frozen

16 tons and whad'ya get...

Anthony Bourdain (my fantasy bf) burning 6 tons of cocaine.

Here's to a new decade

So today marks a new decade and to usher it in is a blue moon, (a blue moon signifies 2 full moons in the span of one calendar month) I am, however, unable to witness this phenomenon as its currently rain-snowing here. hopefully this is a good luck talisman for the decade to come. for me personally, the last decade has been neither good nor bad, brought about deep, lasting changes as well as stagnation and complacency, really the only definitive thing to happen is to age biologically, otherwise it is all relative. Still it is my hope that the next decade brings more growth and positive changes for myself and globally, but I'm sure stagnation and negativity will be mixed in there right along with it. Happy 2010!

Vertigo

Ever wonder what its like to go down a long hill at fast speed with nothing but a thin piece of wood and 4 little wheels under you? well, here's your chance! this video was shot as a promotion piece for menswear designer, Adam Kimmel. 3 skateboarders dress in suits, get driven to the top of a long hill (in Claremont, CA) and proceed to hand a video camera back and forth to each other while filming their POV and each other. I find my body becomes rigid and I hold my breath when I watch this, meanwhile they're laughing, relaxed, fluid, and enjoying themselves. I can't figure out how they got the film to be so steady considering this is hand held. The coordination and ease at which they pass the camera around while going at very high speeds is impressive. (The action starts at 2:30 if you just want to skip ahead to the good stuff.)

Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD from adam kimmel on Vimeo.

Broken Embraces

Watched the new Pedro Almodovar film, Broken Embraces. It was very enjoyable (not counting the woman with stinky perfume sitting next to me for over 2 hrs. yuck!) Back when she was trying to be an American star and was dating/married to Tom Cruise (?) I couldn't stand Penelope Cruz, but under Almodovar's loving lens and attention she really shines (although I thought she was good in Vicky Cristina Barcelona also) which is good because Broken Embraces is pretty much all about her. The film is layered with multiple characters and the storyline isn't linear which shouldn't be new to any fan of Almodovar's.

Here's a synopsis from the film's website:

The story of Mateo, Lena, Judit and Ernesto Martel is a story of “amour fou”, dominated by fatality, jealously, the abuse of power, treachery and a guilt complex. A moving and terrible story, the most expressive image of which is the photo of two lovers embracing, torn into a thousand pieces.

I'm a survivor

Spacious Thoughts

been running across really kool animation lately. this one has been making the rounds because of the music of Kool Keith and Tom Waits which is actually completely uninteresting in this video. for me, the merit is in the incredible future forward animation done by Fluorescent Hill.