Pretty Terrible

Pop Culture Criticism by Natalie Luhrs

Pretty Blue Flowers: Crowd-Sourced Links

It’s been a long and difficult week for a lot of people. Most of the links I’ve accumulated for this week are not super happy fun awesome times links and I feel like we need some of that so–here is a picture of some pretty blue flowers in Japan.  And if you have something happy or fun or silly you’d like to share, please do so in the comments!

Hitachi Seaside Park, by Kobaken

Hitachi Seaside Park, by Kobaken

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  2. Oooboy, which from my list of I REQUIRE HAPPY THINGS shall I toss into the ring…

    1) Live streaming frolicking foster kittens: http://explore.org/live-cams/player/kitten-rescue-cam

    2) A llama pronking to DMX: https://vine.co/v/MiAMY06TDUY
    2a) The fact that I know somebody who keeps llamas and she went out of her way to let me know that that prancing motion is, in fact, called “pronking.”
    2b) That llamas pronk only when content and really happy, so this vine is of a legitimately thrilled llama.

    3) If you’re looking for an extended laugh and you’re a fan of Game of Thrones and Bob’s Burgers, http://ofhousebelcher.tumblr.com/ combines BB quotes with GoT screencaps, and makes me giggle like Betty Rubble.

    4) io9’s semi-regular GIF Parties: http://io9.com/tag/gif-party

  9. Kidlitcon 2014– Blogging Diversity in Young Adult and Children’s Lit: What’s Next? (Sacramento, this October) is starting to come together (I’m the program chair) and it will be really awesome with lots of awesome people and I am looking forward to it lots. http://www.kidlitosphere.org/news/

  12. Today I had a three year-old student say to me, “I would totally eat a triangle.” I don’t know if that helps decrease the recent unpleasantness, but his cocksure grin as he said it certainly made the 37 degree heat slightly more tolerable.