Happy Wednesday!

Nothing like a little a little cooter shot and some talent to perk you up in the morning.

Stripper

Some more Shail Shah for your enjoyment:

house on the brain

ryan dodgson, one of my favorite illustrators

I'm house hunting yet again. We haven't found the right nest and I'm getting antsy. We have 1 month left until we have to leave the little box. After the great flood we were in a search frenzy, but we put those plans on hold after a few things happened. Now it's on and I'm not excited about it. Me and the misters both want a lot for our money but have yet to find something that titillates and satisfies our needs. I just want to send this shot to a Realtor:

jaime gili paintings
Can't this be my life?
I deserve this.

free money

Every night before I rest my head
See those dollar bills go swirling 'round my bed.
I know they're stolen, but I don't feel bad.
I take that money, buy you things you never had.

Oh, baby, it would mean so much to me,
Oh, baby, to buy you all the things you need for free.
I'll buy you a jet plane, baby,
Get you on a higher plane to a jet stream
And take you through the stratosphere
And check out the planets there and then take you down
Deep where it's hot, hot in Arabia, babia, then cool, cold fields of snow
And we'll roll, dream, roll, dream, roll, roll, dream, dream.
When we dream it, when we dream it, when we dream it,
We'll dream it, dream it for free, free money,
Free money, free money, free money, free money, free money, free money.
-Patti Smith Free Money

Diane Brcelowsky illustration of the great Patti Smith

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From the children's book Long Neck Deer, illustrated by Yoota Azargeen.
via thescienceofdesign

powers of 10

10 things that make me happy:

1. Successfully twirling my hair up into an effortless and sexy fuckdo.
2. Having a full conversation in nonwords with someone who understands my language.
3. Re-reading the last page of a good book moments after it's finished.
   
4. Finding one more M&M in the bag after I thought I ate the last one.
   
5. Kissing Parker's furless chest in the morning.
6. Peeling a clementine in one piece.
7. Smelling my fingers after ripping up basil.
8. Finding hidden gems in my bookmark bar.
9. Hearing Ben say that "cookies, ice cream and shoes" make me happy.
10. Making my dad laugh.
    

10 that make me happy

1. Grey
2. fake working
3. Rackk and Ruin
4. CEVD
5. dreamresidue
6. ziz
7. cheapdate
8. Kitty Stampede
9. Heist
10. even*cleveland

Rules: List ten things that makes you happy and do one of them today.
Then link to the person who tagged you and pass this little bit of love on to 10 others.
No pressure to repost.
Thank you Claw for being so sweet!

page tsou illustration

Piggy

Darren Booth: Lord of the Flies
(Illustration and hand-lettering)

Can we all agree that Darren's LOTF cover illustration is a million times better than the one we had while in middle school?

It urges me to revisit this classic.
Kinda.

The Simpson's LOTF episode: Das Bus

7.0

Ben Peterson: Timezone, 2007
Ink and graphite on paper , 52.8 x 96 inches

I donated today.

fondness

Does this scene feel familiar to you?
This is basically what my entire weekend looked like:

Kate Pfeiffer Distractions 2009

Acrylic, graphite & charcoal on paper;18" X 24"

☺/☻

I think I have a split personality. Really.
Beci Orpin

I wear contacts now

After 8 bespectacled years I finally have contact lenses.

and now:

(6 out of 10 aint bad google)

my world is pretty small

I haven't traveled to too many foreign destinations. Exploring the world is definitely on the top of my agenda before it "gets too late". Next up on my itinerary: Peru, Spain, Prague, Iceland & Scotland. I absolutely love this Francis Elliott map project. My personal globe would be about this blacked out.

dark globe, self portrait 2008
Francis Elliott
Dark Globe was first published in April 2007 for the Bristol Artists' Bookfair. The book is in 2 halves; the first features a form which lists every country in the world. The prospective buyer is then required to answer a series of questions about where they have, and haven't, traveled to. Foundry then uses the information given to create the second part; a unique atlas that records the owner's personal experiences of the world by blacking out every country that the owner has spent less than one night in, rather than the more normal use as a teaching aid.

Dermot Flynn's adorable map illustrations are also giving me the travel itch:

writers map

happy friday

jorn kaspuhl illustration

congrats

christian montenegro
jonathan adler's Love hand

I'm so happy for you guys. I can't get over it.

aki miyajima
Hope you're having a great weekend.

Parker's business box

Josh Keyes; Drink
By way of convenience, sanitation and sheer laziness my bf built our Chi a balcony bathroom. Arguing over who would take her down to do business before bedtime and feet cleaning duties was getting old. On top of the fact that south beach is absolutely filthy and parasitic, she was attacked earlier this year by a rogue mutt. This super simple box has made all of our lives better. I recently stumbled upon a brand Doggy Duty that sells the same concept for urban dog owners except you can pick theirs up for a whopping $225! Ours in total, cost less than 40 bucks and it was made with love.
Here she is depositing her first pee. She acclimated quickly and now just does her stuff on command.
The box just requires some simple maintenance and grass up keep.
We need to remove the doo immediately (ofcourse) and water the freshly peed grass to prevent burning.

thoughts that accompany Monday

8:50am
Ugh. What am I doing here? I should be back in bed.

1:45pm
Wtf. I'm going to pretend you didn't just say that.

3:30 pm
YAWN. Can I die from boredom? Is it five yet??
Géraldine Georges

ℑ

Sham Saenz

artist to watch out for

twins

If you look like me I automatically love youChristine Park: mustachioed koala
Everyone has an animal counterpart. I happen to think I resemble a Koala. With my semi constant yawning and bouts of 9-5 narcolepsy I seem to act like one too.
What's your animal resemblance?
resources: celebs that look like koalas, deskjockey Koala, Hot & Parched Koalas

happy friday!

Unicone!
emilios pocket

anthropologist for a new world order

Nick Gazin illustration

Rather than watching art videos for a living I get mentally massacred looking at these corporate finance org charts. Where can I find a job where I get paid to look at cool stuff? Is anyone hiring a professional blogger with a penchant for cute and grotesque?