on to the next video...

b& w again like forever young. really random, but me likey...wish his wife could be as inventive w/ her visuals...

antwuan dixon

(l: at 17, below: believe this is an old pic & he has even more tattoos)

baddest boy on 4 wheels...that would be a cool title to an op ed piece.

was on twitter & saw some guy w/ waaay to many tattoos on his face. 1 commenter had a name for the guy and said he was a famous skateboarder. googled him & indeed he is! grew up in "rough part" of la, but apparently is really talented and has a lot of sponsors...BUT he stays in and out of trouble (i.e. drug possession, fighting, rowdiness, etc).

terra cotta warrior & i

checked out the super popular terra cotta exhibit at the national geographic museum & it was pretty cool...and got to end it by taking a pic w/ this guy who did a great job staying still as a warrior

the year 2005...

jan 20th- gw bush inaugurated for 2nd term

feb- you tube was launched...where would we be without viral videos??

may 17th- Kuwaiti women are granted the right to vote...nice!

july 6th- 2012 Summer Olympics awarded to London....then criticism came about the graffiti-ish logo, i liked it!

oct 19- trials of Saddam Hussein begin... i knew of him since i was little, but didn't realize how "bad" a guy he was.

nov 30- French Surgeons carry out the first human face transplant...think this was that lady. she looked scary but it's quite a feat

(didn't know this: dec 31- Another second is added, 23:59:60, called a leap second, to end the year 2005. The last time this occurred was on June 30, 1998.)

... and a lot of death and bombs ensued. of course a lot of other stuff happened in '05 but a few things i thought i'd share

"From Viral Video to $30 Million Deal"

i was flipping through daily beats' week in culture and came across this video...

apparently fede alvarez, a film producer from uruguay, made the video of robots attacking w/ only $300 (and a year's worth of work), not bad at all! somehow director of spider-man saw this video and offered him $30 milli to do a feature film...can't wait to see what he can do w/ that much money! i've made a mental note to look out for a fede production.

david simon interview

courtesy of vice magazine, i came across the following (long) interview! as a fan of the wire i really appreciate dave's work so it was good to read this...didn't realize how much of a potty mouth he is. but his passion for his work really comes through:

read interview here

snoop on martha stewart?!

just a snippet, but apparently he wanted to make green brownies (go figure)...glad the clip was short bc it feels weird so not sure if i coulda watched the whole segment! in other news, her sweater is cute