It Must be Rough Being a Celebrity

Recently, Buzzfeed published some pretty funny pictures of Beyonce performing at the Superbowl halftime show. Apparently she didn't approve, and her publicist sent them an email asking them to take down the photos. You can read the article and see the pictures here. Readers took this as an opportunity to practice some mad Photoshopping skills. Here are a couple of my favorites.

You can see the rest of the submissions here. I love the internets.

Oh, Dove

A few days ago, I noticed a video made by Dove circulating around Facebook regarding how women view themselves. While it gives women warm-fuzzies to hear they're more beautiful than they think, it's also important to note that the company promoting this campaign is the same company that sells Axe body spray. You know, the commercials that show runway models tripping over themselves to get to a nerdy guy who is wearing a body spray that's way too overpowering and would give any normal human being a migraine. So, I never actually watched the Dove video. But then one of my friends posted the Dove Experiment parodied by men, and I instantly knew it would be awesome. And it was. So here it is.

After watching this, I finally watched the real video made by dove. I would like to point out that after listening to a podcast a few weeks ago about police sketch artists, I learned they are only 9% accurate. So there's that. 

*Disclaimer* While I think the Dove video is pretty pathetic, I should point out that I love Dove soap. In fact, it's in my shower right now. It's quite lovely.

Scary Mary

My parents came for a visit last week and left yesterday. It was a lot of fun having them here, but now I'm worn out and could probably sleep for a year (I love hyperbole). I don't think Dave would appreciate that though. I took my mom and dad to Old Town Albuquerque to check out the old buildings and shops.

I found this creepy thing carved into a dead tree behind a church. I like to call it Scary Mary. I don't know if the person who carved it was actually trying to portray Mary, but it was at a Catholic church, and it was definitely a woman, so that's my best guess. There were pigeons roosting all over the tree, and the little guy on the crown didn't seem too concerned about how close I was.

Speaking of Scary Mary. Please enjoy the following video. You'll never think of Mary Poppins the same way ever again. She'll haunt your dreams.

Carlsbad

Dave and I headed down to Carlsbad on Thursday. We stayed at Hailee's, and Michelle and Kevin drove up from Texas. We had a blast! We went to the Caverns, did some rock climbing, and sang some songs. A good time was had by all.

This is a 25 second exposure shooting towards the entrance of the cave. If you look closely, you can see a few ghost-like figures on the bottom walkway. These are people who were standing in the frame for part of the exposure and then walked out. 

The group (minus Derek) after we exited the caves. We were all STARVING.