Video: JELLYFISH LAKE, PALAU

I love the cinematography and colors. Great song too.

JELLYFISH LAKE, PALAU from Sarosh Jacob on Vimeo.

Film: Nokia - HK Honey

Just watch it. It's so serene, honest and clean. Truly success redefined. Story is king!

Nokia - HK Honey from The Silentlights on Vimeo.

"Hong Kong is home to more than 7 million people. Amongst the high rise apartments, product designer Michael Leung founder of HK Honey, has created his own space bringing nature back into the metropolis one box at a time."

WEBSITE: The Squirrel In Our Window

The Squirrel In Our Window is a blog that was dedicated to a squirrel that was living in their window. Well, I'm slightly creeped out by this because DC squirrels are crazy, but if this happened to me when I was a kid... I'd probably be a Veterinarian today. Definitely, worth browsing the photo album for cute pics.

"In July of 2009, a female squirrel made its nest (called a drey) in the outer sill of one of our apartment windows. We were privileged to be able to watch her birth and raise her babies over the next 8 weeks, until she took them all down to the ground for real-world training."

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Animal Kingdom: Lyrebird

Growing up, I wanted to be a zoologist and I read everything I could about animals. Yet, somehow I've never heard of a Lyrebird. It's amazing and blows my mind every time.


Amazing! Bird sounds from the lyre bird - David Attenborough - BBC wildlife



Via Cassandra

Cats VS Boobs

Cats VS Boobs is a website dedicated to a never ending battle and all you gotta do is vote for the winner. It's that simple (and boobs doesn't always win).




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Pedigree Dogs ad

Probably one of the funniest/coolest dog food commercials I have ever seen. Slow motion really does heighten the wonders of the world.

"Director Bob Purman used a camera at 1,000 frames per second to capture these scenes of dogs in action for a Pedigree commercial. The result is an opportunity to savor dogs’ expressions in a unique way — really slow." -- TheDailyTail


Pedigree Dogs ad shot 1000 FPS using the Phantom camera



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Bugs under a street light.

In the end, we're all flaming moths.

flight patterns from Charlie McCarthy on Vimeo.

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Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

The Kuroshio Sea is so unreal. OMG! Has anyone ever been here? (Scary thought... imagine this thing breaking!)

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world - (song is Please don't go by Barcelona) from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.

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Beware of the Alligator Gar!

So we found this online one day and it still gives me the creeps. What other weird animals do you know of?

"The Alligator Gar... is a primitive ray-finned fish. Unlike other Gars, the mature Alligator Gar possesses a dual row of large teeth in the upper jaw. These remarkably Alligator-like teeth, along with its snout, give it its name... Their scales are diamond-shaped and interlocking and are sometimes used by Native Americans for jewelry. The Alligator Gar is capable of breathing air and can survive up to two hours above water." -- Wikipedia

Sounds like natural selection to me...

"Hundreds of visitors watched in horror as the woman, who is thought to be mentally disturbed, scaled a fence, a wall and a line of hedges to get into the enclosure as the animals were being fed..."
Zookeepers rescue woman from polar bear mauling -- Times Online UK

Polar Bear attack! on Weekend Sunrise


"Natural selection acts on the phenotype, or the observable characteristics of an organism, such that individuals with favorable phenotypes are more likely to survive and reproduce than those with less favorable phenotypes." -- Wikipedia

Are you serious? How did this happen? I know they did the right thing but sometimes you got to let the crazy ones go. I don't blame the zoo or the bears.

Anyone else freaked out...?

Goodbye to Alex a gifted parrot


Actually...this reminds me of my thesis.

Kitten Jumps 7 ft.

Kitten Jumps 7 ft.


This cat scares me.

Monkeys and Kung Fu = Crazy Delicious

I like monkeys and I like Kung Fu. Luckily for me they get mixed together often from the Kim Possible villian Monkey Fist and his Ninja Monkeys to Jet Li as the Monkey King in The Forbidden Kingdom.

Well I usually don't rep the Happy Tree Friends because their level of violence though funny is sometimes WAY too much, but this time they did something pretty creative. Be warned its very graphic but I thought for a cartoon the action is intense.

Happy Tree Friends - Books of Fury


Also check out this real live Karate kick butt chimp.

Kung Fu Monkey

Turtle Power!

Not most people know this but I am a BIG sea turtle fan and almost became a Marine Biologist just so I could help save them. Instead I became an artist and will probably fund research that saves these elegant creatures. Well they found a rare giant turtle living in the wild which is great because they thought we killed them all. So its good news for everyone.

"Researchers from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo have discovered a rare giant turtle in northern Vietnam — a find that carries great scientific and cultural significance. Swinhoe's soft-shell turtle was previously thought to be extinct in the wild. Three other turtles of the species are in captivity, said experts from the Zoo's Asian turtle program. The discovery represents hope for the species..."
Cleveland zoo researchers find rare giant turtle in Vietnam -- Yahoo! NEWS

I Am The Cricket King

So I moved into my new place. Oh. I'm excited. Its going to be an adventure says my Mom. Yes it is. I love the neighborhood. I'm still working on getting my room up to speed. Its dark and activates my allergies a little. Yeap! Going to require an air filter and dehumidifier. I'll make it work. Besides if you ask me the room is looking pretty pimp now. Thank you Ikea and thank you girl friend for your helpful tips. Now on to the good part! When we were first looking at this house I walked around the basement and found two Spider Crickets (aka Camel Back Crickets). At the lease signing I mentioned this to the Property Manager and asked for an exterminator. She claimed it cost too much and that I must be sure that there is an infestation. So she did nothing. A few weeks later I moved in. Not to my surprise. Turns out that I had three roommates. An infestation of little Black Centipedes, Spider Crickets and House Centipedes who eat Spider Crickets. Though all harmless (sort of since the House Centipede can bite) the Spider Crickets freaked me out. The walls of my room are stone and they blend in perfectly. You don't notice them until its too late. They jump like 3-4 feet in the air and are ugly. So for three days I killed them and slept on the futon in the center of my room. Then I called the Manager and demanded an exterminator. He finally showed up last Monday and did his thing. (What kind of exterminator can't tell the difference between a Silverfish and House Centipede?) Since then Kate and I have been finding numerous insects half dead crawling across the floor. Thanks to the can of Roach Kill, we've been helping them along to the after life. Lesson to be learn. If you see one bug that doesn't look like it should be there. Protest and make them spray the place before you move in. No matter what.

Another fun story. So I blacked out at the bar five Saturday nights ago and my boys carried me home. Well the following morning at Morty's Deli in Tenleytown I offered to pay for their meals. Which everyone was cool with. So the bill came out to be like $120 and the other guys who joined us for breakfast but missed out on the "black hawk down" paid for themselves. Seeing that we were a party of ten I assumed that gratuity had been factored and signed my half of the payment and split. Two days later looking up my bank records I find that my card was charged 25% more then it was supposed to be. That bastard charged my half of the payment his 18% of the total bill though...it was split between four people. SO two things! (1)Pay for your meals and drinks at restaurants with CASH. So when you leave with a receipt. Thats it. No more taking money from you. (2) I'm boycotting Morty's. Too bad cause I even liked the place and I know what you are thinking. Don't worry. He wasn't jewish.

Fantasy Football is coming up. I'm in two leagues. One is a Pi Kapp league which is always a good time. The second, my best friend and I set up so if you want in. Let me know.

Anybody have any PS2 games they don't want?

"Ex Mas Eve" by Vsevolod Horodyskyj would be a better film if it was a porn. The acting would be on key. Actually its not the acting's fault. Its the editor's fault. Learn how to pace a scene please. The cinematographer needs to go watch The Good The Bad and The Ugly again. This movie will help you understand when to use the close up. All in all. Not bad for a student film, but it does need more boyish humor. Oh and wtf is with the montage? It was also nice to see the Del Ray house. Oh the memories.

I hate mosquito bites. There are more of them at the new place and I blame it on the fact that we live closer to the zoo.

Well I'm broke broke. No money. Spent too much at Ikea and its cost a lot to rent a car and drive to NC to pick your girl friend up. At least its only 6 days until my next pay check. Keep smiling people.

Peace.

PS> I'm going to try out a new blogger website. Blogger.com! (Unless one of you people can give a good reason not too.) I've been using Xanga and Live Journal since my sophomore year in college. I think its time to move on to make it easier to post and focus more on my after college life. So here are the links to the blogs. If you don't agree with this YOU MUST PROTEST! Otherwise first say good bye to Live Journal and then Xanga.