HIPSTER RUNOFF

Photo via lookbook

Hey yall. This is actually a serious post for once. I recently went home to visit with my family, who I usually don't like to talk about on my blogsite since they mean a lot to me (at least since the divorce). However, I experienced something that I need help coming to terms with, and I feel like a lot of the RanoffCommunity could help me with some strategies on 'how 2 deal.' I guess I just wanted to say... my lil brother is turning alt.

What should I do?

I feel like I could help him become an authentic alt, but I don't know if there is a 'roadmap' towards altdom that he could follow. I became alt very organically, so it is just troubling to see him dress like an alt without actually 'living the life' that I have lived. His look is so tidy, as if it was purchased from the local shopping centre. I am not sure how to feel about his aesthetic. He can't even grow 'real' facial hair yet. Part of me is happy 4 him, but part of me is jealous that he has more alt opportunities than I had while I was growing up.

I looked in his dresser and saw that he had a 'collection of scarves.' Nearly constructed a 'noose' out of them and hung myself.

Well yall. While I'm getting personal, I might as well talk a lil bit about my sister. She's 16, and she's grown up so fast. I was always worried about her 'becoming a slut', and I don't think she has really been 'tainted.' I think she wants to go to Pratt, or some stereotype like that, even though my parents have saved enough for her to go to a State University.

(Also I think she started smoking... Not sure whether or not I should have an intervention or if I should let her get the cancer.)

Not gonna worry about her...she's gonna make her own decisions.
I guess that's life... u can choose ur friends but u can't choose ur family. I guess I should just be happy that they are searching 4 meaning, attempting 2 be alt... attempting to express themselves... I guess 'alt blood' sorta runs in the family.

Whenever I have a question about life, I can always just ask my grammy.

Photo via yvanrodic

It's kinda weird how she has become more alt as time has gone on. I'm not sure if she's 'losing it', or if living so many years on this Earth can teach u a few things about life, society, indie music, and zany fashion-forward fashions. I don't even know if she is 'trying' 2 be alt... It seems like she has a way of finding all of tomorrow's fashions without even trying. Might go to my local drug store to buy some 'old ppl glasses.'

I feel better. It was a good weekend at home. I guess I should just learn how to be happy for my family. Let them grow up. Let them make their own mistakes. U just want every1 to be happy, enjoy their youth, make their own decisions.

I'm afraid 2 die. Afraid of 'loved ones' dying.
Should I 'beat the shit' out of my brother/sister 4 being an 'inauthentic piece of shit'?
Are old ppl 'naturally alt'?
How do u deal with ur siblings and the impact of 'modern consumer culture' on their identity construction process?

If you are an entry level alt, your first reaction would be 'LOL! A creature on a big t-shirt! s0 random!'

However, if you are an educated, socially+globally aware alt, you will realize that this picture was placed on alternative blogs by the people behind the world's top anti-smoking campaigns. We see an image of a woman who represents beauty & youth wearing a dark-themed smock which features a skull. She is holding a cigarette, which according to scientists, completely trashes ur insides.

Even though u might laugh it off, u will remember this image every time u see some one who is mildly alternative having a cigarette.

[Photo by smokehunter]

Do yall smoke?
Is it unhealthy, or is that just 'liberal propaganda'?
Is it healthy or is that just nu-wave Barry Obama progressive conservatism (Fiscal Responsibility Remix)?

Remember this funnie ad where that cowboy without a real voice sang a funnie song to the streets of New York?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRHvZazd4IM&hl=en&fs=1]
Can some1 tell me why 'a group of passers-by on the streets of Manhattan' are an appropriate sample group to 'represent America'?

I wonder what life would be like if our fave alt-singers smoked too much. :-(

Do u know n e 1 who still wears D.A.R.E. t-shirts to represent their thrifty, 'hey remember quirky stuff from the past' personal brand?

There's a new Cobrasnake photoset of some girl's SUPER SWEET15 Party.
http://thecobrasnake.com/partyphotos/gabygabygaby/index.html

Gaby Says: SIGN MY BIRTHDAY CARD!
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'I'm not exactly sure why I paid for this photo service, or for this custom designed tshirt, but atleast my daughter didn't make me get that overpriced AZN DJ.'

TEEN SMOKING AD <3

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