ZOMG ISF!

 

I have a little gang of internet super friends (ISFs) and mother fuckin' @_coreygirl_ just sent me like a billion candies and a book too! My favorite things! Also? Postcards and a head massager that looks like it might get caught in my hair, if I know me. Which I do.

Some of these candies are very mysterious and I'm a little scared of them. Double Decker? Salty licorice? Random candy from  the Arabian veggie market that was probably in Eckel's jacket pocket for three weeks? Mysterious German candy?

Sure, whatever. I'll eat the crap out of that candy. And Corey gave me written permission to not share any of it with anybody, and I may just exercise that right.

Here are pictures of my amazing haul. I feel like I just went trick or treating. In case you're wondering, I took them out to the front of our house because indoors was too dark. DAMN YOU, WINTER EVENING LIGHTING!

Thank you Corey! I haven't read this book yet, so that's an extra mega cool treat! :)

Want to get to know this cool lady? Okay, click here to see her twitter, and here to see her blog!

diptych: yellows and greys, you know, for autumn.

Things I Love Thursday

 I love that I have friends from high school who are even cooler now than we all thought we were back then. I also love...

Documerica - amazing photos of the USA

The arrow of time - a really cool family photo project.

I love that my name in Hopi means "one who chases butterflies"! Find out what yours means here. 

45 things you can learn online for free! 

This made me wish I was a smoker so I could try it. How has this never crossed my mind?

Truths for mature humans.

Do you have a moment for pure genius? I'm sure I'd be one of the people who just walks past. I never make eye contact with or give money to street performers, haha.

The most elaborate light painting I have ever seen.

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Before I die by Candy Chang. 

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"Naked City Spleen" - basically, it's really neat naked self-portraits in various urban environments. 

If I were to ever get married there would be a photo booth, a candy station and something like this.

How to do many different things all at once.

Learn something every day. 

100 things to draw.

The infographic of infographics. 

Where the internet is taking us - so true! haha

The phraseology project. 

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These photos taken of drops of water refracting cool images! 

For more, click here.

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Invitation to an assassination.

Quirky travel tips.

How to make a life list you'll actually do. 

National Geographic - an article on Child Brides

Diana F+ camera and friendship bracelets. Together at last.

Q: What do you do when you have too many friendship bracelets and not enough friends? 

A: Tie them all together for a makeshift camera strap of course! 

I love my Diana F+ camera, especially since Erin sent me a 35mm back for it, but the strap it came with? No thank you. It's a stiff hard plastic that is awkward and sharp. So I cut that bitch off and made my own very soft and kind of silly strap. But let's be honest here, Diana cameras are not meant to be taken seriously in the first place, are they?

diptych: cat and candy

Shut up and look out the window.

I found this passage in an article on cultural faux pas in NYC*, but I love it so much I just thought I should share it with everybody...I think it applies anywhere public, crowded or otherwise.

This one is absolutely vital - don't interfere with others' privacy. New York is a very crowded place. The way people deal with it is to create their own space. Thus, what outsiders often see as aloofness and isolation is, in fact, a sign of community; there is a shared ethos that everyone respects others' privacy and expects others to respect his own. This is chiefly communicated through eye contact. If you stare at someone on the subway: if you linger in looking out your window into someone else's bedroom; if you react to or interrupt a celebrity; or if you seem to be intentionally listening in to another's conversation, you are violating one of New York's most sacred unwritten rules. Keep yourself to yourself, buddy, and let others do the same.

I read this and automatically thought of the bus here in Victoria. Daily bus-commuters share this community of mind-your-own-business mindset. I can immediately spot people who aren't used to taking the bus because they're looking at people too much, talking too loudly or too much, or listening/trying to join in on conversations that have nothing to do with them.

Just something to think about next time you're out in public. 


*article found via Nubby Twiglet

diptych: waiting for the bus