hand banana.

not-for-kids animation is a genre i like, but the appeal of serious anime always eluded me. yes, even akira. something was missing. the designer in me could appreciate certain stylistic and visual elements, and the little boy in me totally dug that motorcycle--but that didn't mean i really engaged that movie. give me an absurd, satirical, surreal, or even a nostalgic creation with a healthy dose of sarcasm and funny-ha-ha and you've made me happy...that includes the designer and the little boy.


enjoy!

…why is it that folks don’t like cops again?

a repost from ride lugged.



you can like or dislike critical mass...but regular people go jail for shit like that.

what the fuck?
what the gothamist?
what the snob?

marketing works...sometimes.

it's amazing how easy it is to spot unsuccessful marketing campaigns in their various forms. it's easier still to bemusedly disregard those that are dated, intended for another age group, culture, or nation. seen that viral video that was so unremarkable, you told no one? so, maybe your real amazement should be reserved for the unlikely event that some clever marketing flows seamless and stealthily into your life. how is it that our cultural identities are so finely tuned, yet so hard to explain, so difficult to share, and nearly impossible to teach? some things people are really good at...and i think most of them surround disagreement. we always know when it's not quite right.


one image from a slideshow given by IBM back in 1975.
via swiss miss

i miss a lot.

i miss a lot things. i don't dwell on the past if i can help it, because really life is about what's here and what's now. sometimes too much so. an article in the times today reminds me of a whole bundle of things i miss, that i fit neatly into a box called when i was in korea. i had a great and miserable time there, that i wouldn't trade for anything.



via NYT

the street food was delicious, cheap, and at times kind of unbelievable. available whenever i wanted it, and often the finishing touch on a fun night out. the corn-dogs-covered-in-some-kinda-something were one of the really foreign yet not traditionally korean options. when you ordered one, the proprietor would give it an extra dip in the boiling oil...to freshen it up i'd guess, even though they already were plenty fried.

too good...

make that way too good. i tried, but i couldn't not share it.



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dope.

finnish people really do know what's up...design wise anyway. checkit.



this was one of the most striking, but it's not my favorite.

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check.

i don't make lists. check or otherwise. but, that doesn't prevent me from knowing when it's time to check a few things off that list i never made. this weekend i did a few things i'd been meaning to do, and i managed to accomplish all this without one list. i'm not sure that i'm exactly ready to die now, but i am a few steps closer.

√ i went to coney island. not in-and-of itself a goal, but something i'd figured i might wanna do at some point. i'm glad i did...not stay any longer than i did. i can't handle that place. why are boardwalky-amusement-parky places so damn trashy?

√ i got to see the islands. they were good. i am relieved, because i have a hard time liking a band as much as i like the islands if i know they suck live. the free-ness of the show made up for the douchey-ness of the audience.



√ i saw stephen malkmus and the jicks. they were pretty good too, judging from what little i heard. because hey, i had hot dogs to eat. hope i catch a little more of your show next time steve-o...

√ i ate approximately 2000 calories worth of nathan's hot dogs and french fried potatoes and still had room for dinner. ok, so the item not appearing on my list wasn't reigned into a caloric constraint--but i finally got to try them dogs.



√ i rode the cyclone, twice. new-old rumors are in constant circulation about how this is the last summer for astroland (or the cyclone at the very least). so the i guess the urgency finally caught up with me. ok, that's not true--it was right next to the stage. how could i not ride it?



it's nice to check a few things off your list.

best show ever.

i'm consistently disappointed by reality tv. i might even hate it. not in the guilty pleasure sense, where i say i hate it but follow it anyway. sure, i've seen my fair share, but i'm kinda grinding my teeth while watching. let's just go with this: i really really don't like it. i think it devalues pop culture in that people are now becoming famous, simply for being famous--routinely. that's fucked. exceptional yet not exceptional. one exception i'll make...mtv's rob and big. i love rob and big.

i think they remind me a bit of me and some of my friends...or how certain friendships are. they do stuff i'd like to do. they do stuff i've done. they do dumb stuff, and both enjoy it. they have a miniature horse. they hold world records. they. are. fun.

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this episode is from january but it's a favorite--and if you haven't seen the show, a great introduction. oh yeah, make sure to stick it out to the end.

enjoy.

p.s. net gun!

human nature.

what the fuck. something is wrong with everything. if i do something shitty...and it turns out ok, i feel like i got lucky. since i'm not persistent in my shittiness, that is that. if you make a career (or part of one) out of doing something shitty--spamming in this case--i hope it's hard work, pays shit, and earns you a few substantial personal losses. because...it's shitty. you're shitty. stop it. create something. don't ruin something that required the blood and sweat of another. why is it that society seems unable to cure itself of the exploitation of goodwill. someone one will always find a way to get over...and ruin a perfectly good thing--a free lunch.

nothing lasts forever...

via boing boing

too lazy to ride a bike?

don't sweat it, big brother has you covered...and by that i mean google. i've got very mixed feelings about this latest google maps/street view toy. on one hand it's encouraging. google continues to offer more cool and useful things aimed at the relatively internet savvy american. which is good, at least until they set their sights on something a bit more sinister than world information domination. on the other hand it feels a lot like second life...and by that i mean that i mean virtual lameness. it feeds the idealistic inkling we are given as we're growing up. you've probably heard it a hundred or so times, "you can be anything you want". regardless of what precedes or follows to qualify it, you eventually grow up to find out that line simply isn't true. at least least not in the literal sense. go play...



...or better yet, go ride.