Le kitty-kat

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I need these shorts.  

But first I need to:

1. Work it out and tone 'em up.

2.  Get schoolwork under control to facilitate d.i.y-ing them.

Shorts found here

Happy Monday

Here is a baby reciting Billy Collins:

Twitticisms

I'm thinking of getting a twitter solely for the ability to follow this girl's tweets.  (Full girl-crush post to come).

J.J. Isidore Grandville

In the research I'm doing for my bachelor's essay, I came across the early 19th century french caricaturist J.J. Isidore Grandville.  Besides having a bitchin' name, he did amazing illustrations of animals as caricatures of the bourgeoisie figures of his day. Now, I love a good anthropomorphic engraving, and his are some of the most evocative I've every seen:

All images from here

Girl Scout Cookies

So, the other day was a good day:

Girl Scout Cookies were in!  In the pauses between devouring all four boxes, I realized something I had never payed attention to before.  Despite additions to the cookie types, (lemon ginger?,) and re-imagining of their names, ("Samoas"became "Caramel Delights", "Tagalongs" became "Peanut Butter Patties,") one thing hasn't changed as long as I can remember:  

The box photos!  It struck me that the photos haven't been changed since the early-mid 1990s(check out those scrunchy-headbands in the first photo).  This memorialization of my childhood made me happy until I thought of how sad it will feel when they replace the photos.   

Preach Mister!

"I've known many women with this girl's story and what I went through in that transition to adult-hood is thankfully missing that added layer of misery that comes from having to accept what the society at large says is the definition of attractiveness is not something they can attain. For guys, we can entertain notions that we can be funny, bad asses, powerful, rich and musicians to get women.
But what do girls like Lena Dunham tell themselves when it becomes clear that their physical maturity has arrived and they're stuck with their genetics?"                                                                                           
                                                            --Left in response to this which, oddly                                                                                     enough, provoked an interesting discussion on                                                                       women in comedy/the media

But seriously. . .

Her name is "Purrrfect."

OMG

Catching up after a busy week

After a busy/productive week I'm finally finding the time to catch up on posts a little.  I am heading into my spring break which will be spent working on my bachelor's essay and (hopefully) procuring a dress for graduation--whether by making one or finding one to buy.  But to make up for lost time here are some bits and pieces of interest:

These might be the best looking grilled cheese sandwiches ever.

I'm thinking I should work backwards from shoe-choice to dress choice for graduation. Here are contenders  un, deux, and trois(um, if money wasn't an object.)

This just goes to show how hilarious this guy is, and how shockingly eloquent-when-drunk.  And makes me miss Bored to Death :(

I also just saw Pedro Almodovar's The Skin I Live In, which was CRAZY, deeply disturbing, but somehow still beautiful.  I guess I would recommend it?

 


Image of "Dejeuner sur L'herbe" a la mode de Bow Wow Wow courtesy of Meerae via Sarae.