Disneyland When No One Is Looking

One thing I love about Disneyland is how magically clean it is. Every time I visit the park, it looks like it has just opened. And I got a special invitation for a sneak peak visit. "Welcome, Princess Katie!" an animatronic blue bird chirps as I step through the turnstile at the ticket booth. Once through the portal, a park employee named Eduardo places a diamond encrusted tiara on my head. As he does that, he whispers "welcome home" into my ear, which sends tingles of excitement down my back. Eduardo snaps my picture and then hands me a map. A marching band plays "Push It" by Salt-n-Pepper in the background.

This is an incredible feat for a place that receives 40,000 visitors daily. Clearly, I do way more damage to my one bedroom apartment all by myself! I don't think you understand how impressed I am!

Animals Being Dicks

Thought I'd share my new favorite website, Animals Being Dicks. It's simply a collection of hilarious gifs of animals... well, being total assholes.

Condescending Llama and Tophat Kitten are especially good at producing LOLs.

http://animalsbeingdicks.com/

Here's a classic to get you started...

Buffalo buffalo buffalo...

Did you know that....

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

...is a grammatically correct sentence in the English language? Yep.

It is because the word 'buffalo' has three meanings and uses: the name of the place Buffalo, New York (used as a noun adjunct in the sentence), the noun for the animal, and the verb which means to bully, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.

If you substitute the noun buffalo for bison and break down the sentence it essentially means:

Buffalo bison whom other Buffalo bison, themselves bully Buffalo bison.

Feast Your Eyes on This!

Lego Master: Alex Eylar

Legos! They're the best! Unless the only thing you can make is
crappy box that you cleverly call modern architecture. Really, I've never lasted more than 10 minutes (that's what he said) trying to work some magic with legos. Maybe its for that very reason that I am fascinated by anyone who can build skyscrapers and dreams with those little plastic bricks. Like the Lego Imagination Center in
Downtown Disney with their lifesize lego Chewbaca and giant giraffe? Cramazing! Imagine my delight when I stumbled across one Alex Eylar, a master of legos, and his creations online.

Rants and Raves: National Geographic Photography Contest 2010

National Geographic can be pretty awesome sometimes (you know, when it's not being racist) and its that time of year for the Nat Geo Annual Photography Contest. This year the winner will receive a whopping $10,000 and have their photo published in the magazine. The deadline is actually Nov 30th... you snap-happy people out there still have a few more days to submit your work! I highly encourage it! There are some fan-fucking-tastic photos in the bunch! Seriously!

Awkward Pet Photos

So I was watching Cats 101 (surprise, surprise) and I decided I totally want a Devon Rex cat. You should google the breed. As kittens, these cats look like strange alien bats but they get kind of cute when they grow into their ears? Sort of?
Well, while googling the various breeds, I found some awesomely strange owner & pet photographs.
There is also a whole website dedicated to pics like these, awkwardfamilypetphotos.com, which I stole some photos from.
Enjoy!

What Do These Have In Common?

Hmmm???

Workin' Out With My Merkin Out

A quick historical sketch of the merkin:

A merkin is a pubic wig that first appeared around the 1450s. Its original intent was to cover up the unsightly sores of syphilis. Syphilis outbreaks occurred frequently in the 1500s, causing huge numbers of deaths but also keeping merkin-makers in business. One early and common treatment for syphilis was mercury. Patients would drink, inhale, or inject mercury with the hopes of curing their STDs. In fact, mercury remained the common treatment for syphilis and other skin diseases until the late 1800s. And while people waited around for their sores to heal, they'd simply slap on some fake fur and it'd all be good! 

Hey! Grandpa Just Tweeted From The Grave!

Feast your eyes on a the new modern tomb, the E-Tomb, brought to us by Japanese designers.

The E-Tomb itself would store the recently deceased electronic data--like Facebook pages, blogs, pictures, videos--which can be revisited by friends and family. This miracle-maker is equipped with a blue tooth panel that is solar powered. A great way to keep in touch with the dearly departed?