Stuff I like and stuff you might like too, which if you do, is “vennitude.” Theater director, history teacher, writer, photographer, frustrated traveler, movie buff, and video game nerd. In no particular order.Tumblr (3.0; @vennitude)http://vennitude.tumblr.com/<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_50789377234" src="http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50789377234/audio_player_iframe/vennitude/tumblr_mn1012g84v1rwe6at?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fvennitude%2F50789377234%2Ftumblr_mn1012g84v1rwe6at" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50789377234http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50789377234Sun, 19 May 2013 00:55:44 -0400<p>is amazing. Go see it.  </p>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50788611055http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50788611055Sun, 19 May 2013 00:43:47 -0400star trek into darkness<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://yolympics.tumblr.com/post/45822452539/changing-from-jeans-to-pajama-pants" target="_blank">yolympics</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>changing from jeans to pajama pants</p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/59903f2298c8e42c10f99819a7db9d2c/tumblr_inline_mjy6g4FrPN1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> </blockquote>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50785993429http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50785993429Sun, 19 May 2013 00:05:37 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fe695dc7df544066a3e952e594169ef6/tumblr_mm99qoGp561r0ix14o1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3714c5308b5aa78110a12d31d968d520/tumblr_mm99qoGp561r0ix14o2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0b9778866740eca5f9c40b0c7d3b0a9b/tumblr_mm99qoGp561r0ix14o3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ab56377a3b06f85d446957c6ce4870d6/tumblr_mm99qoGp561r0ix14o4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1a304ea16129438aaa324caf561e5ce0/tumblr_mm99qoGp561r0ix14o5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/04d99ba69ab33334fcdc352866076330/tumblr_mm99qoGp561r0ix14o6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2f23709a1032e70c2903ab2c9fec2f61/tumblr_mm99qoGp561r0ix14o7_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/230e9500fd2483d9c01e2f1c8a1af7fb/tumblr_mm99qoGp561r0ix14o8_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://heroburger.tumblr.com/post/49785973006/wanderlustandbound" target="_blank">heroburger</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wanderlustandbound.tumblr.com/post/49779452234/nomellamesfriki-nostalgia-only-5k-neat" target="_blank">wanderlustandbound</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nomellamesfriki.com/post/49778170606/nostalgia" target="_blank">nomellamesfriki</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h1>Nostalgia</h1> </blockquote> <p>only 5K … neat, guess us older folk are scarce here on tumblr</p> </blockquote> <p>I still have nightmares about the last two jfc</p> </blockquote>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50785686301http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50785686301Sun, 19 May 2013 00:01:10 -0400<iframe width="400" height="328" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BZXcRqFmFa8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://shameglobe.tumblr.com/post/35922116982" target="_blank">shameglobe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://bombulum.tumblr.com/post/7261933780" target="_blank">bombulum</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><big><big><big>What does English sound like to foreign ears?</big></big></big></p> <p><span>We’ve all heard examples of fake Chinese or German from speakers who lack familiarity with either language. While typically cringe-worthy, these examples do raise interesting questions regarding our own language. What does English <a href="http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/ear/hearing.htm" target="_blank">sound like</a> to non-English speakers? After more than 40 years, Adriano Celentano’s “Prisencolinensinainciusol” remains one of the most illuminating examples. <br/></span></p> <p><span>The entire song is nonsense verse, neither English nor Italian, but the sounds are meant to resemble English. Linguist Mark Liberman wrote <a href="http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1593" target="_blank">an interesting post</a> about this sort of thing over at Language Log discussing <em>yaourter</em>, the French word for an attempt to speak or sing in a foreign language that one doesn’t know all that well. This often involves trying to sing a foreign song with nonsense or random words filling in the blanks. Liberman shares this wonderful quote from a random Internet user:</span></p> <p><span>Just for the story, in France, when we don’t speak English and we want to imitate the sound, we call it “yaourter”(to yoghourt), the imitation sounds like a very nasal language, kind of like a baby crying. It mostly imitates the “cowboy” accent.</span></p> </blockquote> <p>jesus christ this is actually reALLY FRUSTRATING IT SOUNDS LIKE ENGLISH BUT IT DOESNT MAKE WORDS</p> </blockquote>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50763274657http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50763274657Sat, 18 May 2013 18:29:28 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7595a5e567dc2ff4567d9e6cb85b1115/tumblr_mmwzlcKB4v1qgww1io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50613631852http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50613631852Thu, 16 May 2013 20:14:29 -0400game of thrones<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6b543b4d68527bdf69f98f8f59901234/tumblr_mkjbpskHPB1qkv8z6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50227862304http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50227862304Sun, 12 May 2013 01:05:28 -0400christina hendricks<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2pau2mmEg1qkogoeo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2pau2mmEg1qkogoeo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2pau2mmEg1qkogoeo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2pau2mmEg1qkogoeo4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50179982425http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50179982425Sat, 11 May 2013 13:37:53 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpn2yjrv0a1qa8ti8o1_400.gif"/><br/><br/>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50058879477http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50058879477Thu, 09 May 2013 22:05:09 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e4e092fc93a0a80a8dcd2f06f6de8cdd/tumblr_mmgkx3chgM1s8t3eao1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6686e586af1f5317c977c82a806b05b6/tumblr_mmgkx3chgM1s8t3eao2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/50e9b856da851ead412e706014748e8c/tumblr_mmgkx3chgM1s8t3eao3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/83e038a8b5af6e4cc68f0cb78e9fea8c/tumblr_mmgkx3chgM1s8t3eao4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50055069509http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50055069509Thu, 09 May 2013 21:18:26 -0400cosmoscarl sagan<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6db857b22d367a0956c69d6f8a269143/tumblr_mmhif70eEe1rpx9bqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50053639980http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50053639980Thu, 09 May 2013 21:00:25 -0400cosmos<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5f70ec7888a32df6cc5fc41d95fc724c/tumblr_mmhplx8yRs1qazkdco1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c8fdc4e9f453a3a47eb0a86e990b2ddc/tumblr_mmhplx8yRs1qazkdco2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0bd068214887d52a5457702b54014ab5/tumblr_mmhplx8yRs1qazkdco3_500.png"/><br/> <br/>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50051050502http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/50051050502Thu, 09 May 2013 20:27:00 -0400mad men<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7LVWGvKhuhA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://3swallows.tumblr.com/post/47558999453/this-is-just-the-best-thing-on-this-planet" target="_blank">3swallows</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>this is just the best thing on this planet</p> </blockquote>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/49963556936http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/49963556936Wed, 08 May 2013 18:24:33 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/098f63d48346b20db55a1dff70794a73/tumblr_mmgv8tMvA51r01w8mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/49962976799http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/49962976799Wed, 08 May 2013 18:17:01 -0400carl sagan<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://warpedlamp.tumblr.com/post/49125482619/i-have-found-the-perfect-gif-representation-of" target="_blank">warpedlamp</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I have found the perfect gif representation of what internet arguments look like.</p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/fb1a933757b2327071b54b3b830e535b/tumblr_inline_mlzigfHLYl1qz4rgp.gif"/></p> </blockquote>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/49804409599http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/49804409599Mon, 06 May 2013 18:18:57 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbc84ih9oJ1qg34nto1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/49801742303http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/49801742303Mon, 06 May 2013 17:45:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/842e4be3d1ee60a6c85fdb8638759cb0/tumblr_mj3sxcRovU1qmdpr9o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://crispy-ghee.tumblr.com/post/46721047691/susheep-probably-one-of-the-most-honest" target="_blank">crispy-ghee</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://susheep.tumblr.com/post/44485929131/probably-one-of-the-most-honest-statements-about" target="_blank">susheep</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>probably one of the most honest statements about talent i’ve ever heard. i try to tell people this all the time.</p> </blockquote> <p>yup pretty much</p> </blockquote>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/49800434299http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/49800434299Mon, 06 May 2013 17:28:16 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e43b4b62098e883b3e75d0ad85183e4e/tumblr_mir3sv6evw1qzrkrso1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nostalgiasde.tumblr.com/post/43941431329/away-we-go-2009-sam-mendes" target="_blank">nostalgiasde</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Away We Go, 2009, Sam Mendes.</p> </blockquote>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/49735496112http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/49735496112Sun, 05 May 2013 20:58:16 -0400<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thecompanionsdoctor.tumblr.com/post/49181261896/my-week-is-basically-monday-monday-2-monday" target="_blank">thecompanionsdoctor</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>My week is basically:</p> <ul><li>Monday</li> <li>Monday #2</li> <li>Monday #3</li> <li>Monday #4</li> <li>Friday</li> <li>Saturday</li> <li>Pre-Monday</li> </ul></blockquote>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/49734946390http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/49734946390Sun, 05 May 2013 20:51:29 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maijpbUW2s1qchpilo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maijpbUW2s1qchpilo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://you-cant-stop-the-moriparty.tumblr.com/post/48709355686/jesus" target="_blank"> </a></p>http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/49734896721http://vennitude.tumblr.com/post/49734896721Sun, 05 May 2013 20:50:53 -0400