This bunny's ears are entirely too large for it's own good

.. bunny ..

oh bunny

Are you Death by Chocolate Cake or Death by Tupperware? Or maybe, Death by Gummi Bear!

Are you Death by Chocolate or Death by Shampoo? How about Death by Lifesavers or the wonderful Amish nod in Death by OREOS?

photos are from http://www.themorningnews.org

Click: More Drop Dead Gorgeous photos

Artist Daniela Edburg interviewed by Nicole Pasulka

This captivating phography of Mexican based artist Daniela Edburg is now a bonafide obsession for me. The Drop Dead Gorgeous series was derived from her thesis about the relationship between glamour and death. Many more photos than the ones above- including Death by Cotton Candy, Tupperware, Shampoo, and others. The interview is very interesting and discusses background and artistic process.

New movie "Control" based on memoir about Ian Curtis of Joy Division

WATCH
click here to link to the trailer (If the trailer doesn't load above)

READ
Based on the memoir of his life and written by his widow entitled "Touching From A Distance". You can pick it up at Powell's Books.

LISTEN
There was a nice movie write-up on the Socialite's Life Gossip Blog. They even included a link to a free MP3 of the Joy Division song Love Will Tear Us Apart

photoblog: a view from the window

CUPCAKES ARE FOREVER!

Have you been to Saint Cupcake yet? If you haven't you are missing out bigtime.

Stop in today to pick up your sweetie an assortment of bite-sized cupcake "dots" and a small valentine gift card that will be sure to please. Click on any of the photos above to link to other blog coverage of Saint Cupcake.

My personal favorites:
RED VELVET
COCONUT CREAM
FAT ELVIS
HOT FUDGE ON CHOCOLATE

VISIT SAINT CUPCAKE NOW!
http://www.saintcupcake.com/

Mississippi Movie Mondays presented by Moxie Rx

Moxie Rx Presents
MISSISSIPPI MOVIE MONDAYS
7pm to 10pm
(show time 9pm to 10pm)
Moxie Rx Opens @ 7:00
for Nibbles & Refreshments

FREE! Watch movies projected on the side of the Rexall Drugs building (where the Fresh Pot Coffee Shop is located) just up from the intersection of NE Shaver and N. Mississippi Ave. Also available for purchase are amazing nibbles by Moxie Rx and some lovely beverages (they are planning on having a license to serve alcoholic drinks).

July 31st
Silent Movies and Cartoons
with live music by the Evolutionary Jass Band

Future Shows:

August 14th
Joanna Priestley will present a program of contemporary,
experimental animation, including her new film "Dew Line" ("a rich
abstract tapestry of botanical and biomorphic forms that hint at the
loss of botanical diversity") and a few historic gems that are her
favorite animated films.

August 28th
Music films from the collection of Dennis Nyback including Slim
Gaillard, Lester Young, 50's Rock and Roll, Scopitones from the 60's
and more.

September 11th
A series of musical shorts curated by Eric Isaacson of Mississippi
Records

* Special thanks to The Evolutionary Jass Band, Mississippi Records , Joanna Priestley, Dennis Nyback, Video Verite, & a Very Special Thanks to Rachel Elizabeth for curating this event

Reminisce about childhood water toys and water parks

Water slide.,
originally uploaded by Morgan Nichol.

In my last entry I posted a photo of a terrific inflatable water slide I saw in somebody's yard. Therein lives a parent that is super dedicated to childhood fun and spends a whole lotta time filling that thing with air.

Most of all I remember the water parks. Glorious tubes of plastic reaching down from the sky to the concrete jungle below. The aromas of chlorine, sunscreen and over cooked hot dogs filling the air; a sea of red chubby masses and tiny over-stimulated natives in constant motion. Time spent waiting in line to get to the top, eager for a water trip that would last less than a minute, clutching a giant blue foam mat and considering how many more times you will get to slide down the water slide before you have to all cram into the car for the 45 minute trip home.

Wouldn't you know that two of the toys I remember best have since been outed as dangerous!? Both the wonderful Wham-O Fun Fountain with clown face and the nostalgiarific Slip and Slide are on the block.

I have sorta become disinchanted with the slip and slide since I found out how easily it is to break your neck or incur other serious spinal injuries. Read more about it here and here.