RIP Major

RIP Merlin

laughingsquid:

Choose Your Own Animated Singing Christmas Hedgehogs

cultureofresistance:

Shell International spilled 13,000 gallons of oil and drilling fluids into the Gulf on Sunday while drilling an exploratory well near the site of last year’s Deepwater Horizon accident, according to a federal report on the spill.

The area where the well was being drilled is about 20 miles from the site of the BP oil spill. Shell is working in water more than 7,000 feet deep. The well was being drilled by the Deepwater Nautilus, according to federal records. That rig is owned and operated by Transocean, the company that owned the Deepwater Horizon rig.

While a report Shell filed Monday morning with the National Response Center states that the company spilled 7,560 gallons of oil and 5,829 gallons of synthetic drilling fluids, company spokesperson Kelly op de Weegh said late Monday afternoon that no oil was spilled.

How can they keep doing this?? How can this be justified??

laughingsquid:

A Splash of Rose, A Stunning Composite Photo of a Liquid Rose

Beautiful

Everytime we are together, I trust you more. I hope that it will all be worth it some day.

laughingsquid:

Building a Gingerbread House on My Drunk Kitchen

I should do this :D

Over the last few months, I have changed dramatically. I have gone from a scared, insecure portion of my real self to something that has the ability to resemble who I used to be.

I am not sure what really has instigated this change, but I am starting to like that I am more confident, more secure within myself. I guess I have begun to use the anger I have had built up for so long, or have decided that enough is enough and that I must take the control of my life in my own hands.

At the moment, I wake up and smile. Not because I am thinking about the one I love or the day ahead, but because for the first time in such a very long time I am able to say I can be me.

I sincerely hope that this want for smiling continues for a very long time.
xoxo

lookhigh:

Will paint for bamboo

usagov:

Image description: Picasso or Panda? Giant panda Tian Tian get his paws dirty with non-toxic water-based paint at the National Zoo. Painting is one among many activities that fall under Animal Enrichment—a program that provides physically and mentally stimulating activities and environments for the Zoo’s residents.

Art produced by many of the Zoo’s mammal and bird residents will be available for purchase at the National Capital chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) Art Show, which will take place spring 2012.

Photo by Smithsonian’s National Zoo

I forgot how beautiful the rain was, how it made everything feel fresh and clean again. How it took away all of the dirt and grim and left everything with a shine and transparency.

I am hoping for more rain…