funny ecards

cute animals of the week!!

two amazing cat videos...

this made me smile...

1.

 a firefighter rescued a cat from a burning building.... the cat was UNCONSCIOUS!!!!!  The firefighter gave the cat mouth-to-meowth (bwaha...) resuscitation!!! It made me happy...

2.  Cute cat doing technical support on a printer. HILARIOUS! 

the TRUTH about McCain's ads....

found this today and thought it was quite interesting.... oh the political spin that transcends our nation's stupidity.... sigh...

omg...I'm going to be hit by a hurricane....

OK.

So I wasn't too stressed about Hurricane Ike, until I heard the update on it.  It's apparently going to hit Saturday morning at the coast and reach Austin with up to 70 MPH winds.  Oh my goodness....I'm going to fly away.  So needless to say I'm a little worried.  It's already killed over 100 people on it's way here.  Luckily I'm a ways in from the coast...where as Corpus or Galveston are going to get hit the worst.

So hopefully all will be well.  They are advising Austinites to fill up their car and have food to cook as the wind might knock down power and the such.  Should be exciting.  I'll be blogging any crazy activity that happens!!! 

Just so you out of country/state people know where I'm at...the top photo is the forecast for it's path and the map below is of the Lone Star state.... so Austin is a little ways in!! :)

when penguins fly...

I wish they could!! :) So cute....

obama vs. palin round 1

found this interesting....

"Al-Queda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America and [Obama's] worried that someone won't read them their rights."   

----Palin

wow. how republican of her.

his response? 

"My position has always been clear: If you've got a terrorist, take him out, anybody who was involved in 9/11, take 'em out.  If the government grabs you, you have the right to at least ask, 'Why was I grabbed?' The reason that you have this principle is not to be soft on terrorism.  It's because that's who we are.  That's what we're protecting.  Don't mock the Constitution.  Don't make fun of it.  Don't suggest that it's not American to abide by what the founding fathers set up.  It's worked pretty well for over 200 years."  ---Obama

via Washington Post

leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama

ok... this story made my week.... HA! A co-worker showed me this today and I couldn't stop laughing....

Apparently in Mobile, Alabama the community believed a leprechaun was living in a tree by a popular intersection.  All sorts of people came out to see if they could find the "Pot-o-gold."  HAHAHA.... interesting.....

Katy Perry church sign

a congregation in Ohio had this up relating to Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" song.  

 I actually know people that will agree with this sign! Ha! 

old navy and target ads..

I'm always amazed by how TV spots have the opportunity to embed their brand into your psyche.  I'll have to do a post on random ads that have changed advertising...but as of today I'm focusing on Target and Old Navy.  Two brands that have seen pretty radical changes of their focus audience over the past five years.  I'm a huge fan of Target's ads....and they always seem to make me smile.  Here are some of my favorite of theirs:

I think what I'm most struck by is the editing and the engaging reaction it gets from the audience watching it.  The first ad is very creative in the split screen and the regular people vs. everyday household items.  Cute for sure.  The second is good for branding and being creative with showing how "Target" is everywhere.  It's in everything you have.  The third clip is an example to how beautiful women can be done up and edited in a way that's quite fascinating.  They play with time a lot in the editing... going from slow to fast, matching the music.  I'm a big fan.  

Now the Old Navy ones.... 

What we have here is two completely different spots done extremely well with both music, character, attitude, placement and form of text and fonts, etc.  They were both done by the same agency: Mac Guff  which is quite a cool visual effects company.  I had the nice opportunity to talk with one of the creators over email regarding Film and the possibility of having an online Film Community and Class setting that I would help run.  I like the two ads because of what they make you feel.  The editing of the shots combined with the music is actually quite powerful.  The first one is just plain exploitation in a way of... "because we have Old Navy swimsuits, we're cooler than you, hotter than you, and have more fun than you."  I liked it.  Ha! It made Old Navy look.... (dare I say?!): Cool.  The second one is fascinating in that they have a minute length one that goes into each character's story a bit more.  It's available to watch on their website and I'd recommend it.  

JUST my two cents for tonight! :) 

they transformed my face!!!!!!!

so above is an original picture of me..... from a good time this year in San Francisco, CA where I was sent there by work for some training.  Lots of fun.  NOW below.... is my face transformed!! :) haha... check it out! It's scary! :)  

via Faces of the Future

Me as a Baby --->

me as old --->

me as African American --->

me as Asian --->

me as Middle Eastern --->

me as Anime --->

me as Ape Man --->

SCARY!!!!!!

I think Palin is related to Karen Walker and Tina Fey

I think Karen Walker and Tina Fey had a love child...and that love child is named Sarah Palin.  

:)

fox.......ARRRRRGHHHH

awwww.....

the BATS at Congress....

My little homemade video on the BATS at the South Congress bridge here in beautiful Austin, Texas.  :)

It's not that exciting... but ENJOY! 

my new obsession....

DON'T JUDGE  (I'm looking at you roommates!!) 

but this is my new favorite TV show.... :)

cute animals....

OMG...the cat uses a fork and chopsticks!!

This cat is my hero!!! Haha... I love the owner/mom in this clip.  I think my mom (love ya Roseanne....) is a little bit like this woman.  

She taught her cat to eat with a fork.  She taught her cat to eat with CHOPSTICKS!!! (because it would be a good gesture since they're visiting Korea.....seriously...).  

My favorite part is where the owner washes the paws.... and sings  "This is the way we wash our paws... wash our Paws.."

:)

twitter was down....

twitter was down.....and I almost FREAKED! 

I'm a big Twitter fanatic.... and when it did go down I was treated to this great little picture! 

It made my life that much better....

BARK 4 Obama!

I think I'll have to get this shirt for my dog Rocky....

he's DEFINITELY a Democrat! :)  

I was in Denver for the Convention.... more to come...