Head in the Clouds

Our Words are Our Own

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:42:00 -0400

The hard wooden curves of a sailboat frame are beautiful. Ocean surf crashing on a rock beach over thousands of years and grinding those stones down to sand, is beautiful. A fleck of blood hanging on a boys eyelid after a fight, glimmering with the promise that wounds will heal, is beautiful.

None of those things are distinctly feminine or girly. The word beautiful has no gender unless the person using it chooses to assign it one. It’s not syntax that prevents us from saying our sons are beautiful, it’s culture.

Beauty carries a notion of something rising above the grittiness of the world. Something aesthetic breaking out of the noise of the world. Handsome then is an attractiveness grounded in the grittiness of the world. As a culture we elevate our girls as princesses. They should be pure and above it all. Boys are the ones who are supposed to tough it out. They must be part of that rough world,

We don’t have to subscribe to those notions though. When we talk about babies we prefer beautiful regardless of gender. Some boys are beautiful, some girls are handsome. This can change moment to moment. If beautiful feels right, say beautiful. Never let language limit you; It is the world your mind inhabits. Take a cue from Shakespeare and Dr.Seuss and constantly redraw its borders.

for Leah. It’s pleasantly shocking to see you being one of ‘those girls’.

Of all that’s wrong with Microsoft’s magic future,...

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:26:14 -0400

Of all that’s wrong with Microsoft’s magic future, the funniest is that it’s all based around lots and lots of fluid animations which have only just recently become possible on Microsoft devices but have been integral to shipping Apple products for the past few years.

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Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:04:32 -0400

I’m not sure how this is on the first page for this term....

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:00:50 -0400

I’m not sure how this is on the first page for this term. I was looking for tips/critique on movie openings.

Why use such a gross finger image? It’s like they cropped...

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:50:00 -0400

Why use such a gross finger image? It’s like they cropped it out of a violent crime evidence photo. The contrast against the serene photoshopped face is really awkward.

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Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:14:30 -0400

I own this poster. Actually a stack of about 15.

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:25:53 -0400

I own this poster. Actually a stack of about 15.

Wow, the two in the middle look just like Karen Gillan and...

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:58:00 -0400

Wow, the two in the middle look just like Karen Gillan and Matt… ohhhhhhhh.

lostateminor: Who said typefaces had to be static? Whoever it...

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:45:24 -0400

lostateminor:

Who said typefaces had to be static? Whoever it was certainly didn’t tell Hussain Almossawi from the Skyrill Design studio who created this incredible Fluid Type in which each character in the set has both a static and an exploding animation version. We love.

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laughingsquid: Space Puppy (1958)

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:32:15 -0400

laughingsquid:

Space Puppy (1958)

Matthew Lewis, why?

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:00:00 -0400

housetohalf:

Interviewer: “If you had a daughter what would you name her? And if you had a son what would you name him?”

Matthew Lewis: “Sarah Trouble Lewis and Max Danger Lewis so they could say stuff like “HA, Danger’s my middle name””

you need someone to birth those children? I can do that. I can really really do that.

I was onto the middle name danger way before Matt Lewis had a chin worth looking at. If he goes through with this it might just put me off the name for good.

Genesis vs. Katy Perry - “Invisible Gurls” (Chambaland...

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:18:00 -0400

Genesis vs. Katy Perry - “Invisible Gurls” (Chambaland Mashup)

My copy of “Invisible Touch” glitched, but now there’s no need to rerip the CD.

No, You The Man Wolfram|Alpha.

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:52:48 -0400

No, You The Man Wolfram|Alpha.

Blowing bubbles with kittens inside them.

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:42:53 -0400

Blowing bubbles with kittens inside them.

If you cast Avada Kedavra and somebody died,

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:55:32 -0400

How much of your mind would be thinking “Shit, I just killed somebody!” and how much would be going “Shit, I’m a wizard!”?

katiehopes: on a battlestar galactica kick. no end in...

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:05:16 -0400

katiehopes:

on a battlestar galactica kick. no end in sight

Also on a Battlestar run. It was awesome and then New Caprica happened and everything got all stupidly ‘effed up. It’s like Dollhouse up in here with character consistency flying out the window.

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Wed, 06 Jul 2011 02:50:57 -0400

scotchtrooper: I’ll be in my bunk. This is for you Katie (For...

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 02:38:33 -0400

scotchtrooper:

I’ll be in my bunk.

This is for you Katie (For people who don’t know her, Katie is http://housetohalf.tumblr.com/ and she is into theater and all things David Tennant)

housetohalf: thedailywhat: Don’t Try This At Home of the Day:...

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:30:31 -0400

housetohalf:

thedailywhat:

Don’t Try This At Home of the Day: Old and Busted: Water balloons. New Hotness: Fire balloons.

[geekologie.]

In soviet russia, balloons blow you up.

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Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:58:05 -0400