Threats from candy

The Secrets of Ikea I live in a town with an Ikea. When I tell people where I live they always mention their epic journeys to Ikea.

Batman!

Winning!

Best Music of 2011 So Far

Here is my list of music that I have enjoyed so far this year:

Album: Glee: The Music, Volume 5
Artist: Glee Cast
Highlights: "Thriller / Heads Will Roll," "Don't You Want Me"
Comments: I think I may be the only person in the world that liked the Michael Jackson/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs mash up

Album: La Sera
Artist: La Sera
Highlights: "Never Come Around" "You're Going to Cry"

Album: Born This Way
Artist: Lady Gaga
Highlights: "Born This Way" "Government Hooker" "Judas" "Bloody Mary" "Electric Chapel" "You and I" "The Edge of Glory"
Comments: I couldn't have a list of music of 2011 without mentioning the Gaga. My first reaction to the album was that it was very 1980s and very Catholic, and I wasn't sure if that was a good thing. I have decided that, in fact, it is a good thing. "The Edge of Glory" is a perfectly fun pop song. "Born This Way" is also good, but I am uncomfortable with the use of the word "orient." When "Judas" was first released I thought it was complete crap, but it has grown on me.

Album: Her 12 Faces
Artist: Lanu
Highlights: "Hold Me Down" "Wire" "Roosevelt Blues" "Fall"

Album: Strange Hearts
Artist: Secret Cities
Highlights: "No Pressure" "Portland"

Album: Angles
Artist: The Strokes
Highlights: "Under Cover of Darkness" "Taken For a Fool" "Gratisfaction"
Comments: "Gratisfation" = The Strokes

Albun: Cape Dory
Artist: Tennis
Highlights: "Marathon" "Pigeon"

Ok, after looking over this list I think I have a thing for Indie Pop bands with female singers that make music inspired by the 50s and 60s.

Wikipedia Band Meme

Directions:
1. Go to the Wikipedia home page. ( It's listed under "Links" to the right)
2. Click random article. That is your band's name.
3. Click random article again. That is your album name.
4. Click random article 15 more times. Those are the tracks on your album.

Band Name: Inachidae
Album Name: Bright Horizons Family Solutions

Tracks:

1. Ohio State Route 41


2. Lakkampatti


3. Charlie Reynolds


4. Wahkiakum County Ferry


5. Harikeval Prasad


6. Full Circle


7. Cehal


8. Praejectus


9. Jiali Plaza


10. Pius Njawé


11. Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1936


12. Under Fire


13. Mozart's starling


14. Andrzej Lampert


15. Levi Casey

The Trouble of Sleeping With Kitties

A Time lasped video of a man trying to sleep and his active cat.

The Old-Fashioned Car Test

You Are Thankful

You can be depended on. You are unwavering and true to your values. You are appreciative of everything you have. You remember to be grateful. You enjoy creating structure and order. You get a kick out of organizing. You are down-to-earth and sensible. You don't have a pretentious bone in your body.

The Old-Fashioned Car Test

Blogthings: Waste Time at Work!

I picked that car because it kind of reminded me of a hearse. What does that say about me?

Just kidding. I just really like 1930's Packards

Google Knows All

Ask Google Images - Let Google help answer your important questions.

12 Cool Beds - Now I'm off to sleep in my boring regular bed :(

see more Failbook

Eww

Animals With Stuffed Animals

Photoshop Disasters - I think we should applaud this model for managing to look good while missing a leg and having a hand shaped growth on her remaining leg

Let's Hope the Fate of the World Doesn't Depend on My High School French Skills

Six Mistranslations That Changed The World

Music Meme

Instructions: Open up your iTunes or media player and fill out this survey, no matter how embarrassing the responses might be.

How many songs total: 2961
How many hours or days of music: 180 hrs
Most recently played: "Learn to Keep Your Mouth Shut, Owen Pallett" by Final Fantasy
Most played: "Just Dance" by Lady Gaga
Most recently added: "Praying For Time" by George Michael

Sort by song title:
First Song: "Suits" in Japan by J+J+J
Last Song: "Zydrate Anatomy" by Cast of Repo! The Genetic Opera

Sort by time:
Shortest Song: (0:36) "Menagerie" by The Magic Whispers
Longest Song: (26:08) Fantasmic! - a recording of the complete show at Disneyland

Sort by album:
First album: ...And the Ever Expanding Universe - The Most Serene Republic
Last album: Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin' Daddies

Sort By artist:
First artist: 4 Bonjour's Parties
Last artist: The Zombies

First song that comes up on Shuffle: "This Boy" by Franz Ferdinand

Search the following and state how many songs come up:
Death - 7
Life - 61
Love - 182
Hate - 2
You - 372
Sex - 11

A few years ago I got the opportunity to see a Parsons Dance Company show. This was the highlight:

Caught

Watch when things get strobe-tastic at 2:15

Amazing to see in person! The female dancer who performed the piece kicked butt.

This article gives some insight on how the piece is put together.

Name That Movie Villain Quiz

Pretty good for someone who has only seen half of those movies

Amazing!

Strahov Library - The world's most largest photo

What Color Crayon Are You? Quiz

You Are a Green Crayon

Your world is colored in harmonious, peaceful, natural colors. While some may associate green with money, you are one of the least materialistic people around. Comfort is important to you. You like to feel as relaxed as possible - and you try to make others feel at ease. You're very happy with who you are, and it certainly shows! Your color wheel opposite is red. Every time you feel grounded, a red person does their best to shake you.

What Color Crayon Are You?

Blogthings: A Fine Line Between Insight and Stupidity

A Bagel Is Just A Boring Doughnut - I agree. Bagels are like fake bread

Pon and Zi - A comic that is both creepy and cute at the same time.

Being A Web Designer Seems Very Annoying

Clients From Hell

Spellcasting 101 - Apparently the spells from Harry Potter and Dungeons & Dragons do not work in real life no matter what Fundamentalist Christians claim. I have tried accio spell on a number of occasions (mostly when I'm being too lazy to get up and get something), but it has never worked. Now I know why.

Do You Have the Proper Manners to Live in the Past?

Would you be accepted is Victorian society? How about the Roaring Twenties? According to these quizzes, I would do well in both eras. Which is good if I ever get access to a Time Machine.

Unusual Wikipedia Articles - Articles about strange people, places, or events as documented by Wikipedia. The world is a weird place.

A Squirrel's Guide To Fashion - One squirrel with a really large wardrobe

Baby Otters! being all cute and little and cuddly

Important Information For Cat Owners

How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You I took the quiz to help me determine if my cat was plotting to kill me and this was my result:



Very disturbing!

A Boy and his Hummingbird

So much cuteness!

What Madonna Song Are You?

You Are Material Girl

You can't help but be a little materialistic. There are so many nice, shiny things in the world! You love to be pampered, and of course, you're addicted to shopping. The way to your heart is to spoil you with presents. And you're always happy to spoil yourself. You figure life is short. Why deny yourself the best? If this means you're materialistic, than so be it!

What Madonna Song Are You?

Blogthings: If Quizzes Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Take Quizzes

If Movie Titles Were Honest - No. 24 is completely true!

This Is Photobomb - Because the stuff happening in the background of your picture is more interesting that you are.

Ten Random Songs From My Media Player

1. Song For My Baby - Isobel Campbell
2. Hell Yes - Beck
3. All My Loving - Jim Sturgess
4. Number 1 - Goldfrapp
5. Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
6. Bambo Banga - M.I.A
7. Television Rules the Nation - Daft Punk
8. Le Vie En Rose - Louis Armstrong
9. Little Willy - Sweet
10. Stickshifts and Safetybelts - Cake

What's Your Geek Decade?

I am a 1960s Geek

The Four Levels of Social Entrapment

Graffiti From Pompei

Men have been talking about their penises for centuries.

Foxes On A Trampoline

The Aliens Will Think It's The 1970s!

The Voyager Golden Records are phonograph records which were included aboard both Voyager spacecraft, which were launched in 1977. They contain sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth, and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form, or for future humans, who may find them.

A link to the contents of the record: Golden Record

48 Ads That Would Never Be Allowed Today - Oh my goodness! The olden days were kinda scary.

Damn You, Autocorrect! - This website has only been around since October, but it has one of my favorite websites. You'll laugh and cry(because you're laughing so hard).

How to Pet a Kitty - Five things to keep in mind while petting a kitty

De Ting!!!!

I have know idea what is going on in this photoshop disaster

The Paris Test

You Are Contemplative

Some people may consider you to be too rigid, but you take living well quite seriously. You are a naturally creative person. You are always looking for your next inspiration. You have very sweet and tender feelings about your friends. You truly miss your friends when you can't spend time with them. Expression and art recharge you. You feel best when you are able to make something.

The Paris Test

Blogthings: Quizzes and Tests and Memes, Oh My!

Merkins of Distinction

Warning: Pictures the pubic area


Famous Merkins

17 Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped

Grandma Nooooooo!

see more Failbook

Here are some kittens, a slide, and a momma cat rescue

Embarrassing Injuries

Hmm. There was that one time I had to go to the emergency room because I stepped on a toothpick and it got stuck. Not fun.

Model-Morphosis - Models before and after applying runway make-up. Most of the models look pretty much the same with and without make up. Damn them and their perfect skin!

Forgetomori - an informative paranormal debunking blog

I Bet These Dogs Shop At American Apparel

Hipster Puppies

Bad Dates Make Good Stories

Awful First Dates

Google Suggests the Darndest Things

20 Bizarre Google Search Suggestions

Oh Parents

Crazy Things Parents Say

That One Time I Was On TV

Last week I was in the audience of the Jimmy Kimmel Live. At the beginning of the show the camera panned the whole audience and I can be seen for a brief moment. See:




That pink blur is me!

Goodbye

Gizmo

October 1, 2005 - August 3, 2010

If anyone is interested here is Gizmo's photo album.

I just wanted to highlight these two pictures:

Gizmo's first picture:



Taken the day I got him. He was only 12 days old. He looked more like a hamster than a cat.

Gizmo's last picture:





Who knew 12 hours after taking this photo we would be at the vet making the decsion to put him to sleep?

He died of an aortic thrombus. Virtual hugs to any kitty owner who has gone through the same situation.

Update

I have been having a busy and difficult summer and have not been keeping up with my blog. Sorry about that. I'm going to make a couple of personal entries today and restart my internet adventures tomorrow.

10 Random Songs From My Media Player

1. "Out From the Rain" by Komeda
2. "What Ever Happened" by The Strokes
3. "We Are the Champions" by Queen
4. "Japan" by CocoRosie
5. "Suffragette City" by David Bowie
6. "Heartbreaker" by MSTRKRFT
7. "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-A-Lot
8. "Give It Lose It Take It" by Field Music
9. "The Angels Sigh" by Lonely Drifter Karen
10. "The Hallway" by They Shoot Horses Don't They?

Tweetbaggery - celebrities being idiots on the internet

Art inspired by reCAPTCHAs

Has The Large Hadron Collider Destroyed The World Yet?

The Color Test

I got 100% because I'm smart like that

Are You More Marilyn Or Audrey? Quiz

You Are More Like Audrey Hepburn

You are classy, stylish, and charming. You are the true definition of grace. Some people may think you're a pushover, but they have no idea how tough you can be. You tend to draw people in with your mind. You are an intelligent and witty flirt. You are effortlessly gorgeous and naturally appealing. No one would accuse you of trying too hard.

Are You More Marilyn or Audrey?

The First Rule of Blogthings Is: You Don't Talk About Blogthings

Fascinating Butterflies



Butterflies like the Glasswing Butterfly:




Ooh, Pretty!

Ugliest Tattoos - I'm sure all of these seemed like I good idea at the time.

If Star Wars Had Facebook

A Day in America According to a (Baffled) Foreigner

A photoshop by someone who doesn't know what the human body looks like

Warning: Nudity

Every Playboy cover ever.

The best covers seem to be in the 1970s.

Current covers = eww

Ten Random Songs...

From my media player

1. Boys and Girls by Blur
2. Happiness by Goldfrapp
3. On Top by The Killers
4. Tell Me Why by The Beatles
5. China Girl by David Bowie
6. All I Need to Hear by Candie Payne
7. God Only Knows by Beach Boys
8. The Sun Is Still Sunny by Dean & Britta
9. Never Stop Falling In Love by Pink Martini
10. Wonderwall by Oasis

Cats + Roombas = Internet Classic

Kitty enjoying a ride on a roomba:



Drive by kitty attack:

Do Midgits Have Night Vision?

Funny Yahoo Answers! Fails

Beatle Bomb

see more Lol Celebs

What Animal Print Are You? Quiz

You Are a Giraffe Print

You are a graceful and classy person. You are flexible enough to fit in with any crowd. You are very down to earth and responsible. You always see what's coming, and you are prepared for it. You may not look like the strongest creature in the world, but you are secretly incredibly tough. You have an amazing survival instinct, and your endurance is unmatched. People should never test you!

What Animal Print Are You?

Blogthings: Learn Something Surprising About Yourself

Welcome To The Fourth Dimension

What's Your Style? Quiz

What's your interior design style?

Me:

My style is Estate

The verdict is in—your style is Estate. Estate is an eternal American summer. Sporty. Charming. Breezy yet cultivated. A union of antique inspiration and geometric clarity. Civilization in peaceful coexistence with robust outdoor life. In the main house or the guest cottage, effortless elegance.

Yes, That Works Too

Elephant trunks should be used for elephant things only. Nothing else.

Sleep Talkin' Man - A man who has very interesting things to say in is sleep

The spiel: I collect icons. More icons than I'll ever need. I see a picture I like, I save it, I crop it, I resize it. They have been taking up space on my hard drive forever and I've decided to share them. I don't have photoshop so they are not fancy, just a pictures that I liked. You can use them for bases and spiffy them up yourself. Save them to your computer and have fun. All icons are 100x100 or as close as I could get without distorting the picture

Here are icons featuring fashion models.

1.) 2.) 3.)

1.) Addison Gill
2.) Ali Michael
3.) Andreea Diaconu


4.) 5.) 6.)

4.) Anna Tokarska
5.) Anya Kop
6.) Bette Franke

7.) 8.) 9.)

7.) Elle Macpherson
8.) Ilona Kuodiene
9.) Kamila Filipcikova

10.) 11.) 12.)

10.) Kate Moss
11.) Lily Donaldson
12.) Lily Donaldson

13.) 14.) 15.)

13.) Lily Donaldson
14.) Lily Donaldson
16.) Lily Donaldson

16.) 17.) 18.)

16.) Masha Tyelna
17.) Mo Wandan
18.) Viktoriya Sasonkina

7 Mind Blowing Easter Eggs Hidden In Famous Works Of Art - or, Hidden Asses In Paintings

Pumpkin Pie

12 Interesting Google Street Finds - The Internet can see you peeing on the side of the road

A Cute Kitty Being Cute

Captchas Illustrated

What Kind Of Names Do You Like? Quiz

You Like Names that Are Retro and Fashionable

You like names that are from the past but becoming modern again. Names with a strong history are very appealing to you. You're a big believer in giving children very adult sounding names. You're not a fan of nicknames or newfangled spellings. Some female names you might like: Audrey, Emma, Fiona, Georgia, Isabelle, Naomi, Rosemary, and Veronica Some male names you might like: Brendan, Colin, Ethan, Jared, Kenneth, Martin, and Nathaniel

What Kind of Names Do You Like?

Blogthings: Discover the Parts of Your Personality that Have Been Hiding

Yay!

Puppy Cam is back with a new litter!

Old Postcards - browse through vintage postcards

Warning: Nudity


Ellen von Unwerth - fashion photographer

Twisted Princesses - Disney princesses with a dark twist

My Play Count

Here are the songs I listen to the most:

• "Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand
• "What You Waiting For?" - Gwen Stefani
• "C.Q." - Clinic
• "Beating Heart Baby" - Head Automatica
• "Crazy" - Gnarles Barkley
• "Seven One Eight" - Fannypack
• "Move Your Feet" - Junior Senior
• "Get A Choco" - Pine*Am
• "Circling The Sun" - The Orange Peels
• "I Belive In A Thing Called Love" - The Darkness

Nerd Lizard

Ten Amazing Staircases

Make Your Own Jackson Pollock Style Painting - just click!

Find The Colors of Your Rainbow Quiz

Your rainbow is shaded indigo and brown.

What is says about you: You are a deep thinking person. You appreciate cities, technology, and other great things people have created. You feel closer to people when you understand their imperfections. Friends count on you for being honest and insightful.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

The Nietzsche Family Circus - a random Family Circus panel paired with a random Nietzache quote

Any Lap Will Do

Model Comp Cards - from 1965-1990

behold the 80's hair

How Much Is Your Dead Body Worth?

$4890.00The Cadaver Calculator - Find out how much your body is worth.

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