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Tonight, I was wondering around on Wilshire and stumbled across this store called Whimsic Alley that only sells Harry Potter costumes, memorabilia, merchandise, and basically… magic.

I’m not the most mega Harry Potter fan, but I have some friends that are, and I have never heard anything about this store. 

Did you guys know about this?

When I got home, I went to check out the website, and it is anything but magical. As you can see from the photos, the story is fairly elaborately designed, but the website looks like it was designed by an 5th grader taking an HTML class after school. They throw around Jester and Papyrus fonts like they want to stab me in the face. Don’t even get me started on the “virtual tour.”

I really love the whole concept, but right now, it looks like “he who shall not be named” cast a retardo websitio confusion spell on them. Please, please, please someone who is super into Harry Potter and knows how to really design a website, please, please, please, email them and offer your services in redesigning their site. Management@WhimsicAlley.com 

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I hate cats, but I love this. How do you explain that?

I hate cats, but I love this. How do you explain that?

(Source: ilovetobefree)

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I haven’t posted a screen cap of Tumblr in a while, but this was pretty priceless.
Bottom Post full glory.

I haven’t posted a screen cap of Tumblr in a while, but this was pretty priceless.

Bottom Post full glory.

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I asked Alexis to be my music editor, because she was always sending me good stuff from bands I had never heard of, and now she is telling me about Arcade Fire… Alexis, Alexis, Alexis… Is it drugs? Are you on drugs? 
“i cant believe i completely forgot about one of the best bands that’s come around in a long time, Arcade Fire! Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant! 
I posted this picture but honestly they deserve a shrine.
(And yes, i’m also MADLY in love with the unbelievably sexy 6’5” lead singer Win Butler.)
Since i first heard the album Funeral years back they’ve created this visceral reaction in me, i just cant explain it. They’re amazing.
Picking a song to post was hard but i picked this one because, not only is it good, but you can see the band in the video.
This is “ready to start” by Arcade Fire.  <3 
oh and p.s. another BRILLIANT thing they did was have a kick ass really fucking cool interactive music video. go to www.thewildernessdowntown.com and check it out. ( you too chuck)”
Fine, this is a pretty cool interactive music video. 

I asked Alexis to be my music editor, because she was always sending me good stuff from bands I had never heard of, and now she is telling me about Arcade Fire… Alexis, Alexis, Alexis… Is it drugs? Are you on drugs? 

“i cant believe i completely forgot about one of the best bands that’s come around in a long time, Arcade Fire! Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant! 

I posted this picture but honestly they deserve a shrine.

(And yes, i’m also MADLY in love with the unbelievably sexy 6’5” lead singer Win Butler.)

Since i first heard the album Funeral years back they’ve created this visceral reaction in me, i just cant explain it. They’re amazing.

Picking a song to post was hard but i picked this one because, not only is it good, but you can see the band in the video.

This is “ready to start” by Arcade Fire.  <3 

oh and p.s. another BRILLIANT thing they did was have a kick ass really fucking cool interactive music video. go to www.thewildernessdowntown.com and check it out. ( you too chuck)”

Fine, this is a pretty cool interactive music video. 

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oceansunlimited:

Banned 90s LUNCHABLEZ commercial (by MikeDiva)

like you HAVE TO WATCH THIS.

God I love advertising. 

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jessicamaehendrickson:

half Chuck, half horse

I have been compared to a donkey&#8230; in a good way&#8230; before. 

jessicamaehendrickson:

half Chuck, half horse

I have been compared to a donkey… in a good way… before. 

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WARNING - I AM NOT A RAPPER

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History is boring when you take out all the juicy details, which is what most high school history books do, what most high school history teachers do. You don&#8217;t find out about affairs and rumors of sexual inadequacy. You don&#8217;t find out who was gay and who had more or less than one testicle. They try to take the &#8216;story&#8217; out of history. 
I was lucky. My history teacher through a good part of high school Mrs. Walton treated history like juicy gossip. Most of our classes verged on being an episode of TMZ, but talking about more flamboyant dead guys in a military uniform. TMZ only has Michael Jackson. 
History can be interesting, but that&#8217;s not why I took the time to write all these words. History can be interesting, but history is important. I am taking the time to tell you this, because I hope that it means more coming from me, a jerk-off, beer drinking, ass clown, Internet junkie, than it would coming from your parents or your history teacher. History is important. 
Why?
You have all probably heard the quote, &#8220;Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,&#8221; from philosopher George Santayana. It&#8217;s a pretty good quote, but I would go one step further. I would say that those who can remember the past can predict the future. 
Don&#8217;t believe me? 
How many times have you used a map? Maps are historical records, but you use them to plan the future, to predict where a road will be, what exit you will use, etc. That was a cheap example of history telling you the future, but political moves, religious movements, etc., etc., etc. have all happened before. Of course, history isn&#8217;t some exact crystal ball, but it is as precise as a marketing survey, because history is basically a marketing survey or poll of all of humanity of all time. What brand of religion do you use? Who is your favorite leader? What&#8217;s your favorite color? Companies use surveys and statistics to make decisions about their future strategies and products all the time. If you know history, if you know how to read history, read between the lines, you can predict the future in the same way, and who doesn&#8217;t want to be able to predict the fucking future?
I know what you are thinking, and Nicolas Cage in Knowing doesn&#8217;t count.

History is boring when you take out all the juicy details, which is what most high school history books do, what most high school history teachers do. You don’t find out about affairs and rumors of sexual inadequacy. You don’t find out who was gay and who had more or less than one testicle. They try to take the ‘story’ out of history. 

I was lucky. My history teacher through a good part of high school Mrs. Walton treated history like juicy gossip. Most of our classes verged on being an episode of TMZ, but talking about more flamboyant dead guys in a military uniform. TMZ only has Michael Jackson. 

History can be interesting, but that’s not why I took the time to write all these words. History can be interesting, but history is important. I am taking the time to tell you this, because I hope that it means more coming from me, a jerk-off, beer drinking, ass clown, Internet junkie, than it would coming from your parents or your history teacher. History is important. 

Why?

You have all probably heard the quote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” from philosopher George Santayana. It’s a pretty good quote, but I would go one step further. I would say that those who can remember the past can predict the future. 

Don’t believe me? 

How many times have you used a map? Maps are historical records, but you use them to plan the future, to predict where a road will be, what exit you will use, etc. That was a cheap example of history telling you the future, but political moves, religious movements, etc., etc., etc. have all happened before. Of course, history isn’t some exact crystal ball, but it is as precise as a marketing survey, because history is basically a marketing survey or poll of all of humanity of all time. What brand of religion do you use? Who is your favorite leader? What’s your favorite color? Companies use surveys and statistics to make decisions about their future strategies and products all the time. If you know history, if you know how to read history, read between the lines, you can predict the future in the same way, and who doesn’t want to be able to predict the fucking future?

I know what you are thinking, and Nicolas Cage in Knowing doesn’t count.

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I support many political causes, such as the Occupy Fairbanks movement.

I support many political causes, such as the Occupy Fairbanks movement.

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I support this policy 100%. 

I support this policy 100%. 

(Source: BuzzFeed)