Photo of the week, my sneaky photo from the Trent Reznor interview for the New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend. Trent just won a Golden Globe!

Famous Literary Drunks & Addicts and their poisons of choice. (Life)

30 Best Ever Collections of Website Design Tutorials. (Smashing Buzz)

What Font Should I Use? Five Principles for Choosing and Using Typefaces. (Smashing Magazine)

Intel sponsored a short film about Scott Schuman, aka The Sartorialist.

All of my cameras are Sony – so I’m sort of obligated to give this story about 3D cameras some love. (Pop Photo)

51 Films from 2010 That  You Really Shouldn’t Have Missed. (Bleeding Cool)

Another photo, this from the collection of Vivian Maier:

…and an article on Ms. Maier. (Pop Photo)

Chloe makes cookiemaking look like way more fun than I’ve ever seen it. (Shoplifting in a Ghost Town)

Let’s close it out with the gorgeous Christina Hendricks, who should make every girl on earth love her curves.

Found this at the cemetery. Was confused as to why this single stone said "endowed."

You could put up this Christmas tree alternative now and use it all year. (Apartment Therapy)

Wow, my winter gloves are not nearly this cool. (Swagger 360)

I love this – this living room is just beautiful. (Apartment Therapy)

30 Etsy Shops for Cooks. (The Kitchn)

On Friday night, I went to see Trent Reznor get interviewed live for the New York Times’ Arts and Leisure Weekend.  It was fantastic, and most of the interview has made it to YouTube.  Here’s one of the videos. (Click here if you can’t see the video.)

Help with stopping excessive phone checking during a dinner out.

Great explanation of how much sun you need. (Lifehacker)

People getting puppies – so cute.  (Click here if you can’t see the puppy video.)

Miss Nubby Twiglet has a fabulous closet and wrote a great post about her organization.

I’m cutting this one off for now – see you all next week!

Let’s get into some 2010 recap business!  3 hours left this year!

Work
Quit my previous job after 8 years, found a new job I really enjoy and that actually uses a large majority of my skill set. This made an enormous impact on my life, I am much happier than I was in that job and I had no idea how being unfulfilled by my job was affecting me so much until it wasn’t anymore. I miss the people I used to work with, but I can’t really say I miss the job at all.

Travel

• January – Las Vegas for work.

• April – Flew to Florida and then solo road-tripped for 8 days in a hot rented Mustang.  I also met my new nephew, Cooper the Boston Terrier.

Cooper and his towel - April 2010.

• May – Weekend trip to Provincetown, MA – stayed in a bed & breakfast and had an amazing whale-watching experience.

Humpback Whale - Provincetown, MA.

Here is a video from that whale-watching trip that my husband took.  You can hear my shutter in the background taking tons of pictures.

• August – Short trip to Savannah, GA in (super steamy) for my new job.
• September – Crazy weekend in St. Louis, MO. Saw 2 friends from high school, which was amazing, and made some new friends too.

Mike, Jamie, David in the elevator - September 2010.

• September – Less than 2 days after getting back from St. Louis, Will and I were on a plane to FL. Rented another car, this time a brand-new 2011 yellow Camaro. We visited various locations again to see friends, go to Kennedy Space Center, check out The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal, and attend my nephew’s confirmation.

Collage from Trip to Kennedy Space Center - September 2010.

I didn’t travel nearly as much in 2010 as I did in years prior. The new job and related lack of paid vacation days put a damper on the traveling.

To be continued….

Last one of 2010!

Another photo from that trip I took to the cemetery.  I’ve finally finished editing the whole set, which is available for viewing here.

If I were to get married in Florida, I would love to have it be this fabulous.  They have a circus theme and it isn’t cheesy at all. (Weddings Unveiled Blog)

Christmas present from Nine Inch Nails – edited video from the first of the last few shows that took place in August & September 2009 in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.  I wasn’t able to get tickets to this show at Bowery Ballroom – I was at the next night’s show at Webster Hall and at the last show in NYC a few days after that, but this video is making me way more sad about not having been there.  What a tiny venue.

Teen Vogue teamed up with JCPenney and redecorated the bedrooms of teenagers using new JCPenney bedding. This one is great! (Apartment Therapy)

I’ve been a longtime fan of Kevin Smith, and the teaser for his new movie looks insane.  It’s a horror movie!

Great link on Increasing Personal Satisfaction in Your Adult Friendships.  This is something that I’ve noticed more and more is an issue as we get older. (Feelgooder)

Last one for 2010 – I watched a bit of a Britney Spears marathon (judge all you want) the other day and saw this video.  One of my favorites, and this version, the director’s cut, is way better/sexier.  Her new album comes out in March!

(Yes, I have a Nine Inch Nails video and a Britney Spears video in the same post.  That’s how I roll.)

I hope everyone had a great 2010, and that 2011 is even better.

Photo of the week, another from the cemetery trip from a few weeks ago.

Jon Stewart calls out Republicans on using 9/11 as their go-to argument.

Handy info to store in your phone. (Unplggd)

Also from Unplggd, a collection of the best home gifts from IKEA.

These shoes are crazy hot. (Merci New York)

I have a lot of orange in my living room right now, but this makes me want grey too. (Apartment Therapy)

Time for last-minute decorations! 5 minutes tinsel wreath instructions. These are cute! (Creature Comforts Blog)

That’s all for this week.  I’ll be back next week for Boxing Day!

I missed the link party last week!

Picture of the week, from a trip to the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree with my mom and grandmother.  Full set is here on Flickr.

I’ve had great guest posts over at The Daily Wishlist, come by and check them out!

Roger Ebert writes about the TSA – “Where I Draw The Line.”

Tyler Florence makes stuffed sweet potatoes, and here is the recipe. (Food Network)

This wedding took place in a cemetery, and was fabulous. (Rock n’ Roll Bride)

I love dance mobs! This one is a bunch of elves in NYC. (Click here if you can’t see the video.)

Mark Bittman writes about obesity as the new Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

Top 10 Fun Holiday Photo Ideas. (Photojojo)

This was from Thanksgiving but I’m pretty sure pie works in December too.  Paula’s Pie Chart! (PaulaDeen.com)

Amazing nail polish tutorial to give your nails that 1-Up Mushroom look. (Click here if you can’t see the video.)

Photo of the week – Thanksgiving dinner! My husband did a great job of cooking for 2.

This week, a remastered edition of Nine Inch Nails’ Pretty Hate Machine was released.  In addition to the excellent sound upgrade, more video has been released from around the time of release.

The Secret Sex Life of Truffles Revealed! (The Telegraph)

Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie? I might have to try this, and I don’t bake that much at all. (She Wears Many Hats)

How To Clean Your House in 20 Minutes a Day for 30 Days (Apartment Therapy)

Another photo, my husband took this shot of one of my favorite tree ornaments after we put up our Christmas tree:

I’m devastated that Facebook purchased Drop.io and so I’m happy that Lifehacker has a great article on what to use to store your files now.

That’s all for now, I’m already late with this so I’ll keep it short.

I love to photograph things that are old, decrepit, abandoned – whatever you want to call it.  One of my favorite photographic excursions was to a random abandoned motel on the side of a road in Florida that we stopped at in 2008.  Here are two shots from that trip to the Underwood Motel – click through to reach the entire set.

Where I am going with this is that there are massive groups of photographers who love this stuff as well – and some with much more talent than myself.

The most recent addition to the collection of documentation of these abandoned places is a spectacular video documenting the abandoned Six Flags in New Orleans, LA.  It closed due to Hurricane Katrina, and never reopened.  It will be demolished in January.  The video is a bit long but is beautifully shot.

There are a lot of websites covering abandoned places:

• Lost Destinations
• Abandoned But Not Forgotten
• Opacity

It’s Thanksgiving week! I’m excited, this is one of my favorite holidays.

Photo of the week, another from my recent trip to a historic cemetery:

Autumn in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Great post from “You Might As Well…”

Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere!

I love this woman. She's fabulous.

Tamsen McMahon is calling bullshit on social media. (Brass Tack Thinking)

These are some of the greatest photos! Grandma’s Superhero Therapy indeed. (My Modern Met)

Watch the cast of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows try to speak with American accents. (If you can’t see the video, use this link.)

Twitter is getting analytical. (Mashable)

DIY Dollar-Store Apothecary Jars. (Someday Crafts)

A little red goes a long way. (Apartment Therapy)

Finishing up for the week, some new music from Adele, who I really enjoy.

Have a great week!

Photo of the week – from a trip to Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark, NJ.

The picture isn't wrong, I was laying on the ground when I took it.

9 Things Christina Hendricks Taught Me About Body Love & Confidence (Dramatis Personae)

My Twilight excitement is back with set photos from Breaking Dawn. (Entertainment Weekly)

Here is Neil Pasricha‘s presentation from TedX Toronto on “The 3 As of Awesome.”

Wired has 7 Essential Skills You Didn’t Learn in College.

Three Men & a Home Filled with Photography. A house tour on Apartment Therapy.

This cover of Toxic is fantastic. I love that a random Britney song is so loved and covered often.

The all-black apartment is my dream home.

One last video. I’ve been lucky enough to meet and make friends with some of the cast and crew of the First National Tour of Shrek the Musical.  Go see the show if it comes to your town, and in the more immediate future, watch this contribution to the “It Gets Better” project.

Have a good week everyone!