Things to read: How The Creative Mind Works

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-unleashed-mind

All I Want Is Everything

Yeah, I like this. From Victoria's Secret.

 

What To Get Vinyl Lovers For Christmas

Obviously, you could buy vinyl junkies more records for Christmas, but they probably already own too many. Soooo, next best thing, these journals with covers made from old records. Get them from Love Shine.

Wise Words

i-D Magazine Covers

LOVE  one of this month's i-D covers:

It really reminds me of this Sade cover from 1983:

Basketball Plant Pot

So cute! File under, "Things You Could Make If You Could Be Bothered".

The Crunch by Charles Bukowski

too much
too little
or too late

too fat
too thin
or too bad

laughter or
tears
or immaculate
unconcern

haters
lovers

armies running through streets of pain
waving wine bottles
bayoneting and fucking everyone

or an old guy in a cheap quiet room
with a photograph of Marilyn Monroe.

there is a loneliness in this world so great
that you can see it in the slow movement of
a clock's hands.

there is a loneliness in this world so great
that you can see it in blinking neon
in Vegas, in Baltimore, in Munich.

people are tired
strafed by life
mutilated either by lover or no
love.

we don't need new governments
new revolutions
we don't need new men
new women
we don't need new ways
we just need to care.

people are not good to each other
one on one.
people are just not good to each other.

we are afraid.
we think that hatred signifies
strength.
that punishment is
love.

what we need is less false education
what we need are fewer rules
fewer police
and more good teachers.

we forget the terror of one person
aching in one room
alone
unkissed
untouched
cut off
watering a plant alone
without a telephone that would never
ring
anyway.

people are not good to each other
people are not good to each other
people are not good to each other

and the beads swing and the clouds obscure
and dogs piss upon rose bushes
the killer beheads the child like taking a bite
out of an ice cream cone
while the ocean comes in and goes out
in and out
in the thrall of a senseless moon.

and people are not good to each other.

The Art of Jun Kumaori

A little art for a Monday morning, Japanese artist Jun Kumaori.

Occupy Wall Street

If there was any doubt about how unduly violent the NYPD have been at the #occupywallstreet protests, watch how they drag a girl across the street at 3.20

Men and Contraception

Great article about men and contraception. And when I say men and contraception, I mean how little they know about it.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/03/04/rubber-barons-why-doesnt-your-boyfriend-know-jack-about-contraception/

Single v Married

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/the-plight-of-american-singles/?hpw

How To Add The Subscribe Button On Facebook

Keeping up with Facebook's changes is becoming a full time job. To add the Subscribe button to your profile, through which people can follow your feeds without becoming friends, go here.

Topman's Domestic Violence T-shirt

Following last week's JC Penney my brother has to do my homework for me T-shirt, this week we have Topman giving us a domestic violence humour T-shirt:

"It wasn't my fault...you provoked me"? Yeah, that's hilarious. The question is why and how are these t-shirts even getting made? Who are the screwed up people buying and producing these? Can they not read? Soon there will be so many stores that need to be boycotted there will be nothing left to buy. Which is probably not such a bad thing.

Eli Escobar feat. Nomi Ruiz - Desire

Modcloth Are Idiots

Modcloth, sponsor of every style blogger everywhere, is suggesting you buy their $275 Trip to Tansy-nia Skirt to wear whilst volunteering in Tanzania.

They suggest that if you wear this skirt "you'll be loved by Tanzania locals for more than just your helping hands!" Seriously dudes, fire your copywriter.

The Class Divide in London

Does Acupuncture Hurt?

Does acupuncture hurt? Yes and no, is the answer.

Okay, let's expand on that a little. I recently started having acupuncture for back pain, and was worried about how painful it was going to be, but couldn't really find a definitive answer. That's because there isn't really a definitive answer, it very much depends on the individual's condition and sensitivity. I found that it's not generally painful when the needles are being inserted, they are very thin and you just don't really feel them. However if they are inserted into a muscle which is really tense, well...yeah you're going to know about it. I've found that the after effects are more painful than during the procedure, I feel "bruised" for couple of days afterwards and the affected area feels really aggravated. So now you know.

Madonna Had A Birthday.

In honour of Madonna's birthday which I missed earlier this week (sorry Madge!), here is a gratuitous picture of her in the 80s, with her then beau Jellybean.

Footlocker Brixton Riots

BEFORE

AFTER

Internet Phrases Which Need To Stop...

..."Thank you for sharing". If you hear anyone saying this, ask them if they even know what they mean.

Things That Annoy Me About The Internet...

...that you just can't escape anyone, ever. Being allowed to have a past, is apparently a thing of the past.

London Riots

The looting of Basmati rice? #youcannotbeserious

Facial Exercises

One of the many things I should have saved up for in life was Botox, but alas I didn't, which leaves me only with the option of facial exercising. Try this sequence of facial yoga, you too can look like a fool alongside me.

And I've just followed this video and now my face hurts:

Pink Frilly Things

There are times when you just need to buy something pink and frilly, like this laundry bag from H & M. It's darling.

Lulzsec News International The Sun

A brief synopsis of what happened tonight with @lulzsec: The Sun's site was hacked and they put up a fake front page announcing Rupert Murdoch's (fake) death, before it redirected to their twitter account. News International then took all their sites off server to prevent any further attacks. Now you may be wondering "What is Lulzsec, who are they, what do they do?" - all is explained here.

Catfession Time

I don't like cats. Like, I really don't like cats, I don't want to use the word hate but I definitely abhor them. Why don't you like cats, you may or may not ask? Because I find them to be selfish, arrogant, manipulative, violent, and they always have stinky, milky tuna, breath. In these regards I find them to be a lot like men (miaow indeed).

Due to my dislikery (yeah I made that word up, it's the internet you can do that here) of cats I often feel like I don't belong on the internet in particular on Tumblr, where apparently everyone is a cat lover if not a crazy cat lady. My cat loathing means that I don't post pictures of cats, nor will I ever be hitting a like or heart button to approve of your kitty posting. But anyway, last night I was searching ebay for sequin cardigans (see you like cats, I like sequins) and behold and lo I discovered some sequined cat cardigans. 
 

 Now obviously I'm not going to buy either of these cardigans, because, you know, not feeling the feline. But there it is Catladies and Catmenz, I posted some pictures of cats to the internet and finally I feel like I belong.

Best Products For Frizzy Hair

So, today we are going to talk about the best products to use on frizzy hair. Do you know what works for frizzy hair, what makes it manageable? I will tell you...NOTHING. Nothing works on frizzy hair, no products do what they promise. I have been running tests on myself for at least 157 years, I've tried products that haven't even been created yet. Frizzy hair will always be frizzy, that's all there is to it.

So there you go I just saved you a whole lot of money. You're welcome.

Find Out Who Has Unfollowed You On Twitter

If you want to see who has unfollowed you on Twitter try http://useqwitter.com/.

How To Find Out Who Isn't Following You Back On Twitter

Use http://friendorfollow.com to find out who isn't following you back on twitter.


I've tried it and it works, so if you'll excuse me I'm off to unfollow a lot of people (I am 12 years old).

 

Losing Socks

Reverse Photo Look Up

Have you ever come across a picture on the internetz and wondered what it was, who it was by, who was in it, etc etc etc? Well wonder no more, use TinEye to search the origin or details of a picture from the image itself.

Things I Don't Care About...

1) What Kate Middleton is wearing.
2) What Pippa Middleton is wearing.

Would you wear a used bikini?

So I was browsing through ebay and happened upon this bikini, which has been worn, and so I stopped to ask myself whether I would wear a used bikini. And then I noticed this line in the description "It's got a slight mark on the pants." (I'm not even making this up!) At which point my quandry was answered.

Blogs For Men

I'm compiling a list of the best men's blogs, feel free to offer and proffer suggestions.

1) The Art of Manliness http://artofmanliness.com/
2) The Good Men Project http://goodmenproject.com/


 

Free Screen Capture Software

So in this month's annoying news I found out that Windows 7 Starter doesn't have a snipping tool which, quite frankly Microsoft, is ridiculous. I've been using Fastone Capture but my 30 day trial ran out today, so I'm about to go and investigate other options and start compiling a list of the best ones. Let me know if you have any suggestions.

1) Jing http://www.techsmith.com/jing/
2)  Snagit http://www.techsmith.com/snagit/
3) Picpick http://www.picpick.org/

Tracey Emin at The Hayward Gallery

Darlings, let's have a little art on a Wednesday. Until the 29th August 2011, you can catch Tracey Emin's Love is What You Want at The Hayward Gallery. I'm not going. Shall I tell you why I'm not going? Because it's £12 to get into and I don't have spare £20 notes to waste on afternoons out to galleries. And to be honest The Southbank Centre is a charity which receives funding from The Lottery and The Arts Council, and consequently it should be making art accessible to all. It doesn't and therefore I can't and won't get behind it.

Men In Flip Flops...NO

Ayres Haxton sums it up nicely:

 

Julia Allison Continues To Be Obnoxious Bigot

Say? What? Get the fuck outta town you tacky hick. No suburbanite who wears pink polyester dresses for a living gets to disparage anyone else.

Strikethrough in HTML

Let's have another technology for idiots and myself class, learn how to strikethrough in HTML with me.

This:

Will give you this: cross your words out.


EASY!

Cheap Hunter Wellies

Darlings, TK Maxx currently has Hunter wellies on sale for nearly half their regular price: https://www.tkmaxx.com/bin/venda?ex=co_disp-view&icat=2546&bsref=tkmaxx

I saw loads in store today, but obviously this is current as of 02/06/2011 so when they're gone, they're um, gone.

UPDATE  They've sold out online, but they do still have some instore, so call/check your local branches.

80s New York Subway

You can't posture like this with an iPod. Oh old days, how I miss you, some of you.

Most Wanted

Supreme X Playboy Varsity Jacket.

Get it here.

Charlie Sheen, Coke Bag

A Charlie Sheen Coke bag, which for only $12 is much cheaper and better for you than the real thing.

Find it here at Kill Shop Kill.

Julia Allison Wants An Intern To Write Her Column For Her

Sooooo, Julia Allison seems to be blowing her own proverbial trumpet again, with the announcement of her new column courtesy of Tribune Media Services. Not sure why that's such a big deal, but hey, some people really do believe that all publicity is good publicity. In fact, here she is in the video below for WGN News, talking all about how wonderful social media is, using perfect examples like how useful it's been in Egypt. Ahem, if only someone would turn the internet back on. Let's take 3 minutes to watch Julia's pearls before we continue:



So now that Julia, Social Media Expert has this column in which to expertly write about social media, what does she need? She needs someone to write it for her that what she needs:

Call me old fashioned, but I remember I time when people used to do their own work, and if people cheated they used to keep it on the down low. Perhaps Julia could write (or get her intern to write) a column about Faking Your Whole Internet Persona.

How To Create A Hyperlink In Tumblr

A simple video demonstrating how to create a hyperlink in Tumblr for all you Tumblrettes.

How To Create A Hyperlink In HTML

In today's Technology for Idiots and People With Failing Memories Like Myself post we will learn how to create a hyperlink in HTML.
It goes like this:

French Vogue, Swan Lake

So everyone is blogging about Emmanuelle Alt taking over from Carine Roitfeld at the helm of Vogue Paris. This is pretty irrelevant news to most people's lives. However, what I do think is interesting, judging from this photo of Carine and Ms Alt, is that clearly there's a White Swan, Black Swan situation going on here.

From The Underbelly Project to The Undercity Video

And The Heart Says Whatever

Dear The Library,


I have been waiting for this book to come in, for literally, forever.
Please hurry up.


Thank you, SM x

Reblogging NonSociety

Finally RBNS or Reblogging NonSociety or Reblogging Non Society or Reblogging NS or Reblogging Julia or however the hell you're searching for it, has a new home/stable http://rebloggingdonk.com/

Hee Haw!

Who is @OscarPRGirl?

I'm just interested to see how many people google this question before I write anything about it.

So who is Oscar PR girl? Apparently this is one of the most commonly asked press office questions  at Oscar de la Renta.

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Until it stops making you stronger and starts to kill you, basically.

"mental toughness is something like the physical strength: It cannot develop without exercise, and it breaks down when overworked.

 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/health/04mind.html?_r=1

Big Sneaker Pimpin'

 

LOVE these sneakers by Christian Louboutin even though they were meant for boys. Unfortunately they're now sold out. They were selling for a mere $900. Huh? How the hell did they sell out? Who can buy $900 leopardskin sneakers other than Kanye West?

Julia Allison Tries To Clean Up Her Dirty Internet History

Klassy. Assy. Also, gross.

Julia Allison likes to refer to herself as a "media personality", but in reality she's nothing but a media manipulator. In a typical entitled princess fashion, she tried to make a name for herself by being famous just for sticking her tits and ass in people's faces (see attached photos). With a new column starting in The Chicago Tribune (which she will no doubt get her mother to edit, as she has previously admitted about her other "work"), and a new relationship with Jack McCain (as part of her desperate quest to find a rich husband), she is currently attempting not just to scrub the internet of her unethical past, but also silence all criticism of her:


http://www.bnet.com/blog/advertising-business/julia-allison-8217s-campaign-to-rewrite-history-is-coming-along-nicely/7228

Photos via Gawker

Ever considered a career in porn?

To Do List

Good looking online to do list at http://teuxdeux.com/

 

 

 

 

Particularly liking the option of the "Someday" list.

Share The Love

Visual Life - The Sartorialist

A short documentary focusing on Scott Schumann and what goes into photographing The Sartorialist.

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Artists, Gentrification

New York magazine cover from 1992. Read about the origins of gentrification in Williamsburg here

The Hypocrisy and Lies of Julia Allison - an exposition

So Julia Allison, Donkey is dating Jack McCain, son of Senator John McCain, which is another story. But on December 23rd, 2010 when Gawker brought this to public attention, Julia Allison stated "she has no plans to blog about the relationship over at NonSociety." Fast forward a whole 8 days and Julia posts at least 10 photos of "my boyfriend, my boyfriend, my boyfriend." This is so typical of her behavior, she'll do something like that and then claim her privacy is being invaded.

Julia Allison Annoying, continues

I don't like Julia Allison for a whole heap of reasons, but particularly right now I'm hating on her for the fact that she thinks she has the right to silence all criticism of her that appears on the internet - read about current issue at http://blog.alanajoy.com/i-might-not-like-everything-you-have-to-say-but-ill-fight-to-the-death-for-a-cat-ladys-right-to-say-it . I don't, and thankfully never will, understand what goes on in the mind of someone who demonstrates NPD, but what really irks me about these people is that they never seem to understand that if people are criticising you, they are doing it for a reason. And so onwards to my next post, where we start to demonstrate the guiling hypocrisy of Miss Julia Allison.