The genre began in ancient Egypt, when a bunch of people said to themselves "Hey, those mummified corpses we keep around everywhere are actually kind of creepy," and performed a play about them coming to life and killing ancient Egyptian teenagers.
Unfortunately, the performers were then put to death for blasphemy, and the horror movie genre went underground until the beginning of the 20th Century. Since then it has diversified into many different subgenres. The popularity of these subgenres often reflects contemporary issues in society (see The Real World Fears Behind 8 Popular Movie Monsters.)
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JASON FREENY
Jason created his first fictional anatomy in 2000 with his depiction of the mythological "Incubus".
Armed with a youthful, overactive imagination, Jason creates smart, intricate illustrations that tickle the deviant intellect through a mix of hard graphics, pop iconography and wit.
During the day, Jason works in Manhattan as a mild mannered interface designer. At night, after the kids go to sleep, he can be found hunched over his computer developing works of candy colored madness.
Jason aspires to one day drop the daytime gig...
INSIDE OUT, OUTSIDE IN
Jason Freeny is a skillful beast. These mini sculptures are of the famous cartoons and toys we grew up with. Freeny twists the outcome of his subjects by making them look like old school 8th grade science classroom. Watching him work is like watching an actual hospital surgery or important experiment. Dope!
From Jason's Bio:
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What was going on in Zuccotti Park?
Some of the activity that went down there was well documented. There were allegations of sexual assault. There were the growing health concerns. And CBS 2 cameras caught topless women dancing there. (Awesome)
But what else may have been cooking? CBS 2 has learned about some of the items that were removed from the park during yesterday’s raid.
Among the items found during the scouring of the park: At least two dozen hypodermic needles.
Numerous tents, books and other possessions were also recovered by sanitation workers and police officers during the raid.
Julie Wood with the Mayor’s Press Office said several truck loads of items had been removed from the park.
Dozens of Hypodermic Needles discovered as officials need several trucks to remove waste from #OWS Camping site at Zuccotti Park.
WTF?
HYPODERMIC NEEDLES
FOUND AT OCCUPY WS
Note: I'm all for protests. If you got a vision, run with it. If you have an army of people that believe in what you do...go out and share your frustration. There's no doubt DC is broken. But, when I heard about this it only added to my skeptism. Is this a serious movement or what? Blah.
Via: The Gateway Pundit.
From: CBS2
We have a thing for getting sideways with classic cocktails and then turning them into poptails. This week the classic rum and coke has been flipped to a Dirty Pirate.
That’s rum and coke with a some Kahlua. While we’d love to take credit for this awesomely named cocktail, we can’t, but we are taking credit for turning it into a poptail ,at the suggestion of a co-worker. Pirates, Coke and booze, yeah, Thursday is getting better already. And just in case you need a variation, replace the Kahlua with peach schnapps for a Dirty Pirate Hooker. Play nice and play safe. Happy Pirating this Thursday.
Instructions:
*Slightly flat Coke will produce a popsicle that stays frozen longer. To quickly and manually flatten out the carbonation, empty out enough Coke from a 2-liter bottle to leave a 3-inch space from top of bottle to top of coke. Place cap back on and shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Set aside to leave bubbles to subside.
Wow! Coke, Captain Morgan spiced rum and Kahlua.
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Please, try unhating your enemies in a less disturbing way?
DON'T COPY.
JUST BE YOURSELF
"I just dress like... I'm an old black man. Sorry! Like I'm an old Jewish black man. I just dress like it's still the 50's"
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- Amy Winehouse
Lake Bell just spilled her coffee. The French press, as she tells us, is very precarious business. You can't smash down on it too quickly. "It looks like a coffee death scene. I blew my load. I blew my coffee load all over my kitchen is what I'm saying." And yet somehow the 32-year-old actress is able to salvage the rest of the interview. Not that it was an interview so much as a stream-of-consciousness adventure through all things charming and strange. The star of HBO's How to Make It in America is funny (see her on Adult Swim's Childrens Hospital). She writes and directs (see her short film Worst Enemy, which made it into Sundance earlier this year), is a self-described motorhead (see her automotive column in The Hollywood Reporter, "Test Drive"), and gives a mean prison tattoo, at least at her boarding school at the age of 14 (see the plus sign on her ankle). Oh, and she loves airplane staple SkyMall: "I mean, shit. Have you seen the zombie gnomes?" And this is without coffee.
The latest in a series of intimate moments with beautiful women — in their own homes, in their own clothes (most of them, anyway), and at their invitation. Come on in. Photographs by Michael Edwards + Interview by Mark Mikin
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“What’s cool about this season, is that—much like my French press—my character Rachel is a total mess. It’s much more interesting to play – hold on a second. [To her dog] Margaret, in your bed. In your bed. Good girl. Okay. This season in general is just more vibrant, it’s playful, it’s funnier.”
Featured in Me In My Place for Esquire Magazine.
Note: I watched the full first season of "How to Make It in America" on HBO...and Lake Bell really didn't catch my eye. But, I don't know...she's really smoking hot in season 2. I'm a fan.
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About Time, A Real Hoverboard and This Asshole Made It!
Artist Nils Guadagnin's latest creation is bound to please many fans of the Back To The Future trilogy: He's created a replica of Marty McFly's iconic hoverboard that can actually hover--as long as nobody stands on it, that is.
The geeky achievement is made possible thanks to electromagnets and lasers.
Guadagnin detailed that his project, which started back in 2008, works due to the board's integrated magic: It includes an impressive laser system which ensures the stabilization of the hoverboard in addition to an electromagnetic system which makes the levitation possible.
The video below shows his board hovering. Be sure to watch out for when Nils gives the board a push, the stabilization process is speedy and impressive:
Not to be mistaken for the Back to the Future Hoverboard, Nils was clearly inspired by the 1980's trilogy.
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Pow Martinez known for his sound and sculptural installation works has in the last few years taken his eclectic, flamboyant and humorous viewpoints on Pinoy pop-culture into the realm of painting. Pow’s paintings stand strong and inventive as they compete and make fun of the current market driven resurrection in photo-realism painting in the Philippine art scene. Pow’s paintings are thick with paint and humor. Scenes of the apocalypse the inquisition and demonic local icons sprawl across his canvases with harsh ease. Pow has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Manila, Malaysia and Japan. 2010 solo exhibition Hyper blast abomination at Mag:net Gallery, Manila.
POW
MARTINEZ
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Nicole Gastonguay is a fiber artist living and working in New York City. To pay the bills and feed her tummy, she’s agraphic designer at a big publishing house. She also made this web site all by herself. So many hats for such a small person.
I hear she’s huge on flickr. And in Japan. Lots of people write and ask her for patterns. She doesn’t really have patterns. She makes things up as she goes along. She also thinks it’s neato that when she makes several of the same character, this lack of pattern having, makes every item turn out just a little bit different. She likes that. And so do you. She also thinks talking in the third person is hysterical.
The colorful and happy
NICOLE
GASTONGUAY
world of
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Tim Barber grew up in Amherst Massachusetts, lived for a few years in the mountains of Northern Vermont, studied photography in Vancouver B.C. and now lives in New York City. A photographer, curator and designer, Barber runs the online gallery www.tinyvices.com, where visitors are encouraged to submit their photographs and artwork.
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Check out more of Tim Barber's photos at his site: Tim-Barber.com
WORD....
cuz it's the only word I can come up with. Goodmorning and goodnight.
1. According to anthropologists, 90 percent of people kiss. But that doesn’t mean that kissing is the same for everyone. Kissing customs vary across the world. For instance, certain African tribes literally kiss the ground of their leaders, while in many parts of Europe, it is not unusual for men to kiss each other. Kissing people on both cheeks as a form of greeting is another popular custom in many parts of the world, and both Eskimos and Egyptians "kiss" by rubbing noses, hence an "Eskimo kiss."Read: The Evolution Of Kissing
2. PDA was strictly forbidden in old-school Italy. In 16th century Naples, the punishment for kissing was the death penalty. We bet there were a lot of unhappy women. And a lot of hangings.
3. Be careful where you kiss. Though the punishment's not quite as harsh as our Italian predecessors, kissing is still illegal in some parts of the United States.
Forget sex. Kissing can be one of the most intimate, sensual, and just plain fun things you can do with another person. And as anyone who is sex-educated knows: the better the foreplay, the better the sex. Read on to discover ten unusual kissing facts, and be grateful that locking lips no longer leads you to the guillotine.
ABOUT KISSING
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Image: Emmeline Layglon
"I'm sorry if you don't like me. I'm sorry if you think I suck but most of all I'm sorry, I don't give a fuck."
