If you’ve read here long enough you’ve probably seen Brooke Shaden‘s work because it’s the strange, whimsical and macabre photography that goes so well with some of my darker writing. She’s magic.
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And today she’s coming to Texas so she can photograph me in a swamp. It’s possible I’ll be eaten by alligators, but – in fairness – that’s probably a really fascinating way to die, and knowing Brooke she’ll probably get some awesomely disturbing photos out of it. I give you full permission to look at any death photos that might result, unless I look really fat, in which case just keep in mind that I’m retaining water and also that alligator attacks cause swelling. Probably.
In other (non-alligator) news, earlier this week my sweet baby niece had her appendix explode in her because apparently she wants to be just like her aunt. I informed her that it was my gallbladder that exploded inside of me but she didn’t care because she’s on a lot of morphine. She’s recovering and is currently smothered in stuffed animals but if you’d like to send her happy thoughts and prayers, that would be lovely. Also, if you’d like to send entertaining websites, videos, etc. to my sister who will be stuck in a hospital room for the next week (with significantly less morphine) you can leave links in the comments. If it made you laugh your ass off or was so fascinating you couldn’t stop reading, please share it.
I’ll start: Fascinating, hilarious, awesome.
PS. If I do die I formally bequeath my appendix to my niece. Mine is the (so far) non-exploding kind. You can never have too many.
PPS. Just talked to my sister. Apparently you can have too many. So instead I leave my niece my appendix, but not to be inserted into her body. Instead I’ll just have my dad tan it in his taxidermy shop so she can use it as a little coin purse. Everyone needs a coin purse.
I have a frog coin purse from the Philippines. I love to scare old people and small children with it when I go hunting for change.
Arghink.com is all of the above.
Hilarious video (and good thoughts for your niece): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnB6I_H8Xig&feature=share
Well now I want an appendix coin purse. It’s the only reason I’d want to carry coins.
Wouldn’t an appendix be more of a card wallet sized bag? I need dimensions. I’m not clear on sizing, here.
This. All of this. https://twitter.com/CrapTaxidermy
I saw this video yesterday and laughed a lot.
http://blog.petflow.com/i-cant-stop-laughing-this-was-rated-europes-best-commercial-youll-never-believe-the-end/
Hope your niece recovers quickly!
Also–great photography. I hope you’ll share the pics when she’s done. And that you live through the adventure of course!!
An appendix coin purse. Huh. I wonder how much it would hold…
A google search for “appendix coin purse” images came up with very few coin purses made from appendices. I am disappointed.
Wouldn’t an appendix make a card wallet sized bag? I need dimensions here. If they had let me keep my gallbladder when it went to crap, that would’ve made a perfect coin purse.
I didn’t know there were alligators in Texas. Although I did hear there was quicksand. Why do they call it quicksand when people sink so slowly? Some Nestle’s Quick would be really good right now. Oh, good luck with the photos and exploding body parts and all.
Please share this with your sister. This made me laugh. http://blog.petflow.com/i-promise-youre-going-to-laugh-when-you-watch-this-video-about-owls-im-dying-so-funny/
Good luck to your niece and sister. If I share a link, you share your morphine. K? http://www.acheetonamedlarry.com/home/2014/2/16/how-to-conquer-ocd-1
I can’t wait to see the results of your session.
I’ve become quite a fan of Nerdist.com lately. Good stuffs there, if you’re into nerdy cool stuff. And then I’ve learned about Death Salon and Death Cafe, groups formed to discuss discussing death…maybe not the best thing for a hospital…or end of life swamp photography, but interesting anyways. Get well soon, Jenny’s appendix-less niece.
In a small village in Norway, there is a pedestrian crosswalk where the sign encourages you to do the Monty Python silly walk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By95MlAGTjE&feature=youtu.be
Hilarious.
http://youtu.be/XrUM8m2rnP0
It’s camoflauge mother fucker….
Hope you niece feels better soon! I’m sending happy thoughts.
I couldn’t stop watching Crash Course U.S. History, World History is good too – but U.S. History is my favorite: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s.
This video is hilariously wrong!
I also love this one too, it starts cheery and becomes quite dark.
Lots of love and wishes for your neice <3
Your sister must watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iznLyIYzts Siri vs. Cortana
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/aaaaaaaaaaaaahaha
We love Brooke, so glad you’re collaborating!
Best wishes for a get well
And those pictures are fucking amazing.
To Heather: THANK YOU for the twitter suggestion to Crap Taxidermy. The captions are as hilarious as the pictures. I have tears!!
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/129830401732376921/ I so thought of you and your dad. Clearly he’s the man who did the squirrel…
Seems more likely you’d get a tiny scratch and then a mystery infection that wouldn’t present itself for just long enough that you’d forget about that time in the swamp, making it even more difficult to diagnose. I just hope you get to keep your legs.
http://sashayed.tumblr.com/post/82302717450/describe-your-last-fart-using-only-a-movie-title
I’m pretty sure you are safe from the alligators. The curlers would no doubt get stuck in their teeth. Without toothpicks and longer limbs, who’d want to deal with that hassle?
Beautiful and haunting. My best to your niece.
This video is more cute than funny, but certainly will brighten your sister’s day (Meerkats! Baby MeerKats!!)! Nothing worse than a sick kiddo – sending healing thoughts! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ4CYbCGhLA#t=103
If you die by alligator, then at least make sure your dad knows to taxidermy it and put it in some fabulous clothes.
I do not know how to put a picture in this comment because I am super not with it and stuff, however I just saw this picture (meme?) of a bowl of sherbert that said “Go shawty. It’s sherbet day” and I laughed and laughed and laughed because FUNNY. And I just looked it up because everything was telling me I was spelling ‘sherbert’ wrong, and apparently it’s ‘sherbet’ instead of ‘sherbert’ and now I feel completely lied to.
I don’t even know how to reply on this one, and that’s the best part! Soooo…. I hope you don’t get eaten, sorry about your niece, and a coin purse sounds lovely? Sure, that all sounds good. LOL….. You are awesomely entertaining as always. So flipping cool about being photographed in the swamp though. Their photos are amazing!!! Have fun and try not to retain too much water.
Always makes me laugh: http://www.cakewrecks.com/
Entertaining as heck: http://www.youtube.com/user/gloveandboots?feature=watch
Makes me feel better about myself: http://failblog.cheezburger.com/failbook
Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your neice/daughter. 🙂
Today has been a sonofabitch and I’ve been feeling sad and weepy and like ten gallons of suck in a five gallon bucket. These pictures and your writing are helping. I hope your niece gets better soon. I don’t have a gallbladder, either. If your appendix has an alligator tooth hole in it, it might make a better hat than a coin purse. Related: I clearly have no idea how big an appendix is.
Why did I not know I needed an appendix coin purse before now? Good and happy thoughts to your niece and sister 🙂
Good luck on the photoshoot. Remember, BBQ sauce is not an effective deodorant. And it attacks alligators…
Cannot wait to see you in the swap. So sorry to hear about your niece. Here is something wild about dogs for your sis.
http://blog.petflow.com/i-had-no-idea-they-did-this-ultra-slow-motion-shows-something-truly-fascinating-about-dogs/
I absolutely love Brooke Shaden‘s work. I can’t wait to see what comes out of your photo shoot. That is, assuming you don’t get attacked by an alligator. That would just make me sad.
Dear, you have lovely skin, too. Have you considered having your dad tan it to use for covers for a very few, special edition copies of your book? (released after your untimely death, of course.) Human skin book covers have been a thing for centuries, apparently. It’s called “anthropodermic bibliopegy” according to The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/04/it-was-once-somewhat-common-to-bind-books-with-human-skin/360145/ . If they’d published that article two days earlier, I’d have been more skeptical.
Have a cool time swamp roaming!
watermelon
Well, color me stupid. I don’t think it ever occurred to me that you have alligators in Texas. If everything in TX is bigger, does that mean your gators, too? Because we get some pretty big ones here in FL and that would be kind of scary. Also, I’m a Florida Gator…as in the University of Florida kind and the only kind of swamp that really counts is “The Swamp” as in our football stadium, just saying. Although I’m sure it wouldn’t make nearly as cool of a photo shoot location.
This is fun: Live Stream Peep Show of The Hippest Bird & Squirrel Cafe
http://bit.ly/1gQjoo6
I hope your niece has a speedy recovery.
This may not be terribly helpful, but the funniest thing I have ever read on the Internet was this: http://thebloggess.com/2011/06/and-thats-why-you-should-learn-to-pick-your-battles/ But here are a couple of interesting (short) videos. One is about how wood frogs can freeze solid and survive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuhEHNey37Q and the other is meerkats climbing all over a photographer: http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=kJ4CYbCGhLA And as a bonus, here is an interactive sound map of 1920s New York City: http://www.vectorsjournal.org/projects/index.php?project=98
Good luck not getting eaten by an alligator. Of all the ways to go, I think that’s the one I would like least.
It’s a little funny and sort of fascinating in a smutty way if she’s into book sex or hormonal…and likes Benedict Cumberbatch.
http://www.amazon.com/Collide-Novella-Pamela-Smyth-ebook/dp/B00J7XXR1A/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1397150221&sr=1-1&keywords=pamela+smyth+collide
Do not try to pet the alligators. However, should the opportunity present itself, grab a baby one and hide it in your purse, take it home and raise it in the bathtub, then have it taxidermied. Victor will not mind.
Happy thoughts to your niece! Wishing her a speedy recovery!
Here is my new favorite video – hopefully it’ll help in the cheering up department: http://hooplaha.com/2014/04/how-will-these-cats-react-to-magic/
itjustgetsstranger.com
Hilariousness!
hope your niece is doing better. my appendix exploded 20 years ago too. morphine helps. sleep does too.
now for something creepy –it almost makes me want another baby –made of plastic!
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/can-now-3d-print-sculpture-unborn-fetus/?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=g1&utm_campaign=g1#!DuObX
and for actual fun: check out missedinhistory.com podcasts. use the search or the menu on the left by category. of course I love the sad royal childhoods the best. who doesn’t!?!?
Good read but not in a funny way, in an eye opening way. http://gothamist.com/2014/04/09/prisoners_on_a_bus.php
Good luck on the looking skinny while being mauled by alligators thing!
Hoping the day ends without you being eaten by alligators.
As for your niece, I send this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mmGl3jLDfU It’s the FROZEN story… reenacted by KITTENS. Contains spoilers. Tiny, fluffy spoilers. The Youtube channel has other movies, too. They’re pretty amusing.
Taxidermied boxing squirrels: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/when-these-stuffed-squirrels-went-on-the-auction-block-bidders-went-nuts/2014/04/08/b792b472-be5e-11e3-b195-dd0c1174052c_story.html
Hope your niece feels better and you don’t die a hideous death in the swamp. Here are some appendix jokes. Who knew? http://gladhanded.blogspot.com/2008/01/bursting-with-appendix-jokes.html
The daughter of a good friend of mine was recently hospitalized the weekend of the long-awaited Seattle Comicon, so she couldn’t go. I was able to get one of my favorite local comic artists make a “get well” sketch for her to cheer her up (she’s much better now). I thought that was pretty cool until her mother showed me the get well card she had KARL URBAN sign for her. Can you imagine her temerity?
My sister sent this to me last night and I started to watch it not expecting much but it made me laugh!
http://www.eonline.com/news/529786/drop-everything-and-watch-the-most-adorable-judo-fight-ever
Can’t wait to see those pictures of you. Be sure to include the coin purse.
Happy recovery thoughts out to your niece!
Wow, Brooke’s photos are amazing. New fan!
Hope your niece recovers soon!
imgur.com/hot/time
Go and get lost in the odd and awesome.
I used to follow Brooke Shaden’s account on Flickr – her work is magical and dark and gorgeous.
I hope your niece has a quick and painless-as-possible recovery. Here’s a link to a video involving adorable hamsters that made me almost pee myself laughing, if that’s any recommendation:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151335510527386
This Carol Burnett show clip always makes me laugh, http://youtu.be/h_OPnkqduXk
Fascinating: http://bythefallen.wordpress.com/2013/12/26/blabbety-blabbety-blah/ this blog…this post in particular.
Hilarious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W98CWj40Odw it’s silly, but it gets me every time!
And awesome: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=772614052782953 even though I can’t cook to save my life and probably wouldn’t know what to do with that many eggs, I would still do this, for fun! 😀
I am sending good thoughts and prayers for your niece. I hope she has a smooth recovery. 🙂
Also, can’t wait to see what Brooke does with you!!
This by far is my most favorite video of all time….enjoy!
Hope your niece feels better soon!
Let’s try this again….
Amazon hired Gary Busey to do commercials. I could watch it on an eternal loop.
http://youtu.be/HHoNQrxG_8M
Because this is always funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fsSAPyHxJI
dammit, now i want an appendix coin purse. it may be worth having mine electively removed. but if i do, and i send it to you UPS, can your dad tan and taxidermy mine? i guess keeping it in a jar of formaldehyde on my desk would be ok too. good conversation starter.
http://www.thatvideosite.com/v/13400/50-cent-dubbed-over-a-jehovahs-witnesses-trying-to-get-deaf-people-to-stop-masturbating
It does strike me, that you’ve put this post under “But what does it mean”….could it be… could it really be…
That the book cover…the.new.book.cover.happens.today?
Or am I reading too much into this…
OMG why won’t my mind stop squealing….?!
Those pictures are amazing!!!
Also, every time I go to Florida I suspiciously look around for alligators, like they are just lying in wait trying to kill me. Because they probably are. I would rather swim with sharks. Gators are terrifying. Fried Gator tail is delicious.
Anything battered and fried is delicious.
Fascinating in a human interest kind of way…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2014/04/09/love-and-fire/?hpid=z8
I am a big fan of paper dolls when I am bored. Little pieces of paper are easy to lose, but a website that lets you play dress up with Jesus is almost as good. http://jesusdressup.com/
Awesome and fascinating: the Time gigapan photo of NYC from the top of the World Trade Center. I give myself vertigo every time I pan it around.
http://time.com/world-trade-center/
Hugs and healing thoughts to your niece!! Exploding appendixes are not good things. They are very bad things, but I am very happy she’s on her way to good health again! I’m sharing this because it made me laugh when I was down about my birthday yesterday. (I thought was okay and age is just a number, but I guess no one bothering to call or text to say happy birthday got to me.)
And one that made me laugh after a three hours of sleep night because my hubby was sick. 🙂
Feel better soon, Jenny’s Niece!!!!
And also, Jenny, please watch out for gators. We would all super miss you if one would get you.
I am so jealous of you getting photographed in the swamp and possibly dying by alligator. If I had to choose a badass/painful way to go, I’d definitely go with alligator attack. I’m from Louisiana, so it’s practically in my blood.
Here’s a link for your sis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeFxdkaFzRA
Hahahaha…everybody needs a coin purse. An alligator coin purse maybe?? But a gall bladder coin purse? Eeeeww.
I wish your sweet niece well. Her and her gallbladder. AND your sister. ‘Cuz I know what it’s like to sit vigilantly by your offspring’s side, while they’re hospitalized. It’s scary and you feel helpless. Totally sucks hairy donkey balls. So as stalkerish as it tends to feel to send a complete stranger messages about love and healing, I’m doing it. Because that’s how I roll. I am a human-being lover and a healer by nature. 🙂
As an aside- You wrote on page 175 (in Nook pages anyway) ,of Let’s Pretend…
“Then I saw Evany Thomas, and I was fan-girly and gushy because I love her writing, and I heard myself admitting that I have a tiny paper figurine of her that I’d cut out to put on my desk”.
While I don’t have a cut out of you on my desk, I do follow your blog, am finishing your book and MUST say you have given me hope and inspiration! I have always written like I talk but have been afraid to share what I write for fear of judgement. I have a very warped and off-beat sense of humor and can be pretty unfiltered, like you. Maybe some just don’t care to read about dinner table conversations with my 13-year-old son and adolescent development. For me, this is the only undivided time I get with him to ask about things like the hair on his peaches and how “all that business” is doing ” down there”… Some really funny stuff comes out of these 1/2 hour scarf sessions. It’s fun to write about it, but even more precious to document for memory’s (blackmail’s) sake. 😉
Anyway- I’m also ADD and am kind of all over the place so I aptly named my blog “Blog In A Blender”. You inspired me Jenny Lawson. I’m a fan and I’m not ashamed to say it!
Peace and healing go out to your niece and family and kudos and wishes for continued success to YOU!
I’m SO jealous! I love her work!
One of my friends is in Iceland right now and posted this wonderfully weird and terrifying picture on Instagram. it is probably one of the strangest things to think of “mounting”. Pun may or may not be intended. Anyway, here is the link http://instagram.com/p/miPq2omOG8/
I am a college student taking a course in writing for mass media. We were asked to comment on a blog, and I chose this one as I find it incredibly funny and relevant. We can comment on anything we like. So here I am. Commenting. To all you other bloggers out there (and if I could get a comment from Ms. Lawson that would be soooo cool)- how did you find your voice as a blogger? Did it take time? Was it completely natural and easy for you?
(I kept writing until it came. It still disappears at times. ~ Jenny)
http://blog.petflow.com/i-promise-youre-going-to-laugh-when-you-watch-this-video-about-owls-im-dying-so-funny/
Fooey. Someone got there first with the Mantis Shrimp. Here’s one about the Owl instead. The take-away here: Don’t do drugs, because an owl may just rip your face off.
Wishing your niece a speedy recovery! 🙂
Reading the “Fascinating”. Says the tent was torn from the inside which lead rescuers to believe the threat was sealed inside the tent with them.
Spider.
What kind of madness happened to those Russian skiers in your first video? How am I supposed to sleep at night without knowing this? I’m going with the alien theory, because you know, aliens.
Lots of good thoughts, prayers, unicorn wishes, happy bubbles, etc… to your baby niece and sister and family! Speedy recovery!
In “awesome,” I’d like to offer a volcanic eruption of flower petals: http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/1/5055590/sony-launches-8-million-flower-petals-from-volcano-4k-commercial
I thought that first picture was you in your red dress, rescuing yourself.
This will make your sister giggle: http://youtu.be/NQBUChBG98Q Go NANA!
Where the fuck is there a swamp in Texas? I know we have a lot of different geography/topography, but I don’t remember any swamps….
Ever see outdoor step classes poolside at a resort…well, this guy decided to make it a little more fun! I’m not great with technology so I’m hoping this worked?
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I absolutely adored your “hilarious” link. Thank you
For your sis…one of my favs..
http://youtu.be/yUYdO-YxYtg
And a home vid I pee my pants watching every time. I flippin’ HATE spiders!!! I was just trying to take a nap and spotted one up in the corner of the room and called my son to save me. 😜
http://youtu.be/tuGNvRn1ZIw
I’m not sure where this falls, but I love this site: http://poems.com/
Oh Jenny do you know how much that appendix coin purse would be worth?!! LOL Best wishes of recovery to your niece and sister. Be safe in the swap chica! Watch out for the nutra rats too!!
I don’t usually pos, but this one I couldn’t pass up. Sending prayers or a fast recovery to your niece and if your sister wants to get a little gentle exercise in the hospital, here’s a great video. I think. I don’t know, I have weird friends.
http://youtu.be/ZrCmOTnFEFY
Hope she feels better!! The coin purse should totally help, but you’d possibly have to change your donor designation on your driver’s license to say, “Yes/Some” so they don’t go in and find out “HEY. WE’RE MISSING SOME STUFF IN HERE.” Have your dad leave a business card in there or something…it’s only fair.
If you really loved your sister, you would let yourself be eaten by alligators, because the photos would surely be entertaining and take her mind off her daughter’s appendix. I’ve just done all your work for you. You’re welcome. (I hope she and you get through this OK.)
I hope you don’t get eaten by alligators or get West Nile from the mosquitoes. West Nile would be a significantly less awesome way to go than being mauled by an alligator.
Sorry your niece’s appendix was a fuckstick and tried to kill her. I have never had that happen to me, but explosions just sound like something your body really shouldn’t be doing. It also sounds painful as fuck and I am all about being a baby with things that cause any kind of pain. And because your sister can’t have the morphine kind of fun: Ze Frank’s “True Facts” YouTube series (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVpankR4HtoAVtYnFDUieYA). They are educational AND hilarious.
I’ve never had an appendix coin purse but I want one. I used to have one of those purses made out of an armadillo (a dead one) and it was pretty scary.
This is old, but tears and snorting will ensue. Richard Simmons on Whose Line is it Anyway? http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21pfu_whos-line-is-it-anyway-richard-simm_fun
Aww, your poor, darling niece! I hope she recovers quickly. Here’s a funny for your sis. Makes me laugh like a hyena every time.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN8YQVM1GQI&w=420&h=315%5D
In case the embed code doesn’t work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN8YQVM1GQI
I’ve left this video before but only because it makes me very damn happy. This is Riley, of Riley on Marketing fame. Here she talks about food and her pronunciation is delicious. The first 2 & a half minutes are the best.
http://youtu.be/gqHRGOuv53Y
Also, I want a Spiky Crushall because it sounds scrumptious.
P.S. Please to not get eaten by any alligators but feel free to bring one home and call it Fred. He can live with Beyonce.
Recommending the link Melissa B posted – She’ll laugh and laugh.. or at least giggle.
I love Brooke Shaden’s work. Enjoy the photo shoot.
http://blog.petflow.com/have-you-even-heard-of-this-animal-i-swear-i-laughed-the-entire-way-through-this/
Good Luck with the photo shoot, I hope you don’t get alligator et.. I send good wishes to your sister and your niece, and thanks to your links I might have to work late today. If I actually do get done with the immeadiate work that needs to be done I will come back for the comments. Well, I will do that anyway but maybe not today.
I love you Jenny.
My fave interweb find of the week.
http://pixelbark.com/13400/50-cent-dubbed-over-a-jehovahs-witnesses-trying-to-get-deaf-people-to-stop-masturbating
I’m probably late to discovering these “True Facts About”… but this one made me lose my mind laughing. http://youtu.be/6Jz0JcQYtqo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xD7Jk2vNxuQ Quite funny
Wow! I hadn’t seen any of her work until now. Beautiful, and creepy.
and now all I can see (in my mind of course) is this… http://wormholeriders.net/MovieM/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/0_16-Disneyland-Haunted-Mansion-stretch-room-original-featured-painting.jpg and if the link doesn’t work… it’s supposed to be the tight rope walker from Disney’s Haunted Mansion.
Tell your sister that while your neice is in hospital that when they finally try to start feeding her the crappy clear liquid hospital food it is very very mean to sit and eat french onion Sunchips in front of her. But the best thjng in the whole world at that point is to let your neice lick the flavouring off a chip. How do I know? Cause that’s what my husband did to me when mine burst. Also she will get out faster if she gets cranky with the doctor.
The scale of the universe… super duper awesome. http://htwins.net/scale2/
Saw this today. Cried laughing.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/terrifying-panorama-fails-that-will-haunt-your-nightmares
Brook’s work is magnificent! I knew of her before I found you. But now I must comb through your older posts to see where you include her. I hope you do not get eaten in the swamp because I think it would be a shame to die before you get to see the magic she will work with you. Can’t wait!
What is more funny than desecrating your childhood sesame street memories? Who knew The Count was really a perv? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Wd-Q3F8KM Prayers and happy thoughts for your niece’s recovery.
Oooooh, you need to check out Tom Chambers Photography, like NOW: https://www.facebook.com/tom.chambers.photo?fref=ts
if I can help to entertain someone stuck in a hospital, I do it. If I can entertain someone stuck in a hospital AND show a piece of video that I made, that’s just a win-win, right there. Incidentally, that is also the name of my imaginary panda. Although she spells it “Nguyen-Nguyen” because my imaginary panda is Vietnamese on her mother’s side. Here is a thing I made for the entertainment of a person in a hospital.
http://youtu.be/G-5TkSebXSQ
When my day is complete and utter shit…this always always has me in hysterics!
http://youtu.be/Z4Y4keqTV6w
Her work is awesome, I want pictures like that of me! Loved the links, very cool! Here is something cool I saw today on Facebook, it has the most wonderful stuff -http://blog.petflow.com/i-promise-youre-going-to-laugh-when-you-watch-this-video-about-owls-im-dying-so-funny/
My cecum exploded. Since it’s attached to the appendix the surgeon tossed that too. If I’d known you were making purses, I’d have had sent them both to you.
I CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE THESE PICTURES! Please post as many as possible. And if an alligator chases you, run in a zigzag pattern–they’re terrible at corners.
Well if you can have a buffalo scrotum can cooler than an appendix coin purse isn’t really that bad. (http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Buffalo-Scrotum-can-cooler-/261117956075?pt=Other_Sports_Fan_Shop&hash=item3ccbd7cfeb)
You might also like Dawn Blanchfield. She’s a local artist here in California. http://dawnblanchfield.com/index/#/the-price-of-enlightenment/
For your sister (and you too!). A little sloth luv to brighten her day. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/09/sloth-squeaking-compilation_n_5120801.html
Fascinating, hilarious, awesome! The Creative Process: http://simplerwork.blogspot.com/2012/11/ode-to-creative-process.html
http://animalssuckatjumping.tumblr.com I went through the first couple of pages and had to stop looking because I was laughing so hard. And I was at the office.
P.S. You have witty and awesome fans. :). Great stuff on here.
Here’s one more tidbit for your sis. My husband, kid and I love these bad lip reading things:
http://youtu.be/QjGk_jU6t5A
And- the ACTUAL link to MY blog, since I f’d it up the first two times. Doh!
Wishing your niece a speedy recovery! I can’t wait to see your swamp shots, her other work is amazing. I’d post you something funny, but I’ve had insomnia all week and my brain is rather fuzzy. On a side note: If you sister happens to be rummage through drawers in the hospital and comes across any drugs that will induce coma like sleep… Never mind that is probably frowned up in some circles.
p.s. Not my circle though.
Just don’t go skiing with the alligator.
Your niece could be the first ever appendix transplant recipient. Which is probably just as good a conversation starter as an appendix coin purse. Either way, your niece is set. Unless you don’t die. Which I hope you don’t.
Have her check out http://thekidshouldseethis.com . All sorts of odd, cool, interesting, etc. stuff.
Hilarious…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsRk0TXYXuA
I can’t tell you how many times this made me laugh…everyone should watch! http://blog.petflow.com/i-promise-youre-going-to-laugh-when-you-watch-this-video-about-owls-im-dying-so-funny/
Please don’t die in a swamp. I need you. WE the people need you. No pressure.
Crap, hope you delete #116, it’s wrong, this is the right one: animalssuckingatjumping.tumblr.com
Not hilarious, but a good time waster. http://en.akinator.mobi
And you’re on it, Jenny!
Falling into the category of making me laugh till tears rolled down my face is the Game of Thrones theme sung by goats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6tKZ-cg4RI
Sometimes having too much time on your hands is a beautiful thing
Probably superfluous, BUT I ALWAYS send people I know who are going to be flying, sitting, doing anything torturous, your post about Beyonce. Always,
All the best to your niece and to you and your new alligator friends. You are hilarious by the way, which is why you can’t die in a swamp…maybe someplace more fun, but not a swamp.
This video is informative and well, a bit macabre…perfect combination. http://blog.petflow.com/i-promise-youre-going-to-laugh-when-you-watch-this-video-about-owls-im-dying-so-funny/
Maybe you’ve seen this: French guy is living inside a taxidermy bear for 2 weeks AND it’s being streamed LIVE. It just doesn’t get better than this! Thank you internet for constantly upping the awesomeness.
info: http://laughingsquid.com/french-artist-abraham-poincheval-is-living-inside-a-taxidermy-bear-for-13-days/
live streaming: http://poincheval.chassenature.org/
All the best to your niece and to you and to your new alligator friends. You are hilarious by the way, which is why you can’t die in a swamp, someplace more fun maybe, but not a swamp.
This video is informative and a bit macabre, perfect combination.
http://blog.petflow.com/i-promise-youre-going-to-laugh-when-you-watch-this-video-about-owls-im-dying-so-funny/
This is awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3SBzmDxGk
This is inspiring: http://blog.petflow.com/this-3-minute-video-made-me-cry-and-i-never-cry-must-see-for-everyone/
I love Brooke Shaden’s work. You are a very lucky lady! Will you be posting your pictures?
My thoughts are with you naturally Jenny, and your poor niece and sister.
Yesterday (April 10 here in Aus), was my birthday, and I did not get my usual phone call from my daughter, as she is in hospital, having had a partial leg amputation thanks to cancer.
I think it’s also because she’s a teenager, and she doesn’t understand yet that strange and crazy runs in the family, and that compared to many of my relatives I am comparatively normal!
I’m sure you can relate to that!
I did however get to enjoy the amazing experience of seeing my retired racing greyhound have a good sprint at my local park – naturally a fully enclosed oval.
Faster and more spirited than a racehorse, and yet he is so gentle placid you could have him sit and watch your children without fear of him growling or barking, even if they pulled his ears and tail.
Anyway, good luck with the photo shoot, Alligators or not I’m sure you’ll look fantastic, and hey if you do get bitten that could be another chapter in an upcoming book for you, though if you get eaten someone else may have to write it for you!
Wishes for a speedy recovery from here in St. Croix! Here’s my go to video for dark comedy. “But What If There’s Bears”. For some reason the randomness of having to deal with bears in your house makes me laugh!
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/a506fde1d3/what-if-theres-bears-from-williebhines
Made me laugh and is a bit strange: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ywjpbThDpE
Best wishes to your & the family. I found this a fascinating read: http://www.cracked.com/article_15628_the-5-creepiest-urban-legends-that-happen-to-be-true.html
You. You & the family. sigh/dies a little inside I’m blaming the wine I wish I was drinking.
http://blog.petflow.com/i-promise-youre-going-to-laugh-when-you-watch-this-video-about-owls-im-dying-so-funny/
Does this alligator make my butt look big?
this is making me realize that everything I think is funny is completely inappropriate! I would feel shame but I think that part doesn’t work anymore.
If your sister is into words, reading, or irony…this is great.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/the-greatest-moments-in-the-history-of-irony?bffb
Have fun with the alligators! This is my favorite time-suck website: http://xkcd.com/ Just keep clicking “RANDOM” for weirdness overload.
Check out The Brain Scoop on you tube….behind the scenes at Natural history museums….awesome channel!
Prayers to your niece and her momma!
So this is pretty awesome AND a little hilarious, my kids loved it, but the end part might not mix well with morphine: http://blog.petflow.com/i-promise-youre-going-to-laugh-when-you-watch-this-video-about-owls-im-dying-so-funny/
Speedy recovery niece of the exploded appendix!
For your sister, and you:
http://blog.petflow.com/i-promise-youre-going-to-laugh-when-you-watch-this-video-about-owls-im-dying-so-funny/
http://youtu.be/dVlaZfLlWQc
Kid History, and Kid Snippets. Very funny videos! Fact!
Do NOT GET EATEN! I can’t think of anything funny to share right now cause I am super tired and a tiny, okay, a lot cranky. But your sister could totally go check out my blog. I’ve heard that it is sometimes amusing.
I hope your niece recovers quickly.
Funny little piece about owls and disturbing German fairy tales.
http://blog.petflow.com/i-promise-youre-going-to-laugh-when-you-watch-this-video-about-owls-im-dying-so-funny/
This Simpsons clip always makes me laugh.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/29856
Because you like Brooke Shaden’s work, I’ll recommend that you look into Alfred Gescheidt, who was doing that sort of Surréalisme in the days before Photoshop made it so easy.
can’t wait to see the pics. Hopefully you made out okay and don’t have to worry about accessories being made out of you
I had my appendix removed twice (tricky little guy) its no fun! Hope your nice recovers quickly.
Note:
Swamps contain skeeters big enough to screw a chicken standing flat-footed.
So take precautions.
All good thoughts for your sister and niece! My suggestion for laugh out loud videos – search YouTube for Maru the Cat. Or just Maru. It is impossible to watch Maru’s antics without laughing out loud. 🙂
My go to pick me up: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160851&pp=1 “The horror of blimps” by Scylla over on Straight dope message boards.Its from 2003 but to this day it still makes me laugh.
Feel better!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPnwsxBLkBM Get well soon! Get home soon!
Wow! So many talented people. I’m glad your niece is okay. I haven’t had anything explode lately, except for maybe the size of my butt. 🙂
This is a must watch video of a child describing his diet while on the potty. Makes me laugh every time. Now we have a new household phrase “chocolate thingies”
Luckily they yanked my gall bladder out before it ‘sploded…whew! Now I’m gonna fixate on exploding body parts….sigh. Best wishes, good energy and positive thoughts to niece and her mom….watching your baby be sick must reallllly suck.
Very atmospheric photos. The magical thing about images is they can evoke emotions that cannot be put into words. similar to music. Plus they don’t need translating.
I don’t know if you’ve seen this, but it’s with cats, it’s hilarious, and at the end there are links for more of the kind 🙂
I also highly recommend Simon’s Cat videos.
Best well-wishes to your niece! I like to read the drunk-texting octopus to cheer me up! http://archiveofourown.org/works/299805
Sending good thoughts. And I can’t wait to see your swamp photos!!
I loved this video and have a feeling your family may also. It’s amazing when education can be mixed with hilarity.
or if that doesn’t work (because at suck at electronic devices) try this link
http://blog.petflow.com/i-promise-youre-going-to-laugh-when-you-watch-this-video-about-owls-im-dying-so-funny/
A few gifs to bring a smile to any face. Unless it’s the face of an asshole, they may not smile. Maybe.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b365/Elarielle/raccoon_zps43977d68.gif
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b365/Elarielle/tumblr_msml9nE0mz1sr39gto1_250_zps8a8ca801.gif
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b365/Elarielle/tumblr_m5xxhczUQG1r13cemo1_500_zpse651b0b8.gif
My daughter’s appendix ruptured she was, so I know about the long days your sister is in for. Please share this with her because it really says it all: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/533324780845049804/
Oldie, but I laugh ’till it hurts every time I watch it http://youtu.be/5FFRoYhTJQQ
My cousin’s appendix was just removed, and he requested to keep it as a gift for me. The doctors were total party-poopers and wouldn’t allow it. Uh, I’m pretty sure that’s his personal property that they stole. There’s got to be a legal case here, right? It’s like when a ring is sized: the jewelers remove gold from your ring, keep said gold, and then charge you for it. Seems backwards.
If she gets to a point where words are too hard, I recommend looking at the google image results for “cats in hats”. It never fails to make me smile. If she’s in need of a group activity, looking through anthropologie.com and making up captions for the pictures can kill a few hours. For instance, http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/product/clothes-sweaters/4114309215012.jsp?cm_sp=Grid--4114309215012--Regular_0 You know that girl is wondering how to model and hide the fact she’s chewing gum all at once.
I just starting reading your blog about a month ago and I hadn’t heard of Brooke Shaden yet, and wow I am so glad I know of her now. Her work Is so magical and beautiful!! I’m in awe by some of those pictures.
Your book is what I always recommend to friends, family, strangers… anyone really, who is having a bad day, and just needs a pick-me-up! Has she read your book yet? 🙂
Best wishes to your niece in her recovery!
Best wishes to you today, too; may you not get eaten by an alligator!
One of my favorite go-to’s when I need a pick me up is An Engineer’s Guide to Cats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4
…and they did a sequel (also awesome):
this one puts me on the floor in tears. Best wishes to both of them!
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Dang. maybe this will work?
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151335510527386&set=vb.574622385&type=2&theater
You maybe interested to hear that iheartguts.com sell both a plush appendix and a plush gallbladder, in case your local hospital doesn’t allow you to take souvenirs.
Here’s a YouTube video showing every asteroid discovered since 1980… It starts with just a few little pinpricks, by the end it’s a swirling maelstrom of destruction. It’s very pretty though.
http://youtu.be/ONUSP23cmAE
I suck at posting links, but go to youtube and search for Pinky the cat. That news story kills me every time. I’m smirking just typing this.
Poor niece! I too had an exploding appendix years ago. Not a fun thing.
I want to order some of her prints but couldn’t figure out where I could get them from her website. Maybe I am just having a stupid Friday.
Get well soon, Sister of Jenny!
I wish your niece the speediest of recoveries and hope that you don’t get eaten by an alligator. Although, I’d love to see what an appendix coin purse looks like……
Get well quickly Jenny’s niece! And for Jenny’s sister: http://www.boredpanda.com/beautiful-fox-pictures/
My son’s appendix exploded when he was 2 1/2. While I can’t thank the doctors and nurses enough for all they did for him, I can’t berate the hospital enough for the crappy food available. Seriously, why is there a McDonalds in the hospital? How do you tell a 2 1/2 year old that he can’t have French fries because he can’t eat real food yet, because his little body is trying to kill him? Please take that woman some real food.
VERY FAVORITE EVER!! (you know i’m serious, cuz it’s all in caps!)
I see that you’re already getting a lot of True Facts, but this is one of my favorites:
Kids trying Warheads…their little faces want to turn insideout!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKIuxI5ovg
Screaming Goats put to music videos
Animals Being Jerks
A cool “Dylan walk” using a tear sheet of old photographs from the ’60s and some detective work.
http://www.popspotsnyc.com/dylanwalk/
Purely frivolous and perfectly harmless snark and admiration for all things stylish and royal. The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor!
http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.com
And also this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUftRPcHrq4
Tell your sister to look up Patton Oswalt on youtube. Brilliant comedian who’s as eloquent as you.
Don’t know about your sister, but when I read this article I thought, “the blogess would like this”. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/greathomesanddestinations/its-mourning-in-america.html?ref=greathomesanddestinations&_r=2
If your sister (or your niece) is at all a fan of Harry Potter i recommend AVPM, it is a spectacular way to waste a few hours.
I am sending her happy thoughts. But not all of them. I need some for myself too. Also, there are gators in Texas?!
as a child who spent WAY too much time in the hospital, I send your niece and sister much love and happy thoughts. And this video made me laugh because yes, its a singer doing Karaoke to his own song. http://youtu.be/rHrXD8hG41I
Here’s a fun place to waste time and would be appropriate to show a kid because they may not get the non kid references…. http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html
In case you haven’t seen this, I know it’ll be right up your alley 🙂 I loved your book and recommend it to everyone I know. Can’t wait for the next one
http://news.distractify.com/default-category/the-worst-taxidermy-ever-will-have-tears-of-laughter-streaming-down-your-face-lol/?v=1
I look forward to your swamp photos. I admire your courage 😉
speaking of courage, please read my latest post and know that YOU had a hand in helping me put it “out there.”
If you haven’t already, get into Archer on DVD (or download or whatever), the funniest comedy cartoon I can think of.
Even when I feel like jumping under a bus, an episode or two of Archer will have me in stitches, and falling off the couch in hysterics.
It’s clearly not for kids, but perhaps if you and your sister got into watching it, it may help make the shitty times more bearable, I know it has for me.
She is absolutely delightful. You’ll love every moment of it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1486217/
Her photos are absolutely beautiful…and yours will be too. Just watch out for the alligators – they’re camera hogs.
Drunk History http://www.funnyordie.com/drunkhistory It’s drunk people telling the story of their favorite moment in history. It makes me snortle.
And http://news.distractify.com/geek/trivial-facts/12-astonishing-facts-that-will-warp-your-perception-of-timeforever/ I am perplexed by the whole time-space continuum thing. This does not help.
If the Internet ever breaks down, it will be my fault, and it will be because I watched this too many times.
I’m laughing too much over fancy dress parties. Don’t let your neice see this, she’ll split her stiches. Hope she gets better soon.
Fuck. Now, I really want a coin purse.
Tell your friend Brooke I love her photography. I saved almost every single picture. And my prayers for your niece. GBY.
And even though my computer went weird and I had to restart several times and start over from the beginning of the pics I viewed all of them.
Cat barks like a dog at bubbles: http://youtu.be/IRxX6LZmr2U
Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your niece.
We could donate our appendices to be tanned and made into a macabre assortment of finger puppets .
Brooke’s work is awesome. That red dress pic is totally you – and some of the rest of us, as well. Prayers and hugs for your niece.
Wishing your niece a speedy recovery. For your sis – damnyouautocorrect and Mrs. Brown’s boys are a sure bet for shits and giggles.
Hope your niece is back on her feet real soon. That darn appendix… what’s it really for anyway? In the meantime, she should check out “If Animals Were Round” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yltlJEdSAHw. Oh, and since you mentioned alligators, you may want to check it out too.
I spent the day with Brooke after she photographed you and she took us to the magical tree where we saw the baby powder evidence left behind. She introduced me to your work and your hilarity and said that on her next visit, we will all definitely need to meet. I absolutely can’t wait to see what she created with you!
Baby elephants learning how to use their trunks. Funny and cute. What more could you want?http://www.buzzfeed.com/lindseyrobertson/baby-elephants-learning-how-to-use-their-trunks
I didn’t see this in any other comments, and it’s one of my new favorites – Instant Date:
I have found this really inspiring over the past couple of weeks. http://youtu.be/-oyAuockfZQ
Plus these, everyone should have lots of these. http://www.bookdepository.com/oddbooks
Maybe a few of these will help while the hours away. http://www.bookdepository.com/oddbooks
A riveting story that your sister won’t be able to stop reading ..
http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/bret-dunlap-discovered-running-and-it-changed-his-life?page=single
http://www.cnet.com/news/man-arrested-at-large-hadron-collider-claims-hes-from-the-future/
For your sister:
I swear the humor felt while watching it was only like 30% due to my lack of sleep.
I recently fell into a swamp—no alligators but I did break my wrist, so be CAREFUL!
Bahaha. On the plus side, if you win in this alligator battle you may have your own little coin purse.
I liked this one: http://www.viralnova.com/failed-at-jobs/.
In response to Fascinating – Dylatov pass Incident: I LOVED this Cracked article on it (and others) – http://www.cracked.com/article_16671_6-famous-unsolved-mysteries-with-really-obvious-solutions.html
Oooooo!!!! Jenny’s sister! Jenny’s sister! Read my blog while you’re stuck in the hospital without the benefit of drugs!
I have possum stories:
http://psb1969.blogspot.com/2012/08/best-possum-story-ever.html
Stories about being almost beheaded by a samuri sword wielded a flatulent ex-employee:
http://psb1969.blogspot.com/2013/10/phil.html
Stories where cats try to sabotage science projects:
http://psb1969.blogspot.com/2013/12/blinded-me-with-science.html
and many, many more!
I hope your sweetpea little girl gets to feeling better pronto!
Also, Jenny…can’t wait to see the photos. You are beautiful and especially so in your element…like I loved the Steam Punk photos…and the ones where someone wrote all over you. I am sure these will be fantastic too.
Chewbacca Cat – hilarious.
276/B – if you haven’t already buy both of his books – hilarious, laugh out funny.
I can not WAIT to see your photographs. As a photographer, Brooke is a true inspiration! I love watching her on Creative Live where she selflessly shares her knowledge at no charge, She is incredible!
BEST.YOUTUBE.VIDEO.EVER
I love the artwork and can’t WAIT to see your picture! Hope your niece feels better soon!!
My appendix exploded when I was 21. It hurt like hell but eventually everything was okay. Not enough of it left to make a coin purse, though. Best wishes to your niece and your sis and to you too, Jenny! Here are a couple of awesomes (in my humble opinion):
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/youare
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/fold
My mom had to have her appendix removed. On her honeymoon. In the middle of West Virginia. The doc told my dad they thought it was her appendix, but with women you can’t be sure because, “They have so damn many things that can break on them.”
My four favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b5CKSqlz60
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI4yoXyb1_M
Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsRk0TXYXuA
And then you will want to watch the blind date one, and the math class one, and…
I think the second photo in this series needs to be the poster for depression because that’s exactly what it feels like. Coincidentally, this is also what my first marriage felt like, so there’s that.
http://www.amazon.com/Massive-Appendix-Plush-Heart-Guts/dp/B00G3PVQ18/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397593211&sr=8-1&keywords=plush+appendix
I love these. They remind me the paintings of Ophelia.
Amazing pics!!!
Some bizarre photography involving chickens and outfits, getting snarky and trashed. There is also a cock named Dick Johnson. Check it out: http://www.realhensofatlanta.com/2014/04/17/no-lady/
Free $5 on Audiable Amazon – Happy Easter for $0
The promotion is valid to 11:59pm EST on April 21, 2014. I recommend Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, read by David Tennant.
Great photos – so lucky to have your photo taken by an artist.
I saw this book and thought of you – you may of heard of it already – any way here it is:
“The Curious World of Walter Potter” a Victorian Taxidermist who creates whimsical tableau with his small taxidermied animals
http://waavedada.com/news/2013/10/24/the-curious-world-of-walter-potter/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/29-things-that-will-make-you-grin-like-an-idiot-however-badl?bffb
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gfh8VXpdCfE
A very very funny parody on Disney. It also well take up a significant amount of time.
I may not have been in the hospital with my appendix bursting, but these videos are hilarious! I am going to have to take more time out of my day to watch all them, but the couple that I watch were hilarious so I hope your niece thought so too!
Here is one that I personally love!
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3FTHSH0UNRHOH/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B000EVQWKC&nodeID=16310101&store=grocery
Full of awesome, as usual.
I love these. They remind me the paintings of Ophelia.