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Email: raptoravatar@gmail.com</description><title>Synaptic Burble Baubles &amp; Infinite Ammo</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @raptoravatar)</generator><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Cheering Aloud For The Human Animal...</title><description>Cheering Aloud For The Human Animal...: Clicksies if you want to be flung from bleeding-edge cave...</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236693002</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236693002</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:43:20 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Space frontiers and cave diving genius. I am cheering for human beings: http://bit.ly/hcbeb</title><description>Space frontiers and cave diving genius. I am cheering for human beings: http://bit.ly/hcbeb</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236683416</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236683416</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:32:54 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Jay Smooth is pro-Yankee, but weaves enough humor and...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/paiUnWGhNJY&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/paiUnWGhNJY&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jay Smooth is pro-Yankee, but weaves enough humor and perspective into it that I dig it anyways.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236602925</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236602925</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:02:33 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Re-assesing identifying as an MC w/r/t misogyny/violence/materialism in hip-hop VS my beliefs…...</title><description>Re-assesing identifying as an MC w/r/t misogyny/violence/materialism in hip-hop VS my beliefs…...</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236599228</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236599228</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:58:34 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>If you take a long enough walk in the city...</title><description>…it counts as an urban hike, especially if there are hills.
Me and one of my brilliant bffs...</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236583235</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236583235</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:40:23 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>via:ryancox:mostabortedsamo:showerbeers:mellorstrummer:joseanythi...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksqcjudhir1qapgjxo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ryancox.tumblr.com/post/236537708/mostabortedsamo-showerbeers"&gt;via:ryancox&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://mostabortedsamo.tumblr.com/post/236476069/showerbeers-mellorstrummer-joseanything"&gt;mostabortedsamo&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://showerbeers.tumblr.com/post/236471740"&gt;showerbeers&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://mellorstrummer.tumblr.com/post/236471397"&gt;mellorstrummer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://joseanything.tumblr.com/post/236080639/goddamnitsweetheart-coregasm-drunkmonkeh"&gt;joseanything&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://goddamnitsweetheart.tumblr.com/post/236025899/coregasm-drunkmonkeh-chipolatafingers"&gt;goddamnitsweetheart&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://coregasm.tumblr.com/post/235899650/drunkmonkeh-chipolatafingers-move-over"&gt;coregasm&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://drunkmonkeh.tumblr.com/post/235899145/chipolatafingers-move-over-obama-milos-here"&gt;drunkmonkeh&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://chipolatafingers.tumblr.com/post/235794371/move-over-obama-milos-here"&gt;chipolatafingers&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236571173</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236571173</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:26:25 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>reblog if you're single </title><description>via saveandclose:tigerlilylily:lor3ana</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236569423</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236569423</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:24:20 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>I became everything I hated in a constellation of tiny ways.</title><description>Good thing I was being ironic the whole time.</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236566371</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236566371</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:20:28 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Had a productive lunch meeting. Rapping for a spell, followed by urban hike. Open to plans for...</title><description>Had a productive lunch meeting. Rapping for a spell, followed by urban hike. Open to plans for...</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236445025</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236445025</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:51:23 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Wait, is that Snowing riff in 7/4 or some shit?</title><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236412920</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236412920</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:08:39 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>kapitalisthippie:

hayleyelizabeth:

mikemirror:

lolwut?


Yes,...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bzcniZoVjiI&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bzcniZoVjiI&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://kapitalisthippie.tumblr.com/post/236365872/hayleyelizabeth-mikemirror-lolwut-yes"&gt;kapitalisthippie&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hayleyelizabeth.tumblr.com/post/236350766/mikemirror-lolwut"&gt;hayleyelizabeth&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mikemirror.tumblr.com/post/236065063/lolwut"&gt;mikemirror&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;lolwut?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Yes, he def. sounds like an addict.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2) The host must have been drinking what’s in the cup too bc he makes no sense either.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here’s the thing.  Weezy is not always brilliant.  He’s capable of brilliance, and whatever confluence of his one-of-a-kind-mind and whatever he’s fueling it with is canonically impressive, but I really hope that, in the long run, he doesn’t end up destroying his gifts or himself by overindulging.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I know that, personally, I have to take time off from my own permutations of the mystery cup because I don’t want to fry what I’ve been given and have worked to develop for my whole life.  Maybe it’s not an issue for him.  Maybe he’s too far gone to even tell it’s happening.  I don’t know any more than I know if people who speak in tongues are channeling the Holy Spirit.  What I do know is enough basic neuroscience to vouch for the value of laying off for a round of sobriety, exercise and solid nutrition when shit starts to get too weird.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236380797</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236380797</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:27:38 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>"Where The Wild Things Are"</title><description>There’s about 20 minutes of sheer, “Holy shit, I am little* again and everything is...</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236370749</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236370749</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:14:54 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>dancetotheradio:

Ira Glass speaking about taste.
(via...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-hidvElQ0xE&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-hidvElQ0xE&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://dancetotheradio.tumblr.com/post/236287224/ira-glass-speaking-about-taste-via-here"&gt;dancetotheradio&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Ira Glass speaking about taste.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://www.writingtoreachyou.com/2008/09/04/on-taste/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Lotsa truth.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236346124</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236346124</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:43:03 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Finally bought Casiotone For The Painfully Alone’s...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksrfzcJE2w1qzo97mo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally bought Casiotone For The Painfully Alone’s “Vs. Children” last night.  It’s definitely a front runner for my album of the year.  Granted, it’s been a weak year, but nearly every song has a moment of luminous horror in it.  Owen Ashworth is seldom loquacious, but he’s a brutally efficient storyteller and I’m consistently in awe of his ability to turn three details and a gesture into a feeling of irrevocable damage.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236339025</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236339025</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:33:09 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>televisionarie:

This is Ryan Moore. He’s a professional golfer...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksqztcCovq1qzu48no1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://televisionarie.tumblr.com/post/236071773/this-is-ryan-moore-hes-a-professional-golfer-and"&gt;televisionarie&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This is Ryan Moore. He’s a professional golfer and a professional hipster. He doesn’t even wear golf shoes. He wears sneakers with cleats installed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’m not sure if this is a sad day for golf or a great day for hipsters (or vice versa).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I can’t tell which direction the gentrification is even going in anymore.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236141138</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236141138</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:12:41 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>reblog with what you wanted to be when you grew up when you were little</title><description>annierachel:

gazeatyourshoe:

veruca-salt:

championawkward:

monicaftw:

bigbrat:

i wanted to be...</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236138783</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236138783</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:09:45 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>exspectator:

clintisiceman:

pgfive:

Fucking Hero- City of...</title><description>&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/236134583/tumblr_ksqf9ijvXX1qzhco3&amp;color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://exspectator.tumblr.com/post/236102370/clintisiceman-pgfive-fucking-hero-city-of"&gt;exspectator&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://clintisiceman.tumblr.com/post/235846295/pgfive-fucking-hero-city-of-caterpillar-you"&gt;clintisiceman&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://pgfive.tumblr.com/post/235826739"&gt;pgfive&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fucking Hero- City of Caterpillar &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;YOU MADE ME A FUCKING HERO&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;There really need to be more modern punk bands that mix heavy and chaotic with expansively pretty while completely omitting the schmaltz.  City of Caterpillar had that early Elvis Costello-ish ability to make something feel like it came directly from the heart while making the whole deal feel righteously political at the same time (and within the context of great songwriting to boot).&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236134583</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/236134583</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:04:33 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Replacing the entire Second Amendment with the phrase “Lock and Load.” Curiously, this...</title><description>Replacing the entire Second Amendment with the phrase “Lock and Load.” Curiously, this...</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/235873011</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/235873011</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:00:31 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>LA makes 134 mil/yr on street cleaning tickets, often without actual cleaning. Deets here:...</title><description>LA makes 134 mil/yr on street cleaning tickets, often without actual cleaning. Deets here:...</description><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/235832849</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/235832849</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:32:09 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Anyone else understand the value of whole milk in sustaining a decent binge?</title><link>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/235822305</link><guid>http://raptoravatar.tumblr.com/post/235822305</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:11:18 -0800</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
