The First Celebrity
Audience members take pictures of Obama as he speaks at Suntory Hall, in Tokyo, Japan
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The First Cat
US First Lady Michelle Obama greets trick or treaters at the North Portico of the White House while celebrating Halloween in Washington, DC, on October 31, 2009.
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He had stopped in the middle of the bridge. He had been waiting for the past 20 minutes now. Waiting for that girl with the shy smile to come.
For the past 3 months they had walked past each other hurriedly on the way to work. At 7.45am everyday their paths would cross on the red bridge. From casting shy initial glances, they had gradually progressed to shy, inquisitive smiles to each other.
Today, however, the girl hadn’t appeared. Maybe she was just late. Maybe she went on a holiday. Maybe she got some kind of rare illness that rendered her paralysed from neck down and unable to walk. No. Not her.
He would wait. He would wait for her all right. He didn’t mind that he was late for work. After all, he had decided today was the day he was going to finally ask her out.
Daedalus fashioned two pairs of wings out of wax and feathers for himself and his son Icarus.
Before they took off from the island, Daedalus warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, nor too close to the sea.
Overcome by the giddiness that flying lent him, Icarus soared through the sky curiously, but in the process he came too close to the sun, which melted the wax.
Icarus kept flapping his wings but soon realized that he had no feathers left and that he was only flapping his bare arms. And so, Icarus fell into the sea.
Post-it Love
Shy girl meets shy boy in the office, and they find a new way of expressing their affection in this endearing film.
(via gabchen; bohemea; suicideblonde)
The Beatles, August 11, 1967 photographed by Richard Avedon
For you, CJP!
