Cutest Commercial

So I guess if I'm talking about commercials two days after the Super Bowl, I should be talking about Super Bowl ads. But no. I want to talk about the best commercial ever that I saw over the weekend:

(Or, go here to see it better.)

Ummmmm there's nothing I don't love about this commercial. Why is this girl so precious??? Why is her dress so cute? Her hair so cute? Her sad intense little pout? But here's what really kills me: she's this super little girl, and she knows her dad wants to hear that she's okay, so she's trying so hard to make him feel okay... but she's just a kid! AAAAAAAAAAH.

I saw this on TV, rewound it to see it again, and then looked it up online, watched it twice more, and then noticed I was crying. If you ever want to feel happy and emotive and full of love, just get a cup of coffee, and check out the whole library of Subaru commercials. You'll be glad you did.

(You can see 'em all here.)

What's your favorite Subaru commercial?

Instagram Magnets

How cool are these Instagram magnets?

 

StickyGram turns your Instagram photos into magnets - 9 for $14.99.  (If this was around when I was a freshman in high school, I would have been obsessed with putting these in my locker, and I would be really embarrassed to look at those photo magnets now.)

But for now, wouldn't they make a cute Valentine's gift? I mean especially if I was buying a Valentine's gift for myself. Because basically I'd like this as a gift, but I don't know that my husband would actually like this as a gift. I mean, he might. If they were good photos that were normal things you wouldn't mind everyone who comes into your house seeing. You know, he'd probably like it. Maybe I'll do it. Who knows.

Prinstagram also has a lot of cute options of things to do with your Instagram photos. Aren't you completely obsessed with this Tiny Book (3 for $10)??? I mean!!! It's a regular book's tiny premature book baby!

These would be good to give your sister who's a really proud aunt and obsessed with your baby. That's seriously the only use I can think of for them, because, like, it's just so tiny that it's starting to be weird.

Have you ever done anything with your Instagrams? Would you?

Hands Down, Best Kids Halloween Costume. Ever.

Okay, I have an update to my post about kid Halloween costumes.

This has got to take the cake, by far...

These two cuties are Joaquin and Gabriella, my parents' neighbors.  I've met them once in person, but I'm basically obsessed with them, for obvious reasons.

For Halloween last year, Gabriella was Frida Kahlo, and Joaquin was "a Mariachi guy."  I love her unibrow and his black moustache with his white-blond hair.  Too flippin' cute.

:: yes, they often holds hand like that. ::

Because I often like to end with a question, I'll ask one I'm sure you can all relate to: Do your parents have neighborhood kids that you are totally obsessed with? :)

The Cutest "I'm moving!" Note of All Time. Ever.

I received The Cutest "I'm moving!" note.... of all time.... ever yesterday.

 
Wouldn't a note like this just perk up your day?  It makes me so excited for my friend's move!

Why hello there,

You are receiving this note because I will soon be shifting my coordinates by a baker's dozen of miles. At some point in history we have shared time and space together, which has in turn breathed life into the times and spaces when we've been apart. 

Telling you where to find me is the very least I can do. 

[her new address was here]

Please come by to visit so I can give you lemons and hugs and pour drinks and make snacks for you.

Or, for those of you at a distance, if you send me a letter I promise to sow wild flower seeds in your honor in my backyard. By the time you visit next, there may be a bouquet just waiting with your name on it.

Yours! Truly!

Next time I move, I am now very motivated to step it up in my "Hey, I have a new address" correspondence.  What a lovely example!

Best Video of 2012 (and I don't even like videos)

I'm a little late on this one, but this is the best video of 2012, and I hate watching videos online. 

Kids.  Rapping.  A song they wrote.  About their favorite snacks.

According to this article, this amazing, amazing song is the output of a Minneapolis after school program for kids.  Adorable.  But also?  The rap is really good. 

And I need to learn the girl's moves.

Round up: Cutest Breeds of Puppies

I know this is going to be a majorly controversial post.  But I'm just going to put my opinion out there...  Okay, here are the 5 breeds of puppies that I think are the cutest.  Note: this is not about individual puppies/puppy photos that are the cutest.  This is about general breeds that, on the whole, produce very cute puppies.  My measurement scale was to what extent would I go "OH MY GOD THAT PUPPY IS CUTE AND I WANT TO RUB MY FACE ON ITS FUR" if I saw someone walking around my neighborhood with one.

So, in descending order...

#5 Shiba Inu

#4 Huskie (or, as I like to call them, Direwolf puppies)

TIE for #2 Golden Retriever & Labrador Retriever

And #1 is...............

Beagle

Okay, tell me: How did I do?  What am I missing?  Who doesn't deserve a space on the list?

Halloween: I hope I see baby lions!

Even though it is mid-October, it is fully one million degrees in LA.  So warm, that I almost forgot it’s nearly Halloween, which means nearly time to see babies dressed up as things!  Personally, I think if you don’t dress your baby up as a lion, you’ve wasted your baby’s Halloween.

I know, I know.  It’s the best.

What’s your favorite baby costume?

Also, a lovely autumnal feast for the eyes:

via old chum

Bye!

Cute Animals!!!: Otter

Guys,

One of my favorite things about my brother is that once in a while, he will send me cute pictures or videos of animals.  They are always, like, north America-native wilderness animals, because that's how my brother is.  (He wouldn't send me a kitten or a baby elephant or anything.)

Here's the one I received today.  LOOK AT THIS OTTER, GUYS!  It is so cuddly!  I love it!

A couple things:
1. If you're thinking after 30 seconds okay, I get it... is there anything remarkable in the next 90 seconds or can I stop?  I'd say Nah, it's okay.  Go ahead and stop.  Except around 1:28 the otter yawns, which is real cute, and in the last 30 seconds there's a little bit of a better angle.
2. The music choice is really random, right?
3. Sometimes I wish I had fur all over me... like animal fur.  Because think about this, guys: If you like petting animals (which you do, right?), you could just rub your own arm or face or ear if you were covered in fur and get that same feeling whenever you wanted.  How cool would that be?!

Yay!  Bye!

Original source is from The Stranger