My new favorite thing to do when I’m on the couch watching American Ninja Warrior (which, by the way, I’m weirdly obsessed with): texting the SF MOMA for art.
Yes, this is a thing!
Apparently, the SF MOMA has sooooo much art in their archives — more than they have physical space in the museum to display — that they created a way for people to experience all of this excess art that would be otherwise tucked away in a basement by text message. You can now text the SF MOMA at 572-51, and ask them to send you a pic of a piece of art related to any subject that interests you.
For instance, I asked them to send me cats, because hello! Priorities. 🙂 Then they sent me the above piece by Hungarian-born photographer André Kertész of a man and his Siamese.
Cool, right? I could LITERALLY do this all day long.
I get to find out about new artists and see art that I probably never would’ve otherwise seen.
And now for an awkward transition…American Ninja Warrior! I love the show, and I particularly love seeing women compete so well and do such superhuman physical feats!
In case you haven’t seen the show before, it’s a competitive obstacle course of increasing difficulty where hundreds of competitors try to make it all the way through to hit the buzzer at the end, and then to go on to the national finals in Las Vegas. In nine seasons, only two people have made it all the way and finished the very final event, because it’s THAT hard. Whoever makes it through the final course, I think, wins a million dollars.
For years and years and years, it was a bunch of dudes, but finally, over the past few years, women started competing and doing well in it. Anyway, last year four ladies got through a qualifying round to hit a buzzer, which was a big deal.
Jesse Labreck doing her thang. GET IT, GIRL!
A few of them came back this year and competed in the most recent show, but it was weird… Most of the time before the athletes do their run through the obstacle course, the show does a little video montage of things they’ve been up to in their life, things they’ve achieved over the past year, that kind of thing. Well, this year they did two videos on two of the women who hit a buzzer last year, Allyssa Beird and Jesse Labreck.
In both cases, the videos didn’t focus on what I’ve come to expect from the male competitors on the show — accomplishments at work, finishing school, or how their ninja warrior training is going. Instead, they were mostly about their new relationships. In other words, boyfriends.
BOYFRIENDS.
I mean, I’m all for love. ? I think love is great! But it still irked me. El Hub even noticed it, and I was like, “What if Connor Claire made it on the show, made Ninja Warrior history, and then instead of getting a montage about how she trained like a beast over the last year, it was about how she GOT A BOYFRIEND, wouldn’t that kinda grind your gears?”
Anyway, I’m just sayin’. American Ninja Warrior crew, please get your sh*t together. There’s so much more to a woman’s story than how she met her boyfriend.
OK, mini rant over! 🙂
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Have a great weekend, my friend. I think we’re gonna grill today for the first time this year. Wish me luck, haha!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
I am tempted by the Maybelline lipsticks. I do love browns.
Have you ever tried this recipe, Karen? I wish my oven worked so I could try it. http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/chicken-broccolini-with-mustard-cream-sauce/
I love how they send you pictures of art! That’s so cool.
Disney princesses as engineers is so freaking awesome. Made my day!
Good Lord …because THAT’S what’s important, the guy they’re with. FFS. So silly. F*** right off with that. LOL. These women are beasts, I don’t even know how they do it. Good for them. Damn. Before having my daughter recently, I did a combo of powerlifting and body building for years (and may eventually get back into it, right now my PSOA’S are still recovering) – I lifted quite heavy and did intense workout regimes. However, I was not even close to the size and strength of these women! Crazy. (Just judging by the photo and your description and other knowledge lol. I haven’t watched it, but I did enjoy Netflix’s Ultimate Beast Master 😀 ).
I love your Sat surfing. Always great info from around the web. You’re my go-to news source ??
My kids love to watch ANW! They both want to go on the kid version. I’d be livid if my daughter made it on there and all they talked about was how she met her love interest. Like… wtf man. That’s a HARD course for kids and adults and it’s not easy to make it that far, so why the heck would you focus on how they met their SO?! No.
I was busy ranting about ANW and forget to thank you for the link love LMAO so thank you!!!! <3
My daughter does cross-fit and if she ever tried to do ANW, I doubt they’d select her because she doesn’t have a boyfriend and she’s very, very, very determined and feminist. She’d probably tell off the PAs and producers.
Did not know SFMoMA could text you art. Must try that.
I get SO peeved when people do that! I see it all the time! It’s like when that woman won a bronze in the Olympics and the news reported her as the “wife of a Bear’s lineman.” I got so mad! Ugh. Ew.
On a less angry note, I’ve been watching the Nordstrom sale nervously! I don’t have a card, so usually I shop the sale through my mom and then pay her back, but what I want to get it her birthday present, so I can’t well do that! I’m eyeing the Diptyque candle set for her, since she adores Diptyque candles, never buys them for herself (they’re so expensive), and the set has all her favorite scents!
I also loved the Disney princess engineers post! Very cute, and I’ve never seen that blog before, so thanks for a new one to follow!
thank you for your rant!
I think my trapeze teachers could make it on Ninja Warrior, but that’s not their thing. And I share your frustration!
Haven’t heard about ANW but that is ridiculous they’re focusing so much on the athletes’s romantic relationships. Doubt they’d do that if the show was focused on men.
That is so cool about the art texting. Didn’t know about this. Sharing this post on FB.
Wow at the Shiseido ad; that was awesome.
I love that ad SO MUCH! Makeup is for everyone.
Oh, and I’m happy that you shared the art texting. If you find any artists let me know!
I forgot to comment on ANW when you last mentioned it but have the same issue you talked about then. I hate to watch before I go to sleep because it’s kind of stressful watching them and hoping they don’t fall! I’ve only seen one gal make it up the curved wall at the end to hit the buzzer and it was amazing. They have incredible upper body strength. Oh, but they also have boyfriends which is totally awesome and definitely tops their life goals list, I’m sure! 😉 Now, if one of the ladies just had a baby and came back to rock it on ANW, then, by all means, cue up that video footage. HAHA!
If that happened I would be that lady’s No. 1 SUPER FAN!
Occasionally I think that I could do the course but then I come back to reality. 🙂
I’ve just been texting that number for the last 5 minutes. So cool! Always love your roundups. 🙂
It’s so addictive, right? What did you ask them to send you?
Send cats!
Send ice cream!
Send coffee!
LOL I went with locations, like Nevada and Norway. So fun!