photography

• Lots of pretty things this time around!
• Painting by Raul Perdomo (via)

• Some photos of Marilyn Monroe I had never seen before. A new book of over 100 unseen photos called Marilyn, August 1953: The Lost LOOK Photos (Calla Editions) is now available. (press release)
• A great post about the stigma of clothing sizes. The interview at the end w/ (I can’t believe she’s plus-size) model Crystal Renn is worth a watch as well.
• Just look at these gorgeous peacock wedding cakes. If I’m ever in need of a wedding cake, these will be my inspiration.
• Do you “Explore” on your Google Reader? Oh man, I’ve been finding some really great blogs and articles! There are different ways to dig around and get rid of things you’re not interested in so check it out!
• Doesn’t this potato salad look wonderful? (pic by This Is Naive – I love her photographs)

• Do you love paper goods? I just discovered Felt & Wire Shop. Such pretty things from all over, in one place! Love this wrapping paper. (I covered my funky linen closet shelves with fun robot wrapping paper secured with tape and then protected with clear contact paper. It’s held up great and is easy to remove.)

• Speaking of, I really love to wrap presents. Here’s the gift for the bf’s sister’s wedding next weekend. I went a little nuts at Ben Franklin. We went crazy getting her killer serving pieces at every Marshalls and TJMaxx in town. She wants to entertain.

• She-Ra turned 25! Next to Jem, they were my favorite dolls and I can’t believe I sold them all on eBay.

• My rat’s lump on his chin is gone! There’s a wee scab left so I’m wondering if it was a cyst that burst. (gross, sorry) I’m relieved. Barnaby’s my favorite. He lets me scratch and rub him up and he cuddles. Toki hates me.

go Barnaby go!

• Thankfully, there aren’t any major negatives burning my ass right now. I miss karaoke. I was always a ham at ballet recitals and school plays. I ad-libbed a lot.  A few beers, a few shots and… well, I really miss karaoke. My signature songs were Beastie Boys’ Get it Together, Billy Idol’s Rebel Yell,, and if you ask me to sing with you, I’ll sing anything you want, with gusto!
• I do want to talk about how sick and tired I am of those commercials with the bitchy wives and wussy husbands. There are the ones for yogurt where a man can’t even look in his own fridge without his wife, hand on hip, calling “Babe?” in an imperious tone. He sheepishly looks down and shuts the fridge door. There’s also the washing machine commercial with the break dancers. The husband decides to bust a tiny move and make a bad joke. (I would’ve burst out laughing.) His wife cuts a look and he also puts his head down and says, “Sorry.” This is pathetic and makes me feel sorry for men who can’t just be themselves because of overbearing women holding their balls for them in their purse. I’m a raging feminist but that doesn’t give me the right to be a bitch. Sure I want respect and wish to be treated like a “lady”. I’m a feminist but I’m also Southern as hell. We all need to be careful what we wish for. There’s a quote by writer Jean Kerr:

The only thing worse than a man you can’t control is a man you can.

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