Grumpy Cat has hit the Alabama art scene faster than a barefoot jackrabbit on a hot greasy griddle in the middle of August! Yee haw! Spongebobian colloquialisms aside, the Grumpy Cat Art Project is an actual ongoing event at the Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment center in Hunstville, Alabama.

Starting on May 27, local artists will auction off their takes on the extremely unhappy feline. Not in the Hunstville area? No problem. Interested art collectors can bid online in order to snag one of these pieces; hopefully ousting that boring family portrait you have hanging over the fireplace. (So long, Great Nana.)

Auction proceeds will go to the artists in addition to funding the development of a children’s playground at the Lowe Mill center. Utilizing a variety of mediums, Grumpy Cat appears in paintings, ceramic sculpture, stained glass, tissue paper, 3D sculpture, paper pulp, charcoal, wax, yarn, soap, copper and — still not joking here — chainmail.

All of the Grumpy Cat artwork is viewable here. However, you can check out our top 10 favorite pieces below. Oh, and if any of our readers purchases one of these ill-tempered masterpieces, we demand a picture of it hanging up in your home!

This is a Thing: The Grumpy Cat Art Show

If nothing else, The Checkout is known for its class. We’re a sophisticated consumer goods blog. We appreciate the finer things. We watch movies with subtitles. Our distinguished palettes can detect the subtle differences between wine and “wine product.”

That’s why we want to share one of our favorite acquired tastes, classic art. Unfortunately, the generation today can’t appreciate the nuances of aesthetics without writing misspelled, grammatically tragic quips all over it. So, the best we can do is offer you classic art memes.

For months, our art history department has been pouring through archives in the Louvre, the Met, and Tumblr. We’re now proud to present our gift to the world: the 13 Best Classic Art Memes.

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13 Best Classic Art Memes

Everyone who’s a fan of the classic He-Man cartoons knows that Skeletor is the picture of mental health.  (How else could someone be so obsessed with ruling Eternia if they didn’t find peace within themselves?)  But achieving psychological stability is an uphill battle, and even bony blue wizards slip up sometimes.  So what does Skeletor do when he just doesn’t see the point in getting out of bed after yet another humiliating defeat?  Positive Daily Affirmations.

The blog Heal Yourself, Skeletor chronicles Skeletor’s journey into accepting that he’s not just superhuman… but also human.  Here are some of our favorite Skeletor Affirmations:

10 Healing Affirmations from He-Man’s Greatest Adversary

Yet another Super Bowl has come and gone. Denver fans are drowning their sorrows while new Seahawks fans are leaping onto the bandwagon. And of course, the entire Internet was ready to lampoon the losers as well as the commercials, halftime show and pretty much everything else that happened during Super Bowl XLVIII.

We have scoured the Web to find the 25 best memes and reactions that hit on everything in yesterday’s game. Feel free to take a look and be sure to post your favorite in our comments below. Enjoy!

Best Picture of the Game

So many highlights

Horrible Joke #1

Where’s OJ when you need him?

Call back next year

Happens every year

Horrible Joke #2

Serious First World Problems

Denver has been Zoidberged

Gandalf called it

Insanity Wolf Places a Bet

Surprise, Surprise

Poor Peyton

Probably got it from Han

Peyton must have lost his red stapler

That was quick

And he was quicker on his feet

Time to update the resume

It’s like lighting money on fire

Many years ago

At least he asked nicely

After watching the T-Mobile commercials

More First World Problems

But Peyton is a people person.

Same goes for the halftime show

25 Best Reactions and Memes for Super Bowl XLVIII

Meme THIS, hipsters.

I love a good meme as much as the next internet addict web savvy individual, though it’s not often that one makes me want to go adopt a cat right this second so I can be part of the phenomenon. (Side note, why isn’t meme-nomenon a word yet? Probably because it’s hard to read and not think of these guys.)

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Cat Beard aka Cat Bearding. The simple act of getting nose to nose with a furry feline results in an amazing optical illusion turning cats into the cutest facial hair around. Bonus points for those who get the crazy eyes in their photos for extra LOLs.

Everyone knows the furry underbelly of a cat is the softest, most pet-able part, but who knew it also served as an excellent disguise? Well, I suppose it only works as a disguise in photos – I’ve yet to meet a cat that would be chill enough to spend more than about four seconds held in front of its owner’s face.

If you happen to have an amicable cat, do yourself and your feline friend a favor and snap a cat beard photo to preserve this meme in your own collection forever.

Extra Credit for Cat Bearding WITH a Beard

Oh, and if you don’t have a cat…

Oh, and if you have two cats…

Best Thing I’ve Seen All Day: Cat Bearding

Breaking out in Japan recently, schoolgirls have started posting Street Fighter-style images of throwing imaginary Hadouken! lighting balls at each other. One girl will get into a pose of launching a lighting ball and anyone else around her will jump as if the lighting is striking them when the shot is taken. This “Hadouken special attack” is used by characters within the Street Fighter video game series as well as appearing in Mega Man X. Check out the images below to see what it looks like:

Hadouken!

Bonus Picture: Vadering!

Hadouken! meme explodes on the Internet

The Beijing Olympics were a long time ago. With no opening ceremonies to practice for, Chinese citizens have instead found something new to do: take photographs of their dogs wearing pantyhose.

Known as “gou gou chuan siwa” in Chinese, the movement can be traced back to this photo, posted to the social network Weibo early in April:

Numerous others have followed, some with fancy footwear:

Some with just the hose:

And some dogs are apparently divas who demand additional accessories:

At first glance, this may not seem much different from putting a sweater or a hat on a dog, but because of how dogs recognize each other, it’s actually the equivalent of forcing a ski mask onto a human.

Nothing Beats Two Great Pairs of Legs