Doorbell: The severity of the debt crisis

I got this in an e-mail. Here's the explanation to the video:


"Power Line Blog held a prize competition for $100,000 for whoever most effectively and creatively dramatized the significance of the federal debt crisis.

"Any creative product was eligible: videos, songs, paintings, screenplays, Power Point presentations, essays, performance art, or anything else.

"Several entries have gotten a lot of attention and a lot of views or listens. But unquestionably, the one that has most gone viral so far is “Doorbell”.

"After listening to this it is OUR FAULT that this has happened. We have to mount an attack on the lobbyists. We have to find people that will not take a dime from these people. The press thinks that they are great as they get most of the money during champagnes for advertisement. The same goes for getting people to run that believe that they should be on Social Security. It would take 3 elections to accomplish this along with a big fight in between."




And here is the video in question:

http://www.ntrc.info/doorbell.html

Hollywood doesn't watch Supernatural

It makes enough sense. How else can you explain such a wildly popular show getting so blatantly ignored by the industry? God, I hate those people. And I'm as thankful as ever that the Supernatural cast and crew are who they are-- people truly dedicated to and in love with their project, so they've been willing to keep going with it despite the lack of mainstream attention. People who pick up on their fans' deep appreciation and always hold that close to them. Anyway, Misha Collins does a good job of exlaining his thoughts here.



http://www.afterelton.com/people/2011/09/misha-collins-supernatural-castiel-gay

Elvis Presley singing a Neil Diamond song

I've seen an Elvis movie or two, but haven't really watched videos of him performing, so I thought that this was cool. Also, I didn't know that he'd covered this song... and Neil Diamond is awesome.




http://youtu.be/Y00vd5HM_08

Supernatural auction-- ENDS SOON!!

This fan-organized auction was supposed to take place at the Salute to Supernatural convention in Chicago this October, but Creation Entertainment disallowed it. So, it's taking place on this website instead. Here you will find some posters, books, movies, and a CD. Come take a look!

It ends soon, and the prices are pretty good. You do need an account with the site to bid, though.



http://www.webstore.com/80935,user_id,shop

How to feel more productive

THIS:



http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-stick-to-your-new-years.html



Hey, I didn't say that you would BE more producive.

Although if I looked outside and saw wild turkeys, I'd definitely consider it an accomplishment. Wild turkeys don't live here.

Dear photograph...

This is a very cool art project, which reminds me a bit of Post Secret. Take a picture of a picture from the past and post it with a brief story.

I'd love to try this sometime!



http://dearphotograph.com/

9/11 hype

Obviously, this is a few days late, but I think that the ideas presented here are worth thinking about for longer than just that one day.



http://www.mediaite.com/tv/toure-calls-out-media-911-nostalgia-leaves-dylan-ratigan-speechless/



Speaking of "cheapening" a memory, I saw a Facebook page on September 11th, the goal of which was to collect 911,911 likes to honor the victims. If that isn't pathetic, I'm not sure what is.

Office kittens!!!

http://youtu.be/59ZYrB8Ws7Y



I don't know what exactly this is for, but it is one of the single cutest things that I have ever seen. Oh my freaking god. The mouse-mouse! The vending machine! The kittens! The kittens everywhere!!

*Gasps for breath*

Enjoy!

Jared and Jensen: A bit on season 7

Oh, have I mentioned that Supernatural will be starting up again next Friday? I'm super excited, by the way.

Here is a very short interview segment with the guys from MTV. (They'll be on 10 on Top this Saturday at 11:30am... am I a billboard or what...)

Jared begins the interview with a fantastic line. I love that man.



http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/691234/the-hunted.jhtml

Want to win a copy of Supernatural, season 6??

Just answer one survey question, follow the other instructions, and you'll be entered to win. And don't worry, it's safe... I already did it, and I'm still breathing.

But while you're at it, Supernatural fans, leave a comment and tell me who your favorite character is! I'm a Sam girl.



http://stjonclark.tumblr.com/post/8417984817/contest-win-supernatural-season-6-on-dvd-or-download

The occasional FB awesomeness #1

Hopefully Facebook will have more of its spotty awesomeness so that I can give future posts titles that include, oh, I don't know... #2, #3, #4, #758...

Anyway, this is one of those things that you're supposed to fill out and post. As far as I can tell, they're not nearly as popular as they used to be, but still pretty damn funny.

Feel free to try this out and leave a comment with your results!




Dear (someone you recently talked to),

I don't really know how to tell you this, but (1). I think I realized it (2)(3) and I saw you (4) (5). I'm sure you're (6) enough to understand (7). I'm returning (8) to you, but I'll keep (9) as a memory. You should also know that I (10) and (11).

(12),
(Your name)


1) What's the color of your shirt?
Blue - I'm in love with your cat
Red - Our affair is over
White - I’m joining the Convent
Black -Our romance is over
Green- Our socks don't match
Grey - You're a leprechaun
Yellow - I'm selling myself for candy
Pink - Your nostrils are insulting
Brown - The mafia wants you
No shirt - Purple hedgehogs want to destroy you
Other -I dislike your eyelashes

2) Which is your birth month?
January - That night you picked your nose
February -When I quoted Forest Gump
March - When your dwarf bit me
April - When I tripped on peanut butter
May - When I threw up in your sock drawer
June - When you put cuffs on me
July – When I saw the purple monkey
August - When you smacked my ass
September - Last year when you peed your pants
October - When we skinny dipped in the bathtub
November - When your dog humped my leg
December - When I finally changed my underwear

3) Which food do you prefer?
Tacos - In your apartment
Chicken- In your car
Pasta - Outside of your office
Hamburgers - Under the bus
Salad – As you were eating Kraft Dinner
Lasagna - In your closet
Kebab - With Jean Chrétien
Fish - In a clown suit
Sandwiches - At the Elton John concert
Pizza - At the mental hospital
Hot dog - Under a street light
Annat- With George Bush and Stephen Harper

4) What's the color of your socks?
Yellow - Ignore
Red - Put whipped cream on
Black - Hit on
Blue - Knock out
Purple - Pour syrup on
White - Carve your initials into
Grey - Pull the clothes off
Brown - bit of
Orange - Castrate
Pink - Pull the pants off of
Barefoot - Sit on
Other - Drive over

5) What's the color of your underwear?
Black - My boyfriend
White - My father
Grey – The Catholic Priest
Brown – The Montreal Canadian’s goalie
Purple - My corned beef hash
Red – My knee caps
Blue - My salt-beef bucket
Yellow - My illegitimate child in Ghana
Orange - My Blink 182 cd
Pink – Your ‘My Little Pony’ collection
Other --The elephant in the corner

6) What do you prefer to watch on TV?
One Tree Hill - Senile
Heroes- Frostbitten
Lost - High
Simpsons- Cowardly
The news - Scarred
American Idol - Masochistic
Family Guy - Open
Top Model - Middle-class
Annat -shamed

7) Your mood right now?
Happy - How awful you are
Sad - How boring you are
Bored - That I get turned on only by garbage men
Angry - That your smell makes me vomit
Depressed – That we’re related
Excited - That I may pee my pants
Nervous - The middle-east is planning their revenge on you
Worried - That your Ford sucks
Apathetic - That you need a sex-change
Silly - That I'm allergic to your earlobes
Cuddly - That Santa doesn't exist
Ashamed - That there is no solution to you being a dumb kid
Other - That your driving sucks

8) What's the color of your walls in your bedroom?
White - Your toe ring
Yellow - Your love letters to me
Red - The pictures from Vegas
Black - Your pet rock
Blue - The couch cushions
Green - Your car
Orange - Your false teeth
Brown - Your nose hair clippers
Grey - Our matching snoopy underwear
Purple - Your old New Kids on the Block blanket
Pink - The cut toenails
Other - Your Hannah Montana underwear

9) The first letter of your first name?
A/B - My virginity
C/D - Your photo with the moustache drawn on it
E/F - Your neighbors dog
G/H - The oil tank from your car
I/J - Your left ear
K/L - The results of that blood-sample
M/N - Your glass eye
O/P - My common sense
Q/R - Your mom
S/T - Your collection of butterflies
U/V - Your criminal record
W/X – Your sucide note
Y/Z - Your credit cards

10) The last letter in your last name?
A/B - Love your sweet, sweet ass
C/D - Always will remember the pep talks
E/F -Never will forget that night
G/H – Will not tell the authorites that you stole the whale from the backyard.
I/J – Mocked you behind your back constantly
K/L - Hate your cooking
M/N - Told in my confession today about the moose poaching
O/P - Told my psychiatrist about the bruises
Q/R - Always wanted to break your legs
S/T - Get sick when I think of your feet
U/V - Will try to forget that you broke my heart
W/X - Haven’t showered in a month
Y/Z – am better off without you

11) What do you prefer to drink?
Wine- Our friendship is ruined
Soft drink – I’m off to lead a new life as a lemon
Soda – I will haunt you when I’m reincarnated as an Eskimo
Milk - The apartment building is on fire
Water – I'm scratching my butt as you read this
Cider– I have a passionate interest for mice
Juice – You ruined my attempts at another world war
Mineral/Vitamin water – You should get that embarrassing rash checked
Hot chocolate – Your Cucumber-fetishism is weird
Whiskey - I love Oprah Winfrey
Beer – Thanks for the Cocaine
Other – you should stop picking your nose

12) To which country would you prefer to go on a vacation?
Thailand – Warm tingly sensations
Australia - Best of luck on the sex change
France - Love always
Spain - With tears of sadness
China – You make me sick
Germany – Please don’t hurt me
Japan - Go milk a cow
Greece - Your everlasting enemy
USA - Greetings to your frog Leonard
Egypt – Kiss my butt
England - Go drown yourself

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Two freaking amazing song medley videos

These are... uh. I am at a loss for words, I love them so much. Super cool stuff. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if you've seen them already, since they're immensely popular. But I'm not much of a YouTube groupie, so I don't really know about too much popular stuff.

The "one man Disney movie" made me realize that there are a ridiculous number of Disney movies that I have somehow not seen. The Axis of Awesome has sent me on a hunt to listen to more music that I was totally unaware of in the past. Anyway! Here you are:




http://youtu.be/Zp1BYzIVi0U




http://youtu.be/5pidokakU4I



(PS- I think that "Chicken Little" is hot.)

Help your pillow grow some hair

I'm not all that much of an arts-and-crafts type, but this looks doable, even to me. And the resulting masterpiece is stylish as well as fun to play with.

Pillow!!!



http://www.vanessachristenson.com/2011/04/v-and-co-how-to-shag-pillow.html

Beethovan reincarnate?

If you're a fan of classical music, then you're going to find this little kid very uplifting. I'm not, particularly, but he's still pretty cute.

When was the last time that you were this enthusiastic about something?



http://www.choralnet.org/view/268945

Protect your right to privacy on Facebook: PLACES

You know, if Facebook actually cared, they'd tell us that the settings have changed, and wouldn't set the default to the more public modes.

Follow these instructions, then paste them onto your profile for your friends to see:



Yesterday, Facebook launched "Facebook Places." Now, anyone can find out WHERE YOU ARE when you are logged in! This provides the actual address & map location of your location as you use Facebook. Make sure your kids know. TO UNDO THIS: Go to "Account", "Account Settings", & click on the "Notifications" tab. Then, scroll down to "Places" and UNCHECK the 2 boxes. Make sure to SAVE your changes!. Please re-post this message to share the info.

Remember 9/11... like, really remember it

This is a lovely, to-the-point article reminding us why we truly cannot afford to forget about the horrific events which took place on September 11th, nearly ten years ago.



http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_18838151

Oh Borders... why am I not surprised?

Typical. Typical. Typical. I really don't have anything else to add. I'm just pissed.



http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2011/09/06/borders-seeks-six-figure-payments-for-ex-ceo-others/

Help save tigers and other species living in the Baltics!

According to the website, "As few as 3,200 tigers remain in the wild. This devastating news comes as the Chinese lunar calendar moved into Year of the Tiger on February 14, 2010. Already, three subspecies have been driven to extinction in the past century alone due to illegal wildlife trade, poaching, and human conflict."



http://www.causes.com/causes/14561-save-the-baltic-sea

Wait, so humans came from... multiple types of humans

I can't even fake an intelligent comment here. This isn't a field that I understand particularly well, but from what I gather, this is pretty cool.



http://news.yahoo.com/wasnt-just-neanderthals-ancient-humans-had-sex-other-171119367.html

Give it some thought, parents

This is very unfortunate. As a serious student throughout grade school, I always witnessed the way my classmates pushed teachers over the edge with their terrible behavior. The mere thought that parents can make the situation even worse for teachers should be unbelievable, though I must say that for me, it's not.

I agree that there are some mediocre teachers out there... I've definitely dealt with a few. However, swallow your pride, take a step back, and really try to assess if you may be helping or hurting the situation at your school, regardless of the role you play.



http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/06/living/teachers-want-to-tell-parents/index.html

Annoy this guy with your curser

It's been a while since I've posted a silly internet game/activity/WTF-is-this. So, here you go!



http://www.selfcontrolfreak.com/slaan.html



All you have to do is hover on the guy's face.

Meow and Hoot love each other!

I have no clue what their names are, actually, but whatever. I love how some animals will seek out friends of another species. This is a very cute video!



http://www.wimp.com/catowl/

Featuring our favorite blue-fauxhawked guy EVER!

Any Ten Inch Hero fans out there? At the very least I think that the Supernatural fans may know what I'm talking about. Ten Inch Hero is a romantic comedy indie film from 2007, as well as one of my favorite movies ever. Jensen Ackles plays one of the main characters, Priestly, who this t-shirt is based on.

Worth checking out, I say. (The movie is on Netflix!)



http://www.redbubble.com/people/customink/t-shirts/7727868-priestly

Time to quiet your mind

I promise, absolutely promise you that this is not one of those sites where a freaky screaming face will pop up on the screen. Although, you could always watch it the first time peeking through your fingers... I did that for about half of it.

Anyway, the point is to relax. Follow the instructions, and relax.



http://amitaytweeto.com/thequietplace/



Enjoy.

Bilingual babies

Awesome stuff. Being bilingual myself, I've notice in foreign language classes how some of my classmates either understood new concepts, or seriously couldn't. The mere concept of different languages is pretty brain-twisting, so I think that starting kids out as early as possible is the best way to go.



http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/bilingual-babies2019-vocabulary-linked-to-early-brain-differentiation

Gaaaaaaaaah plushie Dean Winchester!!

http://beckles96.deviantart.com/




This girl made him. Yes. And it is adorable. Check out her gallergy, because she makes little stuffed versions of other TV characters as well. Anybody a Mentalist fan? Or Buffy?

Eeeeeeeeeeee, I should write her and make a request for Sam...

Emma Watson being cute

I don't know a thing about her aside from her work in Harry Potter, and have never really looked into it, but this is pretty damn cute anyway.



http://legilimens.tumblr.com/post/9619010931

Way to be humiliated by your TV host...

Despite the title of this video, I'm not posting it because I'm laughing. I hope that this TV host got his ass fired, because it's pretty clear that his guests weren't happy with the way they were treated.

But what I'd like to know is, does anyone know where this video is from? Any translations available online? I'm curious.



(Sorry, can't embed this one, not that I'm surprised by that.)
http://youtu.be/_A4ENwFVjL0

101-year-old cruisin' in her 77-year-old roadster

This woman is awesome. To hear someone like her talk about auto maintenance is very impressive in my opinion. And the car is gorgeous. Glad to know that it's in good hands.



http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/07/08/automobiles/collectibles/100000000895665/two-classics-one-car.html?emc=eta1

Yeah, they bite. Ew.

Bed bugs! Awesome! Great!... I've never encountered any, so to me they seem like a far-off, semi-mythical creation of mothers who needed something to say to their kids when putting them to bed. But if I plan to travel in the future, I guess my days of ignorance are over.

Take a look at the top cities affected to see if you should be on high alert next time you check into a nice hotel. Bleh.



http://www.komonews.com/news/local/128352503.html

Out of coloring books? A new way to make crayon art!

A friend was just telling me about a new project that she's working on. I haven't looked into the most effective, least messy ways to do this, but I'm putting it on my mental artsy to-do list.




http://decorate.tipjunkie.com/wp-content/decorate-thumbs/melted-crayon-art-diy-art.jpg

NEED DRIT and other signs

http://www.happyplace.com/4286/brilliantly-sarcastic-responses-to-completely-well-meaning-signs



There is nothing like vandalism that is so funny and cheerful that it causes you to forget that it's, well... vandalism.

I hope these improve your day!

An interview with Misha Collins, AKA Godstiel

It's the Supernatural bug again! Have you been bitten yet?

Obviously there are some spoilers here if you're not caught up, but I imagine that by now most fans know what's become of the angel Castiel.

And let me just say that I wish more celebrities were like this man. I absolutely adore Misha.



Part 1

http://youtu.be/ifLDh-eFhvI



Part 2

http://youtu.be/bT0wNV5s6to



Part 3

http://youtu.be/1Zq5Ta6EprM