Winter Party Timelapse Video

I set up my netbook in a corner and had it take a picture every 20 seconds (using Timershot) during our party this past Saturday. The quality's not great, but it's a fun recap of the night to watch. Thanks to everyone who came, it was great to see so many people in our apartment!

Feministing compares this to Lego's current barfalicious pink girl-targeted advertising. Really a step backward.

via Megan (on Facebook)

The Levi Johnston Look-a-Like at Rum Bar

awkward over-the-shoulder shot on Nick's iPhone

"Our culture so highly values... an illusion of self-control" - The Americanization of Mental Illness

Mental illness is feared and has such a stigma because it represents a reversal of what Western humans . . . have come to value as the essence of human nature,” McGruder concludes. “Because our culture so highly values . . . an illusion of self-control and control of circumstance, we become abject when contemplating mentation that seems more changeable, less restrained and less controllable, more open to outside influence, than we imagine our own to be.

via nytimes.com

A must-read about the spread of Western/American conceptions of mental illness. Worth reading if you're at all interested in mental health or cultural studies.