1. “if you’re looking for a snappy way to jazz up your wardrobe for the fall, try a ball cap. they come in many varieties nowadays. you can even get one with your local sports team. enjoy.”
    [jef etters tips of the day #005. as recorded by m. olson]

    jef etters tip of the day advice

  2. [honey baby. melissa olson. november 2009.]
this was my first self-portrait for the month of november. i will still be continuing the day/year self portrait project on the 9th of this month.

    [honey baby. melissa olson. november 2009.]

    this was my first self-portrait for the month of november.
    i will still be continuing the day/year self portrait project on the 9th of this month.

    typography damien jurado self portrait

  3. “if you would like to make getting along in the real world a little bit easier, try giving yourself a nickname. mine is the hug machine. i don’t have to tell you why that makes things easier. enjoy.”
    [jef etters tips of the day #004. as recorded by m. olson]

    jef etters tip of the day advice

  4. “if you’d like to become an alcoholic, it turns out that amaretto makes everything taste like doctor pepper. i recently discovered this, you can put it in pop, you can put it in beer, you can put it in doctor pepper! enjoy.”
    [jef etters tips of the day #003. as recorded by m. olson]

    jef etters tip of the day advice

  5. [photobooth sketches; 018: just stop it. m. olson]

    [photobooth sketches; 018: just stop it. m. olson]

    photobooth sketches

  6. bird

    tracewilliamcowen:

    Find your friend
    with sad long feathers
    He waits for you
    He waits forever

    Find this friend
    with sad long feathers

    He will sing to you the most beautiful song

    Find your friend
    he’s out in the weather
    The rain for you
    The rain forever

    Find this friend
    out in the weather

    He will recite for you the most beautiful poem

    “Fly!
    Fly!
    Where once you stood you must now
    Fly!”

    Follow your friend
    He soars
    You plummet
    Where once you stood
    you must remain standing

    “You flew
    I didn’t!
    I just don’t get it!”

    “I’m a bird
    You’re a person
    I thought you knew”

    “I didn’t.”

    “Well, now you do.
    It’s true
    It’s true
    I’m a bird
    You’re a dude”

    “Just a dude?”

    “Just
    Only
    Day and night
    You will only take flight
    in your dreams
    So I suggest…”

    “Yes?”

    “I suggest you sleep.”

    Thank your friend
    find a pillow
    Rest your head
    but don’t sleep forever

    You are not a bird
    but you can fly
    Imagine wings
    Meet the sky

    Friends are found and lost again
    but atop a pillow
    We shall never end.

    mmhmm.

  7. “if you’re looking for a good place to find free toilet paper, try the wendy’s on west 117th street in cleveland. enjoy.”
    [jef etters tips of the day #002. as recorded by m. olson]

    jef etters tip of the day advice

  8. mike polk, hastily made cleveland tourism video (attempt 2)

    so those of you who know me IRL have probably seen this about a jillion times. for those of you who don’t. here’s a real treat.

    mike polk cleveland tourism

  9. [photobooth sketches; 017: wait storyboard 1. m. olson]

    [photobooth sketches; 017: wait storyboard 1. m. olson]

    photobooth sketches

  10. i miss when these commercials were on air.

    michael ian black jim gaffigan