Sunday, January 27, 2008

Links I Like: Wasting My Time Edition, part deux

1. PleoWorld - I am obsessed with the adorable robotic baby dinosaur named Pleo. He's just so stinking cute! The website shows all of his movements - my favorite part is when two Pleos meet each other. It's ridiculously heartwarming, considering the fact that they're robots.
2. Top Golden Retriever Sites, Comical Photos section - I am a big, fat sap and I love pictures of golden retrievers wearing sunglasses. So comical!
3. Become an M & M - Don't judge! You get to pick which kind of M & M you are (regular), which color (blue), your facial features (girly, with purple eyeshadow), and hair (blonde librarian bun). You can also pick out accessories and hobbies, but let's not get carried away.
4. Found Magazine - A magazine/website dedicated to stuff people find, be it a note left in a library book, a photo left in a box donated to a thrift shop, or a love letter left on the wrong car. It's completely engrossing - I love making up stories about the people in the pictures and notes. Fantastic.
5. Missed Connections on Craig's List - A really strange branch of humanity post anonymous love letters to people they've met once. It's great when they wax poetic about the moment they shared with a checker at the grocery store. Here are a few examples from the Salt Lake City Missed Connections:
" You sat across me in the TRAX this evening. There were also police men checking tickets.
I, dressed in an orange winter jacket, was talking to my friend in some foreign language.
As I left, you waved at me shyly, but since I was about to leave, I had no time to return it.
So consider youself waved at ;)" -- I love picturing the other side of this story: "You, in your orange winter jacket, sounding so sophisticated talking to your friend in some foreign language. I'm totally shy, but I couldn't resist your sophistication and waved at you. You didn't wave back."
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A post titled 'Mark Twain quotes at Smiths': "Ok Miss K Smarty Pants, whats the quote? If I was smoother would have talked to you more, your beauty threw off my spidey senses. I was more taken aback at how you actually had things to say and were funny. I think we would make an awesome couple, or atleast great friends." -- Miss K Smarty Pants, you totally need to get with this guy. He has spidey senses! And it throws him off balance when women are funny and smart! He's totally a keeper.