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'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @rubberneckwhiplash)http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4pukyinhs1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>i’m just waitin’ on a train (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/23912268766http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/23912268766Sun, 27 May 2012 23:46:09 -0500today i woke up needed a pool. and several other things that i&#8217;m not sure if i&#8217;m allowed...http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/23873082905http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/23873082905Sun, 27 May 2012 12:54:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4m3djXp1r1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>megan & caitlin. vacation bible school play. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/23777503457http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/23777503457Fri, 25 May 2012 23:05:42 -0500what a weird week. these things don&#8217;t belong on a public blog, that ghosts from my past are...http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/23648000079http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/23648000079Wed, 23 May 2012 21:08:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hj64P5O61qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>breakfast (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/23614310868http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/23614310868Wed, 23 May 2012 11:58:52 -0500 after watching the first six episodes of this show, i can safely say that the Hannah narrative...http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/23493222660http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/23493222660Mon, 21 May 2012 14:39:58 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LdbGCfa8qkg?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>i like the way you can trap faces and voices. Think if you didn’t see or talk to a person regularly and only knew them through letters that came and went weeks apart. no wonder divorce was unheard of. <br/><br/>i appreciate and respect when busy is slow enough for me to process it. or calm enough, maybe. i think that’s the difference. controlled. <br/>approached instead of attacked. <br/>strategy before stress.<br/>manifestations of anxiety lay dormant only to flare up like bad knees. <br/><br/>i can get by on traps. i can sustain quite nicely on then. <br/><br/>snow white watches everything on her computer, and some days she rarely leaves the bed.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/23339347552http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/23339347552Sat, 19 May 2012 02:46:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ijtQP9nwrQA?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>the video that is making a lot of decisions for me right now.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/23230869681http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/23230869681Thu, 17 May 2012 10:23:19 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3u3jtJ60p1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>got my pockets full of rubbers (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22814623719http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22814623719Thu, 10 May 2012 20:16:41 -0500<span id="video_player_22813932617">[<a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" target="_blank">Flash 10</a> is required to watch video.]</span><script type="text/javascript">renderVideo("video_player_22813932617",'http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/video_file/22813932617/tumblr_m3u2rwFLzE1qzetuf',400,266,'poster=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m3u2rwFLzE1qzetuf_frame1.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m3u2rwFLzE1qzetuf_frame2.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m3u2rwFLzE1qzetuf_frame3.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m3u2rwFLzE1qzetuf_frame4.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m3u2rwFLzE1qzetuf_frame5.jpg')</script><br/><br/><p><em>Mary Beth, a pig, participates in some dumbass 30-day food diary challenge with the rest of the girls at work. this isn’t usually something she does but if she doesn’t commit to it, she doesn’t get back the $50 she put in the pot. </em></p> <p><em>conceived, written, directed, performed, improvised by megan mercier, <br/>in her bathroom, <br/>at an ungodly hour of a weeknight</em></p> <p>* * *<br/>ABOUT THE ARTIST: </p> <p>megan mercier is a self-proclaimed cornerstone of the post-modern performance art movement. she works and resides in chicago, illinois. touch her egoboner for good luck and inspiration. art is in you. you are your art. </p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22813932617http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22813932617Thu, 10 May 2012 20:07:34 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ti16zgnE1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>i was way better at having picture taken of me when i was five.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22786177167http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22786177167Thu, 10 May 2012 12:31:54 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4ZrGCJI3ze4?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>whatever ills you is water under the bridge.<br/>we can put all that shit behind us, girl scout.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22785757272http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22785757272Thu, 10 May 2012 12:21:39 -0500Sometimes in my mind I am my mom’s voice shaking my head at how weird the Midwestern experience...http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22784365913http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22784365913Thu, 10 May 2012 11:48:27 -0500sorry by blog is so BOOOOOORING. the mall was closed. http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22764680978http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22764680978Wed, 09 May 2012 23:28:46 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ryuq6CYg1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>vive la no shit sherlock</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22736395090http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22736395090Wed, 09 May 2012 16:40:02 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3rx57rxDV1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>a day of work in a green screen studio. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22733872449http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22733872449Wed, 09 May 2012 16:03:07 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3qd2agbYF1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>my taste in exotic animals and fashion sense hasn’t changed a bit.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22686309094http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22686309094Tue, 08 May 2012 19:51:46 -05001. manicure.2. real haircut. real stylist. real salon. 3. bacon  luxury indeed but i laid down more...http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22656599542http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22656599542Tue, 08 May 2012 11:33:20 -0500this world is absolutely minuscule.i&#8217;m not even kidding.how did it get so small?? http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22598754645http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22598754645Mon, 07 May 2012 14:10:48 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3mlncnxfF1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>u-top (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22553936271http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/22553936271Sun, 06 May 2012 19:06:48 -0500