Blah Blah Blog is series of ideas, quotes, videos, and images collected by a rogue geek girl. One could say it’s a pop culture blog driven by longreads, vintage life, comic books, an overactive imagination, and geek culture - an essential archive of what I find, like, and celebrate online. Featured Tags: DESIGN | ADVERTISING | QUOTES | DATA VISUALIZATION Tumblr (3.0; @rachelmercer)http://blog.rachelmercer.org/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hdfaoCoq1qzopxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m moving to L.A, apologies for the interruption in service.</p>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/23609830013http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/23609830013Wed, 23 May 2012 10:54:46 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m40rltD1ei1qbtbabo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://instagr.am/p/KEKNgVHbsG/" target="_blank">GPOY</a></p>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/23173556481http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/23173556481Wed, 16 May 2012 14:09:12 -0400gpoygpoywpersonal<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3fcuyrsMl1qzopxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://onegirlsillustratedideal.com/" target="_blank">GPOYW with OGII</a></p>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/22297341079http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/22297341079Wed, 02 May 2012 22:13:46 -0400personalgpoygpoywogii<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3dkqtYkwk1qbtbabo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vincentiadevaia.tumblr.com/post/22250772669" target="_blank">Let’s go to Subspace</a></p>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/22253489017http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/22253489017Wed, 02 May 2012 09:11:49 -0400gpoygpoywscott pilgrimcomic books“When an article in the Egyptian criminal code says that if a woman has been beaten by her husband “with good intentions” no punitive damages can be obtained, then to hell with political correctness.”<br/><br/> - <em> Mona Eltahawy, <a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/04/23/why_do_they_hate_us?page=full" target="_blank">Why do they hate us?</a></em>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/22197227041http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/22197227041Tue, 01 May 2012 12:16:58 -0400quotequotesfeministafeminismwomens issuesculture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3b4q6SIcX1qzopxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.ibelieveinadv.com/2012/04/masp-art-school-van-gogh-dali-picasso/" target="_blank">Turns out beauty isn’t only skin deep</a></p>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/22136381395http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/22136381395Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:27:41 -0400advertisingartdaliphotographycolor<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m345esBCsc1qzopxxo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://cdryan.com/work/" target="_blank">MIDI</a></p>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21884499269http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21884499269Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:59:16 -0400illustrationmusic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3455psvZT1qzopxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://dharbin.bigcartel.com/product/presale-print-tyrannosaurus-bats" target="_blank">Tyrannosaurus Bats</a></p>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21884073283http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21884073283Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:53:48 -0400illustrationbatmandinosaurssuperheroescomic books<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xpz0a8gv1rsj1bjo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://surrogate-self.com/post/21687050167" target="_blank">Static</a></p>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21857828262http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21857828262Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:22:50 -0400gifblack and whitetelevisionentertainmentstatic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33jhzVZyB1qzopxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.mattcusick.com/paintings-collage/map-works" target="_blank">Maps on Maps</a></p>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21854477935http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21854477935Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:05:59 -0400mapcollageartdesignwavewater<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xy7wCt9f1qzopxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.fastcocreate.com/1680651/a-new-app-helps-your-kid-conquer-bedtime-fears" target="_blank">Does not approve</a></p>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21651689555http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21651689555Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:38:20 -0400illustrationdesigngestalt<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2wmgsHBXp1qzopxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/244179611016747846/" target="_blank">Bjork</a></p>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21609642558http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21609642558Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:26:52 -0400bjorkphotographytonguegirlbubble“To collect photographs is to collect the world.”<br/><br/> - <em> Susan Sontag, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/sunday-review/everyones-lives-in-pictures-from-instagram.html" target="_blank">On Photography</a><br/><br/><br/></em>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21576383920http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21576383920Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:05:00 -0400quotequotesphotographyinstagramprescient“Needing to have reality confirmed and experience enhanced by photographs is an aesthetic consumerism to which everyone is now addicted.”<br/><br/> - <em> Susan Sontag, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/sunday-review/everyones-lives-in-pictures-from-instagram.html" target="_blank">On Photography</a></em>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21576253119http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21576253119Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:03:08 -0400quotequotesphotographyinstagram<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2vwsfBiPR1qzopxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.ibelieveinadv.com/2012/04/google-search-the-best-sandwich-is-the-closest-one-something-you-werent-interested-in-trailer-hitches/" target="_blank">100%</a></p>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21569810476http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21569810476Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:12:14 -0400advertisinggooglegsp<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2on857H5E1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/21327568039/dharbin" target="_blank">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.dharbin.com/strip/diary-april-16-2012-sitrep/" target="_blank">Dharbin</a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21569513287http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21569513287Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:05:54 -0400illustrationsequential artreblog<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2vu7oz1Vk1qzopxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://candychang.com/before-i-die-in-nola/" target="_blank">Before I Die in NOLA</a></p>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21567458388http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21567458388Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:16:35 -0400ambientarthumanityquotesbefore i dieregrets<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2uchbUj4L1qzopxxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.guernicamag.com/features/south-l-a-twenty-years-later" target="_blank">Taco Hell</a></p>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21509872742http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21509872742Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:55:58 -0400taco bellphotographyvintageL.A<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2r7kleXlW1qbqz2wo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://danceartdance.tumblr.com/post/21461250852/wish-my-closet-was-more-like-this" target="_blank">GPOY</a></p>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21508521613http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21508521613Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:36:18 -0400dariagpoyillustrationmtvpop culture““Nobody ever grew up wanting to be in advertising.””<br/><br/> - <em> Don Draper</em>http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21439553388http://blog.rachelmercer.org/post/21439553388Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:25:38 -0400don draperquotequotesmad menadvertising