Needs more kitties.

You know, it has been a long time since I have made a blog post about cats. Far too long. Thus: cats. Huzzah! Here are some cat photos that made me cackle/squeal for extended periods of time. Enjoy.

It's sitting SO WEIRD, LOL.

HAHAHA ROFL FOREVER AHAHAHA!
This photo is so hilarious for so many reasons.
I especially like its mouth. Also, its crack-eyes.
(I remain ever grateful to Emily Pinney for showing this to me.)

So true! I love me some sassypants. :3 And some *boop*.
(My cat does not love *boop*.)

The best cat face ever. It looks so pissed, haha!

And I will finish up with this lolcat, which - although it is not nearly as ridonkulous or clearly-hilarious as many other lolcats - for some reason never fails to make me quite literally lol. Forever.

ALL THE LOLZ.

Thank you for joining me during this long-overdue (??) cat post. Please join me next time for more cat post. Cat cat cat post.

Photo credits to I do not even know they are from random places oh gosh I am bad at blogging responsibly.

Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior

I never really realized how freaking-ass humongous the Great Lakes are until, in the midst of a flight from Boston to Seattle, I looked out the window and was like "WHAT WHY IS THERE THE OCEAN we are supposed to be flying AWAY from that IS THE PILOT LOST what even is happening."

Just kidding, those are lakes. LAKES.

Foooooood (blogs).

I like to read food review blogs. Food product review blogs, to be more precise - especially about candy/snacks. Is that weird? Maybe. But it is also totally awesome. Here are a couple that I particularly enjoy.

Candy Blog is full of reviews of, predictably, candy. Metric shit tons of candy. This blogger sure loves her candy! She also has very impressive specific/nuanced taste discerning abilities. Like, she'll do an entry on, say, Skittles and be talking about the bitter citrus oil tastes and floral berry tastes and all this crazy stuff and I'm like "whaaat is happening" but I am nevertheless super into it, lol. It's also pretty useful because she reviews tons of domestic candies, so you can figure out which treats to avoid or to search for when you go to the store. :) She also does some foreign candy reviews, which I find the most intriguing just because they're out of the ordinary (often very much so).

Japanese Snack Reviews also has a very straightforward name, as the author does reviews of Japanese snack foods of all kinds: chips, candies, beverages, pre-packaged foods, cookies, other baked goods, ice cream, yogurt, and so forth. I find this blog particularly interesting for many reasons, including a) I freaking heart Japanese snacks and I like to imagine how delicious (or...gross) they must be, b) I enjoy seeing what kinds of awesome/nasty/weird-ass snacks there are in Japan these days and c) the author is a good writer whose review posts often have humor, cultural observations, interesting anecdotes, etc. thrown in.

Jen Ken's Kit Kat Blog does not randomly have the word "Kit Kat" in it just for funsies; the inclusion of that word is SRS BSNS. And by that I mean she does, indeed, review Kit Kats. Only Kit Kats. "How is that possible?" you might say. If so, you do not know of the crazy wonder that is Japanese Kit Kats. In Japan, Kit Kats are quite popular and are released in tons of flavors each year. There are regional flavors, seasonal flavors, store-exclusive flavors, holiday flavors, you name it! And lots of them are hella weird. Examples include corn, wasabi, soy sauce, and rose. It's really interesting seeing all the flavors of Kit Kat that exist and how widely they vary in their...deliciousness level (?). Sooooo many Kit Kats~~~!

I check these blogs regularly. As in...pretty much every day. You probably should, too. If you are a weirdo like me who likes reading reviews of snack foods, that is.

Photo credits for all banners go to the respective blogs. :)

What a BAMF.

Seriously. Ridiculous.

(...holy crap I could watch this for hours on end wtf.)

I want to go to there.

Machu Picchu, Peru

Erice, Sicily, Italy

Castello Pepoli

Bali, Indonesia

Four Seasons Resort

Santorini, Greece

Iguazu Falls, Argentina/Brazil

Western Germany

Burg Eltz

Bora Bora, French Polynesia

Yosemite National Park, California

Lost Arrow Spire

Manarola, Italy

Great Wall, China

Bavaria, Germany

Neuschwanstein Castle

 
Seychelles

 ....Germany's got all the cool castles, dayum.

via I have no idea because these are just random photos I had saved on my computer...

RAINY HIPSTERS

(click to enlarge)

I especially like Mexico-ish and yes sir & yes ma'am. And old peeps, lol.

via this tumblr.

I love you Arnold Palmer (the beverage).

Dear AriZona Beverage Co.,

Thank you very much for making a delicious Arnold Palmer. Not only a delicious Arnold Palmer, but the most delicious Arnold Palmer that I have ever tried. Furthermore, not only is it super tasty, it is hella cheap - which is always a plus. I also highly enjoy your other half iced tea-half juice beverages, such as the Half Iced Tea & Half Tropical and the Half Iced Tea & Half Mango, as well as your Blueberry White Tea. But Arnold Palmer holds a truly special place in my tummy bladder heart.

I also enjoy how, in the image you chose to emblazon across the front of your cans of this beverage, Arnold Palmer looks rather like George Bush when he makes that one face where he seems kind of confused, or is perhaps displaying a look of consternation. Because that face is silly and makes me giggle.

Anyways, thank you once again for making cheap but tasty-ass drinks that are available not only in my current area of residence, but also in my future area of residence. I hope you continue doing so forever and ever, or at least until I die.

Love,

Kaori <3

Hark! A Vagrant is bomb.

I really like Hark! A Vagrant. What the hell is that, you might say. Well, it is a comic by the brilliant Kate Beaton on a range of topics: most notably, history and literature, but also occasionally American comics, pop culture, and Canada, among others. (P.S. Beaton is Canadian...which is why some comics are about Canada. It all makes sense now) Basically, her comic is hilarious and awesome and you should go read it right now.

One thing that is very interesting about her comics, and which make them much more entertaining and rewarding to read, is that they are oftentimes like little inside jokes. You have to be familiar with the background and characters/figures involved, whether literary, historical, or otherwise, in order to really, fully appreciate the hilarity of the comics. Also, because of the background knowledge needed to get the full comic experience, the comics seem....I don't know, more intelligent? Which is nice. The jokes are still ridiculous though. All in all, I'd say it's a good mix of highbrow and lowbrow. Oh, also! While her art is stylized for a comic genre, Beaton is clearly very skilled, as evidenced by the really accurate drawings of famous people/characters/historical figures.

Anywhoo, here are some of my favorite comics - with links back to the original post which may or may not contain more comics on the same topic! There are a ton because I like Hark! A Vagrant so much that it's hard to pick just a few. I also tried to include comics on an array of topics, as well as not include ones that were too obscure (because some of the history ones can be pretty obscure, though still awesome). OH AND ALSO making the comics big enough to read as is messed up the formatting, so BE SUUURE to click on them to enlarge. Enjoy!

Macbeth

The Tudors

Book by its cover

Facebook

Sherlock Holmes

X-Men

Les Miserables

Batman

The Great Gatsby

Miscellaneous

More miscellaneous

So go! Go read them all! Especially if you are a history and/or lit nerd!!

The best.

The following multi-pane: is it super bomb-tacular or amazingly bomb-tacular? Correct answer: BOTH.

Note: To fully appreciate the awesomeness of this particular multi-pane, you must a) be familiar with this meme, b) have seen Inception (WHICH YOU BETTER HAVE BY NOW), and c) understand how hilarious Deecaps can be sometimes. That face, LOL. 

Oh, this one is also pretty good.

I saw The King's Speech yesterday.

It was much more interesting/awesome than I thought it would be! Case in point: unexpected hilarity, especially during the speech therapy sessions.

And of course, this infamous scene:

AND.....tits.

via various tumblrs, including that of Cleolinda, the hilarious author of Movies in Fifteen Minutes.