among other things

Bon Iver - Skinny Love Am I really here again?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:31:32 -0500

Bon Iver - Skinny Love

Am I really here again?

So yeah, it snowed here, and this is what happened…

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:31:36 -0500

So yeah, it snowed here, and this is what happened…

the almighty wind chill formula.

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:18:28 -0500

the almighty wind chill formula.

sexismandthecity: The Manifesto of the 343 Sluts (le manifeste...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:15:00 -0500

sexismandthecity:

The Manifesto of the 343 Sluts (le manifeste des 343 salopes), is a declaration signed by 343 women admitting to having had an abortion, thereby exposing themselves to criminal prosecution. The manifesto appeared in the French magazine Le Nouvel Observateur on April 5, 1971.

The text of the manifesto was written by Simone de Beauvoir. Here’s the beginning:

“One million women in France have an abortion every year.
Condemned to secrecy, they have them in dangerous conditions when this procedure, performed under medical supervision, is one of the simplest.
These women are veiled in silence.
I declare that I am one of them. I have had an abortion.
Just as we demand free access to birth control, we demand the freedom to have an abortion.”

The women above are Françoise Sagan, Simone de Beauvoir, Gisèle Halimi & Catherine Deneuve.

I just love the title so much.

Quelles salopes.

sexismandthecity: Cindy Sherman Lucille Ball, 1975 Since...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:53:48 -0500

sexismandthecity:

Cindy Sherman Lucille Ball, 1975
Since the early 1980s, Sherman has photographed herself in a multitude of masquerades that continue to explore both cinematic traditions - particularly horror - and conventions of representation in popular culture. The construction of woman as image is dominant in her photographs. Her works in color, such as Centerfolds (1981) and Fashion (1983-4), explore themes of voyeurism and fantasy. She was awarded the MacArthur “Genius Award” in 1995. In 1996, Cindy Sherman made her directorial debut with “The Office Killer”, a film starring Carol Kane. Her work has been shown internationally in more than 150 group exhibitions and 75 solo shows, most notably in 1997 when The Complete Untitled Film Stills was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

via images.artnet.com

automatic cindy sherman reblog.

Leggo my Eggo. via Pancake Project.

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:46:49 -0500

Leggo my Eggo.

via Pancake Project.

The Life of Christ in Cats. You’re...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:24:56 -0500

The Life of Christ in Cats.

You’re welcome.

themilkyteaphilosophy:zigzagzang:(via mutantcalories)

Ah

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:42:25 -0500

So that’s what two feet of snow on your head feels like.

Hey nuclear physicists...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:11:25 -0500

Why is technetium (Tc) radioactive?

Happy Blagojeversary, everyone.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:21:20 -0500

Happy Blagojeversary, everyone.

Gingerbread Mad Men. by cakespy.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:20:23 -0500

Gingerbread Mad Men.

by cakespy.

Vanadinite, Pb5(VO4)3Cl. Hexagonal crystals! Be still my heart.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:09:18 -0500

Vanadinite, Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl.

Hexagonal crystals! Be still my heart.

Fanfarlo - The Walls are Coming Down I am but a moth to the...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:45:12 -0500

Fanfarlo - The Walls are Coming Down

I am but a moth to the indie pop flame.

Elephant playing soccer. via.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:24:46 -0500

Elephant playing soccer. via.

Me as a muppet?Make your own muppet…and order it, if you...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:07:33 -0500

Me as a muppet?
Make your own muppet…and order it, if you wish…from FAO.

Just baked a batch of chocolate chip cookies and another of...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:22:45 -0500

Just baked a batch of chocolate chip cookies and another of dinosaur cookies.

Can’t put them in the same cookie jar or else the dinos will eat the chocolate chippies.

thedailywhat: Christmas Tree of the Day: Spotted in the Chicago...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:56:14 -0500

thedailywhat:

Christmas Tree of the Day: Spotted in the Chicago area.

Now that’s a Christmas Tree.

[via.]

Family tradition: driving through this neighborhood and looking at all of the Christmas decorations. I wouldn’t let us go home until we found the house with the big tree through the roof.

Me: I love snow! C: Oh yeah? Well, it’s about to get...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:15:00 -0500

Me: I love snow!

C: Oh yeah? Well, it’s about to get ridiculous.

Me: I love ridiculous!

sine-qua-non: “Mister Rogers went onstage to accept...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:49:37 -0500

sine-qua-non:

“Mister Rogers went onstage to accept the award — and there, in front of all the soap opera stars and talk show sinceratrons, in front of all the jutting man-tanned jaws and jutting saltwater bosoms, he made his small bow and said into the microphone, “All of us have special ones who have loved us into being. Would you just take, along with me, ten seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are. Ten seconds of silence.”

And then he lifted his wrist, looked at the audience, looked at his watch, and said, ‘I’ll watch the time.” There was, at first, a small whoop from the crowd, a giddy, strangled hiccup of laughter, as people realized that he wasn’t kidding, that Mister Rogers was not some convenient eunuch, but rather a man, an authority figure who actually expected them to do what he asked. And so they did.

One second, two seconds, seven seconds — and now the jaws clenched, and the bosoms heaved, and the mascara ran, and the tears fell upon the beglittered gathering like rain leaking down a crystal chandelier. And Mister Rogers finally looked up from his watch and said softly ‘May God be with you,’ to all his vanquished children.”

What an excellent human being he is.

Happy birthday to me!

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:34:05 -0500

(via windycitygirl)

Me too! And you! Both of us!