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wingthread: UM… “Man Teaches Alpaca to Surf”….. I am not...

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:15:00 -0400

UM… “Man Teaches Alpaca to Surf”….. I am not sure how I feel about this. Whenever the poor alpaca jumps off the surfboard, I get really sad. It looks like a greyhound all wet like that. It must be miserable and terrified. Not all animals yearn to surf.

hell to the no. just like cat surfing, i agree, it hurts to watch. guess why the animal stays on the board for dear life? for dear life, exactly. i’ve seen my cat terrified when i switch litter brands… on a board in the ocean? no way.

wingthread: Currently in love with some stacks of paper. hip!...

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:09:38 -0400

wingthread:

Currently in love with some stacks of paper.

hip! hip! hooray! (i’ll soon share some pics i snapped in the process :)

helenrice: TO DO: This Friday at Redux.

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:06:51 -0400

helenrice: TO DO: This Friday at Redux.

note to self: wear green today

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:28:02 -0400

via wikipedia: Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nanometres. In the subtractive color system, it is not a primary color, but is created out of a mixture of yellow and blue, or yellow and cyan; it is considered one of the additive primary colors. On the HSV color wheel, the complement of green is magenta; that is, a purple color corresponding to an equal mixture of red and blue light. On a color wheel based on traditional color theory (RYB), the complementary color to green is considered to be red.^[6]

The word green is closely related to the Old English verb growan, “to grow”. It is used to describe plants or the ocean. Sometimes it can also describe someone who is inexperienced, jealous, or sick. In the United States of America, green is a slang term for money, among other things. Several colloquialisms have derived from these meanings, such as “green around the gills”, a phrase used to describe a person who looks ill.

Several minerals have a green color, including emerald, which is colored green by its chromium content. Animals such as frogs, lizards, and other reptiles and amphibians, fish, insects, and birds, appear green because of a mixture of layers of blue and green coloring on their skin. By far the largest contributor to green in nature is chlorophyll, the chemical by which plants photosynthesize. Many creatures have adapted to their green environments by taking on a green hue themselves as camouflage.

Culturally, green has broad and sometimes contradictory meanings. In some cultures, green symbolizes hope and growth, while in others, it is associated with death, sickness, envy, or the devil. The most common associations, however, are found in its ties to nature. For example, Islam venerates the color, as it expects paradise to be full of lush greenery. Green is also associated with regeneration, fertility and rebirth for its connections to nature. Recent political groups have taken on the color as symbol of environmental protection and social justice, and consider themselves part of the Green movement, some naming themselves Green parties. This has led to similar campaigns in advertising, as companies have sold green, or environmentally friendly, products.

The word green comes from the Old English word grene, or, in its older form, groeni. This adjective is closely related to the Old English verb growan (“to grow”) and goes back into Western Germanic and Scandinavian languages.^[7] The first recorded use of green as a color name in English was in 700. ^[8]

Many Asian languages have no word distinguishing blue from green, although recently published dictionaries do make the distinction.^[9] The Thai word เขียว besides meaning “green” also means “rank” and “smelly” and holds other unpleasant associations.^[10] In Japanese, despite the existence of a word in the modern language meaning “green”, the color is sometimes described as blue (青, Ao^?), as in blue traffic light (青信号, Ao shingō^?) and blue leaves (青葉, Aoba^?), reflecting the absence of a word meaning “green” in old Japanese.

great photoset of antique typewriters (via notcot). love this...

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:11:00 -0400

great photoset of antique typewriters (via notcot). love this model with separate lower/upper-case keys, like this one i snapped in st cloud…

Guess who loves the space heater… How, with all that...

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:41:00 -0400

Guess who loves the space heater… How, with all that fur?!? (seriously, you should feel how hot this cat is, people)

full moon tonight at FIG.. wait a sec, that’s not the moon...

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:52:52 -0400

full moon tonight at FIG.. wait a sec, that’s not the moon – that’s a drum lampshade with some trendy iPhone photo-app effect

austinnelson: patrickplaysrecords: Piano Improvisation With...

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:24:30 -0400

austinnelson:

patrickplaysrecords:

Piano Improvisation With Random Strangers on Chatroulette (via laughingsquid)

yes yes yes yes! hahaha <333333333333

Damn straight

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:18:06 -0400

Damn straight

IT IS MINE!! thank youuuu jessie!

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:13:00 -0400

IT IS MINE!! thank youuuu jessie!

typolicious: Four Techniques for Combining Fonts

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:06:36 -0400

typolicious: Four Techniques for Combining Fonts

A spontaneous birthday treat

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:53:34 -0400

A spontaneous birthday treat

i haven’t wanted to wear rocket dogs in a decade…...

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:44:37 -0400

i haven’t wanted to wear rocket dogs in a decade… ‘til now.

a lovely buncha succulents!

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:40:46 -0400

a lovely buncha succulents!

today i am turning 32 and don’t feel like going to bed...

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:17:34 -0400

today i am turning 32 and don’t feel like going to bed just yet…

BROKEN BELLS = james mercer + danger mouse! just saw a poster...

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:13:23 -0400

BROKEN BELLS = james mercer + danger mouse! just saw a poster for their new album yesterday, i must live under a rock, gotta get myself to the record store! and what a fun/pretty homepage! oo, click on the LYRICS box and zone out. or listen over at npr. i can’t wait to buy the vinyl and get a poster! one more exclamation point!

The inside of one of the balls….

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:22:00 -0400

The inside of one of the balls….

Matryoshka Doll Measuring Cups at UO (adorable + useful = want)

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:02:45 -0400

Matryoshka Doll Measuring Cups at UO (adorable + useful = want)

MAN i wish this were fake rabbit fur. just can’t do it,...

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:14:40 -0400

MAN i wish this were fake rabbit fur. just can’t do it, not even ‘vintage’…

go ahead. try it. you don’t have to thank me.

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:07:51 -0400

go ahead. try it. you don’t have to thank me.