This weekend, I'm looking forward to reading the wonderful book that Caroline sent me during the Blogger Book Swap, using the super cute bookmark that Kim sent over (thanks, Kim!!), and picking up my camera for what feels like the first time in ages. Throw in some movie watching with Ryan and a birthday party on Sunday, it's shaping up to be the perfect weekend!
It's been a while since my last links post, so I promise to make this one good! I usually email myself links or bookmark pages to a special folder throughout the week to make sure that I don't leave any goodies out, and on Wednesday night when I finally opened up my Google Reader after some serious time apart, I found myself emailing approximately 1 billion posts to myself to share with you here. By the time I got my Reader down to 100 unread items, I threw my hands in the air, declared, "I've won the internet!", and decided to pick up the rest next week. Or just mark everything else as "read" and hope the Blog Gods don't beat me up. Probably the former, though. So if any oldish posts pop in next week's This and That, there's your reason!
Let's get to it, yes?
+ I ate wayyyyy too much of this last night – and had the tummy ache to show for it – after being inspired by this post. Speaking of Lindsey, this has actually happened to me, except as an adult, and I was left dangling by the belt loop on the back of my shorts off of the top bunk of a bunk bed until I was rescued. Yup.
+ This Daily Dishonesty series is so freaking cool! My favorites are I'll be there in five minutes and These jeans will fit in a month.
+ "A 10 minute brand exercise for sharing yourself online." There's some very good stuff in here!
+ I might have gotten a little desperate this week trying to get "One Week" by Bareknaked Ladies out of my head. In case any of you are suffering from the same affliction, here you go. (Don't click that at work, there's sound.)
+ This is gross. I suspected that this was kind of a thing but dismissed it because it's so, so silly and dishonest to do.
+ As if I need another book to add to my reading list...but, this is officially on my list now!
+ These playing cards are beyond gorgeous and I want them!!
+ A short history of the bounding asterisk. I found this really interesting because I get a bit twitchy when people use Internet-isms at inappropriate times (although I'm definitely guilty of using the bounding asterisk right here on this blog even though I could fully avail myself of the italicize option). How we write is changing in interesting ways...
+ This is a long read, but a good one. "The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food", via the New York Times.
+ I actually don't think there's anything wrong with a woman saying, "I'm pretty." Full stop. I agree that women are largely aware of what we look like and where we stand on the Hot Meter – even if not always where we are on the Vicki Mendoza diagonal – and qualifying how you perceive your looks seems to me to be pandering.
+ One more from Jezebel, this is a rant that I've been meaning to go on for a while. CO-SIGNED.
+ THIS. Also, Lisa Lampanelli, you can sit right back down now, thanks.
+ I love Kallah's post on love languages and compromise.
+ Jennnnnnnnn, I love you. This trend is...weird, and it's not the actual Harlem Shake, but omg, this video makes me kind of love it!
+ "Why design matters".
+ This is old news, but The creator of the Etch-A-Sketch died! I was never very good at making anything recognizable with mine, but I loved it!
+ Betsey's words on living in harmony with your contradictions are wonderful. She's wonderful! If you're not currently following her blog, you need to fix that ASAP.
+ This makes me so, so sad. College is difficult enough without the pain of isolation and limited choices. Mental health issues should be a major priority and I'm actually kind of surprised at the lack of support this student has received.
+ To end on a happier note, there's this...
+ ...and this...
+ ...and this!
+ And finally, my favorite Instagram of the week! Via @schindewolf_.
Okay, my hands are tired of typing, so I'm sure you're tired of reading! Hope you enjoyed the links today and I hope you have a great weekend!!
Happy Friday!
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a) I didn't know that the're called "bounding asterisks" and my inner grammar nerd is glad to be informed.
ReplyDeleteb)love that you save up rants. the one on Jezebel is very worth it.
c) speaking of WTF articles, Megan (Freckled Italian shared this one today that I knew you'd love... http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/02/mefferd-gay-rights-should-not-trump-the-rights-of-christians-to-not-see-gays/
d)the mental health article from Harvard is heartbreaking. most mental illnesses manifest between the ages of 17 and 22, so it's CRUCIAL for colleges to be on board with appropriate diagnosis and productive treatment.
e) thank you for the shout-out!
much love today and for the weekend :)
THEY'RE. of all the places for a typo...
DeleteHaha, don't worry! You were attempting the correct word, so there's that! It's not like you wrote "their". Also, that article...the hell??! Can I just make up the right to not ever see anyone wearing tights as pants and call it a day, then? Gross.
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Wow, your crotching experience definitely trumps mine. That would have been fun to draw.
ReplyDeleteAlso, goat cheese guacamole?! I wish I read about that before the guac-off because I totally would have made it! I bet I would have won with that, it sounds amazing!
Anyway, thanks for the shout out, and sorry about your crotch.
Wait. WHAT IS CROTCHING?
DeleteYou're welcome, babe! I would have been ridiculously humiliated if it wasn't so silly. We all had a good laugh after they got me down. ;) And try the goat cheese guac!! It's so easy and so yummy!
DeleteKate, read Lindsay's post! You'll laugh for days and see what we're talking about! <3
Wow. The blogger swag article blows my mind. I don't understand why anyone would feel the need to pretend is a gift. They could just write "Hey, I bought this thing and I freaking love it! Let me tell you why..." And that would be just as well. Free stuff is cool. But writing a review on a product that you made a legitimate decision to purchase is pretty cool too.
ReplyDeleteMy husband collects decks of cards. Those are pretty nifty. Hmmm....
I use asterisks around sigh all the time. Haha. Oops.
See, I actually appreciate seeing reviews on something someone actually paid for a bit more; disclaimers about "this is my own voice" are great, but I have to kind of take those with a grain of salt. But...fibbing about getting free stuff? Nuts. I follow the train of thought, I guess. But there's thinking about it, and there's realizing how awful and sad that is and doing it anyway! Crazy!
DeleteOh my gosh! hahaha! I didn't realize you posted my Harlem Shake video on here! <333
ReplyDeleteYours is my favorite, OF ALL TIME! <3
DeleteI ignore so many bloggers' this-&-that style posts, but I always click through to at LEAST five or your links. Such good ones. Thanks for the good reads, etc.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome, and it means a lot to me! I'll have to be sure to not ever let the quality drop, lol! <3
DeleteI didn't know they are called "bounding asterisks", but I also only use them in times when italics is not an option- like handwriting (mine is complete rubbish, so varying it would only reduce minute legibility) and on Twitter/Facebook. I, too, get my hackles up over Internet-speak used... pretty much anywhere, though. This one I wouldn't have categorized as such, at least in how I apply it.
ReplyDeleteAnd, growing up in a very diverse niche of Atlanta with friends of all backgrounds, nationalities, orientations, religions, etc. I tend to prefer no one use slurs. A gay friend of mine in college threw around the other F-word, and once I told him that it made ME uncomfortable- not because of hyper-PC-ness, but because it made it harder for me to stand up against people using it as an offhand insult. I recently got into two similar, long discussions with two different acquaintances who said "that's gay" and "he's so retarded". I told them each that those words really shouldn't be used as jokes or even mild insults, because it demeans the groups they target. Each of them responded with "but I would NEVER use it as an insult to a homosexual/special-needs person!" and I told them that's exactly why they shouldn't use it at all- because they know that there are people cruel enough to use them as targeted insults against the parties referenced, people who "would never" shouldn't grease the slippery slope that aids the defense of slurs. And I think the n-word falls into that, as well. I do my best (and I am pretty sure I succeed) to not use words that I would find across-the-board cruel if used at me- so why should I use words that others might find across-the-board cruel at them?
(The "across-the-board" is to exclude the fact that sure, there are times when "dummy" or "dork" can be mean and times when they can be jokes.)
And the mental health article... so heartwrenching. I don't personally live with any mental health issues, and I have realized how fortunate I am for that. I have, however, done quite a bit of reading on schizophrenia in particular, and it's just heartbreaking. Nearly all of the treatments have their own rather horrible side-effects, so the decision to pursue treatment is often a "lesser of two evils" situation. I truly hope this student, and all others, get the help they need and deserve.
This comment is insane. I could go on and on over so many of your "this and thats"- which is why they're so great!! Thanks!!
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ReplyDeleteeeeee! I'm so delighted when you like anything I come up with! :) Thanks love!
ReplyDeleteMy jaw about hit the desk reading the "fake swag" article. I do NOT get it! People are so weird when they're insecure.