#1
Dancing Camera Man
midi tracks are disco-rageous!
#2
Russel Crowe for Avondale College
Russell: Hey Teach, you look great in those jean shorts, you cut them off yourself?
Teacher: Fuck Yeah!
#3
Synth Coke
Not one thing about this commercial seems right...
#4
How to score by making out with her thumb.
They both had free content available online that made them money, cash money, money!
YOUNG MOOLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Mashable wrote an interesting piece the other day about Monty Python's YouTube Channel. If you haven't seen it, go! Everything is available for free. There's a selection of their top clips as well as a darling pitch for viewers to go and buy their dvds.
Surprise, surprise...
It's working.
Sales of Monty Python DVDs have climbed to No. 2 on Amazon's Movies and TV Bestsellers list. How can this be when the content is free?
Thank YouTube's "Click to Buy". If you haven't already seen it, watch the video I posted and wait for the little bubble to pop up inviting you to buy some movies. This is an option that was previously only available to YouTube partners to include on their English video, however, as of January 21, 2009, YouTube has expanded the functionality to support links to the iTunes store for German, Spain, and Netherlands users.
The good thing is, we are starting to see proof that free content can result in sales of product. While free redistribution of copyrighted materials is a hot topic for the entertainment industry, they will have to choose. I agree with Stan at Mashable, who put it nicely, "you can’t control, monitor and bully users on the ISP level, and reap benefits from free redistribution of content at the same time. Sooner or later, the entertainment industry will have to choose."
Truth is, the entertainment industry is trying to have it both ways! No surprise there! Youtube partners will now be able to leverage the Content ID system. This will allow partners to identify user content that matches their own and to automatically insert the "Click to Buy" overlays.
Apparently, YouTube just has not done enough to monetize their site - so let's make it increasingly annoying for users.
Because everyone fucking loves pop ups.
Matt sent me this link of cool mug designs for 2009 and I thought I would share it!!
This isn't a very descriptive picture... it just looks like an ex boyfriend of mine getting thwapped in the face with a mug.
It's providing hours upon hours of comedy for me. "GIVE ME BACK MY SHIT, AHOLE!"
hahahahahaha
Click on the pics to take a look at the list... here's a few of my favs, here:
In the mail, I got a new product to rock out with...
L'Oréal Double Extend Beauty Tubes Mascara
So far so good... my favorite part about it is that the mascara can be removed by using water. It just flakes off!
Want a special offer and try it too? Here's a coupon with information on getting $5 off the mascara, which puts in the Great Lash $5-$7 dollar range.
It does make my lashes look bigger, thicker and fuller... But, I haven't put it through the big tests just yet.
I just hate when it clumps... primer mascaras have a tendency to lack that smooth finished look that doesn't scream, "HEYA! I'M WEARING MASCARA, YA'LL!"
Simply wiping the wand down and using a light touch when applying seems to be enough to get smoking hot eyes. To be safe, I follow up with my own clean lash brush to get rid of any extra pesky clumps after the primer and the final step.
I get a nice natural curve with thick extended lashes that normally only come when I use individual falsies.
More to come in the mascara saga! But, feel free to pick some up and let me know how it goes.
xoxo
kc
Paris Hilton is malevolent pop culture seductress. She weens our attention to focus on the declining health of her rotating cast of BFFs liver health.
Well, there are few celebrities that Paris can rely on for social alcoholism these days. Amy Winehouse is a little too far gone, and everyone else is in rehab or recovering. So what's a girl to do?
Let's make a celeb and corrupt her the good ol' fashioned way!
Paris is a star fucker, but is she a star maker?
Obviously, I'm not available to party with Miss Hilton, besides, my poverty doesn't permit me to jetset to exotic locations beyond the Bloor Street Valu-Mart. I must be content to sit and read up on her life via the internet.
Kind of like her new BFF winner, Brittany Flickinger. She was dumped, dissed and dismissed in Sundance by Paris who apparently was rocking out with a Danity Kane singer.
Paris is gearing up for a new season of My New BFF, while Brittany is posting on her myspace blog about her "favorite girl" and bonding with the myspace creators.
uh... hot?
You know what was hot about Sundance? Brittany apparently running out of a bathroom shouting to Paris, "Wait for me! Don't leave me in the bathroom"
Listen, Brittany... Let your new BFF KC give you some advice - Paris is going to do her thing and you my dear are acting like a well trained pet. But, we all get tired of things that cling, so why don't you party it up, have a great time. Go back to fronting your band and being awkward around men, that's the girl Paris fell for...
And, BTW - if someone buys you a fanny pack - it's usually a gag gift.
The other night, I went to a Ketel One tasting and missed it. My cab driver didn't have change, a functioning debit machine or the grace to accept that he screwed up. So, outside the Spoke Club, I sat as collateral for half an hour while my boyfriend went on a hunt for money.
Don't expect anyone at Susur's new restaurant Madeline's to help - being surrounded by pretentious vittles in an overly articulated space and an ridiculously priced menu obviously erodes the sense of goodwill to humanity. Whatever, Susur, your staff needs to get over themselves, whether they are serving at Madeline's or at Smoke's Poutinery - they are still just a server. If you tell them they are an extension of you, well, then they have no problems acting like asses, which tells me they are either full of themselves, or are representing you to the fullest of their abilities. Either way, maybe the staff needs to get the memo - Charity is in.
Regardless, nearly an hour late in the end, Matt and I walk in to the tasting that just finished. Around a long conference table were neatly placed tasting mats each with three glasses. One Ketel One Vodka, one Absolut and one Grey Goose - it would've been fun to go through the tasting, but as a food writer, I know it won't be my last.
Matt and I did get there in time to be awarded with our gift bags, darling bottles of Ketel One, Grand Marnier and a sassy Ketel One Boston Shaker. My next party thanks you Ketel One!
So we headed home not long after a conversation with Bethe-Anne Perry, the sassy retro styled Reserve Brand Ambassador who charismatically waltzed Matt and I though the history of Ketel One. I didn't realize the over 300 years of tradition Ketel One possesses! I especially didn't know that the vodka's characteristic smoothness is attributed to the alembic copper pot stills. Something that sets it apart from the popular "Douche Goose"
You know... the grey one.
All that aside let me guide you on how to have your own Ketel One tasting party, with gusto!
First, I went to the Ketel One website... I encountered this screen, where I entered my desired age. Sept 12, 1988... not too far off from the real thing.
DENIED! Ketel One was not to be fooled that easily! I was invited to come back in 0 years or the equivalent of never... Shame. I'm beginning to think that Karmacake and Ketel One will never truly connect.
Eventually I log into the site, locked up tighter than Fort Knox, and proceed to Products then to the Ketel One Challenge.
Go to the Ketel One website and download the tasting mat provided (Products/Ketel One Challenge) - I had Stoli, Ketel One and Alberta Premium.
Now pour a little in a snifter or a wine glass, swirl it around to coat the sides, take a sniff and then take a taste. The first might be a little jarring, but stick with it, when tasted in comparison, the nuances of the vodka will come through. Just simply being able to notice one obvious difference like the levels of burn going down, is enough to define an opinion.
Based upon burn the Alberta Premium is ideal for paint removal, cockroach extermination and hair relaxing.
Stoli is the cheapest vodka available that can be drank neat - 'nuff said.
Ketel One was... well... I'll let you figure it out for yourselves!
Enjoy the Ketel One experience!
Go to the website and get recipes - best way to cap off a tasting is with a cocktail! Since they gave us the Grand Marnier, we're drinking cosmos.
Toronto's latest proposal for yumming up the city, is Toronto a la cart. A lofty project unintentionally aimed at new immigrants as a method of broadening street eats. Currently, if you want to eat-street, you have a choice of hot dogs (with various toppings), sausage, and in some cases fries and burgers.
The goal is to introduce food carts that serve nutritious, ethnically diverse food in a manner that protects health and safety. Furthermore, participation the project provides valuable information to the city, as they would be able to monitor the success of the program.
The list of foods now available for street meat vendors to include in their menus, based upon nutritional considerations, includes:
o Pre-packaged fruits and vegetables
o Whole fruits and vegetables
o Pre-packaged fruit salad
o Bagels with butter, margarine, peanut butter or jam
o Pre-packaged nuts and seeds
o Pre-packaged salads containing only vegetables and/or fruits
o Pre-packaged Tabbouleh salad and pita bread
o Soup
o Pretzels
o Veggie burgers
o Coffees and teas
Hot dog scented apples... mmmmmmmmmmm... Kind of reminds me of the gravy at Cluck, Grunt and Low! Sausage gravy that tastes like hot dog sauce - so sick.
While this sounds very exciting for those wishing to take part, the numerous hoops potential participants must jump through pose serious challenges. The biggest obstacle presented by the City of Toronto, is no subsidies for new cart purchases. Participants are required to spend $21,000 - $28,000+ on a food cart from Crown Verity, a firm chosen by the city. So depending on the specific needs of the ethnic food vendor, the cart could cost a lot or a heck of a lot.
Overall, this being a pilot project, those wishing to participate also must accept that after the 3-years is up, there's considerable uncertainty on whether or not they will be able to continue using their carts.
Toronto a la cart was proposed by city councillors including Councillor John Filion, who was instrumental in launching the program. According to Toronto Star, Filion recognizes that there would be significant start up costs associated with participating in the program, however, he says, "I think they'll make a very, very good income."
While the possibility of making a "very, very good income" is as concrete as a mud foundation in the rain, what is certain is the 70% time commitment that cart owners must devote to operating their stand. How will the inspectors who are monitoring the process know? The vendor's photo will be attached to the cart at all times.
Fun fun fun.
Overall, the people who have been attending the information sessions are mostly new immigrants. According to Stats Can, 18.5% of new immigrants remain in the low-income bracket for over 4 years after they initially moved to Canada. So startling enough, low-income is rampant amongst those new to the country - therefore it is particularly heart breaking to consider that these individuals, looking to get established, will be required to not only pay a $150 application fee, a $375 business license fee, a $5000-$15,000 location fee (because Toronto has pre-selected 15 areas in the city where these new carts will be located), a $20-28,000 cart as well as the food on offer.
Brutal.
Good thing this is a city of Toronto pilot. Because, I'm sure the expenses would be very high if it weren't - OH WAIT THEY WOULD BE EXACTLY THE SAME!
Well, if I were my Dad and this was a business deal proposed to me by a potential partner - I would tell them to go stuff themselves.
Toronto, this is YOUR pilot. YOU should subsidize something!
Originally discovered September 2008, The Dark Knight Video Game for 8-bit Nintendo has only successfully gone viral in January 2009.
In fact, in terms of bloggers, I'm a little late on this one... I'm like the 21st blog to get this bad boy posted. Regardless, that's obviously not going to slow me down.
At first I thought this Dark Knight clip might be real, what with Nintendo's release of Mega Man 9 also in September 2008. There's something to be said about retro gaming on modern consoles! Mega Man 9, while looking primitive by today's standards, it is both challenging and darling!
I was never a gamer when I was younger. My parents feared I would turn into a zombie. An obviously impossible transition minus the bite of a true zombie - both exceptionally rare and virtually unheard of. Science withstanding, Nintendo's were a no go in my household.
Anyway, now we all can see what The Dark Knight would look like on an antique gaming system. Real gamers will probably criticize the creator, El Macbee, for producing a video that looks more like something found on a 16-bit console, like SNES. But, for the vast majority of plebs like me, this will look damn cool, regardless and will have high share value!
El Macbee is quoted as saying on the GameSpot Forums in October 2008, "Sure, it's just an animation. But I'm aware of what NES can and can't do. That's an amazing console and I create visual modifications for Nintendo games since 1998. It's fun to push Nintendo to its limits."
He goes on to share another video, taken of actual game play, featuring Super Mario Brothers getting the El Macbee 8-bit makeover.
"I tried to improve 'Mario Bros.' graphics on NES," says El Macbee, "You can see a much more detailed Mario here compared to the original."
Overall, awesome job. But, unless everyone's NES had games that looked like that on it, then it's safe to say, that the debate over wither the Dark Knight video is an 8-bit or 16-bit is squashed. It is clearly designed for 16-bit regardless of whether or not the NES could've handled it.
Like a bad joke - if you have to explain it, then it ain't gonna fly.
Here's the Mario Brother's clip - just in case anyone was dying to see what Mario really looks like. He still looks like Ron Jeremy to me.
When I sit around and I wonder what it is that I should be following a blog on the Middle East conflict with, I think... SWEETS!
Actually, no... I have lots to write about... Ketel One Vodka and L'Oreal Mascara... but, I had a brain wave.
Macaroons.
I see them everywhere. They look adorable and tasty! They are cute as a button and I think that they will be the new hot sweet treat.
Okay, I'm off to eat wings.
Stay tasty, sweet Toronto!
Anyone has the right to defend themselves when threatened - it is reasonable and human nature.
However, innocent people do not have the right to die, to be denied aid and to be erroneously demonized.
I just watched a British report on children sentenced as adult in Isreali jails. Why? Provoked children throw stones in retaliation of the misery caused by the state that governs them. What atrocities did a 12 year old commit with a stone in hand that justifies imprisoning him against international law?
A battle for land is quickly escalating into an act of genocide that is effecting not the lives of terrorists and the TRUE wrong doers to the civility of Isreal, but the lives of women, children, aid workers and other innocents.
Where is the charity for our Palestinian brethren? Where is the understanding? Education? And, why does Canada support this? What accounts are they getting that is so different then the scattered footage and reports I've scrounged up from the net? I saw video, for the first time ever, of an Isreali bomb drop in an area where the casualties were infantile, elderly and innocent. I watched distraught mothers gasp between sobs and aid workers fall to their knees with their eyes swollen with tears amongst a field of fallen people - one man barely alive, reciting his last prayer.
Where is the justice?
I pray, with all my heart and my soul, that the innocent from both sides band together to realize the greater good. That violence will to continue to beget violence should we wrongfully tar every member from the age of birth to 110 with false accusations.
This "war" is not right.
It is not right at all.
May God be with the Palestinian people as they continue to endure, what no person (good or bad) should ever endure. They apparently have the right to live, just not where their homes are.
Inshallah, it will all come to an end soon and everyone will be happy.
I'm a little sad I didn't think of this one sooner...
Link Here
What happens when 111 topless men descend upon Abercrombie & Fitch in NYC? Two get kicked out for not wearing shirts while in the process of buying two shirts. Everyone else, totally cool.
Dissssssssssssssssss!!!
I'm trying to get back in touch with the world I left before I went on the cruise, but in the meantime, here's some arty shit I found online.
I think it's high time I started really getting back into the swing of things... Procrastination feels pretty darned awesome, until about 4am in the morning when I wake up and go, "Oh shit! I should've picked up the living room instead of pissing the night away with Carr's water crackers and Rock of Love: Charm School."
But, who can blame a girl? Sharon Osbourne is pretty dope. Especially in that part when she splashes her drink all over that bitch Megan Hauserman - drunk or tweaking on coke. In other news, I tried to find a link to Rodeo's waterproof jeans, but I guess the company hasn't figured out they should probably tag their site with "Rodeo's waterproof jeans" and "charm school"
Anyway, this post isn't about my awesome life, it's about the cool recreations of famous paintings in photography. Now, isn't this a cultural way to spend a lunch hour, my awesome 5 returning visitors! hahaha, yeah it's been a long long time since I've blogged.
Okay, here we go!
The first batch is from F.A.T. (Free Art & Technology), where the contributors all found an impressionist painting they most resembled and recreated it. I think it's pretty neat... I'm curious to see who I most resemble and do my own. Except for, I have some shit for dine.to I have to finish, so posing for Impressionist Me is probably not the best use of my time at this exact moment in time!
haha
Next is Berlin based photographer, Rainer Elstermann, who recreated famous paintings, by old masters, with children. I LOVED this set it's eerie and beautiful how young girls somehow 
capture the beauty of the original subjects. I guess it's never changed - youth is pretty.
A very eerie gravitas.
Regardless, take a moment to flip through the images, they are pretty cool to check out. It's a fun way to get familiar with art... Lord knows, culture is apparently lame unless you are apart of the dying breed of hipsters that thrive on fine culture on a Chinatown budget.
FYI, I'm apparently too perky to be a hipster. Personally, I don't give a fuck. Food is more meaningful to me at the moment than an AGO membership. I would probably use it less than a gym membership, anyway.
I'm due to go and review FRANK, the new restaurant at the AGO, soon with my friend Fiona. It should be fun.
I wonder if we can sneak into the gallery for a pre-supper peruse!
When "Hi" just won't do!
Huzzah!
These studs have mad mana and now you can too.
Waitress - HEEEEY, how do I know you're not a creep?
Creepy Man - I'm not.
Waitress gives an approving look that asks one question, "What time?"
Sandra Lee, of "Semi-Homemade Fame", the face of American uselessness, thinks corn nuts are acorns and doesn't realize that Jews don't eat pork.
Is she new?
Marshmallows are made with gelatin and why is it so hard to make frosting? Butter + Icing sugar + splash of milk = Icing.
FoodTV apparently received so many complaints, that according to the Associate Press, the recipe was removed from their website. It is clear by the following link, FoodTV has no infact removed the "edible hate crime" off of their website.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/star-of-david-angel-food-cake-recipe/index.html
or maybe you would rather watch it?
http://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/hannukah-cake/3201.html
Enjoy the Star of David, Angel Food Cake atrocity from the woman that looks like Heidi Montag's mom.
Want to check out the Kwanzaa disaster?
http://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/kwanzaa-cake/1455.html
This show offends me on so many levels...
hahaha
omg, Rachel Ray's been replaced!!
What the fuck is this thing?!?
My two BFF's are moving to Australia next year, and while I am a little jealous, this worm thing really grosses me out!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pokerchampdaniel/3136421527/
This txt comment was sent in by a NYE reveler and obviously slipped by the CNN Censors!
Whoops!
It reads, "Let's hope the magic negro does a good job."
Obama is magic.
I was going to write a post about the best Toronto eats for 2008 - but I came across something so much better!
In Mexico City, there's a real life super hero named, Super Barrio!
Super Barrio is a character dreamed up by a high school drop out. However, his work shows that you don't need a college degree for heart!
Super Barrio is a symbol of a social movement, where by he brings to light the collapse of political performance in the lives of the every day poor. He inspires people to believe that it is possible to win when faced with a corrupt system and he is a spokesperson for fair wages, working and living conditions for Latin Americans.
I assure you, Super Barrio is very very real. He came about in 1987 as a voice of Mexico City's Neighborhood Assembly, bringing to light the commercial expansion in the city center. This expansion was pushing residents to the city limits, those who remained by occupying vacant lots or requesting wage increases to afford the increased costs were either sent to jail or fired... Can we draw any parallels outside of Mexico?
I'll cut it short, but Super Barrio is a pretty special guy. He's still doing his thing challenging the system and being the coolest North American folk hero most people don't even know about.
He's there to remind us that we all have a little Super Barrio within us!
They just passed Prop. 2 that deems humane living conditions for chickens.
If you don't get the irony in that, then reflect on Prop. 8, that vote that revoked the rights of homosexuals to marry.
I guess gays already have great places to live. I guess it'll be more tense when chickens want the right to marry.