The Family

I listen to NPR now?

2011-02-03T09:33:00.004-06:00

You can thank a pretty paper making lady :)

ANYWHO- Radiolab had a short podcast entitled Secrets of Success where Malcolm Gladwell makes some interesting points that i <3.>

Coincidentally, i was thinking about Charles Bukowski while working in the clay studio yesterday. An oldie but a goodie:

so you want to be a writer?


if it doesn't come bursting out of you

in spite of everything,

don't do it.

unless it comes unasked out of your

heart and your mind and your mouth

and your gut,

don't do it.

if you have to sit for hours

staring at your computer screen

or hunched over your

typewriter

searching for words,

don't do it.

if you're doing it for money or

fame,

don't do it.

if you're doing it because you want

women in your bed,

don't do it.

if you have to sit there and

rewrite it again and again,

don't do it.

if it's hard work just thinking about doing it,

don't do it.

if you're trying to write like somebody

else,

forget about it.





if you have to wait for it to roar out of

you,

then wait patiently.

if it never does roar out of you,

do something else.



if you first have to read it to your wife

or your girlfriend or your boyfriend

or your parents or to anybody at all,

you're not ready.



don't be like so many writers,

don't be like so many thousands of

people who call themselves writers,

don't be dull and boring and

pretentious, don't be consumed with self-

love.

the libraries of the world have

yawned themselves to

sleep

over your kind.

don't add to that.

don't do it.

unless it comes out of

your soul like a rocket,

unless being still would

drive you to madness or

suicide or murder,

don't do it.

unless the sun inside you is

burning your gut,

don't do it.



when it is truly time,

and if you have been chosen,

it will do it by

itself and it will keep on doing it

until you die or it dies in you.



there is no other way.



and there never was.







-charles bukowski









(You're welcome.)

I can't stop watching this.

2010-08-27T10:37:00.002-05:00

language definitely nsfw but holy crap i cannot stop listening to this incredibly catchy song

not sure how i ran across this... but it confuses me

2010-08-14T23:51:00.000-05:00

Sherlock Holmes Nemesis video game

2010-06-07T19:57:00.002-05:00

Like the books, Watson is always around. Except a bit of odd programming makes him downright creepy.

So Your Cat Wants A Massage?

2010-04-23T10:16:00.000-05:00

Remember to add a title. (delete this before posting)

70 Million by Hold Your Horses !

2010-04-22T09:49:00.000-05:00

Remember to add a title. (delete this before posting)

Chicken in a Box

2010-04-21T18:37:00.000-05:00

i shit you not.

heard it on Pandora and was perplexed by the title, and then i found THIS on youtube. it's a bit to sit through, but hilariously creepy.

Stylin'!

2010-04-09T09:48:00.000-05:00

Wait for it...

2010-03-25T19:07:00.001-05:00

Children's Drawings Redone Realistically

2010-03-25T18:59:00.002-05:00

Rather creepy. Click here for more.

Glenn Beck advertiser offers "survival seeds" as defense against "emerging totalitarianism"

2010-03-11T13:47:00.001-06:00

Glenn Beck advertiser offers "survival seeds" as defense against "emerging totalitarianism"

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I'm guessing you've seen this...

2010-03-10T01:01:00.001-06:00

but it's oddly catchy!

I have an addiction...

2010-02-19T16:33:00.000-06:00

must feed it more Brits!!

Apparently this website is real?

2010-02-17T19:11:00.001-06:00

George Hutchins for US Congress

OMG lets all get our own!!

2010-02-17T00:52:00.001-06:00

ZACH AND JUSTIN MAKE US FAMILY ONES!!!!

Logorama

2010-02-09T12:45:00.002-06:00

http://www.logorama-themovie.com/

This just got nominated at the Oscars for best short film. You may have already seen it since I'm usually pretty far behind everyone else when it comes to videos on the interwebs... But just in case. Also, I love you guys!

two things.

2010-02-05T13:49:00.004-06:00

This:

and this: (click image for the full fairly NSFW-ish site of hilarious ideas)

(taking a jab at LATFH and all the internet in general.

n more!

2010-02-02T15:11:00.002-06:00

so my friends and i are in parts of this video because the fundraiser exhibit i organized involved them. Our show was part of the Demise show, the dude talking is my "boss" Faheem. ALSO- if you don't stalk me on FB i'm finally getting mad cash for working at the art center (Programs Coordinator, that's right!) and you can see pix of the fundraiser show "Inside Out" on FB.

Basically, i had my street art friends turn the boards on the walls into art so we could chop up pieces to sell and raise money to replace them. (We had an opening event where he was doing that live painting, we had DJ's on the third floor with other fun things to do and the performances seen in the video were going on the first floor as part of the "Demise" show we were in conjunction with.) We raised $500 for the project, and i just spent last week putting up new boards and dry wall and taping and mudding and painting and have incredible ass and arm muscles now.

annnnnnd we were featured in an article

I'M IMPORTANT!!!!

Wurk schtuff

2010-02-02T14:53:00.005-06:00

The Art and Artists of AfriCOBRA: An Introduction from AFRICOBRA on Vimeo.

So they made a video at my art center about the AfriCOBRA movement/group. We have several of their pieces in our archive and i really enjoy them.

(L is Jeff Donaldson, R is Barbara Jones Hogu)

Selleck/Waterfall/Sandwich (HAS IT'S OWN THEME SONG)

2010-02-02T14:28:00.002-06:00

Made me laugh :)

2010-01-31T22:56:00.002-06:00

It's true - Morgan Freeman can really talk about anything, and it would be interesting.

Jesus is my friend

2010-01-28T18:44:00.002-06:00

Best verse:

Once I tried I tried run; I tried to run and hide,
But Jesus came and found me and He touched me down inside.
He is like a mounty, He always gets his man
And he'll zap you any way He can - Zap.
...
Clearly no one read these lyrics before they sang them.

Brendan Fraser...

2010-01-25T09:11:00.000-06:00

Neil Young - Pants on the Ground

2010-01-15T10:49:00.001-06:00

Video Recaps | Full Episodes | Webisodes

So Daniel's posting a lot of stuff here, what are you doing?

2010-01-14T13:18:00.002-06:00

Sad day

2010-01-11T12:11:00.004-06:00

There are times when I lose faith in humanity. Faith in all good things. This is one of those times.

I was perusing ITunes, searching for Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" (a piece which was deemed appropriate to play when it was announced President Roosevelt had passed away) and encountered this fantastic review by someone with the handle 'dr.poooo':

(I quote verbatim)

"rad: its like lord of the rings or $hit"

...

I guess on some some level I should appreciate it because at least he liked it. However, I surmise that conclusion from his choice of the word 'rad' which generally conveys a positive connotation. I feel a case can be made that he perhaps didn't like it by comparing it to human feces. One can only guess when attempting to communicating with the natives.

Dagobah! Extreme Tourism Ad

2010-01-06T23:16:00.001-06:00

Language NSFW

Skhizein

2009-12-26T18:57:00.001-06:00

Thoroughly enjoyable short film about a surprisingly terrifying concept.

Link to official site

Skhizein (Jérémy Clapin,2008) from Bertie.

When you have some time...

2009-12-24T11:04:00.004-06:00

So, someone out there decided to create a review of Star Wars, Episode One. This is not uncommon. Nor is it uncommon that it is a video review. What *is* quite uncommon though, is that it is a 70 minute well thought out and scripted review that utterly and completely dissects every point of this awful movie and in the same time discusses why Episode IV is the masterpiece it is from the standpoint of creating great cinema. Also, is is hilarious. So, whenever you have some time I HIGHLY recommend watching these.

PS. Language NSFW. Also, a couple times he drifts of on tangents where he is trying to be funny - I did not particularly enjoy these, but don't let these short moments dissuade you from watching the rest of it.

Here are links to the next 6 parts:

Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7

HEY graphic design buddies...

2009-12-17T23:45:00.002-06:00

...i know you want to help my sorry butt!! If i don't start a blog/printed version of all the projects i've been doing at the SSCAC i am going to have an assload of work on my hands later. I think i already to. Come January i need to put these plans of blogism and designism together... AND I NEED PHONE TECH SUPPORT!!!

Zach,Justin- will you make me you're new years resolution charity case? Mostly i need guidance, not for you to do work for me.

LOVE ME!!

please?

I love these

2009-12-16T13:13:00.001-06:00

Which is why I avidly read videogum daily.

Woah Woah Sweet Child of Mine

2009-12-16T09:09:00.001-06:00

These are pretty clever :)

2009-12-13T23:17:00.001-06:00

Click here for more.

Ok last Twilight Post I swear

2009-12-07T18:55:00.003-06:00

There's just too much good stuff being inspired by this wonderful piece of cinema.

Twilight: New Moon, in one minute...

Click here to have Twilight, finally, explained.

Event God hates Twilight:
"I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts, They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them." - Isaiah 1:14

Same note: different octave

2009-12-05T18:03:00.001-06:00

Um, TNG makes me laugh in any iteration.

2009-12-05T17:49:00.001-06:00

nsfw words

LOL

2009-12-04T18:57:00.002-06:00

This one is for everyone, but mostly Zach and Justin.

dear zach

2009-12-03T16:29:00.003-06:00

it's your job to entertain us. stop whining. :)

Famous Actors, Famous Roles, & Normal Clothes

2009-12-03T13:43:00.000-06:00

Click here for more. I don't know where these pictures came from (I don't know the language the website is using), but they're pretty awesome

More Twilight Fun

2009-12-03T11:52:00.003-06:00

you should go here because I'm laughing at this and its good.

2009-12-02T09:25:00.002-06:00

27b/6

Sad news...

2009-11-22T17:11:00.002-06:00

Twilight: New Moon has come in third place for best opening weekend ever at an estimated $140 million dollars behind The Dark Knight and Spiderman 3 (source).

You know, I actually don't have anything in particular against the Twilight series, but when any movie does this well, I do raise my eyebrow and wonder if it is of the level of quality to match the sales.

from the comments: This has got to be the strangest bit of cultural appropriation ever.

2009-11-18T20:27:00.000-06:00

Rare collection of color photographs from World War I

2009-11-12T09:01:00.002-06:00

Powerful stuff - click here.

Ha! LinkedIn is so at the bottom...

2009-11-09T16:07:00.000-06:00

Infographic - Distractability Pyramid

Way overdue...

2009-11-04T20:13:00.007-06:00

Hey guys, so basically, I'm really sorry I've been out of touch - I've been awful about checking my stuff online, and you know how these silly posts about not making enough blog posts go, so I'm just gonna shut up and post stuff :)

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Did y'all ever see 'SuperHero Movie'? I didn't, and I don't think anyone else did, but apparently there was one actual funny part - a guy doing an impression of Tom Cruise... that is awesome :)

"I can eat... planets" :)

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The title of this was "Today we hired a new designer, and this is how we set him up..."

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Sacreligious, but awesome:

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Chewbacca's first day at school:

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"The Sims" - a horror movie:

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Also, no matter how hard you try, you will never be as cool as this:

2009-11-02T15:45:00.001-06:00

I miss you guys.

Halloween means Christmas is just around the bend!

2009-10-31T09:19:00.000-05:00

Hapy Hallowe'en, Guys!

2009-10-31T09:14:00.000-05:00

HD PREMIERE! The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon

2009-10-27T20:26:00.000-05:00

lol, you guys.

sorry boys...

2009-10-26T23:20:00.002-05:00

but i really enjoyed this. I have no money for costumes so i have been trying to work with what i have. I work all weekend and need to at least sort of dress up at my restaurant so i'm using my grandfather's 1940's military jacket and trying to meld it with lady 1940's fashion and half ass my way through one of the nights. I think i am forced to wear my little indian costume for the other night... want to die.

OH- more news on that. My art center needed a quick fill in for and offsite program we do. I'm now teaching southside jr. high kids 2 days a week doing an after school art program. (we're making altered books actually.) yes i want to kill myself. kids stress me out.

AND i've been organizing a fundraiser/art show at the center for over a month and it's coming to a close and i'm doing restoration work again as a result. (not getting paid for that PS)

oh and they're selling our restaurant soon and i'll be out of my main income... WHICH i've been trying to get a "normal" job since january and if i have to get myself another waitressing job in a month i'm going to die a little more inside.

Happy Halloween?

PS i'm fine otherwise and have good friends and a cuddly cat :)

Aand, if you've not already seen it....

2009-10-19T22:01:00.000-05:00

Metric - Gimme Sympathy

2009-10-19T15:27:00.000-05:00

One take video for a good song off an amazing album.

Another Big Pink - Dominoes

2009-10-19T15:23:00.000-05:00

TTV

2009-10-19T15:19:00.001-05:00

They only have one video out period, so there was a limited selection to what I could post here, but this one works, I guess, but doesn't really get across how great TelefonTelAviv is.

Probably my favorite album this year - the Antlers - Hospice

2009-10-17T11:28:00.001-05:00

is it just me or is it a ghost town in here?

An Earlier Addiction

2009-10-14T14:58:00.000-05:00

Today's Addiction

2009-10-14T14:50:00.001-05:00

Um, really more suggestive than anything, this may be a little NSFW due to one or two shots, but I'm addicted to this song. Today.

Completely addicted to this

2009-10-13T10:44:00.000-05:00

Videos?!

2009-09-29T16:27:00.002-05:00

aaand? this?

Auto-tune to Murder your ears by.

2009-09-18T16:18:00.001-05:00

Via Videogum

DISCOVERY

2009-09-17T17:02:00.002-05:00

Hey, I hate Vampire Weekend. With a passion. This is not news to most, but it IS true. I do like RaRaRiot, but not enough to go on a rant about it. So, when I found out members of both groups had joined together, and that Discovery was what they produced, I was kinda wary. But then I heard it. And I'd recommend it to all y'all.

check 'em out: (fan vid)

I'm a fan.
This guy knows what I'm talking about:

oh, no he doesn't, actually.

Kitteh Om Nom Nom

2009-09-15T00:39:00.002-05:00

hahahaha

The Marshmallow test!

2009-09-14T14:16:00.004-05:00

Hey, guys. To those of you on Twitter, sorry, but I deleted my account in a fit of IWFSFM (I Wanna Feel Sorry For Myself) and now I don't have a twitter. I'm hoping that I'll blog more, if that means here or on my own personal blog (that I also disfigured in that same IWFSFM fit) I don't know. We'll see. It's a test. But my twitter is no more. :(

peopleofwalmart.com

2009-09-11T17:37:00.004-05:00

Mullet? Check. Cutoff shorts? Check. Wife beater tied up in the back? Check. Matching socks? Dammit!

Do yourself a favor and check out the site...

Click here for more people of Walmart

I laffed

2009-09-09T19:30:00.002-05:00

okay, so basically I told everyone where get most of my stuff, and now anytime I see a funny video I think, naw, if they wanted to see it they already have.... I just don't want to turn this place into everythingisterribleshawnelliottAOTSgum. but then there are videos that I just have to post, 'cause, if you've seen 'em you can see 'em again. If not, then YAY!

Exhibit A: Parents on Facebook

2009-09-09T16:52:00.003-05:00

Okay. So I know there are a lot of tech savvy parents out there. However, we all know there are some who probably should stay in the shallow end of the pool with the whole social media craze. Let me present...

Exhibit A...

Links!

2009-08-28T10:12:00.000-05:00

This is cool

This is fun

And this is just plain awesome

Married!

2009-08-21T11:36:00.002-05:00

So I'm married now. I'm still not used to the ring. It feels weird. Also, I always have something to fiddle with now on my finger - which sounds like it would be a good thing, considering I like to fiddle, but Amber is not so fond of the fiddling, so it is debatable on whether or not it is a good thing.

Anyways, just thought I should post something here about it, you know, cause, I guess this blog is supposed to help us keep up with each other... and marriage is sort of a big thing :)

Also, the wedding was great :) It was really just a big blur - a fun blur, but a blur nonetheless. It's weird... every other wedding I've been to tends to drag... yeah, not so much when it is your own :P

Also, for something *completely* unrelated to this post follow this link.

Test Your Awareness!!

2009-08-12T22:18:00.003-05:00

My Favorite Mega64 Video: Real Life Paper Boy

2009-08-05T21:00:00.002-05:00

In honor of the new Assassin's Creed 2 game...

2009-08-05T09:42:00.004-05:00

I came across Mega64 when searching for Assassin's Creed 2 videos. Friggin' love these guys.

I'm very sorry to do this to you, but...

2009-08-05T02:13:00.002-05:00

If there's an off-chance that you haven't seen goatse kermit, here you go.

worth watching it all.

2009-08-04T13:45:00.001-05:00

It was a feeling I didn't know.

2009-07-29T09:39:00.001-05:00

AWWWWWWWWWWWW

2009-07-28T15:30:00.002-05:00

Guys, this is what i'm trying to learn in dance class!

2009-07-26T23:25:00.002-05:00

Dude. Bewley, you up for something like this?

2009-07-23T09:44:00.000-05:00

As a comment on the relevant videogum post

2009-07-22T15:02:00.003-05:00

I couldn't comment to Bewley's last post with this image, but wanted to. click through for the full thread.

How Twilight should have ended

2009-07-22T09:36:00.001-05:00

(Hope no one here is a fan...)

Uh... this is just wrong...

2009-07-20T20:24:00.001-05:00

"Fake bus stop keeps Alzheimer's patients from escaping"

A nursing home in Germany built an exact replica of a bus stop in front of the facility. The only difference is that buses never stop there...

Source

I want this robot!!! :)

2009-07-19T20:18:00.003-05:00

My very own cute animal video of the day

2009-07-16T21:17:00.001-05:00

See more funny videos and Cute Animals Videos at Today's Big Thing.

My Very Own WTF Video Contribution to this Blog

2009-07-16T20:13:00.002-05:00

:)

2009-07-14T12:51:00.000-05:00

From the comments: this s not death metal. this is not even metal. this is just death ( postal service - such great heights cover)

2009-07-13T11:27:00.001-05:00

note: these guys are a christian band

Bit more reading than a usual post, but worth it :)

2009-07-12T19:54:00.001-05:00

Check out this image of a reddit forum post... make sure to read the entire first post :)

100 pushups program

Toad is a jerk!!

2009-07-12T02:12:00.003-05:00

Apparently this isn't from photoshop (source) and if that is the case Toad is even more of a jerk than he already was with the whole 'our princess is in another castle' crap.

Sarah Palin's Speecher

2009-07-10T18:15:00.000-05:00

let's hope he's on board for the rumored Sarah Palin tv show.

Sleep tight, with some help from Suge Knight

2009-07-10T10:34:00.000-05:00

meow?

2009-07-10T00:55:00.002-05:00

My brain is also having a hard time with this.

2009-07-09T14:32:00.000-05:00

corrollary to the previous post: just dang creepy or hella creepy?

2009-07-09T11:15:00.001-05:00

Neat idea, or just dang creepy?

2009-07-09T11:09:00.001-05:00

Spreading the word about the evils of Fake Rap

2009-07-08T15:25:00.003-05:00

Dear Friends,

I have just read and signed the online petition:

"Put An End To Fake Rap"

hosted on the web by Petition Online.com

I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might
agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider
signing yourself.

Best wishes,

Zach

Paul McLeod Uncensorsed

2009-07-08T11:31:00.001-05:00

WHAT?!?!? the most disturbing one i could find...

i i i... egh...

2009-07-07T22:23:00.007-05:00

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/1093702/New-dance-craze-Percolator-Sweeping-country.html

WHY WON'T THIS WORK!!! copy paste? i dunno. it was blocked from sharing on youtube. it made me laugh and now i'm just angry.

"Let's get stealin'!!"

2009-07-02T11:28:00.002-05:00

Just 'cause Austin's post was too entirely watchable, I must share the most unwatchable thing I have seen in a long time.

I miss everyone too. Pics of the new place maybe sometime in the future if you're lucky?/Care?

Fan-made Death Cab video becomes official Death Cab video

2009-07-02T08:51:00.003-05:00

Really cool video for "Little Bribes" off the "Open Door" EP. Enjoy.

Death Cab for Cutie - Little Bribes from Ross Ching on Vimeo.

PS I miss you guys.

Guys, for serious, the world is going to crap.

2009-07-01T12:06:00.003-05:00

Have you heard of Million aires or Brokencyde? Videogum told me about them and now I'm crying inside. I'm drowning in my inside-tears.