Americasized Project
A travel journal of an A•mer•ica•sized [uh-mer-i-kuh-sahyzd] women’s journey across the United States.
Definition of Americasized?
1. a person laid off or downsized by their employer
2. long term unemployed
3. an American citizen struggling trying to meet their basic human needs as their personal wealth continues to deteriorate; human survival
4. someone starting over –again or rebooting their life.
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Jimmy, Christina Aguilera, and The Roots singing “Your Body” in Jimmy’s office (with office supplies as instruments)
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Summer! Wherefore art thou?
Oh right, the Southern Hemisphere.
Photo by Kyle Scully; via jesuisperdu
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Who’d have thought this epic photo of a school of barracuda was shot on a point-and-shoot?
Yep! All you need is a waterproof case.
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The Most Romantic Places to Kiss Around the World | The Bridge of Sighs, Venice, Italy
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Mermaid Coins
If you’ve strolled along a beach, you’ve probably found a sand dollar. But what is a sand dollar? The fragile disk is the skeleton or “test” of a marine animal. By the time the test washes up on the beach it is missing its velvety covering of minute spines and appears somewhat bleached from the sun. It is hard to believe it was once alive.
Sand dollars are from the class of marine animals known as Echinoids, spiny skinned creatures. Their relations include the sea lily, the sea cucumber, the star fish and the sea urchin.
Folklore says that sand dollars represent coins lost by mermaids or the people of Atlantis. And Christian missionaries found symbolism in the fivefold radial pattern and dove-shaped internal structures.
