tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71198014390726867232023-11-15T23:38:46.170-08:00One smirk, then we may be rational again.Contessawithconsolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295368929635438121noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119801439072686723.post-77498353966192143372012-06-27T00:01:00.000-07:002012-06-26T21:24:24.016-07:00Moriarty was real. I believe in Sherlock.Sherlock is back, preferring to text and plastering himself with nicotine patches.<br />
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What is the best thing about Sherlock? Is it his fabulous name? The fact that he is so awesome that his name has become both an improper noun and a verb? His sensational texts? (God, I hope they make a book of them at the end.)<br />
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If you know me at all, probably you think I would say that my favorite thing is his total lack of enthusiasm for the solar system, a thing I am inclined to rather detest, myself. This is not, however, my favorite thing about dear Sherlock.<br />
...And despite the fact that I completely adore Johnlock, the incredible friendship between the bantam friends (a friendship that almost turns into a character on its own)... no, even that is not it.<br />
My favorite--my very favorite-- thing about this show is the raw humanization of Sherlock that Benedict is able to swing. The showing of Sherlock as a companion, as someone who gets afraid of losing the people he loves, as someone who feels intense emotion... that is incredible. No one else does it like he does. Yes, I do love Jeremy Brett and his portrayal of the be-deerstalkered sleuth, but watching Benedict make a sociopath with asberger's into a living soul rather than a heartless android? SHERlocked.<br />
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Going crazy waiting for Season 3. Could be dangerous.Contessawithconsolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295368929635438121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119801439072686723.post-36953197127755639882012-06-26T21:01:00.000-07:002012-06-26T21:24:29.901-07:00this is just a post of pictures i find hilarious or delightful and do not want to lose.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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adorable. just lovely.</div>
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picture a girl left for me after class one day. my kids were always leaving me sherlock messages.</div>
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harharhar-delight!!!</div>
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bing! smile!</div>
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Oh, you dirty dog. The guy who made this creature up had to be leaning against a bar with his tongue hanging out waiting for a drink.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Griffins? Yep, we got those too.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
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you really can't beat being the king of the majestical beasts. Here's m favorite thing, though. That the eagle's head has awesome protruding ears. Observe...</div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/1RjAEoLkc1U?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>this is a wondrous creation, brought into being by the genius: me. also with the help of bobby, and the technological help of tom conner, who was never credited, so i probably won't mention him here.Contessawithconsolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295368929635438121noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119801439072686723.post-64751007224930904772010-12-23T17:50:00.000-08:002010-12-23T17:50:46.844-08:00Definition of the best Christmas eve eve ever."Eh thanks a lot, king," says I in a manner well-bread, "but all I want is 'enry 'iggins 'ead."<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and here's a list of Christmas things you are dying, dying to know. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">adorable: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tradition of putting tangerines in stockings comes from 12th-century French nuns who left socks full of fruit, nuts and tangerines at the houses of the poor.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for anyone who wants to take a more critical look at christmas: There is no reference to angels singing anywhere in the Bible.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JESUS was probably born in a cave and not a wooden stable, say Biblical scholars. (although that is adorable, it's like Jesus was a baby bear.)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">if you need a reason all wars are bad, take this one to your war-loving relatives: IN 1647, after the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell banned festivities. The law wasn't lifted until 1660. (clearly wars always cause an end to anything fun....like having legs)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and if you want to be a christmas-chub: MANY parts of the Christmas tree can actually be eaten, with the needles being a good source of Vitamin C.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">if you just like to laugh: ASTRONOMERS believe the Star Of Bethlehem, which guided the wisemen to Jesus, may have been a comet or the planet Uranus.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">if you want to hate America: UPSIDE-down artificial Xmas trees are sold to allow more gifts to be piled under.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">welcome to the season. :<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">D </span></span></span>Contessawithconsolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295368929635438121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119801439072686723.post-91473628765209944612010-12-10T16:19:00.000-08:002010-12-10T16:19:37.180-08:00Agent PWhat a brilliant idea.<img alt="Color drawing of Perry the Platypus, standing upright, wearing a hat" height="241" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/Perry_the_Platypus.png" width="200" /> A b-plot in a kids show that features a secret agent platypus. (stuck in his epic battle with arch-nemesis Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz.)<br />
Basically Perry is the kind of the all animal espionage organization (OWCA, or Organization Without A Cool Acronym.)<br />
I delight in this idea so much. So trippy.<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2fbmK6aMD4">Adorable nemesis song.</a>Contessawithconsolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295368929635438121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119801439072686723.post-45923387831878056382010-12-10T14:32:00.000-08:002010-12-10T14:32:08.705-08:00one of the coolest things produced by facebook...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohRIbraGJhmx6m625F4tSD83OaaHTafbGohfaNuAsy3k9nL0Lii7raeat2HanQKc9oYdYG3giiiQlVo3kSHyBjTOicuipeTTX8CKq6T-TB35gf_RB8IEedK1JVP4LiTtM8HebJLOSSoY/s1600/img.php.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohRIbraGJhmx6m625F4tSD83OaaHTafbGohfaNuAsy3k9nL0Lii7raeat2HanQKc9oYdYG3giiiQlVo3kSHyBjTOicuipeTTX8CKq6T-TB35gf_RB8IEedK1JVP4LiTtM8HebJLOSSoY/s640/img.php.jpeg" width="544" /></a></div><div><br />
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Are you thinking of a turban-ed, eczema ridden dead guy just chillin out in the bath tub?<br />
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Not me. Check this out.<br />
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Just look at those gams!<br />
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And holy crap, he certainly seems to be storing a lot of stuff in those pants...<br />
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Love this painting....oh and all the néo-classissisme drama that goes with it? Love that too.<br />
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Of course, Napoleon is here depicted as a Roman emperor (can't you tell by the hair?)<br />
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Oh, and look how tirelessly he is working for the motherland...it's 3h20 on the clock, and see how low his candle is? Another sleepless night spent working, working away.<br />
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My personal favorite speculations about this painting are those about the wrinkely-ness of the rug. Yeah, this is a real thing. Scholars suggest that the rug has attained this level of wrinkely-ness because he just jumped up to have this 20ft portrait painted of himself...in the middle of the night.<br />
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I humbly suggest this alternative: Napoleon liked to watch other people trip.<br />
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There is often much confusion about who this painter, Jacques-Louis David is.<br />
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Is he this man?<br />
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No, no he is not. this is Ingres.<br />
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Ingres:<br />
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In case you ever become confused, you might want to perform this test I taught my students. "The man who painted this... does he look homeless?" </div>
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Probably David.</div>Contessawithconsolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295368929635438121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119801439072686723.post-33089739126154141072010-10-25T08:34:00.000-07:002010-10-25T08:35:07.601-07:00Do glasses make you look smarter? and: can you cover a nose ring with a huge pair of glasses?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMxc9je-qOaCyiO7r9CCd0VMv24dI5P_eJuPlc6k9F1d_98BzI4VuIPqw91TjlJq_NPGtuAlrGSS_FSkYG6bQNCksy4PIsDefq20xnYEeKjgViBdJlyxYyG4jeu3Q_F4Wt9DfY1W8lebc/s1600/images-3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMxc9je-qOaCyiO7r9CCd0VMv24dI5P_eJuPlc6k9F1d_98BzI4VuIPqw91TjlJq_NPGtuAlrGSS_FSkYG6bQNCksy4PIsDefq20xnYEeKjgViBdJlyxYyG4jeu3Q_F4Wt9DfY1W8lebc/s1600/images-3.jpeg" /></a></div>The answers to these questions are: "apparently" and "apparently not," respectively.<br />
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I find that there is a positive correlation between high IQ and degenerating eyesight.<br />
Basically, if you are 15, and your eyeballs are already all buggered out, your pretty supersmart. its a simple fact. you're just out of the womb and blind? must be geniuuuus!!!<br />
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also, in a study (devised and conducted by myself) it was discovered that you cannot "convincingly" cover a nose ring with a pair of glasses. Not even if you wear them as low as the most extreme librarian. (not that i have a nose ring yet, i'm still a big fake. i am just nervous about the month i have to leave it in before i can put a glass retainer in. long reach staff, please don't hate me. i just want to be a fake hindu lady, no big deal.)Contessawithconsolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295368929635438121noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119801439072686723.post-55190000567561496412010-10-24T18:57:00.000-07:002010-10-24T18:57:24.856-07:00Dorian's Day Offi got a call a few nights back, very late, very suspicious. i was visiting Jdubbs, so i wasn't at home, and it was my neighbor, Harrieth calling.<br />
"Emily," she said. " think we have your rat. ...There was a tiny rat or mouse<br />
running across our floor, but he was so pretty so we picked him up. we thought he might be yours."<br />
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"yeah, i think that's my hamster," i said.<br />
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Apparently he had jettisoned his little hideout-pod straight off his cage and had probably taken a very hard landing on my floor. Judging by the distance from his table, he'd gotten some pretty sweet air.<br />
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"Well, our cat was out, so we put him in the cat cage," she said. "But the cat came home, so James moved him to a box. He wasn't even afraid of the cat."<br />
James took the phone for a second and went into great detail about how the little scaramouche had bitten his finger. "tick!"<br />
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While I was on the way over, they fed him grapes and milk like a little dionysos. As a result of his pampering during this little stint, I'm expecting many more such occasions in future.<br />
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Marshmallow</div>Contessawithconsolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295368929635438121noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119801439072686723.post-25947213499944319772010-10-16T16:59:00.000-07:002010-10-16T16:59:58.278-07:00wordle à la Françis Cabrel (ou bien Gerald De Palmas)<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><object style="background-image:url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/P4wy8olSBuk/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P4wy8olSBuk?fs=1&hl=fr_FR"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P4wy8olSBuk?fs=1&hl=fr_FR" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; "><input class="blogger-ie-hack" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px; ">In honor of the French Praxis i took this morning (and not in honor of my spanish-speaking seat partner who blabbed for like 50 minutes of the thing) i have created a gallery of wordles made of the lyrics of french songs. real french songs that don't come from africa. <div>yes, i am bitter. this is because 70% of the culture was on african things, when it was a test on france, and i have yet to discover what a nokhakha is. (although i slam-dunked algeria on the map.)</div><div><br /></div><div>welcome to the homage of <i>français</i> french.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; "><pre id="embed" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 255); "><a href="http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2583200/je_l%27aime_a_mourir">je l'aime a mourir</a></pre><pre id="embed" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 255); ">ta da. </pre><pre id="embed" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 255); "><br /></pre><pre id="embed" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 255); ">also</pre><pre id="embed" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: normal; "><pre id="embed" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 255); "><a href="http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2583203/elle_habite_ici">elle habite ici</a></pre><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div></span></pre></span></div></span></div>Contessawithconsolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295368929635438121noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119801439072686723.post-43472755635373032742010-10-15T10:52:00.001-07:002010-10-15T11:14:46.514-07:00trick-or-treat to the max<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Who doesn't love halloween...the only day it's cool to lean over to a stranger and whisper, "hey, what are you gonna be wearing tonight?" </span></span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">yes, halloween. yes, again!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In my opinion, there are three main ingredients for a perfect celebration of this holyish day:</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1. the best costume ever.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2. a trick-or-treat strategy.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3. the scariest movie of all time.</span></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> okay, so the costume. expensive or home-made, it is required to include either a sparkle, felt, or humorous design.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">take these two examples:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the first is an old favorite if you are going for something timeless and a little bit dangerous...</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> a jellyfish.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="8 No-Sew Costumes: Bubble Wrap Jellyfish" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/pub/special_issues/2000/a98318_hal00_mimi_l.jpg" /></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but let's go one better... (and this is thanks to liz):</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the pterodactyl dionsaur monster</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">because when you are dressed as a pterodactyl dionsaur monster, you always win.</span></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> now that you have the perfect costume, let's move on to the trick-or-treat strategy.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">there are some basic guidelines that are generally adhered to...</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-to scream "your pumpkins are on fire!" to clear the path to the house your pal just told you was running low on twix.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-to headbutt any neighbor who dares hand you a toothbrush</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-to hip check a toddler who gets between you and smarties</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-to rape, pillage and plunder because you have chosen to dress as a viking</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-to strangle and devour people walking past you because you're going as the sphinx</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-that's pretty much it.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1) grab a partner, to help you find your way back if you accidentally go on a treating marathon and end up in the next town. (make sure this parnter's costume is smashing, and it would help if they have been to the junior olympics for anything long-distance.)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2) if you want to be a trick-or-treat champion, there is absolutely no tolerance for stilettos, wedges and pumps. (you'll just have to say no to that cool looking Louis the 16th costume.)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3) practice your trip several times beforehand, making sure you can walk continuously between the hours of 4pm-9pm. remember: you must never take a rest! </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> why? well, because instead of the socially acceptable response to things that jump out at you (jumping and perhaps emitting a tiny shriek) i tend to go the socially unacceptable route (wetting myself).</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so what movie will do? this year i have chosen The Innocents (1961) based on The Turn of the Screw.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">what is sacrier than a nanny who can convince you to be cuckoo? few things.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">now you are ready to go out, leaping and dancing toward a pillowcase full of candy and the best halloween ever!</span></span></div>Contessawithconsolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295368929635438121noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119801439072686723.post-58310060286792924422010-10-13T08:36:00.000-07:002010-10-13T08:36:17.950-07:00Taylor Swift - Mine<object style="background-image:url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/XPBwXKgDTdE/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XPBwXKgDTdE?fs=1&hl=fr_FR"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XPBwXKgDTdE?fs=1&hl=fr_FR" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div>my favorite way to not study for the praxis II is to watch 7 taylor swift music videos in a row. thank you for not pole-dancing, taylor swift, this may be one of my favorite things about you. </div><div>i have just decided to make going to your concerts in charleston a tradition, because this music video is</div><div>pretty spectacular.</div><div>...just when i thought you were drying up...BAM...Mine arrived.</div><div>(hurray 10 days until the album is released!)</div>Contessawithconsolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295368929635438121noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119801439072686723.post-90585863964586502362010-10-11T14:42:00.000-07:002010-10-11T14:42:56.038-07:00Hamlet the B.A.M.F.Perhaps you read and disliked Hamlet as a child. Perhaps you accidentally once stumbled upon the Mel Gibson version of Hamlet on tv some evening-- the one in which Ophelia looks as though she might someday have a fling with Sweeney Todd.<br />
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<li>Hamlet is from Denmark. And he was an actual guy. </li>
<li>The Lion King is based on the story.</li>
<li>It talks about all the stupidity and craziness of everyday life that you, oh French I student, talk about all the time.</li>
<li>It is one of the first books in which a "crazy" guy is a hero.</li>
<li>It has the quote: "Revenge should know no bounds." And while that's not really inspiring, you can't say it isn't badass.</li>
<li>Hamlet was probably about your age.</li>
<li>Because he can even care for somebody as annoying as Ophelia.</li>
<li>Hamlet is kind of a dork, and when Ophelia breaks up with him, he's like "no way! i liked you so much" and then "i never even liked you anyway, nunnery waif." and then "dang it, really?!? i liked you so much" again. </li>
<li>Ohpelia spends her free (crazy) time hanging from flowers tied to trees. This did end up killing her though, so...</li>
<li>Shakespear universally allows his jesters to tell the truth. (My favorite being the fool in the 12th night, but yorick's cameo is pretty cool too.)</li>
</ul><div>And, one last attack: FINISH THE BOOK BEFORE YOU PASS JUDGEMENT.</div><div>you never know. </div><div>like some of those greek myths that are such poop, and then oh hey! great ending. </div><div>(Warning: If you do finish this and don't like it, never, ever read Romeo and Juliette.)</div><div><br />
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</div><div>*i reserve the right to not believe in these at all, although it is me who's making the list. </div>Contessawithconsolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295368929635438121noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119801439072686723.post-91679835373477074912010-10-10T17:19:00.000-07:002012-06-26T21:43:57.073-07:00i take issue with posting things<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>and here is that issue: why must one type in things like "dicturbo" (written in squiggly neon letters) before comments/posts? yes, to prove we are people, but whyyyyy? also, why is there a picture of a person in a wheelchair next to the squiggly word-to-be-typed? are the handicapped somehow let off the hook?</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>(it's actually not that bad, i'm just getting excited about posting things now.)</i></span>Contessawithconsolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295368929635438121noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119801439072686723.post-74200936155614339522010-10-10T17:00:00.000-07:002010-10-10T17:00:56.761-07:00must...architect...first...post...hurray new blog, you have created yourself with very little help from me. and while i'm at it, let me just wish you a happy birthday!<br />
(relief! finally someplace where i can write and don't have to feel guilty about NEVER EVER using caps. that was a one-time exception. oh, and rampant, boardering on epidemic comma usage! hurray! all friends who have bugged me about my ungovernable commas, you may suck it now!)<br />
ohmigosh. blog perhaps = drug that makes you demented and liable to yell at your friends?<br />
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well, here is something that will redeem me: the most awesome of the Learn. Genetics cell size and scale websites. <a href="http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/">GIANT COFFEE BEANS!</a><br />
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the only place where a coffee bean looks like it can crush your Escalade.Contessawithconsolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295368929635438121noreply@blogger.com2