Queenkv’s Brainpickings

Dreaming about hot dogs, sausages and other carnivore cravings in the middle of Lent.
Now – the meat is alive!

I stumbled on this weird and charming video via Digg.

I love the final shot of the hot dog sipping water.

One of my favorite memories from my skating days: listening to the Zamboni crunch ice and rolling the ball over my initials on Centipede. I felt like kicking some butt on the ice after I see “KIS” next to the highest score on the screen.

Guarding my blocky shooter and firing at the slithering centipede was one way I stayed warm between freestyle sessions.

I suppose I’m a child of the 80s. Last year, we had a blast at the Atari Game Night in Davis.

Now – I’m counting down to December and the opening weekend of Tron: Legacy.

I am totally excited about this remake. The trailer looks amazing. I’m also crossing my fingers. I hope it doesn’t destroy all the things that made the original movie awesome.

I’m quite happy with my Kodak Zi8.

She’s small, light and oh so expandable with some sexy SD cards. Plus – she shoots in HD. I shot this video of my puppy with the Zi8. Daisy doesn’t need any help looking good, but with this camera, she’s gorgeous.

Playing Outside from Kris Vera-Phillips on Vimeo.

Mobile Me.
I was so happy to add this sexy machine to my collection of tech toys.
Bigger, faster and so slick.

Even though I jump on the upgrade wagon when it comes to my computers, I still want to hail anybody who’s willing to rock Windows 95 in a public space.

The style, the passion and the fabulous clothes…

I fell in love with Fedrico Fellini’s “8 1/2″ at Cal. My film professor screened this film at the Pacific Film Archives. Marcello Mastroianni was brilliant as the Italian movie director who was struggling to come up with his next masterpiece.

[from http://www.britannica.com]

For extra credit, I built a web site breaking down Woody Allen’s homage to 8 1/2: “Stardust Memories”. I had a lot of fun pulling images and video for this web project.

For curiosity’s sake, I want to watch this new Rob Marshall musical: “Nine“. I’m curious to see Daniel Day-Lewis walk in Mastroianni’s footsteps.

One of the highlights of my week – interviewing Joel McHale and Ken Jeong from Community.

Both are funny men and I totally fell in love with McHale’s brand of snarky humor on the Soup. (Who needs to watch all the crap on TV when McHale can some it up with a 5-second commentary on the Soup? I know!) Both also, nearly, hijacked my show as I was counting down my anchor to wrap up the interview. We needed to hit another time slot for the Today show update and they clearly wanted to keep chatting. If you watch the interview carefully, I think you can see my anchor flinch as she hears me in her ear…saying “WRAP!”

“You can keep talking to us…I don’t care. You don’t have important news to fill.” – Joel McHale to my anchor.

Thank God for funny interviews like these because next week will be hell for me in the newsroom.
2 weeks and 3 days left.

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“Don’t you forget about me..”

[from http://www.cyber-cinema.com/abc/breakfastclub.html]

I love this movie mashup via Laughing Squid.

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