Female. IT Application Specialist. Photographer. Twenty-four going on senile. Oklahoma. Untrained sociologist.A capella shower performer. Dork. Pssst!! I’m doing a 365 Project. It’s over here.Tumblr (3.0; @jilllian)http://www.jilllian.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6chpfSMNQ1qz6d7so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>From the archives.</em></p> <p><a href="http://sarahdamus.tumblr.com" target="_blank">Sarah</a> and I are awesome, as you can see.</p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/877379262http://www.jilllian.com/post/877379262Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:36:51 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6c9tdpBHb1qz6d7so1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://whatshername13.deviantart.com/art/PLEASE-READ-THIS-157578940" target="_blank">PLEASE READ THIS. by *whatshername13 on deviantART</a></p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/876779479http://www.jilllian.com/post/876779479Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:46:00 -0500this is where I shut up about my first world problems<object width="400" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jq--75v4lI8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jq--75v4lI8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="325" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq--75v4lI8" target="_blank">Autistic Girl Expresses Profound Intelligence</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/DisabledActivists" target="_blank">DisabledActivists</a>)</p> <p><strong>If you watch one video all day, make it this one.</strong> We are now learning that Autistic and Asperger’s patients aren’t actually mentally disabled; they’re just unable to communicate.  Given computers to type on, their minds are unleashed, and they can finally tell us how they experience life.  Absofuckinglutely amazing.  This teenage girl who is completely incapable of verbal communication can now instant message her Dad to tell him she loves him; I think that just single-handedly undid a lot of the bad things the internet has done in its time.</p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/876725601http://www.jilllian.com/post/876725601Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:30:02 -0500awesome<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5p166atcR1qbderxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mssheather.tumblr.com/post/875779558/via-twenty2se7en-i-think-i-have-trouble-with" target="_blank">mssheather</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://twenty2se7en.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">twenty2se7en</a>)</p> <p>I think I have trouble with this concept.</p> </blockquote> <p>You are definitely not alone.</p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/876326095http://www.jilllian.com/post/876326095Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:40:59 -0500<p><a href="http://pounddefine.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/avatar_aadc1c184264_16.png" class="avatar"/></a> <strong><a href="http://pounddefine.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">pounddefine</a> replied to your <a href="http://www.jilllian.com/post/875673597/laundry-in-the-kitchen-apartment-therapy-the" target="_blank">photo</a></strong><strong>:</strong> <em><a href="http://www.jilllian.com/post/875673597/laundry-in-the-kitchen-apartment-therapy-the" target="_blank">Laundry in the Kitchen | Apartment Therapy The…</a></em></p> <blockquote>Yeah so then you can have the loudness in your kitchen at all times. Cool.</blockquote> <p>Haha!  Yeahhh I didn’t even think about that.  We’re spoiled by our W&D.  You only ever hear them if it’s silent in the house, and then you mostly only hear the washer when it’s filling or when it’s at the peak of its spin.  We paid a little more than I originally wanted to spend on them, but they’re fast and quiet and worth every penny.</p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/876187155http://www.jilllian.com/post/876187155Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:02:26 -0500spoiled<object width="400" height="251"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h95-IL3C-Z8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h95-IL3C-Z8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="251" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h95-IL3C-Z8&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Not Ever</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/RapeCrisisScotland" target="_blank">RapeCrisisScotland</a>)</p> <p><a href="http://contexts.org/socimages/" target="_blank">One of my favorite sociology blogs</a> posted this clip today. It’s an anti-rape ad from Scotland that in a mere 30 seconds demonstrates how absolutely ridiculous the idea that a woman dressed in a certain manner is “asking” to be raped.  Love the brilliance here and hope there is more to follow in the crusade against sexual violence.</p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/875750201http://www.jilllian.com/post/875750201Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:48:52 -0500sexual violencerapeanti-rape<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6bvkgSi4b1qz6d7so1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.eshakti.com/clothpdpage.asp?catalog=Clothes&cate=day+dresses&productid=CL0018572&pcat=" target="_blank">Beautiful border print peasant dress - eShakti.com</a></p> <p>Also this one.  Very bohemian, free flowing but flattering, and I love that look.</p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/875719017http://www.jilllian.com/post/875719017Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:38:40 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6bvhuzZVy1qz6d7so1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.eshakti.com/clothpdpage.asp?catalog=Clothes&cate=day+dresses&productid=CL0018314&pcat=" target="_blank">Poplin stretch surplice dress - eShakti.com</a></p> <p>It’s official: I’m a girl.  This is the girlyest thing I have ever wanted.  And I want it.  Nao.</p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/875714293http://www.jilllian.com/post/875714293Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:37:06 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6buwyNY1A1qz6d7so1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/kitchen-design/laundry-in-the-kitchen-123148?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+apartmenttherapy%2Fthekitchn+%28The+Kitchn%29&utm_content=Google+Reader" target="_blank">Laundry in the Kitchen | Apartment Therapy The Kitchn</a></p> <p>I really like this idea.  When the W&D have their own utility room like in our current house, it encourages me to be lazy.  I leave piles of dirty laundry on the floor in there at all times; it looks bad, the floor gets grungy, but no matter how much it bothers me I am no good at keeping it clear in there.</p> <p>But having the machines in the kitchen… I would not leave dirty clothes piled in front of them!</p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/875673597http://www.jilllian.com/post/875673597Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:24:00 -0500<a href="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/07/27/ten-big-mistakes-7-stuff-without-the-time-to-enjoy-it/">The Simple Dollar » Ten Big Mistakes #7: Stuff Without the Time to Enjoy It</a>: <p>I know so many people in my personal and professional life who could benefit from reading this article.  They prefer to go out and shop to fill their time instead of enjoying the things they already have at home to entertain them, and doing that is a waste of money, and then becomes a sinking spot of time, space, and energy fast.</p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/875552837http://www.jilllian.com/post/875552837Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:41:11 -0500money matters<p>Something in my office’s ceiling has been rattling for a couple of days now.  Yesterday I was up on my chair, whacking the hell out of ceiling tiles around the offending noise, but I couldn’t figure out precisely from whence the noise originated.</p> <p>I dragged a colleague in here this morning to assist me and he went straight to a halogen light cover; I’m not sure why it never occurred to me it might be the plastic cover rattling, but when he wiggled it, it would stop.  When he let go, it would start back up.</p> <p>“Gimme a sticky note.”</p> <p>And he folded it up, and wedged it between the plastic and the frame just right, and now, the fucking rattle is GONE.</p> <p>YES!  SILENCE! And I owe my sanity to the stickies!</p> <p>(I loathe small repetitive noises and it was about to send me over the freaking edge.)</p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/875500694http://www.jilllian.com/post/875500694Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:23:00 -0500Sticky Notes<a href="http://www.godchecker.com/">Godchecker.com - Your Guide To The Gods. Mythology with a twist!</a>: <p>We have more Gods than you can shake a stick at. Godchecker’s Mythology Encyclopedia currently features over 2,850 deities. Browse the pantheons of the world, explore ancient myths, and discover Gods of everything from Fertility to Fluff with the fully searchable Holy Database Of All Known Gods.</p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/875462049http://www.jilllian.com/post/875462049Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:10:12 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6br1edy7H1qz6d7so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/dessert-products/make-this-tonight-banoffee-pie-123080" target="_blank">Make This Tonight: Banoffee Pie | Apartment Therapy The Kitchn</a></p> <p>Oh yeah.  Definitely going to have to check this out.  Bananas, coffee, whipped cream, and dulce de leche, layered in a pie crust?  Or a graham cracker crust?</p> <p>I think… I need a moment to myself.  Excuse me.</p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/875434425http://www.jilllian.com/post/875434425Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:00:00 -0500recipesdesserts<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6592b7dJX1qb8ello1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://menandtheirdogs.tumblr.com/post/874990950/by-llruth" target="_blank">menandtheirdogs</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/llruth" target="_blank">llruth</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>I can not look at this photo and feel cranky at the same time.  It’s impossible.</p> <p>So I reblog it now in hopes someone else responds to it in kind.</p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/875421695http://www.jilllian.com/post/875421695Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:56:24 -0500““An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.””<br/><br/> - <em>Charles Bukowski (via <a href="http://pseudonym.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">pseudonym</a>)</em>http://www.jilllian.com/post/875106198http://www.jilllian.com/post/875106198Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:59:47 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6aqmfPT4T1qz6d7so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.jilllian.com/post/873159487http://www.jilllian.com/post/873159487Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:51:43 -0500“Really, I wonder where we might be sexually without porn. The money shot might not have occurred to that many of us, for one thing. And I’m sure few of us would have come up with very athletic sexual positions without some encouragement from smutty movies and magazines. I wonder: Would we as a society be anywhere near as comfortable with anal sex, whether heterosexual or homosexual, if not for our heavy consumption of pornography? Would as many of us feel comfortable experimenting with bondage? How dirty would our pillow talk be? How would the idea of erotic asphyxiation have spread, if not through watching porn? Sure, some people might have shared the idea with others, but would “pulling a David Carradine” have any meaning to us if so many of our numbers hadn’t seen porn performers choke each other at climax? I kind of doubt it.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/pornwriter/column16.html" target="_blank">Timothy McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: The Conflicted Existence of a Female Porn Writer.</a></p> <p>Lynsey’s articles are great reading if you’re interested in how pornography affects our individual sex lives and our culture as a whole.</p></em>http://www.jilllian.com/post/872424436http://www.jilllian.com/post/872424436Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:24:10 -0500<p><a href="http://mjchamplin.tumblr.com/post/872289534/calm-down-and-live-a-little-cows-are-hilarious" target="_blank">mjchamplin</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote>“…calm down and live a little. Cows are hilarious, and veal is delicious! Bon appétit!”</blockquote> <p>—<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2010/7/22kemper.html" target="_blank">  McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: No-Stress, Low-Fuss, Hassle-Free Summertime Recipes for the Confident, Independent, Self-Sufficient Gal on the Go.</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Laughed my way through the entire piece!!</p> <p><strong>“Fried Beef Ravioli, Cajun French Fries, and Four-Cheese Lasagna</strong></p> <p><strong> Wouldn’t that be delicious? Too bad God had to go and invent upper-thigh fat.”</strong></p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/872353655http://www.jilllian.com/post/872353655Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:02:31 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6a2fyjDaZ1qz6d7so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/52190629/beards-are-sexy-natural-field-bag?ref=cat2_gallery_38" target="_blank">Beards are sexy natural field bag by theboldbanana on Etsy</a></p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/871381274http://www.jilllian.com/post/871381274Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:11:58 -0500beards<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6a0xdY5vb1qz6d7so1_100.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/48490986/small-stash-dslr-camera-bag-red-and-gold?ref=sr_gallery_25&ga_search_query=camera&ga_search_type=category&category=bags_and_purses.messenger&ga_page=4&order=&includes%5B%5D=tags&includes%5B%5D=title" target="_blank">Small Stash DSLR camera bag red and gold vintage by mariforssell</a></p> <p>I fail to see how this is worth a hundred dollars… but I absolutely love it.  LOVE.</p>http://www.jilllian.com/post/871274418http://www.jilllian.com/post/871274418Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:39:13 -0500