Describing archetypal characters from romantic comedies:

The Ethereal Weirdo

The smart and funny writer Nathan Rabin coined the term Manic Pixie Dream Girl to describe this archetype after seeing Kirsten Dunst in the movie “Elizabethtown.” This girl can’t be pinned down and may or may not show up when you make concrete plans with her. She wears gauzy blouses and braids. She likes to dance in the rain and she weeps uncontrollably if she sees a sign for a missing dog or cat. She might spin a globe, place her finger on a random spot, and decide to move there. The Ethereal Weirdo appears a lot in movies, but nowhere else. If she were from real life, people would think she was a homeless woman and would cross the street to avoid her. But she is essential to the male fantasy that even if a guy is boring he deserves a woman who will find him fascinating and perk up his dreary life by forcing him to go skinny-dipping in a stranger’s pool.

Read the article here.

drinkyourjuice:

nedhepburn:

I can’t not blog this.

Every time the cat’s arms were in the air was one of the high points of my life. Someday my biographer will find this blog and should take note. High points: this video.

Well, this is pretty fantastic.

(Source: whereiscoachbombay)

Hawkward. This is excellent. Thanks, Melissa.

this comic originally had dromiceiomimus saying “What if you look in the mirror and see flaws so fundamental that they can’t be changed?  What if you see nothing but a big pile of flaws?” and then I was like, “man, I don’t know the answer to that!!  looks like it’s time for another PANTS-CENTRIC REWRITE”

(via qwantz)

Honestly, what couldn’t use a pants-centric rewrite once in awhile?

3. Steal Cheryl’s famous potato-salad recipe. When Cheryl asks, “Why did you steal my recipe?,” say, “I don’t know, Cheryl, why did you break my heart?” Then laugh so she knows you’re just kidding.

Melissa sent me this link. Quality.

jlovely:

treee:elpy:uprightcitizens:cyborglovesong:

Seth Meyers: On Friday, President Obama appeared before house republicans  in a historic televised Q & A and performed so well that afterwards, GOP aides said that allowing the cameras to roll like that was a mistake. Come on, Republicans, are you on such a Scott Brown high that you thought you could take down Barack Obama by debating him? You realize debates are why he’s president, right? Seriously, all you guys do is complain about how Obama is all talk, and then you invite him to a forum that’s literally all talk. That’s like saying “Let’s see how tough Aquaman is when we get him in the water!” I’m not saying you were outclassed, but the whole thing was like the scene in Raiders of The Lost Ark when the guy charged Indy with a sword and he just shot him.

m-shapes:

krakenfromthesea:

thedailywhat:

Superpoop.

Various Photoshop edits of a USPS safety handout on customers needing to keep their dogs restrained.

Viewer discretion is advised, etc. (via somethingawful)

Darth Vader In Love

(via this guy I’ve never met before at church)

embracingthemelody:

krakenfromthesea:

littlelostgirl:

tschad:

imgfave

hahahaha [tschad probably thinks I’m a creeper for all of these reblogs XD]

aww dem poor dinos.

thedailywhat:

Pie Chart of the Day: They may also have a few choice words for Monday.

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scout:

asleepyhead:

(via spot-on)

YES

YES

A+++

Hah. Really?

three50eight:

Nobody wants to high five because the swine flu will KILL YOU, so here are some alternatives.  Complete with pictures.

I’m a firm believer in the Snap and Flick.

I love Stephen Colbert.

In this video, Colbert pitches Prescott Pharmaceuticals’ newest smokeless tobacco product, “Vax-Anus”, to compete with Camel’s “Snus”.