I busted a gut watching this one. I may even change my blog template so you can watch all six minutes of it and see the whole thing on the screen.
(I promise this is the last one, assuming of course that I can't find links to the other nominees. Actually, I found a link to The Lady and the Reaper, which is very good and very funny, just not as funny as this one.)
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Shorts
My current obsession with short films started with this link to La Maison en Petit Cubes , last year's Oscar winner for best animated short film. La Maison has a really familiar feel to it (NPR pointed out the opening sequence's similarity to Up, while my first impression was Babe). But it's original as well. Very pretty music. Save it for when you have 12 minutes to spare.
Then I was trying to find the Oscar nominees this year so I could at least feel like I have some skin in the game. No luck, however, I did come across this video contest.
These links are from a contest called The Story Beyond the Still. The first one starts out like a Hallmark card, and then not so much. Each director took a different chapter of the same story but the second chapter is much darker than the first. It's as if someone tried to make a continuous narrative from the Mysteries of Harris Burdick.
Chapter 1: The Cabbie from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo.
Job Security from Runner Runner on Vimeo.
Then I was trying to find the Oscar nominees this year so I could at least feel like I have some skin in the game. No luck, however, I did come across this video contest.
These links are from a contest called The Story Beyond the Still. The first one starts out like a Hallmark card, and then not so much. Each director took a different chapter of the same story but the second chapter is much darker than the first. It's as if someone tried to make a continuous narrative from the Mysteries of Harris Burdick.
Chapter 1: The Cabbie from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo.
Job Security from Runner Runner on Vimeo.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Poor Madame LaFarge
I'm crushed that basiljaz cannot enjoy this show so I thought I would share just a small bit of it that I found on YouTube. A full episode only runs 21 minutes so you can watch this multiple times to get a feel for the show.
Kindle
My mom got me a ring for Christmas and when I opened it I took one look and said, "No." My mom goes for the unusual in gifts and occasionally she hits a home run (she once got me a 60-lb copy of Frank Lloyd Wright's The Boulder).
(Picture courtesy of Brewbooks flickr page.)
This ring, however, was definitely a strike but I thought, well, I'll wear it around her. Then I saw there was a price tag on it and I said, "Oh, no," (because you can't just not wear something when you know how much it cost). So I had to tell her and send it back and explain, hey, give this to her that wants it. She was very chagrined that she'd left the tag on there and that I didn't like it, but you can't win them all.
She called me on my birthday this year (which we all know comes just after Christmas) and asked if I had gotten her package yet. I said, "Ooooh, a package, what is it, I can't wait!?" She said, "Well, I can't tell you. You have to open it to see." And she was smug, you could hear, this one was going over the wall.
So we chatted, she asked if I had anything planned for my birthday. I told her, well, I was just sitting here working from home and then BAM, I remembered. "Oh, bk got me a Kindle. Do you know what that is?" and she said, Hmmm, yes. I started telling her how totally awesome a device it is. And she was quiet and I asked, "Well, I'm really excited about my package. No hints?" And she said, "It's a Kindle." I said, "What?"
"I got you a Kindle."
I could hear in her voice how disappointed she was so I started saying, "Well, I'm sorry bk stole your thunder but it's a really thoughtful gift. I have wanted one forever and I got so excited that I got online last night and started downloading free books and I ordered a cover for it... (blah blah blah)"
And she hesitated and said, "Did you get your sister's package yet?"
(Picture courtesy of Brewbooks flickr page.)This ring, however, was definitely a strike but I thought, well, I'll wear it around her. Then I saw there was a price tag on it and I said, "Oh, no," (because you can't just not wear something when you know how much it cost). So I had to tell her and send it back and explain, hey, give this to her that wants it. She was very chagrined that she'd left the tag on there and that I didn't like it, but you can't win them all.
She called me on my birthday this year (which we all know comes just after Christmas) and asked if I had gotten her package yet. I said, "Ooooh, a package, what is it, I can't wait!?" She said, "Well, I can't tell you. You have to open it to see." And she was smug, you could hear, this one was going over the wall.
So we chatted, she asked if I had anything planned for my birthday. I told her, well, I was just sitting here working from home and then BAM, I remembered. "Oh, bk got me a Kindle. Do you know what that is?" and she said, Hmmm, yes. I started telling her how totally awesome a device it is. And she was quiet and I asked, "Well, I'm really excited about my package. No hints?" And she said, "It's a Kindle." I said, "What?"
"I got you a Kindle."
I could hear in her voice how disappointed she was so I started saying, "Well, I'm sorry bk stole your thunder but it's a really thoughtful gift. I have wanted one forever and I got so excited that I got online last night and started downloading free books and I ordered a cover for it... (blah blah blah)"
And she hesitated and said, "Did you get your sister's package yet?"
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