People peirce all kinds of things on their bodies. From the commonplace, like earlobes, to the painful, like the magic cross, piercings come in all kinds of forms. I found one that just doesn’t seem like a good idea at all: eyelid piercing. No, not eyebrow. Eyelid. Yes, that piece of skin that covers the eye to protect it. People are getting their eyelids pierced. Next thing you know, people will be stretching them and people will be walking around with 000 gauge eyelids with mirror finish, custom-made glass plugs so they can see with their lids closed.
Archive for the ‘WTF’ Category
Eyelid Piercing
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011Machetes and Eyeliner
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010I’m not sure what led up to these “events” but it must have been a problem. Suffice to say, I’ve been enjoying videos lately. Especially warped ones. With machetes. And blond wigs.
Pulled from Jhonen Vasquez’s Twitter feed.
HEALTH “We are Water” from Eric Wareheim on Vimeo.
Into the Holes
Friday, March 26th, 2010I don’t even remember where I first found this video, but it still makes me just a touch queasy. Worse, I just can’t stop watching it. The combination of the music and the visuals is enough to compel and turn the stomach at the same time. Cheers for an unsettling time.
Into The Holes from VonSwank on Vimeo.
Alice
Friday, March 26th, 2010I went to see Tim Burton’s Alice this past weekend. Suffice to say, I agree with many of the critics. Burton has fallen into a rut and I fear we may have seen the best of his work come and go already. That said, I was searching Rotten Tomatoes for input on how other people felt about the movie. What I came across first was a surprise. A mixed live-action and stop-motion animation movie was made back in 1988 called “Alice.” Moreover, Rotten Tomatoes gave it 100%. I’ve never seen a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes before in my life so I had to see what I could find.
What I uncovered on YouTube was everything which was promised. Weird, kind of cool and, as my wife put it, creeptastic. I need to buy a copy of this movie. I need to do so ASAP. From the clips I’ve seen it makes me think of David Lynch, re-making Eraserhead around the Alice in Wonderland story line.
I recommend turning the sound down on the movie, and playing Alice from Sunn O))) as the background music instead. It adds an extra, creepy-longing feel. Both are provided below.
Woahohoho what a feeling…
Monday, March 15th, 2010… When you’re dancing on the freeway.
Take THAT Lionel Ritchie!
I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried. A guy was fatally hit on the 805 freeway in San Diego because he was dancing in the lanes. I actually heard about this on the radio this morning, on the way to work. What is the correct response to something like this?
Eliza and the Batman
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010I have a thing for religious icons. I don’t know why, but their straightforward portrait style warms my heart. Eliza Gauger states she has developed a Batman fetish and plans to draw only Batman for the entirety of this year. I find her particular style fun and amusing. Below is the latest Batman creation I am aware of, the Batman Ikon.
Look at this Thermochromatic Silly Putty
Monday, February 15th, 2010The ASDA mix on WIRE
Thursday, February 4th, 2010This is weirdly amazing. Thanks to WarrenEllis.com for an online source for such fantastic weirdness. This music, from what I understand, was recorded to be played in grocery stores, but the project was scrapped when they got strange reactions from their test audience. Now we can enjoy it. It’s like a bad Space Mountain acid trip.
Art, Deception and Slaughter
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010If I had $2500 to purchase this, I would be so tempted to bid. As of the time of this writing, there are only 2 days and change left on the auction so you might not get to see the full wonderment. Due to the fact that I fear what horrible things lawyers can rain down upon me, I’ll not reproduce the entirety of the agreement you must abide by upon purchase.
In brief, this item is a self-proclaimed work of art. It offers itself up for auction every 7 days. That’s all it does. You are bound, by the agreement, to keep it connected to a live internet connection so it can continue to perform this single function. If someone purchases it, you are bound to sell it. You are not allowed to bid on it if you own it as that is shilling and against Ebay policy. The terms go on and on. In the end, you would only purchase it to sell it again. I love this idea. This is what it looks like:
Brilliant Commentary
Friday, January 8th, 2010A little slice of brilliance comes through in the BoingBoing comment areas every so often. Today was a shining example. In a discussion about global warming someone brought up tsunamis, another person pointed out that earthquakes cause tsunamis which led to the following quote:
Earthquakes are caused by Godzilla waking up, and he wakes up when it gets warmer. Ergo, global warming causes earthquakes which cause tsunamis.
Nothing like a good spokesperson from the geek crew to steer the conversation in just the right direction.



