Anecdotes, euphemisms, and other ramblings about my travels and how Kansas never really leaves my heart.Tumblr (3.0; @sunflowerstateofmind)http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m489n90g631qbz9meo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jimmy Stewart is my all-time favorite actor. Partly because his middle name is Maitland too. Partly because he’s always reminded me of my Grandpa. I don’t know why, but I love him. </p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://life.tumblr.com/post/23424040841/may-20-1908-jimmy-stewart-is-born-for-its">life</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>May 20, 1908:</strong> Jimmy Stewart is born.</p> <p>For its September 24, 1945, cover story, LIFE Magazine’s Peter Stackpole followed Stewart around his Pennsylvania hometown, chronicling what it looked like when the Hollywood star returned home a war hero. (Peter Stackpole—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)</p> <p>Read more about the story, and see the photos <a href="http://ti.me/JSEtjW%20"><strong>here.</strong></a></p> </blockquote>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/23430221130http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/23430221130Sun, 20 May 2012 20:12:55 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvrji3uFKp1qztcdpo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvrji3uFKp1qztcdpo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvrji3uFKp1qztcdpo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I want to make 100 of these. </p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ranesang.tumblr.com/post/13811848363">ranesang</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Pinhegg</em>, created by <a href="http://www.francescocapponi.it/"> Francesco Capponi</a>, is a pinhole camera crafted from an eggshell. The “camera” is only good for one shot and must be sacrificed in order to reveal the image.</p> <p>Learn how to build your own Pinhegg <strong><em><a href="http://www.lomography.com/magazine/lifestyle/2011/04/23/the-pinhegg-my-journey-to-build-an-egg-pinhole-camera">here</a></em></strong>.</p> </blockquote>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/21599212476http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/21599212476Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:05:52 +0100<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tFXJKp-NgR8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I love this song, and I love Owen Pallett. </p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hitrecordjoe.tumblr.com/post/19580823469/owen-pallett-performing-a-cover-of-bloc-partys">hitrecordjoe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Owen Pallett performing a cover of Bloc Party’s “This Modern Love” at The Great Hall on 11.Jan.06.</span></p> </blockquote>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/19584276450http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/19584276450Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:59:32 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyyq5qOLLU1qafu4to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Know the dangers.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hitrecordjoe.tumblr.com/post/17210532661/banksystreetart-warning-1-in-5-teenagers-will">hitrecordjoe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://banksystreetart.tumblr.com/post/17146878483/warning-1-in-5-teenagers-will-experiment-with">banksystreetart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BanksyStreetArt/posts/364646116897190">WARNING: 1 in 5 teenagers will experiment with art!</a></p> </blockquote> <p>“I found this in your room. We need to talk.”</p> </blockquote>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/17218311710http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/17218311710Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:03:48 +0100<a href="http://nextyearsgirl.tumblr.com/post/16876380594/president-obama-announces-re-opening-of-peace-corps">Next Years Girl: President Obama Announces Re-Opening of Peace Corps Program in Tunisia </a>: <blockquote> <p>It makes me want to apply!</p> <p>WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 7, 2011 – President Barack Obama announced the re-opening of a Peace Corps program in Tunisia. This announcement was made during President Obama’s meeting today with Tunisian Prime Minister Beji Caid el Sebsi, attended by Peace Corps Director Aaron S. Williams.<br/><br/> “We are…</p> </blockquote>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/17145429563http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/17145429563Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:20:55 +0100<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4a-dR2V1-0Y?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>90% of this has probably come out of my mouth… </p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.photojojo.com/post/17063200059/a-new-sh-t-photographers-say-vid-definitely">photojojo</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A new “Sh*t Photographers Say” vid!</p> <p>Definitely have said a few of these.</p> </blockquote>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/17142809825http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/17142809825Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:57:33 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxt1tbAp5U1qzr73ro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxt1tbAp5U1qzr73ro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxt1tbAp5U1qzr73ro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxt1tbAp5U1qzr73ro4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxt1tbAp5U1qzr73ro5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxt1tbAp5U1qzr73ro6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxt1tbAp5U1qzr73ro7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>These are some of the best/my favorite published images of the Tunisian revolution. The man with the baguette gun is my favorite. </p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pantslessprogressive.com/post/15842428577/we-all-owe-the-tunisians-such-an-immense-debt-of">pantslessprogressive</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>“We all owe the Tunisians such an immense debt of gratitude. And admiration. <em>Tahia Tunes!</em>” - </strong><a href="http://www.arabist.net/blog/2012/1/14/one-year-ago-today.html">Issandr El Amrani</a></p> <p>One year ago today: <a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Tunisians-Mark-First-Anniversary-of-Ben-Ali-Ouster-137343513.html">Tunisian President Ben Ali fled Tunisia following a month of anti-government protests</a>.</p> <p>Give your thanks to Mohamed Bouzazi today. Here are a few of my favorite reads on the man who sparked the ‘Arab Spring’:</p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/10/18-6">Letter to a Dead Man About the Occupation of Hope | TomDispatch</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/12/16/the_real_mohamed_bouazizi">The Real Mohamed Bouzazi | Foreign Policy</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/01/201111684242518839.html">The tragic life of a street vendor | Al Jazeera</a></li> </ul><p><small><em>[Photos: <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/01/an_uprising_in_tunisia.html?camp=localsearch:on:twit:rtbutton">The Big Picture</a>. Credit: Fethi Belaidi/AFP/Getty Images; Fred Dufouri/AFP/Getty Images; Reuters/Stringer; Christophe Ena/AP; Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]</em></small></p> </blockquote>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/16827993710http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/16827993710Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:07:59 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw1ookt7L61qbl4eao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gretchenjonesnyc.tumblr.com/post/14065736956/my-type-of-quilt-kim-eichler-messer">gretchenjonesnyc</a>:</p> <p>Kim was my Fiber Art teacher at KU my sophomore year, she’s awesome!</p> <blockquote> <p>my type of quilt</p> <p>Kim Eichler-Messmer</p> </blockquote>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/14125554932http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/14125554932Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:15:00 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvdkotfC8V1qmsznfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’ve always loved this quote! I love that if you zoom in really closely to the TextEdit icon on a Mac it’s there. I wish I knew who wrote it—rumor has it that Steve Jobs did. </p>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/13508735906http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/13508735906Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:50:42 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu0dqnOgBx1qjrufao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This image is beautiful on so many levels in so many ways. </p> <blockquote> <p><em>‘Call In The Cavalry’</em> - Arizona Muse in Alexander McQueen for Vogue US November 2011.</p> </blockquote>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/12390045298http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/12390045298Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:00:06 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu067p0h7Z1qbj8wzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I love that big full eyebrows are making (have made?) a comeback! I now don’t feel so bad that I’ve let mine grow back in.  </p>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/12362226907http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/12362226907Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:11:55 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrjdi9EiAi1r2td0uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I watched this film last night, and I highly recommend it. </p>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/10940778457http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/10940778457Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:30:31 +0100happythankyoumorepleasekate marajosh radnormovies i adoreit made my heart go whee<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls31f9lc5K1qbalbwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>- Shel Silverstein</p> </blockquote>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/10720129758http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/10720129758Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:59:52 +0100shel silversteinlisten to the mustn'tslit<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr3uc5BDYP1qbw4dpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Preach. </p>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/9881665704http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/9881665704Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:24:10 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq7msklu6h1qzzxgbo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m actually reading this book at the moment, and wrote down this line (I can’t underline things, because it’s not my book). You should check out <em>Stranger than Fiction: True Stories</em> if you get the chance. </p>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/9175913878http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/9175913878Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:58:09 +0100chuck palahniukquotetypographyblack and white<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpto8qA9vV1qiln3bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Preach.</p>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/8840776269http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/8840776269Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:23:57 +0100<p>Interesting thought:</p>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/8637045393http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/8637045393Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:12:18 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lox47mc6a41qhtrfco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Preach.</p>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/8072126014http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/8072126014Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:04:59 +0100“I’m sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.”<br/><br/> - <em><em>Franny and Zooey, </em>J.D. Salinger (via <a href="http://fuckyeahliteraryquotes.tumblr.com/">fuckyeahliteraryquotes</a>)</em>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/7438775143http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/7438775143Sun, 10 Jul 2011 03:10:10 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llfy06880u1qft27mo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>My sentiments exactly.</p>http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/5647283509http://sunflowerstateofmind.tumblr.com/post/5647283509Thu, 19 May 2011 22:20:36 +0100