a little flash mystery game for ya…the crimson room. simple enough premise…get yourself out of the room. no problem, right?

> the crimson room (via flattire)

big thanks to tien for pointing out that today is indeed a great and holy day. because 19 years ago, keira knightley was born…swish. keira knightley was born in teddington, middlesex england on march 26th, 1985…and ever since then shes just been going around being all hot and shit. she currently reigns as number 2 on my hotness list, smiting all those below her with her exquisite cheek bones and vicious soccer skills. she’ll be seen next in the movie king arthur, followed by the jacket with adrien brody, pirates of the caribbean 2, and then tulip fever with jude law.

> ode to keira continued…

> whatevs tribute to keira (via tien)
> all images c/o keira knightley wavefront

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wired posted their 2004 rave awards today…the 20 people that are innovating, aspiring, and generally butt-kicking their way thru everything. the 20 range from movie-makers, businessmen, scientists, and even the flaming lips…woo. notables on the list (in my mind anyway) include peter jackson for the rocking lord of the rings trilogy, zaha hadid and her evocative architecture, david byrne and his powerpoint multimedia, and the aforementioned flaming lips…who sang my theme song in high school. other people on the list worth noting include mike lazzo of cartoon network, the senior vp who created space ghost coast to coast and pioneered adult swim. and sigi moeslinger and masamichi udagawa of antenna, who create superlicious industrial designs and multimedia installations.

> 2004 wired rave awards

ah…i think we’ll file this one under “evolutionary speedbumps”. fonz sent along this funny as hell video of some guys launching a barrage of fireworks at their friend wearing a helmet. its basically a test of intellectual regression…how far back on the evolutionary chain can you punt the human race. this doesnt mean that it isnt ridiculously funny tho, and the guy only came out of it with a few burns on his arm, and one on his face from a firework that “went in the helmet and kinda just spun around there for a second…” good shit.
honorable mention goes to his friend who, when asked to throw a bucket of water on him to cool him off, tosses the water on the ground. you can do it duffy moon!

> human target (via fonz)

google image fun fun fun via hanalei

1. enter your first name only into google
2. click on “images” tab.
3. pick your favorite picture and post in your journal.
and for those who know my name…you can already guess what the majority of my pictures would be. boooooring. gosh i love celestial bodies. still tho, got this baby…

yay for friday morning comics!
> bob the angry flower

im not much of a political person (aside from mocking bush’s intelligence quotient and whether its divisible by a two-digit number), but i thought this was interesting. marisol sent along a coo little candidate-chooser. you answer a series of questions pertaining to various interests and issues (ranging from abortion, to the economy, to the environment) and the site then spits out a list of candidates that match your interests the closest. my results were as follows…

1. kucinich (100%)
2. kerry (96%)
3. sharpton (93%)
4. dean (85%)
5. edwards (82%)
6. bush (11%)

i think thats absolutely shocking…that 11% of my answers agreed with bush. blech. anyhoo, kucinich! number one yo…word. kerry was a close second with 96%…so if he receives the democratic nomination, ill be voting for someone who agrees with the majority of my issues. yay, always good to know. i honestly dont follow politics much…aside from the report here and there. sometimes it can get confusing trying to sort out who has what stance on particular issues. so this is like cliff notes for politics…woo.

> candidate-o-matic

wow, its good to know that there are alot of other dvd whores out there like me. well, like me…but with ridiculously more money and much crazier ambitions. theres a ny times article today about people who habitually buy dvds instead of renting. take for instance todd robertson of des moines, iowa, who has a dvd collection of over 1,400 titles and never rents. fucking nutter.

while many collectors arent as fanatical as him, there are still many collectors who have amassed collections of 1,000 and more. even crazier still are those who spend ridiculous amounts of money for rare dvds. the article spoke with kyle schember who, as a dvd buyer for a client, had spent $350 for a rare john woo movie and totalled $60,000 for the eventual collection of 2,400. i feel so paled in comparison. then again, i am also a broke mofo. 2,400 tho…wow. i think my collection (which includes an equal split of foreign movies) hovers somewhere around 100? hmm, now im curious…

worth mentioning also is guzzlefish, an indexing site for peoples dvd collections. todd, the aforementioned collector with 1,400 titles, griped how they mislabeled the genre for one of his dvds, blood freak as “education/general interest” when its apparently “horror” (dur). guzzlefish’s founder dave snider stated that they received their info prepackaged from content provider muze. righty-o. so in response…straight from someone who coincidentally works for muze…”incomplete use of our data. we actually have a sub genre of “mondo/shockumentaries” for blood freak. guzzlefish doesn’t use the sub-genre…” silly guzzlefish…

> buttloads of dvds (via ny times)

[ current selection | photek – resolution ]
[ feelin’ | swell ]

today is friday the 13th, and tomorrow is the even more forboding saturday the 14th, aka valentines day. hmm…considering ive never really had to celebrate valentines once in my 25 years on this rock, i dont really know what to write about. *contemplates* nope, no idea…ah well. a friend, probably curious to lock down one of the reasons she thinks im single (ahem)…sent me this quiz from match.com…the physical attraction test! test…test…echo. it was actually pretty insightful, if not readily obvious what the results would likely be. the test flashes you a series of head shots of various women (or men), and depending on the particular section, you either rate their attractiveness, their lack of attractiveness, or their relative attractiveness to other women. it then processes your answers and breaks down into seven sections what you look for in terms of body shape, facial features, etc…

so what were my results? the test basically told me that im ridiculously picky. and oh yes, that im looking for a supermodel. no kidding. on the other side of “dur” tho, it did tell me that i prefer the following facial features: “ecto-mesomorphs” (narrow chins and angular faces), blonde hair (me yes…them, no. i prefer brunettes), wavy hair (i…dont think so), button nose, etc. the fun part was when my results were compared with the test average. in one section where particular faces were rated, my ratings vs. the average went something like this: 3(me) / 4(avg), 3/6, 7/9, 2/8, you get the picture. the test then tried to assure me that this wasnt an indication of unrealistic expectations, just that i already know what im looking for…or something of that nature. right-o, ill buy that. take the test and see what kind of superficial prick you are too. rock on!

> physical attraction test (via match.com)

addicting yo!

> penguin baseball (from anna)