(Source: mari-makinami, via fuckyeahcowboybebop)
i can’t believe i leave tomorrow. so excited :3

getting my hair cut like this but longer tomorrow.
everyone says i look like hayley so i might as well steal her hair.
though i’m dyeing it natural red. i’m too old/ boring for what she has.
COOKBOOK REVIEW
Jennifer Trainer Thompson raised chickens, writes about eggs
- Each spring brings another flock of backyard chicken books. Sometimes they’re how-to’s, or memoirs, but there’s usually at least one cookbook.
(JASON HOUSTON)
gosh that is such a page-turning headline. “she raised chickens, writes about eggs”
This unsettling being is Hugvie, the huggable robotic pillow-phone. Invented by Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University, Hugvie has a heartbeat and internal vibrators meant to make it seem more human-like as you put your arm around it imagining it’s the person to whom you are speaking who is actually hundreds of miles away.
“The concept of enhancing long-distance phone conversations between loved ones isn’t new. Kissinger, the long distance kiss messenger, and the kiss transmission device invented by other Japanese researchers have also tried to make long-distance conversations more personal by making the protagonists feel closer to each other. Hugvie is basically a robotic pillow with a human shape that acts as a port for your mobile phone. It’s got its own heartbeat and internal vibrators that react faster and stronger, depending on the tone of the conversation. It sounds like an interesting device, but a lot of people find it just a little bit creepy.
Right now, the Hugvie isn’t the most advanced robot to come out of Japan, but professor Ishiguro, who has made a name for himself by creating human-like androids, believes he can take his Telenoid technology further, by turning Hugvie into a robot with an internal frame and lots more sensors and vibrators. This would make the pillow-phone much more realistic and also send the hugs long distance; when you hug the pillow, the Hugvie on the other end would move accordingly. But even in the current state, the robot pillow is believed to become a hit with families, lovers, and elderly people taking to far-away relatives.”
Visit Oddity Central to watch video of a couple people happily cuddling with Hugvie.
i speak for the LDR community when i say THIS IS SO CREEPY WHY GOD WHY

photo i took of my failed ice sculpture to salvage my life