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My friends at Arowanafilms produced this video in collaboration with comedian Danny Cho, and actress/editor Grace Su. It may not be necessarily politically correct, but they do manage to bring some attention to a serious situation that is happening in North Korea.

And for any of you guys that are in the Los Angeles area on Monday night, they’ll be sitting on a panel discussing independent filmmaking at Visual Communications.

I’m not usually into these beauty pagents, but this girl does have a cool talent. It may start a bit slow, but just be patient, and it’ll pay off.

I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays as much as I did. Anyways, here’s a cool video I found about some extreme athletes. These guys are nuts. They pretty much come as close to flying people as you can get. Just watch the video and you’ll know what I’m talking about.

wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.

I think we’ve all heard of Kwanzaa, but how many of you all really know what its really all about?

I lifted this from a site:

“Kwanzaa is a unique African American celebration with focus on the traditional African values of family, community responsibility, commerce, and self-improvement. Kwanzaa is neither political nor religious and despite some misconceptions, is not a substitute for Christmas. It is simply a time of reaffirming African-American people, their ancestors and culture. Kwanzaa, which means “first fruits of the harvest” in the African language Kiswahili, has gained tremendous acceptance. Since its founding in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa has come to be observed by more than 18 million people worldwide, as reported by the New York Times.”

Well now I know, and now you know. So whatever you celebrate, Happy Holidays to you all and lets all finish this year out happy!

Here’s a cool article I found summing up this chaotic year of 2008 with photography. I was pretty much speechless after many of these photographs, so I’ll just let them speak for themselves. WARNING: There are some graphic images. And you can find captions for the images here at the original article.

I was looking for something to write about, and I saw this article about the craziest intersections. Given, I do enjoy the cheaper gas prices, but it seems like the traffic around LA is directly related to the gas prices. Yesterday was nonsense for a Tuesday in LA. But after seeing this article, I guess I can’t complain too much.

There are definitely some worse places to be driving than LA. I don’t know if I’d ever be able to make a left turn in this intersection….

even after reading this diagram. Then the second part of the article shows some of the worse traffic jams that happen in these complex intersections.

Rob Spence, a Canadian filmmaker is planning on installing a wireless camera inside his eye. I don’t know about you guys, but that just seems a little too weird for me. Honestly, I don’t really see what all the hype is with these web camera shows that follow people around 24/7 (justin.tv, etc.). Is it really that entertaining to follow people around 24/7? I guess it’s sort of like a second life for some people. Regardless, Rob seems to be taking it to a whole other level. Given he already lost his vision in one eye, but it seems like it would have a weird effect on everyone around him as well. Now they’ll all know that they’re being recorded whenever they’re in the presence of Rob.

On another positive note, I just wanted to remind everyone that I’ll be at Bloomingdales at the Beverly Center tomorrow (Saturday) from 2-4 pm. So come stop by if you’re in the area.

Here’s a cool article that goes through the origins of something we all see, yet we probably never really think about the origins of. It goes through six of the most common Hollywood Studio Logos. Even though it’s not nearly as iconic as the rest of them, I’d have to say that the Dreamworks intro is my favorite.

It just stirs some excitement that you’re either going to see some crazy animation or a wild adventure from Mr. Spielberg. For the MGM, I bet you guys didn’t know that they’re on the fifth lion, and that his name is Leo.

Checkout the article for more in depth descriptions on the origins of each logo.

We are living in some of the most dynamic times in American history. 2008 will go down as a busy one. We have witnessed the First Black President, oil barrel go from 150 to 50 in 6 months, and now the first Asian American Baseball manager ever! Don Wakamatsu is the first Asian-American manager in major league history. He was the former Oakland bench coach and was introduced Wednesday as the Seattle Mariners’ new skipper. They say Baseball is one of America’s greatest pastimes and I’m just glad to be able to see these great strides in this country!