+I found this photo at this tumblr. Wow. I’d love to figure out how to do this.
+Ha! The Invisible Mother is really something. Apparently in the olden days mommas used to be in their children’s photos in order to keep the kids still, but they would “hide” under fabric. Ridiculous and great. Poor mom, under the blanket.
+Oh how I would love to have something like this of myself! Taken by the awesome Corwin Prescott.
+Trying to convince myself that I can figure out how to do these art deco chevron nails without messing them up.
+I’m playing a root beer taste-testing party and thinking I just might need some striped paper straws for it.
+MIT has a bunch of free writing courses online.
+The best 100 opening lines from books.
+Did you know there’s a bra that doubles as a gas mask and won a Nobel prize?
+Nice article about sex in advertising in The Economist.
+Finally, an anti-rape campaign that admits men are sometimes involved.
+The Atlantic asks if pubic hair has gone extinct. (Maybe I’ll send them a photo of mine to let them know it hasn’t?)
+Your camera takes really nice pictures is a convincing argument that photo quality has more to do with who is behind the camera than what type of camera is being used.
+Google promotes Chrome using suspect links. Did Google break their own SEO rules when promoting their browser? If so, will they punish themselves? Interesting discussion for the SEO-minded folk out there.
+Twenty-five things writers should stop doing inspired by Thirty things to stop doing to yourself. What are your thoughts on these?
+Ladies, wanting to dress up like a cheerleader all sexy-like, but without buying an over-priced costume? Wear one of these $13 skirts with a wife beater. Bam. (Be sure to check the other photos for all colors.)
+For those into revenge: Tiger Woods’ wife bulldozes $12 million dollar home.
+The Guardian has writers share what they consider to be “worn out words,” or words that are overused too much.
+Thirteen writing tips from Chuck Palahniuk.
+Face yoga to reduce wrinkles. Would you do this? Do you think it works? Pretty funny-looking video.
Who knew a pretty girl moving her tongue around seductively could look like such a creep? Seriously, this is so weird.
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6 Responses to Link Love, 1/27/12
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- My name is Jessica.
I think that “thirty things to stop doing to yourself” list is bullshit. Complete and utter bullshit.
I understand the idea, I really do, but it’s all, be yourself and then it’s all unless you hold grudges, blame people, try to do lots of things, worry, value objects, are scared of things fucking whatever.
Don’t list things for people to not do and then tell them to be themselves.
But I thought Chuck’s was pretty much excellent, and that’s just because it has that caveat at the beginning.
And because I have basically all those same rules but I don’t follow some of them, like the ones about worrying and being afraid and dumpster bodies.
I mostly linked to that thing because the writing list was inspired by it. I only skimmed it because I don’t feel a need for “life advice” lately. But the writing one I had mixed feelings about. Some of them make sense to me (stop running away, stop stopping, stop worrying, stop hurrying, stop blaming everyone else, etc.) but others seemed like a stretch. Stop treating your body like a dumpster? Sure, I personally do better at almost everything when I’m healthy, but many great writers of the past have been extremely unhealthy physically and that seems like a weird one to include.
Also, later on in the list he gets into market-type points that are contradictory. “Stop doing one thing” is less about writing for art and more about doing something marketable. Plus a few of the points are basically the same–stop writing for the marketing, stop caring about the publishing industry, stop listening to what won’t sell.
“wife beater” = yes, Jessica, way to be progressive!
Oh, I only call it that because I wanted to subtly condone domestic abuse.