i am not as awesome as i could be (just for you di)

Glance over to the right at my "Project 365" slideshow. You know, my plan to take a photo every day of 2010? To gain insight about myself and the world around me? The plan I've completely abandoned?
That's the one.

This guy seriously puts me to shame.  He took a polaroid a day almost every day from 1979 until the day he died in 1997.  That's a total of 6,697 Polaroids.  Polaroids, people.  If you've got a few minutes, check them out here, and read the summary where I first learned about it on mental floss.   You can watch his entire life unfold in a visual format. 

PRO-found.

catalog living

I love me some sarcastic blog humor.  I read regretsy more than I probably should.  But this- this is guilt free, appropriate sarcastic blog humor.  It's a brand new blog called Catalog Living, where that hilarous woman from the Sonic commercials makes fun of catalog photos.  Check this piece out:

Sweetheart, the Turners will be here any minute now! Did you put the plate of figs under the table?

or this one:

Hon, where’s my string of old-timey buoys? Oh wait, I found them. Hey, lobsters and limes for dinner AGAIN???

She cracks me up.

secrets

What are your go to, time wasting, non-blog websites that you MUST check daily?  Here are mine:

1. someone once told me.  My very first post was about this one.  Here's another photo of theirs I'm currently loving:

2. Found.  People find stuff, take pictures of it, and send it in to the website.  It's like seeing secret glimpses into the lives of strangers.  Here are two of my favorite recent finds.

and

3. Post Secret.  If you haven't seen this one, it's a definite must-read!  Updated every Sunday with more powerful secrets in visual form.  I can't get enough.  Here's my favorite from this week's collection:

What are your favorites?

ikea update!

The other day, I received unconfirmed reports via text and email from my mom and best friend that Ikea will be in Colorado by Fall 2011.  They were all abuzz.  But it seemed to good to be true.  My sources stated that they had received the information from some newspaper called the "Denver Post", but what kind of source is a newspaper?  I mean, my favorite newspaper is The Onion, but I'd never consider it a reputable source.  Half the time I think they're just making that stuff up!
So I went to my source for all things Ikea, coloradoikeafans.com.  Surely, people as serious as these would know the truth. 
And they confirmed it!
IKEA, Centennial, Colorado, Fall 2011.  They even showed me how to put in an Ikea employment application.  Now that's a source with inside information!
Soon, we'll all be buying these:

confession time

OK, I admit it.  I get all of my news from the yahoo page.  It comes in controlled, positive/negative balanced doses.  With a little celebrity gossip and trivia thrown in.  I know it's socially irresponsible, but it's the truth.
On the plus side, the yahoo page has brought me the following:
The Color Career Counselor:
A color based test to determine your career interests and skills. Take it immediately- it's super fun, and amazingly accurate, I think.  I should probably get some feedback from others before spreading that conclusion all over the internet though.  So let me know what you think after you've taken it- did it describe you perfectly?

fun with fonts

I am falling a bit in love with a new website: dafont.com.  First of all, it's got some awesome fonts. Secondly, it has a faux gangsta name, and there's nothing cooler in the world. As far as I'm concerned.  Here are some of my faves...