H: Well I positivelly melted my brain and eyes doing this, so I hope you like it at least a little. This is a section of the chapter “The Legendary Teacher” of the novel Konoha Hiden: The Perfect Day for a Wedding Celebration
(木ノ葉秘伝 祝言日和) written by Shō Hinata and translated to english by Cacatua (2015).
i got my helix peirced yesterday( only once, shat out of getting my double) and wearing headsets is a cunt and also a big Fuck You to my sibling who got four peircings at once just to SHAME me
Juat a very normal scene of police erecting barricades so the rich can eat peacefully under a highway surrounded by the poor.
The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty is running the counter-protest. The event will be happening until May 2nd, and the protest will be running alongside it the whole time. You can find out more information about the protest on the OCAP social media outlets. You can also send a message to Mayor Tory and the organizers of this event to let them know we hear their tone deafness loud and fucking clear.
Barnes and Nobles is gonna start serving food and alcohol.
Everybody’s cracking jokes about how it’s a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the age of Amazon.
But you know what? Props to them. This is exactly what Blockbuster didn’t do. At no point was Blockbuster like “Hey, movie rentals aren’t the lucrative enterprise they once were. Perhaps it’s time we become known for our cheesy garlic bread.”
Okay but…if someone wants to take me on a date to a Barnes and noble and get me dinner and a drink and then let me peruse the stacks like I’m not saying no. A sandwich, a beer, and 2-5 books on various topics I hope I’ll someday read about? Good night.
The Swedish equivalent of Blockbuster is now best known for its candy, snacks and sodas.
This is El Ateneo Grand Splendid, an old theatre turned bookstore in Buenos Aires:
The stage itself was turned into a cafe:
You can’t even begin to comprehend the massive amounts of money this place makes, despite the fact that they turned the theatre boxes into reading nooks like this:
I’ve literally spent days holed up in there reading books for free while also consuming massive amounts of coffee and pastries.
Adapt or die, people.
Take me to Buenos freaking Aires… Leave me in this bookshop… Never look for me, you will not find me again.
If Terry Gilliam designed amusement parks it might look a little like Les Machines de l’île.
About the project:
Les Machines de l’île is an unprecedented artistic project. Born from the imaginations of François Delarozière and Pierre Orefice, it is a blend of the invented worlds of Jules Verne, the mechanical universe of Leonardo da Vinci, and the industrial history of Nantes, on the exceptional site of the former shipyards.
