Monday Link Love
Here are my favorite links this week to kickstart your Monday with:
Texts From Last Night
Thanks to Meg for bringing this site to my attention! It’s another great site for enjoying other people’s f**k ups. Laughing at the misfortunes of others is a critical component of humor, and if those unfortunates are the ones calling our attention to their misadventures, it’s especially charming (see FML).
Here are some of my favs (number is the area code):
- (805): I just woke up to a guy kissing me goodbye and leaving for class. I don’t know where I am, don’t have any clothes on, my underwear are gone, and the shoes I found with my dress aren’t mine. He just walked in and gave me my phone. I was on my period. Come get me I will walk to the nearest intersection and wait.
- (215): Earlier, I saw a homeless man that looked like Abe Lincoln, and I just saw a guy walk past wearing crocs and socks. I’m beginning to like this city less and less.
- (323): don’t go home with that guy from jersey
(626): i know, not worth the blood test
- (248): I drank too much. My snot smells like vodka when I blow my nose.
- (312): You’ll put your fingers inside me but you won’t be my FB friend?
- (630): her vagine was all disorganized.
- (850): paul mccartney is starting to look like angela lansbury
- (610): Will you still be my friend if I read and enjoyed Twilight?
(570): No
- (916): Hey you
(732): You’re the only one I’ll text back during sex. what’s up?
- (757): DUDE. I’m missing my big toenail. My bed has blood all over it. WHAT DID WE DO LAST NIGHT?
(703): I don’t know, but I chipped my tooth and I’m wearing different underwear.
- (212): ??? When I first met her at the bar, she told me she was 23. After I bought her 3 shots of tequila, she told me she was really only 21. When we went back to my house, she said she was really only 19. She’s still sleeping next to me butt naked. I’m afraid if she opens her mouth again I could be looking at 10 years.
- (815): Why did you send me a picture of a dick?
(630): It was an accident sry. Not mine tho.
Pillow Fight
Sometimes a text can tell the whole story. There are some excellent 140 character stories on Twitter. For those tales too complex for such abbreviated presentation, though, there’s the Morning After series at College Candy. This one is a doozy. Where on earth is this dude getting his moves? Definitely more than a little creepy. And douchey.
Cardboard Love
There’s a guy who leaves a cardboard message online every single day for the woman he loves. An online blog called Baekdal has an article about Cardboard Love. You have to check it out, it’s amazing. This is what I wish for every one of you. The question is, if a guy loved you this much and said so every day, would you want him? I wonder.
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Everyday does seem a little much, but it would be nice to know that someone cares about you that much. Maybe he would start getting creative about where he puts the messages. However, what happens when he runs out of cute things to say… I mean he should ration it out. I think it could lead to way to much romantic expectations.
Yeah, I totally agree. He's bound to run out of original sentiments soon. I feel sorry for this guy – he started doing this for his love, the online world caught onto it, and now he is deluged with gawkers who have high expectations. If I were him I would take it offline soon. Maybe leave tree bark messages in the yard or something.
Ok, so everyday is a bit crazy…But I do think its absolutely adorable. I think in a lot of ways girls are kind of programmed to not like guys who express how much they adore us. We've been taught to like the chase – even if we whine and complain about it. And at the moment I'd ADORE for that kind of expression of emotion.
I'm with you, Deidre. I hear a lot of whingeing and whining from guys who say girls just want the bad boys, and they definitely have a valid point. We have been programmed to value the chase more than the loving. I'd like to see a total boycott of Selfish Pricks.
I'm starting the boycott. I like the idea of tree bark. I would love if some guy wrote a message in birch bark for me. Ah it is totally cute and totally adorable. This girls is lucky she should hold on tight. My stepfather does this kind of stuff for my mom on an almost daily basis.
It's great you see that happening in your own life. So you know it exists. Not every guy will be such a mush, but holding out for that kind of love is so worth it. If you settle, you'll never know if that real love was just around the corner.
This is so true… My grandfather was the same way. I know what I'm holding out for.
I am holding on to him tightly. He doesn't feel obligated to do them every day, although I do miss them when there are no new ones and sometimes I whine.
He only does them when he's inspired too, and hopefully I never stop being that inspiration. Hopefully he never runs out of things to tell me. I don't care if they're prolific or simple, if they're completely original or repetitive. I just love them all.
He didn't expect it to catch on, it was really just a joke in the beginning but it's nice nonetheless to see how much others enjoy them as well. I don't want him to ever take it offline, and never get too caught up in what others think of it because at the end of the day, it's for us. I have to remind him that when people disparage it for whatever reason sometimes.
And he probably comes off as much more…soft? Than he really is. I mean don't get me wrong, he's absolutely amazing and sweet, but he's no softie. Just throwing that out there. lol.
Blissed, I am so psyched that you found this post! It's an honor to have you come by and comment. Wow, he sounds like a really terrific guy. Soft, but not too soft, that's perfect. I cannot imagine who would ever disparage such wonderful, creative and heartfelt sentiments, but I'm glad you don't let it get to you. I am really happy for you, and wish we could all have that level of caring and love in our lives. Well done!
I am holding on to him tightly. He doesn't feel obligated to do them every day, although I do miss them when there are no new ones and sometimes I whine.
He only does them when he's inspired to, and hopefully I never stop being that inspiration. Hopefully he never runs out of things to tell me. I don't care if they're prolific or simple, if they're completely original or repetitive. I just love them all.
He didn't expect it to catch on, it was really just a joke in the beginning but it's nice nonetheless to see how much others enjoy them as well. I don't want him to ever take it offline, and never get too caught up in what others think of it because at the end of the day, it's for us. I have to remind him that when people disparage it for whatever reason sometimes.
And he probably comes off as much more…soft? Than he really is. I mean don't get me wrong, he's absolutely amazing and sweet, but he's no softie. Just throwing that out there. lol.
Blissed, I am so psyched that you found this post! It's an honor to have you come by and comment. Wow, he sounds like a really terrific guy. Soft, but not too soft, that's perfect. I cannot imagine who would ever disparage such wonderful, creative and heartfelt sentiments, but I'm glad you don't let it get to you. I am really happy for you, and wish we could all have that level of caring and love in our lives. Well done!