HIPSTER RUNOFF

I just want to be happy.
I just want to be me.
I just want to be happy.
I just want to know that my life is meaningful.
I just want to be happy.
I just want to be able 2 xpress myself [via vlog].
I just want to be me.
I just want to be happy.
I just want to be able 2 stand up 2 my boss at my dead end job.
I just want to know that there is life after tween.
I just want to know that me = meaningful
I just want to become a famous youtuber
I just want to launch a t-shirt line at Hot Topic
I just want to be famous & have my middle class problems disappear
I just want to 'get off my ass' and 'make something' out of my life.
I just want to stand up to my boss at Auntie Anne's Soft Pretzels.
I just want to be happy.
Why is it so hard to be happy?
Am I depressed?
I just want to be me, and I want to be happy.
I am free...
Free 2 be me...
Free 2 be happie...

It's not easy being me
It's not easy being an overgrown alt tween
So much technology & social media
There is no easy way to convince the world
That my life is meaningful
But that doesn't mean that I won't keep trying.
I will never stop vlogging.

U make it sound so EZ
but it's not EZ
being me...

#itgetsbetter

R u happie?
What is the secret 2 happiness?

EVERY DAY YOU SHOULD LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR, AND SAY

This post has been brought to you by MAINSTREAM=ALT, an eArt Gallery presented by Carles of the popular weblog The Hipster Runoff.

Do yall believe in 'depression'? Sometimes I think it's just spoiled people (mainly girls and closet homos who had bad parents) who don't know how 2 be happy... but I haven't been around people who are poor at n e time in my entire life, so it's hard 4 me 2 put myself in the shoes of some1 who have real problems/have had 2 work hard 2 get somewhere in lyfe/feel like life is for more than just floating from weekend2weekend.

It's also hard 4 me to believe in depression cuz the graphics that are in pamphlets about DEPRESSION are s0 funnie.

Kids can apparently be 'sad and not know why' even though they don't have any serious relationships or financial responsibilities.

This chart maps why entry-level alts started listening 2 blog house.

Do yall believe in depression? Or is it only for 40+ year old people who 'don't know how 2 adapt to our technological society'?

Was Tom Cruise right that medication can't truly help people b happy? Do u have any 'zany' friends who are depressed to a level where it ruins Saturday nights for your group of altFriendz?

What internal conflict is inside of 'sad people'/depressed people?

• mainstream vs. alt?
• bad parents?
• person I want 2 b VS. person I will end up being?
• will I make good grades?
• Am I ghey or straight or bi?
• will I get an iPod or a Zune?
• Did Garden State mean something or nothing?
• Will I move 2 NYC or LA?
• Will n e 1 ever luv me like I think I deserve 2 be luved?
• Is my personal brand authentic or phony/which 1 will make me more money?
• Should I major in communications or design?

Is it hard for yall 2 empathize with people who don't have the tools to be self-aware/have stopped yearning for 'something more'/taken the emotional energy 2 make their mainstream concept of 'happiness' obsolete?

I guess what I'm trying 2 say is:
ALT = HAPPINESS ?

XX BONUS BLIPSTER INDIAN XX

In the electro war, some tribes will not use modern weapons. They will use weapons made from the electroEarth.
[Photos by Click//Clash]

But srsly yall... is there a lil bit of sadness in every1?
What's life all abt?

When we all got the Strawberry Jam leak, we told ourselves, "hell yes! I'm going to buy the actual album when it comes out."
It's been a few days since Strawberry Jam came out, and even I find myself wondering if I am going to actually buy it any time soon.

I feel like next time I'm in a CD store, I'll probably pick it up, but for those of you who want to make yourself feel better, tell yourself:
I will buy Strawberry Jam when my relative gives me a Best Buy/Borders/B&N giftcard.
In the past, you've probably had to waste that gift card on some other mildly fulfilling CD, but now you can have one to look forward to.

MP3: Animal Collective - For Reverend Green

You should probably just Buy Strawberry Jam at Amazon. That's the spirit of the music blog.