Awesome Things of the Week

You read that right, Sparklers: this week, we'd like to present some very awesome things, not thing.

We're amping up Awesome Thing for a special Awesome Thing-Off: a mini competition to see which new Awesome Thing in our stockpile is the awesomest of all.

Here's how to play: Check out each Awesome Thing, rate each on a scale of -10 to 10, then check back next week to find out which Sparkler suggestion earned the highest rating.

Thanks to everyone who's been submitting Awesome and Cute things. Your emails make us so so so happy (...and distracted!).

Let the Awesome Thing-Off begin!:

#1 submitted by peaceonearth34, who says this about the vid, "It's really silly but entertaining!"

#2 submitted by BPotatoe who says,

"This is probably the coolest thing ever...and a huge time-waster. Enter the site and drag your mouse around. Click to change colors. Go different speeds and different directions... it's amazing!!!! You can create so much."

#3 submitted by LOTViolists who says, "What a great start to a marriage. PS this cheered me up when I was sick!"

#4 Submitted by the_fat_mango, who says,

"It's like one HUGE drawing that goes on forever. Backwards and forwards. It's kind of hard to explain, so check it out. =) Be careful not to zoom in or out too fast, it could make you kind of dizzy."

#5 submitted by Coffinmaker, who says, "This is a crazy-cool video made by my friend David."

Did any of the five tickle your fancy? Let us know by rating each one in the comments, like this:

1. 10!

2. ummmm 8

3. 9.5 ...etc.

Last week, this charming relic from the depths of the interwebs earned a super high 9.47 on the Scale of Awesomeness, which puts it in third place, only .01 lower than A Very Potter Musical.

Have something you'd like to submit for Awesome Thing of the Week or Cute Thing of the Week? Send it to contribute@sparknotes.com!