Carousel -- Week Ending 16th October 2009

[ 16 October 2009 ]

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Wow. By Philipp Klinger.

<3 The Wheel Of Stars is pretty fantastic. (It’s a musical clock based on the movement of stars.)

<3 I love Operation Beautiful.

The mission of Operation Beautiful is to post anonymous notes in public places for other women to find. The point is that WE ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL. You are enough… just the way you are!

<3 Kind Over Matter is pretty rad too. I like their printable affirmation gift set. Genius!

<3 They Shoot Porn Stars Don’t They? by Susannah Breslin is good readin’. I could not tear myself away.

<3 The Good Ship SuperStar Virgo & Astrological Cruising is soooo funny.

<3 Ever Dream This Man? I am so fascinated by this! (The Dish says, “Isn’t that Neil Diamond?” HAHA!)

“From January 2006 until today, at least 2000 people have claimed they have seen this man in their dreams, in many cities all over the world: Los Angeles, Berlin, Sao Paulo, Tehran, Beijing, Rome, Barcelona, Stockholm, Paris, New Dehli, Moskow etc.

At the moment there is no ascertained relation or common trait among the people that have dreamed of seeing this man. Moreover, no living man has ever been recognized as resembling the man of the portrait by the people who have seen this man in their dreams.

The aim of this website is: – to help those who have seen this man in their dreams and to foster communication among them; – to understand who this man is and why he appears in an apparently pattern-less array of situations in the dreams of such diverse human subjects.”

<3 Freunde Von Freunden is like The Selby, but auf Deutsch. Interior inspiration, yum.

<3 My Parents Were Awesome makes me so happy! Thank you @ohthedecadence!

<3 11 productivity tips that creative types already know. & it’s not your standard old schlock, either. Worth a read. Thanks @alorelle!

<3 Also… !!!

<3 Be lucky — it’s an easy skill to learn from the Telegraph & courtesy of @finalfashion.

“Over the years, I interviewed these volunteers, asked them to complete diaries, questionnaires and intelligence tests, and invited them to participate in experiments. The findings have revealed that although unlucky people have almost no insight into the real causes of their good and bad luck, their thoughts and behaviour are responsible for much of their fortune… And so it is with luck – unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to parties intent on finding their perfect partner and so miss opportunities to make good friends. They look through newspapers determined to find certain types of job advertisements and as a result miss other types of jobs. Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for… My research revealed that lucky people generate good fortune via four basic principles. They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.”

<3 This letter from Mick Jagger to Andy Warhol makes me laugh. Actually, all of Letters Of Note is pretty fantastic. Like where Hunter S. Thompson starts a letter, “Okay, you lazy b!tch”. Touching! Thanks @maetl.

<3 Terrible Yellow Eyes is a collection of Where The Wild Things Are-inspired artwork. Via @finestimaginary.

<3 Amazing Band-Aid packaging.

<3 How to recover from spiritual fatigue in 1 day or less, three keys to instant magic & tricycle blog are all good stuff, from @notitles!


This made me laugh so hard.


This is rad insanity.

Have an incredible weekend! Stay cozy & do something colourful!


Love letters & feather headdresses,

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  1. I love Operation Beautiful! Thanks for sharing that! I already added it to my blogroll of awesome.

    I haven’t seen that man in MY dreams, but that is effing FASCINATING. Now I kind of wish he would show up in my dreams and give me some direction! He is a bit scary looking though.

    <3 Alzy · Oct 16, 11:08 AM · #

  2. Alzy — Hahaha I want to dream about him tonight, singing “SWEEEEEEEEET CAROLIIIIIIIIIIIINE”!

    <3 Gala · Oct 16, 11:13 AM · #

  3. Sweet! Asking your Twitter peeps for links was a good idea. My Parents Were Awesome is a great site, right? And that dream guy, I was reading about him this week… how wild is that? I love it. Anyhow, it is cold and rainy out, but you totally brightened my day. Thanks!

    <3 Mary · Oct 16, 11:18 AM · #

  4. Wow! Operation beautiful sounds amazing! I think I’m going to take the initiative and participate.

    Also, that puppy had me laughing SO HARD!

    <3 Lorelle · Oct 16, 11:39 AM · #

  5. If I dream about that guy after seeing his picture I’m going to be so mad! What a terrible guy to dream of!

    <3 jessica · Oct 16, 11:47 AM · #

  6. thisman gave me goosebumps! and THEN, someone D’ed me on twitter and says “thisman is from an italian guerilla marketing firm”. mysterious, no? clever campaign if so :]

    <3 jessica mullen · Oct 16, 11:54 AM · #

  7. I second Alzy’s comment, that dream guy is CREEPY :/

    <3 Peppermint.moon · Oct 16, 12:04 PM · #

  8. AMAZING! That last video gave me intense chills. Definitely posting that to facebook!

    <3 Lady Laalanne · Oct 16, 12:25 PM · #

  9. whois.domaintools.com/thisman….

    i wish this man was real! domain registered to a guerilla marketing company though :(

    <3 JM · Oct 16, 12:29 PM · #

  10. god, that last video made tears stream down my face and I didn’t even realize it.

    also if that man showed up in one of my dreams I would punch him in the face.

    <3 emily · Oct 16, 12:33 PM · #

  11. I love you!!! We thank you so for mentioning Kind Over Matter!!! Weeeeeee!!!

    My boy & I LOLed so hard How to Work Out from Home!!

    <3 amanda @ kind over matter · Oct 16, 12:59 PM · #

  12. Wonderful list, Gala! I was especially excited to learn about Kind Over Matter. Awesome site and so glad you shared it here. :)

    <3 Positvely Present · Oct 16, 01:26 PM · #

  13. Freunde Von Freunden is my new favorite thing ever AND it can help me get back into learning German. I took an intro class but couldn’t fit the next one into my schedule. I’m glad that I can understand some of the questions in the interviews. :)

    <3 AmyTheFreak · Oct 16, 01:52 PM · #

  14. i love your post today! of the operation beautiful ♥ i’ve already forwarded the link to many of my friends via facebook and text, its a superb eye opener ♥ gosh, i cant wait till the sun rise so i can go out and posts some wonderful beautiful post-its! ♥♥♥♥

    <3 Maz · Oct 16, 02:36 PM · #

  15. Turns out that the This Guy website is probably owned by a viral marketing firm. (see comment by meepozoid – all the comments are hilarious though!)

    Love the productivity tips.

    <3 Nicola · Oct 16, 04:59 PM · #

  16. The Man IS a marketting scam, don’t buy into it.

    assme.org/2009/10/12/thisman

    Awesome idea though!

    <3 Kerry · Oct 17, 03:08 AM · #

  17. That Swan Lake clip is unreal! She was on pointe on his HEAD AND SHOULDERS! ON HIS HEAD AND SHOULDERS! Are you kidding me?! That just made my day, Gala, thank you =D Anything is possible.

    <3 shells · Oct 17, 03:26 AM · #

  18. LOl! Love that stay at home Dad workout video.

    “First you beckon the weight…”

    <3 Treacle · Oct 17, 04:43 PM · #

  19. operation beautiful gets 2 thumbs up from me!

    <3 Georgie · Oct 18, 09:06 PM · #

  20. I hadn’t checked the site for awhile and I missed so many good things! Operation Beautiful is wonderful.

    <3 Poppy · Oct 19, 01:24 PM · #

  21. I read the whole ‘being lucky’ article and I have to say that it hits close to home! Good reading :)

    <3 linnykins · Oct 20, 07:48 PM · #