Things I don't want to forget

vegansanfrancishet: So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these...

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:10:56 -0400

So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these days. I also work as a barista/cashier pretty regularly these days. A few weeks back, I had a customer come in, a fairly typical, sheltered, suburban soccer mom, and she ordered a latte from me. She saw my brightly colored nails and said, “Wow, you’re so brave! My son asked me about painting his nails, and if it’s okay for boys to do that. Now I’ll tell him there’s a cool guy who does it too!” It was a nice moment, very cute.

Then, last week, she came in again, and said, “Hey, I’m so glad you’re here! I want you to meet someone!” She then brings her son forward, and says, “Okay sweetie, show him what you did!” And he throws his hands up, showing off his bright, sparkling blue nails. He shows them off, and I show mine off to him. He smiles. We fist bump.

Guys, I’ve only wanted to cry once at work before, and that was when someone ordered a large dry soy cappuccino on ice.

This time, though. This was a good cry.

AWESOME

heartnudges: woah-ohh: megodofmischief: The Kiss, today...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:07:32 -0400

heartnudges:

woah-ohh:

megodofmischief:

The Kiss, today (23/10/2012) in Marseille, France.

Two young women kissed in front of anti same sex marriage/adoption protesters.

I love all the faces in the background

joanshepard: someactorkid: nerdycouture: lukethreepwood: litt...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:05:08 -0400

joanshepard:

someactorkid:

nerdycouture:

lukethreepwood:

littleradge:

celestialcow:

xcryinglighting:

Yes, I play videogames :)<3

Yes, I drink coke. :) <3

Yah i play vidya gaem 2

Yes, I own a coffee table :)<3

Yes, I use paper towels :)<3

Yes, I use lamps :) <3

I’ll probably keep on reblogging this from myself until the end of times.

hee hee hee

leupagus: imtheonlyson: “Tik Tok” by Ke$ha and “Come Together”...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:44:57 -0400

leupagus:

imtheonlyson:

“Tik Tok” by Ke$ha and “Come Together” by The Beatles mashup

Reading the song title:

While listening to the song:

After listening to the song:

the gifs are so accurate.

… what. the. fuck. I was actually insulted that someone would do this but then I listened and… oh my lord.

Fuck anybody who’d be insulted at the idea of Ke$ha getting mashed with the Beatles. Unless they’re insulted that someone would dare mix the Beatles with the wonder that is Ke$ha.

"As a child I never heard one woman say to me, “I love my body.” Not my mother, my elder sister, my..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:43:13 -0400

“As a child I never heard one woman say to me, “I love my body.” Not my mother, my elder sister, my best friend. No one woman has ever said, “I am so proud of my body.” So I make sure to say it to Mia, because a positive physical outlook has to start at an early age.”

- Kate Winslet (via wrists)

There’s nothing like indulging in a great dinner and...

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:01:43 -0400

There’s nothing like indulging in a great dinner and drinks with old friends :-D Thanks Laura and Holly!

Wow, I think maybe my hard work paid off

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:12 -0400

I ended up getting a 77.5% in chemistry but a B in the class bc my prof rounded it up. I’m apprehensive about saying I deserve it, because I wouldn’t have given myself a B, but maybe she was comparing my effort to other people’s and saw the improvement I had made. CRASY

"In any case you mustn’t confuse a single failure with a final defeat."

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:57:54 -0400

“In any case you mustn’t confuse a single failure with a final defeat.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerlad (via dulcetdecember)

healthyhowtos: im-a-kittycat: “So my amazing daughter, Emma,...

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:39:48 -0400

healthyhowtos:

im-a-kittycat:

“So my amazing daughter, Emma, turned 5 last month, and I had been searching everywhere for new-creative inspiration for her 5yr pictures. I noticed quite a pattern of so many young girls dressing up as beautiful Disney Princesses, no matter where I looked 95% of the “ideas” were the “How to’s” of how to dress your little girl like a Disney Princess…We chose 5 women (five amazing and strong women), as it was her 5th birthday but there are thousands of unbelievable women (and girls) who have beat the odds and fought (and still fight) for their equal rights all over the world”

- Jaime Moore, Not Just a Girl

This is beyond cool

iconicmonsters: kaajoo: World’s Most Beautiful Abandoned...

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:18:50 -0400

iconicmonsters:

kaajoo:

World’s Most Beautiful Abandoned Places

Italian product manager and web designer Francesco Mugnai recently added a collection of images to his blog touting some of the most beautiful images of abandoned spots and modern ruins that he’d ever seen. The images Mugnai has captured come from empty castles, shuttered power plants, and dilapidated churches around the world. From a sunken yacht in Antarctica to a forever-closed amusement park in Japan, these images all make up a sort of anti-phoenix; rather than rising as new from the ashes, these husks remain preserved in decomposition, forcing viewers to confront the strange beauty of ruination.

Amazing

That’s how I want to work out :-D

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:37:57 -0400

That’s how I want to work out :-D

:-D

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:31:19 -0400

:-D

thegalaxydrifter: Pawel Kuczynski

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:58:28 -0400

thegalaxydrifter:

Pawel Kuczynski

vivaaahateee: tierdropp: First trailer for Arrested...

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:42:00 -0400

vivaaahateee:

tierdropp:

First trailer for Arrested Development - Season 4!

I AM CRYING OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

omfg i cannot fucking wait

HOORAY!

adventures-in-the-lab: jtotheizzoe: A brilliant series of...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:19:50 -0400

adventures-in-the-lab:

jtotheizzoe:

A brilliant series of minimalist typographic tributes to scientists and their discoveries. I especially like the Copernicus one :)

Artwork by Kapil Ghagat (on Tumblr at bhagatkapil)

crash-course-on-everything:

For anyone who is wondering:

Newton: gravity

Galileo: improvements to telescopic technology and observations of celestial bodies.

Einstein: E=mc^2 “E” being energy, “m” being mass and “c” being the speed of light in a vacuum

Copernicus: Heliocentric solar system

Darwin: Evolution

Edison: making the light-bulb practical and his work with electricity in general

Archimedes: among A LOT of other things work with levers and balances

Pythagoras: the Pythagorean theorem which deals with right triangles

Tesla: the Tesla coil

Rontgen: X-rays

Also, these scientists did much more than just what’s shown here, so you should check out the rest of the amazing contributions they made.

:-D

Sat, 11 May 2013 20:24:52 -0400

:-D

younggirl-oldsoul: Why yes, that is a Venusaur lamp. #pokemon...

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:03:26 -0400

younggirl-oldsoul:

Why yes, that is a Venusaur lamp. #pokemon #venusaur #lamp #badass

NEED

Example, If I increase effort spent studying, I increase moments...

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:35:45 -0400

Example, If I increase effort spent studying, I increase moments when I feel like a genius :-D

The vinyl plastics industry: one of the biggest users of mercury in the world – Center for Health, Environment & Justice

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:19:00 -0400

The vinyl plastics industry: one of the biggest users of mercury in the world – Center for Health, Environment & Justice:

There are an appalling number reasons why we consider vinyl to be the most toxic plastic on the planet.

One reason that many people don’t realize is that the vinyl chemical industry is one of the biggest users of mercury in the entire world, in fact the #2 user globally, and that use has been increasing in recent years – primarily in China, where many of our vinyl plastic products come from.

cenwatchglass: Black Women, Chemistry PioneersAfrican American...

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:06:50 -0400

cenwatchglass:

Black Women, Chemistry Pioneers
African American women staked out careers in chemistry despite racial and gender discrimination
Reviewed by Sharon L. Neal

When Chemical & Engineering News asked me to write a review of “African American Women Chemists,” by Jeannette E. Brown, I qualified my acceptance: “I am biased; I want to like it,” not only because I have a vested interest in the subject matter, but because I can’t imagine how difficult it must have been to bring this project to fruition.

It has been several years since I first met Brown—a retired Merck & Co. research chemist and the 2009 Glenn E. & Barbara Hodson Ullyot Scholar of the Chemical Heritage Foundation—and learned of her intention to write a book recounting the life stories of the first African American women chemists. Whenever I would see her at American Chemical Society meetings, she would mention this work and I would nod and smile.

Now I worry that while I tried to look encouraging, my skepticism about her ability to complete such a book poked through. I was skeptical not only because of the small number of African American women chemistry pioneers, but also because I doubted that their lives were sufficiently documented to support a book. I could name a few African American men who had earned Ph.D.s in chemistry and had careers of distinction before affirmative action—Percy Julian, Lloyd Ferguson, and Samuel Massie, for instance—but I couldn’t name any black women in chemistry from that time, distinguished or otherwise. As I smiled I was thinking, “A whole book on this topic is impossible. What source material can there be?”

The last time I saw Brown, she was clearly dealing with health challenges and using a scooter to get around at the ACS meeting. I was more convinced her book would remain unwritten. I should have known better, though. How could writing a book about African American women chemists be more impossible than the accomplishments that the book recounts? I should have realized that Brown’s determination to write the book taps the same well that helped drive her subjects to pursue success in science.

Keep reading: Chemical & Engineering News, April 2, 2012

This post couldn’t have shown up in my life at a better moment. I’m going to print this photo and hang it up on my mirror.