jibber jabber

better than going naked i suppose

apc. at least they’re not quite as simple as they used to be. a little more design in them. i like the sergeant pepper jacket except its in corduroy. i think that jacket in a nice tight wool or a cotton canvas would be pretty sick.

g-star also has its new collection out. adding footwear this year. i like some of the boot styles but unfortunately they’ve gone with rubber soles on all of them. maybe next season… i’m pretty stoked on the look with the suspenders, something i looked for this past season but i gotta try it on first to see if my vertically challenged frame can pull it off.

Published on July 19, 2007 11:19 pm.
Filed under: fashion

simpsons mania

unless you’ve been wearing earmuffs and a blindfold for the past month, by now you must have heard about the upcoming simpsons movie. the marketing onslaught behind the movie is nothing short of amazing.

my favorite is the kwik-e-mart conversions, where they took twelve 7-11′s and converted them into kwik-e-marts. canada got one and wouldn’t you know…it ended up in coquitlam. now being a fairly adept geek “internet researcher”, i found out about it quick early on and made the trek out to coquitlam the day before the conversion…doh! i have yet to make it back.

my next favorite is the avatar generator on the simpsons movie site. here you can create yourself as a simpsons character kinda like creating yourself as a Mii on the nintendo wii.

then there’s the simpsonize site where you can upload a photo of yourself and it’ll turn you into a simpsons character. i’ve yet to get it to work due to the heavy traffic.

then there’s the simpsons collabo’s with numerous greedy corporations innovative manufacturers which are too numerous to name here.

anyhoo…nice job simpsons marketing team! and don’t worry i’ll be going to see the movie.

oh and i absolutely LOVE the movie trailer where ralph wiggum is singing along to the 20th century fox song.

Published on July 19, 2007 9:35 pm.
Filed under: movies, tv

here we go again

if you bought an ipod (or any other mp3 player, or even blank cd’s) in the past you probably paid a levy/tax on it. then after much wailing and gnashing of teeth, the levy was repealed. well guess what? its back. boo-urns.

Published on July 19, 2007 9:12 pm.
Filed under: babble

harry potter:order of the phoenix

i went into this with pretty low expectations. movies rarely live up to their books but it wasn’t half bad.

the age of the kids is disconcerting now. dudley looked nothing like he did last time out. i wonder what’s going to happen for the last two.

the new character, dolores umbridge, was downright creepy. potter still comes across as a whiny little bitch but i guess that’s his character.

the movie itself had a much darker tone. some fun special effects but unlike some of the other summer blockbusters, they were part of the movie, not the raison d’etre for the movie. the big wizard fight at the end was pretty well done.

the biggest compliment for the movie is that it didn’t get all bogged down in all the goings on at order’s house like i felt the book did.

now i’m just anxiously awaiting my amazon shipment of the 7th book…

Published on July 18, 2007 10:28 pm.
Filed under: movies

ratatouille

i gotta say, i wasn’t super stoked on going to see this but now i’ve very glad that i did. one of the best movies of the year so far.

things get off to a hillarious start with the new Pixar short Lifted. an gut-bustingly funny tale about a young alien out for his first alien abduction. everything about it was just top notch.

the movie itself…its just such a good story. funny, poignant, not smarmy or cliched. the animation was fantastic, the dishes looked absolutely good enough to eat. the characters; from the main character remy, the evil chef, the undead food critic were all so good. it was also really cool to see paris in animation.

i don’t think i can heap enough superlatives on this movie. just go see it.

Published on July 18, 2007 10:15 pm.
Filed under: movies

ummm….

yeah i’ve fallen off the wagon… sorry about that. i’ll be posting more regularly now.

Published on July 18, 2007 10:07 pm.
Filed under: babble

8 diagrams

why the shit didn’t anybody tell me about this? so stoked.

Published on July 18, 2007 10:06 pm.
Filed under: music

good job guys

so all that ridiculous security crap you have to go through at the airport…pretty much useless. the feds tested the security checkers at the airport and 5 out of 7 times got a bomb though. the best though is one time, the parts for the bomb were in the same bag as a bottle of water and the screeners took the water and left the bomb parts. via Consumerist

Published on July 10, 2007 10:16 pm.
Filed under: ridiculous

always good for a soundbite

that would be suge knight. this time around he gives props to Paris Hilton for spending more time in the slammer than most so-called gangsta rappers.

oh and while we’re at it, lets not forget the recent BET awards where dear old 50 got busted lip-synching his performance. seriously dude, how out of shape are you?

and since we’re talking about 50, have a gander at the relative cost of a gram of coke in different countries around the world.

Published on June 28, 2007 10:35 pm.
Filed under: gossip

cops vs skateboarders

WTF is this bullshit.

Published on June 27, 2007 10:05 am.
Filed under: ridiculous