program alert: this american life

please check out this radio program it is amazing. my friend kirk recommended it and now i am absolutely addicted. every story is great. the content of the program is very broad, but always interesting. i believe it it done in chicago by some form of public radio. honestly i am not sure about all the details, but the programs are amazing. you can listen to most of the stuff for free. i suggest clicking on the "our favorites" tab and starting with some of the all star episodes. i also suggest subscribing to the podcast. this allows you to download the new episode for free when it is released. enjoy!!!

www.thisamericanlife.org

tv on the radio: live on letterman

this is pretty interesting. on september 26, tv on the radio performed live on letterman. instead of doing the typical performance, they decided to perform on the fire escape of the ed sullivan theatre. enjoy!

african american me!!!

for those of you that know courtney, she is currently teaching english in taiwan. earlier today i was reading her blog and came across this story. i found it so funny that i decided to copy and paste it over to my blog. the following is courtney's post. 

p.s. please check out court's blog it is really interesting and entertaining 

                    http://courtneymeganoldroyd.blogspot.com/

So today was actually quite funny! We were doing show and tell in my 2A class, and I decided to tell them about my family and that I love to take pictures. I have this one random picture of Neils that I took with a fish eye camera and its the sweetest picture that I think I have ever taken. So I showed my students the pictures of my family and the picture of Neils. I had previously told them that I had a boyfriend, and the whole class freaked out because they thought he was black. All the girls especially freaked out and said, "Teacher why do you like black guys? He is so black, and look at you, you have such white skin and he is black, his skin is so dark." etc etc. It was hilarious. I had to explain in the summer time  when we are in the sun at the pool our skin changes colors.

movie alert: notorious!!!!!!!!!!

here is the first trailer for the upcoming notorious b.i.g. biopic. forget tupac, biggie is hands down the best rapper ever!!!! 

when i first heard about this movie i instantly thought it was one of the dumbest ideas ever. these biopics are usually pretty lame. i just couldn't imagine someone playing biggie, but after seeing this trailer i am fully onboard. i will definitely be lining up to see this on opening night!!!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/laurencook/first-notorious-big-movie-teaser-trailer-nv

book alert: hot, flat, and crowded

thomas friedman just released his new book "hot, flat, and crowded." most of you will remember friedman for his book "the world is flat." i read "the world is flat" and absolutely loved it. it provided me with one of the most eye opening reads of the last two years. i personally think friedman is a genius!!! my copy of "hot, flat, and crowded" arrived in the mail yesterday. i am proud to say that i stayed up reading till four in the morning last night. please consider reading this book or "the world is flat." i have attached a quick video clip from amazon.com. i really like how friedman has figured out how to relate the need for an environmental change to both the demos and repubs. enjoy!!!!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m26UDCME5JTRS2

ride restless!!!!!!!

this is a small clothing company that one of my good friends started. right now it consists of just some t-shirts and stickers, but the company has a promising future. the brand is centered around the fixed-gear bike community. even if you don't like bikes the t-shirts are pretty creative. 

www.riderestless.com 

movie alert: the ark

ok so i just saw this over at kanye's blog. it is more interesting than entertaining. i really liked the whole concept of the film. i guess the whole apocalyptic idea has always interested me just a little bit. anyways.....check out this short film. 

It is directed by Grzegorz Jonkajtys. He is Polish film maker specializing in short animated films like "the ark."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tch8mHk81ug&feature=related