Kids on the Radio

The Great Internship Debate

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 02:21:06 -0400

For damn good reason the subject of unpaid internships has been a hot button issue as of late. I still don’t know my feelings on them, especially when I consider how many people are doing them post-grad. This could be some embarrassing display of my lack of confidence, but I tend to feel unqualified for career-oriented jobs and find myself still applying for internships. I’ve applied for a few this summer but I’m wondering whether I should ditch that idea, travel around, and find a job by fall.

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said,...

Thu, 03 May 2012 00:37:39 -0400

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou

Everyone is Gay: "I've kind of hit a wall in life. I'm in my third year of college with no real direction, I failed a class for the first...

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:47:11 -0500

Everyone is Gay: "I've kind of hit a wall in life. I'm in my third year of college with no real direction, I failed a class for the first...:

Amen, ladies. As a new graduate, this was, for some reason, exactly what I needed to hear.

everyoneisgay:

-Question submitted by Anonymous

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Dannielle Says:

I think it’s important that you know you haven’t hit a wall. You’re exactly where you’re supposed to be; terrified, lonely, unfocused, emotional, and overall just feeling like total shit.

However, I want you to stop. Stop focusing on…

Paradise has relocated

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:54:42 -0500

Paradise has relocated:

A photo exhibition showing at Okay Mountain here in Austin, Texas. I’ve never been to Galveston, so I had no idea about the prolonged damage Hurricane Ike caused. This collection of photos documents it beautifully. I would have liked to see a few shots of the island’s residents, however, to give me a better idea of the spirit of this apparently downtrodden, hopeful (?) place.

Is there still hope for nature?

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:27:53 -0400

Is there still hope for nature?:

According to a Reuters article (don’t know how I got there), Jacques, an “adult magazine” that features mostly silicone free women that are just naturally beautiful, is apparently successful. Really successful. Now, for some reason, this gives me lots of hope. I thought the online porn industry combined with other media evils had destroyed the thought of natural beauty. Turns out people (men?) still dig it. That’s good to know. While they sometimes seem a tad too hipster for my taste, I think I might love Jacques.

This guy is a super human spider monkey. He also seems like a...

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:47:16 -0400

This guy is a super human spider monkey. He also seems like a really mellow, harmonious person.

Audio slide show: One man's salvation - latimes.com

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:40:00 -0400

Audio slide show: One man's salvation - latimes.com:

God bless the LA Times for featuring this man!

Youthland Border Project

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:46:58 -0400

Youthland Border Project:

This is an art project happening at Texas State, I believe, called Borderland Youth. They give kids cameras to capture their homes along the border and have them send in their short stories to “creatively reflect upon the rich, cross-cultural human experiences within the US/Mexico borderland region.” As a Valley kid myself, lemme tell ya, there is A LOT to creatively reflect upon. My part of the border, the upper Rio Grande Valley area, is a place you don’t want to return to yet feel nostalgic for at the same time. It’s a complete mishmash of two cultures and one very geographically isolated region. It’s unlike any other. I’m really glad someone is beginning to document this…

Photo

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:31:40 -0400

Lynn Wyatt- one of the last great socialites?

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:53:45 -0400

Lynn Wyatt- one of the last great socialites?:

I had never heard of Lynn Wyatt until she was featured in some magazine (Texas Monthly?) as one of Texas’ top 5 women. I’m not a huge fan of socialites, especially the ones manufactured in the last few years, but she seems regal and old-breedish…plus she must have some crazy stories. I loved the mention of Liza Minelli doing a cabaret show for Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal. CRAZY FACT: Apparently I living in the same co-op that Farrah did when she was in school.

Wherever you go, there you are

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:18:01 -0400

I am very undecided about tumblr. I don’t feel comfortable posting long blocks of text, yet I quite enjoy the freedom to easily post pictures, links, or quotes that succinctly indicate how I feel on that day. Tumblr is aesthetically pleasing. This quality, however, also makes me suspicious of its trendiness. Its effortlessness makes me think that it’s too easy to make yourself look cool. I haven’t even figured out its purpose in the scheme of things…is it a blog? An extension of facebook? Despite this crisis I am having, I will continue to use it because I am feeling out of the technological loop. I am still using myspace. Just kidding. But I only have a facebook, and that is beginning to seem a bit passé. I will continue to post things I like on here until I decide. And I will continue to use it as a blog where I post long-winded thoughts. So shoot me.

Thoughts I have: 1) I’m really annoyed with Google— what happened to your “don’t be evil” slogan, huh?

2) I am moving into a co-op. What are people that live in co-ops like?

3) Cold-calling someone to sell a product is suspiciously like calling someone for an interview. I didn’t do very well working at a call center and I’m still fearful of calling people I don’t know. I did, however, score a personal victory in picking up the phone and calling a local coffeeshop owner for an interview. No hour-long procrastination attempts (although I did start cleaning my toilet bowl), no distracting yoga techniques to get me to “loosen up.” I am proud.

Now I am off to do some more cold-calling.

Random thought: I really want those stretchy plastic bracelets that make shapes. Soooo many little kids are wearing them.

This along with the other photos in Matt Schwartz’s (of...

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:16:01 -0400

This along with the other photos in Matt Schwartz’s (of She Hit Pause) Surfing collection appeal to every fiber of my wants to live in a small, beat-up beach town being.

Girls on bikes.

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:27:56 -0400

Girls on bikes.

Watched this with my grandpa a few days ago (he had received it...

Mon, 31 May 2010 00:11:00 -0400

Watched this with my grandpa a few days ago (he had received it in a chain email from a friend). This was his very first experience with “the youtube,” and he was regaled by the idea that one could so effortlessly access the past like this, all conveniently packaged into clips online. That was so interesting to me! Can you imagine what it must be like as an 80-year-old to have, seemingly out of the blue, things that used to exist as a blurred image in your memory right in front of you? I heard him watching this clip at least five times.

I’ll be very honest. I think I may have only watched one...

Sat, 29 May 2010 16:07:52 -0400

I’ll be very honest. I think I may have only watched one or two Dennis Hopper films, yet here I am posting his picture. Can’t help it, though, as he helped shape that great sex-drugs-rock n’ roll Hollywood lifestyle…thanks for everything, Dennis.

These boys (can’t tell how old they are) seem like the...

Tue, 18 May 2010 14:35:37 -0400

These boys (can’t tell how old they are) seem like the Florida reincarnations of Lords of Dogtown. They’re living the life- boarding, surfing, and making it all look superbly cool. I have no idea how old they are or what their deal is but, as far as I can tell, they’re surfer/skater kids documenting their lives. I stumbled upon this while trying to find super 8 clips of people skateboarding (seemed summer-y). They seem to have some talent, though. I posted their roadtrip one ‘cause that one was enthralling and beautiful. Check out the other one they have posted with some guy boarding in the 70s caught on Super8. Side note: I feel slightly weird and voyeuristic looking at a stranger’s vacation photos…it makes me wonder…who do people intend things like this for? Their general circle of connections? Or random people like me?

"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it-every,every minute?"

Tue, 18 May 2010 14:17:12 -0400

““Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it-every,every minute?””

- Emily from Thorton Wilder’s “Our Town”

I went to the 1st Ever Renegade Craft Fair here in Austin, TX...

Sun, 16 May 2010 17:19:12 -0400

I went to the 1st Ever Renegade Craft Fair here in Austin, TX and stumbled upon some amazing artists. Misha Ashton, who I believe works out of Eastern Oregon and LA, had all these sweet, vintage-y 35mm shots that looked like a 1970s dream world. She even made some of them into belt buckles, which thoroughly impressed me. The ferris wheel is one of her photos-dream world, no? Her shots from LA are equally ethereal. I’m going back today and I really want to talk to her and see where she gets her ideas from. According to her website, she never uses Photoshop or anything to alter her photos, just the film development process.

http://www.mishaashton.com