abraham lincoln.

aahhh, abe lincoln. how we, at things we like, love thee. no, we don't just like you, we totally love you. you were completely and utterly awesome. and that's the only way i can put it.

pictured above is one of the rare photos in which the great honest abe actually smiled. and, i mean, what did he have to smile about? after having lost one of his sons to tuberculosis, he lost his beloved son willie to fever at the age of 11. he suffered from what we'd now characterize as clinical depression, and his wife went totally insane (literally, she was involuntarily committed to an insane asylum in 1875) after willie died.

but enough about that. he should have been smiling - at his own AWESOME. have i mentioned that he's awesome? no? ok, he's awesome. he fixed a broken nation when it needed it the most, and drew up one of the most important documents in history: the emancipation proclamation. which is pretty skilled.

so here's to you, mr. lincoln. we love you. and if we had actually known you in the first place, we would probably miss you a whole lot.

cheers,

emma

p.s. we cried over a 5 dollar bill on april 14th.

kisses.

whatever you want to call it - a snog, a smooch, macking, a french, meeting, a lip-lock, a peck - kisses are just nice.



cheers,

emma

her morning elegance.

the thing about it is, i'm just about the farthest thing from elegant in the morning. ha. anyway, this is a really cool video (yay for stop motion!) and beautiful song from oren lavie: her morning elegance. check it out!

ah-may-zing!

cheers,

emma

p.s. sorry for the long delay in posting, for anyone who actually reads this blog. it will be spring break soon in the land of much snow (also known as denver) and the lovely grace and i will hopefully get back to posting with some regularity.

snl digital shorts.

dear people of the world,


please, avert your eyes away from this post at once if you have any notion of grace and me as sweet, innocent girls. or if you would like to keep that notion, at least. we are for the most part, but not the parts that like digital shorts from saturday night live. yes, in fact they are rather crude, most of the time just downright inappropriate, and admittedly very different than most of the things we post about, but i, at least, can't help myself. they cause fits of laughter every time.

boom.
anyway, here's one of my favorites, aptly titled "people getting punched just before eating," featuring the amazing andy samberg. this is a clean one, so no worries there.


heh.

cheers,

emma

virtue & moir.

yeah yeah americans blah blah blah. these two canadian ice dancers are pretty high up on the list of things i like right now. they're essentially the cutest thing since bunnies.



i pretty much adore them. every time they've been on the olympics in vancouver this week i have said, out loud, "they're SO cute!" or something to that effect.
tessa virtue and scott moir have been skating together since they were 12 and 14, respectively, in 1997. awh.
they've won countless competitions, including a gold medal in vancouver.
in conclusion, i basically want them to get married and be happy and adorable forever.

that said, watch their gold-medal-winning routine from the 2010 winter olympics!



congratulations, tessa and scott! you deserved your medals.

cheers,

emma

gotta love that tramp

charlie chaplin.




the man was a genius. he wrote scripts, composed scores, directed, and acted.
an incredibly funny man who could easily make you cry with the wave of his hand, chaplin redefined cinema.

yes, the mustache was fake, and yes, he was kicked out of the country. don't let that stop you though. in fact, let that encourage you.





though in younger generations it never recieves the respect it deserves, his was the golden age of hollywood.
in fact, chaplin co-founded united artists in 1919 with douglas fairbanks, mary pickford, and d. w. griffith. (more on them in later posts, perhaps.)

despite leading an extraodinarily difficult life, charlie chaplin 'brought pleasure and relief to so many human beings when they needed it most.' to learn more about his life in a painless and enjoyable manner, check out the movie chaplin, which is available free right now on imdb and other websites. also, its robert downey jr. at his very best.
hark! a preview for your viewing pleasure:

anyway, the man is pretty much my hero. he was the king of slapstick, and comedy, and life.

i would higly encourage anyone to learn more about him.

p.s. he was british. that makes him cool, by default.


cheers,


grace

friends, and their alter-egos.

we have a friend, over here at things we like. he is amazing. amazingtastic. anyway, his real name is not to be mentioned, but his alter ego is equally superlative-worthy. i present you with:

BRIAN MICHAEL ESTERWOOD.

as he is fond of saying, CHEA.
mr. esterwood likes partying. a lot. and basically everything extreme and crazy, but it's fantastic. truly.
now, it needs to be noted that this post is in no way condoning blogs from the point of view of mr. esterwood, seeing as he hates them. but he was gracious enough to allow his photo to appear here. kudos, mr. esterwood, and stay fresh.

cheers,

emma