Are you a shamelessly talented filmmaker? Create a 30 second to 2 minute short story profiling a “Shameless” personality (true or fictional) for your chance to win shameless money. But who cares about the money, just do it:
Every family has a ‘black sheep’ – but what if your entire family was a herd of ‘black sheep’? They’re Shameless – brash and brazen with no sense of boundaries, living out loud to their own soundtrack. But even though they may sometimes drive others crazy, they’re all heart. They’ve got a passion for life that we admire and endearing qualities that make us secretly love them a little more than our more conventional – and way more boring – relatives.
Your video should have a strong narrative component that highlights these larger than life characters that we all can relate to.
It is a good morning when you wake up to learn one of your favourite shows is returning with a brand new season (Premieres Sun, Jan 12 at 9 PM ET/PT). I could write an essay on how great a show SHAMELESS is, and the majority of it would be about the cast who somehow manage to convince me that their absurd and desperate situations are grounded in today’s world. Every character is fleshed out with their own personal dilemmas and ways of overcoming strife, ways that every-other show would be too politically correct to endorse.
At face value one could label this show as crude, but peppered between these rude and sometimes unnerving story arcs are some of the most well written and loving scenes between characters I’ve ever seen in a TV drama. The cast and crew of the US version of SHAMELESS have struck a certain balance of entertainment for me, I just don’t get from any other forms of show.
If I had to single out a favourite character, it would be between the hilariously unpredictable Sheila (Joan Cusack), the resourceful Lip (Jeremy Allen White), the elder sister Fiona (Emmy Rossum) when she’s taking care of business, and of course William H. Macy as Frank, doing what he does best. Child actors are spot on too.
Having said, all the dramatic irony, absurdity and rudeness is a major part of why I love this show too. Despite their low socioeconomic living conditions, The Gallaghers sure know how to party and kick ass. Yeah. …I should get paid for this shit.
British indie-pop singer Polly Scattergood’s “Wanderlust” further proves that a good song and a neat & simple concept executed-well is all a music video needs — A girl behaves seemingly randomly caught in a mesmerizing, immutable loop-cycle, before new elements are introduced giving meaning to her movements:
Her second album release “Arrows” is available on iTunes:
Husband and wife prank duo target homeward-bound airplane travelers mid cellphone conversation by awkwardly responding to whatever they say during their calls. …I feel like that sentence works but should have a comma in it somewhere… Meh.
Don’t you hate when people talk loudly on their phones in public? Why not have some fun with it and “crash” their calls!
Self-alleged schizophrenic, Thamsanqa Jantjie, the man who was paid to stand feet away from high profile persons during Mandela’s memorial ceremony and flap his hands and pretend like he wasn’t getting his kicks, has been reported to have an extensive criminal record. According to South African news network eNCA, Thamsanqa Jantjie has “faced rape (1994), theft (1995), housebreaking (1997), malicious damage to property (1998), murder, attempted murder and kidnapping (2003) charges.” …What the?
The plot thickens. What this story needs is some solid investigative research — otherwise known as cross referencing — instead of going on Jantjie’s word, let’s see medical records or at least some testimonials from a few satisfied employers. Not that I care about Thamsanqa Jantjie as much as Barack Obama’s Secret Service, or South Africans who deplore his actions as a national embarrassment, but I for one would like to see some honesty come out of this blown-up story.
Taylor Mali is an educator, writer and poet who speaks with conviction. He is an advocate of teachers and the nobility of teaching and has complete control over the measure of impact he wants his words to have on an audience. If anyone else on the planet was to repeat his words they would not ring with the same truths. I’m Mali’ed out, but take in his infamous “What Teachers Make” delivery and tell me he isn’t good:
Here here. Mali himself spent nine years in the classroom teaching everything from English and history to math and S.A.T. test preparation. He has performed and lectured for teachers all over the world, and his New Teacher Project has a goal of creating 1,000 new teachers through “poetry, persuasion, and perseverance.”
70s erotic celluloid never looked so good …ahem, the song is hot too — sexy even:
I thought about writing a disclaimer but decided against it. I don’t want what I post on my blog to be informed by other people’s sensibilities anymore, and leaving out all the bad stuff. Fact is, I like Cycles — no, I fucking heart it. Omaha electro-pop trio Icky Blossoms have garnered my attention.
The video was put together by DavidDeanBurkhart, who has a YouTubechannel with loads more music videos made using his trademark technique of merging old footage with modern music. Here’s another sexy song with a Burkhart video I like, mostly for the odd factor, and a UFO may have something to do with it too:
Yes. 34-year-old Thamsanqa Jantjie provided sign language interpretation on stage for Nelson Mandela’s memorial service, except he was gesticulating gibberish, interpreting nothing but nonsense from his own head for hours! I might’ve considered him a mastermind, had he accounted for the cameras and the international notoriety his mug would gain, not to mention his naive underestimation of actual people who actually use and recognize sign language when they see it, in Africa and around the world. This be one silly man.
Of the 15 million South African citizens, one man answered the call…no one understood the conversation (best logline for a film ever). The fact this man would have made money for an honest service is sick. Although, on a hypothetical notion, for souls no longer bound by the Earth — If you believe in some sort of transition after death thing — I imagine could view such an act amongst the well wishes of beloved ones as humorous and an endearing sendoff, telling of the fallible nature of mankind and the uniting quality of consequential empathy. Back to reality however, this was funny but an injustice to those who lack the capacity to interpret sound. This man’s charade was wrong though not I nor anybody else has a contract to condemn him. Jantjie has recently spoken to a newspaper claiming that he was suffering a schizophrenic attack and hearing “voices in his head“, but I remain skeptical along with South Africa’s deaf association. He’s a fraud and just one of many liars in the world who has found himself on television. What do you think?
Schizophrenia my birthmarked ass! Show him how it’s done Liz Lemon:
…This brings back memories. Still my favourite of the Final Fantasy series and currently on sale as a digital download for $11.99 on the Steam network. For an early Playstation game, FFVIII was impossibly long, at times incredibly frustrating, but ultimately unique and a rewarding and epic gaming experience if ever I had one.
If I recall correctly, there was one monster I couldn’t defeat hidden somewhere on the map out at sea. I even tried converting all my collected cards just to level up my guys. I still failed…but now I can seek my revenge, MuHahAha!
Prior to FINAL FANTASY 13, according to Square Enix, FINAL FANTASY 8 was the fastest-selling game in the series having sold over 8.5 million copies worldwide. Here is a leaked page telling of a few of the 45 newly established achievements the game has to offer: FFVIII Achievement Percentages. And just for good measure, here’s the awesome opening cinematic in case you needed an incentive to purchase:
If you like turn-based RPGs you should definitely give it a try. Some say it is the most romantic in the series which I would agree with, which also makes it the funniest in my opinion, taking nothing away from the action and story of course (dated graphics aside).
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