Woman get’s $18,000 Whale Vomit for Christmas
I want that. I have really been wanting some marine mammal excrement for Christmas. And if thats too much money, at least some type of glandular discharge. Sadly, I don’t think I’m gonna get it. Everyone I’ve asked to get me something says they’re not giving me shit for Christmas.
Uncovering the phenomenon that is creating celebrity lookalikes and personal dopplegangers called Miis on Nintendo’s Wii, my interest was sparked to find out what other Wii owners were creating. From some friends and family I’ve received a few well known faces: Oprah, Arnold, Johny Kerry and Rosanne. I myself have created the likes of G.O.B. from Arrested Development, Bigfoot and the man without a face (literally), to name a few. To try and find some other creations, I went to the only reliable source, the internet. After doing exhaustive studies at work on my free time, I have compiled some results as to what the most popular Mii creations are. Plus I made a pie chart which means it’s fact.
Mii Celebrity Thereom 4.2
The most popular user generated Mii is Jesus followed by Hitler and then Michael Jackson.
I’d love to hear some interpretations of these results. I would theorize a postulate but I don’t want to cloud what has been a strictly scientific process.
Excellent exclusive interview with Mel about Apocalypto. I think Mel understands the art of storytelling. Compelling action/conflict, humor and a point.
I am working on the graphic novel again. Took a break for a while. I forgot how much I love writing. Actually I dont know if it’s the writing I love. I see the images in my head. Thats what I love. The images in my head. And writing lets me share them with you or directing or poems or art. I just want to share them.
I almost don’t want to see Apocalypto because I know it will affect me creatively and there is this great desire in me to avoid mimicry. I am so worried about being original but want stay relevant at the same time.
I am redoing the beginning of the novel right now. Maybe I will share a piece with you. It starts at the beginning of time and the creation of the earth. The novel in a whole is turning out more dark and forboding than I thought it would. Not that it doesn’t have it’s fun moments but the overall story is a little heavier than I originally thought it up to be. The original idea was to create a modern day western that still had the sensibilities of something classic. I think the more I got into reading and writing about the Native American, specifically the Wintu* tribe, element of the story, it really changed the tone. In fact the story is much more centered around Native American culture than small western town culture now. But it’s all still a work in progress. Needless to say, I am really excited about it and am happy to be working on it again.
If you are wondering why the title of this post has nothing to do with the post itself and are saying to yourself,”He has so much whit, I wonder what the sarcastic play on words is that I am missing”. Don’t worry, your not obtuse. This is the working title of my graphic novel and by my, most of my readers understand that I mean the graphic novel written by me and drawn by the Fantastic (yep I capitalized it) Curt Merlo
*You can read a brief history on the Wintu here. It’s pretty sad. Basically the pre-contact population was around 14,000 (most likely more) and in 50 years their population was down under 500. Now they are an unrecognized tribe, while other made-up tribes are claiming land for Casinos to be built.
*Except for Zizou
We know what not to do with the wii. Here are some positive suggestions on what you can do:
Apocalypto released Friday. I’ve talked about it before on this site. I am excited to see it. The reviews have been pretty much across the board. From, Mel Gibson is a jew-hater and he is talentless, to “There is one scene where they chop this guys head off…it was tight”.
I don’t usually read or believe any reviews but I like to check rottentomatoes every once in a while to see the different opinions on certain movies. I came across an interesting review from
It will be interesting to see what Christian movie buffs in particular make of this film. When The Passion came out, there was much speculation that Gibson had become “one of us,” and there were many requests for Gibson to follow it up with a movie about the Maccabean revolt, Saint Francis, or any of a number of other biblical and religious subjects. Instead, with a budget rumoured to be over $70 million—much of it amassed from The Passion’s profits—Gibson has made a bloody flick about death and social decay in a pagan culture, and he hints ever so obliquely that the world has not fared any better under we Christians. After watching Apocalypto, some people may find they cannot watch The Passion the way they used to.
My father is a christian minister and while I was home for thanksgiving I attended his church. He spoke about the biblical commandment, “Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain”. To pre-empt (wrong word, prelude maybe?) this he is blogging once a week to discuss the topic. In his post the week before the sermon he commented that
the morality index for evangelicals is not really all that much different than our secular culture.
The sermon turned out to be much more than “don’t say gd”. It was about not claiming yourself as a follower of the teachings of Jesus and then living like a criminal. With religious scandals being in the news almost every day, we have to ask ourselves if Mel is right. How much better is the world in the hands of Christians than in pagans and what if anything can we do about it?
In one of my previous posts, I detailed a list of accomplishments needed to be considered “hip”. I realized today that I had forgotten one. You need to have seen Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson’s Bottle Rocket. Sickfrog, an IMDB reviewer prophesied this 8 years ago.
A brilliant comedy, and yet cleverly subdued. This portrait of small-time criminal is made masterful by the performances of Owen C. Wilson and Luke Wilson. Owen’s Dignan dreams of glory as an outlaw are almost noble. He may have his inadequacies, but at least he is determined. While Luke’s Anthony lacks that kind of determination, what he has is at least a sense of his inadequacies that Dignan lacks. But, while these two are never meant for great things, they can still achieve all their dreams if they just keep them small. Dignan is content with a life of small robberies. What he maintains is great pride for that. And Anthony find happiness in love from an unlikely woman. To find romance with the woman he does is much too quirky to have ever happened in a Hollywood movie. Yet this film plays it perfectly. And so, what makes this film so unique is that it is not so self -involved and moody like most independent films can be. And while it has a bright appeal, it is more eccentric than campy like most mainstream comedies can be. This is truly a unique comedy and I get the feeling that one day, the lines of hipness will be drawn between who has seen this movie and who hasn’t.
I just drew the line Sickfrog, I drew the line…
Being extremely disappointed that I missed the Transiberian Orchestra’s Concert this year, I have been looking for something to fill the void. Nothing says “Christmas Kicks Ass” like fire, operatic butt rock and semi-hot backup singers.
Well I can’t give you Transiberian because there is nothing like feeling the heat of pyrotechnics on your face during Carol of The Bells. But I will give you Iron Maiden performing Rhyme of The Ancient Mariner, which is pretty close.
Iconfactory has created the Wii safety manual pages that didn’t make the cut.
Go here to see the original manual.
I’m sure most of you have seen the newest apple ads, with the mac and the pc. The mac guy is “hip”, while the pc is old and stuffy. With the creation of the ipod, apple has really allowed itself to move outside of a small “cult” of users to have a much bigger following. But these latest ads actually seem to work against it. It’s saying mac users are, what I like to call, the new culture snob. How do you join this club? You guessed it…You can’t. But I’ll share some of the rules.
You must…
*Not actual rules, simply things I can claim that you probably cannot, which in turn makes me better than you.
Expressed scientifically, it would be:
