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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Sunday's Best: The Last Survivor

For more information about the film, go to www.thelastsurvivor.com.

For those in the United States, you can now view the whole film via www.thelastsurvivor.com/. As for other regions, visit their website for more information.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

In Your Face Beauty

Lernert & Sander: Natural Beauty on Nowness.com.

Amsterdam-based artists and directors, Lernert & Sander are known for their creative videos that are often playful, thought-provoking, unorthodox, and magical. In this surreal short film about fashion overkill dubbed as "Natural Beauty" featured in the fashion and lifestyle website, Nowness.com, the Dutch artists pose the questions "Is this what you want?" and "Do you think this is beautiful?"

Lernert & Sander in "Chocolate Bunny"

This short film is a mix of reality, fantasy, the bizarre, and the freakish. Of course, women do not normally wear make-up seven days a week and you wash it clean at the end of the day.

In case you're wondering how much cosmetic products were used, take a look:

7 bottles of Foundation S103

2 bottles of Creamy Eyes E107

3 Milky Lips L205 pens

2 bottles of Blush S301

A total of 228.40ml of makeup.

Now, if you're a woman who feels grossed out and disgusted after watching the short film then the team of geniuses behind this project succeeded in conveying its message across. If you're a man who appreciates or maybe prefers to see your wife au naturelle then good for you.

"On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux."

"One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye." - Fox to the Little Prince, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Friday, July 1, 2011

Empire State Building Honors Canada Day

Last night, the Empire State Building honored Canada by lighting its top tiers with red and white, reflecting the Canadian flag.
Before that, a team of volunteer Canadians showered Maple leaves from the tower's observation deck. The organizing committee for the NYC Canada celebrations also replaced the water in the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park with premium Canadian Maple syrup. Also, all the 11 branches of Canadian donut icon, Tim Horton's gave away free coffee and Timbits.

OKAY. The maple syrup, maple leaves, and Tim Horton's are not true. But it's not too late, maybe today.

Friday's Best: Canadiana Tidbits

What famous people said about Canada:

"President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards." - Conan O'Brien

"The cool thing about being famous is traveling. I have always wanted to travel across seas, like to Canada and stuff." - Britney Spears

"A lot of funny stuff happens in Canada." - Samantha Bee

"Canada was built on dead beavers." - Margaret Atwood

"I don't even know what street Canada is on." - Al Capone

Things you should know about Canada:

Canadians consume more donuts than any other country in the world. Also, there are more donut shops in Canada per capita than any other country in the world.
Did you know that the comic book artist Joe Shuster who created Superman was born in Toronto, Ontario? He held Canadian and American citizenships.
Did you know that the inventor of basketball, Dr. James Naismith, a physical education professor was born in Canada? A product of Canada's top university, McGill University in Montreal, Naismith was inducted in the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame, Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, and the McGill Sports Hall of Fame.
Canada has six time zones. From east to west they are Newfoundland Time Zone, Atlantic Time Zone, Eastern Time, Central Time Zone, Mountain Time Zone, and the Pacific Time Zone.
Canada has the largest amount of freshwater in the world having over 2 million lakes.
About 89% of Canada is uninhabitable because of harsh climate.
Canadians call their one dollar coin "loonie" and the two dollar coin a "toonie"
The US-Canada border is the world's longest undefended border.
In Canada, the legal drinking age is 19 except for the Provinces of Quebec, Manitoba, and Alberta which is 18. In an interview, Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds said: I remember being upset because I was finally legal to drink in Canada, and I decided to throw that all away and move to America, where I had to wait another two years. I came here to do improv and to try to join the Groundlings.
The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics opening ceremonies were the first Olympic opening ceremonies for both the summer and winter editions to be held in an indoor venue.

Oh Canada from CBC:

Molson Canadian Beer "I Am Canadian Anthem" commercial:

"Un Canadien Errant" performed by Luke Doucet and Mellisa Mclelland from the movie "One Week" starring Joshua Jackson. This is the best version I've heard.

The BEST of Molson Canadian Beer commercials:

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Dutch Prank Tattoo Job: Ridiculously Beautiful

Too good to be true. The amazing viral video of a Dutch woman getting inked by a Dutch tattoo artist with the colored profile pictures of her 152 Facebook friends in a one-time 30-hour long session turned out, as I predicted, to be a creative promotion for Rotterdam tattoo artist Dex Moelker and his company.

The inked multicolored artwork on the woman's right arm is really snazzy and visually appealing. Getting a tattoo of your 152 Facebook friends is not a bad idea at all.

Via CNN:

Moelker just came clean to the Dutch newspaper the Telegraaf, saying it was in fact a publicity stunt. The woman in the video didn't have the tattoo inked during a 30-hour period as the video claimed.

"It is a try out tattoo, a transfer, that washes off in a couple of days," he (Moelker) told them.

READ the whole story here...

Maybe, someone should have a tattoo of his or her school besfriends' yearbook photos in time for the homecoming reunion either in black and white or sepia. What about vintage Playboy covers? Or, Time Magazine Person of the Year covers?

Wednesday's Best: A Father's Story

"If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story." - Orson Welles

By: SAMUEL W. HEFTI

This is a mini documentary about "Son", a cylco driver in Ho Chi Minh City. I met him during my stay in Vietnam and he told me his story. In the early Seventies he has fought with the Americans against the Vietcong. After the war he was put into prison by the North Vietnamese. Now he seems to be a happy family father...