Cross your fingers, knock on wood, spit…all of those things you do for good luck. I will be doing as I rewrite my research proposal. I have to write another one, so if you see me hunched over my laptop drinking coffee at the co-op, please wake me up if I have fallen asleep, okay? I need to start from scratch, review past and current research in my field, conduct a literature review, and read lots of university-written guidelines.

But seeing that it’s Friday once again, here are some links:

*You can never know too much about fruit in my opinion. Lately I have been obsessed with strawberries and mangoes.

*Admit that her “How to be an Artist” poster made you dream again. Go to Planet Sark.

*Ever since I signed up for the free daily email at Daily Om, checking my email every morning has made get in touch with my inner hippie.

*As well as doing political needlework, lately I’ve been working with old skate photos. These old Powell-Peralta ads are wonderful! (And this has nothing to do with a recent Sony release, either. Although I did finally see Stoked last month!)

*Be forewarned that if I am ever in a band, I will make it my mission to go on stage wearing knitted full-body outfits like these guys:

Only with more hot pink and less beardy.

*Fall in love with the work of Ham and Enos. And then go make your own art.

*Even though I’ve never considered moving there before, The FACT Centre makes Liverpool look enticing.

*Sites like that of the Billboard Liberation Front never cease to make me happy.

*Same for the work of Ron English.

*On a less controversial and happier note, this site makes me happy because it’s called “Lionel Richie Worldwide Headquarters.” Go Lionel go!

I can’t stop listening to Ted Leo’s cover of Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone.” Hot damn!

p.s. Firefox is doing weird things to the sidebar. I’m working on it.