girl raised by dogs

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/250596/ukranian_girl_raised_by_dogs/

teaching nihilism

From this months American Girl catalogue that showed up on our front porch this morning...

grizzly man goodness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jsmqWXxia4

Pure Awesomeness. Grizzly Man. Yes.

too cool for school

the ruler

Rulers made from ivory were in use by the Indue Valley Civilization period prior to 1500 BCE. Excavations at Lothal (2400 BCE) have yielded one such ruler calibrated to about 1/16 of an inch—less than 2 Millimeters. Ian Whitelaw (2007) holds that 'The Mohenjo-Daro ruler is divided into units corresponding to 1.32 inches (33.5 mm) and these are marked out in decimal subdivisions with amazing accuracy—to within 0.005 of an inch. Ancient bricks found throughout the region have dimensions that correspond to these units.

femme fatale

eyelash curler

So one of my items is an eyelash curler and it took some doing to find the first reference of an eyelash curler, because most books only reference when the nicer, more advanced ones came out in 1944.

"In the 1920s, Max Factor worked on Theda Bara as well as many other actresses, including Clara Bow. Factor, a Russian émigré who started out as a wigmaker, introduced many innovations as he built a family cosmetics empire in Hollywood. His approach was to “bead” the lashes with his own special concoction. Factor’s Cosmetic (pronounced with a French affect, as “cosmetique”) was a waxy, waterproof preparation that came in foil-wrapped tubes the shape and size of a roll of breath mints today. The makeup artist or actor would slice off a small chunk and hold it over a flame until it melted. Then he or she would dip an orange stick into the gooey Cosmetic. It could either be applied to the lashes in upward strokes or applied to the tips of two or three lashes, which would be held together until they stuck, giving the lashes a thick appearance.

When Factor first applied his Cosmetic on Clara Bow, according to company lore, she panicked at the end of the day when her lids started sticking together. Someone tracked down Max Factor, who showed Bow how to use cold cream to remove the waxy goo. She reportedly became a “devoted Cosmetic user” thereafter.17 Other new weapons were popping up in the eye-enhancement arsenal. Kurlash, the first eyelash curling device, was invented in 1923. It was hard to use, cost a hefty five dollars, and it took ten minutes just to get the lashes of one eye curled. It was a huge success."

taken from

Inventing Beauty : A History of the Innovations that Have Made Us Beautiful

by Teresa Riordan

four spaces

My best friends kitchen:
quaint
colorful
storybook
black & white checkered floor
four Andy Warhol portraits
1950's dinette
two candles
white gas stove
white tiling
white cupboards
potted plants- thyme, basil, oregano, rosemary
trinkets from around the world
Shepard's Pie
homey

My favorite store:
Pete's Food Mart
bright colors
perfectly organized
little boxes
cans stacked high
details
glistening produce
plastic
movie-quality
"garden fresh"
green limes next to yellow lemons next to coral grapefruit next to red apples
unthinkable heights
blocky
soldier-like mounds
living
alive
sale
light/diet
little labels
cartoon pictures
sugar\stickiness
meals
satisfying

Middle school gymnasium:
ugly
dilapidated
private catholic school
small budget
one inch brown tiles
balcony
Easter egg green railings
old
smelly
sweaty
bleachers
stale

My bedroom at 14:
freedom
new house
new dark blue carpet
new electric blue paint
dungeon
stark white furniture
glow-in-the-dark
sanctuary

My bedroom now:
tasteful
Ashley furniture set
deep cherry wood
pretty
interesting
white walls
wood floors
orderly
two pillows
soft blankets
particular
collection
full-length mirror
patience
time

Palin count... gotta love (making fun of) her

"maverick" - 5

"darn right" - 3

referencing herself as Governor of Alaska (because thats all she's got) - 8

"soccer/hockey mom" - 3


mav·er·ick /ˈmævərɪk, ˈmævrɪk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[mav-er-ik, mav-rik]

1.	Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, esp. an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.

2.	a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates.

3.	(initial capital letter) an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 mi. (24 km).

4. Tom Cruise in Top Gun