Something Unusual, Something Strange...

Cornelia Konrads' Gravity-Defying Sculptures

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:08:39 -0700

Well, this is...interesting puke

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:59:02 -0600

Natural Harvest - A Collection of Semen-Based Recipes

Here’s the description on the website:

Semen is not only nutritious, but it also has a wonderful texture and amazing cooking properties. Like fine wine and cheeses, the taste of semen is complex and dynamic. Semen is inexpensive to produce and is commonly available in many, if not most, homes and restaurants. Despite all of these positive qualities, semen remains neglected as a food.

This book hopes to change that. Once you overcome any initial hesitation, you will be surprised to learn how wonderful semen is in the kitchen. Semen is an exciting ingredient that can give every dish you make an interesting twist. If you are a passionate cook and are not afraid to experiment with new ingredients - you will love this cook book!

Source: Lulu.com

mmmm hello damn expensive beauties <3 Steps in obtaining a...

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:54:24 -0600

mmmm hello damn expensive beauties <3

Steps in obtaining a career in optometry:

Step 1 - obtain lenses and diagnostic kit: Complete.

Step 2 - do not fail: In progress…
(Hence my lack of presence, apologies my lovelies.
Though I’m sure no one noticed…Step 2b: self-loathing)

Chet Faker - I’m into...

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:59:54 -0600

Chet Faker - I’m into you

*Addicted*Addicted*Addicted*Addicted*Addicted*

Alex Clare - Too Close

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:59:16 -0600

Alex Clare - Too Close

doctom666 replied to your post: Dear Female Population: A Plea For Better Washroom Etiquette how is...

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:58:32 -0600

doctom666 replied to your post: Dear Female Population: A Plea For Better Washroom Etiquette

how is it “down under”???

“Down under” has been amazing! Never been so busy with school before though.
Stressed out with school and work, but it’s the good kind :)

Hope everything is well with you and Lexi :)

Dear Female Population: A Plea For Better Washroom Etiquette

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:54:29 -0600

Fact: No one prefers public washrooms over home washrooms.

However, this does not automatically eliminate your responsibility to clean up after yourselves.

If you hover, please clean up your spillage.

Sincerely,

A public washroom user sick of cleaning up after you dirty mofos

To Do List

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:52:34 -0600

Source

Cool DIY Lamp Ideas

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:00:30 -0600

Spoon Lamp

Lace Lamp

TetraBox Lamp

Clouds Night Light

Daley - Like A Virgin (Acoustic)

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:59:24 -0600

Daley - Like A Virgin (Acoustic)

Just wrote my first optometry final

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:46:23 -0600

And cried through it.
Or at least everyone thought I did.

Little did they know it was my evil contacts sinking its sharp teeth into my cornea.

How ironic.

Water and Ink: Alberto Seveso

Mon, 28 May 2012 15:56:43 -0600

I’ve always loved dripping different colors of ink into water and watch them swirl and mix.

Alberto Seveso took it to another level and photographed it! So so so pretty :)

Source: Wall to Watch

LOL

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:03:24 -0600

LOL

A completely renovated first apartment

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:02:13 -0600

Before

After

Read all about it here

Photo

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:01:16 -0600

Remember those floppy disks? Here’s an interesting way to...

Sat, 05 May 2012 16:02:42 -0600

Remember those floppy disks? Here’s an interesting way to use them.

Artwork by Nick Gentry

Dopamine Makes You Addicted To Seeking Information

Fri, 04 May 2012 16:01:27 -0600

Do you ever feel like you are addicted to email or twitter or texting? Do you find it impossible to ignore your email if you see that there are messages in your inbox? Have you ever gone to Google to look up some information and 30 minutes later you realize that you’ve been reading and linking, and searching around for a long time, and you are now searching for something totally different than before? These are all examples of your dopamine system at work.

Enter dopamine – Neuro scientists have been studying what they call the dopamine system for a while. Dopamine was “discovered” in 1958 by Arvid Carlsson and Nils-Ake Hillarp at the National Heart Institute of Sweden. Dopamine is created in various parts of the brain and is critical in all sorts of brain functions, including thinking, moving, sleeping, mood, attention, and motivation, seeking and reward.

The myth — You may have heard that dopamine controls the “pleasure” systems of the brain: that dopamine makes you feel enjoyment, pleasure, and therefore motivates you to seek out certain behaviors, such as food, sex, and drugs.

It’s all about seeking — The latest research, though is changing this view. Instead of dopamine causing us to experience pleasure, the latest research shows that dopamine causes seeking behavior. Dopamine causes us to want, desire, seek out, and search. It increases our general level of arousal and our goal-directed behavior. (From an evolutionary stand-point this is critical. The dopamine seeking system keeps us motivated to move through our world, learn, and survive). It’s not just about physical needs such as food, or sex, but also about abstract concepts. Dopamine makes us curious about ideas and fuels our searching for information. The latest research shows that it is the opoid system (separate from dopamine) that makes us feel pleasure.

Wanting vs. liking – According to Kent Berridge, these two systems, the “wanting” (dopamine) and the “liking” (opoid) are complementary. The wanting system propels us to action and the liking system makes us feel satisfied and therefore pause our seeking. If our seeking isn’t turned off at least for a little while, then we start to run in an endless loop. The latest research shows that the dopamine system is stronger than the opoid system. We seek more than we are satisfied (back to evolution… seeking is more likely to keep us alive than sitting around in a satisfied stupor).

A dopamine induced loop – With the internet, twitter, and texting we now have almost instant gratification of our desire to seek. Want to talk to someone right away? Send a text and they respond in a few seconds. Want to look up some information? Just type it into google. What to see what your friends are up to? Go to twitter or facebook. We get into a dopamine induced loop… dopamine starts us seeking, then we get rewarded for the seeking which makes us seek more. It becomes harder and harder to stop looking at email, stop texting, stop checking our cell phones to see if we have a message or a new text.

Anticipation is better than getting — Brain scan research shows that our brains show more stimulation and activity when we ANTICIPATE a reward than when we get one. Research on rats shows that if you destroy dopamine neurons, rats can walk, chew, and swallow, but will starve to death even when food is right next to them. They have lost the desire to go get the food.

More, more, more – Although wanting and liking are related, research also shows that the dopamine system doesn’t have satiety built in. It is possible for the dopamine system to keep saying “more more more”, seeking even when we have found the information. During that google exploration we know that we have the answer to the question we originally asked, and yet we find ourselves looking for more information and more and more.

Unpredictable is the key — Dopamine is also stimulated by unpredictability. When something happens that is not exactly predictable, that stimulates the dopamine system. Think about these electronic gadgets and devices. Our emails and twitters and texts show up, but we don’t know exactly when they will or who they will be from. It’s unpredictable. This is exactly what stimulates the dopamine system. It’s the same system at work for gambling and slot machines. (For those of you reading this who are “old school” psychologists, you may remember “variable reinforcement schedules”. Dopamine is involved in variable reinforcement schedules. This is why these are so powerful).

When you hear the “ding” that you have a text – The dopamine system is especially sensitive to “cues” that a reward is coming. If there is a small, specific cue that signifies that something is going to happen, that sets off our dopamine system. So when there is a sound when a text message or email arrives, or a visual cue, that enhances the addictive effect (for the psychologists out there: remember Pavlov).

140 characters is even more addictive – And the dopamine system is most powerfully stimulated when the information coming in is small so that it doesn’t full satisfy. A short text or twitter (can only be 140 characters!) is ideally suited to send our dopamine system raging.

Not without costs — This constant stimulation of the dopamine system can be exhausting. We are getting caught in an endless dopamine loop.

Kent C. Berridge and Terry E. Robinson, What is the role of dopamine in reward: hedonic impact, reward learning, or incentive salience?: Brain Research Reviews 28 1998. 309–369.

Originally published on WhatMakesThemClick.net.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/100-things-you-should-know-about-people-2010-11?op=1#ixzz1tJvi1Qrc

St. Vincent - Cheerleader

Thu, 03 May 2012 16:01:37 -0600

St. Vincent - Cheerleader

Capitalism FTW

Wed, 02 May 2012 16:02:40 -0600

Capitalism FTW

Dear Girls Above Me

Tue, 01 May 2012 16:02:14 -0600

Dear Girls Above Me:

Charlie McDowell’s letters to the girls living above him.

Two annoying girls moved into the apartment above me.
I’m forced to hear every dumb thing they say.
These are my letters to them.

I’m sure we all know a girl or two like them.

Something Unusual, Something Strange...

Cornelia Konrads' Gravity-Defying Sculptures

Well, this is...interesting *puke*

Natural Harvest - A Collection of Semen-Based Recipes

mmmm hello damn expensive beauties <3 Steps in obtaining a...

Chet Faker - I’m into...

Alex Clare - Too Close

doctom666 replied to your post: Dear Female Population: A Plea For Better Washroom Etiquette how is...

Dear Female Population: A Plea For Better Washroom Etiquette

To Do List

Cool DIY Lamp Ideas

Daley - Like A Virgin (Acoustic)

Just wrote my first optometry final

Water and Ink: Alberto Seveso

LOL

A completely renovated first apartment

Photo

Remember those floppy disks? Here’s an interesting way to...

Dopamine Makes You Addicted To Seeking Information

St. Vincent - Cheerleader

Capitalism FTW

Dear Girls Above Me

Well, this is...interesting puke