Paper Town Girl

itiswellwithmysoul: okwhatnow: (via mayumidori)

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:44:15 -0400

okwhatnow:

Too. Much. Hair. SO much of the feminine life is about grooming...

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:26:29 -0400

Too. Much. Hair.

SO much of the feminine life is about grooming just the right amount of hair. It is dreaded in some places and desperately needed in others. Brush, wash, sweep, vacuum, shave, pluck, trim. It is such a part of us, isn’t it? I think long hair is seen as a sign of youth and sexuality. I really like it sometimes. But most of the time I am trying to just deal with it. I have found myself de-cluttering and streamlining the rest of my life-and ALWAYS does my hair end up reflecting my current mental state.

I am constantly communicating something. It gets exhausting.

fuckyeahthewhitestripes: (via loveisadeserter) Deleted scene...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:28:58 -0400

fuckyeahthewhitestripes:

(via loveisadeserter)

Deleted scene from It Might Get Loud where Jack plays “I Fought Piranhas”.

Day 30: Whatever tickles your fancy

Inmates Eat Better than Schoolkids

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:13:00 -0400

Processed chicken nuggets, syrupy chocolate milk, heaps of salty French fries: It’s no real secret that the state of American public school lunches is a mess. But things are even more depressing than you thought: Inmates – yes, actual criminals behind bars – are probably eating better than our kids.

In a recent article for the Tennessee’s Herald-Tribune, reporter Tracey Hackett investigated what comes out of the kitchen at the state’s Putnam County Justice Center. She found that each inmate gets two meals a day, breakfast and dinner. (Inmates can buy lunchtime snacks if they have an account, as many do). Hackett found that inmates were typically eating from-scratch, balanced meals — a far cry from the frozen, chemical-laden processed food our kids are getting.

Sarah Parsons at Sustainable Food, a division of Change.org, makes no bones about it, writing that “When you take a look at the school lunches kids receive in America’s cafeterias, jail food looks like a meal at a five-star restaurant.”
What’s on the menu in prison? One Putnam County Justice Center breakfast consisted of gravy, a biscuit, scrambled eggs, a hash brown patty, pineapple slices, an eight-ounce glass of milk, and some jelly. Dinners are also pretty healthy, typically a sandwich or casserole, two or three servings of vegetables like mashed potatoes, corn and green beans, and sides like cornbread and sweet tea. The inmates even get dessert, like a piece of cake, fruit or a cookie.
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And somehow, the prison kitchen managers are doing it for about $1.83 per meal. Schools receive $2.68 for each meal, yet struggle to provide kids with the necessary servings of fruits and veggies. (Congress is currently debating the Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act, an $8 billion initiative to improve the nation’s school lunches.)

“I find it hard to believe that a prison could find a way to feed its inmates dairy and five servings of fruits and veggies a day, and the best school cafeterias can do is dish out processed chicken patties and rubbery hot dogs,” Parsons writes.

“Most of our inmates probably eat more nutritiously while they’re in jail than they do when they’re not,” said Robert Maynard, kitchen manager at the Justice Center. Maynard his staff have an eight-week menu rotation to ensure meal variety, and a random 14-day sample is submitted to a registered dietitian, who can approve the meals or make suggestions to improve their nutritional value.

The point is not that inmates don’t deserve nutritious meals — it’s that our kids do, too

(via SlashFood)

fromscandinaviawithlove: Browse the 2011 Ikea catalog...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:57:44 -0400

fromscandinaviawithlove:

Browse the 2011 Ikea catalog here!

yes!!!

papillonsetouragans: forgottensupernova: O Grande Amor - Joao...

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:28:17 -0400

papillonsetouragans:

forgottensupernova:

O Grande Amor - Joao Gilberto featuring Stan Getz

Haja o que houver, há sempre um homem, para uma mulher.
E há de sempre haver para esquecer, um falso amor e uma vontade de morrer.
Seja comofor há de vencer o grande amor, que há de ser no coração, como perdão pra quem chorou.

“No matter what, there is always a man for a woman.
And there will always be a false love to forget and an urge to die.
Be that as it may, love’s greatness will win over the heart and the one who cried will forgive.” -(English translation from WordReference forum)

I can identify with all of these words… this is beautiful.

fuckyeahthewhitestripes: (via tangotilltheyresore) Only a few...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:37:37 -0400

fuckyeahthewhitestripes:

(via tangotilltheyresore)

Only a few people know I love polar bears.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25)

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:06:53 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

fromscandinaviawithlove: A preview of the coming Ikea 2011...

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:51:21 -0400

fromscandinaviawithlove:

A preview of the coming Ikea 2011 catalog.

The Reality?

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:43:07 -0400

“Only about 3% to 6% of high school basketball, football, baseball and soccer players make it to a college team, the National Collegiate Athletic Association says. Only about 2% of high-school athletes are awarded college athletic scholarships. Far more money is available for academic scholarships. And only about 1% to 9% of college athletes make it to the pros, the NCAA says”

-via The Washington Post

GPOYW Staring straight ahead.

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:02:07 -0400

GPOYW

Staring straight ahead.

Exactly. (via Iamagreedygirl)

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:01:08 -0400

Exactly.

(via Iamagreedygirl)

it sounds like the Cocteau Twins today

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:54:49 -0400

it sounds like the Cocteau Twins today

Photo

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:06:13 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18)

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:52:15 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Photo

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:54:00 -0400

davereed: Oh Mitch Hedburg via fuckyeahfunnythings:...

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:27:42 -0400

davereed:

Oh Mitch Hedburg

via fuckyeahfunnythings: sirmitchell

(via sweethomestyle) The color on the walls is an awesome 60s...

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:17:40 -0400

(via sweethomestyle)

The color on the walls is an awesome 60s pink… must remember for oldest daughter…

why don’t i own this???? i know i have wasted enough money...

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:14:39 -0400

why don’t i own this????

i know i have wasted enough money in the past 15 minutes to have bought it. i feel like i have a Bossa Nova chip implanted in my brain sometimes… i hear it and i stare into space and cancel all my appointments so that nothing will interrupt the sound… the sound of warm air rushing into my mind, paired with an intense feeling of comfort in my own skin and the taste of sweet sugar in my mouth…

Sean's baptism today was even better than this..

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:01:16 -0400

Sean's baptism today was even better than this..