Glitter Bombs

Glitter bombing is a phantom that has been happening in the background of this past election.  To glitter bomb a person is to mark them, and there are many reasons to mark someone with glitter. Some people do it to protest someones actions, some do it to bring attention to the victim's behavior, but most do it to embarrass. While doing research on glitter bombing I found these wonderful photos by Glynis Selina Arban, and decide to share them.

 Perhaps glitter bombing could be consider a hobby.

Vintage Clothing

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As I am sure many of you can tell, I am a lover of all things vintage. But vintage clothing holds a very special place in my heart. It all started when I was a kid growing up in Connecticut, for my birthday my mother would take me to New York City to go shopping. She had lived in NYC before she had had me and knew of all the great vintage places. She taught me a lot about how to tell what decade the clothing item was from, styling and her taste was always impeccable. I am thinking it would be fun to write my article on vintage clothing; where to find the best vintage, how to tell what decade its from, and how to wear vintage.

Vintage dress from the 1940's. You can tell this dress was made in the 40's because of the placement of the waist and the detailing on the hips.

Dress from the 1950's. You can tell that it is from the 50's because of the fabric and the sweetheart top style.

Dress from the 1960's. You can tell it from the 60's based on the large floral pattern. 

McSweeney

So, I am a big fan of McSweeney. And since we are coming up on Thanksgiving I thought I would post one of my favorite articles: It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers.

Also this article (FAQ:The “Snake Fight” Portion Of Your Thesis Defense) reminds me of what it is like to be in grad school sometimes.

Show and Tell

This is a video by Gotye, it tells the story of a family that is... while you really should just watch it. It is very scary.

Bang's princples

I just saw this video and it made me think about the book by Molly Bang and I wanted to share it.

Telling stories

I am very much a creature of the night. I love staying up late, of course I pay for it in the morning. Tonight I decided to stay up late and write a novel. As many of you may know it is National Novel Writing Month, and I have decide to participate. Now, I love to write but really don't think of myself as a writer, but I thought it would be fun to give it a try. You may say "Callan, don't you have a ton of work for grad school?" And I would say "Yes, I have far more work then I can stand." But there is a magic to staying up till 2am and being inspired to write a novel. I will keep all of you posted how it goes.

Victory over vectors

The last three projects I have been working a lot with Adobe Illustrator. Some times frustrating to work with, but I believe I have grown to love it with the help of a website that offers tutorials. It is called Vector Tuts, and it does more then just give Illustrator tutorials it also has lesson in techniques for InDesign.