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We Are Owls

It’s good to see some serious progress being made on April Fools Day. All of the “huge announcements” I’ve read today have been April Fools jokes (I’m lookin’ at you, Matt Van Hoven of AgencySpy, and Steve Hall of Adrants).

My friend Connie (along with her two friends Ling and Emily) have launched We Are Owls, an accessory line of cashmere scarves set to launch this fall. You can check out the website at weareowls.com to keep up on the latest news and to learn a little more about We Are Owls; but definitely be sure to check back once the fall collection hits!

Sounds Like A Dirty Sex Act

Oh Google, you silly pranksters. Changing your name to Topeka for April Fools Day. I did enjoy the “proper Topeka usage” chart though!

Young Me, Now Me

I love this idea. Zefrank.com encourages you to find an old photo of yourself, and then try and recreate the photo as best as possible. Accepted photos will be displayed side by side on the website, and possibly in an upcoming book. I love it! There are so many photos from my childhood that I would love to try and recreate! I’m just not too sure I can get to Ohio and take these photos any time soon…

The End of the Hipster Era

Are you sick of hipsters yet? Then head on over to Gawker & vote for the new replacement word for “hipster.” Hopefully a new word will make the entire hipster fad disappear?!

The options are (directly from the Gawker poll):

Doucheoisie
Plus: Was the most popular option, winning 25% of the vote. Sounds pretty.
Minus: Does it really describe hipsters, in particular? Also: Due to our nominal “douche” ban, we might have to enforce its use only in shortened “Schwazzie” form.

Fauxhemians
Plus: Really rolls off the tongue (sexxxily).
Minus: Is it mean enough?

Pabstsmears
Plus: Cleverly references PBR.
Minus: Takes extraordinarily exact pronunciation to distinguish it from a more all-purpose slur.

Probos (professional hobos)
Plus: Pithy; easy to say; might actually catch on.
Minus: What percentage of hipsters are professionals?

Trendsluts
Plus: Deliciously zingy.
Minus: Might offend sluts.

Playing With Fiyah!

Here’s another time wasting website for doodling. It’s called  “flame.” It’s another one of those pointless, internet doodlers, but this one’s way cooler than the traditional ones. As you can see from my masterpiece above, it lets you draw in “flames,” and of course you can adjust all of the settings to customize it a bit more. If you’re bored and have some times to kill, check it out.

You Buy, I Fly

Before I started school, I always thought my ultimate dream job would be working as a creative director at a hot agency, pumping out cutting edge, iconic ads 24/7. I think I’ve changed my mind. While being a CD still sounds like fun, and is definitely something to aspire toward, my ultimate dream job is something that perhaps only the daughter of president of The Travel Channel could land.  Although, I don’t know how Samantha Brown landed her job.
Anyway, someone should pay me to travel the world and document it in an awesome way. Seriously. I could go nuts with a camera, a notebook & pen, and a laptop. I’d write a blog, a book, whatever. I absolutely love traveling and I often come home with over 600 pictures from just a weekend trip. Oh, and I’m obsessed with photographing food. Problem is, I don’t have much money to eat things other than Subway; or travel too often. So until someone else is footing the bill (or I make my first million), I’m afraid this dream job is still a little far off. But one day, it will be done.

In the meantime, check out this lovely food blog from Christian Haas out at Goodby Silverstein and Partners. It’s called “No Salad As A Meal,” which I love. He documents his edible journeys throughout the San Francisco area, and causes an increase in saliva in your mouth.

Does anybody else have a dream job that they’d quit everything for? Why haven’t you gone after that job yet? Or what about a fun hobby like Christian Haas?

No One Belongs Here More Than You

A friend of mine just recommended the book No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July. I was interested after seeing the cover (I’m a huge fan of simple text with no images), but a bit leery since it’s a book of short stories. I’ve never read a good compilation of short stories, but after seeing the website I immediately placed a hold to pick up the book at the Mid Manhattan Library on my lunch hour. I just love the clever, fun creativity of the website. Check it out at No One Belongs Here More Than You.

Let’s hope this book is good! I need something to kill some time while on the plane & the beach in Florida this week!

Always Lookin’ Out For Ya

Society is getting one step closer to enabling a hassle-free life for all of the unfaithful partners out there. Introducing Tiger Text. It’s an iPhone app (coming soon to other smartphones) that lets you send text messages with a time limit upon which they will delete themselves from both phones. Oh, Tiger Woods. I’m glad you’ve influenced our society in such life-enhancing ways.

I’d prefer if they created an app for those of us who send embarrassing texts after they’ve had four too many drinks that night. Perhaps you enable the “I’ve been drinking” app before heading out for the night. You’d store a list of people whom you definitely shouldn’t be texting that night. Then, if you go to send the text it goes to some folder so you can review your stupidity the next day. You could set your own time for the “ban” to wear off, like say, noon the next day? And maybe it has a feature on it that lets you reply to those banned people, should they text you for some completely innocent reason, but it won’t send any texts including a certain list of user-generated words… I think something like that would definitely be worth a purchase in the app store. Prevent the texts, and there’s nothing to worry about erasing!

Oh yeah, not gonna lie- I downloaded Tiger Text. Not because I’m out having hot adulterous sex or anything, but you never know when it might come in handy when I’m planning a surprise birthday or something and I know they have a nosy gf/bf. Oh wait, I have no friends…

Shadify Your Links

This is brilliant. I’m not sure for who, but it’s brilliant.

If you’ve ever used Twitter I’m sure you’ve tried to shorten up your URL’s to fit within the character limit. The next time you try to shorten your URL, why not make it shady too? For example, turn something like www.kmerrittblog.com into http://5z8.info/oneweirdoldtiptolosebellyfat_o4o0e_freeanimalporn.com-start-download.

Guaranteed to Make Your Stomach Growl

At Sub Rosa, we love food so much we wanted to share it with the world. We’re not sharing the food of course, but we’re posting some pretty mouth-watering photos from restaurants all around the world. Literally. We’ve got stuff in there from Turkey. If you’re a foodie (or a fatty), or you’re just looking for the next great place to dine out, head on over to our Flickr and check it out!