Friday Fun: Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Rings. Animals.

Lots of fun stuff for you this Friday. Hope you enjoy :)

• Are you a manic pixie dreamgirl?

• Just received these beautiful rings from elephantine. Love them! (Uno, which one do you want? silver or gold? i got them as sister rings!)

• Really fascinating essay written by a chinese-american woman about falling for a white guy.

• Remember my obsession with Mr. Bittman? Apparently he likes me back!

• Ever wonder where the Windows XP wallpaper comes from? (HT: Chris)

• Got 2 weddings coming up ... thinking of going to both with a messy chignon.

• TED Talk: education ruins creativity. Not sure I agree, quite frankly.

• How did animals at the national zoo react to the earthquake last week in D.C.? (The best is the account of the pandas: "According to keepers, the giant pandas did not appear to respond to the earthquake.")

• Speaking of hair, the big cut is coming up soon, my friends! I think I'm leaning this way.

grant and I say have a good weekend!