I’m Jake Swearingen, writer/editor type guy in Los Angeles. I’m the web editor for LA Weekly. I like the Internet and I believe in you. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-18722789-1’]); _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; @jake-swearingen)http://jakeswearingen.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PbC4gqZGPSY?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><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ohyeth.tumblr.com/post/23259391781/ok-yes-this-is-very-cheesy-but-i-also-have-this">ohyeth</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>OK YES THIS IS VERY CHEESY but I also have this printed out and stuck to my refrigerator because holy god, I wish someone would have said this to me years ago. </p> </blockquote> <p>My sister, always smart.</p>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/23325715729http://jakeswearingen.com/post/23325715729Fri, 18 May 2012 22:17:03 -0400<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://editorrealtalk.tumblr.com/post/22723961849/when-i-look-at-the-pageview-goals-for-the-upcoming">editorrealtalk</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img height="276" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lty394I0ty1qzqwzso1_500.gif" width="500"/></p> </blockquote>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/22736439219http://jakeswearingen.com/post/22736439219Wed, 09 May 2012 17:40:42 -0400<a href="http://girlsareprettyforever.tumblr.com/post/22191994709/the-waitresss-waiter-day">GIRLS ARE PRETTY: The Waitress's Waiter Day!</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://girlsareprettyforever.tumblr.com/post/22191994709/the-waitresss-waiter-day">girlsareprettyforever</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>In the middle of taking your order your waitress will drop her pad and pen on the table then she’ll scream, “Fuck no.”</p> <p>“Fuck yes,” the waiter by the door will scream back.</p> </blockquote>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/22206667831http://jakeswearingen.com/post/22206667831Tue, 01 May 2012 15:27:24 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xcet47XB1qz9zdro1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Brak City chick. Brak Brak city chick.<br/><br/>(Because I think Brak would listen to radio edits.) </p>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/21638750645http://jakeswearingen.com/post/21638750645Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:47:17 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2t5n2vVgR1qz9zdro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“I Survived LA Riots” t-shirt ad in <em>LA Weekly</em> from 1992. You can now buy a vintage version (though not this exact one) <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Survived-Riots-92-50-50-Shirt-w-Felt-Indian-Patch-Sewn-/130638226977#ht_500wt_1182">on eBay.</a></p>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/21471479464http://jakeswearingen.com/post/21471479464Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:30:38 -0400<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://undrawn.tumblr.com/post/17383382412/i-got-the-flu-or-something-this-week-so-i-watched">undrawn</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/6647/downtonsmall.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/6647/downtonsmall.jpg"/></a></p> <p>I got the flu or something this week, so I watched the whole first series of Downton Abbey. Yeah, I know everybody else has seen it, but it’s so good! Sorry for making Laura Linney look like Chelsea Clinton.</p> </blockquote>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/21336636325http://jakeswearingen.com/post/21336636325Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:52:17 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz0764SE181qednkoo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://leyawn.tumblr.com/post/17192416616/dog-chart">leyawn</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>dog chart</p> </blockquote> <p>Via <a href="http://twitter.com/leyawn">@layawn</a></p>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/17265848744http://jakeswearingen.com/post/17265848744Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:39:30 -0500<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://undrawn.tumblr.com/post/13603966078/attack-the-block">undrawn</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://probertson.tumblr.com/post/13542511754/attack-the-block">probertson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img height="105" src="http://paulrobertson.mechafetus.com/atb02.gif" width="374"/></p> <p>awesome movie</p> </blockquote> <p>Fuck yes.</p> </blockquote> <p>Allow it.</p>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/13789155849http://jakeswearingen.com/post/13789155849Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:15:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvi4od8ZhH1qz9zdro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The future could have looked so slick. Amazing futurism from Syd Mead’s <strike>1969 (1969!)</strike> 1961 (196fucking1!) “A Portfolio of Probablities.” Whole (radical)<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mstoll/sets/72157603779992640/with/2214593812/"> Flickr set here.</a></p>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/13569689757http://jakeswearingen.com/post/13569689757Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:41:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luvp4yJhXV1qz9zdro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“Della? Prepare <em>all </em>of my resumes.”</p>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/12984001604http://jakeswearingen.com/post/12984001604Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:58:10 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls5wfkEtEy1qghqpno1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“All the good ones are all either married, gay, or secret traitors to the House Harkonnen.” — All the single ladies on Arrakis.</p>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/11042131131http://jakeswearingen.com/post/11042131131Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:48:00 -0400cardsdavid lynchdr.yuehdunefrank herbertdean stockwell<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lry45vRI0W1qz9zdro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Fuck you, make me.</p>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/10533511291http://jakeswearingen.com/post/10533511291Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:37:07 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqg20cmvnn1qz9zdro1_250.png"/><br/><br/><p>Great moments in headline writing over at sfgate.com. </p>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/9339865874http://jakeswearingen.com/post/9339865874Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:00:12 -0400<p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/OlTMw.gif" title="Hosted by imgur.com"/></p> <p>My favorite part of the trailer for <em>Contagion</em>. I like to imagine her motivation was thinking about making out with Michael Douglas in <em>A Perfect Murder.</em></p>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/7634587294http://jakeswearingen.com/post/7634587294Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:55:04 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnk5ndzkiy1qz9zdro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A true tale of inspiration.</p>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/7045967182http://jakeswearingen.com/post/7045967182Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:28:26 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmaaotGZOq1qz9zdro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I am not the only one with questions, apparently. Gonna go light my cable modem on fire now brb.</p>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/6187947882http://jakeswearingen.com/post/6187947882Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:07:41 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llb9iirFPq1qbmjbjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://villagevoicemedia.tumblr.com/post/5557761969">villagevoicemedia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>San Francisco Giants to Create “It Gets Better” Video for LGBT Youth </strong></p> <p>The San Francisco Giants have confirmed plans to create a video for “It Gets Better.” <a href="http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2011/05/giants_it_gets_better_world_series.php"><strong>They’ll be first professional sports team to join the campaign, aimed at curbing LGBT bullying and teen suicides</strong></a></p> </blockquote>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/5582939265http://jakeswearingen.com/post/5582939265Tue, 17 May 2011 15:49:11 -0400<p><a href="http://parislemon.com/post/5206913531">parislemon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkp921RGfD1qz4gev.png"/></p> <p>The information in the image above is <a href="http://parislemon.com/post/5125662166/im-sorry-but-this-is-just-sad-and-pathetic">not surprising at all</a>. But still pathetic.</p> <p>Imagine that, you write 35 200-word posts featuring the words “Bin Laden” in the headline and they pull in traffic on the day it’s one of the most searched terms <em>ever</em>. </p> <p>Were any of those stories really about technology? A few, maybe. But none were given the actual attention that a story of such magnitude deserves. It was a pure traffic/SEO play.</p> <p><a href="http://parislemon.com/post/5206913531">Read More</a></p> </blockquote> <p>In my dream world, there is a Panda-esque update to Google that essentially knocks down any content with keywords featuring the top 100 terms in Google Trends that has been created in the past 24 hours &#8212; outside of a few, vetted outlets. Would this be unfair? Yes. Would it make the Internet a VASTLY better? Also yes.</p>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/5208074336http://jakeswearingen.com/post/5208074336Wed, 04 May 2011 22:34:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lka4wj6NZR1qz9zdro1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>FUCKING NOPE.</p>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/4966340109http://jakeswearingen.com/post/4966340109Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:55:32 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljpp90XGkj1qz9zdro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Hey all: wanted to wait until it was a sure thing, but: I got the internship. Moving to New York tomorrow. Excited. Scared.</p>http://jakeswearingen.com/post/4640836335http://jakeswearingen.com/post/4640836335Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:05:24 -0400