I’m a writer, editor, blogger, reader, former circus aerialist, and current typography enthusiast. I use too many commas and love photography. I’m also quite fond of dinosaurs. Here are fun things I find on the Internet. For more info, visit my real blog Half Deserted Streets or my photography blog The Green Light. E-mail: Lauren [dot] Gibaldi [at] gmail [dot] com sc_project=3595702; sc_invisible=1; sc_partition=41; sc_security="4af1ddd2"; Tumblr (3.0; @halfdesertedstreets)http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/“To me, torture would be watching sports on television. If I go to Dodger Stadium,...http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/235938887http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/235938887Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:12:49 -0500<a href="http://www.halfdesertedstreets.com/2009/11/i-heart-friends.html">I Heart Friends</a>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/232457448http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/232457448Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:55:28 -0500<a href="http://www.halfdesertedstreets.com/2009/11/this-is-halloween.html">This is Halloween</a>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/231243486http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/231243486Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:02:06 -0500<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks68glQfJe1qzdiqvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m not sure if the crazy amount of photographers destroy this pretty shot, or make it funny.</p> <p><a href="http://kaylen.tumblr.com/post/226520424/via-misswallflower">kaylen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://misswallflower.tumblr.com/">misswallflower</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/227487929http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/227487929Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:57:05 -0400<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksa4n4TO8r1qzy4ewo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://slaughterhouse90210.tumblr.com/post/226948254/thats-the-problem-with-drinking-i-thought-as-i">slaughterhouse90210</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“That’s the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.” <br/> — Charles Bukowski, <i>Women</i></p> </blockquote>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/227486446http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/227486446Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:55:21 -0400<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksatnjIk6n1qzon5ko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://woodswoodswoods.tumblr.com/post/227336541/and-now-bread-shoes">woodswoodswoods</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>And now, <a href="http://www.dadadastudio.eu/shop/?i=38">bread shoes</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/227484223http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/227484223Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:52:50 -0400<a href="http://www.halfdesertedstreets.com/2009/10/book-review-little-brother.html">Book Review: Little Brother</a>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/223326152http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/223326152Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:34:04 -0400<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krvvwlBmNR1qz9w7vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I think it’s official. I need a baby pig.</p> <p><a href="http://debbiestier.com/post/219490128/apple-sauce-youre-sooooooooo-cute">debbiestier</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>apple sauce……you’re sooooooooo cute :)</p> <p><a href="http://fuckyeahbabyanimals.com/post/219418746/urlesque-this-piglets-name-is-apple-sauce">fuckyeahbabyanimals</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://urlesque.tumblr.com/post/219416129/this-piglets-name-is-apple-sauce-swooon">urlesque</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.urlesque.com/2009/10/21/piglet-apple-sauce-rottweiler/">This piglet’s name is APPLE SAUCE —-swooon</a></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/220478634http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/220478634Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:19:35 -0400<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krw5nvrJmX1qzl7pko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Christmas!</p> <p><a href="http://leaflet.tumblr.com/post/219940214">leaflet</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://speakseehear.tumblr.com/post/219782351/via-appleday">speakseehear</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://appleday.tumblr.com/">appleday</a>)</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/220476146http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/220476146Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:16:46 -0400<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krxm79rDXA1qzznjjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I kind of want this…</p> <p><a href="http://topicaltrailmix.tumblr.com/post/220233648/you-are-my-fave-fake-trees-are-my-fave">topicaltrailmix</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.youaremyfave.com/2009/10/fake-trees-are-my-fave.html">you are my fave: Fake trees are my fave</a></p> </blockquote>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/220474618http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/220474618Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:14:46 -0400<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krv2ajSrMV1qzdiqvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Love this picture.</p> <p><a href="http://topicaltrailmix.tumblr.com/post/220215815/kaylen-via-misswallflower">topicaltrailmix</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://kaylen.tumblr.com/post/220046175/via-misswallflower">kaylen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://misswallflower.tumblr.com/">misswallflower</a>)</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/220474308http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/220474308Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:14:23 -0400<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kru6j1slsI1qzfx69o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://janellebelle.tumblr.com/post/220234200/via-daphneemarie">janellebelle</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://daphneemarie.tumblr.com/">daphneemarie</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/220473583http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/220473583Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:13:35 -0400<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krxqy4p4Ho1qz6t6qo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>I have a thing against buying books with movie covers - I love the original artwork so much more. However, if the cover had Tobey Maguire on it - I may bend my rule. Swoon.</p> <p><a href="http://52books.tumblr.com/post/220305316/do-i-buy-a-book-with-a-movie-cover-do-i-want-to">52books</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Do I buy a book with a movie cover? Do I want to keep looking at Toby Maguire? Do I spend the $2? Do I go with the better cover for more money?Do I feel ridiculous for even asking these questions?</p> </blockquote>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/220472771http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/220472771Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:12:38 -0400<a href="http://www.halfdesertedstreets.com/2009/10/day-circus-died.html">The Day The Circus Died</a>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/216307662http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/216307662Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:12:21 -0400<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krk9zbhDVd1qzy4ewo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://slaughterhouse90210.tumblr.com/post/213811128/little-girls-are-cute-and-small-only-to-adults">slaughterhouse90210</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life sized. ”</p> <p>—Margaret Atwood, <i>Cat’s Eye</i></p> </blockquote>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/214234069http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/214234069Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:01:18 -0400<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krj6w0gL7g1qzzs3ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://leaflet.tumblr.com/">leaflet</a>)</p>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/214232359http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/214232359Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:59:21 -0400<a href="http://www.halfdesertedstreets.com/2009/10/on-year-gone.html">On Year Gone</a>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/213259681http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/213259681Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:53:54 -0400<a href="http://www.halfdesertedstreets.com/2009/10/book-review-graveyard-book.html">Book Review: The Graveyard Book</a>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/212631755http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/212631755Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:52:26 -0400<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr9vn0teKE1qzceh6o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://janellebelle.tumblr.com/post/209832904/via-inmyskin">janellebelle</a>:</p> <blockquote>(via <a href="http://inmyskin.tumblr.com/">inmyskin</a>)</blockquote>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/210126625http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/210126625Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:58:58 -0400<a href="http://www.halfdesertedstreets.com/2009/10/not-quite-perfect.html">Not Quite Perfect</a>http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/209659958http://halfdesertedstreets.tumblr.com/post/209659958Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:47:22 -0400