Around The Interwebz

http://ugliesttattoos.com/

I love that the subtitle is "A Gallery of Regrets." People, tattoos are PERMANENT. Or incredibly painful and expensive to me made not permanent. Just think about it before you get that unicorn-humping-a-dolphin or dancing-ham job done up on ya butt ridge or wherever.

I’m in a pretty good mood today, which I believe is because it’s day 2 of the work week and we are already at HUMPDAY.

True Confessions: I always thought Hump Day was the nastiest term and then I found out it was called that because we are “over the hump” of the week. I think it happened that way because I heard the term “Hump Day” when I was in Jr. High and that’s all that Jr. High kids think about. And so I thought the whole thing was that people went around work making overt passes at one another because Wednesday is Hump Day so that day, it’s oooo-kaay. Heh. Oh, and I first figured out the “over the hump” thing approximately…24-36 months ago. That’s right. I made it well into my 30s thinking that Wednesday was America’s National Get-It-On Day.

And on a tangentially related note…every day of my life as an Editor, I thank my lucky stars that this hasn’t happened on my watch.

On a Lighter Note

I don't know which is stranger: that I'm watching Big Brother Eleven, or the fact that I'm watching Big Brother Eleven.

But as a result of this development, I found this particular news story incredibly delightful: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/animal_planet_reality_show_to_put?utm_source=most_pop_faxed

Republicans: skip this post

Last year, I moved all my political ranting to another blog, but I'm too lazy to go figure out what the login is for that, so I'm posting it here instead. Consider yourselves warned. Stop reading now if you don't want my political opinion.

If you don't think America's kids should listen to this...then you are a farking idiot.

http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Read-The-Presidents-School-Speech/jrKvCI8kKU2XBXhDb_QOxQ.cspx

project update

I've taken most of the summer "off" of my various projects. But with Labor Day being the unofficial end of summer, I decided to jump back in and this project was as good a place as any to start. what you see here is the pile of rubble that is currently my sofa. what you don't see is the exciting plans I have in store for this thing, and the plans I have for its little green friend. Stay tuned...

New Feature: Around the Interwebz

I've been catching a bit of flak lately about how infrequently I update this blog (ahem, Colleen, Bri, Rob...etc.), but the reality is, I am just not doing much that is interesting these days. Scratch that. What I am mostly doing is interesting to ME and would be insufferably boring to you, my beloved readers. So, I've created a new feature to get us through this slow time. I will be featuring things I have found or which have been brought to my attention that are Internet gems of all sorts. I had been putting these kinds of things as updates on my Facebook, but to be honest, I am seriously considering quitting theFacebook. That's right, you read that right, and it should be the subject of a whole nother post. But for now, here are two lovely things I found on the Interwebz today. Much like my own self, one is creative and crafty and the other is silly and funny. And in case you are ever wondering how I find the things I find on the Interwebz, it is always as a result of something I googled, so I will include the google search term that (eventually) led me to each link:

Link 1: crafty creative chick who salvages items (we all know how I love to curb-surf!) and repurposes them into cool stuff: greencricketsalvage.com found on page 15 of a google image search for "window plant shelf"

Link 2: funny guy who is presumably high school or college-aged: http://myauntishot.com/about/who-is-my-aunt-why-is-she-hot found in a google search for "how to buy a corsage." More on the corsage fiasco later. I don't know about this guy's entire blog, but the story of why the blog is called "my aunt is hot" is actually awesomely funny. Also, his summary of going to the flower shop to get a corsage is outstanding: http://myauntishot.com/2004/funny/wristlet-or-corsage