aloha all, i've been out of town. enjoyed a jolly two-day jaunt in san francisco this week. mostly to celebrate a corporate rebranding. minorly to get my nails done (professionally for the first time evAr!) at spa bar. i highly recommend it. manicures, blow drys, up dos, pedicures, even baths. and yummy bumble & bumble products everywhere.
there is big money in baking cookies. no need for fancy chocolate drizzle, shaved coconut topping, or rainbow sprinkles. they even have to taste that good. these cookie curators are fully aware that image is everything. just make sure your sweets are frosted in technicolor and pay homage to world-famous celebrities that have been nominated for oscars. tis guaranteed that your $60 baker's dozens will jump off the shelves like motivated lemmings.
hm. i wonder if royalties need to be paid for this image use/abuse.
hey, as long you make it taste better than pepsi, i ain't strayin
pieces of *ss @ dodger stages
i got free tix to this show via craigslist - thanks to this person in particular. i've seen CL posts for free tix to this show every day since i went (this past friday), so i'm sure she/he will have something to offer if you get in touch and play nice.
pieces of *ss is being performed at dodger stages - 340 w. 50th st b/w 8th & 9th ave. the show itself is a series of monologues ("think vagina" says dave), and they're all performed by late-20s, early 30s ladies that are lustfully luscious. 8 or so stories in all, including a lesbian that succumbed to an all-american cheerleader, an ex-beauty pageant queen, a jewish princess, an ex-bulimic, a confident afro'd black woman relating how she snagged her hottie husband, and a foxy french girl prone to bad translation. the show also comes with blonde jokes (good ones! honest!), clubby music, panasonic & esquire logos plastered everywhere, and a cozy small (capacity approx. 200) theater. not a bad seat in the house. the building as a whole, however, is quite mazelike, so be arrow-wary.
apparently the cast changes from time to time because some friends of mine went last night, were thoroughly amused, but saw a soliloquy that i did not - a tomboy that told a skateboarding story. it's ok, cuz i already know that story.
my two cents on super bowl xxxix
- the teams need prettier uniforms. i smell a project runway challenge for the next season!
- the "top 10 ad elements" fedex ad was NOT smart. nor creative. it was observant. and obvious. get a new favorite ad already.
- the budweiser parachuting ad WAS smart. it made me laugh. it was memorable. that's all you need from a super bowl ad right? mini-super-hilarious-add-afflicted 30 second sitcoms? brand recall schmecall.
- mustang convertible ad was mind-numbingly dull and uselessly annoyingly oft repeated.
- more info: ifilm.com, adage.com(im me for log in info), ameriquest. i made an excel spreadsheet of ads that stood out to me, but with the obscene amount of critiques and streaming video that have already been posted on the net, i'll just leave you and google to it. shoo.
kick it!
last night, tmonkey invited me up to a times square multiplex to see his dojo perform before a free screening of ong bak: the thai warrior, a subtitled kick-boxing film. instructed to arrive before 6:45pm, i joined the tail end of the twisted mob that i thought was the guest list line. wait wait wait wait wait - at 7:30pm we were rewarded for our patience and herded into theater 9. it was crowded with hip hop superstars, power 105.1 banners (the cocky tsunami slanderers, right?), tongue-tied djs, ninjas, shaolin monks, hot chix (star f*ckers), and fuzzywarmsoft fur coats. at one point, dave and i were in line behind two cool cats in pristine matching white fur coats. the temptation to reach out for a stroke & a hug was successfully restrained. we still have no idea who they were. i'm sure they made more money than me though.
goody bag giveaways and late-comers ensured that the demo didn't start till 8:30 and the movie itself didn't begin until 9. the movie was a typical action flick, made a stand-out by its star, tony jaa, who kicked punched slapped hurled crushed crunched dozens of bad guys in his mission to bring back his village's stolen religious relic. mediocre script, awe-inspiring footwork, fights, and stunts.
with the clock ticking toward 10:30, i was ready for a quick c train ride home. but the djs insisted on staying for a special treat after the show and voila, tony jaa himself strolled to the front of the theater. this tiny wiry asian performed some of the routines he pulled off in the film and then brought out 6 stunt buddies to show us further evidence that the movie truly had been made computer trick/string/fx-free.
tony ran on their shoulders, brought them viciously to the ground, plowed into one with his knees (elbows and knees of STEEL!), and finished with the kicking/giveaway of an autographed popcorn bag dangling 11+ feet off the ground. he's magic. i seened it.
released in thailand in 2003, ong bak will be showing at the imaginasian theater, february 18-24. 239 E. 59th st, b/w 2nd & 3rd aves. N,R,W,4,5,6 to lexington/59th
fun fact: jim jarmusch and the rza are members of the usa shaolin temple.
update - 5:15pm - from yahoo! buzz log
superbee
if there's anything i love more than a slick ad, it's a barely used $1500 bianchi being sold for $750 (negotiable!!!). what's a bianchi you ask? only about the holiest of holy bike companies in italy. this lovely mountain mountin' bike is a brill beauty. too bad my size is 13"...not a 19.5"...not even one that "feels smaller"! i don't even have the money. and i already have a sexy spiffy dear of a bike. but if it were my size, i would buy this yellow bunny in a heartbeat. right this moment. no negotiation necessary. drool...
make happy snowflakes --> HERE
killing two birds with one cake
1st bird - super bowl party @ my house this sunday
2nd bird - my gorgeous smoldering tech-happy hottie of a boyfriend had a birthday in january and thanks to google image search, i can now offer him a jpeg of a personalized football cake. i'm sure he'll love it.
details on the first bird:
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the game starts at 6pm on sunday february 6th.
the EARLIEST you're allowed to show up is 5:30pm.
don't come earlier because i'll be busy cleaning up my pigsty of an apartment and praying that my cat stops shedding like the freakin dead christmas pine tree on the curb. yeah. i have a cat. he's small. and attention desperate. if you're allergic i will...give you extra beer? and a face mask.
so. i'll be ordering pizza and buying beer. i'd really appreciate it if you guys each brought a bag of chips or veggies or something else similarly snacky. easy, right?
please drop me a quick note back if you're coming (and if you're bringing someone) so i buy/order enough food. i know i know, i'll use e-vites next time.
can't wait to see you guys! and if not sunday, then sometime soon. =)
and thanks to tmonkey for the heads up on this smizzoking spizzify swizzeet little link. damn that's titalliciously tasty marketing.
smile, it's raining!
how could i NOT post this link? it's got a bit of load time, even with a high-speed connection...but definitely well worth the wait. thanks again, betty. i'm on my knees and prostrated in awe of your marvelous luscious-link-finding savvy. merely a vessel for channeling your grand knowledge and wisdom. ;-)
happy friday, all!
karmaloop + puma
it sounds like a good combination/collaboration, but one clothing selection produced by puma and sold online by karmaloop begs to differ - the "knee pants strap 01" pictured above. i troll karmaloop several times a day because their sale section can't be beat. i'm addicted to deals. and paul frank shoes. and emily the strange knee-high socks. it's getting to be quite the problem. in any case, it may just be that i lack an SVA education and could never get into parsons, but i find these pants just a tad unwearable. they're even on sale! i know, i know, they cater to the raver crowd. and the hip hop crowd. but i find that they have quite a bit of love for the hipster crowd too. and i find the "hipster" look teetering toward "conservative" these days. "preppy" even. and i can't imagine anyone from the three aforementioned culture clusters wearing these wannabe snowboard pants trussed up with luggage straps. sorry guys, but the pink plaid just ain't gonna cut it this time.
yeah i'm a wanderer
in my tedium-induced wanderings on the net, i came across the adventures of a pink robot bunny.
and then i got this gem from betty. i have no idea who made it...but props to you, whoever you are, for capturing a spot-on slice of modern day celeb couture vernacular. and for making me giggle like a 10-year-old who's just gotten "nick carter" as her future hubby in her best friend's natty folded notebook-paper fortune teller game. does anyone still remember how to fold those damn things?
mystical magical promos
bright house is absolutely brill. sponsored basketball game giveaways of dwight howard and yao ming marionettes! how anachronistically unique...a pack rat's collectible dream. i don't give a white-chocolate-covered neiman marcus potato chip (yes, they do exist) about basketball, but i'm barely restraining myself from instantaneously zipping $13.74 via paypal over to 80srocked.
of course, props are held high and in great abundance for the actual producers and designers(?) of the product, promotional partners worldwide. wittily cute for a b2b site. congrats, you've made me drool profusely.
p.s. bright house live has produced some of the most innovative, creative, and individual adverts out there. head over and spend a minute with their masterpiece, "cog".<3 <3 <3
at long last...
...i'll be able to join the masses in their appreciation of the cult hbo hit "the sopranos." a&e will be airing all 65 episodes (1st 5 seasons + some from the now-playing 6th) in fall 2006. hopefully i'll still have a job, tv, and cable access by then. would it kill ya'll to offer up some free "six feet under" marathons???
two scoops of mac daddy macfarlane for me
cartoon cartoons!
first - super bowl sunday: 10 pm - new simpsons! 11 pm - american dad!
i predict animation will kick the repeat episode of desperate housewives' patootie!
then 2 weeks later...
Robot Chicken, a new animated series from Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, will premiere within the network's Adult Swim block on Sunday, Feb. 20 at 11:30 p.m. ET. Celebrities whose voices you will hear include Macauley Culkin, Mark Hamill, Scarlett Johannson, Burt Reynolds and Ryan Seacrest. and lordy me...all new episodes of FAMILY GUY starting may 1st!!! spectacularly spiffy scandalously sinister season 4 starts that magnificent may sunday at 9/8c on fox. it's going to be a glorious summer. i'm off to stockpile jiffy pop (my microwave broke!) and frosty mugs for my vanilla coke. hum hum yum yum it's almost super bowl time...
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