Erik and I recently indulged in a little Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan. As to be expected, it ruled. Another thing that ruled, the special features. The special-EST feature being the wardrobes during the cast interviews.
I say “Good Choice!” to DeForest Kelley in regards to his outfit.
Unexpected, but well enjoyed by me.
Only to be rivaled by Lenoard Nimoy with his grey on white stripe suit with
pale pink shirt.
YES!
I also learned the joy of taking pictures of movies. Something Erik has long been playing with but I have been slow on the pick up.
I haven’t been to this beautifully named oasis of calm and reverie but it’s only a
4 hour and 28 min drive away and it’s conveniently located just off of I-5! NICE.
I plan on making a pilgrimage some day.
BIRDS!
And if the photos weren’t enough to tide you over for this stunning piece of outdoors, feast your eyeballs on this(!!!):
Best five minutes of my day. Following around squirrels and common song
birds is what I typically do outside, so this video really speaks to me.
And those transitions!! YOW! The heart-shaped one really gets me.
And it gets better!
Ready?
There are TWO Vander Yacht Parks! I know, it’s hard to believe. And they’re both in Washington, the land my ancestors apparently decided was the place to procreate. It’s a sad park so I won’t make fun.
Erik and I were wandering around Scrap awhile back when he spotted
a huge stack of these orange boxes here. By themselves they’re awesome
looking, I love the double m’s in the top right.
Inside was a very long roll of microfilm, the one I got happened to
have a bunch of ladies advertisements on them. I haven’t made it all
the way through the roll, so I don’t know if there’s more in store.
Why deny you the power of Leoncie? I caught wind of her from WFMU’s blog
and I can’t say that I’ve gone a day without one of her songs mauling my brain.
I love her.
The video above has perhaps the best use of green screen you’ll ever seen.
Brian take note.
UPDATE: So apparently, Leoncie has disabled the ability to post these videos,
thanks a lot Ms. IcySpicy. However! There are still videos to be watching on
her you tube site. So go there and be amazed.
Friend Tom borrowed this book (Lichens of North America) that’s filled with
these amazing photos. Nabbed some of my favorites for visual stimuli. They
also have ridiculous names, if you’re interested, click on them and travel on
down to my flickr page, I have a few more beautes there waiting to be ogled.
I almost didn’t buy this mug. It was a toss up between cowboy here and a mug in the shape of Zoltan from the movie Big. In the end, the boots won out. I don’t even know how there was a contest in the first place but what can I say, I was younger and dumber.
And we’re still together after all these years.
The hat got cracked the day after I bought it when my friend Jeff drunkenly tried
to wear it. We don’t talk much now-a-days. The hat itself has caused me some measure of grief in the past. Last year it went missing for several months leading me to suspect coworkers to petty-theft. Luckily Erik found it much later perched high up on a shelf that I, as a shorter individual, was unable to access.
Here’s a drawing I made during the time of the hat’s absence:
It was a trying time needless to say. I don’t typically get this attached to beverage containers, but I think it’s plain to see that this particular vessel has that special something that other mugs lack. Namely, legs.
The Power of Plants, by Brendan Lehane is one of the best
books I’ve ever spent my hard earned cash on. It’s a little
overstimulating at times and the copy can be a little dramatic,
but most of the content is top notch. I get to pretend that I’m
living my alternate life as a biologist while getting all design
geeky over the old science diagrams.
Especially geek-worth are these aerial shots of agriculture.
Impresive patterns!
Finally got around to my bills tonight. As I was compulsively separating the little plastic window from the envelops I noticed the sweet pattern lining the inside. My first thought was “Holy crap! I need to start a Flickr set dedicated to this!” And then I immediately think, “Oh, yeah…it’s probably already been done.”
And, dear readers, it has.
I’m sure to be way behind on this, but I managed to find Joseph King’s awesome collection of international envelope security patterns. A nice little example of invisible design hard at work.
