We Live in a Strange and Beautiful World

The Eating Capital

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:53:00 +0000

The time between halloween and thanksgiving is arguably the time when we eat the most. In light of that, I though I would dig up some beautiful examples of food art. As far as I know, none of these are photoshopped.

SUCKING THE BRAINS!!

Finally!

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:28:00 +0000

I'm sorry it's been so long. My hit counter informs me that I have a lot of readers and I should really get on this. Let me begin.

I'm a huge fan of those custom google ads. You know, the ones that read content and give you corresponding advertisements? Unfortunately, these can turn out a little wierd.

I found this ad on this blog. I'm guessing it's because of my octopus post. Unfortunately, knowing why it's there doesn't help me understand it. The way it capitalizes The Octopus makes The Octopus seem like some kind of elusive deity. I couldn't help but click...

Unfortunately, I didn't find the church of The Octopus. The first two options just don't make sense. Has Target always offered baby octopus? The fourth is my personal favorite; I would love to get rewards from jellyfish.

This ad is from facebook. I don't think it requires an introduction.

Here are some fish pics!

I could go for one of these.

Really good ad.

I like this picture because it kind of looks like a dignified waltz.

I think we would get along.

One of the reasons I need to visit the far east.

I forget what this is from but it gets me every time!

Okay boys and girls! Hopefully it won't be quite so long next time!

ROBOGEISHA

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:25:00 +0000

Not for the weak of heart(or stomach), this is incredible. But seriously, watch it. It's only been about 20 seconds since I've seen it, but I think it's changed my life forever.

Hand-held Signs

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:07:00 +0000

Here are some great ones from my internet adventures! If you're a junkie like me, you've probably seen most of them already. Oh well.

I like this guy, I think he's my kind of crusty old man.

Right on, brother!

Honesty can sometimes be the best policy:

Then again, this is kind of awesome.

This is amazing.

Okay, so it's not hand-held. Still awesome.

Damn, that is one excited kid.

I debated putting this one in because it is EVERYWHERE, but I love it so here it is.

Does that work?

You show them, buddy!

Me, too.

Advertising at its most sophisticated

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:42:00 +0000

I'm not sure how many people know this, but I'm not a TV person. In fact, I'm not entirely sure how to operate my TV. Which is not to say I don't make full use of hulu, but I digress. My point is, I miss out on some things which other people are completely sick of. Namely, ads.

And then, I go to the laundromat.

This isn't very interesting, but basically, I just want to take a moment to appreciate the new Pizza Hut slogan.

I'm sorry, let's look at that again.

Good one, Pizza Hut.

And how high is your budget?

I'm personally insulted that they paid some crackhead to do this when there were potentially hundreds of highly trained communication designers who apparantly...didn't make the cut?

What?!

Okay, maybe I'm being unfair.

No, I don't think so. Or if I am I don't really care. Because this is stupid. It's like, nice observation. Did this take a lot of deductive reasoning? Of course I'm eating. You just handed me a pizza.

I get that America is stupid. And fat. I really, really do. But come on, Pizza Hut.

YAY ROBIN!

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:02:00 +0000

Congratulations to my baby sister, the amazing Robin Irene, who will next year be joining me in the big city when she matriculates at NYU!!! WOOHOO!!!

Dude this is going to be epic.

Twilight, where it's really dramatic, yet anticlimactic.

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:01:00 +0000

This is Twilight, told in screenshots. One thing I'll give it is it stays really true to the book. So basically a lot of eye shots and sexual tension. And it's pretty redundant.

"I'm Bella. Why doesn't anyone like me. I'm so standoffish and I have no friends. Basically I'm a hollywood starlet in a character based on the mentality of a fat girl."

"I love you Bella"

"No, I love you, Bella!"

All the cool kids hang out in the parking lot.

"I'm in love with you too, Bella. Sorry bout that."

Reeeal subtle.

"I'm standing in front of a fan so you can smell me more easily. Is it working? Tell me when it starts working."

Vampires are young, thin and attractive. They're basically hollywood. Nice.

Look, it's Cedric Diggory! You know, minus the melanin.

"Let's look at each other sorrowfully."

"Yes. That is an excellent idea."

"Hang out with you? Nah, I'd rather stand awkwardly next to my car and read a romance novel"

"SO, I am going to leave dramatically now, because I'm a vampire and I need to control myself so I don't murder you horribly."

"Wait, no I think I'll stick around."

"Look I'm all sparkly! And you can customize me with belly jewels."

"It's so hot when boys abduct me into the woods. Yeah, manhandle me!"

"Hey, if you're chill with the fact that I'm basically the oldest man you've ever met, I'm chill with your general lack of facial expression!"

"Actually, my skin is off-white, I think it's called eggshell. What's probably throwing you off is the fact that my neck has normal pigmentation."

"So you're chill with the whole me wanting to eat you thing, right?"

"I like to watch you sleep. That's normal, right?"

"Wow, I'm so turned on at the revelation that you sneak into my room at night and watch me sleep. That's so incredibly not creepy."

Apparently, turning into a vampire is strangely homoerotic.

Aaand sexual tension.

"I'm a 400 year old virgin. So let's just stand really close to each other and stare."

Yeah there's more but I couldn't finish it. Sorry.

What a time we live in.

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:52:00 +0000

This is a twitter record of graduation. No, I did not graduate.

Man what?

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:27:00 +0000

How do people even think of this stuff?!

Dreams of Flying

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:42:00 +0000

Side note: excuse me for being all artisty on this. Sorry if I come across as pretentious or if you think I don't know what I'm talking about. I welcome other views.

German photographer Jan Von Holleben's series, 'Dreams of Flying' features nordic children against constructed floors which look like a backdrop. Whimsical without being overly cutesy, this series is by far the most impressive on his site, but feel free to disagree. I love these though-they are at once childish, meticulous, and immaterial. They speak about so much more than a childhood fantasy. The flatness of the series works with the presentation of the frames, but unfortunately Von Holleben fails to introduce a more dynamic compositional element in his other series. Here's hoping someone steers him in the right direction, and that this is more than just a single lucky good idea well executed-that there's more on the way, and that Van Holleben grows in the right direction. Overall, though, I really really love this. And I'm excited to see what comes next.

The inclusion of the dog makes this one for me.

The wooden boards add that primitive feeling-the contrast with the green props makes this photo so striking.

This is my personal favorite. I love how he constructs his sets with objects you'd never think of, and that the resulting scenes are clean, easy to read, and incredibly simple. It recalls any number of games a kid might play using things that adults so often overlook. Von Hollenben reminds us-everything is a toy.

The charm in this for me is the tiny scenes of miniature people. The juxtaposition with the actual people makes this work where his 'superlandscapes' fall short. No Pun intended.

This is the most whimsical and I love the leafblowers on the leafy ground, the halloween ghost, the pop culture reference...this makes me happy. It's just smart, and I love smart.

I wonder if people would have freaked if godzilla were just a giant kid. Rick Moranis failed to answer this question.

Again, his simplest works are the best. The dull ground and the kids' glowing skin and technicolor dream suits make it pop in a way that's just so reminiscent of about a million advertisements, but it's so much better when it doesn't try to sell you anything, don't you think?

The secret behind the magic carpet!

I love the chaos of this piece, how he manages that illusion while sticking to his on-the-ground setup, and how he makes it seem that they're in motion without actually overlapping anything. The slight angle is so subtle but does so much.

Yarr!

Living squarely on the testicles

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:46:00 +0000

Found here

Also, just found this. Kinda really makes me wish I had cable. Oh, well. I don't really know how to work my TV anyway.

Sexy Speakers

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:04:00 +0000

Isn't this genius? Found here.

From 2006

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:28:00 +0000

I found this buried in my facebook photo albums. It's a photo of my old ecology teacher from sophomore year and the ridiculous things she said, but this is just from the first class. I would literally just write down hilarious stuff. Anyway, here we go.

"Molecules operate in three dimensions, why shouldn't you?"

"He said he was Greek, only he was Macedonian and never got over it."

"If I were God, I woulda done it simpler."

"This period of confluenzia really was magnificent; it died."

"He latinized his name, anyone who was anyone did."

"If you were a heretic, and didn't renounce your evil ways, you were barbequed."

"Which is further proof that some people should not be taught to read because it's bad for them."

"Every age has an ultimate weapon. So ours happens to go boom- so what?"

"Galileo: What else can I find that's disturbing?"

"Hot Damn!"

"Vernal equinox- what the hell is that?"

"The days are getting shorter, what is this all about?"

"Crochets and weirdeties"

(on Prague) "Cute buildings with little pointed roofs."

"The ancient Egyptians sure knew how to party."

"What keeps the moon from slamming into the earth?"

"Newton was a crab."

"I'm not bad at deciphering heiroglyphics, but give me a break."

"My father didn't have much to give; he left me his cough."

"[Medieval people thought that] This veil of tears will pass, and I will sit around strumming a harp. For people like me, who have no musical talent, this isn't such a good prospect."

"St. Francis never took a bath or changed his habit- he must have been fun to be around."

"God went on to do other useful things..."

"Kickoff date for life on earth: This happened on a sunday afternoon at teatime."

"God: ZAPS! You're a cockaroach."

"The air above- created on day two, I think."

"Primordial- that's a fun word."

"What if I take this unholy mix of stuff and ZATS it?"

"Benjamin Franklin- remember the guy with the kite?"

"Meteorites come in two delicious flavors."

"Tortuous mix of god-awfuls"

"Multi-cellular organisms: a lot of them looked extremely odd."

"Charles II of Spain died in 1699- and not a moment too soon. He was a biological disaster."

"Aristotle got around."

"If they're fishermen, bet your bottom petunia they're bringing home fish."

Yeah, so if you're ever at pratt take Professor Charton for ecology. The END.

Poll. Also, tats!

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:28:00 +0000

I just want to encourage everyone to vote on the poll on the left side of the blog. Basically it's just asking what kind of post you prefer, so that I can try to give you your favorites! You can vote as many times as you want for as many different options as you want. And if you have an answer that isn't there feel free to shoot me an email or a comment or whatever.
And so this is not a blatantly self serving post, here are a few funny pictures of ridiculous tattoos, which I have found on the internet in various places.

SO badass:

This is just genius.

This is a photoshop, but I love it anyway.

Wolverine riding my little pony. Nice.

Another hilarious photoshop.

Tramp stamp:

This is just awesome, even though it's in the 'target' position.

Good one, genius.

Can you imagine waiting while they filled in your belly button? Also, wtf.

'This is your brain on drugs.' Also, 'This is your scalp on ink'

These belly button anus things continue to amaze me.

This is clever and hilarious, while also being retarded.

This is great. Well done sir. Now you can have thee 'staches!

I know this Snuggie thing is way overdone...

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:27:00 +0000

but this tickled my funny bone. It's well done and hilarious.
My favorite moment is: Mom? Dad?

Old Stuff

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:16:00 +0000

I was going through my old files, backing them up to make room on my hard drive, when I came across this gem. It's a stop-motion movie from my 4D Design class, freshman year.

Here's the plot, because it might be hard for you to tell. I'm eating fruit, so all the food in my fridge is outraged. They escape and a tomato spurs them into glorious revolution. Then they are free so they do a happy dance.

There are some fun moments where you see my face or a roll of masking tape, but I think the whole thing is pretty awesome.

My Little Pony

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:52:00 +0000

I used to love My Little Pony, and I just came across these redesigns here. They're My Little pony as film characters and personalities, selling for about 300 british bounds a pop. They're pretty amazing.

Batman and Robin

Beatrix Kiddo

If you can't figure this one out you don't deserve to know.

Of course, Elvis is a unicorn!

Princess Leia

Why so serious?

No...just...no.

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:22:00 +0000

As you may remember, my five-part christmas list was both informative and hilarious. And even at this time of year, I set products aside for that inevitable time when it will be time to buy gifts again.
But this...this could not wait. It's too wrong. Too...epic and hilarious and wrong to not share immediately.
Don't get all offended people...although I think that might be the idea. So...yeah.
Head O State

I reiterate, I know this is really really wrong. I can't stop laughing though.

Plural wisdom

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:35:00 +0000

David Griswold explained this to me ages ago and I just got him to reiterate. I don't know why I find it so fascinating...I guess I'm putting it here because of my comment meters and so you'll get the joke.
OFFICIALLY, octopus should not be pluralized octopi because the "-us" -> "-i" is from the latin whereas octopus is a greek word
meaning eight-footed, because "pus" is greek for foot; the plural of "pus" is "poda".
So you would say "octopoda" in greek. However, in English we use that for talking about multiple species of octopus and we pluralize octopus as octopuses.
However, because everybody got it wrong for so long, the OED has officially added octopi as an acceptable pluralization

That's what she said.

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:59:00 +0000

This is a classic example of why collage is better than high school. Just the other day I was in class during a crit and the professor said something like, just rub it a little bit, and I'm all, that's what she said! And everyone laughed and then we moved on. I think it added much needed comic relief to a long boring crit. Crits should be fun! Teachers in high school are mean (no offense David).

David's Response:
the thing to realize about that detention notice is the teacher is probably correct; considering the average high schooler, that was probably the 15th time he said it in THAT CLASS PERIOD.
once is funny.
twice is silly.
15 times is disruptive.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:59:00 +0000

To my amazing beautiful genius sister for:

3. Being crowned Ms. WJ*!!

*Anyone with pertinent photos or video footage of Ms. WJ needs to contact me ASAP.

The Beautiful Photoshops of Erik Johansson

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:33:00 +0000

Erik Johansson is a swedish student/interactive designer/computer engineer/photographer. I usually try not to post industry stuff on here because I know a lot of the people who read this aren't actually designers or artists, but I think this will be appreciated by all.

His work has an amazing combination of silliness, high art, couture, and nordic awesomeness. I also love how he models for himself. I have a feeling we are going to be seeing a lot more of Mr. Johansson in the future. He has already done some advertising work, and I can't wait for it to be released!

The Being a Jerk Method

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:37:00 +0000

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Hyena Family

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:42:00 +0000

I've been looking through Pieter Hugo's photography and found this gem.

There are many photos of this man and his trained hyenas and baboons, two of the most notoriously wild and sinister species out there. This picture, however, is completely insane.

Mummy Ahmadu, the man, has removed the hyena's muzzle, placed a small girl child on its back, lets the leash lay on the ground, and then reaches inside the hyena's mouth, a move which can only be intended to infuriate the animal.

This man is either very brave or very stupid. Or both. He is a hyena trainer.

Actual Book

noreply@blogger.com (Leah Goldensohn) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:25:00 +0000

Because the only way an alien would be scarier is if it were invincible, borne of a Kryptonian solar plexus.