Things that delight me.Tumblr (3.0; @straightforwardcomplication)http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/be03b11139c06a2f2cb9df8a2ca2c26e/tumblr_mmjle8qKvz1qzcv7no1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c9590926e647b1754b2ea077c351e172/tumblr_mmjle8qKvz1qzcv7no2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3b1e54b3cd2b7a8f951937a3a6fa4265/tumblr_mmjle8qKvz1qzcv7no4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c9590926e647b1754b2ea077c351e172/tumblr_mmjle8qKvz1qzcv7no3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://stream.pleated-jeans.com/post/50023165078/depression-part-2-by-hyperbole-and-a-half-is-the">pleatedjeans</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-part-two.html">Depression Part 2 by Hyperbole and a Half</a> is the most important thing you’ll read all day.</p> </blockquote> <p></p>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/50881731742http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/50881731742Sun, 19 May 2013 20:48:35 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3ef0e299c8da683f4185381cbdd28136/tumblr_mm20qnm8421qfqga8o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/06f634ebeedd62af50f19b265e2eae58/tumblr_mm20qnm8421qfqga8o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://alijabos.tumblr.com/post/49243121903/vancouver-got-hit-with-a-pretty-good-wind-swell">alijabos</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Vancouver got hit with a pretty good wind swell today with 90+km/hr winds. Local surfers flocked to the beach to get a few rare city waves.<br/><br/></p> </blockquote> <p>What a great shot.</p>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/49330243838http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/49330243838Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:52:45 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzn8b0Frxx1qakj6po1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Why did I only just start watching Twin Peaks? It’s the perfect show.</p>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/48085378754http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/48085378754Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:17:07 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c024d4d7bd0b692e9d9ef6cf26745150/tumblr_mjy396pY4S1qbeqtno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/47837917817http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/47837917817Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:03:09 -07006-year old: Mommy, why is that man dressed like a lady?<br /> Mother: That is a lady. She was just born with the wrong body.<br /> 6-year old: How did that happen?<br /> Mother: Nobody really knows. But she's working to fix it, and that's what's important.<br /> 6-year old: Okay! *runs up to obviously self-conscious woman*<br /> 6-year old: Hey! Miss!<br /> Lady: ...yes?<br /> 6-year old: You look really pretty in your skirt!<br /> Lady: Thank you!<br /> *Kid skips back to her mom, and literally everyone in the vicinity smiles*<br /> <br /> <br /> I'd just like to point out that it wasn't hard to explain this to a child at all...... Next excuse please?http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/44675598728http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/44675598728Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:26:34 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m00po7HlYK1qezovfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I want to snuggle with her.</p>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/44247386945http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/44247386945Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:54:57 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b5f2538864fbc9d21de4e93f872cc3e6/tumblr_mihiy01PAX1qai0w6o1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a3c58408d9f8e3b27d6535fdf98c0cb8/tumblr_mihiy01PAX1qai0w6o2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/69691e84c2a89699cf4603b9598e24b8/tumblr_mihiy01PAX1qai0w6o3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cca675abd99c00e2be7486996c7f963c/tumblr_mihiy01PAX1qai0w6o4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b3734aa14c4adbb604924df96f7af713/tumblr_mihiy01PAX1qai0w6o5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/466fca2e75a2a9f1a1e8c4ab27957c4d/tumblr_mihiy01PAX1qai0w6o6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b76cc4176d688d86318defb37e2965c2/tumblr_mihiy01PAX1qai0w6o7_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/24657818d6e535713b94f1cefe87e758/tumblr_mihiy01PAX1qai0w6o8_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8e0d992e80728eebaace1a24acd64f64/tumblr_mihiy01PAX1qai0w6o9_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/38694326b7978ca5ed3fec7810a82c48/tumblr_mihiy01PAX1qai0w6o10_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://myundertaking.tumblr.com/post/43677607736/patrickcotnoir-my-head-just-exploded-w-t-f">myundertaking</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://patrickcotnoir.tumblr.com/post/43571710012/my-head-just-exploded">patrickcotnoir</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>MY HEAD JUST EXPLODED</p> </blockquote> <p>W… T… F.</p> </blockquote>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/43859786442http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/43859786442Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:20:26 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c3b497c9395e187001d0785e3df2b445/tumblr_mf1y8nMmHc1r2mhgko15_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e630c49ee68313f6e122d0bef60162dd/tumblr_mf1y8nMmHc1r2mhgko2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/26adcce4b1813f0f5f6cdb7f9a8a8e4d/tumblr_mf1y8nMmHc1r2mhgko1_r4_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ef6bc84f499d3127544f9a26e6c30fc1/tumblr_mf1y8nMmHc1r2mhgko10_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/24e79e5d7a3b459a05b198b40847dac8/tumblr_mf1y8nMmHc1r2mhgko16_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bc5db235a21184313fc2c4ba57cd559b/tumblr_mf1y8nMmHc1r2mhgko9_r5_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://myundertaking.tumblr.com/post/42869006903/theromanticperv-my-husband-and-i-recently">myundertaking</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theromanticperv.tumblr.com/post/42778029671/my-husband-and-i-recently-celebrated-our-seven">theromanticperv</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><em>“<span class="quote"><small>My husband and I recently celebrated our seven year anniversary. Every year, he does something really fun and sweet by taking me away on a surprise weekend. This year, we went to a really fancy place and he had the staff of the hotel spell something obscene on the bedspread in rose petals. I know, how sweet. This year my bed read: ‘Seven years! Time for the back door.” - </small></span></em><em><span class="quote">Megan Mullally</span></em></strong></p> </blockquote> <p>… where do you find relationships like this? If I found a girl as awesome as Megan Mullally she’d have access to any door she wanted…</p> </blockquote> <p>God I love these two as a couple.</p>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/42896559518http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/42896559518Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:22:35 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/09447e88493aa7683e58195418843858/tumblr_mgoj2aI9RI1qixpvto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://asasparrow.tumblr.com/post/42393289064/rutabagapie-nogunshotsunderwater-i-love-girl">asasparrow</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rutabagapie.tumblr.com/post/42391694421/nogunshotsunderwater-i-love-girl-scouts-3">rutabagapie</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nogunshotsunderwater.tumblr.com/post/42378127381/i-love-girl-scouts">nogunshotsunderwater</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I love Girl Scouts</p> </blockquote> <p><3</p> </blockquote> <p>This is the first time I have ever had any interest in Girl Guides whatsoever.</p> </blockquote> <p>Way to go Girl Guides!</p>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/42402744377http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/42402744377Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:06:04 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c4301cc528c7810f1c11efb3bac7a333/tumblr_mhm3e6bnDS1r9cdppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tyeul.tumblr.com/post/42128833081">tyeul</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div>February 2, 2013. Source:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98399468@N00/3408892704" title="VI">“VI”</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/98399468@N00">Neal Lantela</a>. <em>(<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License</a>)</em></div> <div><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindenb/8438327323/" title="201302022219 by lindenb, on Flickr"><img alt="201302022219" height="320" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8507/8438327323_d37efac42e_n.jpg" width="240"/></a></div> </blockquote> <p></p>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/42244691436http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/42244691436Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:52:04 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7wtnzOhO81qz4txfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://h-ypnopompic.tumblr.com/post/37598791210/busy-tobeinlove-s-implistic-omg-this-is">h-ypnopompic</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://busy-tobeinlove.tumblr.com/post/37257316672/s-implistic-omg-this-is-beautiful-if-you">busy-tobeinlove</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://s-implistic.tumblr.com/post/29329259834/omg-this-is-beautiful">s-implistic</a>:</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/38810017676http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/38810017676Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:26:55 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdqllssLJi1r63m56o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdqllssLJi1r63m56o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://stfumadison.tumblr.com/post/37183566007">stfumadison</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Jane Russell and Marliyn Monroe take a break on the set of <em>Gentlemen Prefer Blondes</em></p> </blockquote>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/37385680033http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/37385680033Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:50:35 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdg11jz8XP1qmxhmlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The lovely Lana Del Rey</p>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/36399148124http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/36399148124Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:50:03 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv2mluHXVi1qbz9meo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><strong>When Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955, his funeral and cremation were intensely private affairs</strong>, and <em>only one</em> photographer managed to capture the events of that extraordinary day: LIFE magazine’s Ralph Morse.</p> <blockquote> <p>“I grabbed my cameras and drove the 90 miles to Princeton from my home in northern New Jersey. Einstein died at the Princeton Hospital, so I headed there first. But it was chaos — so many journalists, photographers, onlookers milling around outside what, back then, was a really small hospital. ‘Forget this,’ I said, and headed over to the building where Einstein’s office was.”</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Above: </strong>Ralph Morse’s photograph of Einstein’s office in Princeton, taken hours after Einstein’s death and captured <em>exactly</em> as the Nobel Prize-winner left it.</p> <p>(<em>see more </em>— <a href="http://www.life.com/gallery/67341/life-photographers-look-back?iid=editorspicks#index/0"><strong>LIFE at 75: LIFE Photographers Look Back</strong></a>)</p> </blockquote>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/35891418558http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/35891418558Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:06:08 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m79vswHhwv1qa65zlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/35170543850http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/35170543850Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:03:06 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcrmp3anIm1qhdlkso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/34870320292http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/34870320292Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:41:53 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mblif20ACu1qhdlkso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/33198600130http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/33198600130Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:30:24 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7dk3ucMuU1qk0m5yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I think I just settled on my Halloween costume.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://createdwithpassion.tumblr.com/post/27505654002/morticia-by-maryanneleslie">createdwithpassion</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://Maryanneleslie.deviantart.com/art/Morticia-293310440">Morticia</a> by ~<a href="http://maryanneleslie.deviantart.com/">Maryanneleslie</a></p> </blockquote>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/32709230255http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/32709230255Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:42:01 -0700“It is my last wish to be buried sitting up.”<br/><br/> - <em>Bette Davis (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lovetheghost.tumblr.com/">lovetheghost</a>)</em>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/32620495754http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/32620495754Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:54:19 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mamn98caDL1qjp4z6o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mamn98caDL1qjp4z6o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mamn98caDL1qjp4z6o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://completelyunproductive.tumblr.com/post/31901049982/marilyn-monroe-in-1960-by-inge-morath">completelyunproductive</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><small>Marilyn Monroe in 1960 by Inge Morath</small></p> </blockquote>http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/32094521012http://straightforwardcomplication.tumblr.com/post/32094521012Sat, 22 Sep 2012 19:38:13 -0700