Link Love: 12.07.13

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• Some of us, like me, and a huge chunk of book people (I would imagine), are not all the comfortable making adult friendships. I found this article about the importance of courting your friends to be extremely insightful and helpful at gaining perspective on what makes grown-up friendships work.
• I want these rainbow pencils so so so much. I want to doodle with them all winter over steaming cups of coffee and tea.
• All female Doctor Who cosplay wins the internet!
• Nice little article about dealing with holiday gatherings when you don't see eye to eye with your family on political issues.
• The real film locations and where their fictional counterparts are supposed to be of many of your favorite series.
• These photographs of hand drawn dresses strategically lined up with the model in the mirror are optical illusions at their very best.
• The fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon may finally have a real location!
• Booty shaking time: Outkast is really getting back together!!!
• Some more great friendship advice - making friends in a new city is simpler than it seems with these tips.
• On the beauty front, this double ponytail tutorial is amazing. When my hair grows back out I am totally trying this (so in like 3 years).
• Some fabulous older women who said "Hell No!" to dressing their age! I have new role models!
• How they painted Bond's golden girl.