Little Girl / Big City

jtotheizzoe:

A Self-Portrait of Opportunity

I want you to stop and think about something. This is a picture of another planet. Where this robot is. Right now.

As we sit here on Earth in this or any moment, we each have in our heads a flurry of worries and questions and ideas. And most of them pertain to our own lives. That’s okay, it’s human nature. We are each the center of our own universe.

I often think about this in crowded places, like while in traffic, as the place I’m going is far more important than the place all of these other people are going. I’m convinced that they feel the same way. And so we sit.

But that means that there are seven billion mental universes walking around on this planet. We are staring into them through little digital windows that we carry in our hands, and certain that this decision is the most important decision. Everything that is happening is happening to us.

Yet for the past eight years, there has been a dusty, six-wheeled rover crawling around the surface of Mars, completely alone. Incidentally, that rover has exceeded its expected mission of 90 days by thirty-two times over. That’s admirable, and I can’t help but personify the little guy. Like a sort of scrappy, diligent explorer, quietly working hard for the benefit of someone else. “No complaints, boss!” Like Johnny 5 meets Wall-E.

And so we get images like this, reminding us that every day we can look beyond our personal universe. What a thought! Look at how much is out there. Think of what else we could see! Let’s go.

comedycentral:

Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs is returning to Comedy Central this fall, with Jon Stewart once again serving as host of the star-studded biennial comedy benefit.

The event will air Sunday, October 21 at 8/7c, and we’ll have ticket info and attendee details as soon as they become available. In the meantime, it’s never too early to make your contribution to the New York Center for Autism.

adamdorsey:

I found this on the internet. The whole thing kind of exists for the Al Gore joke at the end, but I think that’s what makes it great.

If today didn’t have Community, live 30 Rock, and Parks and Rec with Paul Rudd, this would be the best thing I’ve seen all day. 

drinkyourjuice:

“Couple playing footsies on a subway” 1946 photograph by Stanley Kubrick, from Life and Love on the New York City Subway, now on display at the Museum of the City of New York

[sarahspy]

This is not a couple playing footsies. This is a girl whose thighs touch trying to keep her legs crossed by hooking her foot around someone else. Can I get an amen, Ladies Whose Thighs Also Touch?

olivemylove:

HILLARY 2016

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ariphoto:

24th Street #astoria #queens #snapseed (Taken with instagram)

racknahm:

“They never tell you how they all shit themselves. They don’t put that part in the songs.”

Holy fudge this is AMAZING.