If your second toe is (slightly) taller than your big toe, you will rule your husband/wife.
The Chicken Pad Thai at Lovely Day in NYC
This place has the absolute best thing I’ve eaten in my life thus far. This would be part of my death meal (you know, if you were being electrocuted and you needed to choose a last meal, your death meal, dummy!).
I do not know why it tastes so perfect. I do not know if many would agree with me in this assessment (there have been some, for sure). If pad thai is ever a thing you order when you’re out, then this is a must-eat meal when you’re in New York City.
Been eating this for eight years now. Ain’t gonna slow down neither. You can’t stop this guy. Can’t even if you tried.
(What else would be in my death meal, you ask? What a great question. Probably a poutine from New York Fries in Canada. Not really that special, but that dark gravy? C’mon, man.)
“I see when men love women, they give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.”
Just so we’re all clear on this, let it be known that I’ve been a longstanding member of the Canadian Wildlife Federation for twenty-three years and counting. What the hell have you done with your life?
Pink Ribbons, Inc. - A Review
My boyfriend is the one who told me that I needed to watch this - and to be honest, I didn’t really get why he was insisting repeatedly. I know that he watches a lot of documentaries, but I thought, “Ugh. That sounds just… boring,” as awful as that statement is to admit. I didn’t feel like sitting through an hour and a half of hearing just how terrible breast cancer really is and listening to stories and specifics on why. I know these things. Not know them like some others do, but I’m as little aware as I thought I needed to be. (Most of this paragraph makes me sound like a monster, and I’m aware of that.)
This is not a movie solely about breast cancer and those affected by it. I initially thought that’s what it was about, and it could not be further from that.
Here’s the best description of it that I could find (and even this does not quite do it justice):
“Breast cancer has become the poster child of corporate cause-related marketing campaigns. Countless women and men walk, bike, climb and shop for the cure. Each year, millions of dollars are raised in the name of breast cancer, but where does this money go and what does it actually achieve? Pink Ribbons, Inc. is a feature documentary that shows how the devastating reality of breast cancer, which marketing experts have labeled a “dream cause,” becomes obfuscated by a shiny, pink story of success.” Written by The National Film Board of Canada
It took me about fifteen minutes into the film to finally understand what this was going to be about, so I can only suggest you sit through that first part and wait for it to really begin.
The whole piece is crazy well done, in my opinion, and I’ll probably continue to tell people that fact for maybe about a week or so - or however long the sensation of seeing something really great lasts.
Here’s an excerpt from it that lingered in my mind, for whatever reason:
“I particularly reject the word survivor as a label for myself. Not only because I’m a little superstitious, since who knows - but also because it seems to me to be a put down of those women who don’t survive.”
There were so many things covered that I’ve never been even slightly aware of, so I’m just glad to have seen it. It’s just an extremely eloquent, unbiased (but in the classiest kind of unbiased way) documentary. Definitely see it.
Storm Cloud Downspout
I want this so badly.
Designed by Russian industrial designer Дмитрий Куляев for Art Lebedev studio.
This makes me all kinds of happy on a dreary day.
BONUS POST! May Shall Be The Most Beautiful Month (link) →
TOO. EXCITED.
“If possible, you should do your makeup near a window. Not one with the direct sunlight streaming in, but just sit near a window. Just good sense since most indoor lighting is terrible.”
Humans Dress Up As Animals For Zoo Escape (link) →
The photos are really the only reason I’m posting this. So great.