in the motherland

oh brasil, how i love thee. the end of the night doesn't get any better than watching the sunrise on a hill overlooking the city blasting music and dancing around like fools.

the blogs are a buzzz

they are finally here. can't wait for a trailer! first looks at the amazingness in the making that is tim burton's alice in wonderland. enjoy =]

johnny depp as the mad hatter

helena bonham carter as the red queen

anne hathaway as the white queen

tweedledee and tweedledum

concept art:

type rocks!

great example of type used creatively

argentinean condom ad before the 2002 world cup qualifiers against brazil:

Brazil's response:

Another city for me to fall in love with

When I was told that São Paulo is the "New York of Brasil" I thought I knew what to expect but I haven't even been here a full 24 hours and I'm already overwhelmed (in a good way). I'm staying with my mother's aunt who is a psychologist and owns a pilates studio in the city and she's the "cool"aunt who's traveled all over the world and has a hard-cover copy of the Kama Sutra on the living room coffee table. Basically it's the 3rd(?) biggest city in the world and I'm seriously considering coming to live here at the end of the year for school. Pictures soon to follow. Tchau!

UH-MAY-ZING

Went to go see Fuerza Bruta tonight with the brother and it was absolutely amazing. This goes way beyond audience participation in a show. During the entire show everyone is standing and the stages are platforms that move around the audience so at any point in the show you are pretty much front row center. At one point a giant tarp filled with water decends over your head and lowers so close you can touch it as people slide across. Pretty awesome.

oh hey there new photoshop obsession

i love exploring because i find i can do things like this then obsess over it.
SOTD: Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon

Photo:Simon Woodham

i'm growing strange and strong

“Once upon a time there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. And they grew next to each other. And every day the straight tree would look at the crooked tree and he would say, “You’re crooked. You’ve always been crooked and you’ll continue to be crooked. But look at me! Look at me!” said the straight tree. He said, “I’m tall and I’m straight.” And then one day the lumberjacks came into the forest and looked around, and the manager in charge said, “Cut all the straight trees.” And that crooked tree is still there to this day, growing strong and growing strange.”