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I’ve waited a few days to post pictures of my new tattoo, because I haven’t had the time to take a tasteful photo. I actually posted a different photo on my Facebook of the tattoo and got a surprising amount of flack from people I don’t talk with anymore, but we have that last thread of communication via Facebook. And of course those people came out of the woodwork to give their unwarranted opinions.

Facebook has become a collective graveyard of ex-boyfriends, co-workers and high school friends I haven’t communicated with in years except through our menial status updates. 

It really bothered me that these people felt that they had the right to give their strong objections to this particular tattoo in a public forum. Of course I put it out there and knew that by sharing this information with my network of friends, there would be commentary. If I didn’t want it, I shouldn’t have shared in the first place. But isn’t there a level of social etiquette - especially amongst “friends”?

The only conclusion I can draw from someone taking the time to make negative comments on a very silly tattoo, is that your “strong objections” are really strong projections of your own unhappiness and dissapointment in life.

Don’t take it out on fancy. Send me a private message and we can chat about how you hate your life, wish your job were better, wish your husband…etc, etc.

hey! here are my “social media” thoughts on Cee Lo’s video as a ”viral marketing phenomena” -

IT’S CEE LO.

This is the same man that gave us the single Crazy - he writes hits. His songs are so damn catchy he doesn’t need a fancy video to get people to listen. Prior to the release of an official music video - all that was present online was a video with text lyrics of the song bouncing across the screen, and it still was getting signifcant traffic. I had that shit on repeat back to back with the equally amazing video for his Band of Horses cover, No One’s Going to Love You.

People will find a resource online, whatever resource it may be, if the content is worth finding. Content filters up as much as it does down. Brands looking to launch successful viral videos have difficulty because they’re so focused on advertising before entertaining.

It’s like when you’re trying to win back your ex — you try to play it cool, try to play it cool - then you totally freak out and call 100 times in an hour. You’re suffocating us. It’s clear - you love us and want to be back together. But you’ve taken all the fun out of the relationship with your neediness. Stop wearing your emotions on your sleeve. We totally get it - you want to tell us how great your tampons, phone service and food product is. Say it without words. Please.

More importantly, how could you have never heard of Cee-Lo? Hello Goodie Mob and Gnarls Barkley?!

more craftiness from Sanithna, whose art exhibition is also hosting the upcoming Atlanta Tumblr meetup!

gpoyw, I’m on a truck edition.

Boobs on the brain. Can never get proportions right.

I don’t want to paint the picture that Greenville is cool. It’s cool, but not Asheville / Athens / Austin cool. The city is kind of like when you found your group friends in high school. You had to navigate by your lonely self for awhile until you found kindred spirits Friday night on the football field marching in polyester uniforms playing earth, wind & fire and totally loving it. I met Mat last summer after I randomly saw his band Coma Cinema play in town at Horizon Records. It was a weird show because it looked like the audience had gotten lost on the way to a James Taylor show.

I took this photo of Mat last fall when we were shooting a music video for Flower Pills that never came about (well, from me) because I was too busy running my gallery at the time. I feel really terrible about this. I’m holding myself to making a video for their song Sucker Punch by the end of Labor Day weekend. I’m excited about this, but also nervous considering the video Tyler Williams made for their song Only is really beautiful.

All of Coma Cinema’s full length albums are up for free download. You should download them all and put them on mixes to look really cool. If that isn’t convincing enough, Pitchfork has casually mentioned them twice. The band also keeps an amazing tumblr where they share their music and lots of great music from their close friends.

This really isn’t my story to tell, but it’s such a good one, I have to tell it.

My man friend Seth’s real name isn’t Seth. Well, it’s Steven actually. But before he was Steven Seth Moon - he shared the same name as one of the most influential bands on the world.

While Seth’s mother was resting after just having given birth, the nurses asked Seth’s Dad what the name of his newborn son would be.

He told them Zeppelin.

And the nurses put it on the birth certificate before Seth’s mother woke up. His father was a 20 year old rowdy biker who apparently had great taste in music.

There is an old bar tucked away in a neighborhood of Greenville called Sans Souci, which in French means, carefree. I don’t want to outright say the name of the bar in fear I’ll give away my hiding place.

When I am back home I spend a lot of time there. The owner Ralph has a dog named Missy who roams around and prefers the top of the pool table to recline from. There’s a framed & signed photo of Loretta Lynn that Ralph prides himself in having taken.

I enjoy this quiet dive bar in the upstate of South Carolina, where I can take over the jukebox and wear leopard print without question. Beer is only $1.50 and pool is free. Sometimes I take a book read with a bad glass of chardonnay from 4pm until late at night.