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The steam from the engine mingled with the trees and the light of the flash reflected off the snow and it all felt a bit magical, especially when you stuck your head out of the window and breathed in the smell of coal, fresh air and freedom. Or we might have just been overjoyed to be leaving Rawtenstall which is frankly a bit of a dump and closes entirely on a sunday. what is this, 1978?
Sculpture by: Beam Hacker
Not to be a buzzkill, but without bees, we’re in trouble. Beyond creating delicious honey, these small, loveable insects have a major role in the world's ecosystem, as they cross-pollinate flora, which improves our biodiversity and helps to prevent the spread of disease.
The Hive is a tribute to these small, unsung heroes, creating a giant hive of glistening honeycombs to showcase their ingenious designs on a large scale. Towering above us in a black frame, resembling a beekeeper's view through glass, these 3D-layered hexagons glow, echoing the magic, liveliness, and everyday beauty of a bee’s vital busy work.
Name: Danika “DJ” Jones
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Likes: Parties, DJ-ing, Music (Mostly electronic), Producing music, Sound sampling, Loud speakers, Turntables, Grunge Fashion, The early 2000s, Getting people out of their shell, Headphones, Vinyl records, Plushies, Nerdy movies, Concerts, Raves,
Dislikes: Dairy, Buzzkills, Negativity, People who believe electronic or rap isn’t “real music”, Tropical house, Country music, Dubstep,
Why I should be picked for MMNBFF5: I should be picked for BFF5 because I bring the party wherever I go! I can always show anyone a good time whoever they may be. Plus if Maxine ever wanted to release music I’d totally be able to hook her up with some next level beats.
Faceclaim: Sofia Carson and Charli XCX
It's almost Halloween and I had some weird urge to take a photo with a cat and a tin foil hat. This is Canaille. It's French for Rascal. She's not really enjoying this type of mischief. She has already forgiven me. It's Day 9.
No cat was physically injured taking this photo and there's not enough kitty treats in the world to make amends right now.
April 10, 2008:
To all of you that lift this image and place your own copyright notice on it, you're not honoring me or my creativity, you're stealing from me. You're a gutless scumbag and Canaille hates you. I know this is a buzzkill, but I am being accused of stealing my own image from people who saw it on icanhascheezburger.com. Those scumbags will not even place the copyright info back on the photo.
This chip shop is in West London and is closed. shame really as it looks really cool. Having said that it is probably only cool because it is closed.
it's used here
sharetheaddiction.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/and-so-it-begins/
pfvasconcellos.blogspot.com/2007/10/nova-economia.html
freeculturenews.com/2009/02/09/ruckus-shuts-down/prendanlaluz.blogspot.com/2008/01/descanso.html
dekoopman.net/2008/03/04/debitel-sluit-alle-winkels-stapt...
blog.wired.com/business/2008/02/total-buzzkill.html
and www.bobbiejohnson.org/?p=1203
gigaom.com/2008/12/24/is-time-warner-having-second-though...
www.studentscrooge.com/2008/09/29/update-closing-bank-acc...
This has been an unusually challenging year for me, on all sorts of levels.
I wonder if I'm griping too much...let's face it: nobody likes a whiner.
On the other hand, I'm increasingly aware of how few people I unload on... I can be in a truly foul mood (see: $2700 tooth), then walk into the Starbucks and be laughing about it with the staff there. I don't like being a buzzkill, so I'll be all grinny and jokey with 90% of the people I encounter on any given day, even when things are bad.
On the flip side, I can be having a perfectly good time, but be smitten with an outbreak of shyness, and have people think I'm in a bad mood...or worse, that I'm unapproachable, or that I don't like them.
It's strange, trying to perceive what face I present to the outside, and wondering how it's being received. Even something as second-generation-experience as this flickr blog. I suppose life would be easier if I used that energy for something more constructive...
And while we're at it, it'd sure be nice if I found someone I liked who liked me for who I am -- everything I am -- without reservation. At its core, isn't that what it's ALL about?
SET 2 – Crossgates Kroger
Rounding the corner past the pharmacy into the book (and greeting card) nook, here’s more of that décor crosspollination that I was mentioning – get it? Crosspollination, because these are the Urban Mix honeycombs? Okay, fine, bee like that. You don’t have to be so rude about it, geez… that stings. What a buzzkill you are.
As you can see in the linked pic from the previous description (repeated here), these honeycombs are of a different style than we’ve seen in Southaven, either on the wall or hanging from the ceiling – but I still think they are definitely an Urban Mix element crossed over into this otherwise-Banner décor store.
(c) 2025 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)
Valentine’s Day… What a complete waste of time and money. I’m not really a big fan of Valentine’s Day. I thought it best to get that out of the way first although today’s offering probably makes that quite clear. Not that i’m against people expressing their love for one another (as long it’s consensual, of course!) in fact i’m all for that – but it’s just the fact that it’s so commercialised and now comes with such expectations. I think i’d probably prefer to buy someone flowers or go for dinner on just about any other day of the year. Surely the only fun to be had on Valentine’s Day was sending cards anonymously when you were at school?
There’s a large number of Valentine’s themed prints available to cash in on today’s ‘festivities’ but we thought we’d cater to those for whom Valentine’s Day is nothing to celebrate. So Relationship Mitosis is dedicated to all those who won’t be out for an over-priced dinner this evening.
All that said I’m not a complete buzzkill and hope that everyone has a lovely day!
Cheers
id-iom loves you
Title: Relationship Mitosis
Media: Screenprint, hand cut stencil and spraypaint
Size: A3
Nunca un guiño fue tan adorable como este. Me segó el corazón en un segundo y ni siquiera necesitó su guadaña. Es oficialmente la criaturilla más simpática que he conocido, a pesar de la tendencia que tiene de cortar cabezas.
❤
I never saw a cuter wink than this. She reaped my heart in a second and didn´t even need her scythe. She is officially the most amusing creature I´ve ever met, despite the fact that she is prone to cut heads off.
INACTION FIGURES!!
Tony Stark, the Invincible Iron Man, and James Rhodes, War Machine, taking their ease on China Beach at Đà Nẵng in Vietnam.
"Y'KNOW TONY, IS IT JUST ME, OR IS CHINA BEACH A LOT COLDER THAN IT WAS BACK IN THE DAY?"
"FUN-NY RHODEY. FUN-NY...JARVIS, OVERRIDE CODE: 'SIR PALOMIDES' - DEACTIVATE AIR CONDITIONING IN WAR MACHINE ARMOUR...."
"AWWW. SHOOT!! Y'KNOW STARK, FOR A PARTY DUDE YOUR'E A REGULAR BUZZKILL...MAN, DAMN, IT'S HOT!"
"YEAH MAN, BUT IT'S A WET HEAT!!"
"FUN-NY TONY, FUN-NY..."
If you've been following this photoset you know that the Iron Man character had his fictional origin in 1963 in Vietnam during the Second Indochina, or Vietnam, War. Which explains (of course!) why I took I.M toys with me on holiday there for the 49th anniversary of the comic book hero. (Or they took ME, as time passes I'm beginning to wonder...)
Well, James Rhodes is Tony Stark's best mate, personal pilot, sometimes employee, and, also the wearer of the formidable Stark-built War Machine armour.
Rhodey, then a U.S Marine Corps pilot, met Tony in Vietnam immediately after the billionaire, genius, inventor became Iron Man. After the war, Tony offered Rhodey a job at Stark Industries and they've had a long and turbulent friendship ever since.
War Machine, like Iron Man, is also a member of the superhero team, the Avengers, and the James Rhodes character has been featured in both the live action Iron Man movies and in I.M related animated series and movies.
For more about W.M see here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Machine
Although the War Machine armour is now most often associated with James Rhodes as its pilot, it actually was originally built by Tony Stark to wear in battle against a group of powerful foes back in 1992 in the Iron Man comic, issue #281. This particular action figure is a Hasbro 2010, 11 centimetre one, with 18 points of articulation, including the shoulder mounted weapons. It was #23 in the Marvel Universe line.
In the I.M comics Tony did later revisit Vietnam, and I'm certain he would have kicked back on China Beach during one trip or another. Rhodey, no doubt, would've spent R & R time there, by the same fictional logic. So it ticked several geek boxes for me to 'install' them there in a kind of hypothetical 'return trip'. (I'm sure it made sense to me at the time!)
Actually, I'm lucky we didn't spend much time at the Đà Nẵng beach on the day, the sand was hot enough that it felt like it could soften, if not melt, plastic! The sand, incidentally, as you can see, was remarkably fine. It doesn't look too out of scale with the toys. This really was a matter of just tossing the lads onto the beach and snapping a couple of fast piccys and hoping that it worked. A lot of the "I Am Iron Nam" photos were like that! It was actually ANZAC day when we were there (April 25th) which, if you're not an Aussie or a New Zealander, etc, translates into Veterans Day, or similar.
buzzkill sleeveless. This and others available @ www.etsy.com/shop/grindtothegore
Watermelon Head - an Evergreen for Crackpot and Buzzkill
John Forbes Kerry, aka John Kerry, is the 68th States Secretary of State and a former Senator from Massachusetts. Senator Kerry was the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party in the 2004 election.
This caricature of Senator John Kerry was adapted from a photo in the public domainfrom the U.S. Department of State's Flickr Photostream.
And... "Going down!"
Great. Now I'm showing off my bum to all my Flickr friends. If I blocked out this shot and positioned myself better, though it was kind of hard to do. If I adjusted the camera tripod anymore, the camera would be headbutting the ceiling.
At least you get to see part of one stocking-clad leg flailing up in the air.
The funny thing is - If I were about 10-15 years younger, I'd still do this. Most likely my mom would probably be cool with me dressing up, and perhaps I would be slimmer and more androgynous looking. (Hey, I was thin in my teens through early 20s.) I would still do goofy stuff once in a while. I'd have at least three times as many photos as I've put up now, and I'd probably have views ranging around the 100,000 mark.
Who knows... I might even have ended up on Trapgirlfriend.com ^_^; (Ok, maybe not. ^_-;) - Do what makes you happy, right? To heck with anyone else who tries to buzzkill you, especially when it comes to the flawed reasoning that there's something wrong with doing this? I'm having fun, I'm not hurting anyone. I might even make you laugh. (I hope, then I did my job. ^_^;)
And... There you go! Director's commentary, scene-by-scene - Fabulous Julie Anne style! ^_^;
Have fun! Hugs and kisses! ^_-;
Valentine’s Day… What a complete waste of time and money. I’m not really a big fan of Valentine’s Day. I thought it best to get that out of the way first although today’s offering probably makes that quite clear. Not that i’m against people expressing their love for one another (as long it’s consensual, of course!) in fact i’m all for that – but it’s just the fact that it’s so commercialised and now comes with such expectations. I think i’d probably prefer to buy someone flowers or go for dinner on just about any other day of the year. Surely the only fun to be had on Valentine’s Day was sending cards anonymously when you were at school?
There’s a large number of Valentine’s themed prints available to cash in on today’s ‘festivities’ but we thought we’d cater to those for whom Valentine’s Day is nothing to celebrate. So Relationship Mitosis is dedicated to all those who won’t be out for an over-priced dinner this evening.
All that said I’m not a complete buzzkill and hope that everyone has a lovely day!
Cheers
id-iom loves you
Title: Relationship Mitosis
Media: Screenprint, hand cut stencil and spraypaint
Size: A3
TGIF
Seriously
But i have work tomorrow which is the biggest buzzkill :\
I have so much homework for this weekend it's a record
I need to study for bio as well. AND i want to go watch Avatar this weekend because it's an amazing movie, so i've heard
Damn, today was such a bummer (the day i mean). Nothing exciting or awesome happened. It sucks.
And now i'm doing nothing.
It's a bad Friday (reference to Vickie)
I need to cheer up.
Later guys
HA HA!
It’s about 98% complete, still missing some 2x2 tiles and 8 stud Technic Bricks in Light Bley, and some other random bits. On top of the fact I think there is an issue with the way I set up the hip joint pistons means I took these pics VERY quickly(and softly!) and broke it down a bit until I hear back from the Designer just to be safe. So in the meantime, enjoy these pics while I go do my victory dance.
Valentine’s Day… What a complete waste of time and money. I’m not really a big fan of Valentine’s Day. I thought it best to get that out of the way first although today’s offering probably makes that quite clear. Not that i’m against people expressing their love for one another (as long it’s consensual, of course!) in fact i’m all for that – but it’s just the fact that it’s so commercialised and now comes with such expectations. I think i’d probably prefer to buy someone flowers or go for dinner on just about any other day of the year. Surely the only fun to be had on Valentine’s Day was sending cards anonymously when you were at school?
There’s a large number of Valentine’s themed prints available to cash in on today’s ‘festivities’ but we thought we’d cater to those for whom Valentine’s Day is nothing to celebrate. So Relationship Mitosis is dedicated to all those who won’t be out for an over-priced dinner this evening.
All that said I’m not a complete buzzkill and hope that everyone has a lovely day!
Cheers
id-iom loves you
Title: Relationship Mitosis
Media: Screenprint, hand cut stencil and spraypaint
Size: A3
Maleficent
Villains in Vogue Store
Disney Hollywood Studios
Walt Disney World, Fla.
"Listen well, all of you. The Princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty, beloved by all who know her. But, before the sun sets on her 16th birthday, she shall prick her finger, on the spindle of a spinning wheel - AND DIE! AHAHAHAHA!"
Talk about a birthday party buzzkill. Sheesh.
Watch your head’n’step…and welcome home.
"A clown can get away with murder."
Yes, Dreamblade. Yes they can. Oh wow, they can.
PLEASANT DREAMS, EVERYONE.
The Buzzkill Clown from Dreamblade
Tent. Camping trip with M, Summer 2006. M and I are completely freaked out by the scary RV park we seem to have landed in, but don't want to buzzkill J's camping trip. So it becomes a re-enactment of Life is Beautiful. M takes J on a nighttime walk through the forest with flashlights and to J it is enchanting, magical.
This picture is #71 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Still struggling to find a decent place to shoot strangers near work in the harsh lunch time winter light, I decided to head back up towards the ongoing Kings Cross development where there are less buildings blocking the sky.
I've worked here before and found stranger number 60.
When I saw Geulim walking along my eyes were drawn to her awesome handbag so I approached her with the pitch. She kindly agreed so I asked her to turn to one side so I could see the bag and then took a few pictures with the sun directly behind her. Once again I used the on-board flash dialed down a little to prevent a complete silhouette.
I finished shooting and was busy chatting to her when this security guard walked up and told me that I could not use my camera here. Oddly he said this in a manner that implied that I should have known this though there are no signs anywhere. I've never been harassed by security before, how exciting!
Me: Oh right, so is this private property then?
Security Guard: Yes, and what you are doing is highly illegal!
Me thinking: Highly illegal you say? Oh my, that's me up with the bad people then.
Me: OK, sorry about that. I've stopped already.
Security Guard: If you want to discuss it, the number for the ....
Me: Yes, never mind, I've stopped.
Security Guard: ...and regulation blah blah
Me: OK but now I'm trying to talk to this nice lady so if you don't mind
The security guard melted off to go and keep the world safe from other evil street photographers.
Needless to say this was a bit of a buzzkill for my conversation with Geulim so I thanked her and she headed off.
It does make me wonder what their briefing is on photographers because I've seen plenty of tourists taking pictures there. Today I saw a guy with a bigger DSLR than mine taking pictures of static objects and I even took a pictures of the general scene a few mins earlier without incurring a telling off. It was only when I approached someone and took the portrait. So are they trying to stop people from approaching or photographing other people or are they trying to stop people from what could be 'commercial' behavior on their property?
Who knows but it would be helpful if they'd put up a sign somewhere.
The only thing that really bothered me was his line about what I was doing being 'highly illegal'. Purrrleeezzze.
Anyway, that's my excitement for today.
Thanks Geulim, I hope you like the picture!
This started as a spare-parts build, which I then built in Studio and entered in the Ideas GWP contest as the "Blacktron Buzzkill." After that I found parts to build the center module. The yellow canopy came last. It's just about exactly the same length and width as the original set. A TIE fighter pilot and BB-9E astromech droid from Star Wars aren't exactly Blacktron, but I figure they've got enough black-costumed bad guy swagger to do the job.
A "little" transformer based on G1 Laserbeak. If I come across some yellow, I will make Buzzkill.
Enjoy!
PAC180 - Livorno.
Curated by BuzzKill Galley Livorno
My installation:
A painting on paper.
A raw "machine" I made to play noise during my live performance.
Raw prints on tshirts and various papers.
This started as a spare-parts build, which I then built in Studio and entered in the Ideas GWP contest as the "Blacktron Buzzkill." After that I found parts to build the center module. The yellow canopy came last. It's just about exactly the same length and width as the original set. A TIE fighter pilot and BB-9E astromech droid from Star Wars aren't exactly Blacktron, but I figure they've got enough black-costumed bad guy swagger to do the job.
The world of dating has certainly become easier to navigate, perhaps just for the introverts/socially-shy if no one else. This has been accomplished through apps like Tinder, OK Cupid - even Tagged and MeetMe. Of course, just like texting, interacting with the opposite sex only in text can lead to pitfalls, certain frustration and confusion.
Things like Tinder are just used to maybe set up a preliminary date-interview, before the in person interview, where you will be judged and side-eyed further. What it does for those folks who are shy, is allow them to feel comfortable with someone, without dealing with the eye contact and "is he/she judging me" thought process running at full speed, even during the dating period. But even this, isn't as easy as it looks. Because a lot of the problems people may have in person...they carry over in the digital realm.
The One Word Response
This is certainly a buzzkill, right? You're trying to engage with someone, get a conversation going, make them laugh, and you just get "Yeah." "Cool." "Mhm." OK, seriously, if you sound this disinterested through text/over the phone...I can't imagine what your zombified, stone-statue personality looks like face to face. This one word response is a real indicator that the person you're talking to just ain't having it. They don't like you, they have poor communication skills...or they're delusional and don't see the problem at all. You can't play catch with someone who refuses to throw the ball back to you.
No Responses
People tend to be "busy," so they'll walk away from their phone for a couple minutes...hours...maybe weeks. And your message to them on Tinder never gets read. One of the big reasons for this, listen up fellas, is because the woman you are trying to talk to is getting so many lame attempts at flirting in her inbox...yours just gets lost in the shuffle. And that is indeed infuriating. You might send two or three more messages and they still don't respond, but then you're stuck wondering: Are they busy or are they ignoring me? Which can drive anyone crazy.
Are You Really Here For Dating, Or "Just Friends"?
Yeah, you'll see this nonsense a lot - "Oh, I'm just here for friends." Really? OK Cupid is just for friends now? Cupid has to help you find a bestie? Hm, not buying it, but whatever. This is a brick-wall that will take some getting used to. Some young girls will feel the need to say this, even when deep down, they're waiting for their knight in shining armor to make them change their mind. Other times, you'll just find people saying that because they are bored, and like people entertaining them while they're bored. Not here for relationships, not here for friends, I'm here because I'm on my 15 minute break and I need a really cute guy to distract me until I turn my phone off.
FYI, these are the ones to stay away from. This tends to happen with women more so than men, of course, since guys are on the prowl looking for their next victim - potential love interest. Digging deep into the social app world, it can be more complex and layered than one might initially think. Navigate those waters well.
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This started as a spare-parts build, which I then built in Studio and entered in the Ideas GWP contest as the "Blacktron Buzzkill." After that I found parts to build the center module. The yellow canopy came last. It's just about exactly the same length and width as the original set. A TIE fighter pilot and BB-9E astromech droid from Star Wars aren't exactly Blacktron, but I figure they've got enough black-costumed bad guy swagger to do the job.
this is summer richardson, a beautiful bride i had the pleasure to shoot just a few hours ago. after the wedding, she, her new husband (reese) and i snuck over to an adjacent garden to capture some quiet moments amidst the reception festivities unfolding a few feet away. i was particularly pleased with this image. hope you are, too!
on a somewhat related note (not to be my own buzzkill), i'm infinitely frustrated with the way flickr washes out colors after my images are uploaded. this photo looks nothing like it does on my monitor when opened in photoshop! anyone know how to alleviate that problem?
lastly, i used one light for this photo, an sb-600 at 1/2 power into an umbrella at 45 degrees camera right. i used the late afternoon sun for a little natural rim light.
For DragonCon 2014 I wanted to do a tribute to Community, one of my favourite shows, so I made Britta's character Buzzkill from the 5th season episode "G.I. Jeff".
The most common prey for orb weavers in this prairie was grasshoppers, but the occasional bee met its demise as well.
This comics page was made as an appreciation of the comic book Rebootus Maximus by Krishna Sadasivam, and to save a beard. A beard you say? Yes, read this blog post to find out what that is all about.