Blah Blah Blahg: January 2009

all from ffffound

photo of the year

Just so everyone knows this is my favorite kind of shark, the Oceanic White Tip! link

oh look!

I found your wife!

link!

Twirl-a-Squirrel

My dad likes to set squirrel traps in our front yard (much to the dismay of his family and the neighborhood association) and he would LOVE THIS cuz he hates squirrels so much.

Twirl-a-Squirrel

:)

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Jon Stewart can ruin my childhood any day

"Fatherhood for me is great because it's a chance to ruin someone from scratch."

http://jezebel.com/5142960/jon-stewart-and-son-dont-watch-the-view--a-lot

Comparing the top 100 albums of 08 at Billboard and Pitchfork

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click for larger view.

SNACK-ATTACK MOTHERFUCKER!

I made rainbow cupcakes! Woot. There was a recipe on this thing yesterday that called for Sprite, but i was like not in an experimental mood so I stuck with the old white cake mix, veg oil, water, and eggs spiel. Here is the story...in pictures:

The pouring process. You are supposed to make each layer a little smaller but I was trying to do it quickly so they all sort of came out the same size so we shall see. I used blue, pink, and purple food coloring for the first couple of rows and yellow/green and purple and pink for the last few. I used NEON food coloring for these that's why the colors are so bright.

pre-oven

In the oven. I put too much in the last rows and they colors sort of ran together and made a tie-dye pattern.

This is what they looked like after the oven. A little ugly but u can see how bright they are from the inside of the one that broke off.

iced and ready for consumption.

action shot of sister consuming cupcake.

final product...a bit too much blue

the MF death set

cuz why not. the best song ever for a bad fucking day:

The Death Set on Threadless

My faaaaaaavvvvvorite band from Baltimore (via Brooklyn, via Australia), The Death Set, are on Threadless with an interview. This band is amazing and if they come anywhere near you, go see them.

The Death Set visits Threadless! from Threadless.com on Vimeo.

I<3 the sea chonster

me: guess what im doing

right. now

S: watching sharks

me: making rainbow cupcakes SUCK IT

S: I don't know what to do with myself

should I nap

or do laundry

hmmm

me: nap

S: hmm

but I have no socks!

actually I am kinda sleepy

lol dilemma!

Burger Dress

re-post from School of Hard Lolz! To wear in my burger bed!!!

Beer me my sparkle cup

I love walking into Starbucks with my sparkle mug, throwing it down and going, "Grande Hot Chocolate. With foam."

God! Show me magic!

This is for all my friends who had to listen to Fuzzy Logic, blasting on repeat, in my car in high school. Super Furry Animals are coming out with a new album and I hope they have more songs about hamsters. Stereogum

AT&T Quickfire Review

This is not a tech blog. I'm not a professional at anything except watching It's Me or the Dog but I recently acquired this phone and the reviews I found online were sparse and incomplete so this is for all you peeps who are thinking about or wanting to get the AT&T Quickfire cell phone.

The phone is thick but not unsexy. the QWERTY keyboard is spectacular since my fingers are too clumsy for other touch screen keyboards. However, this phone is really more like a toy than a real person's phone. The battery only lasts about 12 hours and I often find myself charging it twice a day. The camera is fuzzy and pretty low quality but it does take video which is nice. The touch-screen is incredibly responsive and easy to use. The internet browser only really works when you use the keyboard and is still very much a mobile browser. You cannot assign pictures to people in your address book and you can only assign ringtones to certain people if you put them in certain groups (which is really annoying). It boasts a ton of music features but I never use them because they are slow and confusing. The memory sucks. The GPS thingy is ok if you have 30 minutes to wait to get directions. All in all it is merely a cell phone with a touch screen, nothing more. It's not particularly smart or sexy so survey says: if you want a touch screen and already have AT&T, get the Iphone.

double lol

MEH: I wish i wrote the "Move it, Move it," song.

Me: Really?

lol

My Sister: "What's a Tool Academy? Ohhh yeah it's one of those really strong guys."

Is it illegal to re-post something from your own blog

I'm sorry but this just makes me laugh so hard that I am just going to re-post it whenever I think about it. which is all the time.

another site that just makes me hungry

After the sad end of the original Tastespotting site (due to some shady legal hoodads) a new, fan-created Tastespotting has been started. Glory Hallelujah! Do not look at this site if you are hungry at all or it will make you want to stab yourself in the stomach. This one seems to have more desserts than the first one but the photos and recipes are all MOUTHWATERING.

bunneh errs

I can think of so many events I could wear this to. From Sass & Bide

Am I too old for this?

Answer: Probably.

Kid Robot Jewelry

I don't know why it exists but I want it.

Aquarium phone booth. link

The Sky Mall House

It has long been a dream of mine that someday I will be able to outfit an entire house in everything from the SkyMall magazine. Everything from the bracelet putter-onner to the bug vacuum to the old-timey popcorn machine will be in this house. I recently revealed said dream to XBY who also shares my fascination with SkyMall...excerpt here:
XBY: it should be in the sky mall catalogue

XBY: ^my favorite part of traveling

me: oh i have this dream

that one day when im older

i will furnish an entire house

using only what they offer in skymall

XBY: YES

people will come over in the winter

it'll be all chilly

"would you like a blanket ... with sleeves?"

"yes please!"

me: HAHAH

or how 'bout an authentic lord of the rings paperweight?

XBY: or these carpeted dog stairs?

me: haha

OH IT WILL BE GLORIOUS

XBY: oh boy i can't wait

you gotta do it through the catalogue, not the website

me: can i get you a drink...in this...http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=102731611&cm_re=HomePage-_-H7-_-TimeMugGTMC101

XBY: the website is way too dignified

me: HAHAH

XBY: haha

the sidebar: Slanket!

me: HAHAHAAHAH

XBY: that's what they're called ... of course ... slankets

me: i would wear a slanket all day

if ihad one

also, are you hungry

would you like some

side-only brownies

http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=102586255&c=&cm_sp=TopRated-_-HomePage-_-102586255

XBY: haha i was just gonna bring that up

XBY: i like the crunchy brown bites DAMMIT and i won't eat anything else

XBY: you know that's like

if you liked dog's faces

they'd give you a face-only dog

that's kind of the concept

me: skymall magazine is the best

XBY: i love that you share my love of skymall

me: its the first thing i do when i sit down on the plane

and i earmark pages that i might want to remember

u know

in case i need a singing elvis head

XBY: i saw that recently!

the thing is, there's someone out there who's totally getting it for someone for xmas

me: haha

i wonder if i could get some kind of award

or publishing deal

from my skymall house

XBY: you could start a blog about this venture

me: oh look!

skymall will also help you KILL YOURSELF

http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=102244915&c=10600&cm_sp=Recommend-_-TopPicks-_-DeptPage102244915

everything u ever needed

Maybe this is only really entertaining to me but I found this website not long after this conversation and it was like someone was reading our thoughts:
The Best and Worst of SkyMall, a gift giving guide.

Car Bomb Cupcakes

KAB sent me this recipe yesterday and I'm going to make them for Superbowl SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY.

http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/01/car-bomb-cupcakes/

Can one of my Dr. friends help me out here

Every time I hear a low frequency noise my left ear starts rumbling. On WebMD it says I have Aspbergers or West Nile. Thanks.

Love is never having to finish your sandwich

Peaches Geldof is my favorite socialite. Her dad, Bob, is so cool for naming his kids things like Fifi Trixibelle and Tiger Lilly that I'm sure they would both totally embrace Sparkleberry Dreamcloud and Rainbow Skyes (my future children). I think Peaches and I would be really good at being besties. She could dye the ends of my hair blue and I could eat her food for her so she stays skinny.

When Peaches moved to New York, got married, and started working at Nylon I flipped out and read her column religiously. And by religiously I mean I read the first paragraph. CG, who knows her husband kind of, and I loved it too much to keep reading. Here it is:

"The sun glows a burned orange as it sinks behind a skyscraper, a car horn screeches irritably, the wind whistles through the acres of willows in Central Park: New York, the most offbeat and eccentric city in America, is my new home. I love it here. I live with my husband, Max, in Williamsburg, home of the plaid shirt and vintage Mecca Beacon’s Closet."

Amazing, right? It gets better. I finally finished the whole column and have since read it over five or six times. It talks about her American experiences and what she loves about New York and spending money, you know, regular old column stuff. But here's my favorite part:

"I traveled across America in a cramped, packed U-Haul and experienced parts of the U.S. not many people see unless they go off the beaten path."

Leave it to the British to tell Americans what they haven't seen of their own country. Truth, this is a big country and lots of people have never rented a UHaul, but I can almost bet that I've seen more of America than her by planting my ass right on the beaten path. But its ok though, because I spent a week in London once and I've seen more of England than most British people. Have you guys heard of Buckingham Palace?

Anyway, I still love Peaches and always read her column and then sit for a few hours in my sweatpants, dreaming about what it would be like to be Peaches' best friend. It would probably be like scene from Zoolander where they have the gasoline fight except without all the dying. Zoolander is still relevant, right?

So, anyway, read Peaches' musings here: Can You Seduce Peaches?
(oh and in case anyone loves reading comments as much as I do, the best comment under the linked article is "I do not want to seduce Peaches. I don't want herpes.")

Joaquin on, Joaquin on broken glass

ACW: "I'd still hit it."

burger bed for my burger dreams

My mom saw this and got really quiet and then was like "don't even think about it." It's really not fair tho b/c the only person who loves cheeseburgers more than me is my mom.

i want so badly to dance like this

via max silvestri

Shout out to VS

IS THIS NOT THE BEST THING EVER?!
VS gave me a most spectacular shout out today on her Tumblr and for that I am sublimely happy. I also hope that everyone goes and looks at her blog cuz it makes me lulz so so SO hard every day. Espcially this
VS for you...Rainbow Cake!

What's up world? Baby giraffe here.

Omg i love baby giraffes! Zooborns tells me that there is a new baybeh at the San Francisco Zoo. Welcome to Earth baby giraffe.

LOL mighty putty dub

thanks, videogum

kitteh

I can haz big girl phone plz

Yay! I finally have a phone that doesn't light up with sparkles (sadly), has a camera, a touch screen and a QWERTY keyboard. It's not the coveted iphone, but it's the poor girl's version and it has XM radio (on a phone?!?) so i'm pretty happy.

:(

Axis of Awesome (via Neatorama) brings us this delicate compilation of the same four chords...

cartoons

New Zealand cartoonist Toby Morris has clean, cute illustrations.
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compilation cd for the benefit of AIDS research

Dark Was the Night is compiling an impressive list of artists to put out a CD to benefit AIDS research. Please check out more here.

The Black Lips escape Chennai Prison

Phew, you guys! Apparently indecent exposure is no fucking laughing matter as Atlanta garage punks found out at a show in India recently. The group was forced to flee the country with authorities on their heels. Their harrowing, and awesome, story is posted on their myspace.

story via Stereogum

Baltimore Hooks UP

Forbes named Baltimore #10 on the list of America's most wired cities! Heck yes!
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This is "Old School" according to Miley Cyrus

this was my jam like two years ago. Paris Hilton's "The Stars are Blind"

I covet this

I saw this when I was in high school and was convinced that i would find this dress somewhere and it would be my formal dress. I did not find this dress, but I still want it more than almost any other dress I've ever seen.

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let's get it on: the president's bed?

This bed was delivered to the white house

duck, duck, truck

TLC should hire me

Here's what I want to see on TV. I want a little "Wife Swap" meets "Meet the Duggars," and "Jon and Kate Plus 8." I'd love to see the ever organized Kate try and tackle the chaos of 18 children of different ages and I'd love to see Jon's reaction to Mrs. Dugger's more hands-off approach to play time. Television gold, people. Get on this.

It's me or the cupcakes

the daily what

A collection of purple dresses

I love purple, nbd. In fashion purple comes around every odd season or so and usually it works but other times it really doesn't. Sometimes When bored I google things like "purple dress" or "lavender gown" and this is what I get.

i think i was the only person who loved this

this vera is not so flattering

omg poneh!

I'll take all of these dresses, plz kthxbai

Galliano just knows

love this so much

stunning.

even though the mermaid-style dress is a bit tired, i love this dress.

yeesh. too shiny.

too much of a good color.

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Saturday, January 31, 2009