Ryan Lytle

"Just as a reminder to myself, I wear every single chain, even when I’m in the house."

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:13:57 -0500

“Just as a reminder to myself, I wear every single chain, even when I’m in the house.”

- Drake “Started From the Bottom”

How discussions may have gone at Sony headquarters before the...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:54:41 -0500

How discussions may have gone at Sony headquarters before the PlayStation 4 announcement. (via Reddit)

"Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that..."

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:34:00 -0500

““Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the world, and that nobody loves them now and that nobody will ever love them, and that they will never have a decent night’s sleep again and will spend their lives wandering blearily around a loveless landscape, hoping desperately that their circumstances will improve, but suspecting, in their heart of hearts, that they will remain unloved forever. The best thing to do in these circumstances is to wake somebody else up, so that they can feel this way, too.””

- Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid

Whew. breakingnews: American adults eating less fast food, new...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:24:58 -0500

Whew.

breakingnews:

American adults eating less fast food, new study shows

American adults consumed about 11.3% of their daily calorie intake from fast food in the 2007-2010 period, a drop from 12.8% in 2003-2006, according to a new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Read more from NBC News.

Photo: Jeff Baughman bites into his Double Quarterpounder with cheese on July 18, 2002, at a McDonalds in Miami Beach, Florida. (Getty Images North America)

"i accepted it’s okay to not be totally sure about where you live. it’s okay to be somewhere with..."

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:16:33 -0500

““i accepted it’s okay to not be totally sure about where you live. it’s okay to be somewhere with most of your heart when a piece of it is somewhere else. it’s okay to love and appreciate where you are while still knowing that one day you’re going to want to try to be somewhere else, and it’s okay to to not know when that will be.””

- amber fox

amen. via @megburns

(via colormecozy)

my life

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The Most Personal Thing I'll Ever Write

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:19:04 -0500

I’m not usually one to talk about my personal life publicly. I don’t use social media to life cast. I don’t often seek comfort in others when I’m having personal troubles. Maybe I should do it more often, though, because maybe everything that I’m feeling right now wouldn’t feel so intense. It’s been a feeling I’ve felt for awhile. Honestly, if I really think about it, it’s been something I’ve been feeling for well over a year. It’s an emptiness that’s as hard to explain as it is to experience.

You grow up wondering what it would be like to be someone else; to see things from a different perspective; to experience new things. But now, I just wish I could feel like myself. I wish I could wake up every morning and feel like me again. It’s been strange, I guess is the word, to not feel at home in my own skin — to see photos or watch videos of myself during times when I was truly, unconditionally happy. I am still a happy person, but I can always feel this twinge deep down. This feeling, that when it presents itself, consumes and debilitates me. When it grabs ahold of me, I can’t shrug it off, ignore it or fight it.

“Depression” is not a word I use lightly. I’ve seen it, firsthand, attach itself to loved ones. I have witnessed its ugly effects and what it can do to someone. I have been the shoulder for others to lean on and the ear for others to consult. But now, when the situation has reversed itself, I don’t know how to handle it. I don’t know how to explain or describe it to anyone. I have no reason to feel what I’m feeling. I have a great job, an amazing girlfriend who would do anything for me, loving parents and the two best friends anyone could ever want.

I used to think that what I was feeling was the growing pains of professional life. I always chalked this up to not feeling fully satisfied with where I was going professionally. There was always more that I thought I could do, and I thought that once I got that chance to do something new, something better, all these feelings would disappear. Well, a new job and a move to New York City, and I still feel this emptiness. And in fact, I don’t think I’ve ever felt more alone in my life.

Making friends, or building a network of connections, has never been an issue for me. It’s actually been one thing that I’ve excelled at, and it’s one of the reasons I’ve had the opportunities that I’ve had thus far in my life, much less in my career. I’ve always been good at networking; at fitting in with my surroundings. That is until I started feeling whatever this is. Now, it’s become a struggle to do the thing that always came the easiest. I get anxious in social settings, I have problems trying to connect with others and I just think about when I can finally take refuge back home. I wish I knew why this was happening. I wish I could reverse this path that I’m following.

New York was supposed to be a clean slate. I’m not saying this like I’ve given up on that — I’ve been here two months; there’s a lot of living left to do. But I guess I felt that once I moved, and I started in a new place, everything would just click. I’d wake up with that old rigor I used to have and I’d be me again. Two months later and I’ve become wise to the fact that it’s just not that easy. When you have this affliction, not even making major life changes will always right it.

It’s funny, really. I never thought I would ever face this issue. Life has been good to me; I’ve had some wonderful experiences so far — I know all of this. I know I should be grateful for the things I have in my life, and I am. But for some reason, the one I’m trying to figure out, I feel like my life has been set in neutral and I don’t know how to work my way out of this. I hope that writing these words will help me work things out. I hope something just clicks, that I have that “eureka” moment, and I can move on and start achieving goals.

And in no way am I writing this post as a “woe is me” attention grab. I’ve never been that kind of person. I don’t need everyone to know these feelings or what I’m going through. Most people who do read this probably won’t care that much, and that’s OK. I didn’t write this for you. I wrote this for me, to catalogue my thoughts at what feels like a low point. I actually debated putting this post on my blog. I’ve always used this site as an outlet for my professional self. It’s a place that has always shown the best sides of me — my best work, news about me in the media, etc. — but this is different. This is my piece of the Internet and I want this to live here. If others are going through these kinds of things, and have no answers, I hope they come across this. If not, that’s OK too. I really just needed to put my thoughts into words.

thedailywhat: Say What Now of the Day: It was only a matter of...

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:34:09 -0400

thedailywhat:

Say What Now of the Day: It was only a matter of time before Sweden’s democratic experiment of a Twitter account, @Sweden, imploded into a PR nightmare — a different citizen takes over the handle every week, with very little oversight (or apparently, vetting) from the Swedish government.

This week’s empowered Swede is Sonja, a single mom who took advantage of her kids’ nap time today to ask @Sweden’s followers:

“Whats the fuzz with jews. You can’t even see if a person is a jew, unless you see their penises, and even if you do, you can’t be sure!?”

Naturally, her ignorance of history, social graces, and the fact that she currently represents an entire country has garnered all kinds of criticism — and unfortunately, prompted further follow-up tweets from the clueless 27-year-old.

So far, no comment, nor effort to delete Sonja’s tweets, by the Swedish government.

[hypervocal]

ianjq: every time i listen to npr

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:32:29 -0400

ianjq:

every time i listen to npr

newsweek: koraysblog: The new MacBook Pro - I just fall in...

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:30:32 -0400

newsweek:

koraysblog:

The new MacBook Pro - I just fall in love, again.

So skinnies!

"Up to 46 percent of Twitter followers of companies with active profiles could be generated by..."

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:27:03 -0400

“Up to 46 percent of Twitter followers of companies with active profiles could be generated by robots, or bots, a study by Marco Camisani Calzolari, a corporate communication and digital languages professor in Milan, showed on Friday.”

- The Huffington Post

You're getting warmer.

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:20:33 -0400

You should probably reverse these.

inothernews:

Go Devils.

Beat the Heat.

thenextweb: (via World Map Of Social Networks Shows Facebook’s...

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 23:33:28 -0400

thenextweb:

(via World Map Of Social Networks Shows Facebook’s Global Dominance)

This is about right. juliasegal: When I realize you don’t...

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 23:29:28 -0400

This is about right.

juliasegal:

When I realize you don’t follow me on Twitter.

Go to Google.com and search "Do a barrel roll"

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:40:22 -0400

newsweek:

You’ll be pleased.

Frank and Louie is the name of a cat that was born with two...

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:46:40 -0400

Frank and Louie is the name of a cat that was born with two faces—two mouths, two noses, two normal eyes, and one large non-functioning eye in the center.

Whoa!

fastcompany: Infographic Of The Day: The Biggest Cliches Of...

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:02:29 -0400

fastcompany:

Infographic Of The Day: The Biggest Cliches Of Web Infographics

shortformblog: The Washington Cathedral had a pretty crappy day...

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:01:23 -0400

shortformblog:

The Washington Cathedral had a pretty crappy day today. Especially the folks who own those vehicles. We bet they’ll need a crane to pick up the other crane. This is the cathedral’s second brush with disaster in a few weeks. (photo via @WNCathedral)

The Metro (WMATA) here in DC will soon be using this image in their new ad campaign: “This is why you take a train to work.”

theatlantic: 9/11: The Week Before The attacks of September...

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:14:39 -0400

theatlantic:

9/11: The Week Before

The attacks of September 11th, 2001 came as a huge surprise, shocking the world and immediately dominating the news around the world. Ten years later, the reverberations from that shock and the varying reactions to it continue to affect nearly everyone in ways large and small. While most people remember where they were on that day, it can be difficult to recall what else was happening in the days just before. I thought it would be interesting to go through the newswires and find photos of events taking place around the world during the week of September 3 to September 10, 2001. Some of the photos are directly related to the upcoming attacks, or the fallout that resulted, many have nothing at all to do with the attacks, but simply show glimpses of what was happening at that time. Gathered here is a time capsule of images taken during this week of September, one decade ago, before everything changed.

See more photos as In Focus

Photo

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:43:29 -0400

What People Don't Get About My Job: From A(rmy Soldier) to Z(ookeeper)

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:40:27 -0400

What People Don't Get About My Job: From A(rmy Soldier) to Z(ookeeper):

theatlantic:

Hey Tumblr, remember when we asked what the public doesn’t understand or appreciate about your job? You told us. We listened. Here are our favorite testimonials, one for each letter. Enjoy!