The Calm Before the Storm.

Definitely Winnipeg.

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Well, amidst all the renovations, it appears I've found a new fascination in the song Little Talks from Of Monsters and Men:

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It's funny, because the I've vaguely reminded of Bjork (most likely the female singer's accent), and then the video sends my mind to the place where a love-child of Monty Python's animator and the Gotye's video for Hearts A ( Read more... )

Lately I've been tuning into CBC Radio 2 during my commute to and from work, and I have to say that not only do I enjoy the fact that there are no commercials but also I hear music that I'm not certain the other local stations are touching ( Read more... )

As many of my friends have posted cat-related motifiques the last day or so, I figured I'd add my own not-entirely-related bits ( Read more... )

I've been waiting a long time for this video to show up... and then forgot that I was waiting for it.  It was the winner of the best animated short at the Los Angeles Film Festival 2008, and I believe that was part of the "delay" in it showing up in a more accessible way ( Read more... )

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Memories of hours of "wasted" time suddenly flashed before my eyes ( Read more... )

I like The Weakerthans a lot, but I'm definitely torn about this video (as I often am with videos in general).

I think it's very nifty that it is done all in one take, and that it does feature an authentic orange and cream Winnipeg Transit bus (yay, Virtute)... but uhm.

Hmmm.

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And of course, everybody loves an emperor penguin.

I've seen images from this video for ages, but I'd never actually seen the whole thing (or known the song).

I'm strangely mesmerized.

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In my home town I was volunteered to help my dad plant hundreds of trees which have now formed windrows along the south edge of town.  I was pretty grumbly that I had to give up my Saturdays, but what else do you expect from a teenager.

In the last few years when I've gone back to my home town, it has been rather amazing how "quickly" the trees grew ( Read more... )