This one is kind of hard to explain. You know how they have all these pictures in magazines depicting like a cozy living room with all the products from the catalog? And how no one in the history of the world ever had a living room that looked like that?
Well, imagine if there were real people with rooms like that. Meet Gary and Elaine. Get to know them at Catalog Living.
At 10:30 every morning, when Gary’s rolled up all his beige paper and put away his giant compasses, he takes a moment for himself to sit in his favorite chair and do a quick “Mork calling Orson” monologue.
You see those little specks on the side of that damn?
They’re goats!
As the article says, “Alpine Ibex goats, like the ones seen here, are native to the Alps, known for their awesome climbing abilities”. There are two theories about why they were doing this: either they were either trying to lick mineral deposits off the side of the dam, or they were simply practicing their climbing ability (which is, needless to say, pretty impressive). I don’t think the climbing wall at your gym would pose much of a problem.
No word on whether they used a trampoline to get up on the dam in the first place.
I talked awhile ago about three awesome videos (and extremely catchy songs!) by the band Ok Go, and how unbelievable it was that they could continue to make such cool videos for little or no money. Well, I don’t know if they just happen to be on my specific brain-wavelength or what, but they turned out yet *another* video that I happen to think is awesome:
Those of you who have known me for a long time will of course be reminded of the Sledgehammer video from college (I can’t link it because youtube yanked it because of copyright infringement on the song, so you’ll have to take my word for it. Anyway, it was stop action).
Ok Go’s videos always involve extremely long and complicated choreography taken in one shot, so this isn’t so different. However, consider that the shooting took so long that the sky goes from day to night and back to day again before the video is over. I just can’t get over that. And I love that they incorporated the night time into the video.
There’s one other interesting aspect to the video: Orange Bill. As reported here, there was a goose (affectionately dubbed “Orange Bill” for obvious reasons) that just would not stay out of the camera shot. At first they tried to get rid of the thing, but it just wouldn’t leave, so they eventually just ran with it. Watch the video again, you will see plenty of Orange Bill. This might sound crazy to some people, after all, why would a goose want to be on camera or know anything about cameras at all, but actually my cat is the same way. She tries to worm her way into any picture she can. So I can totally believe it. And besides, there is a reason a goose might like to be on camera: instant fame! Check out Orange Bill’s facebook page, or buy an Orange Bill t-shirt!
(Alright, I will admit that I wasn’t too keen on the video with the trained dogs. So maybe we’re not 100% on the same page.)
Shane Halbach 