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January 10, 2008
2008: The Linkage Continues
Links, oh links. I have too many. I'm a bookmarking fool. I can't stop and I don't know why. No, that's not true--I'm a hoarder. I've had this obsessive compulsive tendency since I was young. I've collected and hoarded many things over the years, from Bonnie Bell Lip Smackers (at one point I had every flavor in creation at that time--mint chocolate chip was my favorite, in case you're curious) to Things That I Could One Day Use For the Found Art Sculpture I Will Make When I Suddenly Become Artistic Enough To Sculpt Something. No joke. I've managed to get this behavior under control in my "real life". Books are now the only physical thing that I hoard, and even with those, I'm able to let a few go every now and then. So I figure it's okay to allow myself the indulgence of bookmarking Every. Damn. Thing. Online. And now I get to share a few of them. My favorite part.
- As long as I've already mentioned books, let's begin there. Not with any books themselves, but with Big Cozy Books, children's playroom and library furniture that looks like giant books. I'm sorry, children's? No. I would buy that for my own home NOW, had I the room. But I'll admit, as a child, if I had gotten to play on furniture like that, I would have been in heaven. Since I'm technically an "adult" (pshaw), I guess I'll have to settle for these gorgeous book coasters instead. You know, if I wasn't too cheap to spend money on coasters that were made of anything other than cork. But I can dream...
- However, for every awesome product out there, there are things that are incredibly pathetic, ridiculous, or painful. Like organic pancake batter in a spray can, or medicine cups with sugar on the rims, or MomSpit, a gentle no-rinse cleanser. Okay, I admit, MomSpit kinda makes me laugh. The other two make me sigh. I think those KidKupz people took Mary Poppins a little too seriously.
- There are a few products that I'd really like to own, though, that I'm sure other people would find stupid. For instance, I don't necessarily think it's cute, but since I can't steep a cup of tea correctly to save my life, I'd seriously consider buying this automatic tea timer... if I cared enough about my tea being right, that is. And because I have the world's smallest ears and can't use earbuds (they're too big for my ears--no joke, they won't fit), I'd buy these earbud covers. And... because when my brother and I were younger, we spent a great deal of time trying to "surf" underwater on a kickboard, I might want this underwater skateboard--or maybe the fun was that the kickboards wouldn't stay under and that would take the fun out. (I really don't expect anyone but my brother to find that last link amusing, but I had to include it.)
- I have no idea why I bookmarked this next one. I will never, ever take the time to do it. I'm only grateful that by sharing it here, I can delete the bookmark because I'll have the link preserved for eternity on deliciously. How to make clear (as opposed to cloudy) ice. It's interesting. It's easy enough. But dammit, I rarely care enough to fill the ice tray in general, let alone go through all those steps. But hey, just in case you were wondering, now you know how.
- So I recently mentioned that I've been obsessing about all things Broadway. This includes a miniscule (read: giant) love/hate crush on Kristin Chenoweth. That is, I have a crush on her, but I hate myself for it because in many ways, she seems... awful. But wonderful! Anyway, I remarked to my brother Koby (that would be Jake for those of you who I haven't updated) that this is the first time I've ever had a crush on a celeb who's shorter than me (she's 4'11"). His response was that there probably aren't a lot of celebs out there who are shorter than me (I'm 5'2 1/2", thank you). But I told him, aha, there are quite a few! Ani DiFranco, for one. Both Baby and Ginger Spice(s?). Punky Brewster. Janeane Garofalo (making me wrong about this being the first celeb crush who's shorter, because I was in love with her from age 14-17). Sara Gilbert. How did I know this? Thanks to the celebrity sizematcher, where you put in your height and get a list of the celebs who are the same height as you, shorter than you, and taller than you. So. In other words, a list of celebs' heights. Too bad Cheno (we're tight, I can call her that) isn't on there.
- I used to spend hoooooours playing sudoku online, but quite frankly, I got bored. So now I've turned to games that require less intelligence and result in more wanting to throw my laptop across the room. This game that I have taken to calling the stupid cat game is addictive. And ridiculous. I've played it about a billion times. But hey--I won it once, so now I can stop. Thank goodness. Or wait, maybe I'll go play it once more...
- Dammit! Didn't win. Okay, moving on. T-shirts. I stalk BustedTees and Gimmickwear and the like as much as anyone else, despite the fact that I have an irrational fear of wearing a graphic tee, offending someone, and being beaten up and thus do not own any. But I've found a few others that I'm in love with, from other websites, and would wear in a heartbeat if it were not for said fear keeping me up at night. The most perfect Excel-lovers shirt ever, especially considering I went through a two year phase of flatly adding "yo" at the end of every sentence I said, thinking myself funny. I'm sorry, by the way, for anyone who had to listen to me do that. And how about this shirt that I think probably accurately describes my feelings about my five years living in Ohio (sorry Mel C., if you read this). My favorite high school teacher spent the last 6 months of high school asking me, "Ohio??? REALLY???" Tory, you were right. I'm sorry. And, I'm very very late to the party here, but in my defense I've been away from this website for a long time, and I bookmarked this when it was still new. I could rant for a solid hour about the whole gay Dumbledore thing (wuss who wants extra publicity but wouldn't step up to the plate to use her fame to promote gay rights what?) but in any case, I did find these shirts sort of funny. The text on the page is even funnier. So. Yeah.
- I don't usually find ASCII pictures very interesting. Eh. You drew a picture with slashes. Go you. That's so 1995. Whatever. But if I can do it without doing any work at all? Now lazy, that's always cool. So I present to you the ASCII-o-matic. Upload a picture and it'll draw it for you. And while we're being a tad geeky, I really do want these earrings. They remind of the good old days before I gave in to Movable Type and used to hand code all my pages. Back when I had pride.
Okay, I normally aim for ten bullet points when I do this, but as I've been extremely long winded today, I think eight will suffice. I'm sorry for my ramblings, but I quite enjoyed myself. So there you have it. Welcome to 2008. Click some pointless links. Enjoy.
Posted to Links at January 10, 2008 11:57 AM