Things I Love Thursday

I love when collages make things look so much cooler than they were in pieces. (The dredlock pictures are from 2006 or 2007 in a Greyhound station in Calgary. I also became pretty good at Pacman while I was there. It was a long wait. And the fisheye camera one was taken this winter at work.)

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This week I love...

That my early spring photo is finally featured on Indie Ink! :) Click here to see it. 

This ultra rad (free!) screensaver download.

Late for a deadline? Here's a document corrupter to buy you some time, haha!

This list of ways to be a good companion. 

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This very vague but intriguing post on memories and working in Hollywood:

I ate dinner next to Lindsay Lohan, had drinks with Wayne Gretzky, got hit on by Jeremy Irons, met Robin Williams, felt Jeff Goldblum's boner, ate at some of the finest restaurants, walked into some of the most exclusive clubs, and often felt as confused and depressed as possible.

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The BBC on how suits of armor influenced battles.

This color footage of London in the 1920s.

This amazing writing prompt: oneword.com 

Digital business tools. Very useful, especially for those of you with online stores and stuff. 

This "vintage-style photoessay of alternative American communities".

All these cool DIY projects on Honestly WTF.

Gala's eyeball sweater. 

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These photos of shopping malls in the USA in 1990 by Michael Galinsky.

RADICAL!

see more here

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Mark Jenkins' Street Installations.

This not-so-cute GIF of owls.

This neat website that tests your grammar and donates food to people who need it, apparently.

Mysteries of a Nazi Photo Album.

Did you know you can send a telegram to somebody?!! How cool is that?

Switcheroo! A cool photo project. 

Does God Exist? Ask Ricky Gervais! 

These pretty popsicle making molds and holders.

The Cosby Sweater Project. 

They Draw and Travel, maps drawn by artists, found via Yes and Yes. 

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The new customizable Leica D-Lux 5. I think I'd just get an all green one. Look at all the colors they come in! And you can customize everything, even the hot shoe and the lens cap. Fun!

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This totally nerdy cup set.

These might be the fanciest bugs I've ever seen.

The 30 Harshest Author-on-Author Insults in History. 

The Virgin Files by Tommy Kearns. 

Ten ways to upcycle old camera gear. 

How to make a lightman. 

Stationery vs Stationary. Learn the difference.

The early bird gets the gummy worm. 

Don't buy the reissue of Pretty Hate Machine, says Trent.

This beautiful Indian wedding.  (Also from that Yes and Yes post.)

These bad-ass office propaganda posters. 

This idea for a bookcase. I love original ideas for book displays.

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And last but not least... thinking creatively.

Warning, this film gets a little...weird.

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared from This Is It on Vimeo.

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What do you love this week?

Leave me a link to something awesome!

...and now for something completely different.

You can teach an old cat new tricks...as long as there are treats involved.

LOL

P.S. The song is Django's Tiger by Django Reinhardt, one of my favorite albums to play when I'm by myself at work because it makes me feel like I'm in one of those Steamboat Willie cartoons.

Fangirl stuff.

I saw Slayer and Rob Zombie last night. I got punched in the ear and other people's sweat all over me, but it was so fun anyway. It was my first time going to a concet by myself EVER, and I think I will be doing that more often. I didn't give a fuck what I was doing. And I could just worm my way up to the stage without worrying about my friend getting kicked by that one shirtless guy or whatever. 

I was all like "FUCKING SLAYER" and giving the metal horns and stuff un-self-consciously. It was quite fun. My neck is sore today. And my ears are still ringing a bit.

Have you ever noticed that Rob Zombie's music is pretty much just dance music? I really enjoyed his set for all the visuals, mostly. (*cough* plus he's kinda handsome or whatever *cough*) He had fire and lights and videos and people in costume...he even had a faux (I think) movie trailer starring his lady and Nick Cage, and a real scary giant robot. And John 5 and Ginger Fish who both played for Marilyn Manson at different times too, which high school me was excited about. And they played a few old White Zombie hits which made my day. Although I was like, the only old person who knew the songs. Or knew who Ginger Fish was for that matter.

I was telling Ryan when I got home that the contrast between the two sets was immense. Rob Zombie had like fourty costume changes, beach balls, light shows, pauses to make fun of the lame Victoria crowd and make us chant his name (?), special effects, pyrotechnics and more. Slayer, on the other hand, had two eagle-pentagram logo things, and a banner that said "Slayer". And they just came out and were like  "MELT YOUR FACE" no break, I don't even think Tom took a breath. And at the end they politely said "Thank you for coming." And it was the best ever.

By the way, Slayer has been together for thirty years. Can you believe it? They almost have the original lineup too, but Jeff Hanneman got the flesh eating disease on his arm and had to quit the band this year. (How lame/metal is that?)
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Come at me, bro!

Here's a boring old beetle, just walking down the road, minding his own bee(tle)swax. Maybe he's just heading out to the store because he ran out of milk for his morning coffee or something: 

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Now, here's that beetle again from the front, only this time he's all like "What are you looking at?" I imagine him with a New York attitude. I love its face in this picture:

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And now here's the same beetle again, but this time he's going to kill me and my entire family:

diptych: pretty plants edition

I originally wrote a mean thing about this beggar who pushes his wheelchair around with his legs, so he goes backwards and runs into people all the time, but it was a bit too negative for this fine summer morning, so instead, here's a bonus picture of a car that I took like six or seven years ago with weird film camera I thought was disposable until I brought it in for processing.

I originally judged it as a failure, because I didn't know that 'happy accidents' exist in photography.

Did you notice it's a Chevy Nova? :)

diptych: two walls

diptych: crackman and the funtime inflables

So we went back to the lake with the bitch triangle a couple days ago, the kids were jumping off the dock and diving for rocks...and suddenly they swam into shore and were done. We were like "Hey, what's up with that? You guys were having so much fun."

The reply?

"Well there's poo in the water."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm pretty sure it's human."

"Okay, let's go."

Things I Love Thursday

Um, yeah. I love my Reno cat t-shirt. So what?

I'm also loving...

That my photo was featured on Hello I'm Analog like a hundred years ago and I forgot to tell you guys! 

7000 Tons of Metal. Because you know what it is? A cruise ship full of metal fans and metal shows. I can't even believe I hadn't heard of this before my friend Gilly told me about it last week.

Laura Bifano's art.  

Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You might remember me from ...

This monsters tattoo flash idea. Hilarious. I'd totally get the JAWS tattoo. That might just be because I really want a shark tattoo of some kind. 

These portraits of champeon pigeons. 

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This infographic cheat sheet on manual photography.

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The history of feed sacks. (Yeah, seriously.)

This amazing art made only from hammering colored pins into the wall.

Amazing dramatic photos like this one. Although in times like these you have to really wonder about the photographer. Is the shot THAT important? I suppose to some people it is. This topic reminds me of Kevin Carter, the photographer who took a photo of a starving child in Sudan and later killed himself. The photo is one of the most powerful pictures I have ever seen, but also the most terrible. Click here to see it. Or don't. 

These cool pictures of coffee. 

Alternatives to stupid small talk. 

On A Mountaintop! You can type whatever you want and it'll be out there for anybody to see ... but only until two other people 'shout' things after you. It's great if you just need to get something off your chest.

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Drunk History. Caitlin reminded me of these HILARIOUS videos on her last TILT post. Basically, people get super drunk and then try to recount historical events. And then famous people like Jack Black, Will Farrell, Danny McBride and Michael Cera act out what they say.

Some of them have embedding disabled, but click here for more.

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What Lucky People Get Right by Sarah Wilson.

Childhood memories.

Holy Cool dot net. A billion cool things.

These wall decals. I wish I could put a million of these in my house. 

When The What? Timelines. 

Draw Happy.

This insight into the insecurities and thoughts of fourth graders, by Judy Gelles.

Hey baby, nice limbal ring.

The Little Things Tumblog makes me happy.

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This really cool film: One Day on Earth. It's footage from every country on earth, all taken on the same day. They're trying to raise enough money to make this into a feature-length film. Click here to donate! Make it happen please, I'd like to watch it.

One Day on Earth - Motion Picture Trailer from One Day On Earth on Vimeo.

Via Laughing Squid

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I also love...

Arian Behzadi's artwork.

Erin's pictures of her drive through the Rocky Mountains. I have some great memories of driving this exact route. Just beautiful.  

Tom Rainford's cool illustrations of astronauts.

A field guide to musical typography. Very interesting!

What does your handwriting say about you?

Subversive cross stitch. I would love to have a cross stitched swear word or something hanging in my office.

 The Big Picture on the Boston Globe's website. Most recently I've checked out photos of the world's most dangerous countries for women and the 2011 running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.  

These beauty tips for ladies on a road trip. Very practical. 

This hair.

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This video on these ... interesting ... boots in Mexico. 

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Mini Rag Dolls. Don't ask me why, but they're awesome.

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This Alice in Wonderland themed restaurant in Tokyo.

This "map", showing where knowledge is and what lies beyond.

Tumblr, for stuff like...a bullet going through playdoh, peanuts, amazing Einstein quotes, and a Henry Rollins coloring page. 

Sushi memo pads. 

This list of 50 things to do this summer. It's like half over, you know. 

These crazy leggings. 

Throat singing! How cool is this? I actually like this song a lot. 

This photograph, because it's nearly impossible for me to beleive it's real.

The Oatmeal, on when to use "i.e.".

Drench. It's such a simple game, but SO addictive.

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And last but not least...

These ventriliquist dummy portraits I found via Public School:

Some random pictures...and other things.

1. Remember those roses from this post? Well this is them yesterday. Sooooo dead. 2. Cool leaf at the bus stop. 3. Spider on my deck.

1. Tank being a total goofball. 2. It's buskerfest downtown. 3. A boat that I heard belongs to Bill Gates. I also heard that somebody I know snuck onto it in the night time. 4. View from my office chair.

1. Tank and my rum and coke. 2. Skateboard junk. 3. Leaf on our front porch.

And now for the stuff:

1. I just kinda wanted to brag to you all that I applied and was accepted into the Editors' Association of Canada yesterday! It's official, ladies and germs, I am fancy. Check out my tab "What I Will Do For Money" to learn more about all that stuff. So yeah, if you're ever stuck on editing stuff, please give me shout!

2. I have some kind of food allergy that I can't quite figure out. And the symptoms range from sniffy nose to pretty bad stomach cramps to getting all itchy. But it seems to happen when I eat really different things. At first I was blaming onions but...it's not always onions. SO FRUSTRATING!! How does a person figure these things out? Any experience on food allergies out there you guys? Please help!

3. The Vice TV's network publicist sent me a press release kit and an exclusive preview to the next installment of the Tattoo Age show, the one about Dan Santoro. And I watched it. And (obviously) it was as good as the other two. (It's live now, click here to watch it. Also: PART ONE and PART TWO) I just thought I should let you know that I am "press" now. (?)  I can't wait 'til the Grime episode!

Too chilly for swimming...

...but what else is new? We're not really getting much summer here on Vancouver Island. There's a lot of windy grey days, sprinkled with rain. I can count the amount of what I would consider SUMMER-summer days on one hand. But to be honest, I don't mind. I can't function when the sun's beating down on my pale limbs and giving me heat stroke all over the place anyway. So anyway, here's some pictures of us at a manmade "lake" I would never ever swim in.

Mostly because of this...

Ew, right? I am like 85% sure it's just for runoff from the road, but still...no. So we just stood on the edge of the water and watched the waves. "Waves in a lake?" you ask? Um yes. It was that windy.

This is also where I saw the bitch triangle.

p.s. Did you notice there's actually pictures of me in there? I'm always the one behind the camera but that day I handed it to Ryan, telling him "Hey, take some pictures of me!" I'm going to try and do that more often .

A day in the park...

My busted-ass Toms and my two dollar tattoo. 

How do you play hide and seek? Because when I was a kid, the person who was 'it' counted to whatever the agreed upon number was, and the rest of the people ran and they found a hiding spot, and got in it. And stayed in it until they were found. Period. You had to use your hiding skills, and you stayed there until they found you.

When we were at the park the other day, Ryan was 'it', and the kids were hiding...but whenever he came near to finding them they ran and hid somewhere else. It became less "hide and seek" and more "evade and chase". Which I think is BULLSHIT. haha I got all mad about it ... they were cheating!

(Don't worry, I didn't say anything to ruin the fun. But I did refuse to play. You know, moral principles.)

Also, what do you call the thing where you're pushing someone on a swing and you run underneath them? I call it an "underduck" but Ryan said it's "underdog". He said that every boy he's ever met has called it "underdog" but I have never heard that in my life until that day.

We grew up on opposite sides of a huge country. Apparently there were more cultural differences on the playground than I had anticipated.

diptych: graffiti again...just wanted to get it all out there now.

diptych: graffiti details