Do You Want to See the Most Beautiful Thing I Ever Filmed?

Here it is. The most beautiful thing I ever filmed:




Sigh. When I happened upon this trash I was hopeful that I was having a moment like one from "American Beauty". See the original here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKg6OJ6zhhc.

My visitor stats tell me a significant portion of our dedicated readers have not seen "American Beauty" because you are either 1. too young or 2. eschew films with the R rating. My stats also tell me a smaller portion have seen "American Beauty", but only because you were expecting the film to be about flowers AND that you immediately stopped watching the second the flowers made their famous appearance in the film.

So, for all of you, here's some brief exposition:

The film is basically about how hard it is to be a middle class white male. The protagonist is a dude played by Kevin Spacey who's all grumpy for some reason. The movie never really explains why. Anyway he quits his job and starts working at Taco Bell. He becomes best friends with a young Seneca Crane. So then Seneca is like, "Hey dude want some pot?" and Spacey is like, "Sure thing dude. Might as well. I work at Taco Bell." Seneca's dad, played by your all-purpose typecast villain Chris Cooper (The Muppets, Borne movies) is convinced that all this pot smoking (now legal in some parts of the country) is turning romantic or something so.... [spoiler alert] Cooper shoots Spacey dead. The moral of the story is that middle class white males can avoid tragic gun violence if they just try to communicate better before jumping to conclusions. And just like that Spacey's brilliant acting run in the 90s dies too, but that's a whole 'nother story.

Tiki Punch!

 I am genuinely curious what this tastes like. Not enough to actually taste it, but still.

I think Shasta owes an apology to Mãori people for the this.

Play it the Company Way

I came home the other day to this tangly paper mess.  On closer inspection, I realized it was a flyer that someone had tried to affix to the wood utility pole in front of my house with scotch tape.

For those of you who don't speak Japanese, I'll translate. There is an exciting work opportunity for you, just call Jaime to set up an interview on Tuesday or Thursday.   They need 7 people, so I think we just solved the unemployment problem in our country.  You're welcome, America!

The nature of the business is vague and mysterious, but you could probably climb the corporate latter pretty quickly if you know how to use a stapler.

Finally...

Whew... another phone book arrived, which is a good thing since there hasn't been a better method invented for finding pizza delivery or a personal injury lawyer since 1995.