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Check out this amazing chocolate illusion from Panny’s...

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:33:56 -0400

Check out this amazing chocolate illusion from Panny’s Chocolate Factory in Australia. Visitors push one button and the chocolate carousel spins. They then push another button, which causes a strobe light to begin flashing…then the fun begins! Check it out, it’s amazing!

pugblug: Avenger Pugs

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:40:16 -0400

pugblug:

Avenger Pugs

temporalteatime: THIS ONE TOO. TELL ME IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO...

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:01:00 -0400

temporalteatime:

THIS ONE TOO. TELL ME IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS THIS?

Holy crap, my childhood.

So, after my colonoscopy, I got to see pictures of my innards,...

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:33:24 -0400

So, after my colonoscopy, I got to see pictures of my innards, which was pretty cool. I wish I asked for a copy, because I totally would have gone all Andy Warhol and pop-arted that shit.

Weird Brain Things

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:30:03 -0400

I’m an English major, and a pretty decent writer, but I’m terrible at spelling and grammar. I was an English tutor at college (for ideas and structure, not grammar) and was selected by my professors, and every other English tutor was the same way. I wonder why? I don’t think it is necessarily a good thing, but I wonder why our brains do that…if certain people are cut out to be writers, others editors (or different kinds of editors), and others both. Is it like that in mathematics?

I’ve also realized I have Prosopagnosia (face blindness) because I can’t recognize people for shit. This is a pain because a lot of people work at my job and they know me and I’m all, “Hey…you…” *sigh*

Tbh, I might not have posted a lot about it, and it might not have been a super huge deal, but...

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:43:00 -0400

Tbh, I might not have posted a lot about it, and it might not have been a super huge deal, but it’s interesting that people on tumblr I don’t even know gave me more support about my procedure than people I’ve known for years, who were more concerned with swimsuits and tv shows, and expect me to be uber supportive over every little issue they have. Yeah ok. And people wonder why I keep to myself. Taking a nap since the anesthesia is still wearing off.

NOTE: JUST EDITING POST INSTEAD OF REBLOGGING BECAUSE TUMBLR IS STUPID

Al: Thank you, it means a lot!

D: Thanks, I thought saying something directly would have seemed needy so I just said stuff here, but I guess I wanted just SOME acknowledgment. I probably should have said more than I did. Thanks for apologizing, it means a lot.

thefrogman: Knit by Kacie Kim [tumblr] [video]

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:08:19 -0400

thefrogman:

Knit by Kacie Kim [tumblr]

[video]

omelaas: nachttour: newvagabond: maxistentialist: Tweenbots...

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:49:47 -0400

omelaas:

nachttour:

newvagabond:

maxistentialist:

Tweenbots by Kacie Kinzer:

Given their extreme vulnerability, the vastness of city space, the dangers posed by traffic, suspicion of terrorism, and the possibility that no one would be interested in helping a lost little robot, I initially conceived the Tweenbots as disposable creatures which were more likely to struggle and die in the city than to reach their destination. Because I built them with minimal technology, I had no way of tracking the Tweenbot’s progress, and so I set out on the first test with a video camera hidden in my purse. I placed the Tweenbot down on the sidewalk, and walked far enough away that I would not be observed as the Tweenbot––a smiling 10-inch tall cardboard missionary––bumped along towards his inevitable fate.

The results were unexpected. Over the course of the following months, throughout numerous missions, the Tweenbots were successful in rolling from their start point to their far-away destination assisted only by strangers. Every time the robot got caught under a park bench, ground futilely against a curb, or became trapped in a pothole, some passerby would always rescue it and send it toward its goal. Never once was a Tweenbot lost or damaged. Often, people would ignore the instructions to aim the Tweenbot in the “right” direction, if that direction meant sending the robot into a perilous situation. One man turned the robot back in the direction from which it had just come, saying out loud to the Tweenbot, “You can’t go that way, it’s toward the road.”

The Tweenbot’s unexpected presence in the city created an unfolding narrative that spoke not simply to the vastness of city space and to the journey of a human-assisted robot, but also to the power of a simple technological object to create a complex network powered by human intelligence and asynchronous interactions. But of more interest to me, was the fact that this ad-hoc crowdsourcing was driven primarily by human empathy for an anthropomorphized object. The journey the Tweenbots take each time they are released in the city becomes a story of people’s willingness to engage with a creature that mirrors human characteristics of vulnerability, of being lost, and of having intention without the means of achieving its goal alone. As each encounter with a helpful pedestrian takes the robot one step closer to attaining it’s destination, the significance of our random discoveries and individual actions accumulates into a story about a vast space made small by an even smaller robot.

AwwWWWWWWAHHHHHHHHHHHH.

*weeps all over the place* I have robot feelings, okay?

Always reblog bot feels.

gorgeoussickgirl: Prep day :( My diet for the day! I feel so...

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:28:22 -0400

gorgeoussickgirl:

Prep day :(

My diet for the day! I feel so pukey :(

cameronclarke: jessikarp: cryptaniac: bananneli: I wish that there was a socially acceptable way...

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:07:13 -0400

cameronclarke:

jessikarp:

cryptaniac:

bananneli:

I wish that there was a socially acceptable way to say, “I’m having a bad mental health day and need you to pay attention to me,” without alienating everyone.

or: “I’m having a bad mental health day and need to be on my own for a while so please don’t be mad if I cancel our plans on short notice.”

We basically need mental health safe words.

Yeah!

My boyfriend is taking care of me the next few nights while I’m prepping for my test and my...

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:37:26 -0400

My boyfriend is taking care of me the next few nights while I’m prepping for my test and my mom’s away. I’m a lucky girl <3

mad-swtor-scribbles: armenian-rhapsody: By far the cutest...

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:55:08 -0400

mad-swtor-scribbles:

armenian-rhapsody:

By far the cutest little guy on the USS Enterprise

I HAVE NEVER REBLOGGED SOMETHING SO FAST IN MY LIFE

I WANT THIS AS A SHIRT

Photo

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:18:13 -0400

dorkly: The Sims Career Ladder

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:13:25 -0400

dorkly:

The Sims Career Ladder

thefrogman: [video] [h/t: collegehumor]

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:57:31 -0400

thefrogman:

[video] [h/t: collegehumor]

blindguymcsqueezie: ditch-able-prom-date: thetableistryingtoeatme: Shout out to all...

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:37:00 -0400

blindguymcsqueezie:

ditch-able-prom-date:

thetableistryingtoeatme:

Shout out to all the religious kids who keep their beliefs to themselves in the middle of science class.

shout out also to the atheists who don’t shit on everyone else’s beliefs “because science”

shout out to everyone who is respectful about everyone elses beliefs

iheartpokemon: Ash Ketchum—oblivious to ALL the things!

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:01:49 -0400

iheartpokemon:

Ash Ketchum—oblivious to ALL the things!

asa-turney: (I just played DS Cute. So I don’t know why I drew...

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:06:18 -0400

asa-turney:

~~_{(I just played DS Cute. So I don’t know why I drew the boy. But this is what I got from it.)}~~

The Witch Princess poofs in at random milestones, offering you a tangible but meaningless reward. It’s a gift item that sells for next to nothing and that she freely admits is totally useless. …But hey, at least it’s something.

The Harvest Goddess poofs in at random milestones, offering you absolutely nothing. She makes a big show of pointing out that you get nothing. …Except maybe that fleeting opportunity to take some pure pride in your achievement.

I think a big part of Harvest Moon games is self-motivation. …Finding ‘something exciting in this world’ that only you can see amidst all the repetitive ‘patterns.’ Being willing to work hard for your own personal satisfaction and little else. I think that’s the takeaway message. So in that way, as annoying as it is to be constantly denied rewards, I think the Goddess is supposed to be like the ‘good angel’ on your shoulder reminding you that hard work is its own reward~.

kanedaaaaaaa: tetsuooooooo: KANEDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA TETSUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:14:17 -0400

kanedaaaaaaa:

tetsuooooooo:

KANEDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

TETSUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Blegh

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:04:05 -0400

Cool things about next week: Time off work

Bad things about next week: It’s because I have to have a procedure done at the hospital.

Well, you win some, you lose some.