once upon a time, there was a red-haired, freckle-faced girl who started a blog…she got tired of simply reposting links to other blogs, so she started a sort of “social experiment” and went on an obscene number of dates with a large number of, um, subjects [victims] from a variety of online dating sites, and decided to illustrate those occasionally bizarre (but mostly boring as hell) experiences. mid-way into her experiment, she decided to study graphic and web design (because even though the dates weren’t exactly high-quality, at least the illustrations could be.) after months of design work, and even more months of further dating (for the sake of her readers, of course), she decided to get her ass in gear and START THE DAMN PROJECT, ALREADY!
in summation (and in the 1st person): i’m revamping the blog starting this week (really - no, REALLY!) and doing a complete overhaul of my original concept (which, truthfully was pretty much a free-for-all)…i haven’t decided whether i’m going to scrap all of my original posts, but i’m going to take the blog back in the direction of my 3 original subjects: photography, biking, and my year of dating mayhem (complete with illustrations, no-holds-barred narration, and zero discretion…with the exception of withholding personal info. about who these guys are, of course.) at this point, i can promise 2 things: that i will be as candid as you have grown to expect from me (if you knew how to find this blog, chances are you know who the hell i am), and that i won’t refer to myself in the 3rd person again. you’re welcome.
Time-Lapse Thing of the Day: Craig Shimala woke up every day in the month of June to capture the sun rising over downtown Chicago.
Each shot you see in the video is in sequential order. 9 of the 30 days Mother Nature did not cooperate and provided either rain or heavy overcast skies. As a result, those days were left out since the captured footage wasn’t much to look at.
[notcot.]
Bel Biv Devoe: Poison
the only reason i attend weddings: the opportunity to dance to this gem.
yep, this pretty much sums it up. the foot penis does wonders for lower back pain.
the classical interpretations
Salt N Pepa: Push It
Today is a Salt N Pepa day. Correction: In my head, every day is a Salt N Pepa day; I just decided to share the inner-workings of my brain with everyone else today. Lucky you!
The past few months have been incredibly frustrating, mostly because I came to the conclusion that I would have to choose a new career path, or learn to suck it up and be a life-long slave to the service industry. I decided on the new career…
After paying a career counselor way too much money to essentially read me the results of aptitude/personality/skill-set tests, I decided that I should just save my damned money and go for the fucking gold all by my lonesome…after all, I didn’t need weekly tests to tell me that I like independence, art, and the ability to bring my dog to work.
I discussed a few options with my favorite Professor from my Alma Mater, and we both pretty much came to the same conclusion: Graphic Design/Web Design! Yay!
I’m in the process of enrolling in a high-intensity summer course (which essentially crams about 1-2 years worth of education into 4 months), but that means I’ll be a hot commodity in the art/graphics world at some point in the near future (apparently it is a good idea to have a 4-year degree in painting…when you are a graphic designer. Hoo-Fucking-Ray!)
Anyway, that pretty much sums-up part of the reason why I’ve been absent from my blog recently, and will probably only post sporadically until I have some of these courses under my belt…but one of these days in the near future, I’ll do all of my own photoshopping, and I won’t have to go to a website like photofunia.com to edit images like this:
Hell, with a Graphics background AND Web Design experience, I could make an entire website of my dog photoshopped inappropriately into images…Ahh, the possibilities are endless…
The Andrews Sisters - Six Times a Week (and Twice on Sunday)
Ok, so the remix isn’t necessarily my favorite, but it’s worth listening to for some pretty great (and some rare) footage of the threesome…gotta love these ladies.
![holy moly…and i thought my senior science experiment was clever…
thedailywhat:
Science Experiment of the Day: Toppenish High School student Gaby Rodriguez spent nearly her entire senior year faking a pregnancy for a school project.
Only her mother, her boyfriend, a few friends, and the school’s principal were in on the ruse — her teachers, classmates, and six of her seven siblings were none-the-wiser. The point she was trying to make? “Teenagers tend to live in the shadows of [stereotypes, rumors and statistics],” Gaby told an all-school assembly at Wednesday’s grand reveal of her presentation, aptly titled “stereotypes, rumors and statistics.”
“Many things were said about me. Many things traveled all the way back to me,” she told the room, before asking students and teachers to read aloud statements made during the course of her experiment criticizing her and blaming the pregnancy. “Her attitude is changing, and it might be because of the baby or she was always this annoying and I never realized it,” read one such statement. “I’m fighting against those stereotypes and rumors because the reality is I’m not pregnant,” Gaby said before exposing a baby bump made of wire mesh and cotton quilt batting.
“She sacrificed her senior year to find out what it would be like to be a potential teen mom,” principal Trevor Greene told the Yakima Herald. “I admire her courage. I admire her preparation. I give her mother a lot of credit for backing her up on this.”
[herald / obscurestore.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk28auVIZ81qzpwi0o1_1280.jpg)
holy moly…and i thought my senior science experiment was clever…
Science Experiment of the Day: Toppenish High School student Gaby Rodriguez spent nearly her entire senior year faking a pregnancy for a school project.
Only her mother, her boyfriend, a few friends, and the school’s principal were in on the ruse — her teachers, classmates, and six of her seven siblings were none-the-wiser. The point she was trying to make? “Teenagers tend to live in the shadows of [stereotypes, rumors and statistics],” Gaby told an all-school assembly at Wednesday’s grand reveal of her presentation, aptly titled “stereotypes, rumors and statistics.”
“Many things were said about me. Many things traveled all the way back to me,” she told the room, before asking students and teachers to read aloud statements made during the course of her experiment criticizing her and blaming the pregnancy. “Her attitude is changing, and it might be because of the baby or she was always this annoying and I never realized it,” read one such statement. “I’m fighting against those stereotypes and rumors because the reality is I’m not pregnant,” Gaby said before exposing a baby bump made of wire mesh and cotton quilt batting.
“She sacrificed her senior year to find out what it would be like to be a potential teen mom,” principal Trevor Greene told the Yakima Herald. “I admire her courage. I admire her preparation. I give her mother a lot of credit for backing her up on this.”
[herald / obscurestore.]
This post is my (admittedly) lame attempt at killing 2 birds with 1 stone…
Bird #1: Explanation of blog sabbatical
I had shit to do. Yup - that pretty much sums it up…
OK, so here’s the deal: I spent the better part of the past 2 months dealing with new relationships, health issues, a new career path, and “getting my head on straight”. I managed to gather an arsenal of material for the blog (i.e. for my own entertainment), and I’ll be illustrating all of my recent Ginger Adventures in the near future. In the meantime, I’m still enjoying my last couple of weeks prior to restarting my education (I’m packing as many concerts, BBQ’s, and baseball games into these next 3 weeks as possible).
Bird #2: Wembley Scuzzlebutt’s Birthday!
Fortunately, prior to erasing all of the data from my old phone, I had the foresight to email all of my in-phone photos to myself…One of the (extremely limited) features on my ex-phone was a FUN FRAMES! setting for the camera…I used that setting once, and only once. I’m pretty sure that I intended to turn this into a birthday card for my sister, but I just couldn’t wait until July before posting it somewhere…so, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WEMBLEY!!! Aww, my little Doozer is 3 years old today…they grow up so fast.
i decided to come out of blog-retirement in order to reblog this little gem…holy hell, i can’t get enough of this site…
Mom’s Gold Star
J. gets my vote for “Parent I’d Most Like to Have as a Friend” this week. Her status update is just FUNNY. Not only for its humorous qualities, but for its awesome descriptive elements. I am tooootallyyy picturing her husband leaning over and whispering into the baby’s ear a la Bill Murray in “Lost in Translation.” In fact, from now on whenever I watch that movie I’m going to imagine that’s what he says to Scarlett Johansson at the end. Maybe that’s why she got so teary?
Congrats, J., on being hilarious! And congrats to your husband! May you both say funny things about your children on Facebook, forever and ever.
(submitted by Anonymous)
