laughingsquid:

Familiar Simpsons’ Names Found in Matt Groening’s Mother’s Obituary

nprradiopictures:

In a poor city in a poor country on a poor continent, there is a group of people with a singular purpose: to look rich.

Or, rather, to look good — and to fully embody the suave, elegant style that a wardrobe of three-piece suits, silk socks, fedoras and canes might suggest.

They are called sapeurs or members of the Societe des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elegantes (the Society of Tastemakers and Elegant People). And when they go out, they turn the streets of Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, into a fashion runway.

The Surprising Sartorial Culture Of Congolese ‘Sapeurs’

Photo Credit: Hector Mediavilla/Picturetank

Hmmm

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howardc-deux:

“If you are 25 years old, on average, this is how many weeks you have left to live.”

I can’t really tell if this is a little or a lot, I’m not sure if that’s joyful or depressing, and I think I like it that way.

dustydanger:

Shia LaBeouf live-tweets his acid trip.

3:15 AM – 7 Aug 12

OK everybody here goes nothing. I’m gonna light a cigarette. Where are my cigarettes. Brb going to Walgreens for cigs

3:45 AM – 7 Aug 12

the security guard at Walgreens is a crazy guy. there was fire coming out of his head and i told him your heads on fire and he just looked at me

3:46 AM – 7 Aug 12

i’m gonna light a cig

3:52 AM – 7 Aug 12

theres like 4 types of lettuce in this apt. i didnt even buy that much lettuce. what am i gonna do juggle lettuce. alright bye

3:56 AM – 7 Aug 12

indiana jones was the peak of my career. feel very aware that it’s all downhill from here

4:03 AM – 7 Aug 12

i resent my father camping out in my house. ok but get this, its fine… yeah its totally fine he can do whatever he wants. the end

4:08 AM – 7 Aug 12

is this entertaining. is this new media. i dont understand my feet

4:09 AM – 7 Aug 12

you guys ever watch that video of the double rainbow?

4:12 AM – 7 Aug 12

@frankiemunez who’s laughing now? who’s laughing now buddy… checkmate

4:14 AM – 7 Aug 12

my character hasnt seen his brother before. i figured that out. he doesnt even know he HAS a brother. but he doesss have a brother. complicated actually

4:28 AM – 7 Aug 12

i would have sex with lars von trier on camera. i would. but only if its dogme style. im a comedian guys

4:33 AM – 7 Aug 12

im nothing, im an idiot. how did i get here when nothing happened

4:44 AM – 7 Aug 12

what’s the difference btw mayonaise and mayo? is there a difference

4:46 AM – 7 Aug 12

who has my hand i want it back

4:48 AM – 7 Aug 12

i was lying before. will smith is good at rap

4:51 AM – 7 Aug 12

twitter is like the energy that links our brains together. mental lubricant

5:06 AM – 7 Aug 12

i’m wearing three watches and they all have different times. i have a watch on my ankle… damn you… sorry, i love u

5:14 AM – 7 Aug 12

yr gonna see me in yr dream cause i dont know where to live anymore

5:22 AM – 7 Aug 12

im done w this!! im nothing…

5:56 AM – 7 Aug 12

ok guys i dont really ‘get’ sigur ros but theyre beautiful anyway 

“@frankiemunez who’s laughing now? who’s laughing now buddy… checkmate”

First Listen: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film 'The Great Gatsby' : NPR

The soundtrack to The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann’s latest high-end refurbishing of a lived-in classic, doesn’t try to re-imagine Jazz Age tunes in a modern context. Instead, it attempts to transplant the sensibility of the 1920s to the hip-hop era, with genre-busting collaborations overseen by Jay-Z.

Honestly, this just made me 50000x even more excited for this movie (which is saying a lot, because Moulin Rouge is my favorite and I adore Baz Luhrmann)

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theweekmagazine:

9 cool things about the new $100 bill

SO COOL

Alla Osipenko with John Markovsky, ca. 1970s

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No matter what direction you view this image from, the gun will be pointing at you.

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hydeparkproduce:

Classics Arch.

UChi Lovin’

latimes:

The crisis facing California sea lions

State officials have declared an “unusual mortality event” for California sea lions, after an unusually high number of pups barely clinging to life have recently washed ashore.

For a sense of the sheer number of pups who have reportedly been found washed up:

In Los Angeles County, nearly 400 pups have been stranded since the beginning of the year. Last year, 36 were reported during that stretch.

As of March 24, officials said, 214 sea lions were reported stranded in San Diego County, 189 in Orange County, 108 in Santa Barbara County and 42 in Ventura County.

Read more from reporter Rick Rojas here.

Photos: Allen J. Schaben, Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times

Babies :(

I’m reading about Greek art in an introductory assignment for my 19th Century Art History class, and it’s really REALLY making me want baklava.

Side story: This past summer, when Keyian was still working at the Fund with me, we arrived in Koreatown ridiculously early for work. (LA traffic… if you leave 2 hours before your goal arrival time, there’s a chance you’ll be early and there’s a chance you’ll be late anyway. Go figure.)

Anyway, we used the extra time to go to Papa Cristo’s, which is a Greek restaurant that’s been around since the 1940’s. I ate the most delicious baklava and I bet it’s sunny there now and I should have seriously gone home for spring break but that’s another story.

Anyway, Chicago has a full-fledged Greektown, and now that it’s spring I am definitely planning to go, because I love exploring and I love food and I’ll need good excursions to escape my busybusy life in Hyde Park.

Comfort movie, motivation movie, favorite movie

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I went this place called Dat Donut it is literally the best donut I’ve eaten in my life and by donut (singular) I mean donuts (plural) I feel like a manatee help

This. Just this.