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Friday, August 26, 2011

More David Trachtenberg (video)

This Director/Editor is one of the top under the radar guys out there. You'll see him making feature films someday or at least I hope so. Check out his stuff here. Enjoy.
http://www.davidtrachtenberg.net/

Portal: No Escape (video)

An imaginative short film made with hyper-real visual effects by David Trachtenberg. He's setting the bar right where you can't reach it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4drucg1A6Xk&feature=player_embedded#!

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Bad Done Good (music)

Okay, I know mash-ups are so fucking-yesterday... but these are above anything I've heard so far. The best of the worst in the best way. I'm serious, take a dip - you'll see!
http://soundcloud.com/mixessss

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The Real Grub Breakdown.

Remember when you could eat anything? You can't, so don't. Begin here to see why.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/e4/foodcalories.html

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Move + Learn + Eat! (video)

Not jealous... Just envious.
http://www.worldhum.com/travel-blog/item/videos-you-must-see-move-learn-eat-20110805/

New Orleans... How I Miss Thee.

This place was actually pretty creepy before the storm hit. Carny folk and thugs worked all the rides and shops. Shootings on the weekends, flash brawls, stare contests that end terribly. Actually, good times!
http://www.lovethesepics.com/2011/05/creepy-crusty-crumbling-illegal-tour-of-abandoned-six-flags-new-orleans-75-pics/

The 100 Most Beautiful Words in the English Language... Apparently.

Ailurophile A cat-lover.
Assemblage A gathering.
Becoming Attractive.
Beleaguer To exhaust with attacks.
Brood To think alone.
Bucolic In a lovely rural setting.
Bungalow A small, cozy cottage.
Chatoyant Like a cat’s eye.
Comely Attractive.
Conflate To blend together.
Cynosure A focal point of admiration.
Dalliance A brief love affair.
Demesne Dominion, territory.
Demure Shy and reserved.
Denouement The resolution of a mystery.
Desuetude Disuse.
Desultory Slow, sluggish.
Diaphanous Filmy.
Dissemble Deceive.
Dulcet Sweet, sugary.
Ebullience Bubbling enthusiasm.
Effervescent Bubbly.
Efflorescence Flowering, blooming.
Elision Dropping a sound or syllable in a word.
Elixir A good potion.
Eloquence Beauty and persuasion in speech.
Embrocation Rubbing on a lotion.
Emollient A softener.
Ephemeral Short-lived.
Epiphany A sudden revelation.
Erstwhile At one time, for a time.
Ethereal Gaseous, invisible but detectable.
Evanescent Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time.
Evocative Suggestive.
Fetching Pretty.
Felicity Pleasantness.
Forbearance Withholding response to provocation.
Fugacious Fleeting.
Furtive Shifty, sneaky.
Gambol To skip or leap about joyfully.
Glamour Beauty.
Gossamer The finest piece of thread, a spider’s silk.
Halcyon Happy, sunny, care-free.
Harbinger Messenger with news of the future.
Imbrication Overlapping and forming a regular pattern.
Imbroglio An altercation or complicated situation.
Imbue To infuse, instill.
Incipient Beginning, in an early stage.
Ineffable Unutterable, inexpressible.
Ingénue A naïve young woman.
Inglenook A cozy nook by the hearth.
Insouciance Blithe nonchalance.
Inure To become jaded.
Labyrinthine Twisting and turning.
Lagniappe A special kind of gift.
Lagoon A small gulf or inlet.
Languor Listlessness, inactivity.
Lassitude Weariness, listlessness.
Leisure Free time.
Lilt To move musically or lively.
Lissome Slender and graceful.
Lithe Slender and flexible.
Love Deep affection.
Mellifluous Sweet sounding.
Moiety One of two equal parts.
Mondegreen A slip of the ear.
Murmurous Murmuring.
Nemesis An unconquerable archenemy.
Offing The sea between the horizon and the offshore.
Onomatopoeia A word that sounds like its meaning.
Opulent Lush, luxuriant.
Palimpsest A manuscript written over earlier ones.
Panacea A solution for all problems
Panoply A complete set.
Pastiche An art work combining materials from various sources.
Penumbra A half-shadow.
Petrichor The smell of earth after rain.
Plethora A large quantity.
Propinquity An inclination.
Pyrrhic Successful with heavy losses.
Quintessential Most essential.
Ratatouille A spicy French stew.
Ravel To knit or unknit.
Redolent Fragrant.
Riparian By the bank of a stream.
Ripple A very small wave.
Scintilla A spark or very small thing.
Sempiternal Eternal.
Seraglio Rich, luxurious oriental palace or harem.
Serendipity Finding something nice while looking for something else.
Summery Light, delicate or warm and sunny.
Sumptuous Lush, luxurious.
Surreptitious Secretive, sneaky.
Susquehanna A river in Pennsylvania.
Susurrous Whispering, hissing.
Talisman A good luck charm.
Tintinnabulation Tinkling.
Umbrella Protection from sun or rain.
Untoward Unseemly, inappropriate.
Vestigial In trace amounts.
Wafture Waving.
Wherewithal The means.
Woebegone Sorrowful, downcast.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Gun Hill Road - Trailer

Saw this movie recently on a whim. I realized amidst the hype of everything else around me, I almost forgot about the great indie movies that are still being made today. Don't sleep, be curious, watch Indies. http://www.gunhillroad.com/trailer