var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-19977193-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome)http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m41dklTBHN1qfn7q6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Cheat day.</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/23067972385http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/23067972385Mon, 14 May 2012 19:36:21 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3gqt45POv1qfn7q6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I laughed.</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/22335193411http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/22335193411Thu, 03 May 2012 16:12:40 -0400<p><span>In follow up questions during <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=-hnqo4_X7PE">this debate</a> about religion a woman comes on </span><strong id="internal-source-marker_0.2449404657818377"><span>and says that &#8220;we cannot understand love&#8221;.</span></strong></p> <p><span id="internal-source-marker_0.2449404657818377"><span>To say, as she was in the context of religious debate, that love is an independent force transcending our nature, that it is beyond us in its essence and that, like god, we cannot understand it is utterly ridiculous.  </span><span>We understand love very well: we experience it</span><span>.   </span><br/><span></span><br/><span>But isn&#8217;t love different in kind than something else that we understand through experience such as pain?</span><br/><span></span><br/><span>The answer is no </span><span>but</span><span> this doesn&#8217;t diminish the experience of love even slightly.  Our experience of love will be our experience of love INDEPENDENT of what we choose to think of it, its origins, whether it is a transcendent force, etc.  </span><br/><span></span><br/><span>Love is an awesome experience.  Our rationalization of why this is so doesn&#8217;t influence this simple and observable fact; we suddenly don&#8217;t lack an ability to love if we change our beliefs or mindsets.</span><br/><span></span><br/><span>Why does explaining away love as incomprehensible and originally transcendent romance us so?  What makes this attribute, “unknowable,” so emotionally persuasive?  We are we so attached to isolating the most amazing of experiences of consciousness to a realm we cannot touch (as if this somehow explained things better). </span><br/><span></span><br/><span>And to put this in a different perspective, a less contentious but equally irrational example: talent.</span><br/><span></span><br/><span><span>We often use the word talented to mean supernaturally gifted &#8212; “Kobe Bryant is talented” &#8212; and in doing so we mythicize that figure, idolize him.  Every reason that Kobe is fucking good at basketball can be explained in the here and now.  </span></span></span><span>And likewise, every property of loves immense power on our human psyche can be found on Earth.  </span></p> <p><span>We don’t need god to appreciate the power of love or the potential excellence of humans; in the most literal sense imaginable, we need each other.</span></p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/19923036600http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/19923036600Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:34:38 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_25d7vjVH4U?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This is rad.</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/19617677783http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/19617677783Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:13:07 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz55pfjPo21qfn7q6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Fucking awesome poster.</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/17328580991http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/17328580991Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:48:51 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyvuw56YUS1qfn7q6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Hard to beat even on four hours sleep.</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/17043639661http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/17043639661Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:16:53 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxxcnusEpJ1qfn7q6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>My newest child.</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/15991510357http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/15991510357Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:04:42 -0500<a href="http://electricdaisycarnival.com/">http://electricdaisycarnival.com/</a>: <div> <p>EDC 2012 HERE I FUCKING COME.</p> <p>I just earned that shit.  </p> <p>KABOOOM</p> </div>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/15422324918http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/15422324918Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:13:39 -0500<p>Most touching moment: an elderly couple hugging each other deeply in the middle of a grocery store isle. Who knows why but wow.</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/15150345361http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/15150345361Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:12:28 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwqv4dMjy71qfn7q6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Merry fucking Christmas!</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/14755912748http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/14755912748Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:26:37 -0500<p>&#8220;Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don&#8217;t take your thoughts too seriously&#8221;.</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/13897437696http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/13897437696Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:55:05 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvcgrxu6CY1qfn7q6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Most intense physical therapy device known to man. Hurts real good.</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/13427001924http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/13427001924Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:16:45 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvahcheONt1qfn7q6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Dig it</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/13367621500http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/13367621500Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:33:53 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luvt97AZRA1qfn7q6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Pumped.</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/12988096898http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/12988096898Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:27:07 -0500<p>Man walking down the street eating straight from a gallon of ice cream. #Broadway For Life</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/12620394318http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/12620394318Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:52:29 -0500<p>Capitol Hill: you never know when it&#8217;s actually Halloween.</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/11963931599http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/11963931599Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:00:20 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lthtsdOc5z1qfn7q6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Going to the chapel and we’re….</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/11796472762http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/11796472762Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:38:36 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt8jf3KLVo1qfn7q6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Had to shoot a portrait of a stranger for my photo class.  This is Adan.  He works at Casa D’s (nomnomnom).  He’s from Oaxaca and he told me about all these festivals and he was so happy.  </p> <p>I’m loving life from his love of life / excitement.  Go talk to a stranger, it’s wonderful. </p> <p>Kisses</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/11592110955http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/11592110955Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:16:14 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsofqjJY101qfn7q6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>She is hiding….</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/11129269907http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/11129269907Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:44:43 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsez52d9QO1qfn7q6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Hoooooooly shit I cannot walk.</p>http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/10913230928http://idontgiveafuckthisshitisawesome.com/post/10913230928Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:07:50 -0400