Tom Waits Doppelgänger

Grigory Zinoviev

He was involved in political whatnots during the Stalin era. Anyway, I came across him because I'm doing a video for work on Russia, and when I saw a thumbnail of him, I thought it was Tom Waits!

Here, he has more of a John C. Reilly thing going on:

Listening to Young Atheists: Lessons for a Stronger Christianity

I love The Atlantic, and this article might be one of the best things I've read this year. I've been disappointed in the books I've read this year, and this gave me the feeling I get when I read a particularly wonderful, enlightening book.


Listening to Young Atheists: Lessons for a Stronger Christianity

(clickity doo da)

Tumblr Siriusly Questioning Harry Potter

As I've said before, Buzzfeed is generally rubbish, but this:

Tumblr on Harry Potter

Thanks, Cassie. Thanks for putting me in pain due to trying not to audibly laugh in this ridiculously quiet office.

I'm a fan

Satellite Swirls

Glacier in Alaska via satellite.

ARTICLE

The first image, of Iceland, in the article is my favorite. Swirly, swirly.

A co-worker had the Iceland photo as her desktop background and it had caught my eye!

Serial Killer

Katrina Plotnikova

Katrina Plotnikova is a Russian photographer who took photos of women with wild animals.


Photos are HERE

The peacock, foxes, and owl are just killer.

Sweet Things

Ah, home sweet mo'lovin' home.

And I did in fact give in and get me an iPhone. It's extremely practical and will be immensely useful, I can already tell.

iPhone, ice skating, Ray Charles, lovely walks (illustrated above), Wii Trivial Pursuit & wondrous foods, long talks, and last but o so not least, my overwhelmingly caring parents.

It's incredibly overt how my confidence has been restored and I could not have anticipated how beneficial home was. It always is, but my word, my friends :)

See you in June, Oh-my-oh!

The Aftermath

In the past week, I've taken up some...things:

For someone who has never liked yoga, I've found some appealing stretches. Especially ones to do before bed so you sleep better.
Before bed stretches

I've never had the patience to cook, but yesterday I decided fish would be nice. It wasn't really cooking, more so baking, but I'm stubborn &impatient and that's progress, darn it! AND, lemon juice. Man that makes fish wondrous.

Palm reading. I was Pinteresting and looking at Edie stuff and found the quote where she says she won't live past 30. So, I wondered if there was anything to be said of palm reading, coupled with pure curiosity.
PALM'N

Yeah, you can make anything out of palm readings or tarot cards, but some of it made sense. And I thought of Elijah Wood because he has very smooth palms, and someone actually wrote about HIS hands! Ha.

I bought some ankle weights to add to a workout I've been doing. The ankle weights are fantastic for arabesques, forward kicks, and side kicks. AND, when we had ankle weights in ballet/jazz, they were HUGE and slid up and down and were extremely distracting. These stay put, and I love it.

Home in 4 days :)

Fellowship Fellows

I, miss these guys. SO much.

Boys in the Fellowship being just perfect.


And most of the time, Buzzfeed is a let down/not worth it, but THIS is gold.

Bill Murray Flying

Guys. THIS.

Sniffle Snuffle

I have a MOST annoying cold.

I found some of these to be actually helpful:

SNIFFLES


The pinch your nose and walk around one was entirely new to me but I think it may have helped!
Unrelated to this article, Breathe Right Nose Strips are, as I've said before, a godsend.



In other news, I went Eastern Europe crazy today on Pinterest. +Swiss Alps and Wales, which we missed when we were there. 9 countries in 6 weeks was somethin' else! I've also been watching Dexter, which I started watching in 2006 when it came out, but I forgot about it. I forgot just how superb this show is!

Bulbo pls

I don't even know if I would think this funny if I had come across it on my own, but Deven showed this to me and he read it aloud, and it was funny.

Home was chaotic and wonderful, as always. New laptop! Huzzah!
And I'm so happy I was able to see everyone. From Tallmadge people to a friend home from Japan :)

Savannah was great, as well. We went to Leopold's again and Stephen and I shared a huge sundae. Overflowing wonderfulness.


Here's one of the instants that was taken whilst home:

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(drawings done by Deven on paper on a table at a cafe we went to for a poetry reading in Kent: Me in the corner with a heart in front of my eyes and Stephen on the other side. Smaller drawings by Eric, me, JC, and Stephen.)