Creepy things on the internet

Did you know in Victorian times it was a "thing" to prop up your dead relatives, especially children, and take their picture, sometimes with the rest of the living kids, before the relative was buried?  Yep.

This photo is almost certainly of a dead child. Most likely a boy...look closely at the eyes. They're painted on the closed lids.

And you thought those Victorians were all straight-laced types.




Here's another one. Note the odd eyes and the unnatural pose of the hands, plus you can just see the stand they used to prop him up on his right, in the gap between his elbow and body.




Here's one with the eyes open. Although, I don't know, she's got a right good grip on that dolly.

Hobbit Trivia

Okay, so I'll admit it, I just saw The Battle of the Five Armies this past weekend. Got tired of waiting for it on Redbox, so I handed my Wal-de-Mort card to my husband and told him, I don't care what it costs, buy me the third Hobbit movie! (We were supposed to go over Christmas while Junior Birdman was home, but it just never happened.)

**Spoilers**

Jim hits the nail on the head....again.

He would hate that dot dot dot dot thing, but I don't care. Jim Wright is one of the most intelligent and rational people I've ever been associated with. His perspective is without peer.

"The Myth of the Moral Compass"  All rights belong to Jim Wright of Stonekettle Station.

What's in My Bag Wednesday

Yes, this should have gone up two days ago, but I never got off my butt the chance to go take the pictures.  Eventually maybe I'll do this as part of my YouTube channel...maybe.

This bag is quite large, 14.5" x 5" x 12" deep (high?); it was a computer/business bag from Target and came with a padded, zippered case for a laptop, which I've used on occasion. But mainly I use the center zipper section for spirals, my planner, and folders of stuff. It has several Useful Pockets on one side and a leash for keys. It did have a leash for the computer but I cut that off. Sadly, the bottom corners are starting to wear badly :(

So this is the full complement of crap in the bag. Bag is in the background.

And this is the contents of the plastic box on the lower right:

 This the the box that goes with my planner. There are stickers, washi tape on old credit cards, tape runner, gluestick, paperclips, scissors, two rulers, Sharpie, Flair pens, and a Uniball pen.

This is the contents of the zippered bag above the planner box:

Box of drawing pencils, Prismacolor markers, water brush, Windsor & Newton travel watercolors (that I have literally had for something like 33 years), kneaded eraser in a little plastic mint case, pencil sharpener, graphite stick in a Mentos case, two blending stumps, a Fabriano sketch book, and a bit of paper towel.

Above the zippered art case is a little make-up kit. (That's a fair amount of make-up for someone who hasn't worn any in nearly a year).

There are, eh hem, panty liners, eyeshadow, mascara, eyeliner pencil, shadow brush, powder brush, eyebrow brush, band-aids, a large button to clip earrings to, generic Immodium, Sudafed, famotidine, and an allergy/decongestant capsule, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and various pills in a tiny Altoids tin, nail clippers, 1st aid tape, and antibiotic ointment. 

From upper left, anti-clockwise: address on a pink slip of paper, tissues, zip baggies, prescription antibiotic eye drops, Similasan eye drops, Vaseline lip balm, package of Kleenex, two spoons and a plastic fork, little box of tissues from the hospital, the planner box and art bag, both described above, and my Erin Condren planner.

Next row: Purple flat wallet with credit cards and ID, my ID case and keys for work, my car and house keys, two little bottles of lotion from the hospital, a really cool tin that staples came in, the make-up kit described above. a spiral notebook where I am planning videos and art projects, and a tiny journal for ideas, the blue and green spiral (with hot pink duct tape) that is the repository for all things related to my novel, my Sandisk mp3 player and earbuds, and a glasses case with sunglasses.

Last one: a green pocket folder with info about a medical procedure I'm having next month, a Netflix disk that needs to be mailed (the bottom row described above) and various papers and receipts.

In case you think I'm lying...here's everything back in the bag, sans the little bit of trash (baggie, tissues, and the pink slip of paper) and the eating utensils.

That's it for What's in Your Bag Wednesday. What's in YOUR bag?

Yikes!

So, yeah, I've been thinking about do a YouTube channel, but I finally got Webcam Central reinstalled on my system (I replaced my dead hard drive last year) and did a little test vid of myself. Oh. My. God. Not only am I too fucking scary looking to do videos, I seriously do not want to leave the house now...not sure how ANYone even stands looking at me. Gross.  So I guess if I do videos, they'll all have to be the kind where you just shoot what you're doing and not your face.

Seriously guys, I don't even want to go to work tomorrow.