriously because I thought their myspace picture was too-gimmicky-to-be-real, but then some1 told me they are real because they are endorsed by Cut Copy. 
(I still refuse to take CHEWY CHOCOLATE COOKIES seriously based on their name/imagery).
This posted MP3 might be my fave Cut Copy Rmx off 'In Ghost Colours' since that one Boys Noize rmx.
[MP3]
Cut Copy Hearts On Fire (Knightlife Remix)
Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/dancewithknightlife
http://www.myspace.com/cutcopy
XX BONUS KNIGHT COVERAGE XX
R.I.P. Heath. We still miss u. Nvr 4get.
Who do u Never Forget more: Heath Ledger or M.I.A.?
