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Culture
29 Oct 2012

DIY Couple Costumes

Last year, I didn’t celebrate Halloween because I was on a retreat the entire weekend. This year, I just didn’t celebrate because I was simply tired. Do you know how much energy it takes to get dressed up and go out on any regular night? And now you have to throw in a costume?! Also, a night out is something I can no longer handle. Four months of being out of college can do that to you.

I promise I was all set to do Halloween this year, but when I gave up on my original costume, I pretty much gave up on the holiday altogether. I stumbled upon Flavorwire’s 13 Last-Minute DIY Couple Costumes. It’s another ‘why didn’t I think of this?’ moment.

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13 Oct 2012

Politics & Pop Culture

President Obama | 1

Mitt Romney | 0

Mitt Romney has adopted a slogan from the hit television series “Friday Night Lights” for his campaigning, but the show’s creator is less than thrilled about it even accusing Romney of plagiarism. Well, yeah.

The slogan reads: “Clear Eyes. Full Hearts. Can’t Lose.”

Not only his show creator, Peter Berg, kind of livid about it, but he actually took matters into his own hands by writing a letter to Romney and he didn’t hold back.

Check out the full letter here.

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People
15 Sep 2012

School Nostalgia

Today, the new freshmen students of my Alma mater are moving in. They will graduate as the class of 2016 and boy, you better believe that makes me feel old! Even though, I’ve graduated I still miss the type of posts I would write relating to school previously on Yow Yow! Like the new students and readers of Yow Yow I was advising, I, too was still taking my own advice. I was also getting just as excited for the start of the new school year. Each school year was always a form of re-invention. It was the fresh start. Most people would get into that mindset in January on the first day of the new year, but not me. That mindset started in September for me. New goals – new clothes – new perspective.

Now that I’m never going back, I won’t ever have that again, but that doesn’t mean I don’t still feel inspired by school related posts.

[photo cred | trendsnow]
  • The Most Beautiful College Dorms in the World [Flavorwire]
  • Savvy College Student Pays For His Tuition With Money from Rebates [GOOD]
  • Cleveland Honors Student Went from Homeless to Harvard [GOOD]
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27 Aug 2012

Hipster Alphabet

When I was learning the alphabet as a small child, my parents purchased me a set of magnetic squares each with a letter written on them. I was probably obsessed with these letters. I would organize them by vowels, by colors sometimes even putting them into their own categories and sorting them by popularity. That’s right – the letter “K” is so much better than “F.”

That was then. My future artsy kids are going to have these hipster flashcards to play around with though designed by illustrator Emma Cook.

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24 Jun 2012

Room Portraits

I always enjoy seeing the rooms or homes that others live in because I think they are a true reflection of who someone is without even getting to know them. I’ve definitely seen my fair share of them through blog projects, but German photographer Menno Aden has brought in a new perspective to mix things up a bit. His photographs documenting rooms are shot from an aerial point of view, but presented in a flat photograph as one. I love getting to see these shots of rooms, personal spaces, and work spaces from a different angle and being able to look into them rather than just at them.

Check out the rest of the shots here.

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12 May 2012

Happy Mother’s Day!

It is a beautiful day in Seattle today and nothing could make my sweet little mother more happy! I hope all of you are having a lovely time with your mothers and enjoying their special day.

And for you: a compilation of advice from the best TV moms ever courtesy of Flavorwire.

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12 Mar 2012

Fast Food Restaurants Can Look Nice Too

Every time I drive past the Taco Time in Wallingford, I ask myself, “How is it possible for a Taco Time to look THAT good?” Every other standard Taco Time in Washington looks like a normal fast food restaurant, but not this one. The one in Wallingford has beautiful glass windows and is modern looking in a neighborhood that is…not. Its mint sheen makes the restaurant’s exterior extremely attractive and though I have never eaten at this location, its appearance alone makes me want to.

It didn’t make Flavorwire’s list of of Most Beautiful Fast Food Restaurants in the World, but Starbucks’ Tukwila location did!

Check out the rest of the restaurants here.

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03 Mar 2012

Subcultural Tribes of the 21st Century

We can no longer pass people on the street in Capitol Hill and categorize them as hipster or non-hipster. My friend Rachel and I actually made the terms to distinguish the two types of hipster we were currently and we are basically at two different ends of the spectrum. In reality, there are a number of subcultural tribes that exist right now and Your Scene Sucks has defined them portraits and descriptive words. Check out all of them here.

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Design
26 Feb 2012

Hard Life For Pop Culture Icons

Photo credit | Benjamin Béchet

It’s a really strange thing to imagine, but I have always wondered what my world would be like if the super heroes we’ve read about walked among us. New villain in town? Police can’t fly? Hey Spider Man, do your thang. Let’s imagine for a second that the image above was a true depiction of what our lives would be like and Spider Man just happened to be in a crime-stopping slump.

In his new photo series, photographer Benjamin Béchet places some of our favorite pop culture icons in roles that we typically overlook as a society – whether that is being homeless or working in a job that is not at the forefront.

To see the rest of the photos, click here.

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03 Feb 2012

It’s Friday – Let’s Dance!

Get down with a little help from these posters of infamous dance styles in pop culture by Niege Borges Alves.  From start to finish, these series of posters show you all the right moves. The Little Miss Sunshine one is my absolute favorite! Click the source below for the rest!

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