Pinstipation. (Not a typo.)

In this series of beautiful-pics-to-remind-you-that-life-is-incredible-but-which-I-managed-to-totally-screw-up-for-the-most-part-with-my-commentary-because-I'm-still-irked-about-the-cake-discussed-in-my-last-post:

 (1) What does it look like?  Got your attention, didn't it?

(2) Puffins are adorable.  And delicious.

(3) A bed cubby.  I don't know if I'd sleep in one now because it's a bit claustrophobic and all, but I thought this type of bed was the coolest thing when I was little because one of the characters in my picturebook "The Little Red Hen" had one.  I had this version of the book.  (Yes I still remember.  Crazy, I know.  Incidentally, if you actually click on the link, go click on "See 1 customer image" under the picture of the book... Kinda weird? Anyway...)  It was about this hen who wanted to make some bread, and so she went around and asked each of her different neighbors for different things she needed to get it done based on what each of them did for a living, and all of them were like, "nah, we're too lazy."  So in the end, she does it all by herself and then all the animals who had blown her off smell the bread and start lurking around her house like a load of creepers, so she comes outside and asks, "Hey guys, who can help me eat this?"  And all the animals offered to help with that part, and the hen goes, "Haha just kidding! Eff you, you didn't help me make it, so you don't get any," and she ate the whole loaf in front of them.  And then it shows all the sad, remorseful neighbors.  So, the moral of the story is supposed to be that those who don't chip in and fulfill their niche in society don't get to eat.  Weird ass childrens' story, right? I think it came as a set with "Little Bear," "The Gingerbread Man," and "Goodnight Moon."  Apparently it's "most likely of Russian origin."  When I read that on Wikipedia, my reaction was basically the same as my reaction to those old 3D stereograms from the 90s... you know, those tacky, weird looking prints where if you stared at it long enough/crossed your eyes a 3D image would pop out at you, and you'd think, "Ohhhhhh hahaha, yeah, I see it now... but still,  dude. Wtf. "  So yeah.  Russia, dude.  That little hen was red alright.

 (4) "fml."

(5)  Kids being imaginative.  The person who pinned it on Pinterest had it with the caption "cute," and yeah, I guess it's cute, but it also kind of has an eerie "Lord of the Flies" feel to it, no?  Kid sitting down in the middle is thinking, "Shit.  I don't have the sow's head, I don't have the flag, and I'm not making myself useful as an owl.  I need to get the hell off this boat.  FAST."

I think there's something about youth and small spaces, like forts, boats, cubbies, treehouses, etc.  In my old house, we had a really cool closet (shutup! It was cool!) near my parent's bedroom, and for a while I tried to convince them to let me move into it.  I expressed how it would work out well for them, because I'd be closer and they could keep an eye on me and I'd keep the closet clean.  Moreover, it would be a pretty sweet deal for me, too.  The way I saw it, it would be impossible to fit all the stuff from my room in the closet, so if I won the closet battle, I'd naturally win the war because I would necessarily need to have both spaces.  Furthermore, I could move all the blankets and pillows from the closet into my bedroom for "storage," where I could use them to build myself a fort.  Ultimately, I'd be increasing my square footage and my stuff in one fell swoop.  But yeah, the parents weren't too keen on what was essentially "Mission Closet Colonization," so I think I settled for a Skip-It or something ("...and the very best thing of all: there's a counter on this ball! So skiiiiiiip-it, skiiiiip-it....")

 (6)  James Franco, because, as the Colbert Report reminded me this week, he's everywhere... including my dreams.

(7) I really really don't want to know why they cut off the back portion of the horse in this pic.

 All via http://pinterest.com/.