THINGS THAT ARE MY LIFE: People Talking on the Phone

How do you know it is finals week?

Well, besides life repeatedly punching you in the face, there's always finding yourself, at four in the morning, looking at my new-favorite bloggue: People Talking on the Phone.

It's exactly what it sounds like:





Precisely why is this so appealing? Does it speak to some unconscious desire, some repressed telephonic fetish, some dial-tone longing? Really, I think People Talking on the Phone, in showing us images of only one end of these telephone communications, calls up that uncomfortable truth that we can only ever really know our own one side of a conversation; that in every connection we make, we are still truly alone.

Also most of the pictures coming from Twin Peaks doesn't hurt. And there's the fact that it's four in the morning.


PTOTP's author Allison Maplesden also has another blog, in which she posts ink paintings of female celebrities, based on images from gossip magazines. If you liked the phones, then you might like this.

like a webcomic, but one panel long and very big on text

I don't know how to draw legs.

(You can see the original here, ideal for those who love trying to decipher delightfully illegible chirography.)

things that are "my life":

-Finland
-Bill Haverchuck
-Julian Barratt's moustache

What's Up, England?

Inspired by the fact that those silly Brits call "Spaghettios" "Spaghetti Hoops," my new-found passion is laughing at the hilarious titles our English counterparts give their tinned goods.



At first restricting this hobby to pure solo time-wasting and occasionally posting things on Tanya's facebook page, I realized it would probably better humanity if I shared this joy with the world at large, or at least the rest of the internet. So naturally, I made a blog about it.


Here are some of my favorites:

I've Got a Lexical Liking for Ya: These Words Feel Good in My Mouth

Want to sell me anything?

Just drizzle your pitch with some of the words below, sir!


pocket, chimney, mittens, puffin, kitten, muffin, English, England, British, Britain, Irish, Ireland, Scottish, Scotland, Welsh, mouse, autumn, winter, cottage, delight, nutmeg, tweed, whimsical, sweater, knitting, crumpet, tea, dreary, button, plaid, cloak, coat, jacket, boots, sneakers, wool, woolen, woolly, charming, charmer, delightful, meadow, snow, leaves, cat, cats, scamper, hedgehog, willow, widow, spinster, bucket, books, library, little, corner, shier, hobbit, trolley, train, trundle, moss, burrow, meek, feeble, fellow, sir, lady, morning, pipe, cheer, cheers, cheery, chairs, bramble, ale, pub, crisp, chip, oak, wooden, puppet, chipper, castle, pal, friendly, church, town, village, nice, cider, spiced, circus, market, London, frack, clackity, clarinet, galoshes, gray, grey, beret, chapeau, sniffles, handkerchief, wicker, fox, foxy, patch, harmonica, custard, Manhattan, basket, nimble, thimble, stranger, hearty, herbal, camper, Christmas, tiny, faerie, wardrobe, cupboard, cabinet, breakfast, supper, wick, candle, eave, scrumptious, comic, wrinkle, crinkle, elsewhere, Benjamin, match, matches, matchbook, knight, night, slumber, September, November, cobweb, owlet, puddle, muddle, medley, meddle, bungalow, bumble, pyjamas, eleven, sparrow, thyme, parsley, parsnip, biscuit, shepherd, goose, gosling, ginger, gingerly, cheshire, smoke, smokey, smoking, cumbersome, chomp, post, bungle, carpet, badger, bother, mother, father, kipper, kip, brilliant, hilarious, jokes, snack, nap, snap, snapper, cracker, crack, crackle, chicken, kitchen, sweep, rambunctious, mellow, letter, mantle, stove, oven, pack, thrifty, crafty, clever, chickadee, beginning, mutton, sleigh, painted, home, prancing, wildebeest, gnashers, tinsel, doily, knob, elves, elven, curtain, cup, ladle, riddle, bobbin, barrow, mushroom, winsome, creek, wolf, woof, roof


JUST ME: ghost, moustache, awkward, lonely, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Scandinavian, boxy, bicycle, cubic, chump, cinema, city, clack, clerk, cassette, hat, harpsichord, buster, box, danger, crumple, staple, shark, watch, conversation, bench, baggage, snatch, elevator, escalator, shrub, chase, shelves, cap, chap, choice

JUST TANYA: kettle, enchanting, Norse, garden, buckle, butter-brickle, buttery, medieval, loft, brier, fig, apothecary, emporium, menagerie, primrose, cauldron, cathedral, chuckle, spider, spidery, banquet, feast, tower, pumpkin, lord, forest, stew, stone, Halloween, crumble, dot, cocoa, fairy, sorcerer, copper, October, December, cobbler, bumblebee, cookie, gooseberry, ducklings, epitaph, celestial, wobble, roast, roasted, haven, treacle, crystallized, pickle, magnificent, comet, pugnacious, nappy, grackle, warmth, witchcraft, moon, root, bell, velvet, trinket, embers, cupcakes, drizzle, tartlet, piglet, icicle, gander, cane, ribbon, hazel, billowing



Or if, alternately, you are not at all interested in my patronage, then just throw a couple of these verbal bastards in the mix:

tender
supple
probe
moist


(You ain't getting any of my coin with that kind of lip!)

things that are my life: AXECOP!

Ever wondered what it would have been like if, when you were a child, a twenty-something comic-book-artist had illustrated all the somehow fantastically imaginative things you were always sputtering about?

Yeah, this is like that.



Except, unlike you who probably didn't day-dream much past The Big Comfy Couch, this five-year-old kid thinks about vampire wizard ninja brothers from the moon. And weapons, lots of weapons. And pet t-rexes named Wexter. And cops who have axes. And then his older brother illustrates these mind-gasms and puts them on the internet.

AXECOP IS MY LIFE.

things that are "my life":

-Sweden
-Herman Melville
-plain ramen
-sledding
-purchasing children's VHS tapes at Half Price Books