idle minds put on an awesome show … with jokes!

Sunday night was awesome. I had the pleasure of enjoying some of the funniest, most crude, most well-written, most hilariously-performed, most enthusiastic sketch comedy around.

Idle Minds is a group of twisted individuals born out of the Vancouver Film School writing department. And they put on an awesome show – with jokes! on Sunday night at the Media Club.
And it was PACKED! standing room only! which is always a good sign.

This was the third time I’d seen the Idle crew and methinks it was my favourite one to date. It could be because I’ve been able to get to know some of the writers and performers; it could be because the energy in the room was so terrific; it could be that they work onstage together so well; it could be that I take Parking Enforcement very seriously; it could be Tapper’s Australian accent and rippling pectoral muscles. It could be that it was just a really fun show.

Either way, it was great.

Every couple of months they perform a new, original show and I highly suggest you check it out if you are in Vancouver. Chances are I’ll let you know of an upcoming show right here at the Suite so stay tuned. I’m thinking June-ish?

On a semi-unrelated note, check out The Bob and Andrew Show – a really funny web series by some more of the VFS writers’ alumni. There’s also lots of tidbits at www.bobandandrew.com so go there and be amused.

Cheers!

almost done; do you need a panflute?

No time to chat, just thought you’d enjoy this image from Toothpaste For Dinner. I’ll make a real post soon soon; only three more days of insanity and necessary brain activity!

Cheers.

goodbye boone. twitter at its finest.

I’m new to the twitter world but I think this  might be the best use I’ve seen Twitter put to.

It’s a compilation of tweets about Boone The Driver by Cassie St. Onge (a person I’ve never met or heard of). I found it in a round-about way courtesy of comedian Paul F Tompkins‘ tweets. (He’s a favourites guest on Stop Podcasting Yourself, which is awesome and you should go to iTunes right now and laugh yourself silly.)

Anyway, it tells a great little story about Cassie’s driver, Boone, and masters the art of the tweet. Thought I’d share it with you since I don’t have time to write something of my own.

http://mokin.tumblr.com/post/3910429675/the-collected-boone-the-driver-tweets

Here’s a funny picture for good measure, thanks to Married to the Sea:

I’ll be glad when this semester is over….

 

Cheers.

 

 

bicycle obituary. tragic.

Ok ok, I really am working. I am. What else would I be doing at 11:39pm on a Wednesday night?
Effing Powerpoint, that’s what.

Also looking for images to make my effing powerpoint presentation at least tolerable for my audience since the content, by nature of its very content-ness, will bore them to tears, I’m sure.

Anyway, I found this at at Married to the Sea it’s hilarious. It might be especially hilarious in Vancouver but I’m willing to bet that even if you don’t get the PBR joke, it will still be moderately chuckle-inducing.

Back to the guillotine.

Cheers.

vice magazine: dressing canadian – does not apply to vancouver

Hi hi hello,

I’m up to my eyeballs in the French Revolution right now so obviously I’ve been cruising the internet in a blind click-frenzy of procrastination. So in addition to my usual go-to’s like Great Showdowns, Sassy Fontaine’s,  and Awkward Family Photos, I checked out Vice and found this article that I enjoyed about dressing Canadian.

It spoke to me in an I’m-Canadian-and-this-applies-to-me-because-I-have-all-of-these-items-in-my-wardrobe kind of way but also in an this-is-related-to-fashion-therefore-it’s-basically-homework kind of way.
In short, I liked it.
Thought you might too. (Shout-out to PKG!)

photo courtesy of Vice Magazine

(I also liked the “What I Found At Work” photo album linked from the blog of the same name. It’s a blog by a girl who works at a thrift store and finds hilarious crap and posts it. Things like this:

 

By the way, if you go to the blog, be prepared for some NSFW images including an artificial and/or photographed penis or two. Just so’s you know.)

Oh internet! Giver of all things uneccesary and distracting! Lover of the frivolous and offensive! Provider of hilarity and sneaky thief of time and progress. What a strange and misguided relationship we all have with you.

 

Anyway, best get back to the guillotine.

 

Cheers.

ballet is hard; the tragedy of first position

Saw this today and laughed out loud with my friend Claire who used to do ballet.
It is so so so cute so take 68 seconds and watch it. And then in two hours remember it and smile again to yourself.

Repeat as necessary.

Cheers.

in transit; kitsilano

It’s been a while since I have taken any in transits so I snapped a few photogs today whilst in Kitsilano.

It was beautiful out and such a shame that I had have so much work to do that I didn’t get much of an opportunity to enjoy it. Wahn waaahn.

(Apparently I spend a lot of time looking up.
I suppose there are worse ways to see the world.)

bumper sticker. inspiration. motivation. masturbation?

Cheers.

this is really funny. you’ll enjoy it. for longer than you should.

I’ve just been directed to these hilarious time-wasters which is a real shame because I’m pretty busy right now…

Married To The Sea

Natalie Dee

Enjoy.

fashion week: how fast can you have your bags packed for milan?

Fashion Week starts today! (In New York, not Milan, I know.)

Here’s to having to hear about it!

 

http://wmolin.multiply.com/video/item/9

 

Cheers.

3000 hits! a series of birds to celebrate the milestone

Last week, I was approaching 3000 hits and wanted to put up an original picture or drawing to celebrate reaching another thousand hits. (It’s kind of a big deal. Makes me feel all warm inside.)

So I asked my exceptionally talented and good friend, who wishes to remain nameless, to draw me a picture of a bird to post. The initial inspiration was (among his countless other drawings) this picture he sent me:

So great! Nice little face, cute but in a don’t-mess-with-me kind of way. A little crass. Like me.

So, I asked him if he could do the same bird, but, instead of holding a gun, holding four balloons with ‘3000’ on them so I could post it here. After waiting (im)patiently for a day or two, I found this little guy in my inbox:

Um…. Huh. It’s… Not what I ….. hmmm.

Needless to say, this isn’t really what I had in mind.

As a fashion student, it didn’t seem prudent to put up a picture of a white-trash bird wearing a sweat-stained wife-beater smoking a cigarette. Obviously, Nameless’s imagination carried him to a circus or a carnival of some kind because this little guy “is a carny” and has “been through a lot”. But, unfortunately, he’s not terribly fashionably responsible.

So I said, ‘…..ummmm ….thanks? What happened to the other bird?”

And so he (generously) showed me his pocket sketch book and the various other drawing he did to show how the carny bird came to be. (Then he even more generously allowed me to post the rest of the process here because I think they are fantastic and I wouldn’t stop pestering him about it.) I do hope you enjoy them as much as I do:

Here’s a close-up of one of my favourites – a dunderheaded bird being hit in the head with a brick. The brick was added afterwards because he looked like such a dunderhead, it seemed there should be a bit more narrative. He’s completely unfazed. I like it.

This last one was done in about 45 seconds while I was pestering Nameless about the carny bird. And yes, I am happy.

And I thank you.

Thanks so much to Nameless for making this post super kick-ass and thanks to all of you who have followed these bumbling adventures so far. I’m flattered and grateful and humbled and surprised. Here’s to another 3000.

Cheers.