{ happy accident no. 2 by Natalie Creates } { Digital Conversion by Michelle Fleck }
We’re world-class at providing the recommendations you didn’t know you needed. Remember when someone told you what you should order at your first Indian restaurant? And it was Chicken Korma? Remember when someone told you about a website called YouTube? And then you found a video of cats that sounded like they were talking? We’re that guy, all the time.
Pundits. Proselytizers. Purveyors.
{ MA – Vice Magazine by Vins Baratta }
When I was a kid my parents took my brother and I camping. They thought it would be cool to show us Jiffy Pop popcorn, the kind that you hold over an open flame and the foil balloons up rapidly like a UFO when the kernels start popping. Mom and Dad forgot to mention to us that this was normal. Instead, as the foil blew up, my brother and I screamed and ran behind a tree. I haven’t forgiven them for laughing so hard.
The first time I made homemade popcorn I had a flashback to that camping trip. Except this time I could handle it. Though making it still feels a little dangerous at that Jiffy Pop moment of maximum poppage.
You can roll it in salt, butter, parmesan, garlic OR cocoa powder, cinnamon and chili powder OR drizzle with caramel and chocolate sauce and then freeze it. But those are just the ones I’ve tried. Super cheap too.
(http://theslowcook.blogspot.com/2008/01/secret-to-worlds-greatest-popcorn.html)
{ cloudyREDS — a WAFA collaboration between Anthony Zinonos and Brandi Strickland }
I know what you’re thinking; why have booze on a flight when it’s overpriced and dehydrating and you’re not in the air that long anyway. To you naysayers…I say “Nay.” It’s really not any more money than your typical cocktail (of course you get a cocktail, you don’t get a Miller Lite when you’re pretending you’re in first class). United has the best tonic water, and they even give you limes. Try it sometime. Order a mid-afternoon drink, mix your tiny bottle of liquor with the tonic in a little plastic cup on your tray table. Sip, recline, imagine it’s helping your travel sickness/anxiety. It’s the only way you’ll get through Two and a Half Men anyway.
{ TV Room (Entry Hall Wallpaper) by Hollis Brown Thornton }
Have you heard what everyone is saying about this show? It’s The Great American Novel in five grueling seasons. The show could be a sociology dissertation on like, thirty different subjects. Everyone’s a little conflicted, but everyone has a mother too — the cops, the gangbangers, the crooked politicians, the students. Watch it and prepare to be inducted into the coolest club of other people who are into it. You smile at each other differently because you know. Oh, and the theme song is Tom Waits. That’s all I can say.
If you don’t think Fred Armisen is even a little funny, I’m not sure this relationship can go much further. Did you not see him on Parks and Recreation as Raul Alejandro Bastilla Pedro de Veloso de Morana? Just saying that out loud is funny. Ok, ok, if you’re not that into him, I guess we can still be friends. Not necessarily the kind of friends that share candy bars and intimate secrets, but hey, you gotta meet me half way here. Just whatever you do, don’t tell me you’re NOT madly in love with the sweeping, soothing voice and alluring face of St. Vincent.
Now, for those of you who with whom I can share these loves, lets hold hands and giggle as we watch this music video for St. Vincent’s “Laughing with a Mouth of Blood” featuring ThunderAnt!
st. vincent | MySpace Music Videos
Holy chenille, Batman! Did you know that February is National Embroidery Month? I didn’t either, but boy was I delighted when I heard the news. Now, I know I shouldn’t lump embroidery, sewing, crochet, knitting and weaving all into the same category — they’re distinct crafts, each with their own history and techniques — but… I want to. Because of the way they make me feel. When I sew or knit, or cuddle up in our old quilt, or run my fingers over the embroidered flowers on the pillowcases my grandmother made for us, I feel connected to a craft, an under-appreciated art form with a history that spans many centuries and many cultures. These crafts, however, are traditionally associated with one group of people — women. Through these skills, I feel pride and strength in the creative powers my sex.
{ Untitled (another winner) from Genadii Berёzkin }
{ Yuki by Jennilee Marigomen }
P.S. Has anyone else been watching the new season of Psych? Every time I read Genadii Berёzkin I think Ghee Buttersnaps!
“You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension – a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You’re moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You’ve just crossed over into the Twilight Zone… DUH NUH NUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH NUH!”
Raise your hand if you can’t get enough Twilight Zone! Raise your hand if you have a crush on Rod Serling… Today’s Daily Pretties reminds me of one of my favorite episodes — if it were in technicolor. In this episode, a little girl, I think her name is Cindy, gets lost in another dimension. She crosses over through a portal in her bedroom, and her family can only hear her voice calling for help. So creepy! Brian and I wrote a little song about it… shame you’ll probably never hear it.
{ Feat by William Edmonds }
{ Before you go by Calico Courtney Brooke }
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