Happy Halloween!!

is this raccoon cute or what

Pump-kin up the jams

tis the season for pumpkin carving and my favorite - PUMPKIN SEEDS!! i make a special tapitio/rosemary batch mmmmm...

pauls: out of frame, mich: owl, myra: hey baby face, jenna: wonky cat, katie: hates goop

owl, the halloween hoot

myra making friends with an extremely uncomfortable looking poe

This Cat Betrayed His Girlfriend

this shouldnt be funny.... but it is, it sooo is

Did you hear the Bell?

Perception

Something to think about….

Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approximately. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.

4 minutes later:

The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.

6 minutes:

A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.

10 minutes:

A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.

45 minutes:

The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.

1 hour:

He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.

This is a true story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities.

The questions raised:

*In a common place environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?

*Do we stop to appreciate it?

*Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made.

How many other things are we missing?

Can you hear me now

like the cellphone wave, but cooler

making of:

Sideways cat

he be walking sideways

Clothes I like today

Banksy Costume

Is this not the best Halloween costume or what

To infinity and beyond!

Ultimate Flip Book

sooo the actual content of this stop motion short is pretty lewd and kinda gross (and not quite appropriate for work...), the actual execution of it is bananas! biggest/ultimate flip book if I've ever seen one.

VIDEOGIOCO by Donato Sansone from Enrico Ascoli - Sound Design on Vimeo.

Fat Poe

fat version of poe doing the splits

Trapezey in Heezey

Bring it on, circus


Went to Trapeze school on the Santa Monica pier, hosted by Health Mag/Coastal Living (aka amazing Nicole Ransom). It was SO MUCH FUN! but pee-your-pants scary too. Mostly fun.

latching myself to the harness...

UP!

leaaaaning...

then flying!! the video is kinda crap, but basically i start with my hands, latch my knees on to the bar, let go with my arms, reattach my arms, then do a flip and land in the net. FUN.

The trick after is the catch - you're hanging from your knees swinging, the instructor is hanging from his knees swinging on a different bar, and then he catches you and you end up hanging from him. i know. cirque de solei style.

Anyway. amazing experience. Post more pix when I get them!

... Zing!

gays strike back

In the spirit of Halloween...

Sweet pix. entitled "In memory of the late mr. and mrs. comfort" by richard avedon










more here: http://www.paranaiv.no/inspiration/2009/08/memory-late-mr-and-mrs-comfort

Sing us a song Piano Man

If every stair case was a fun piano, America would be a lot less fat. re:

Party in the USA

this amazing video was introduced to my life than none other than andre (you'll understand why after the first 5 seconds):



makes you miss summa dont it

My Fairy Lady

i was one of the lady lumps recruited for katie's short film project. we were supposed to be victorian/prairie-ish women on the way to a faire (not fair). i know i know, there arent asian prairie people, just go with it - cool looking pictures ensued

(i took this one! i'll title it "film maker lost in woods 2")

Bboy meets Nintendo

LET THE WILD RUMPUS START!

getting ready for the movie, costumes READY!

looks like Dug from UP

...but funnier

Berlin Is My New Hero

As part of the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the destruction of the Berlin wall, a theater group put on a multi-day giant puppet show. It looks surreal, eerily beautiful... kinda like pinnochio times a million. Berlin does art projects beyond right.

The whole show tells a story of a scuba diver who looses his niece/daughter. The end up being separated by a wall, but then scuba steve breaks down the wall and is reunited with his kid/cousin person. Something like that. I tried to piece it together through the pictures. What I dont understand is how his daughter is extremely asian, but he looks pretty standard european white. Somethings lost in translation... still awesome looking though.

*love the team of puppeteers in the retro red colonial (? royal? what style is that) outfits

Speaking of Puppets...

what's funnier, middle man's high HIGH pants or left guy's facial proximity to middle guys pit.

Ring around the rosie

in the market for a new ring... loving all of these:

Little Chinese Seamstress

Been getting my craft on lately, and made my halloween costume! Here it is quasi-finished:
Made that out of a blanket, much like mcguyver would do

And then made a Carol hat for liz! We're going to match for hweenie

Meet you in the owlery!

my brother is going to hogwarts (brown). so freakin jealous.

[15:50] me: eating more of the coconut peanut viet c andy
[15:50] ry: im sitting next to emma watson
[15:50] ry: just fyi
[15:50] me: WHAT
[15:50] me: jealousy
[15:51] me: ask her how crookshanks is doing
[15:51] ry: lol
[15:51] ry: you're terrible
[15:51] me: ask her why she moves her eyebrows so much when she talks
[15:55] me: is there a way you can take a picture of her
[15:55] me: without her knowing
[15:55] ry: no
[15:56] ry: im literarlly
[15:56] ry: right next.
[15:56] ry: to her
[15:56] ry: i keep minimizing the window
[15:56] ry: incase shge's looking over
[15:56] me: pffft she should be paying attention
[15:56] me: what class ar eyou in
[15:56] me: where you're with freshmen
[15:57] ry: i'm not in class
[15:57] ry: it's 7pm
[15:57] ry: i'm in the library
[16:01] me: OHHHHHHH
[16:01] me: ask her where her book of monsters is
[16:02] me: tell her to stroke the spine to stop it from biting you

Mao! Cute Kittens MAO!