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This is one of the best pillow designs I've ever seen.

Photoshop Troll never fails to make me laugh.

What's the kindest thing anyone's ever done for you? 

The Hipster Games. (video) (Thanks Caitlin)

All Danielle's photos of her kitties! D'aww. 

How to make dry shampoo from common household ingredients. Couldn't be simpler.  I've never tried dry shampoo, have you? Is it weird?

No one likes going to Nana's house.

Are you a Harry Lloyd fan? Then go here and read a fangirl's account of meeting him.

Drive thru fire wallet. (video)

How to win at instagram. 

Did you know? (Thanks Suzy)

"Inspiration is for amateurs, the rest of us just show up and work." YES

These t-shirts with a vegan message. 

Diversify.  (Thanks Mikel)

Three things I learned in film school. 

All you ever wanted to know about food combining. (Thanks Kyla)

If your website's full of assholes, it's your fault. (Thanks Gala)

Finding Goatse: The mystery man behind the most disturbing meme in history.

Boy_Wonder's photostream. Really neat photography. 

The pregnancy fetish, as explained by pregnancy fetishists.  (Thanks Dani)

A handy chart of doggie language.

12 creative ideas that will change your life. I already do the straw thing if I drink out of a pop can so I am basically a genius. (Thanks Sarah)

NSFW and not for the weak of heart - Aokigahara Suicide Forest. (video) So interesting!

Fallen princesses. Awesome photos by Dina Goldstein of what may have happened to those fancy Disney ladies after their movie ended.  (Thanks Caitlin)

The ultimate guide for making your periods suck less.

Hey, do you know what state The Simpsons live in? Matt Groening leaked it! Sort of?

Dear world.  (Thanks Susannah)

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 From Cat Versus Human, which I just read and laugh at histerically because it's all so true! Ah, cats. Oh yeah and they have a store. Personally I'd love one of these shirts in grey.

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Caine's arcade. I think kids with this much initiative should be encouraged indefinitely.

In defense of two spaces after a period. For the record I HATE the two-spaces.

How to be a great (house) guest. (Thanks Sarah V.)

Five awesome tips to amp up your customer service. 

I love that The Bloggess got on CNN to talk about political viewpoints and somehow worked zombie apocalypse and "lady garden" into a three minute interview. Nice.

The battle for a comic-book empire that Archie built.

Letting your creativity flourish.

True story: I'm an online dominatrix. 

I know this is just one gigantic advertisement for Nike but this video still made my heart go crazy because I want to jet set around the planet like this so badly. Maybe with more than ten days for my entire itinerary though, these guys must have been running non-stop.  (Thanks Gala)

Deleting your instagram account? Here's how to save your pics. (Thanks Kellie)

How to get more likes on Facebook. So true.

How to actually get a job with a Liberal Arts degree. 

Ogres and Trolls - on free speech on the internet.

The Big Caption.

What makes you feel old?

How to cross the street in Vietnam. 

The color run looks like so. Much. Fun. I'd totally do it if I lived in any of those cities.  

Are you missing out on some iconic tragedy? I hadn't heard of Pol Pot until I was in my mid-twenties.  And I still don't know what people are talking about when they say "the lindbergh baby" OR "the hindenburg".

The best advertisement I've ever seen maybe. (video) (Thanks Suzy)

You don't hate your body. (video) (Thanks PGPT)

13 films to give you the creeps. 

Weaving a new world. (Thanks Susannah)

Rescue pet. So creepy. 

Cuban kitchens after fifty years of US trade embargo.

Knock out bullying. Please everybody, this includes adult bullies too. 

Oh haaaay URINE here too? Chelle illustrates an embarrassing moment.

I hope you enjoyed the internet this week. Well, see ya later.

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HI HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED ON THE INTERNET THIS WEEK.

Operation Midnight Climax; how the CIA dosed San Francisco residents with LSD.

Are you as busy as you think? (Thanks Nubby)

Suzy on pink lego for girls. 

Sun city - fun photographs of a retirement colony in the Southwest USA.

On fearless living. (Thanks Kellie)

Old age, wrinkles & the earlybird special: are you afraid of aging?

Blue trees.

5 motivational speeches I hate. 

How and why Canada is getting rid of pennies. (video)

ALSO, Canada is coming out with glow in the dark quarters. WHAT UP BITCHES (Thanks Caitlin)

6 questions you must answer before quitting your job. (Thanks Gala)

"mature" looking colorful nailpolish.

This map of the wind patterns in the USA is really cool! 

The ruins of Detroit. (Thanks Caitlin)

The immortal. Actually all of Books of Adam is great.

Look at this cute Leica camera. D'aww.

This friggin' dog's face.

How to make a camera obscura. (Thanks Sarah)

The best nanny money can buy - on high paid nannies in NYC.  (Thanks Danielle)

On letting the right one in.

One of my nerdiest tattoos was featured on Gadchick. 

How to stay smart.  

What I know about beauty now that I'm in my 30s. (Thanks Sarah Von)

Tips for capturing your everyday.

The dirty little secret of overnight successes. (Thanks Nubby)

Dealing with people who don't 'get' self-employment. (Thanks Ashley)

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Vintage photos turned into spooky GIFs by Kevin Weir!! AAAHSOAWESOME

See more here. 

Thanks Dani.

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The black cat auditions of 1961. I must have shown this to you all before, but just in case I haven't, here it is again. (Thanks Larissa, who doesn't have a blog but I think reads this.)

"I'm Christian unless you're gay." (Thanks Suzy)

I think this article makes a lot of leaps of logic to make a point, but it's still an interesting read. Why the world needs more ambitious women. (Thanks Susannah)

I really really want a golden half camera!

Owen the cat's day.

I just bought myself this hoodie as a treat. You should get one too and we can pretend to be in a gang. Or a baseball team. Because get it? They're baseball bats. 

Texts from dog.  It keeps making me laugh out loud so yeah, it's that good. Ah, dogs.

Ashley Judd slaps media in the face for speculation over her "puffy" appearance. (Thanks PGPT)

The five most insulting ways products are advertised to men.  (Thanks Caitlin)

I am so doing this next time I eat radishes. 

This piece on a conversation with someone's grandfather made me so angry! How can people still think someone deserves to be sexually assaulted EVER?  (Thanks Suzy)

I totally agree with Suzy's perspective on blogging and writing about yourself and blogger egos and stuff.

This is the most amazing product I have ever seen.

The way Kyla talks about having bright red hair in public? That's how I feel about my My Little Pony tattoo.

And I also agree with the other Suzy's response to Samantha Brick's ridiculous "articles".  And Lindy West's too! Hilarious. And so true.

The art of color coordination. (thanks Kelli)

Victoria is doing Q&A posts, but she's answering them in interesting ways. Check out the first one here.

How to use a dash in a way that is grammatically correct.

Minihagen.

All around cowboys. 

Some really cool infographics. And here are a bunch of infographics about tea. (Thanks Suzy)

Lugless is an amazing, brilliant idea! They pick up your bags at your house and deliver them right to your destination. Rather than checking your bags at the airport, paying tons for them, waiting for them at the carousel and bla bla bla they're just wherever you're going waiting for you. (Thanks Gala)

How come nobody ever makes cameo pins of me? Boo hoo.*

How to make your blog posts stand out.

THIS SHIRT. This entire store, actually. And at such low prices too!

Are you still freaking out because Picnik is where you edit all your photos and Photoshop is to expensive and what is going on with Google Plus anyway? Well worry not, here's a giant list of other photo edity things. You're bound to find another one that you can get comfortable with! (Thanks Kellie)

Want more? See where I thank people? Click their names...they all have their own link posts too! There's like, hours upon hours of time-wasting potential at your fingertips.

*Nah, it's okay, I actually know exactly why and think it's a brilliant business move. 

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HI HERE ARE SOME LINKS OKAY BYE

First of all, Caitlin, one of my main link-post-competition friends put up so many rad things last week I want to share, here are the five best ones.

1. 25 things you need to know about word choice.
2. The ultimate movie drinking games list.
3. Rare celebrity photos. (The one of JFK and Marilyn Monroe made my heart stop.)
4. Ultimate creative business cards collection.
5. Bartender, a dirty martini with a tampon! (Testing the vodka tampon myth.)

And now for some more cool stuff.

What you need to know about cosmetics and chemicals. (infographic)

This meme that basically makes fun of the German language is hilarious.  I laugh every time I see one.

We are all equally deserving of kindness.

Chloe's post on voodoo doughnuts. She's so fun!

15 things you should give up to be happy. 

All the comments on Danielle's post asking to hear some happiness. 

Free Game of Thrones tattoos for fifty people! 

On (finally) accepting feminism. 

This elephant playing with a galaxy note. (video) I LOVE ELEPHANTS SO MUCH.  (thanks Dani)

Tips on snapping perfect portraits. 

Give yourself photography assignments.

Le vent (slow motion ballet) (video)

Let me tweet that for you.

There's a new maru video...SO CUTE. 

Cat scientists of the 1960s.

5 ways modern men are trained to hate women. 

Why tattoo artists hate doing lots of text on you.  I'm adding this to my tattoo faq page.

I think dressage is weird...and this guy makes it even weirder. (video)

How to have a fabulous, luxurious retreat...& produce your best work ever without leaving your house. 

SANDWORM TATTOO

10 wonderful short stories to read for free online. 

My friend Savvy is living with lupus, and has started to write some very honest and raw blog posts about it here. Go tell her something encouraging or happy, she's a great girl with a big heart.

This pianist plays Mastodon's entire Leviathan album. (video)

I quit my passion and took a boring job. 

The first thing you do when you sit down at your computer. Something to think about. 

The motherfucking pterodactyl! (video)

A rad letter to a plagarist. (Thanks Courtney!)

How Stephen Hawking & "Draw Something" made me into an artist...sort of.

More than everything else, this makes me want to get a gosh darned iPhone.

Cody the dog's howl. (video)

Ashley's monthly link-up.

How to be a good library patron. 

My son the straight boy.

Mameshiba ... well it's a dog-bean that seems to frighten children by telling them weird random facts during dinner. (video)

The moment when your son asks about his balls. (Thanks Courtney!)

Why you should take a career sabbatical. (And how to do it without ruining your resume)

Why is Pintrest so addictive?

This is my latest bus jam. Who knew I liked Cradle of Filth? I especially like the ghost in the background. Very spooky. haha Warning, do not listen if you are afraid of screamy music.

And last but not least, check out Dain Fagerhold's stereographic drawings. WHOA

You can see tons more here. Doesn't it make you feel like there's an earthquake happening in your computer?

Found via Andrea's blog.

Thursday Links

 HEY YOU GUYS here's some links. Okay bye.

Are you being pinned? Here's how to find out.

Photos from a Chinese inflatable  sex doll and vibrator factory.

Tiny hippo and tiny train. For those of you who didn't already see this on Caitlin's blog, it's a must see. hahaha

I'm childless by choice.

13 songs that don't mean what you think they do.

Do not read A Sister's Eulogy for Steve Jobs unless you want to feel your heart swell ten times and then you  will cry for 45 minutes and be in love and very sad and inspired.

How you do a Sunday. 

Perfecting the jello shot. 

Gala Darling on balancing the fashion world with self-love. She's awesome.

Somebody is recreating the Titanic tragedy ... on Twitter. In real time, as if it were 1912. Right now it's just tweets about the ship and stuff because it didn't actually sail until April 10, but it'll be fun to watch what they say after that!

Why doesn't this ever happen when I'm on an airplane? (video)

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Big Easy Express: Mumford and Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes on one train?  So great!! I love all those bands.

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I like this post on the lack of internet etiquette out there.

This UV-ink-printed bunny shirt. Cool idea!  And I'm such a fan of creepy/cute.

Ten reasons the rest of the world thinks the U.S. is nuts. 

La Photocabine.

I really like all the weird pants on the Anthropologie website. Why haven't I ever shopped there before? I have five favorites: this pair, this pair, this pair, this pair and this pair. 

Who gets to be sexy? Is it me?

87 year old Jimmy Carter (ex-president of the USA) is for gay marriage.

Stream the new Mars Volta album Noctourniquet here!

Classic Hollywood guide to how to react when you screw up a scene. (Thanks Caitlin!) (video)

This is one huge collection of viewfinders. 

This is a great tip for companies, big and small, who use the internet to promote their product.

And finally Sarah Rooftops teaches us how to create mouseovers ... like this one!

Link-o-rama

Dry erase PAINT?!!?!?!?! I want to paint every wall of our house with this stuff!

How a sip of soda affects your health. (infographic)

Dueling cellists play 'Smooth Criminal'. (video)

Choose your color.

Ask a mortician episode six!! (video)

The 12 least impressive boasts in Rap lyrics. Too funny.

Pintrest bingo. 

22 incredible photos of faraway places. (thanks Caitlin)

Nerdy day trips. This site is fantastic!

10 mad scientists. Again with beheading horror. AAAH

(not really) work safe pr0n

You know "do a barrel roll"? Here are more hidden Google Easter Eggs.

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This video. It's like "oh yeah they're just practicing HOLY SHIT"

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I love these pictures of car-poolers in Monterrey, Mexico.

Woman dumped drumkit and fell in love with statue of liberty. (video)

Hell's Pizza...pizza roulette. Awesome. I'd play.

How to stay productive and get massive amounts of shit done.

Succession of terrible events fails to befall 33-year-old riding longboard to digital media job. Ha!

Difference is just a part of normal.

12 strange things about goats.

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This handy tip for the easily distracted. This would totally work. 

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This blast from the past - Canadian children's shows from the '80s. 

Ashley's secret week. Ashley is sharing real life stories that make her seem all the more human this week. Go check them out.

4 famous pop culture moments everyone remembers incorrectly.  (thanks again Caitlin)

Kristin's latest adventures in India. 

Hannah's wonders.

This dollarshave.com commercial!! hahaha I don't even care if it's a real company or not, I'm still sending them a million dollars.*

*not really

Linky dinks

The name Things I Love Thursday is no more. Do not panic. I repeat, do not panic. Basically the title 'Things I Love Thursday' feels kinda restrictive. Anyway it's still gonna happen on Thursdays and it's really a non-issue so I'm just gonna stop explaining and get on with the links already.

Cool stuff I found this week:

These abstract "ruined" polaroid pictures! They're really beautiful.

How to be a writer part one and part two. Hilarious but true. 

Ribbon sculptures.

By women, for women, for men?

Incredibly elaborate and NOT PHOTOSHOPPED scenes.  

Parasites from cat poop could be controlling our brains! No, really.

Vegan protein bar breakdown.

Corey's post on her own body image.

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48 pictures that perfectly capture the '90s. I mean...

So much rad.

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Man on fire photos by Benjamin Von Wong. 

The 26 happiest animals in the world.

Stop writing on the internet to make people love you. 

Asha Guwahati was on the news! 

You didn't thank me for punching you in the face. (Thanks Alycia)

I want to meet tigers! I'm so jealous.

A grammar colonoscopy. 

Chloe Rice in general, but mostly her "Oh Joy" posts. She's so badass.

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The Civil Wars' cover of the Portishead song Sour Times. They are so great. 

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My new wolf tattoo from Cody Walsh, it's all like "RAAR". And that my friend Tambo got a matching one.

Embroidered x-rays. I would LOVE one of these in my home. (via Yes and Yes)

This article addresses my main problem with hip hop square on. (Also via Yes and Yes)

True stories in one sentence. (Thanks Suzy)

Real life Simpsons house.

But some oranges are really dinosaur eggs. 

This NSFW table read for the sex scenes in Superbad. (video)

Did you know Google Friend Connect is going to disappear? I don't want to lose all you awesome people from my internet life when that happens! Suzy has some suggestions on ways to follow your favorite blogs. I use bloglovin' personally, it's so easy and user friendly.

Never leaving the cat alone when she's just trying to sit beside me.

 

Things I Love Thursday

I love notebooks! I love school supplies! On top of this fancy little number I bought two other cute notebooks, some cute sticky notes, and some bookplates for fun. Taking a class is a great excuse to treat yo' self.

I also love...

These photos near Lake Erie. It looks SO COLD.

The game has spoken - how a game of MASH can go so so wrong.

10 ways to feel rich.

Did you know you can block people from pinning your stuff on Pintrest? 

The Awesome Box.

I love celebrities who aren't afraid to be silly. Simon Pegg and Penn, I gained a bit more respect for your inner real human today.

Radiohead debuted two new songs, which means a new album is coming!

These 8 rules for not sucking at public transportation, just for the 'elephantitis of the balls' thing. I HATE THAT SO MUCH. 

20 principles of success not taught in school.

This necklace. I mean. How can you not love it? It's the perfect amount of creepy and funny and serial killer. And hey, Kaylah is totally pulling it off so it can't be that scary.

This skateboard video, made in Vancouver on Halloween 2011 by the Zenga Bros. RAD

Also by the Zenga Bros, The Danakil Diaries.  I want to see this all feature length, damnit! Holy shit, that little boy has pointy teeth! Those cyclists are hard-core.

This kickass knife.

Want to learn a language, like, I don't know, Mongolian, but there's no teachers in your city? Well fret not, because this online language school can help!  A German friend of mine is learning French from someone in Senegal right now.

How YouTube porn music got one blogger in trouble at work, haha.

This cat video. It scared me the first time I watched it. 

Baked potato bean bag chair with butter pillow. 

Nine foreign words the English language desperately needs.

Kristin Luna shares some of her photography secrets. 

Underwater version of Google Street View will let you explore the Great Barrier Reef.

The idea of a public food forest. Go Seattle! 

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Newsboy caps for cats. Very chic.

Or actually, this entire store. 

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My blog-friend Kristin's photos of Nepal.

Puddle monsters!

Doctor Octopus as Super Cat. AHHH too funny. 

This crazy animation showing the scale of things. I think the best way to view this is to scroll it all the way to the left and go up. 

French parents have got it right.

This burning man lego set.

This documentary, Bully. (video) I was bullied until I got "big boobs". Then I was "only" sexually harrassed ... never popular, always weird and nerdy. I am all for teaching kids to stand up for the right thing, not the cool thing.

Gimpressionism. You'll see.

The Adulting blog. 

These honest advertisements.

Hollow book safes! I've always wanted these.

Asphalt archaeology.

LAST MINUTE ADDITION - Now this is a giveaway I can get behind! Killer.

Things I Love Thursday

Even though they scare me when it's stormy outside, I love the super tall trees in our backyard. We probably have twenty or so around our house. It sure makes for a beautiful view!

I also love...


Wilfredo on ice skates. Too funny.

What guys think of hair down there.

How to throw an ugly party. 

How to make a photo of a bouncing baby. 

Writing tips for someone without a lot of them.

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Some people I know are going to the Sasquatch music festival this year, and so we've been looking up some of the bands we've never heard of before and found some great music! Check out the Alabama Shakes, they're awesome. Or at least this song is, it's all I know of them so far.

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Minakani Walls. I especially like the mosaic one.

Dalton Ghetti's pencil sculptures. 

Her and what we should do about her. 

Chris Cornell singing I Will Always Love You. (video) I don't even care, I love his voice. 

These amazing photos of a country doctor in the 1940s.

This totally creepy short film. 

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 The second Gypsy Gentleman video, about Austin Texas.

Bah, add Austin to the places I want to go list.

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How to calculate a dog's age in years.

This great use of Pintrest - a guide to Austin, Texas.

This church in Belgium, decorated for the festival lumiere de cagna. 

Seven tips for getting yourself to bed on time.  

Dan Savage on The Price of Admission. Great relationship advice. (video)

This cave full of giant crystals. 

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This crazy multiple exposure photo taken by Korean photographer Ho-Yeol Ryu at the Hanover Airport. Even if it maybe isn't real, it's still very striking.

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What foreign words are difficult to translate into English. 

On defriending people in these Facebook-connected times. Believe me, I've tried.

I love that Rachael just bought a wedding dress...hahaha.

Suzanna's silver tone polaroid pictures from Morocco. 

Izabelle's tattoo tuesday interview. And what she had to say about putting photos of her tattoos on the internet. Interesting.

This is the cutest video I've ever seen in my life. Somebody bring me four lion cubs right now. 


And last but not least...

HEAVY METAL QUILTS!!! by Mister Ben Venom.

"I'm interested in juxtaposing traditional handmade crafts with one of the more extreme musical genres, Heavy Metal. My work can be described as a collision of Iron Maiden Metal ballads with the outrageous stage antics of Ozzy Osbourne. Serious, yet attempting to take on a B movie Horror film style where even the beasts of Metal need a warm blanket to sleep with. The question remains… Can I play with madness?"

The hand pillows? The full sized quilts? Just yes.

(found via Bizness is Casual)

Things I Love Thursday

 I love getting surprise 'happy mail'. This postcard, for example. It's wooden, it talks about birdwatching, and even has a custom stamp on the back with my friend's face on it. Hilarious. 

I also love...

How to handle negativity in the blog world. 

Ever just wanted to talk to a damn human when you call a big company? Check this out. 

Painted stairs.

Seeing Kaylah (of The Dainty Squid) actually moving and talking in this vlog. 

Robot tigers vs real tigers and robobcats. 

I work for a non-profit and I strip to pay off my student loans. 

Life isn't a perfect pinterest photo.

This super cool photo on Hula Seventy.

A post on being vegetarian and humanity's purpose.

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Seth Casteel's underwater dog photography. AMAZINGLY AWESOME. 

Check out more of his work here. All his pet photos are great.

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How to throw an impromptu party.

Margaret Atwood's rules for writers.  

Being too connected - I think about this all the time.

Deadmaus' hilarious/super mean burn on Skrillex.  

Suzy's helpful guide to men, according to a barista. 

This 1950s guide for USA strippers, featuring Bettie Page. nsfw

Good Karma = Good Business. 

Voldemort reading Harry Potter erotic fan fiction.  (video)

Some really great advice for resume/CV writing. 

These finger tattoos by Eva Huber. AAAH LOVE

13 real animals lifted directly from your nightmares.

What if all the cats in the world suddenly died?  

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In case you missed it on Twitter and Tumblr earlier this week, I made this video of my favorite way to give Tank a treat. It keeps him busy for a long time.

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The multiple personalities of coffee. 

Victoria drew me again! YES

Love ever after. 

Take pictures of yourself, it's important. I've been trying to do this more lately.

13 things Kristin loves about Japan. 

What kindness has taught me.

The hardest thing you can do on a guitar. (video)

Money cat.

Andreij Pejik (video)

This amazing letter from an emancipated slave to his old master in Tennesee in 1865. 

A brief history of the to-do list and the psychology of its success. 

And last but  not least...making stupid pointless gifs.

Things I Love Thursday

I love my motherflippin' knee tattoo and I don't care who knows it! :) I love getting tattoos on body parts I'm not particularly fond of or hate showing. It gives me an entirely new perspective. I literally said to Gerry that "somebody's wearing shorts this summer!" haha (Psst...the 'somebody' is me!)

I also love...

My friend Kyle's newest paintings. I especially like the weird shapes coming out of eyeballs.

You can find more of his artwork here. And cool tattoos he's done recently too!

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Die Antwoord on Letterman. I can't not smile when these guys are on stage. And I don't know if you can tell but they are swearing a LOT, they're just getting away with it because of their accents.

We're seeing them play live in a couple weeks!! :) So excited!

I also love...

How to deal with plagarism. Which I conveniently stole from Diana.

An interview with Chris, Simpsons' Artist. I have also decided that interviewing this guy is a goal of mine. He's the funniest dude I've ever heard of. 

Mark Jenkins' sculptures. 

Learning to love your body regardless of size. This is important for everyone. Related: How can I get over the feeling that I have to look pretty?

Lauren's birthday surprise!

Before I die - a tumblr of items off peoples' bucket lists. 

Louis vs. Rick. A man teaches his cat to use instant messaging. "mittens blum" LOL

This video is so clever. You think he's just a jerk but then...well you'll see. (Thanks Chelle)

Bark off, McDonalds!

Grilled cheese social.

Why I took my 7 year old to a tattoo parlor

How to back up your Wordpress or Blogger blogs.

Sandwiches > flowers. 

Scription chronodex planners. I'm thinking of DIY-ing something like that for myself in a moleskine. . 

Kyla's new friend, hahaha so cute.

And last but not least...

The internet is my religion. Intense. 

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Things I Love Thursday

I love that so many people have asked to see more of my face on this blog. It's very flattering and I can understand it. Sometimes all you have to go by is the little Google profile picture someone took of themself from their skinniest angle five years ago. Sometimes I'm shocked when a blogger suddenly posts a picture of themself after I've been reading their stuff for a year. Most of the time they look NOTHING like their profile picture and it kind of makes me want to unfollow them because I feel like I've been mislead. Same with people who use uncredited photos, I feel so angry when I find out they're not the incredible and interesting photographers I was lead to believe. Instant unfollow.

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Another thing I wanted to quickly mention was the little survey I posted a few days ago. Thank you so much to everybody who responded, I think I have like forty-ish of them to sort through. I'm going to keep it open for another week or so, so please feel free to go fill it out if you haven't already. Come on, I know you like talking about yourself as much as I do!

The people who volunteered to do a guest post, I will be in contact soon, that's very exciting. I asked you  to write some ideas in the survey, and a few people have messaged me since saying they'd like to do guest posts but didn't know what to say. If that's the case please let me know, I can tell you what to write about, no problemo.

As for the TILT question, most people, maybe 95 percent, like the Things I Love Thursday posts as they are, a few said "do whatever you want" and there were only a couple people who thought they were overwhelming. Obviously it is my blog and I was never going to stop doing these, but I did want to know what you guys thought. I'm glad you agree with me for the most part! :)

Anyway, bla bla bla, on with the show. Things I Love Thursdays are here to stay.


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I love...

Interview with a one year old. (video)

Camera holding suspenders.

Chocomole? Count me in!!

 This post is hilarious. I have a few 'weed cats' of my own.

Chantilly and Elycia team up to answer blog questions. (video)

I can't even handle all these photos at once, they're all too amazing.

Violin soloist totally owns a  cell phone ringtone mid-concert. (video)

25 things I learned from opening a book store. 

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T-rex trying to do things.

Poor little guy. He can't help the way his arms are!

See more here.

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How to fire a bad friend.

This is why you need to be careful what you put online. (Thanks Suzy)

Hippies of Haight St., San Francisco 1967.

Celebrity sleepovers. (video)

My friends are all married with kids. Will they abandon me? 

Ashley is having bloggers link back to their favorite posts of the month. Cool idea!

This article on 'The Marilyn Meme'.

Kristin Bell meets a sloth and totally cries about it. She's awesome. And if you liked that, check out Kristin Bell's Body Of Lies. hahahaha (videos)

Portraits of ladies in cardboard fashions. 

BENSPOTTING. Congratulations Ben! haha

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This video. SERIOUSLY number seven. NUMBER SEVEN. I hate when people say that one.

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Quotation marks and punctuation: in or out? So helpful.

I do not love this - transgender people can't fly out of Canadian airlines unless they're basically 'in disguise' because their appearance must match the gender listed on their ID. There has to be a way around this, Canada!

My friend Colin gave me an AMAZING painting he painted. 

How to make your photos more dreamlike.

This art installment is very cool! 

On bisexuality, polyamory and "having to choose".

Famous paintings improved by cats. 

David Lynch on creativity. 

This girl who can say any word backwards in under three seconds. (video)

These photos of famous actors who were given scenarios to emote. (Thanks again Suzy)

I have the coolest friends. This is Kyle Carter, he works with me at Tattoo Zoo. He decided to try tattooing a traditional tattoo by hand on his friend! Here's a video, it turned out really well, you can't even tell it's a stick and poke.  Do not try this at home, he's a professional and this was done at a real (clean) tattoo shop.