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Not a poet and I know it

17 Feb

I have been known to dabble in poetry. You know, there was the couple of times I decided haikus were a good idea, not to mention that poetry book I had to write in high school that my sophomore English teacher looked at for eight seconds before giving me (and everyone else who completed it, whether it sucked or not) an A.

I worked hard on that thing. My mom even framed one of the poems. I just want to be appreciated for my talents.

A week or so ago I went on a tumblr rampage – meaning in looking around online I found about 20 new blogs/tumblrs to follow that are pretty much genius. One of my favorites is one called Newspaper Blackout.

On the site, they basically black out almost all of the words and make it into poetry. They take submitted pieces, which I’m contemplating. On account of my knack for poetry.

 
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Posted by on February 17, 2012 in Wish I'd thought of this

 

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Finders’ keepers

10 Feb

I think I punctuated that correctly.

Anyway.

Currently, as a bookmark, I am using a Les Miserables little fact sheet that came in a book I bought from Half-Price Books. It was convenient, so I kept it.

I did not, however, put a picture of it on the Internet. But I should have!

Because there is this site – a couple sites, actually – dedicated to “found” random stuff like that.

I’ve gotten out of the habit of checking the blogs regularly, but when I do I’m happier for it.

Found Magazine is dedicated to anything that’s found. Grocery lists, notes, photos, drawings, love letters, hate letters, whatever you find and wherever you find it.

Then there’s “I Found Your Camera” which reunites people with their missing film. These people have lost their camera, but someone has developed the film and is willing to get in touch with you to get it back to you and it’s just cool.

I’ve never found anything that warrants posting on either site, but in related news, I think I’ve just found something to add to my life list.

 
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Posted by on February 10, 2012 in Wish I'd thought of this

 

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No future boxing career

03 Feb

Probably one of my biggest fears ever is the fear of getting punched in the face. Anywhere else on my body I feel like I could probably handle it – who am I kidding, I have the lowest threshold for pain in the world – but the possibility of ever being hit in the face scares the shit out of me.

Sometimes, when I see people get punched in movies or on TV it hurts me.

That makes watching this video particularly hard:

Just kidding, it’s awesome. If only I knew how to make something like this, I’d try to do something equally as awesome (even though it probably already exists, I just haven’t looked yet) like a montage of every time Ryan Gosling takes his shirt off in a movie.

 
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Posted by on February 3, 2012 in Wish I'd thought of this

 

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Just watching you while you sleep…

27 Jan

I need more public transportation in my life.

Most of my experiences with buses or trains or subways or monorails or boats or whatever, have all been while I’m out of town on vacation.

In fact, I’m pretty sure I’ve fallen asleep on all of the aforementioned modes of transportation, especially that one time when Ash and I went to London and had such bad jet lag we slept for 13 hours.

Speaking of, I took a picture of Ashley asleep on the subway while we were there. Because it’s funny to take pictures of people while they sleep. Because usually they look crazy/weird. And by they, I mean me.

And the people at poopt.tumblr.com.. Because apparently, someone got the idea to start a blog where it’s all just submitted photos of people asleep on public transportation. (Be real, you thought for a second because of the url it was gonna be about poop, didn’t you. Sorry to disappoint.)

I wish I’d thought of that.

And also may have found a new goal – get my picture on that website. But it has to be taken by someone I don’t know. Which means my friends can’t submit a picture of me sleeping on a bus and send it in. Also, I guess that means I need to start taking the bus.

 
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Posted by on January 27, 2012 in Wish I'd thought of this

 

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One of the best combinations since PB&J

20 Jan

While it’s like 99 percent official that my favorite superhero of all time is Iron Man, there is someone that’s in an awfully close second.

Batman.

Not the Michael Keaton version or the George Clooney version or Val Kilmer. The Christian Bale one.

Dark Knight is, in my opinion, the best superhero movie, ever. Don’t argue.

And, luckily, they’re making another one, The Dark Knight Rises. Seen the trailer? WATCH IT NOW. Don’t argue.

Baller. Right?

Even more baller? The video posted below, where some genius (and I don’t mean that sarcastically) took the audio from that amazeballs preview and synced it with clips from The Lion King. Matches up pretty perfectly.

And I totally think Michael Caine should have done Zazu’s voice.

 
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Posted by on January 20, 2012 in Wish I'd thought of this

 

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Obviously the best idea ever

13 Jan

OK, so my thoughts are when you pick your five you should also be allowed an alternate, should one of your choices do something as horrible as get a bad haircut or date Scarlett Jowhocares or something equally as horrible to taint their amazingness.

If that’s the case, then I know who mine is. Ryan Gosling. Obvs.

Why is he not in my five already? Well, because that’s just too easy. He’s in everyone’s five. Except for my friend Stephanie. Her type is completely different, meaning the number one on her list is the guy from the All-State commercials.

However, I do have a bit of a crush on Mr. Gosling as well, which is why I find the following so awesome.

It’s from a tumblr I follow called, appropriately (earmuffs, kiddos) Fuck Yeah, Ryan Gosling.

Because really, who doesn’t look at him and think that? Besides Stephanie.

Someone has found all these photos of him and puts text on it that is more often than not as funny or funnier than the one I posted above. They all start out pretty much the same: “Hey girl…” It’s so easy, and amazing. And hilarious. Why didn’t I think of it?

Foiled again.

 
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Posted by on January 13, 2012 in Wish I'd thought of this

 

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Jealous, for so many reasons

06 Jan

We’re starting a new feature over here at on-account-of. You can look for it every Friday and it’s under the category called “Wish I’d thought of this.”

What’s it all about? I’m glad you asked. See, there are things I see or stories I hear of and a lot of the time I’m like, “Damn. Why didn’t I think of that?”

And what a perfect way to describe this video I’ve posted below.

Some of you long-time readers may remember the first love letter I ever wrote on this site. It was back when I was a baby blogger and it was just lil’ ol’ me professing my love for Jason Segel.

Totally lame in comparison to this girl, who wrote him a song, played it on her guitar and sang it for him and — here’s the part where I’m most jealous because I totally could write a cute song and really need to learn to play guitar – he’s seen it. In fact, he said it was maybe his favorite thing ever. And, according to his Twitter, he’s working on a response.

WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF DOING THIS?

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go attempt to write a song for Robert Downey Jr. and learn how to play the banjo or piano or something. Because that’s what gets results. Plus, he’s next on my list.

 
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Posted by on January 6, 2012 in Wish I'd thought of this

 

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