a very entertaining meme that started on twitter and can now be shuffled on a microsite by kottke.
(seen on tcritic.com)
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when obama wins
Author: ana
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blind dating
the description on the back:
It’s amazing to me that a society which has mastered the concept of fire is capable of making a film this bad.
Too insipidly, cloyingly cutesy to be edge, too crass, juvenile and vulgar to be cute, and not funny enough to be either. Additionally, there is not one single iota of genuine wit, emotion, or originality in even one frame of this odious film.
It’s as if someone took “At first sight”, “Daredevil”, “My big fat greek wedding” and “Bend it like Beckham” (among others) and threw them in a blender. Worse than that the film is insulting to every group it portrays: blind people, Italian-American, African-American, Indian-Americans, limousine drivers, therapists. Even the portrayal of prostitutes is somehow beneath the dignity of the profession.
The ludicrous, predictable plot would be easily forgivable. After all, this is a romantic comedy. We’re here to have fun and feel good.
what would your reaction be, if the movie you were about to pick had this (brilliant) synopsis? :D
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split
stumbled upon a flickr set with beautiful photography and a voyeuristic edge: daily contents dyptics.
faces + content of their bags. it’s addictive and beautifully done. i chose this dyptic because i’ve just got myself a little camera like one of those pictured above, the split-cam. the description on its microsite reads “the most schizophrenic 35mm camera to ever land in your palms.” .
sounds promising, can’t wait to see the first roll!
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your daughter’s (olympic) graduation
“…those concerns about China’s human rights are legitimate and justified, but this is not the right time to over blow it into serious confrontation. …… to highlight these problems in the run up to the Olympics is inappropriate. It’s like on your daughter’s graduation ceremony, one of your friends tries to point out the fact that she is actually three months pregnant and doesn’t know who is the baby’s father.”
Great analogy! Unfortunately though, there are a whole bunch of people who are absolutely determined to use this moment to bring their concerns about Tibet, Darfur, human rights etc etc to the attention of the world. They see this as their only opportunity to exert pressure on Beijing and not only will laugh and point and catcall at your daughter, they’ll claim to have impregnated her themselves if it gets people to take notice.
again, from the time: blog.
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piece of advice
Hmmmm……. I think for once, I’ll leave it to the Xinhua to say it for me. Here’s part of a recent editorial from China’s official news service:
“We are on our way to becoming a powerful country, and we should also learn to think like citizens of a big country. A strong country not only has a strong economy, but also a mature mentality. This includes the ability to take pressure in stride, and face difficulties in a rational way.”
seen on the Time: China blog. go ahead and read the whole post, for some insight on the “high emotions” running in china these days.