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By Jenny, July 1, 2009 5:16 am

When we moved in in May:

Now:

This stuff’s been there about a month and none of it’s dead yet.  I’m shocked.

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By Jenny, June 18, 2009 9:13 am

The Internet just wanted to you be aware of acne.  Dear everyone:  acne exists.  See?  Now you’re aware.  Mission accomplished.

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By Jenny, June 16, 2009 12:41 am

Solid Chocolate Lungs.

Solid. Chocolate. Lungs.

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Photo by Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head (flickr)

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By Jenny, June 15, 2009 11:58 pm

My rental backyard currently looks like this:

The photo doesn’t show it’s biggest problem - a serious drainage issue that makes walking to that gate nigh-impossible and prompted me to christen the house “SWAMPHOUSE” during the rental process.  The good: income from mud wrestling tournaments.  The bad: best place in town for hot, sexy mosquitos to get it on.

Before the summer has ended (or likely, as the summer ends), I’d much rather it look like this:

It should also feature this:

Tessellating Paving Stone.  Yes.

Tomorrow I paint walls.  This may be getting out of hand.

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By Jenny, June 10, 2009 10:12 pm

Images made from Rubiks Cubes.  It’s interesting how the artist (artists?) transitions from video game icons to full-on photo style images over time.  I wonder if he/she solves the cubes to fill the solid areas or cheats and uses them pre-solved out of the box.

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By Jenny, June 9, 2009 11:49 pm

(Why I quit wearing contacts)

Janine Antoni

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By Jenny,

On interpretation:  participants/parkers describe color-coordinated parking as a calling for “healthcare for the elderly, adequate women’s rights and human rights”, and as “bullshit.”

Carpark from Mark Tribe on Vimeo.

Also, I would have titled this project “COLORPARK” instead, but in 1994 when it was developed I was too busy hanging out on the third grade playground, trying to get the swing to go over the bar.

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By Jenny, April 27, 2009 8:24 am

Here’s something that should not exist, but does:

Sparky and I enjoy counting tacky Virginia Tech tchotchkes on local cars - it’s one of the love/hate things about SWVA that we’ll miss/not miss.  All those VT-adorned Silverados have now been outclassed (out unclassed?) by the Christiansburg shop owner flying this flag.

No.  Just no.

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By Jenny, April 21, 2009 10:53 am

My evening commute is a time warp to February:

These photos were taken on the same day; the left one taken when I left work, the right one taken when I got home.

Thanks to this really awesome and detailed Google Maps overlay, I’ve learned that the reason I still don’t have leaves at home is because “home” is about 2,000 feet higher than “work.”  I had no idea I was but a a few hundred feet shy of needing the “higher elevation” baking directions.  Is this why my frozen pizzas come out sub-par?

Extra Credit:  from the same site that made the contour map, here’s a richly detailed map of which Alaskan towns and cities can see Russia.  Science - it works, bitches!

Now all we need is a map that shows what a crock abstinence-only sex-ed is, and my quota for grossly-outdated political references for the day will be fulfilled.

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By Jenny, April 14, 2009 8:52 am

So I’m thinking about renting this house, which has lots of things our current residence does not - for example:

Trees!  Concrete instead of dirt!  Sunlight!

Grass!  Fences!  Heat that (probably) works!  A backyard instead of a wall o’ dirt!

A dishwasher!  Cabinets!  A countertop!  Some realtor’s purse!  Windows in the kitchen!

A basement!  Fireplace! (or a.k.a.) Alternate heat source if (when) the heat stops working!

And get this, internet … it’s got windows in it!

All this plus lots! of other stuff! that our current house doesn’t!

!!!!