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Things I never thought I’d see include:

1. Pigs flying out of my ass
2. A Black President
3. Salma Hayek naked in my bedroom
4. An Asian hipster basically doing a Jeremy Clarkson impersonation…to review cameras in Hong Kong.

Well, 1 and 3 still haven’t happened, but 2 and 4 are here. See below as Kai, the above mentioned Asian hipster, is challenged to paint an innocent Nikon D90 “the company’s colors.”  It is brilliant and terrible. This is the world of DigitalRev, a Hong Kong based camera store who’s blog apparently seeks to do for photography blogs what Top Gear did for automotive television shows.  And bless ‘em for it.

Granted, some random blog from a former British territory isn’t going to have nearly the production values of The World’s Most Popular Automotive Programme.  But the attitude is there.  Ridiculous challenges? Check.  Sarcastic reviews that are more entertaining than informative? Check. High entertainment value? Check.

I love this site.

Jackson Goldstone don’t need pedals…

[From Plus Size BMX]

I’ve always been interested in time lapse photography, but time lapse takes, well, time and patience.  Mostly it takes lots and lots of patience, which is something I wasn’t gifted with.  That being said, I spent the last week in Harrisburg, PA visiting my in-laws.  There’s not much to do when you’re the passenger in a car driving through Virginia the long way.  So, I set up my little Samsung in interval mode and shot out the window until the battery died.

Here you go, folks, I drove through Virginia so that you don’t have to.

My family reunion was a few weeks ago.  Completely on a lark I decided that it would be cool if my cousins Devin (12), Nya (8) and EJ (5) shot some pictures.  So, I gave each of them a camera and set them loose…

Mother/Daughter - Shot by EJ (Age 5)

Newly Weds - Shot by EJ (Age 5)

Older Generation - Shot by EJ (Age 5)

They Married Into This - Shot by Devin (age 12)

Me - Shot by Nya (Age 8)

Edith - Shot by Nya (Age 8)

Darryl - Shot by Nya (Age 8)

Jack and Edith - Shot by Devin (age 12)

Nahd - Shot by Devin (age 12)

There are weird things in this world and there a really, truly, amazingly, fucking weird things in this world.

This is the latter.

20 years ago, someone decided that it’d be a good idea to have Napalm Death on a children’s television show. Lee Dorian appears to be high, and not even the Brits understand that one accent where they pronounce “th” as “f” (“It’s def me’al.” I think that was The Hard Corps who came like 2 – 3 years after this). I’d also like to point out two things about the band.

1. Everyone at or around the age of 40 in any band in England was in Napalm Death at some point.  To an extent, they’re like London, only you’ve actually heard of Napalm Death.  Please note that this is the version that contained Lee Dorian (now in Candlemass) and Bill Steer (Carcass).
2. Not a single person who is currently in Napalm Death  was in Napalm Death when this video was shot.  Napalm Death is not a band, it is an idea…of death by napalm, or something.