Masha Vorslav

Writing "I am sad" doesn't really paint an accurate picture of the pain you're feeling. Your friend wouldn't know exactly how to help you. Do you need food, words of encouragement or to be left alone in a corner to cry?

To make things easier for the friends willing to cheer you up, use a reaction GIF to express your emotional state. Remember, any use of sad dog GIFs indicates the need for immediate attention.

1. When your Wi-Fi stops working.

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2. When you see Sarah McLachlan's ASPCA ad.

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Experimenting can lead to wonderful new ideas. One of the things that I was impressed and inspired by from the Maison Martin Margiela show last week was how high tech techniques were applied in a Haute Couture collection: these pieces of jewelry made out of crystal and white matte resin.

I imagine the Swarovski design atelier looking somewhat like a lab. Their team is partly made up out of technicians, engineers and mathematicians who experiment with crystal (apparently, Swarovski does much more than only produce sparkles for asian nail salons). They somehow managed to fuse crystal with a white matte resin, merging them with pressure and without any glue involved. Then took the samples of their newly found technology to Paris and asked for a vision from Maison Martin Margiela. Who came up with the idea of shapes and cuts resembling natural stalactites. In the beginning it was a complete experimental adventure, it was still even unsure if it was going to work out and if there was ever going to be an end product. But now two years later, the line is finally a reality. My favorite pieces were the multi purpose tie- and document-clips; which can be clipped pretty much everywhere and also be used as an office accessory.

I'm pretty sure that we as a society have just officially beat our own record of "youngest age to expose a child to daft and absurd gender policing." We've done it, guys. We have all contributed to a world in which something like "the baby wig" can exist.

Baby Bangs!, as the infernal creations are called, are "made just for little girls," according to the product's website. What is the function of a pair of Baby Bangs!? To let your infant daughter tell the world, "I'm not a boy!", duh. They're billed as "a very comfortable, extremely natural-looking, fun and fashionable hair accessory/alternative for mothers with baby girls who have very little or no hair." Because god knows how much damage being bald could do to a newborn's self-esteem.

Here's some more insight into the company's philosophy:

At Baby Bangs! we believe in the beauty of childhood. Our unique designs are sprinkled with MAGIC! ~inspiring a world of whimsical wonder and mystical magical memorable moments for you and your baby girl to cherish Forever! For she is, and always will be,
Your LiTTLe PRINCESS!

So the princess dogma is starting at such a young age that a newborn's natural (downy-headed) state is somehow undesirable? Is the window of time during which a woman's physical appearance isn't subjected to constant scrutiny and held up to strict standards going to narrow so much that all fetuses will need beautiful virtual makeovers (if so, I'm really adept at them so you can email me on my work account for the hook-up)? And just what is so horrifying about having your sweet little lump of newborn human mistaken for the opposite gender? Babies all look the same; that's kind of their thing. It's not only unnecessary, but also pretty much insane, to start forcing cosmetic enhancements on a child too young to even have hair on her head.

(H/t The Kraken Wakes)

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Leighton Naylor is an English man. He has a pet fish. The fish is called Einstein, because why not? It's a pet. If I had a dog, it would be called Thorin, or Erwin, or something.

Einstein has a dysfunctional buoyancy bladder (mostly known as swim bladder) which is the organ that allows fish to go up and down in the water. It's a tiny vessel surrounded by muscles: muscles tighten, it gets smaller and the fish sinks; muscles relax, it gets larger and the fish floats. Like a submarine, but tiny and adorable.

So Einstein was ill. He would sink to the bottom of the tank, and that's sad. A fish that can't swim? Oh, the humiliation!
Sometimes these disorders are caused by bad nutrition, but apparently that wasn't the cause.

That's when Leighton made a life vest for Einstein:

Those are empty plastic tubes, and they help Einstein float.

Einstein's motion is still very constrained, requiring manual feeding and all. But hey, he can swim now!

And that is how science made a swimless fish swim again. Thank you, science!

Among the millions of clips uploaded to Instagram since the app added its video features on Thursday is a call-to-action snippet from comedian Louie Anderson

Anderson — who created the animated Life with Louie, hosted the revived Family Feud, and most recently, competed on ABC's reality show Splash — is using Instagram video to find an opening act for his Las Vegas stint of standup comedy shows.

People who submit an Instagram video with hashtag #open4louie will be eligible to become his opener. Anderson's social team told Mashable that Anderson plans to pick one or more opening acts for his Vegas shows, which start July 10 at the Plaza Hotel and Casino Read more...

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The dance floor can be an uncomfortable place. But not for this little kid, who clearly feels no shame

A YouTube user recently uploaded the video, which was apparently recorded in the 90s — and it's been making the Internet 'rounds ever since. For a full 1:15, watch this dude put his hands in the air like he just don't care.

Killer dance moves? Rockin' shades? 90s cheesiness? Check, check, and check

With moves like this, we'd like to see what this kid is up to nowadays. Maybe he's busy twerking.

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A new poll finds that women start behaving like their mothers—adopting the same attitudes, sensibilities, and tastes—around the birth of their first child, or about the age of 31. That's either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on the parties involved.

For the poll—commissioned by the company DottyBingo.com to understand how behavior (like a bingo hobby) gets passed from generation to generation—1000 women were surveyed, with more than a third of them answering that giving birth was the catalyst for their transformations into their mothers. More than half of the women polled said they turned into their mothers between the ages of 30 - 35, with 27 percent of them pinpointing that age at 31.

According to the survey, this change is presented in liking the same TV shows as your mom, taking up the same hobbies, using the same sayings, and liking the same kind of men (ew). As someone who got pregnant at 31, I'd say the results of this survey are pretty accurate, because while I've yet to walk around the house bottomless, wearing just a turtleneck and clutching a crossword puzzle or hide my box of Franzia under the kitchen sink, I have caught myself saying things like, "Well, Italians mature physically at a much younger age than the Irish."

Interestingly, 51 percent of the women polled weren't bothered by turning into their mothers, because they consider her the most inspirational woman in their lives. Which is way more of an indication that they've turned into their mothers than anything else—my mom would totally consider herself the most inspirational woman in my life.

Women 'start turning into their mothers aged 31' [Telegraph]

It’s intern season! This means that right now the Internet is flooded with advice on how to have the Best Internship Ever, because it's essentially become the new entry-level job. Here’s the problem: All that advice sucks. Those pieces are written by people who sit lofty and high above you. They've lost perspective. Only the people on your level can tell how terrible of an intern you actually are.

We are those people! Or at least, we were those people, very recently. We were not interns as long ago as your boss, who, let's face it, doesn't know what he or she wants half the time until you tell them. Right now, we'll be honest – and we might not be when we're working with you, so here's your chance to hear what we're thinking.

You should know your place.

Getting accepted into a well-known company as an intern does not mean you are the shit. Even if you think you are qualified for or deserve a higher position, change your mindset: You’re incredibly fortunate to have an opportunity that not that many people have. Interning has become akin to breathing in the career world, so breathe very deeply but don’t do that kind of rattle-y nostril-y breathing that makes people not want to sit next to you. (That goes for quietly humming or any other type of murmuring, too. Don’t do that.)

Be cool while desperately wanting this.

On the other hand, this is a job. One day, you could be doing this for real and it will be better than school because you won’t be paying for it, you’ll be getting paid to do it. So treat it like a job. This means even the worst days are the best days because it’s super awesome that this is your chosen field (or it is for now) and you are in it. The worst interns are those people that act like they’re either too good for the place or aren’t even interested in being there. Go home. You’re wasting our boss’ time that, let’s be honest, he or she could be spending paying attention to us.

You should also know your place of employment.

This may seem obvious. You applied to this place, right? You love reading it, you love looking at it, you love the way it smells. So you feel like you know it. But when that dude walks by who you’re not working with directly but happens to share the same physical building space as you, you need to know who that person is – or figure it out. Learn the names of everyone in the building or newsroom or office you work in. And you’ve got to read anything and everything that has been written about your company. You should always be listening. Be that little pitcher with the big ears that you mom always talked about scoffingly. Mom was training you to be her little star intern. No email should come as a surprise.

You should be everywhere, yet nowhere.

Go to happy hour, but always leave first. Even if you have no plans, repeat as follows: Have one drink, enjoy one very happy hour, and then go home. Say you have dinner or a TV show to watch. Lie. Leave. You made an appearance and talked to a certain number of people and showed that you’re the kind of person that they could foreseeably spend more time with than their family but you didn’t get super drunk and embarrass yourself. You’re building a mystery.

You should gossip. A little.

Gossip bonds people to each other. Just don’t do too much. Or to the wrong people. Your chatter should always come from a place of inquisitive curiosity, and should be directed to people you wholly and completely trust. (So timeline for gossip probably comes during the mid-to-later part of your internship.) You’re just curious about whether or not those two are dating, because someone mentioned that they were. You’re just curious about this person that just got fired. You’re not relishing either of these bits of information except inside your cold heart. You don’t EVER want to be known as that gossipy intern, but you certainly don’t wanna miss all the info because of that thing people say about knowledge being powerful.

You should dress to blend in.

If you think for one second the skirt might be too short, it is. Even if you have fantastic legs and love wearing short things and can truly pull it off, just don’t. If you think your Nickelback shirt is a good thing to wear to the office, these rules won't even begin to help you unless you work at some super-cool company that gets that you’re being ironic. That whole like “dress for the job you want” thing is totally bogus. We judge the interns that wear summer dresses when they have corporate meetings to attend, but we also judge the people wearing a suit when they work at a tech startup. Dress the way you would if you were there every day for the rest of time and maybe they’ll just get used to your face and generally appearance and keep you around just because they forgot that you weren’t supposed to be there.

You shouldn’t think things are just going to happen for you.

That meeting that you want to have with your boss about how great you are and how you should be hired, or that one we’re you’re just checking in to see how he or she thinks the internship is going or whatever you called the meeting about is not going to happen unless you schedule it. Don’t do it on your last day. Do it ahead of time. Go into it knowing your baseline and your backboard (we didn’t have sports internships but we think those are the right terms). Do you want a full time job? Would you accept just a recommendation? Know the range, and spin it entirely as “I love working here and I think it would be sad to see x, y and z that I’ve been working on drop by the wayside and let all that progress go.” Or “I’ve loved working here and this is what I’d like to do next and could you help me with that by doing x y or z.” No one wants to get in the way of progress. You are the future of America and you’re sitting right in front of them. It’s even better if you have preliminary casual conversations about what you want and then bring it up later in a more serious sit-down way so it’s not coming out of left field. This conversation is not going to happen unless you make it happen; no one cares about your future like you do.

This continues when the internship is over. You should periodically follow-up with whoever you worked with. Make sure they know what’s up with you. Ask them for things in a nice way. Contrary to popular belief, people like helping people when that person isn’t the worst. Also contrary to seemingly popular belief, interns don’t just get jobs right away: They kick ass at their internship and then they follow up and make things happen for themselves.

You should be the best.

There is no room to be less than the best they’ve ever seen. You can be friends with your fellow interns but you should always work to be better than or equally as good as them. [You’re not here to make friends.] But honestly, it’s easiest to be friends with someone who is as talented as you but wants to do something a little different so you’re not competing for the same job. That way you have a friend and are building connections in your field but aren’t stressed out about confiding in them.

Important: Don’t be friends with the guy who is lazy and does nothing and then complains about how much the internship sucks. He sucks.

*We’re not even going to mention how you shouldn’t sleep with anyone from the office because you know you shouldn’t. Though if you do, it’ll give us something to gossip about so maybe go right ahead.

Lauren Chooljian has been an intern approximately six times; Kate Dries has been an intern approximately seven times. They met as interns. And yes, that over there on the left is a picture of them with Neville Longbottom.

Blazeren kostet 30 kroner, og da var det vanskelig å legge den fra seg.
Når jeg kom hjem fant jeg ut at den passet perfekt til en shorts jeg allerede hadde, så nå har jeg et fint sett i tillegg. Dette er nok sommer-uniform nr 2!
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Jeg gikk rundt i hvite sandaler, men senere kan jeg alltids bytte dem ut med et par herresko eller pumps for å se litt “penere” ut. Antrekk som det her er kansje det beste eksempelet av hvordan jeg liker å kle meg på fest: altså noe som også går like fint til hverdags. Avslappet men fint. Liker det best sånn!

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Shorts and tee Acne

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Хороший пример прямого цитирования: джемпер со знаменитой фотографии Ли Миллер был воплощён в прошлогодней коллекции Céline. Вытащить вещь с почти вековой историей, интегрировать в актуальную коллекцию модного Дома со сложившимся стилем и показать, насколько эта вещь современна – тут нужен даже больший талант или большее чутьё, нежели для «просто придумать».
 
Ли Миллер, 1930 год и Céline, весна-лето 2012

Helmets of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V circa 1540 (by Desiderius Helmschmid), 1545 (by Kolman Helmschmid), and 1530 (by Filippo and Francesco Negroli) respectively.