A diary of my first steps into baking.Tumblr (3.0; @kissandcakeup)http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcfx3k69EE1r92vgeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://himerusanderos.tumblr.com/post/50383416287/get-on-my-body">himerusanderos</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Get on my body.</p> </blockquote> <p>I currently have this on my body, so so nice.</p>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/50599097247http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/50599097247Thu, 16 May 2013 16:51:43 -0400<a href="http://colfersaurusrex.tumblr.com/post/35506051515/to-all-writers-of-everything-ever">we did it babby: To All Writers of Everything Ever</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thereallatenightespresso.tumblr.com/post/35233300500/to-all-writers-of-everything-ever" target="_blank">thereallatenightespresso</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I need to rant about this:</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md55wx9GgF1qg85lx.png"/></p> <p>Also known as the best writing program ever! It’s a full-screen writing program!</p> <p>So you open it up, and it looks like this:</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md55xww1zi1qg85lx.png"/></p> <p>You’re thinking, “Ok, so what? It’s a screen with a picture. Whoopdie do.” But it get’s better! It’s…</p> </blockquote>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/35602761562http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/35602761562Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:47:54 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yNQuZ4c34P8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://screamcatcher.tumblr.com/post/32168743095/seriously-who-the-fuck-comes-up-with-stuff-like">screamcatcher</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Seriously, who the fuck comes up with stuff like this?! This is fucking ridiculously awesome. Creative and well-executed. </p> </blockquote>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/34781123516http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/34781123516Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:18:57 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcgnp3PCmC1qc65imo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dorightandkilleverythingx3.tumblr.com/post/34305424095/cinderlla-dress-my-dream-wedding-dress-d">dorightandkilleverythingx3</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Cinderlla dress, my dream wedding dress ;D</p> </blockquote>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/34307377931http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/34307377931Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:49:35 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb4la765pV1r6nnf9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/33185496439http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/33185496439Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:32:08 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb8fa5G0ZS1ql8nwoo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://my1950swedding.tumblr.com/post/32686575228/unique-vintage-dress-1">my1950swedding</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Authentic Vintage 1950’s Ivory Tulle with Lace Overlay Long Sleeve Swing Wedding Dress - Size 4/6<br/>$375 <br/><br/>Click through for purchase! </p> </blockquote>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/32686726581http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/32686726581Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:53:57 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2zpiD3ODg3k?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://craftdiscoveries.tumblr.com/post/31202847109/how-to-make-roses-from-plastic-spoons-by">craftdiscoveries</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>How to Make Roses from Plastic Spoons (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zpiD3ODg3k">FaveCraftsVideo</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31204868576http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31204868576Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:32:13 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma20y3EMsk1qevz03o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jlrobinson.tumblr.com/post/31156643566/sigh-arent-they-beautiful-all-the-books-ive">jlrobinson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>*sigh* aren’t they beautiful? all the books i’ve bought/received this summer. mostly classics, they are:</p> <ol><li>Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse</li> <li>God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens</li> <li>Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte</li> <li>Emma by Jane Austen</li> <li>A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway</li> <li>A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (which shouldn’t be there but oh well)</li> <li>Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen</li> <li>Catch-22 by Joseph Heller</li> <li>Mansfield Park by Jane Austen</li> <li>Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy</li> <li>The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien</li> <li>To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf</li> <li>The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas</li> <li>A House in Space by Henry S. F. Cooper </li> <li>Five Great Stories by Anton Chekhov</li> <li>Paradise Lost and Other Poems by John Milton</li> <li>Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh</li> <li>The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri</li> <li>Islands in The Stream by Ernest Hemingway</li> <li>Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte</li> <li>Little Women by Louisa May Alcott</li> </ol><p>and a few more that aren’t pictured, most notably more Chekhov (i wonder where that went…). I have read maybe 1/3 of those pictured.</p> <p>and that, ladies and gentlemen, is what an English major spends her hard-earned money on. </p> </blockquote>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31188994534http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31188994534Sun, 09 Sep 2012 05:41:59 -0400“The true weird tale has something more than secret murder, bloody bones, or a sheeted form clanking chains according to rule. A certain atmosphere of breathless and unexplainable dread of outer, unknown forces must be present; and there must be a hint, expressed with seriousness and portentousness becoming its subject, of that most terrible conception of the human brain— a malign and particular suspension or defeat of those fixed laws of Nature which are our only safeguard against the assaults of chaos and the daemons of unplumbed space.”<br/><br/> - <em>H.P. Lovecraft (“Supernatural Horror in Literature” 1927)</em>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31153666455http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31153666455Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:36:10 -0400<a href="http://io9.com/5938698/the-great-geek-sexism-debate">The Great Geek Sexism Debate</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://simsian.tumblr.com/post/31152201562/the-great-geek-sexism-debate">simsian</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>This post from io9 editor Annalee Newitz presents the rare opportunity to post something that addresses all three of my <em>Simsian Review</em> themes.  In it, she presents episodes in three recent, major geek cons where gender disparities in publishing, atheism, and hacking (respectively) were on display.</p> <p>Sexism in geek culture presents an interesting challenge.  Somehow, geeks have made headway in moving from a denigrated position to one of power quite easily, at least compared to attempts to undermine male hegemony and obstinacy in any number of fields.  Among geeks, I often find myself having to point out inappropriate comments or actions but I notice less resistance than with non-geeks.  Of course, this amounts to anecdotal, and thus useless, evidence.  Still, sexism among geeks is shocking in a way that it is not among business entrepreneurs.  Perhaps this is just cognitive bias, as I obviously fit more easily into the former camp rather than the latter.  History is replete with disadvantaged groups simultaneously seeking equality and instances of groups fighting each other as they also fight against existing power are always discouraging.  I am thinking primarily of disparate worker rights groups fighting each other at the same time that they fight for extended rights and abolitionists and suffragettes at odd with one another.  This is hardly the topic being addressed by Ms. Newitz, but I can’t help but feel disheartened when I see a group left out of the progress of a larger set to which they belong.</p> <p>All of that said, please click-through and read.</p> </blockquote>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31153533550http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31153533550Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:34:05 -0400<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bendprayers.tumblr.com/post/31152435437/hypatia-or-the-god-canyon-proxy-the-girl-who-didnt">bendprayers</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="p1"><em>(<strong>Note</strong>: This is unrevised and unedited, and there may be many grammatical errors. Please let me know if you find any. I’ve skimmed through, but I can’t be sure. Consider this a “beta” post. Enjoy, even so!)</em></p> <p class="p1"><em><br/></em></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">My grandfather built them a long time ago, right after I graduated from high school. It was a rough time for all of us, so if anything at all, it was a kind of therapy for him. A cathartic experience. I suppose he intended they be a sort of gift, though even after I flew, I never understood their significance. I mean, I understood the concrete significance: who doesn’t want to traverse the sky every night? My grandfather harnessed the power of the moon; he was dragging into very reality the dreams of scientists and romantics alike. I understood all of that. But I didn’t understand the metaphorical significance. We forget that life is all about metaphors. We think that they’re just literary devices, but, as with most things, we’re wrong. </span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><em>Marlena!</em> he’d say, and I could hear the winding of his wrench around a bolt or the thud of a hammer against metal, <em>you’re going to be my little winged guinea pig, sugar!</em> I hoped to God that he’d taken the proper precautions. He didn’t quite prioritize safety at that point in his life.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Grandpa always had a glass of milk next to a glass of brandy next to his reams and reams of diagrams and rubber-banded, rolled-up blueprints, next to his stubby little arms that were covered in white hairs like the tails of ghosts. I never knew which glass he’d drink first. I’d leave for class in the morning, from our tiny house in Presque Isle, and I’d return to his studio before dinnertime, and both glasses would be empty. More often than not, he’d have fallen asleep with a pencil and compass, or a ruler, or a hex key, gently resting inside of his grip. His little, snoring frame would be slumped over a towering pile of photographs depicting the wings of airplanes, of birds, of butterflies and bats, or, sometimes, the fins of giant, sea-dwelling fish and mythological creatures the likes of which might haunt another man’s, a lesser man’s, dreams.</span></p> <p><a href="http://bendprayers.tumblr.com/post/31152435437/hypatia-or-the-god-canyon-proxy-the-girl-who-didnt">Read More</a></p> </blockquote>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31153516380http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31153516380Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:33:49 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9znhx1htS1qfqzy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hansansgar.tumblr.com/post/31062076229/the-women-of-brewster-place-by-gloria-naylor">hansansgar</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Women of Brewster Place, by Gloria Naylor. Fine novel.</p> <p>amazon.com</p> </blockquote>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31071305670http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31071305670Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:03:24 -0400<a href="http://basil--hallward.tumblr.com/post/31052450312/explanations-of-quotes-from-the-picture-of-dorian">heady youths tumbling between their oxford sheets: Explanations of quotes from The Picture of Dorian Gray-- for heytherejoshhutch.</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://basil--hallward.tumblr.com/post/31052450312/explanations-of-quotes-from-the-picture-of-dorian">basil—hallward</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Here you go, <a href="http://heytherejoshhutch.tumblr.com" target="_blank">heytherejoshhutch</a>. I’m not 100% on all of these, but I really hope this helps! I currently have asks turned off, but just say when you reblog this post if you need anything else.</p> <p><strong>1. “Genius lasts longer than beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to…</strong></p> </blockquote>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31066510495http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31066510495Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:26:28 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zof7my6Q1r74etdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://notlivinginthemoment.tumblr.com/post/31062860994/want-that-tub-not-sure-i-want-the-window-over">notlivinginthemoment</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Want that tub!</p> <p>(not sure I want the window over the tub..)</p> <p>Via <a href="http://www.myscandinavianhome.blogspot.no/">MyScandinavianHome</a></p> </blockquote>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31063106918http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31063106918Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:03:20 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7h9umrcQr1qjcn4do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31059695530http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31059695530Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:35:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9yfuvXNpc1rdlgvro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://myjewelerconnection.tumblr.com/post/31058449496/the-new-monique-lhuillier-fine-jewelry-collection">myjewelerconnection</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>The New Monique Lhuillier Fine Jewelry Collection<br/></strong></p> </blockquote>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31058853098http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31058853098Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:12:15 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zj16pkxj1qhd89co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rhebee.tumblr.com/post/31058437599/everything-about-this-is-perfect">rhebee</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Everything about this is perfect.</p> </blockquote>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31058848826http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31058848826Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:12:08 -0400<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://brunkruz.tumblr.com/post/30554891542/the-cambridge-history-of-russian-literature">brunkruz</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://bitly.com/QG7qFO">The Cambridge History of Russian Literature</a><br/>This is a one-volume narrative history of Russian literature from its beginnings a millennium ago after the Christianization of Russia to the present day. Accessible to students and non-specialists as well as scholars, it aims to become a standard English-language reference work in the field.</p> </blockquote>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31055654965http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31055654965Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:37:50 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9m3k7LTwO1r71z6co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31055481355http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31055481355Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:32:16 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m87b56UCHf1qedh5do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31055472274http://kissandcakeup.tumblr.com/post/31055472274Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:31:58 -0400