Cyanide & Happiness

Another website where I'm subscribed. The comics are cynical, rude and sometimes not very nice, but some of them are really funny and make you feel guilty for laughing at them.

A Russian community dedicated to the translations of the comics in Livejournal: Цианистый калий и счастье.

Комиксы «Цианистый Калий и счастье» - это одни из самых неполиткоректных, циничных, переполненных чёрного юмора, комиксов в интернете. Рисуют его оторые рисуют Kris Wilson, Rob DenBleyker, Matt Melvin и Dave McElfatrick. Они никогда не виделись в реале и называют себя командой Explosm.

Это очень смешные, очень циничные, очень чёрные комиксы. Они заставляют тебя (ну меня-то уж точно) порой стыдиться того, что ты смеёшься над этим. А иногда стыдиться, что ты принадлежишь к животному по имени «человек». Часто «Калий» заставляет задуматься над современными мужчинами и женщинам. Или над, казалось бы, прописными истинами. А ещё чаще - над обществом в котором мы живём. Но всегда-заставляет посмотреть на себя и окружающий мир со стороны, подождать пока приступ смеха пройдёт и после этого отослать ссылку на очередной смешной стрип своему другу. from LookAtMe

Cyanide & Happiness is a daily web comic. Some of those I liked:











and a short flash :)

Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

Sony Bravia ad (making of)

Yesterday, my friend Jared sent me a very nice song "Heartbeats" by José González that I loved from the first sounds. Then i started to dig information about it finding out about the "Sony Bravia" commercial where it was featured.

Maybe you remember this ad:



And i found something more interesting ! The "making of" - behind the scenes video. Since I like advertising and filmmaking, i enjoyed it much!

It turned out that they have used 250,000 colorful balls for this ad !!! and the city where the balls are bouncing is San Francisco :)



I also found out that the "Heartbeats" is not Jose Gonzalez' song, it actually belongs to "The Knife", but I wouldn't compare it to the Gonzalez' performance, because it's just amazing and totally different!

And i found the cover of Massive Attack's "Teardrop" by Gonzalez. It's pretty cool!

... and they never told me

via Design Crush

"And you never knew how much I really liked you, because I never even told you. Oh and I meant to."

Do you have people whom you could refer to, by this phrase?

I do have, and a lot. And I always wonder why is it so difficult to tell some people that I like them. How can I avoid a misunderstanding? Though I rarely tell people that I like them, I always make them feel that. But there were times that i meant to tell somebody that i like him/her, but didn't have the chance... or I was shy...

But as for the people whom I like and who demonstrate a cruel indifference towards me (apart of not telling that they like me, they actually don't show it!)... I always have the hope that they do like me in reality, just that they don't want me to know :) is it possible ??

A Beautiful Revolution by Andre Jordan

I'm presenting Andre Jordan with his blog "A Beautiful Revolution". It's been a while since I'm following his blog finding some of his works via image bookmarking systems like ffffound.com. He has got some nice postcards and stories spiced with a good sense of humor and irony. Here are some of them that i like:

Postcards I May Send

Handmade

Wrong person

I love you

Moody 

A Sign 

Doodles

The Chair 

 

I miss you 

  

Don't Follow Me 

  

And I Wait For You  

Put Your Pen Down 

  

Ball and Chain 

 

Audrey Hepburn addiction and Breakfast at Tiffany's

She's so adorable. I just love her in the Breakfast at Tiffany's . I loved the film so much that I read the book "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Truman Capote (in Russian). The movie was more interesting, as for me.

Here's an official website dedicated to her. The more i explore her life and filmography, the more I like her.

In 1999, she was ranked as the third greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. She also served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and was honoured with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work. She is often seen as one of the most beautiful women ever, named 8th in empires magazine 100 sexiest stars in film history (1995) and chosen by People Magazine as one of the most beautiful people in the world (1990)

From the wiki about her, I learned that she had a similar to Anne Frank's experience while living in the Netherlands.

Hepburn noted the similarities between herself and Anne Frank: "I was exactly the same age as Anne Frank. We were both ten when war broke out and fifteen when the war finished. I was given the book in Dutch, in galley form, in 1946 by a friend. I read it – and it destroyed me. It does this to many people when they first read it but I was not reading it as a book, as printed pages. This was my life. I didn't know what I was going to read. I've never been the same again, it affected me so deeply."
"We saw reprisals. We saw young men put against the wall and shot and they'd close the street and then open it and you could pass by again. If you read the diary, I've marked one place where she says 'five hostages shot today'. That was the day my uncle was shot. And in this child's words I was reading about what was inside me and is still there. It was a catharsis for me. This child who was locked up in four walls had written a full report of everything I'd experienced and felt."

The following poem, written by Sam Levenson, a well-known New York teacher/comedian in the 50s was very special to Audrey. Audrey, one of the most alluring women in the world, defined what beauty meant to her through this poem:

Time Tested Beauty Tips

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge that you'll never walk alone.

We leave you a tradition with a future.

The tender loving care of human beings will never become obsolete.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed.

Never throw anybody out.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

Your 'good-ole-days' are ahead of you. May you have many of them.

source: http://polyticks.com/home/Joy/Photos/Audrey.html

She's an icon, someone I would love to resemble.

The film is also notable for the Henri Mancini's Moon River, that won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the movie.

more of Audrey:

here's a big gallery of her photos.

If you are also addicted to her beauty like me, enjoy these links:

• Audrey Hepburn guide 
• Fabulous Audrey 
• Another gallery of Audrey's photos 

« Se io trovassi un posto a questo mondo che mi facesse sentire come da Tiffany... comprerei i mobili e darei al gatto un nome! » (Holly)

There's also a song "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something. that i kinda like :))

Breakfast at Tiffany's movie beginning: