21st Century Man-Discourse on relationships, music, art, threads, motorcycles, and libationsTumblr (3.0; @rebuildingmodernman)http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/<p>I lay on my air mattress. Deflated.</p>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/50406124573http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/50406124573Mon, 13 May 2013 23:44:58 -0700worklifehumorpoetrywriting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2b4b7e641bbf274321798609da24560d/tumblr_mjwei5ZvWc1qg39ewo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/46722591585http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/46722591585Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:10:10 -0700<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/spdSSI2rTKI?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>Because you should….</p>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/43833007976http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/43833007976Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:28:21 -0800livefortodaymusicthegrassrootslifeadventure<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/13dae046ed0f6e7145c4de0055ad3aa7/tumblr_miox74pHP01qii07bo1_400.png"/><br/><br/>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/43828842625http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/43828842625Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:35:00 -0800travelliferelationshipsevolutionrecoverylove<p>Does honesty exist in the world? More specifically does honesty exist between a man and a woman beyond anyone’s first attempt at truthfulness? You give me jeers and side-eyes. You’ve inspired me to write. A compliment that more than likely falls dead on the ears of a woman deafened by today’s male standard. Waste of word? Male&#8230;.”standard”? The ordinary must exist&#8230;.But I am beyond the ordinary and would prefer not to be judged against it. Open your eyes. I’m not spinning webs. I’m not calling out for cats. Listen to the words that speak truth. A word ought not be wasted according to my poetic influence, an influence still. I have no tricks, just a trade, and a keen eye for killers and those that fall prey. Let’s put our fingers into each other’s assholes and ask how it went.</p> <p>RebuildingModernMan</p>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/40308341933http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/40308341933Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:51:00 -0800womenrelationshipsmenlifesexlovehonestytrustmanhood<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3d5bdc97713f2e61a53042a98912c907/tumblr_mfs3du1UwO1qii07bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Color between the lines. My LA. My #losangeles #sunset</p>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/39106751343http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/39106751343Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:01:05 -0800losangelessunset<p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">I’m at a point where I’m beginning to ask myself what it is I’d like to do with the rest of my life. I have always had this unavoidable desire to pick my things up, leave what I think I know as truth, and begin anew with a fresh perspective. Only recently have I attempted the college scene and I have found it to be quite refreshing. Never before have I experienced such as sense of power. Never before have I had so much control of my mind and my responsibility to consume as much knowledge as possible. I have had doubts in the past regarding how well I might do.  Those feelings of doubt shattered by an overwhelming <em>desire</em> to succeed, and then doing so. Now the the initial charge of college courses its way through my consciousness. I feel like I’m ready for something way beyond my comfort zone. The inexorable hunger to get a fresh perspective on life, education, social processes haunts me.</span></p></p>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/38995126713http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/38995126713Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:56:12 -0800lifeeducationschoolreflectionthinking manmanhood<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3a49b9d79bdf4506b4b6145119eaf64a/tumblr_mfpu8nyJb71qii07bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/38994514656http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/38994514656Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:48:23 -0800muddy watersbluesmusicliferelationshipswomen<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e5a777e2c91e133effb0a211ee4c73df/tumblr_meu1pqWTp51qii07bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/37657007636http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/37657007636Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:46:38 -0800liferelationshipschaffeartSFMOMAharvesting“<p>“What the fuck is a hash tag?”</p> <p>#old-school gentleman</p>”<br/><br/> - <em>RebuildingModernMan</em>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/37236815306http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/37236815306Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:26:05 -0800quotehumorsocial economicsfunnyold-school<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_megnqkH3z71r31y0fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/37151687503http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/37151687503Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:13:18 -0800sexlifepac-mannerdwomen<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdthkfTjY11qii07bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>BMW shot in Paris, France</p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span">A motorcycle functions entirely in accordance with the laws of reason, and a study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is really a miniature study of the art of rationality itself.  ~Robert M. Pirsig, <em>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance</em></span></p>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/36184044596http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/36184044596Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:57:49 -0800BMWmotorcycleparisfrancetravellifevintagephotographyphilosophyzen<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/g61U44BGXhQ?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>This must be the place…</p>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/36183483842http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/36183483842Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:49:41 -0800this must be the placetalking headsmusicpop80'slifedance musicsynthesizer<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JKlSVNxLB-A?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/>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/36182989401http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/36182989401Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:42:24 -0800simon and garfunkelfolk musicmusicinspirationlife<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md88vr3rFu1qii07bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Friday! Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul.</p>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/35340316980http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/35340316980Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:40:39 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcfj5jO5A91qii07bo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/34277581790http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/34277581790Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:32:07 -0700men's fashionmanhoodstylelifeclass<a href="http://www.ladayofthedead.com/index.html">Dia De Los Muertos Hollywood, California</a>: <p>October 27th, 2012-Be there to celebrate the lives of those who have now passed on</p>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/34143658845http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/34143658845Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:59:00 -0700culturedeathdia de los muertoslifesugar skullsmomento mori<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbk06en7h31qii07bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><div class="post_content clearfix" id="post_content_33135048216"> <div class="caption"> <p>Man’s Struggle….</p> <p>Am I meant to be alone? How I find sanctuary in solitude. I revel in the opportunity to take in my own breath and exhale in the company of unknown others. I do believe that something inside me is evolving. I idealize blazing my own path, my future. I imagine myself tucked away in a cold damp 1000+ square foot loft in downtown Los Angeles. Who needs that much room to themselves? I get to wear my conduit cut suits and drink carelessly. The pieces of motorbike splayed out in patchwork fashion(only I know what it will look like). When I make a mistake I have no one to admit fault to, to apologize to. I glance at myself as I walk past the mirror on the wall. I’ve still got it. Because I say so. I don’t need assurance, but its nice when I get a flirt from the random LA weekender that strolls into the bar I’ve made my own over the last year, the one with red leather button-down bar stools and cocktail menus written on the backs of cereal box cardboard sheets. They know my order. They also know my choice of liquors. The barmaid I had a one-night stand with, we’ve become friends and she looks out for my “type”, she thinks I need help. Funny the order of things. Fuck then friends. Thats how I make the majority of my female companions. I don’t mind it.</p> <p>I enjoy being alone, its true. But the quietness of my quarters often clouds the clarity of my thoughts. Often times I’m left to question whether or not I should be so quiet and it distracts me. I’m not a hermit. I am a very affectionate person. It seems very counter-intuitive to live a life of complete muteness. I look for compromise in my friends/companions. Maybe I haven’t found the right ones. I believe my issue isn’t the issue of a hermit or loner, rather the characteristic nature of one who feels genuinely lonely. I didn’t always feel this way. There was a time when I felt complete harmony with another human. I do not believe happiness comes solely through interaction with another human being, rather it is the bane of loneliness. I am completely satisfied being alone, but I can not live happily in loneliness. Through this evolution I’ve learned a valuable lesson. I am an independent person. I enjoy controlling the outcome of my efforts. I like relying on myself. At the same time I enjoy sharing all of these thoughts openly with another person of similar concept. I have yet to find this person.</p> <p>The pigeon in the Victoria Coach Bus Station is missing a foot.</p> <div></div> </div> </div>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/33135809748http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/33135809748Sun, 07 Oct 2012 19:56:36 -0700lifeloverelationshipsLA lifewomenmanhoodsingle lifeevolutionalcoholmartini<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbaelnQf1n1qii07bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Man Steve McQueen</p>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/32762036815http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/32762036815Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:32:00 -0700steve mcqueentriumphTriumph MotorcyclephotographyBlack and Whitebonnevillethe man<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbaehnv5Qp1qii07bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My poor girl…totalled…</p>http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/32761860207http://rebuildingmodernman.tumblr.com/post/32761860207Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:29:00 -0700triumphTriumph Motorcyclethruxtonmotorcyclesmotorcycle crashlos angelesLA life