Digital artist Eric Proctor imagines how the internet’s crabbiest cat would fit into the world of Disney. All the illustrations in the series are delightfully amusing, and a few are laugh-out-loud funny. 😆 Be sure to check out the titles for each piece as well for a nice diversion this dreary Friday the thirteenth!
“Part of Your No”
“Some Day My No Will Come”
I wouldn't necessarily characterize myself as being cute, but now I'm wondering if this is one of the reasons I'm always mistaken as being younger: large head, high forehead, small nose and mouth, a stubby neck, and short arms and legs with small hands and feet. For more commentary on how and why humans perceive cuteness — including some really interesting historical factoids — check out Why Babies and Other Things Are Cute, Explained at the Stuff You Should Know Blog....
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Today marks the end of Claire’s first full week of preschool. (Last week was a 3-day school week.) While she didn’t cry the first day, she shed some tears every morning after that…until yesterday, that is. She had a perfectly pleasant, tear-free day yesterday and J texted me to let me know that she didn’t cry this morning at drop-off either.
She is sooo excited to ride the “school bus” (it’s a regular city bus but she calls it her school bus) every morning with her baba, and he tells me that she sings “The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round” whilst riding the bus. She’s learned a new song (“Mr. Sun”) and her English has already improved tremendously in this short time. For example, I was amazed when she said to me, “Mom, come up here! Let’s go down the slide together!”
In celebration of this small milestone, I wanted to share with you a series of illustrations by Parisian designer Andry “Shango” Rajoelina that depicts superheroes and their families on their way to school. The first part of his series, “Justice Families,” debuted back in May and part two, “Marvel Families,” debuted last month.
Aquaman:
I'm still working on some back-end stuff for the blog post-transition, so posts will continue to stay light through the weekend. But before I go, I wanted to share two things — First, a compilation video of some of the best 2013 Vines so far. I know that at 11+ minutes, it's longer than your average "I want to waste some time online" YouTube video, but I guarantee it's worth it! Next, I wanted to remind you that today is the last day to enter my It Can Wait giveaway. Have you entered yet? You can win a BlackBerry Q10, contract-free! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! ETA:It seems that the original video was taken down by a copyright troll, and will remain inaccessible...
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If you grew up in Korea, or in a Korean household, you may be familiar with a children's show called 뽀뽀뽀 (Popopo). According to its Korean Wikipedia page, it first aired on May 25, 1981 and has been in syndication since. The show was probably most popular in the 1980s; I remember setting aside time every day to watch the educational variety show, full of skits, animations, songs, and dances. A scene from 뽀뽀뽀's 30th Anniversary Special, which aired in 2011 (source) Here's where the story gets interesting. Starting from a very young age, I was able to see that the many puppets featured on the show were NOT human. Nothing special, right? I also believed they were living, breathing creatures. Again, this is not atypical of a...
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