im going to go see this one. oprah likes it. everybody wants to release it. its got mariah carey, monique, AND faux alicia keys in it. its going to win awards.
UPDATE: starla endorsed! hell to the yeah.
30 September 2009
"my favorite color is fluorescent beige"
im going to go see this one. oprah likes it. everybody wants to release it. its got mariah carey, monique, AND faux alicia keys in it. its going to win awards.
UPDATE: starla endorsed! hell to the yeah.
oprah baby picture
oprah's hair episode is on right now. she just showed this picture and chris rock said, "you was a slave, weren't you?"
not normal
BEIJING — As nearly 190,000 dancers, politicians, soldiers and fighter pilots prepared for the highly synchronized extravaganza marking the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China on Thursday, perhaps no one was feeling more performance anxiety than Guo Hu, Beijing’s chief weatherman.
While meteorologists in much of the world are simply charged with forecasting rain or shine, Mr. Guo and his colleagues at the Beijing Municipal Meteorological Station were also responsible for making sure the weather is of the crowd-pleasing variety. “If we make a mistake with our work, the impact will be huge,” Mr. Guo, a soft spoken scientist, told a news conference this week. “We are under a lot of pressure.”
Meteorologists said their efforts to prevent foul weather on Oct. 1 involved satellites, 400 scientists, cloud-probing lasers and a squadron of transport planes capable of sprinkling liquid nitrogen into pregnant clouds. “It is the first time in Chinese history that artificial weather modification on such a large scale has been attempted,” Cui Lianqing, an air force meteorologist, told Global Times newspaper last week.
While meteorologists in much of the world are simply charged with forecasting rain or shine, Mr. Guo and his colleagues at the Beijing Municipal Meteorological Station were also responsible for making sure the weather is of the crowd-pleasing variety. “If we make a mistake with our work, the impact will be huge,” Mr. Guo, a soft spoken scientist, told a news conference this week. “We are under a lot of pressure.”
Meteorologists said their efforts to prevent foul weather on Oct. 1 involved satellites, 400 scientists, cloud-probing lasers and a squadron of transport planes capable of sprinkling liquid nitrogen into pregnant clouds. “It is the first time in Chinese history that artificial weather modification on such a large scale has been attempted,” Cui Lianqing, an air force meteorologist, told Global Times newspaper last week.
dinner party
have you ever thought about what your answer would be to that old question about what famous people living or dead you would invite to your dinner party?
so far, ive got three people on my list: carrie fisher, gore vidal, and kismet with the ability to speak. any other ideas?
UPDATE: and beyonce and rihanna, oc.
top 200 albums of the decade
pitchfork's currently counting down the top 200 albums of the 2000's. check it out.
what is kismet doing?
answer: trying to put on his new t shirt, or trying to change the channel... not sure
NeRd aLeRt!
guess what.
lauren conrad wrote a book. i know, i had no idea either. n-e-wayz, the twilight producers are going to make it into a movie. how exciting!
koolhaas houselife
Rem Koolhaas examines the afterlife of starchitecture in this cheeky little film about his own creation, the widely praised home in Bordeaux, France that he designed for the wheelchair bound publisher Jean-Francois Lemoine.
Besides the celebrity of the architect and the house itself, the star of the film is the housekeeper who deals with the everyday life and eccentricities of the home. "There's nothing holding it up. I hope it doesn't fall down."
i want to see this.
bike party in connecticut!
“Bike Rides: The Exhibition,” which opened Saturday at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, presents bicycles in all their glory. There are high-tech bicycles made from bamboo and titanium, two of Lance Armstrong’s carbon fiber bikes, and nationalistic creations like the restored and elaborately personalized vintage Schwinns from the Puerto Rico Schwinn Club, based in New York City. Among the sculptural works — from China, India and Brazil — is Cai Guo-Qiang’s “Illusion of Childhood,” an assemblage of bicycles, toys and other objects.The exhibition also features bike racks, a bicycle advocacy mural and bicycle-inspired videos, including “Helmet-Cam Video” by David Byrne, the musician, artist and bicycling proponent, in which he navigates Manhattan by bike. (via)
nErD aLeRt!
"During four weeks a robot of the ETH Zurich will built the ‘Pike Loop’ installation on a traffic island in the middle of New York. From 5 October passersby will be able to follow the construction of the bending brick wall, which will be finished 27 October and last until the end of the year. The installation and its unique construction method was developed by the professorship of Gramazio & Kohler ‘Architecture and Digital Fabrication’ at the ETH Zurich. The research of this professorship will be presented within the attendant exhibition „Digital Materiality“ in the „Storefront for Art and Architecture“ gallery from 1 October til 14 November." (via)thx midge.
29 September 2009
streaming karen o, where the wild things are
stereogum is streaming the full soundtrack to where the wild things are, all tracks by karen 0 of the yeah yeah yeahs. hop to.
or buy it from your local compact disc retailer (yeah right like those exist anymore) on 9/29.
bees attack turkey crash victims
the only thing worse than being in a bus crash in turkey... crashing into a lorry carrying hives full of angry stinging bees.
book-bannin'
i looked to see what was banned in brooklyn. here's an illustration from tintin in the congo, a french comic book from the 1930's.
in tv on right now news
three jeopardy contestants:
1) a girl who writes backwards. a talent she developed in college so her classmates couldnt borrow her notes.
2) a guy who entered a couples dance class by himself. drunk.
3) a guy who got hit by a car before school one day.
what happened in santorini.
nymag gossip girl recap!(side note: new favorite joke = "who does jenny humphrey have to blow to get into this plot?")
apple granted patent on these bad boys.
"Apple's innovation over previous head mounted displays is, in part, to separate the laser engine from the headgear, stowing the engine in a separate unit connected to the frames via fiber optic cable. Such an "iGlasses" setup, as our tipster calls it, would allow a more immersive television, gaming or conferencing experience when using, say, an iPhone. Or you could just walk around pretending to be a commando from the future, with frickin' laser breams attached to your head." (via)thx g.
seek high ground
if you have friends or family in the south pacific, now is the time to call and tell them you love them.
new britney
one, two, three!
brit brit wrapped up the US leg of her tour in las vegas by debuting thi new song, and pulling lance bass on stage to molest and embarrass him. cute!
texting with melissa
melissa: I just fell in the bookstore... emBEARassing
me: All the way down?
melissa: O yes! My boot got caught in the cuff of my pants! Fell right on my ace! (sic)
me: Didanyone (sic) see?
melissa: Yep... And i felt just like those bikes bc no one even cared! But on a positive note while down i found the book i was looking for!
me: All the way down?
melissa: O yes! My boot got caught in the cuff of my pants! Fell right on my ace! (sic)
me: Didanyone (sic) see?
melissa: Yep... And i felt just like those bikes bc no one even cared! But on a positive note while down i found the book i was looking for!
drawing on NAOMI (campbell)
draw hereINSTRUCTIONS:
Use brushes and colours to write and draw onto the Naomi sculpture.
To draw on Naomi, click DRAW FRONT or DRAW BACK. Click SUBMIT to upload your drawing. To see your results on live webcam images click VIEW CAMS (results may take up to 30 seconds to appear).
go forth...and buy some new jeans
these levi's "go forth" adverts have been floating around for a couple months. they each feature walt whitman poems (one, an actual recording of him reading the first four lines of his poem america). they get you all emotional about denim and bein' an amurican, and i think they would make don draper proud. i'm just glad someone finally found a use for these silly stupid poems.
pioneers o pioneers full text
america full text
pioneers o pioneers full text
america full text
28 September 2009
The Bike Thief
Don't be a douche, keep an eye out for bike thiefs. Haven't you always wanted to call 911? Couldn't be easier to exhibit some value to your community.
hobo american girl
2pz reader and sister melissa alerted me to the newest american girl doll. you will remember that we now get the american girl newsletter thanks to samantha's recent hospital visit. well, the only interesting thing about the usually wholesome american girl doll is that according to her backstory (which you can read in paperback), Gwen's father left her, her mother lost her job, and now they are living in a car. homeless. really american girl? really?
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