Things to Click On: Free Fun on the Internet

Happy August 1st! I have been scheming about August for awhile now and I’m excited to bring you a whole month of blog plans. That’s right. I’m back to having a plan. Today I’m catching you up on some of my current favorite links. Please share yours below!

1. This vlog post about bravery from my friend Megan. It really challenged me to reevaluate why I choose NOT to do things. Is it because I’m scared to try?

2. These awkward and long commercials from Nuva-Ring. I know the concept is that we’re supposed to feel like this is an honest conversation we could really have with our best girl friend about birth control. Except…totally creepy. My favorite is   "Oh!verheard at a Concert.”

3. Totally cool list from one of my favorite blogs, Thrift and Shout. The ten things she says you should NEVER buy retail…

4. A super fun personality and style test called Emotional Brilliance. It’s based on color psychology and even if you don’t plan on ordering anything from Lush, it’s amazing how insightful it is for a computer-app. Thank you to Sarah for sharing this cool feature with me.

5. Have you seen this great 50’s throwback video, “Everybody Talks” from Neon Trees? It makes me want to dance.

So tell me what internet fun you’ve scrounged up lately. What am I missing out on?

love, elizabeth

The Need for Speed

Been seeing this commercial a lot lately. Clever, clever, phone company.



Anyone notice the almost manic pressure the world feels to speed things up? A 3G network?? Are you living in the DARK AGES??? That page took an entire SECOND to download? Your phone is CRAP. Seriously?



Like Louis C.K. says about the iPhone's internet capabilities, "Give it a second! It's going to SPACE. Can you give it a second?"

In a world where we have essentially all recorded data/information/people/things at our fingertips, we seem to have forgotten the part where it's fun to explore and discover and take the time to enjoy the journey.

I am promising all of you right now that I am going to relish the time. I am going to savor the long line at the grocery store. I am going to take in deep, beautiful lung-fuls of air while Madigan takes forever to find a suitable patch of grass on which to pee. I am going to slow. down. now.

love, elizabeth