it's what's on the inside...

http://shoptalk.dmagazine.com/category/whats-in-her-bag/

Why is it that what is in the bag is just as interesting as the bag itself of a fashionable, intelligent individual? See what's in the purses of some Dallas fashion and culture phenoms here. The Things Neatly Organized blog on Tumblr also occasionally show cases some interesting collections of people's carryalls and clutches.

random thoughts collecting

I love Woody Harrelson, especially after Zombieland, but did you know that his father was a contract killer? Yeah. Didn't expect that one.

I LOVE this online design magazine: www.lonnymag.com. It's so cool that it's online! Go green!

I'm starting to get back into my habit of drawing, which feels great. I missed it so much during school. Trying for three times a day. Hello 100 themes again!

I need a new camera and a new camcorder. Yes, I said need. They are essential to my life force.

So I don't know if you've heard, but Doctor Who is the best show on television, closely followed by Breaking Bad. Dr. Who is a tad bit more lighthearted than Breaking Bad, but, ya know, it's whatever.

The movie The Last Airbender is going to be amazing. Go see it.

Do you ever have conversations in your head with Facebook? You know in the sidebar, it has stuff for friends you haven't talked to in a while and it says "Reconnect with him/her." Today, in my head I said, "No thanks, I'd rather not."

I hate it when you go to use your mouse, see that it's not moving on the screen, and then realize that you need to plug it in to the USB.

Why are zippers on pants called flies?

I really want an Uglydoll. Please.

Don't ever call my house at 7 am. My phone is right next to my bed now and it's earsplitting loud when it rings.

art & copy

When I got onto Netflix about two hours ago, I thought I was going to be watching Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. But, the movie gods smiled upon me and granted me a long desired wish via my Instant Queue and made my night. Ask my roommate.

I've been waiting for the documentary for about 6 months, since I first saw the (ironic) ad for it on the internet. I don't even remember how I found it, actually. My English prof assigned a book called Amusing Ourselves to Death by Niel Postman about the proliferation of the image and pictures dominating the written word and how the computer and television are "taking over the world." Pretty grim stuff, but so interesting. Definitely a recommended nonfiction read. Anyway, when I researching for topics that were related to some of the subjects mentioned in the book for a paper, I immediately thought of advertisement. The epitome of the short, image saturated communication media. My art teacher during my senior year worked in advertising before she became a teacher, and we actually did a project that involved making a company identity and making an advertisement for it. And when I stumbled across this documentary, I knew I had to watch it. Unfortunately at the time, it was only screening in certain cities, none of them remotely close to where I get at it. 

Advertising it just one of the most interesting phenomena. It's this message that a bunch of people create, then send out into space, the world, and hope for a response. Too bad a lot the advertising done these days is complete shit, pardon my language. There are really only a few that I like. Those funny Intel commercials, because I can personally relate to that, I think, and those new tampon commercials that point out how stupid tampon commercials can be. That's pretty much it. It's such a shame because an ad can be so much more than that. Think about it. Apple's "Think Different." Nike's "Just Do It." Both of those grew into so much more than an ad. They were revolutionary and became mantras to live by. It's an amazing thing to think about.

"The frightening and most difficult thing about being what somebody calls a creative person is that you have absolutely no idea where any of your thoughts come from, really. And especially you don't have any idea about where they're going to come from tomorrow." - Hal Riney (1932-2008)

You will be enlightened. And if not, at least you will have seen some good ads instead of the crap that's on TV.

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Have you ever done Chat Roulette? Have you been "nexted?"

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Women's Day

Happy Women's Day!

Give thanks to the women in your life and those that came before you.

My favorite women in history

Firsts
Clara Barton - founder of the International Red Cross
Pearl S. Buck - First American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature for The Good Earth
Marie Curie - First woman to win the Nobel Prize
Amelia Earhart - First female aviator to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean
Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay - First woman to earn a doctorate
Sandra Day O'Conner - First woman to serve on the Supreme Court
Sally Ride - First woman in space
Margaret Thatcher -  First female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Activists
Susan B. Anthony - Activist
Rosa Parks - Civil rights activist
Coretta Scott King - Activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Anne Frank - Young girl remembered for her bravery

The Arts

Grace Kelly - Actress and Princess of Monaco

Ingrid Bergman - Actress of acclaim

Jean Harlow - Actress

Bette Davis - Actress

Audrey Hepburn - Actress and activist

Frida Khalo- Artist

Emily Dickinson - Poet

Harriet Beecher Stowe - Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin

Jane Austen - Author of many beloved books

Mary Shelley - Author of Frakenstein

Mary Cassatt - Artist

Artemisia Gentileschi - Artist

Georgia O'Keefe - Artist

Catherine De'Medici - Patron of the arts in Italian Renaissance

Politics

Queen Elizabeth I - Influential, powerful Queen of England

Princess Diana of Wales - Remembered for her activism and kindness

Eleanor Roosevelt - Civil rights activist and First Lady of the United States during the Great Depression

Laura Bush - First Lady and advocate for children and reading

Michelle Obama - Advocate for American children and First Lady

The Secret of Kells

I'm sure everyone of you has read (and possibly researched) the Oscar nominations. Every year, my personal favorite is Best Animated Feature. And this year is of special interest because one film combines two loves of mine: animation and art history.

The Secret of Kells

Bundle Up, Babies!

Who's ready for the chills? Would you just look at this map?! Look at Brownsville! I wonder if anyone down there is prepared, with their usual high being somewhere in the 70's or 80's in the winter.