Life Kills: June 2007 Archives
Apparently a Boy Scout fell through a crack at The New... landed on a ledge 15 feet down... then proceeded to fall another 15 feet to the deck. I'm not laughing at his unfortunate fall... but what in the heck were they doing 30 feet up from the deck in the first place? One has to wonder what path they were taking, what the Scout Leader/Master/Whatever was thinking, and why the headline has to be "Boy Scout Rock Climber"... clearly the Scout wasn't exactly a "rock climber".
Anyway, glad he's okay, sucks to deck even from 5 feet, much less 30 feet.
For some reason, I think this is really, really funny. In a wrong way, sure, but funny nonetheless.
Fans of Mad Max (and who isn't?) can now buy an official replica of the jacket worn by Mel Gibson himself. For a mere $600USD, you can own a little piece of the post-apocalyptic future. What I'm looking for, personally, is that sweet Ford he was driving around in, running people over with. Big supercharger, the last of the V8s... mmmmmm.
Additionally, in a surprising move (to some, anyway), the fine developers at MySpace have decided to add some special new functionality to their site. Previously, MySpace would simply take in data and other people's events, dates, contact info, etc. 
Now, developers would like to give back to the community, in essence blowing back to its users and providing them with all kinds of multimedia experiences. To reflect this, MySpace users will soon see a new button at the top of their profile - a toggle that will switch their MySpace from "Suck" to "Blow". Either way, the end-user is the clear winner in this situation.
Old Boy. Korean action flick that will absolutely leave your jaw dragging around on the ground. Think of it as an asian "Fight Club", only without the fight club and without Brad Pitt and Ed Norton.
Instead, you have some crazy asian guy... well, a whole series of 'em. They fight. They get mean. There's a whole 'revenge' theme throughout. The movie's not about the ass-kicking though, even though there's no shortage of it... it's about revenge. The most thorough, ridiculously twisted, monstrously complete, fantastically thought out and implemented revenge. Just when you thought "Oh, I have this movie figured out", it throws down dirty and leaves you saying "WTF!?"
Some might think I'm giving it away and that now you'll be looking for the twist. Nope. Gibran gave me the same rundown, I went in thinking exactly that and looking for the twist(s). No way man. Western minds just don't travel those paths. Maybe they do, I don't know... but mine sure doesn't.
The cinematography is intense, beautifully shot, and incredible to behold. It begs to be seen, if only for that, but the story... oh man. If it doesn't leave you thinking "Wow" then I want to know what will. Anyway, this movie is generally available - Blockbuster actually had it at the store, and the online services (BBO and Netflix) definitely have it. Grab it. Watch it. Wince and cringe, 'cuz you will.
Sometimes, while cruising around the net, you run into something that is truly fascinating even when out of context. I ran into this website, which features found art and photography.
Prosthetic limbs are fascinating in and of themselves - the processes by which they exist and function are pretty incredible. I've never really taken a particularly long look at any given prosthesis (you don't want to get caught staring, after all!) but inevitably, we all want to look. Modern prosthetics being what they are, these photos of the technology are probably unbelievably dated - but they are unbelievably well taken and serve to show just how the technology really works, including some idealized shots of prosthesis in action, allowing these victims of hand grenades from World War 2 to resume a 'normal' life.
The contrast and starkness of the photography is engrossing in and of itself, but the subject matter - even completely out of context - is fascinating. View the whole collection here.
