HAPPY NEW YEAR!

the simpsons.

the real faces behind the voices!

http://www.wimp.com/veryweird/

wee sing: the best christmas ever!

WEE SING: THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!
i force my family to watch this classic every single year. :)

ENJOY!
Happy Holidays, everyone!

part ONE

part TWO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcZL0iaHzyk&feature=related

part THREE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCbBsMUjuWo&feature=related

part FOUR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlYdyqYoKfA&feature=related

part FIVE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQwCHlPbPo8&feature=related

part SIX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeVZ8eNCuZ0&feature=related

faux fire.

http://fauxfire.com/

amelie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj0CK_jgNns&feature=related

Amelie.
GENIUS film.

master of graphite pencil.

http://www.here2see.com/the-master-of-graphite-pencil-linda-huber/

SO incredible.

fifty things that only ever happen in the movies.

http://www.idigitdesign.com/blog/2006/10/29/50-things-that-only-ever-happen-in-the-movies/

my personal favorites:

--You're very likely to survive any battle in any war, unless you show someone a picture of your sweetheart back home. Then you're in trouble.

--The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window of any building in Paris.

--All beds have special L-shaped sheets which reach to armpit level on women but only up to the waist of th man lying beside her.

--When paying for a taxi, you don't need to look at your wallet as you take out a note. Just grab one out at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare.

--If our hero gets into a fight, he will invariably end up with a small cut in the right corner of his mouth. He'll make sure he wipes the blood on the back of his hand, and give it a disapproving look.

--Every single sporting even it won by the underdogs with a last second winner.

--Don't panic if you're heavily outnumbered in a martial arts fight. Your opponents will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around you in a threatening manner until it's their turn to fight.

larry=love of my life.

you're welcome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QRrkZA0KyQ

la is rainy.

i wish it was like this.

colorful optical illusions.

this website is incredible.
just, do it. :)

http://cinnamonthoughts.org/2006/06/12/colorful-optical-illusion/

ambiguity.

i love you.

http://blog.lorla.com/love-and-life/how-to-say-i-love-you-in-100-languages/


ENGLISH: I love you.
ARABIC: Ana behibak (to male), Ana behibek (to female)
CROATIAN: Volim te
CZECH: Miluji te
DUTCH: Ik hou van jou
FRENCH: Je t'aime
GAELIC: Ta gra agam ort
GREEK: S'agapo
HINDI: Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
IRISH: Taim i'ngra leat
ITALIAN: Ti amo
JAPANESE: Aishiteru
KISWAHILI: Nakupenda
MOROCCAN: Ana moajaba bik
NAVAHO: Ni mits neki
RUSSIAN: Ya tebya liubliu
SPANISH: Te quiero
SWEDISH: Jag alskar dig
YIDDISH: Ikh hob dikh

see website for complete list. <3

flash guitar.

http://deeperbeige.com/site/silly/flash/flashguitar/flashguitar.html42

play a little tune. :)

ashes and snow.

i was so fortunate to see this exhibit in santa monica two years ago.

http://www.ashesandsnow.org/

sunday secrets.

new secrets every sunday.

shhhhhhhhhh.

www.postsecret.com

fun w/album covers.

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/18729528.html

i'm not sick but i'm not well.

http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=173714%22%20quality=%22best%22%20scale=%22exactfit%22%20width=%22400%22%20height=%22300%22%20type=%22application/x-shockwave-flash%22

i need to add this to my "list" of things to do with my one precious life. :)

turn your lights down low.

probably my favorite song ever. :)

Turn Your Lights Down Low
Bob Marley and Lauryn Hill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSuwg-HEX1k

maria zapata.

"Let a smile infect you.
Let a job well done enthuse you.
Let an act of solidarity inspire you.
Let abuse infuriate you.
Let injustice move you to action.
Then the next step will be even easier.
Change consists, quite simply, of no longer being indifferent."

--Maria Zapata

"The most important contribution every one of us can make to our society is not solving a specific problem, but increasing the number of people that become promoters of change. As if they were the white blood cells of society, these people will stop with they see something wrong, or where they spot an opportunity. Multiplying society's capacity to adapt and change in an intelligent and constructive way is the best chance we have to solve the world's most demanding problems. Social entrepreneurs are fundamental in catalyzing and managing this transformation."

--Maria Zapata

"golden cage" illusions

watch this video: http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=el5p1kxkc0

high speed water photography.

http://www.designflavr.com/resources/Beautiful-High-Speed-Water-Photography-i119/

flight of the conchords.

i'm sure you've already seen these amazing gentlemen.
but, it needs to be posted. just...needed to be done. :)

http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=cvg4690bns

m. c. escher LEGOES.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
I am counting my blessings today. :)

also, for those a little more cynical: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8DTSPzU0RI&feature=related

my favorite commercial.

sony-bravia is LEGIT.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP5J4W5GQ3w

p.s. it's REAL! no joke about it.

"some awesome things" video.

http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=82iydko2wg

katharine mcphee's american idol audition.

she blows my mind every time.
SUCH a gorgeous voice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J7bktXYOYM

a collection of graffiti photographs.

some ECARDS.

www.someecards.com

sickest dance moves ever. ever.

http://www.filecabi.net/video/50d14f45a8f1.html

his name is robert muraine and he is UNBELIEVABLE.
watch this link, please.

disney desperate housewives.

some of my favorite travel quotations.

"There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign." --Robert Louis Stevenson

"One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things." --Henry Miller.

"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home." --James Michener

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." --Daniel J. Boorstin

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. ~Mark Twain

unbelievable spray paint art.

http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=qhg432baic

words that will resonate for generations to come.

THIS IS YOUR VICTORY.
Barack Obama
November 4th, 2008
Chicago, IL

“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.”

“It’s the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.”

“Because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.”

“I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you—we as a people will get there.”

“Our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.”

“The true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.”

“To reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth—that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: YES WE CAN.”