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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Monday, February 14, 2011

Music Monday: The White Stripes

**note**
I had this post all lined up before the White Stripes decided to break up.
I still like the song for Valentines day though. :)

I chose to play this song by the White Stripes on Valentine's day because

of one particular line that I find super romantic:

image from here

"...and every breath that is in your lungs
is a tiny little gift to me"

Next week: the Smiths.

v day stuff

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Ryan and I are one of those couples who say they "don't subscribe to Hallmark holidays" or whatever. And it's true. We find little ways to express our love all year round. We're v-day snobs!

That being said, I still love hearts and cutesie Valenties themed thingys. They always seem to have a little something creepy or strange about them. And the puns. Oh, the glorious puns.

***

At work the other day my boss was working on a valentine's painting featuring animals and hilarious word play.(sidenote: the guys at my work are so damn creative! It's enough to make a girl die of envy, I tells ya.)

Anyway, there was a pig saying "Pig Me" and a deer saying "You're a dear", etc. One of them was a cute little furry animal saying "You stole my heart." ... it was a raccoon, but since it was just light pencil lines I couldn't really tell what it was and asked him if it was a mink.

I think he took it as a burn on his raccoon drawing, but I was going by the punny word theme alone. And all day I was so proud of the 'mink stole' connection I made. He's vegan and would have no part in my hilarious joke. I don't like mink stoles, for the record. I just like joking about them. A lot, apparently.

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I am decidedly unromantic. When Ryan and I first started dating, we were about a month in when valentine's day rolled around. We were talking about it on the phone one evening and I told him that if he got me anything I would throw it back at him. And I meant it, haha.

Well...guess what he got me for valentine's day.

A frisbee. And that's reason #3498 he's awesome.

***

I did a google image search for "vintage valentines" and hoo-boy there are a billion of the things, so I posted some of my favorites into my new Tumblr account as slide shows, rather than in a mega long column here on this blog. Oh, and I separated them into categories.

Click here for the cute ones.

Click here for the creepy ones.

Click here for the best puns.

and

Click here for the downright offensive ones.

I mean, what better excuse for sexism and racism than valentine's day, right? If old fashioned cutesie vintage valentines aren't your cup of tea, what about these 15 Valentines Day Cards That Won't Get You Laid? Um...it's true, they probably won't.

And for the nerds out there, I found science valentines featuring famous scientists and jokes I don't really get, Legend of Zelda valentines, and these other video game themed valentines.Oh, and here's a free downloadable zombie-themed valentine that's pretty hilarious.

I also found these two sweet links via Danielle's blog: Kate Spade Valentines you can send to your friends, and A Valentine's Day Advent Calendar Tutorial, which I wish I had found two weeks ago!!

I hope you all have a romantic or otherwise awesome day.
I, for one, will probably just doodle some hearts on some scraps of paper and give Ryan a high-five.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

"Dreaming Of Burger"

I found this cardboard hitchhiking sign next to the highway on my way to the bus stop yesterday. It says

Dreaming of Burger

Thx

Merci

What the hell does that mean? Is 'burger' a place? Or was some French-Canadian with limited English just really hungry?

And apparently the hitchhiker got picked up and they ditched the sign.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

I'm everywhere.

TWITTER

ETSY

MY PHOTO BLOG

Bloglovin'

and now, TUMBLR!

I've noticed a lot of bloggers starting up Tumblrs and they all really seem to enjoy it, so I thought I'd give it a whirl. Also new? If you didn't notice, I added Disqus to my comments section so I can reply individually to all your comments. So far I'm liking it a whole lot better than the old blogger format! I'm also on Facebook but it's not really blog friendly. Plus I hate it. So there's that.

"Here I am, all up in the interweb, world wide!"

- Ninja (Die Antwoord)

Do any of you have Tumblr accounts? What do you think?

Where else can I find you on the internet? Let me know!

Friday, February 11, 2011

I recommend you read: The Journey Within

MEET SABRINA ENAYATULLA (img from her 'about' page)

You should check out her blog. She's a fantastic writer, and her latest post on her journey

as a Muslim woman in the USA is straight-up fascinating.

Read it here.

In fact, she writes an entire series of captivating tales on learning about and embracing Islam.

READ THE REST HERE

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Things I Love Thursday

This dancing drunk giant puppet. It may be the funniest thing I've seen this week.

These kodachrome photos by Steve McCurry. Kodak stopped producing the film and gave him the last roll. He knocked it out of the park.

You can see more on his blog.

HAHAHA I don't know, but it's hilarious.

Olivia Malone Photography.

Armor, weapony, gaudy and oversized rings.

From here here here here here and here.

The little people project!

Here are a couple examples of this amazing art project. I love it so much!

(Click for a larger view)

"Wet'n'Wild"

in Grottaglie, Italy...

And "The Last Resort"

in Wandsworth, London.

Go here for info and to see more.

These pictures of Snow Monkeys in Nagano Japan by Uncle Allan.

Yes, that Uncle Allan! Apparently he's good at everything.

These students in Guadalajara made their own bike lane, because the government wouldn't put up the funding for one. This video is so cute!

I love to hate White Trash Fingernails. How can you live with those things? I mean seriously. How do you zip your jeans? Type? Keep them clean? All you can do well is scratch someone's back and make me want to barf on the bus that one time.