photos that stopped me in my tracks today

i've been spending a lot of time working on the computer lately (at work), which is a mixed blessing.
on the positive side, it's july and for the first time in a while i'm being spared the florida summer cycle of sweating like a pig, then getting rained on, then having to go sit in the a/c, then sweating like a pig again. on the not-so-positive side, i'm on the computer. all day. inside. i got into this field so that i wouldn't have to work in an office. in front of a computer. but hey, i'm employed, so i'm happier than a (insert colorful southern idiom here).
another positive is that i not only have more time to keep up with things like current events, email, the part of my job that involves being on the computer, etc, but also that i find gems like these:

this photo came from a great site i mentioned in a previous post called lostateminor. something about it just gets to me. at first, it eeged me out. the inverted starfish, the mix of sea creatures with flowers...but then it grew on me.



the other is just a personal preoccupation: rachel weisz. i'm not prone to celebrity worship, and i definitely don't have posters of her on the back of my office door (unlike certain coworkers of mine and hilary duff), but i like her movies. except the fountain...snoozefest (sorry, kris).
i don't know her personally, but she seems like she'd be fun to have a glass of wine with. and this photo, while somewhat scary and she-might-eat-me-if-i-piss-her-off-ish, is...nice. i'm a fan of actresses and models who aren't fetuses flaunting their sex appeal...more fodder for the "you don't have to be fifteen to be sexy" movement. also, this picture came from one of my favorite guilty-pleasure blogs, where you can actually vote on whether this picture is awe-inspiring or fear-inducing.