Etsicurean

Daily Etsy Picks:
Cake Mail
Mythbusters Bots (I also love her Zombie Bot!)
Bombilla- Metal Drinking Straw
Bunny Jewelry Holder
Strawberry Chocolate Malt Crunch Pop (Mmmm!)

WTF Etsy?:
Hail Bacon Shirt (Clever, but still weird.)
Poopy Diaper Catnip Toy
The Felt Dangle (Oh-kay.)
"Don't Touch The Trash Can" Bag
Pancreas Mug

Weekly Words Challenge 91!

The "words" for this week were 6 and "Look Up".

How did you interpret them?

6




Look Up




(Sunday Boat Ride)

Idle Wake


Holding Feet


Boat Neighborhood

I would love to live somewhere like this!

Fort Matanzas



If you haven't joined the fun yet, go here for details. We also have a Flickr group for easy shareability. Not only do you get to add "Lowly Foon" to your resume, but you get to find out the new words at least an hour earlier. Happy snapping!

The "words" for next week are:
Blue
and
Happy

Soon: Sometime this week I'm going to have a post dedicated to answering all those questions you guys ask in the comments. I always read and enjoy them. I just never get around to answering them.
Thursday: I Heart Etsy!

Dear Job Fairy

Please send work. I'm out of lotion.

Love,
Tink

P.S. I'll admit, I wasn't as stingy with my nest egg as I could have been. But who knew I was going to be out of work this long! As I sat in front of the computer yesterday, looking at my bank account and saying a bunch of expletives, I realized I had to do something (crazy). Otherwise I was going to start hitting into our "ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY!" money. That's the money I set aside in case Hoop or I ever ended up in jail or the hospital. It would be my luck that the moment I spent the money, one or both of those situations would happen. Hopefully unrelated!

Ugh. There are totally too many !s in this letter already. I don't want you to think that me running out of money means I can't eat. I can eat. I just can't eat expensive things like sushi, or steak, or anything that isn't on sale or B1G1 Free. Capeesh? Unemployment pays for 97% of my bills (thank God). So the worst thing that's going to happen by me running out of money is that my hair wont get done and my legs will start peeling (adding water to lotion only lasts so long) and I won't be able to go anywhere because my car will be out of gas and it's over 100 degrees outside.

It's enough to get a girl down. Last week I had to buy two weeks worth of groceries on $80. But I did it! I was so proud of myself that I bragged to the checkout lady, who didn't care one iota. This morning I realized that my littlest brother is turning 15 next Saturday. The thought of having to give him a crappy homemade birthday card that says "I'm sorry I suck. But I love you!" made my stomach sick. So I did something crazy. I gathered up all the jewelry my ex ever gave me and I sold it. I got $100 for it all. They even pulled out the gemstones for me to keep.

I thought I'd be sad. But I wasn't. I felt triumphant. And maybe a little liberated. I took a problem and I found a solution for it. I didn't have to borrow, beg or steal. I didn't cry and I didn't have a pity party. After pulling out the money for my brother, I went out and bought myself a bottle of wine... on discount, of course. I don't know what I'll do when this money runs out. I'm out of jewelry and Hoop isn't going to restock me ;). But maybe I'll have work by then. Are you listening, Job Fairy? That was a hint!

Have a wonderful weekend Homebloys.

I'll think of you over a glass of wine.

Herbal Abuse

When I get bored I create lists.

When Hoop gets bored he creates comic strips about a schizophrenic hippy locked in a mental institution who takes medical marijuana for his glaucoma and has delusions.


(Click to enlarge.)

That four-eyed thing in the second to last frame is apparently what the imaginary friend of the main character REALLY looks like. Whatever that dude is on (or Hoop for that matter), I want half. ;)

P.S. Does anyone else think the hippy looks like a muppet Jesus?

Weekly Words Challenge 90!

The "words" for this week were C and Wood.

How did you interpret them?

C




Wood
(From the archives)



(Other Random Photos)

Duff


In The Shell


If you haven't joined the fun yet, go here for details. We also have a Flickr group for easy shareability. Not only do you get to add "Lowly Foon" to your resume, but you get to find out the new words at least an hour earlier. Happy snapping!

The "words" for next week are:
6
and
"Look Up"

It's Thursday Somewhere

The pickins on Etsy have gotten pretty slim lately.

Either people are making less crap, or they're on to me.

Daily Etsy Picks:
Ants On My Sugar Pot
Cool iPod/iPhone/iTouch Cases
Teddy Bear 911 (I wonder if they do dog toys too.)
Male/Female WC Decor Bathroom Sign

WTF Etsy?:
Shark Hat
Chocolate Covered Bacon (Anyone want to be the guinea pig?)
Green Butt House (Really?)
Trailer Trash Stick Figure Decals
Eyeball Christmas Ornament (Santa's watching you!)

Have an awesome weekend Homebloys!

Weekly Words Challenge 89!

The "words" for this week were A and "Favorite Song".

How did you interpret them?

A




Favorite Song: IRIS by Goo Goo Dolls


(Other Random Photos)

Fun With Cutouts



Ugly Fountain Head


Dog Bar


If you haven't joined the fun yet, go here for details. We also have a Flickr group for easy shareability. Not only do you get to add "Lowly Foon" to your resume, but you get to find out the new words at least an hour earlier. Happy snapping!

The "words" for next week are:
C
and
Wood

Thursday: I Heart Etsy!