Some people are just too creative - aka fun stuff to entertain on a Friday

**Update at bottom!**

A friend of mine sent this link to me many months ago and I've been meaning to forward it since then, however its too good to just send it to a few people so I'm posting it hear so that everyone can see it. (That and its easier than coming up with actually original things to blog about.)

[Message along with the link]: There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in the film. Everything you see really happened in real time exactly as you see it. The film took 606 takes. On the first 605 takes, something, usually very minor, didn't work. They would then have to set the whole thing up again. The crew spent weeks shooting night and day. By the time it was over, they were ready to change professions. The film cost six million dollars and took three months to complete including full engineering of the sequence.

In addition, it is two minutes long so every time Honda airs the film on British television, they're shelling out enough dough to keep any one of us in clover for a lifetime. However, it is fast becoming the most downloaded advertisement in Internet history. When the ad was pitched to senior executives, they signed off on it immediately without any hesitation - including the costs. There are six, and only six, hand-made Honda Accords in the world. To the horror of Honda engineers, the filmmakers disassembled two of them to make the film.
Everything you see in the film (aside from the walls, floor, ramp and complete Honda Accord) is parts from those two cars. The voice over is Garrison Keillor. When the ad was shown to Honda executives, they liked it and commented on how amazing computer graphics have gotten. They fell off their chairs when they found out it was for real. Oh, and about those funky windshield wipers on the new Accords, the windshield wipers have water sensors and are designed to start doing their thing automatically as soon as they become wet. It looks a bit weird in the commercial.

Now, without further ado... the coolest, most complicated commercial I've ever seen - Hondas at work.


Ok, if the car stunt wasn't enough for you, or too technical, here's some other great ways to express your inner artist -

My sandcastles were never this elaborate. How about one of these ice sculptures for your wedding?

Per Request

This is Brooke in her IU grad days...

This is Brooke when I met her in Russia...

Any questions?

More SP fun!

I swear I'll stop soon-ish.....

Ehhh, Tony... whatsa matta for you?!


Zach and his Soggy Bottom Boy

The World According to ...... Trey?

Long story short is I found a great new website where you can create your own South Park characters. So I've been doing one of each of the people I know. Here are a few of the highlights... (its funnier if you know the model for each caricature).

Me, doing what I love by the beach



Mike as a traveling and teaching fool!



My STA buddy, Abbie



My sister at her wedding in Alaska



Her hubby, Bill, in the forests of Alaska


For more crazy South Park fun go straight to the source.

TGI Monday - ?

Was really hard to wake up today.. luckily my alarm rings long before I have to get up so I can laze about in bed for a while pretending that I am sleeping in. Preparation for the day went well, had breakfast, cheated on making lunch by bringing Easter leftovers. Then I get in my car, it won't turn over, my lights had been on all night. Oops.

Cell phone rings, for a split second I think its Creech (my boss) telling me I'm in trouble.. (don't know why I think that) or that its Betsy saying we could switch offices for the day. Instead its Mike, calling to chat. I talk with him while I walk down to the bus stop, during which time I realize there is a hole in my sock and my big toe is sticking out of it - I hate when that happens!

I get to the bus stop three minutes after the bus leaves. No problem, next one comes in little over ten minutes. I don't have any more passes for the bus, as I forgot to buy them last week. So I have to go with the old exact change in cash option. I double check that I have enough - oops again, one dollar short. Ok, don't worry, I'm right next to my old workplace where my lovely former coworkers are bound to be nice enough to lend me a buck.

Get there, get the dollar and head back out. The traffic lights are against me and I think I see my bus, paranoid to miss the last BX (next bus would be 30 minutes away!) I bolt across the street as cars are trying to turn left and almost get mowed down. I arrive to realize its not the Denver Express but the Local one that stops at every park and ride from here to Timbuktu and therefore Not the one I want. Wait around and finally get on the bus.

Have a nice ride to Denver, read a little and try to relax. After that the day picked up a bit. Went to the bank, got a bit of money, then treated myself to a 'Dulce de Leche' latte from Starbucks. Now with coffee and croissant in hand, I'm looking forward to welcoming Monday.