Supportive Parents

, originally uploaded by bee hives.

At home
H: I think I need to get a job.
M: Can't you sell your photos online or something?
H: I don't know. I don't think anyone would want to.

Time to get a job?

Schept het leegte?, originally uploaded by 11nightmares.

I want to dye my hair blonde. I guess this means it's time to get a job. I am trying to grow my hair out and for some reason I want to have hair like Cari Ann Wayman (Yyellowbird). I want to have long blonde Alice in Wonderland hair. I'm afraid that it will end up looking more like Goldilocks though. . . which is better than Shirley Temple hair anyway.

The Economy

souvenir, originally uploaded by BƛƬƲĐΐƧƮƐ.

"Mr. President, talk is cheap. Though due to soaring unemployment, no one can afford it." -Stephen Colbert

Staying Inside

seen how things are hard, originally uploaded by say.today.

It's been raining all week and for the most part I've just been staying inside. I've got the El Niño Blues. I've read eight ten books in less than a month!

Disgusting Diet Soda

coca-cola pt. 2, originally uploaded by * andrea ..

Contrary to what you might read on Wikipedia, diet soda is both disgusting and bad for you. My friend claims that aspartame isn't really that bad for you. Thinking about what he had said about it, I decided to read a couple of recent peer reviewed studies about the effects of aspartame. I am shocked by what I read! Aspartame can cause various mental and behavioral disorders. It also have been known to cause headaches, insomnia and seizures. I am definitely avoiding it from now on and you should too!

Humphries, P., E. Pretorius, and H. Naudé. 2008. "Direct and indirect cellular effects of aspartame on the brain." European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 62, no. 4: 451-462. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed January 19, 2010).

Stalking to Pass the Time

Midnight feast, originally uploaded by Chrissie White.

I'm really weird and also in a really weird mood. I really can't describe it. I feel bored, agitated and angsty. I'm not sure why I sometimes feel like this, but it may be a result of drinking coffee or poor nutrition. Anyway, because it's night time (as it often is when I am in this mood) theres nothing to do. I thought I might look on Facebook to see if an old acquaintance was on there. So, let's just cut to the chase- I basically began stalking them. Well, I didn't go to their house or anything, but Google supplied way too much information about them. This made me uncomfortable enough to stop- well, to stop looking up this individual's personal information. You really would be surprised by what is out there on the internet!

I then looked up a childhood friend I lost touch with. She was really hard to find, but I managed to look up her brother. I was amazed by how much he looks like his father. Then because I'm a super sleuth, I managed to find my friend on Myspace. I was shocked to see her grown up. She looks almost exactly like her mom. Crazy! I mean I was so startled I felt sick! If I didn't remember what her mother looked like, I wouldn't have been able to recognize her!

I wonder if she would think I had undergone such a shocking transformation? I suppose that once you enter your twenties you start the disturbing metamorphosis of aging in which you begin to resemble your parents. YUCK!

Think about it!

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Fantastic Mr Fox, originally uploaded by ablogvoyage.

I watched the Fantastic Mr. Fox the other day and loved it. Being a fan of Wes Anderson and someone who likes quirky children's movies, how could I resist it's charms? The cinematography was excellent and exactly what you would expect from Anderson. Warm sepia tones, clever dialog, and extremely detailed sets.

I haven't read the Roald Dahl book, so I can't comment on the films likeness. They only thing I didn't care for was that the film was presented in separate titled scenes. For an adult viewer, this became a bit too repetitive.

Overall Rating:   A

Sushi Time!

This comic is cute and informative. I just feel bad that I didn't know this already.

As seen on Swiss Miss

WTF is up with Ninjas?

Day 58: I'm a Ninja, that's why you can't see me., originally uploaded by dommi.

I don't get why everyone is so obsessed with ninjas now! The other day someone told me that the huge scrape on his face was caused by jumping off a couch doing ninja moves! WTF! I read up on ninjas to try and understand their appeal. To sum it up, they are basically CIA agents from 14th century Japan.

Big deal.

My New Camera

IMG_0207, originally uploaded by .hillsy.heart..

Is amazing!!! Check out my Flickr account to see more photos.

Lady GaGa?

Heidi Klum might call her "a fat Minnie Mouse."

Random Things I Just Learned

book, originally uploaded by Federico Erra.

• You can hiccup while asleep. 
• Elephants kiss. 
• Holding your hands up on a rollercoaster stretches the torso, enhancing the physical sensations.
• A broken heart is known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and it can be cured.
• Five trees make an orchard.
• An outbreak of swine flu in 1976 killed one person but a vaccine to combat it killed 25.
• You're as likely to be hit by lightning as killed by a mentally ill person.
• Banana skins can take two years to biodegrade.
• French babies cry with an accent.

From 100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year

Teeth Freak

¡Bocazas!, originally uploaded by sugarrrrrrrr.

I have this weird fear of losing my teeth. It's not something I really think about but I always have nightmares in which my teeth fall out. Last summer, I had a few cavities and I was horrified. Horrified isn't really the right word, I was crying constantly!

I was at lunch today with my family and a cap fell off my grandma's tooth. It was so disturbing to me I totally lost my appetite and nearly puked. I am not exaggerating! I was talking to my mom and aunt about it later and they were astonished by my reaction. I guess I'm just a freak about teeth.

Lost Dog

Autumn Baldur, originally uploaded by Tiril Hauan.

Calling the phone number on a dog's collar.
Anonymous: Hello?
H: Hi. Do you own a golden retriever?
A: Yes.
H: I found your dog.
A: I didn't know he was missing.
H: Yeah, I found him running in the street.
A: Are you sure it's my dog? Is he wearing a red collar?
H:  . . . uh, yeah.
A:  Oh. . . well, can you drive him to my house?

Are you fucking kidding me?!

Cute Beard

ladybeard., originally uploaded by Clare Owen Illustration.

I like this. Do you?

Extreme Boredom

I was testing out a video camera I had bought a few years ago and never used. Boredom led me to upload it to Youtube. Now I know why there are so many lame videos on there. . .

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

Last night I watched the third part of The Pervert's Guide to Cinema. (The whole documentary was not available on Netflix) It was not at all what I expected. The title implies that the documentary will focus on sexual themes in film, but the Pervert's Guide is more of a psychoanalytic take on the themes and plot devices used by directors such as Hitchcock and Lynch. Being a movie enthusiast and a psychology nerd, I thought the Pervert's Guide was interesting and provided unique insights into the creative process of film-making.

None the less, The Pervert's Guide to Cinema is not your average documentary. It is the rambling lecture of Slavoj Zizek accompanied by film clips. His thick accent, over exaggerated hand gestures, and lack of a thesis type element, will probably annoy most viewers.

Overall Rating:  B-

Lazy Sunday

, originally uploaded by sasha nikitin.

I'm too lazy to write anything today.

The Bloggess is following me on Twitter = I am amazing

Twilight on Facebook

SPAM email

Fear and Loathing in 2010

A Beauty Study / Paula Magazine, originally uploaded by Simon Pais-Thomas.

On New Year's Eve, I was in a bad mood. My friend and I decided to go to the local casino. The place was packed! We had to park in a gravel area next to the place. The line at the bar was excruciatingly long so, thinking this would probably be my only drink of the night, I ordered a Long Island iced tea. We then met up with my boyfriend and his dad at a poker table. Interrupting me, and taking great interest in our conversation, is a middle aged woman in a gold party hat. She demands to know if my boyfriend's father is my father and starts raving about how beautiful I am. She tells me that I could be a model. Whatever. She is drunk, right? No, according to my boyfriend she isn't drunk, but she is a bad poker player. After I leave the table, the woman continues talking about me to the young man next to her. He agrees with her and tells her that I am hot. The woman says that she is not a lesbian, but she thinks I am smokin'.

Somehow, a couple seats open up at the bar and we sit down and I order a lemon drop martini. I really wanted something lemon flavored. We walked around and talked with some people we knew, and soon enough I was pretty drunk. There was a nightmare line for the bathroom and an employee would personally direct you to a stall.

People watching becomes horrific and I feel like I am living out a scene from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I think that this is only partly due to the alcohol, and mostly a result of all the Redding freaks that are out for the night. As we are leaving, we push through the crowd and I see a finger point at me as someone shouts, "I know you!" I look up to see the woman in the party hat and I quickly escape.