I am the lil alt. The mini alt. The lil-est alt.
Learned how to be alt at a young age
with the help of my older sister
I am young, with my entire life ahead of me
many years to evolve into the perfect personal brand
but today I am young
I am alt
I am small
but my heart is strong
I am sure of myself

The kids at school do not ‘get’ me
But I have learned that is a good thing
I am oblivious to the tween sensations that mnstrm kidz are in2
(had to google ‘Kanyegate’)
I am literally the youngest person in the world to genuinely appreciate The Dirty Projectors

I will start a mp3 blog 4 kids by kids
carrying the alternative torch to make the kids scene
a lot better 4 every1
There’s just so much more to the world than Disney bullshit

I am proud.

One day I will be an old man
on my death bed
looking back on the life that I had
so many missed connections and casual encounters
I will look back on my youth
and smile

A large grin for my alternative innerchild.
I am the lil alt
The embodiment of the alternative spirit.

(miss u. say hi 2 Heath 4 me in meme heaven)

U cannot put out
the flame
of the alternative fire
in a tru alt.

So much alt in such a lil alt.

///learning how 2 blog again….
-crls

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.’

Don’t be afraid to dream.
There’s nothing wrong with ‘being a dreamer.’

Do u have a dreamcatcher necklace?

I remember in the popular movie Forrest Gump,
Tom Hanks and Jenny say ‘make me a bird, so I can fly far, far away’
as Jenny tries to escape from her father’s physical and sexual abuse
Eventually she ‘becomes a slut’ when she grows up
and in a way she sort of became a bird
and flew far, far away from ‘innocence’ [via dying of AIDS]

All we are
are alts in the wind…

I am just trying to create an authentic life for myself.
I am just trying to fill up my apartment with meaningful items.
I am just trying to create authentic art.
I am just collecting some cameras from different eras.
I am just enjoying a beer, relaxing.
I am just collecting old magazines with pictures of nature/old stuff
I am just mashing up genres of music.
I am just sitting on my authentic couch.
I am just going buy some used books later that look ‘old’ and ‘historically relevant’.
I am just going to buy some humble shoes.

I am just 1 bro
I am just 1 bro searching for meaning
I am just 1 bro searching for meaning in our modern world.
I am just 1 bro creating art in my meaningful space
looking to transcend
evrythng

Previous meaningful/authentic apartments
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/11/my-authentic-life-is-full-of-authentic-props-in-my-authentic-apartment.html
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/12/the-meaningful-objects-in-my-apartment-make-me-who-i-am.html

Have yall bought anything new for your apartment lately?
Have yall created any new/relevant music lately using nontraditional/lofi/D.I.Y. recording methods?

We went 4 a walk
running away from my parents’ house
went to a manmade lake/drainage solution
that was constructed in the middle of the neighborhood.

We stripped nude
and took a bath within nature
putting on an Animal Collective album
using my portable iPod dock

The police were called
arresting us
police brutality

I feel so fucking trapped
I feel so fucking trapped
I feel so fucking trapped
Fucking trapped in suburbia.

Fuck. So miserable.
I feel so fucking trapped
I feel so fucking trapped
I feel so fucking trapped
Fucking trapped in suburbia.

h8 my local high school
h8 all the ppl who value ‘fitting in’
and don’t ‘get’ what life is all about
I feel so fucking trapped
I feel so fucking trapped
I feel so fucking trapped
Fucking trapped in suburbia.

Shit. Not even sure if I will ever break free
or if I will end up back in suburbia
since it is a cost-effective place to raise a child.
Shit. FUCK. help me, gawdbro.
I feel so fucking trapped
I feel so fucking trapped
I feel so fucking trapped
Fucking trapped in suburbia.

So many houses
all looking the same
feel even sadder about poorer people who live in apartments
relieved that I have a spacious house
I feel so fucking trapped
I feel so fucking trapped
I feel so fucking trapped
Fucking trapped in suburbia.

I wear Am Appy
and no 1 ‘gets’ me
except for gothbros
who wear ‘black AmAppy hoodies’ without realizing what the brand ‘means.’
I feel so fucking trapped
I feel so fucking trapped
I feel so fucking trapped
Fucking trapped in suburbia.

I want 2
set this place on fire
I want 2
b me
I feel so fucking trapped
I feel so fucking trapped
I feel so fucking trapped
Fucking trapped in suburbia.

fuck. help me. plz. help me.
sprawl. opening up new Home Depot by where I live
since there are so many new neighborhoods [via contractors]
feeling sad about trees being cut down and shit like that
Wonder how I would feel if the built suburbia to look ‘more like the city.’
Going to walk more and ride my bike.
help

PHOTO VIA LOOKBOOK

Today I watched an MGMT music video
and listened to Animal Collective
and also listend 2 Passhy Pit
then cut up my favourite Am Appy shirt
and put some paint on my face

Went outside
all of my neighbors looked at me like I was from another planet
even though they usually give me that look
it made me happie
that I was challenging social norms
and saying ‘eff yall’ 2 them.

I was the most free spirited person
within a 100 mile radius
My mom and dad looked out the window
and looked disappointed

If only they knew
what I wanted 2 do
and the ideas inside of me
which can be converted to art
and be sold 4 a great deal of money

If only they knew
that I am not going to work for an insurance company
in a business park
in a yucky part of town in some cheesy city.

I am trapped in suburbia
1 day
I will get out of this hell hole.
1 day…

I am the next Marc Jacobs/ Jermbro Scott / winner from Projjers Runway.
What’s ur anti-suburbia [via anti-drug]?

Previous feelings of being trapped in suburbia
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/t/trapped-in-suburbia-bro

Sometimes I see stuff
that I think looks meaningful
and wish I could take a picture of it
capturing the moment/meme forever

Every day I see thousands of images
and some of them are ‘meaningful’
or ‘get my attention’
and other ones are ‘meaningless’
and somewhat ‘forgettable.’

Sometimes I wonder
what is the most authentic photograph in the history of the entire world?

Is it a photo of a human?
Maybe a bro like Jesus
Abe Lincoln / Obama
OJ Simpson / Jimi Hendrix
Harvey Milk / Sean Penn as Harvey Milk
some anonymous bro
like a soldier or victim of war or something.
Maybe an animal
or some ppl ‘mating’ [via porn]

Is it a photo of an event
like a plane crashing into a building
or some sort of festival in a 3rd world country
or like some zany event like ‘the running of the bulls’

Or is it a picture of something that most people will never see
like some sort of entity that exists ‘in space’
or ‘a lunar/solar eclipse’
or a ’screen capture of something funnie.’

Or is it a party pic?
Like some bro with a ginger peen
Or some ’skank in a bathroom’
Or an entry level alt
or a super sweet 15 party 4 alts

Should we stop appreciating photos
and start to embrace ‘video’
Worried that I am missing out on ‘what makes a picture beautiful’
Might buy a huge DSLR or something
so that I can take HI RESOLUTION N00DZ
And license them to Am Appy 4 advertising

What is the most beautiful picture in the history of the world, yall?

Kinda just want to listen 2 Daft Punk
and ‘gain a shit load of weight’
by eating ‘bad ass foods’ that
‘taste awesome’ but are ‘probably killing me.’

I wish that there was some sort of ‘plus size’ solution
to look fashionable
and ’seem hip’ and ‘in the know’
But I think that part of ‘being fit’
means that ‘u care about being alive.’
wonder if Am Appy will come out with a ‘plus size’ line in 2k34
when their core market ‘gets all old and fat’

Just want to ‘be myself’
and like ‘chill’ and ‘go to Chili’s’ and ‘eat McDonalds breakfast’
and ‘go out to binge eat Mexican food’
and ‘eat lasagna’ like the popular cat Garfield

but ‘who will love me’ for ‘who I am’
It would take a strong person
to want to ‘cum on’/'cum with’
some1 who is ‘larger than life.’

Worried that my heart will stop
or something like that

R u happie with the way u look?
do u end up looking in the mirror for extended periods of time
thinking about the person u will be after u ‘get in shape’?
Did u ‘lose a lot of weight’/'gain a lot of weight’ recently? Why?

Hope u r okay.
want u 2 b happie with who u r
Best,
Carles

when will HRO end?
should HRO have ended _ years ago?
When will all of the memes in the world be blogged?
What happens when the river of meme runs dry?
What happens when bloggers decided 2 unplug from the internet?
what happens if ur favourite blogger gets in a car crash 1 day, and u never hear from him/her again?

Everything dies–even humans
Every thing has a natural life.

Trends/fads/websites that are ‘kewl’ and ‘authentic’ can’t always stay what u think they are
u grow up. u turn into a different person who values different stuff
something that meant something 2 u at age 13 won’t mean as much 2 u at age 29, unless it is ‘Coca Cola’ or something like that

1 day, no1 will read pitchfork
1 day, no1 will read newspapers
1 day, no1 will eat red meat
1 day, no1 will be the same as they were 2day
1 day, Am Appy will be the official uniform provider of the NFL/poor people
1 day, ur parents will die, and u’ll feel ‘authentic sadness’ 4 the first time ever
1 day, HRO will not exist
u will still be alive. u will only read memes that are 140 characters or less
u will not feel a need 2 ‘get all social’ on the internet

Afraid of the world ending

Afraid. Afraid of losing everything.
Afraid of my site ‘dying.’
Afraid of losing sight of ‘what’s important in life.’
Scared of who I am finding out I am
Is the internet ‘my prison.’
Not sure if I have a healthy sense of self [via the internet]

1 day, we will go outside, and hold hands with our neighbors
and say ‘we finally did it,
we finally left Iraq
and got national health insurance
and fixed our educational system
and stopped honoring borders and turned the earth in2 1 chill-ass megacountry.’

Feel sad
when magazines died they got to ‘turn into websites’
but not even sure what ‘dying websites’
can turn into as a gimmick

We will be happy
‘Snark’ will be dead
Blogs will be dead
Advertisers will find a new medium to ‘overpay’ for advertising
No1 will have a computer larger than an iPhone
Twitter will have failed/been hacked and all personal memes will be erased

Good nite Moon
We had a good run.
‘The End.’ -a book

Best of luck,
Carles

We’ve come a long long way together,
Through the hard times and the good,
I have to celebrate you baby,
I have to praise you like I should
-the fatboy slims, 2012 as the world ends

It makes me sad
That all humans in the developed world
must go to the grocery store / an ‘everything store’
in order to stay alive

Wish things were more natural
and we had to hunt and gather
instead of ‘gathering money’ [via job]
and then ‘bargain hunting’ [via coupons/manufacturer's discount]
and stuff like that which makes u realize
just how ‘middle-class’ ur parents are

I go out to Target / Wal Mart
Trader Joe’s / Whole Foods /
Local low-end grocery store
and I buy ‘groceries’
Makes me feel less unique
because I see every one there
rich or poor

But the poor usually buy stuff that’s ‘bad 4 u’
and I am fortunate enough to buy
stuff that’s ‘better 4 u’

Feel like a ‘fish out of water’
when running the errands that are necessary 2 staying alive
because I have built my personal brand around
’seeming like I have nothing 2 do with ppl
who have 2 perform trivial tasks 2 stay alive’

I want to be some1 who seems ‘young’
and ‘out of touch’ with ‘real life’ and ‘real errands.’
and the modern ’struggle’ 2 stay alive and build a ‘happy family’

h8 ’shopping’ for stuff that ‘isn’t cool’
would rather go 2 the mall / online shopping
prefer 2 buy stuff that u have 2 buy with a credit card
instead of stuff that ‘fits in2 ur budget.’