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AHAHAH - Point Break Live!

Saw this, had to share.

Point Break LIVE!, the absurdist stage adaptation of the 1992 Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze extreme-sports blockbuster, tells the story of former college football star Johnny Utah (Reeves in the film), as he pursues the surfing, bankrobbing, skydiving, bare-hand-fighting, adrenaline junkie cum Zen Master, Bodhi Sattva. The Brechtian blockbuster, which garnered a "Seattle P-I Best of Seattle 2004" award during its run in the Northwest, features armed robbery, big-wave surfing, car chases, explosions, and no less than two extended skydiving sequences. Best of all, you could be the next Johnny Utah... the starring role of Keanu will be selected at random from the audience each night, and will read their entire script off of cue-cards. This method manages to capture the rawness of a Keanu Reeves performance, even from those who generally think themselves incapable of acting.

"The worse it gets, the better it gets. Sensationally idiotic."
-- Seattle P-I Theatre Review

The show is now closed - here's to hoping that some theatre with a great sense of camp puts it on sometime soon!

There's catty and then there's...

Johnny Weir. Holy cow! All I can say is - keep up the truth AND the sass, girlfriend! He answers all fan questions, good and bad, on his website. Thankfully for us, he answers it VERY directly.

from Aysha

Q: Hi Johnny! First off, I love you and your style of skating. My question is; having been friends with Tanith Belbin for a while, do you feel weird hanging out with her now because of her relationship with Evan, since you and he are rivals? I hope not, because she seems like a really fun and nice person and I don't understand why they're together but whatever. Anyway you are a much better skater than Evan, always have been, always will be and I hope their relationship isn't getting in the way of your friendship with her.

A: I was a little shocked about their situation when I realized what was going on last year, but it's fine. Tanith is a chameleon and can change her personality to match her boyfriend or friends. She's always been like that, not exactly in a bad way, unless I don't like her boyfriend. It's not really my business what she and Evan do, but I do wish she acted the way she did a few years ago. In general we're still cordial.

from Margret

Q: Hey Johnny!! You are one amazing inspiration to me, in and out of skating.... So thank you, just for being you!!  I even met you once! I have a picture. But - to my question. What do you think of Michelle Kwan? And, how did you feel about her pulling out of the Olympics?? Thanks... Hugs!

A: I think she did what was right for her at the time and that it was smart. She made her own decision. I don't know Michelle like a best friend and I haven't seen her since Champions On Ice this year in Denver, but she is adjusting well to her new life in college. She yelled at me last year for not going to meet President Bush at the White House, so I didn't like that, but otherwise she's always been very cool.

In honor of the Grammys

Love it & had to share:

2006 in review, from Florida

Strange, funny stories pop up from Florida pop up so often that FARK has an entire category for them. Yep, there's "Scary", "Strange", "News Flash" categories, alongside "Florida".

So via FARK, here it is - the 2006 Year in Review from the Daytona Beach News-Journal. Many of the glorious moments are here - a woman stopped at customs for a human skull in her suitcase, to "ward off evil spirits." The man who stole a small plane to fly him & his son to Cuba. A 15-year old boy who stole a transit bus in Orlando, picked up passengers, collected fares, and drove the speed limit (are you listening, Tucson Sun Tran drivers?!) before he was arrested. Teenagers joyriding in a stolen school bus. The Boca Raton police officer that accidentally left her gun in the ladies room of a resort. Fully loaded. And, as always, multiple incidents with alligators, drugs & pythons.

Weird holiday gift of the day

Step right up, folks - you will never need to buy another Swiss Army Knife (or any other tool) for the rest of your life once you get your hands on this baby! It has 85 different attachments on it, including a laser pointer - very handy when you have to give a PowerPoint presentation on the Matterhorn! Of course, they don't mention that keeping it in your pocket is likely to cause severe imbalance, with the predictable result of falling off whatever sheer rock face you happen to be rappeling down at the time. No worries - I am sure there is a climbing tool included in the knife for hooking into solid rock. After all, it is Swiss.

Story from The Guardian Unlimited (UK), link courtesy of Arts & Letters Daily, one of the Web essentials for an omnivorous reader.

Weird toy of the day

We all know that Japanese toy and tech manufacturers are making great progess in the area of artificial intelligence, robotics, etc. But this odd little gadget is puzzling. It is a toy/whatsit  that's TOO SHY to come out of its box. No, really. Check it out and read the description. What if you were in a hurry and needed your damn keychain already, but you can't have it because you have to sweet- talk it out of its packaging?! Whatevs! The best part? The instructions are only in Japanese.

I found it at Shiny Shiny, the best source of gadget weirdness EVAH!

Hilfarious David Blaine spoof! (nsfw)

Warning- don't listen to this at work with your speakers turned up. Totally hysterical David Blaine "Street Magic" spoof.

Let The Video Wars Commence!

Previously the nominees for Best and Worst music videos were posted here -  now here we have one that is TIED for Funniest, Weirdest and Most Persistent Earworm Video. Do NOT say you were not warned. From Norway, may I present Hurra Torpedo, the world's most famous (and possibly only) kitchen appliance band, with their rendition of the Eighties classic song  "Total Eclipse Of the Heart". The song, and you, will never be the same again. The only excuse I can think of for these guys is that they are in fact Norwegian. That is all.

(I have only put up the link, as the video starts playing automatically. You DO want the sound on, and loud. You DO NOT want to watch this at work, or while eating or drinking. Failure to heed this warning may result in personal injury such as aspiration of liquids. This website is not responsible for the consequences.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br-D7UneS0E

The "Anti-Cute Overload"

Sample commentary at JALG:

"From the inscrutible Valerie, we have Sloth Glove. It's like Yakov Smirnov said, "In Russia, Sloth wears YOU!"

"Where does this shit go down? Break me off a ticket to there. There's just sloths all up on the beach and i bet mad topless girls to boot. Have I mentioned how much I hate Jersey."

OK, I 'fess up now - no one loves Cute Overload more than me, most of the time. I go there on my break at work just to ooh and ahh over all the fuzzy, snuggly, "anerable" animals. (They even have their own language developing, as you quickly learn once you visit regularly.)

Well, just in case you need a break from all the sugar, here is some spice - Welcome to "Just A Little Guy" and wallow in the weirdness! Typos and profanity are both rampant here, but it's funny as hell and frequently milk-up-your-nose hilarious. There is a (sort-of) strict rule about NO domestic animals, so you get to see a lot of really unusual exotic beasties. I don't know who this guy is, but he is seriously screwed up. And I mean that in the best way possible.

The worst music video EVAH??!!

And that is saying a lot - what with Billy Squire, Journey (worship them!!!), StaceyQ and Loverboy walking the face of the planet. But here it is - Apache! By some Danish band.