Laugh Out Loud Friday

It's the Olympic season and Canada is kicking butt! And being Canadian, I'm pretty happy! So here's a funny comic to make you laugh and put you in the Olympic mood!

Laugh Out Loud Friday

I've been at home for a week now because it's READING WEEK! :) I've been having a great time but since I don't have wireless internet at home, I've been spending significantly less time on the computer. Here's a picture that I hope will make you smile and laugh, as I have been doing plenty of that this week!



I came across this while surfing tumblr in class (Yes, I know, I shouldn't have been) and had to cover my mouth with both hands to keep from bursting out in laughter/tears.

Laugh Out Loud Friday

To start off the weekend with a smile, I'm going to introduce 'Laugh Out Loud Fridays'. Basically I'll post a picture/video that made me laugh and hope it cracks you up too!


(I honestly laughed so hard I fell off my couch when I saw this.)

Beautiful Drawings by hellobaby

While surfing on deviantART (my new hobby, apparently), I found these beautiful drawings by hellobaby. To see the entire collection of her works, visit her deviantART. Here are a few of my favourites of her work:


Painting a green world


Lying down


Feeling my red heart


Deity smile


Ballerina

Book Review: Tricks by Ellen Hopkins

Title: Tricks
Author: Ellen Hopkins
# of Pages: 627
Published: 2009
Rating: 5/5
From the Publisher:

"When all choice is taken from you, life becomes a game of survival."

Five teenagers from different parts of the country. Three girls. Two guys. Four straight. One gay. Some rich. Some poor. Some from great families. Some with no one at all. All living their lives as best they can, but all searching...for freedom, safety, community, family, love. What they don't expect, though, is all that can happen when those powerful little words "I love you" are said for all the wrong reasons.

Five moving stories remain separate at first, then interweave to tell a larger, powerful story -- a story about making choices, taking leaps of faith, falling down, and growing up. A story about kids figuring out what sex and love are all about, at all costs, while asking themselves, "Can I ever feel okay about myself?"

Review:
From the moment I opened Tricks' pages, I was hooked. The story focuses on five teenagers: Eden, a preacher's daughter; Seth, a farm-boy dealing with the death of his mother and the discovery of his homosexuality; Whitney, who has always been second-best; Ginger, whose 'working mom' betrays her time and again, and finally, Cody, who does anything to make ends meet.

When I first began to read, I was a little worried that having five characters, five different stories, might be confusing. It turns out there was no need to worry; Hopkins distinguishes every character and story perfectly. She brings life and history to each trouble teenager, splattering their pain onto each page.

I don't want to give too much away because when I began the novel, I had no idea where it would end up and it had a great impact. I would have lost this impact had I know what was coming for each character. Tricks made me cry, and had me sick to my stomach; the stories were raw, painful and honest. What's scarier though, is that these stories are someone's reality.

Lovely Necklaces by somk

These necklaces immediately caught my eye; they're beautiful, original and intricate. To see the full collection of somk's jewlery, which includes necklaces, brooches/pins, earrings and etc, visit somk's deviantART


Elderthings and Yellow Opal


Lovecraft Collection - Yargh


Lovecraft Collection - Caught


Shoggoth "aux garnets"


Cthulhu - Gold and Opal


Urnes style & chrysoprase

Beautiful Pendants by Jennifer Miller

Browsing deviantART's jewlery section, I found these lovely pendants by Jennifer Miller, also known as Nambroth. To see the full collection, visit Jennifer's deviantART or her personal website. Here are a few of my favourites:


Vibrant Orange Labradorite


Blue ButterflyWing Labradorite


Checkboard Smokey Quartz


Oro Verde Citrine


Atmospheres Labradorite

Disney's Heroes

After searching for Disney characters on deviantART, I stumbled upon a collection of Disney Heroes drawings. However, because the drawings were considered 'mature' on deviantART, I'm only going to post a few of the more appropriate drawings. To see the entire collection, please check out davidkawena's deviantART. (The mature content warning exists because the men are drawn in underwear - there's no full nudity.)


Hercules


Tarzan


Phoebus

Disney's Dark Princesses

Lately, I've been watching Disney films on a daily basis. So when I stumbled upon these, I couldn't help but share this collection of "Dark Princesses" by deviantART's ClaireBeauchamp. For the whole collection, check this out.

Gorgeous Jewlery: Steampunk

I've always had a fondness for unique and intricate pieces of jewlery and these creative pieces done by Drayok and Aranwen caught my attention. To see the full gallery, visit: http://drayok.deviantart.com/gallery/#Steampunk-Jewelry and http://aranwen.deviantart.com/gallery and http://www.etsy.com/shop/aranwen

Here are a few of my favourites:


Elemental Key Earth


Steampunk Time-Travel Key


Fate Key




Love Gives You Wings Watch


Dark Angel Pendant Gold Green

Stunning Paintings by Leonid Afremov

I've been surfing deviantART today, and I've found some absolutely stunning paintings by Leonid Afremov. His use of colours are phenomenal and I wish so much I could have one of these paintings in my home.

Here are a few of my favourites of his work:


"She Left"


"Flaming Dance"


"Night Life"


"Friends Under The Rain"


"In The Ballet Class"


"Paris Tower"


"Angel Flight"


"Three Red Umbrellas"


"The Fog of Dreams"


"The Twirl"

To find all of his work, please visit: http://leonidafremov.deviantart.com/

The Beautiful Photography of Zhang Jingna

After browsing deviantART for a couple hours, I found these beautiful photographs taken by Zhang Jingna, also known as zemotion on deviantart.com. Here are a few of my favourites of her work. To find all of her work, visit http://zemotion.deviantart.com.


Redemption


Prelude


Luna


Behind the Mask


Dreamer


Shirotsuki


Remembrance