Sooo if anyone still goes to this site, I think I am shifting over to a tumblr (gasp!) ... you can find me at http://recreationalanthropology.tumblr.com/

This is both in an effort to be hip and with it and also in an attempt to get blogging again without the pressure of 1000-word entries.  But.  Realistically.  I will probably be approximately as absent there as I have been here.

Still, worth a shot.

Also, I might be getting a secret Twitter.  Except someone stole my @name thing?  And I don't know how it works?

Okay.  CLOSING THIS CURTAIN but directing you to a new stage.

AAAAAAAAAAAAH

Jorinapeka

I am probably never going out again.

(Plus, it's the leekspin song!)

Icicle Farm

 Kind of cool, kind of creepy...just don't walk beneath it.

Boo.

[Insert Photo of Knitting Here.]

Christmas Eve Eve

Free Candy

Oh jeez I'm going back to Pittsburgh on Friday evening...and I can't get this song out of my head.

A Different Type of Expression

If the eyes are the window to the soul, why are all of these facial expressions so defined by the mouth?

pout

sneer yeah okay "getty images" apparently owns every single image of Billy Idol sneering...but it couldn't be anyone else.

moue

simper

grimace

...and why can I not think of any positive facial expressions beyond smile?

Okay how about

beam

Mitts!

Well I whined about them enough that I figured I probably should have some sort of follow-up.  So...ta-da!  [BONUS: a pasty picture of my pasty forearm!]

Brand newww...except for that time I spilled tea on them, washed them, and accidentally sent them through the dryer.  Still, they're fine.  Not really 'gloves' - you will probably note that I chickened out when it came to fingers and proper thumbs, but in the end I considered this an exercise in cable-knit (of the most rudimentary persuasion) and not an exercise in closing off holes.  Anyway I can now add that to my list of knitting skills (knit! purl! go in circles! drop stitches on purpose!  make extra stitches on purpose! etc!).

Next up on the knitting bee is probably something to teach me how to knit with two colors, so that should be exciting.  Or a nightmare, I have read the instructions for Fair Isle and they look pretty scary.

Clicky

So here is a nifty thing for those of you who are lazy, or environmentally-conscious...but still want to be thought of as polite, or creative...it is called Paperless Post and if enough of you sign up by following that link, I might just get enough "well-done-you-recommended-someone" credit to become inspired to have a Christmas party.  First, to make some friends...

Oh and if that doesn't spike your interest, here's a little article about how the physicists (or something) have figured out how cats drink.

The Crap

The Canvas

The Ominous Van

Reluctantly, they pause in the unloading process to document the occasion.  (This was taken on October 1...already I am backdating incorrectly...).  Also, Dad sees the apartment for the first time!  Hurrah!

Blah!

The ol' bedroom.  A bit depressing, really...

TinEye

Here's a nifty little tool that ought to help me give credit where it is due when uploading photos I've stored on my desktop to the ol' blog.  (It's a reverse image search engine.)

Googlogo

Haha the title was aiming for a pun (?) but ended up going sort of John Lennon on me. Oh well.

Anyway, Mom pointed out this morning the new Google icon, which I enjoy but perhaps you do not. Or perhaps you were not aware, in which case:



As long as we're discussing logos, here's a listing of all the themed icons Google has had over the years.  I know.  Apparently they are known as doodles.  So is this latest "ballsy" offering transient like the rest?  Time will tell...

Daily Meme

I enjoy memes.

This one is pretty basic.


Wikipedia has some pretty weird pages on Keyboard Cat and memes in general...weird, I suppose, because it is all so formalized and official?  Who knows.

Boston (Round 2)

Here's a photo of the site of the Boston Massacre, just prior to the landing of ex-hurricane Earl.  Foggy!

Something to Puzzle Over Until I Post Again...

Kabloomers!

Some good old-fashioned Deestruction!


Tempus II from Philip Heron on Vimeo. (via Today's Big Thing)

Intense...

Especially around the 3:52 mark.