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Abandoned Amusement Park in New Orleans

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:49:41 -0500

Abandoned Amusement Park in New Orleans

creepyabandonedplaces: Holy Land...

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:17:22 -0500

Holy Land USA
Waterbury, Connecticut

Holy Land USA was once an 18 acre Bible-themed park located in Waterbury, Connecticut. The park had about 40,000 visitors a year until it closed in 1984 for renovations. Holy Land USA never opened back up again due to the death of owner John Greco in 1986. It has been abandoned ever since. The abandoned acres of the theme park have been watched over by groups of nuns for decades, but the place keeps getting more and more creepy as the park continues to deteriorate.

On top of the vandalism and eeriness the park gives off, a teenager was murdered on these abandoned grounds in 2010. Since then police records have shown that the amount of trespassers have been decreasing which just means abandoned Holy Land USA is as creepy and deserted as ever.

braveasabear: i am a slut for sweater chains

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:41:05 -0500

braveasabear:

i am a slut for sweater chains

"But the 8-hour workday is too profitable for big business, not because of the amount of work people..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:33:09 -0500

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But the 8-hour workday is too profitable for big business, not because of the amount of work people get done in eight hours (the average office worker gets less than three hours of actual work done in 8 hours) but because it makes for such a purchase-happy public. Keeping free time scarce means people pay a lot more for convenience, gratification, and any other relief they can buy. It keeps them watching television, and its commercials. It keeps them unambitious outside of work.

We’ve been led into a culture that has been engineered to leave us tired, hungry for indulgence, willing to pay a lot for convenience and entertainment, and most importantly, vaguely dissatisfied with our lives so that we continue wanting things we don’t have. We buy so much because it always seems like something is still missing.

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- Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (via ratak-monodosico)

albinwonderland: yes good

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:05:27 -0500

albinwonderland:

yes good

fuckyeahillustrativeart: Kim Sokol | Tumblr

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:23:33 -0500

fuckyeahillustrativeart:

Kim Sokol | Tumblr

oftheforest: grimsperation: Michele Caragher Embroidered...

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:46:46 -0500

oftheforest:

grimsperation:

Michele Caragher

Embroidered details in Game of Thrones

‘Michele Carragher is a London-based Hand Embroiderer and Illustrator who has been working in costume on film and television productions for over 15 years. She studied Fashion Design at The London College of Fashion, where the course incorporated design, pattern cutting, garment construction, embroidery, millinery and illustration. At the same time she attended a three year evening course in Saddlery at Cordwainers College learning skills in leatherwork.

After leaving college Michele worked in Textile Conservation, repairing and restoring historical textiles for private collectors and museums, specialising in hand embroidery. She then moved into a career in costume for film and television, initially working as a Costume Assistant/Maker on productions such as the BBC’s Our Mutual Friend, ITV’s David Copperfield and Mansfield Park. She soon gravitated towards the decoration and embellishment of costumes, using skills in hand embroidery and surface decoration, taking inspiration from the many historical textiles she had encountered working as a Textile Conservator.

The first production that saw her undertake the role of a Principal Costume Embroiderer was for HBO’s 2005 Emmy Costume award-winning production of Elizabeth 1. Her most recent work has been on HBO’s 2012 Costume award-winning television series Game of Thrones, working on all three seasons.

As a Costume Embroiderer Michele specialises in hand embroidery and surface embellishment, using traditional hand embroidery techniques, smocking, beading and surface decoration. She works directly onto the completed garment or starts with motifs and textures on silk crepeline/organza, which are applied to the costume and then worked into once on the actual garment. She also works on existing machine embroidery designs that are not too dense, adding some hand stitching and beading to give a more authentic, hand-finished look.

Michele finds hand embroidery has more flexibility and diversity than that of embroidery created by machine, as there is a greater variety of thread choice and colours to use. It is also possible to work more easily on garments that are already constructed. However, machine embroidery in combination with hand work can be very useful when completing many repeats by creating light outlines or a less dense machine stitch, work can then be completed by hand and again can be carried out on a finished garment.

Michele is a highly creative Costume Embroiderer, producing original designs as well as working closely to a costume designer’s brief to create their desired look.’

Text and images from http://www.michelecarragherembroidery.com

God, that embroidery is so gorgeous! I had no idea that third dress was so detailed after seeing it on the show… Amazing work.

andruchrisst: https://www.etsy.com/listing/91475213/biker-jacket...

Wed, 15 May 2013 02:49:15 -0500

andruchrisst:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/91475213/biker-jacket-goth-gothic-punk-studs

amajor7: This isn’t even funny I just love Mad Men and want to...

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:32:08 -0500

amajor7:

This isn’t even funny I just love Mad Men and want to talk about it all the time.

justastrumpet: Reading nooks make me blissfully happy

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:59:33 -0500

justastrumpet:

Reading nooks make me blissfully happy

thechocolatebrigade: This is a cake with sprinkle embroidery.

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:55:26 -0500

thechocolatebrigade:

This is a cake with sprinkle embroidery.

The rain made a door for me and I went through it;The stones...

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:53:12 -0500

The rain made a door for me and I went through it;
The stones made a throne for me and I sat upon it;
Three kingdoms were given to me to be mine forever;
England was given to me to be mine forever.

— Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke

jebiwonkenobi: When I was little I thought being an adult meant not having a bed time but I’ve...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:01:08 -0500

jebiwonkenobi:

When I was little I thought being an adult meant not having a bed time but I’ve come to realize that it just means being in charge of my own bed time and it turns out that I am not equipped to handle that responsibility.

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Sun, 12 May 2013 16:46:31 -0500

adriofthedead: snoozlebee: allisonkilkenny: Chris Person...

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:45:42 -0500

adriofthedead:

snoozlebee:

allisonkilkenny:

Chris Person fixed TIME’s new magazine cover. Now it’s accurate. (TIME version #1, Person edit #2)

Update: And here’s another stellar contribution from @direlog

EXCELLENT

From @EARNEST_CYBORG9

10000bc: since abercrombie an fitch destroys its unsold clothes and wont donate bc poor people...

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:20:04 -0500

10000bc:

since abercrombie an fitch destroys its unsold clothes and wont donate bc poor people wearing their clothes gives them a bad image i say everyone should donate as much abercrombie and fitch brand clothing that you have to homeless shelters so you can simultaneously piss off a shitty company and help those in need

“Millennials Are Poor Schlubs Living On Breast Milk (Still?),” Says Underpaid Boomer Columnist Who Doesn’t Like Twitter

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:13:00 -0500

thetangential:

I have read all the articles and I have these requests:

• Stop talking about how my generation is pathetic because some of us live at home after college. The economy crashed because generations before us were greedy and irresponsible with money, not because we spent too much time as teenagers watching Internet porn. (Also, some millennials live at home after college because boomer parents are so fucking rich that kids don’t have any incentive to move into crappy apartments with 5 roommates when they can just stay at home and steal their dad’s beers and swim in their parents’ giant pools.)

• Stop only interviewing that one person who went to a fancy school and did not immediately get their dream job for these articles. Why not interview some people who aren’t living at home mostly cuz their parents’ house is nice, and who actually do present a strain to their entire family’s economic resources when they live at home? Now that’s hardship.

• Stop calling us materialistic. I work in marketing and what millennials want are sustainable products that they can feel not-evil buying. Their demands are actually making businesses change the way they operate.

• Stop worrying about when we will finally catch up. Yes we see having a McMansions as generally unattainable for our generation. But we don’t want them. That’s because we understand that America briefly created a period of unsustainable middle-class wealth by consuming resources that will now need to be shared with a growing global population. We don’t want America to continue hoarding it all cuz we can actually see what other countries think because of the Internet and it makes us feel horrible.

• Stop being upset that we believe in Christianity and American exceptionalism less than other generations did. We do not perceive blind patriotism and belief in God to be necessary traits for living a “moral” lifestyle. We will probably be more peaceful and less homophobic because of this.

• Stop saying that we all have ADD and other mental impairments because of the Internet. Yes it is an unprecedented technology but we know you are just jealous you didn’t get to spend your youth watching Downton Abbey on Netflix while Gchatting your friends and learning a marketable skill on a pirated version of Photoshop. Don’t lie.

-Becky Lang

Photo is Becky in what was once a Bloomingdale’s, which closed because it did not anticipate that the next generation only wants to shop at Forever 21 and Zara, by Neil Olstad.

paperimages: Sandra Flood

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:54:01 -0500

paperimages:

Sandra Flood

mererecorder: Art Nouveau knife

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:21:55 -0500

mererecorder:

Art Nouveau knife

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Sun, 05 May 2013 21:59:49 -0500