lights&magnets bolts&wires
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It’s the one fundraiser that shouldn’t be for children that is for children. The short-shorts alone are totally inappropriate.

We’re coming up to our 4th year of Band Swap here in Saskatoon. It’s a huge fundraising event wherein 35 of us get together, draw names from hats to form random bands of 5-6 people, then spend the next day learning covers and writing an original song. Then, that night, it all comes together in a sold-out, over-boozed rock’n’roll show where each band performs their stuff and makes fools of themselves for a charity that helps babies.

The University’s student newspaper interviewed my boyfriend and two of our friends for an article about Band Swap 2k10.

Band Swap: the New Year’s party to end all others | The Sheaf – the University of Saskatchewan student newspaper

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Oh Joy!: flower fab…
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Ugh. Bad day.

Because hearing the gurgle of poop-water coming up through my shower drain wasn’t enough of a hint that I should have just stayed in bed and dreamed myself far, far away from this shitty (unfortunate choice of words) Monday that seemed to go on forever.

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Film for NZ Book Council Produced by Colenso BBDO Animated by Andersen M Studio

WATCH THIS. For serious. Super, super cool.

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aquabooks:

libraryland:librarynth:


John Gall has the way cool (and continuing) story of the cover design for Remainder, one of the better books I’ve read this year. This has so many layers of meta, I don’t know where to even begin.

aquabooks:

libraryland:librarynth:

John Gall has the way cool (and continuing) story of the cover design for Remainder, one of the better books I’ve read this year. This has so many layers of meta, I don’t know where to even begin.

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Last week, we finally had to retire and replace the typewriter in our office. It was a darling 1960s IBM Selectric, and it was the same typewriter used to typeset our first books 35 years ago. From the IBM Archives:1961:  IBM introduces the Selectric Typewriter, an electric typewriter which uses a replaceable golf ball-shaped typing element rather than type bars or movable carriages. The Selectric becomes a popular piece of office equipment because of its ease in changing fonts and because it was available in a variety of colors.
Another shot of ye olde workhorse.

Last week, we finally had to retire and replace the typewriter in our office. It was a darling 1960s IBM Selectric, and it was the same typewriter used to typeset our first books 35 years ago.

From the IBM Archives:
1961:  IBM introduces the Selectric Typewriter, an electric typewriter which uses a replaceable golf ball-shaped typing element rather than type bars or movable carriages.
The Selectric becomes a popular piece of office equipment because of its ease in changing fonts and because it was available in a variety of colors.

Another shot of ye olde workhorse.

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gatsbylives:

sensedelirium:robot-heart: Oh So Beautiful Paper: Pottery Barn
I. Love. This.
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theduty:

lownotes:

Neutral Milk Hotel — “Two-Headed Boy”
(Live at Knitting Factory, 1998)

So. Damn. Good.
Apparently this hasn’t seen the light of day until now.
Also see: “April 8th”

(via Merge)

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Nothing is more obnoxious

than when people chew their gum or food with their mouths open.

Marissa, you’re going to be stuck with one of those people FOREVER.

Sorry.

Congrats?

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GPOYW, Pink Toque/Freaky Shadow Edition.

GPOYW, Pink Toque/Freaky Shadow Edition.

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5:30 pm - November 17, 2009 (via ohsosinister)
Another. And I didn’t do any post-processing on this. These sunsets went straight from my camera directly to your little peepers.

5:30 pm - November 17, 2009 (via ohsosinister)

Another. And I didn’t do any post-processing on this. These sunsets went straight from my camera directly to your little peepers.

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5:30 pm - November 17, 2009 (via ohsosinister)
Just ran outside to get some shots of tonight’s sunset. Spectacular.

5:30 pm - November 17, 2009 (via ohsosinister)

Just ran outside to get some shots of tonight’s sunset. Spectacular.

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Actually, no.

The best thing about work is when you have to bring it home and finish it on your own time.

You know, instead of spending a lovely autumn evening walking in crispy leaves with your fave boyfriend.

Wow. Yeah, I really can feel your jealousy from here.

GrumbleGrumbleGrumbleStompStomp

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seoulbrother:

You know, my friend Julie is a wonderful person. She’s starting a project in Pittsburgh called Here You Go where, on rainy days, volunteers hand out umbrellas to unsuspecting folks who, for whatever reason, don’t have one.
Each umbrella has a postcard attached to it with a message gently nudging the recipient to, in turn, do something kind for someone else.
I mean, what the fuck, right? Something nice. How cool would it be to fund a clandestine guerilla force bent on spreading kindness? Very cool. That’s how cool.

This made my heart feel all warm.

seoulbrother:

You know, my friend Julie is a wonderful person. She’s starting a project in Pittsburgh called Here You Go where, on rainy days, volunteers hand out umbrellas to unsuspecting folks who, for whatever reason, don’t have one.

Each umbrella has a postcard attached to it with a message gently nudging the recipient to, in turn, do something kind for someone else.

I mean, what the fuck, right? Something nice. How cool would it be to fund a clandestine guerilla force bent on spreading kindness? Very cool. That’s how cool.

This made my heart feel all warm.

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Another one of me and Hailey, fresh from the Photo Booth archives.

Another one of me and Hailey, fresh from the Photo Booth archives.