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Here goes nothing! Tomorrow I enter the Provo Missionary Training Center, so this blog will utterly flatline, not to be revived, for at least the next year and one half. If you wanna learn more about what I'm doing, or why I'm doing it, visit Mormon.org for the opportunity to read up on, chat with, or request a visit from a couple of Sisters or Elders! :) See y'all on the other side!

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Tom Haverford going “Nooooo!”: A Supercut

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Duo - Janis Aussel, Elsa Boyer, Marie-Pierre Demessant, Dorian Lee, Laurent Moing, Guitty Mojabi, Aron Bothman

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Wes Anderson // Centered

The Darjeeling Limited | Wes Anderson | 2007

Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson | 2009

The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson | 2001

The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson | 2014

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'Atlantic Puffin' by Giedrius Stakauskas via 500px

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Pastel Puffin | Mark Bridger

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TOMNODDY

[noun]

1. the puffin.

2. a fool or dunce.

Etymology: uncertain, presumed to be from Tom (short for Thomas) + noddy (probably short for obsolete noddypoll, alteration of hoddypoll, “fumbling inept person”).

[Photographers: heylormammy & shadow-and-flame-86, sagereid, celtes & nordford]

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Baroque Hall of the Library, 1758-67. Abbey of St. Gall, Switzerland. Under the auspices of Prince-Abbot Cölestin Gugger von Staudach, decorated and fitted by master craftsmen from the Region of Lake Bodensee. ©Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen

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Valerie Brown and Archie Andrews. <333

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Rob Lowe

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Scooby Doo Background Art

A few pieces of amazing background art from the original 1969 Scooby Doo series.

Scooby Doo gets a lot of criticism thrown it’s way by animators and historians for beginning a slow, downward slope in quality for, not only Hanna-Barbera, but animation in general.

Which is true. Scooby Doo embraced formulaic plots, “realistic” designs for characters, and cheaply produced/recycled animation. This became an industry norm thanks to Scooby’s success, and is the reason we eventually had trash like He-Man, Transformers, hell, almost every cartoon produced in the 80’s (or as I like to call it, the Dark Ages).

But Scooby Doo had one important thing none of those other shows ever had: boundless charm. And while the animation was incompetent, these backgrounds show they put a lot of effort into creating effectively spooky atmospheres, which is one of the things that made it so great for kids.

You can find more backgrounds here.

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From Josie and the Pussycats, meet Valerie Smith! I’ll let Wikipedia do the work…

A headstrong African-American young lady, Valerie performs back-up vocals (in the comics and the movie) and occasionally sings lead (nearly always in the TV series) for the Pussycats. She is also the group’s main songwriter. In the comics, she plays the bass; in the cartoons, she plays tambourine. She is the character who saves the day the most often, thanks to her street smarts and her mechanical and scientific genius. Valerie is notable as the first African-American cartoon character on a regular animated television series.

Here’s an interesting tidbit about the cartoon version of the character, voiced by the late and great Patrice Holloway…

In 1970, [Patrice Holloway] auditioned for producer Danny Janssen, winning the part of Valerie Brown in Josie and the Pussycats, alongside Cathy Daugher (Josie) and Cheryl Ladd as ditzy drummer Melody. Patrice therefore had the distinction of being the first African-American to voice the first African-American regular series character on cartoon TV. However, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera balked at Patrice’s involvement, demanding she be recast and that Valerie become Caucasian. It’s worth noting that, in the original comic, Valerie was always intended to be African-American. Janssen refused to back down, resulting in a 3-week standoff between the producer and Hanna-Barbera. H-B finally relented, allowing Janssen to keep Patrice in the show, and keeping her character African-American.

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I’ve heard a great deal about you, Fa Mulan. You stole your father’s armor, ran away from home, impersonated a soldier, deceived your commanding officer, dishonored the Chinese Army, destroyed my palace, and… you have saved us all.