Good stuff

Best Acceptance Speech Ever

No subtitles necessary.

Rube Goldberg machine ... oh yeah...

OK Go is a pretty derivative band (in my humble opinion.) I thought that the treadmill machine song was unbearable but the video was fun. The Rube Goldberg machine song is much better and fits nicely with these amazing visuals. Because...you know...the novelty of things will wear off ... eventually. (Ah, paraphrasing is fun.)



PS. The latest album is better than the previous ones, but still... the videos are so much betterER.

Blood Red Shoes

Light.It.Up.  And no, they are not White Stripe wannabes, you punk. But it does smell a little like teen spirit. Still awesome.

ДУХИ ЖО

Russians will appeciate. 
Two giant billboards plastered all over LA. 
Uno: KIMORA IS BACK! Which my russkies eyes consistently read "KIKIMORA" 
But this is just a warm up 
Dos: Kim Kardashian's ad for her fragrance. 
Her trademark? Two Ks back to back. 
How does is look? Like a giant Ж. 
And Ж is what she's famous for. 
Too perfect not to share.

 

Explanation to non Russian speakers:
Uno: KIKIMORA (КИКИМОРА) in Russian means something like a "female swamp thing", "female goblin" etc.  And the billboard is selling KIMORA as this super hot sexy thing. Dig the irony? (See, Alanis, it's not that hard.)
Dos: If you say or see Zhe (Ж) in Russian, the first thing that pops into Russian speaking head is "Zhopa" (Жопа) which means "Ass". So in Russia fragrance with the name alluding to "Ass" probably wouldn't sell well. It also stands for female bathroom, which is not that funny but will still hurt the sales.

PS. Notice the placement of the Ж symbol. Maybe her people know?

We are monkeys with money and guns.

Tom Waits once said: We are monkeys with money and guns

He also said:
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. Leona Helmsley’s dog made 12 million last year… and Dean McLaine, a farmer in Ohio made $30,000. It’s just a gigantic version of the madness that grows in every one of our brains.

His favorite movie memories:

Brando in The Godfather dying in the tomatoes with scary orange teeth. The speech by Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner as he’s dying. (Strangely in line with mine.)

His words to live by:

Jim Jarmusch once told me “Fast, Cheap, and Good… pick two. If it’s fast and cheap it wont be good. If it’s cheap and good it won’t be fast. If it’s fast and good it wont be cheap.” Fast, cheap and good… pick (2) words to live by.

Tom Waits rules.

Trip To Catalina (July 6-8)

Name of the Campground: Little Harbor Campground

General Information About Campground
http://www.visitcatalinaisland.com/twoHarbors/camp_littleHarbor.php

Our spots are 5W and 6W on the http://www.visitcatalinaisland.com/twoHarbors/PDFs/Campground-Little-Harbor.pdf

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Safari Bus Schedule
call 310-510-2800 for reservations

Trip time: about 30 min

$9.25 per person each way

July 5 and July 6 (from Two Harbors to Little Harbor) 10:30am 3:30pm 6:30pm 9:00pm
July 8 (from Little Harbor to Two Harbors) 11:00am 12pm 5:30pm 7:00pm
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Ferries to Catalina

From Marina Del Ray to Two Harbors (approx 1 hour 20 min)
http://www.catalinatours.net/tours/tourDetail.cfm/tid/4253

		Marina del Rey to Two Harbors		Two Harbors to Marina del Rey
Date	Day	Depart Marina del Rey	Arrive Two Harbors	Depart Two Harbors	Arrive Marina del Rey
Jul 5	Thu	9:40 am	12:00 pm*	4:15 pm	6:30 pm*
Jul 6	Fri	8:30 am 6:00 pm	10:50 am* 7:10 pm	3:15 pm 7:20 pm	5:30 pm* 9:30 pm*
Jul 7	Sat	8:30 am	10:45 am*	11:00 am 8:05 pm	12:10 pm 9:15 pm
Jul 8	Sun	9:40 am 2:45 pm	12:00 pm* 4:00 pm	12:10 pm 4:10 pm	1:20 pm 6:30 pm*

*via Avalon

From San Pedro to Two Harbors (approx 1 hour 15 min)
http://www.catalinaexpress.com/PDFs/CatalinaExpressSchedule_0622_0903_07.pdf

		San Pedro to Two Harbors		Two Harbors to San Pedro
Date	Day	Depart San Pedro	Arrive Two Harbors	Depart Two Harbors	Arrive San Pedro
Jul 5	Thu	7:00 am* 12:30 pm 3:00 pm	8:30-9:00 am? 1:45 pm 4:15 pm
Jul 6	Fri	10:05 am 2:30 pm 6:45 pm	11:20 am 3:45 pm 8:00 pm
Jul 7	Sat
Jul 8	Sun			9:45 am 2:15 pm 6:15 pm	11:00 am 3:30 pm 7:30 pm

*via Avalon