mini-hiatus

(last time i was home, I had a bonding session with the kitten)

It's finals time. The last finals for me. So since I barely have enough time to sleep, I won't have time to find things to share. So thank you for stopping by and I hope you come back once I fire this puppy up again but until about May 5th, I shall be signing off. 

(I might sporadically post random star wars stuff because...well I think I have a problem)

oh! sometime in the next few weeks my website should be up! so check out http://www.karolmiekina.com/ and eventually you'll be able to see what I've been up to! Or you know...twitter me for fun. (I'll mostly be freaking out about school and life. )

Friday Movie Morning : Great Star Wars Mashups!

Maybe I should just start a star wars blog?

Ok ok, this video is called snatch wars (teehee) 

Mash up between Star Wars and Snatch. REALLY well done and kind of hilarious: 

For a more instant gratification, here's a short mash up that's not as good but still kind of hilarious! 

Hahahahah...I REALLY LOVE THE INTERNET:


and finally...i kind of like this too. A lot of great dubbing. Not every time but a lot of it:

Frank Chimero & his united states of america

I really enjoy these. Frank Chimero takes the silhouette's of states and finds an image that fits within them. A lot of these are really lovely. Frank is an illustrator and designer based out of Missouri and has a client list that includes Starbucks, Fast Company Magazine and American Airlines. Pretty nice. 

no blog but some words

paraphrased from "My Dinner with Andre"

"The 1960's represent the last burst of the human being before it was extinguished and that this is the beginning of the rest of the future. From now on there will be all these robots walking around thinking nothing, feeling nothing. There will be almost no one around to remind them that there was a species called the human being with genuine feelings and real thoughts."

Umm...wtf?

Umm...what is going on here? Is that what I think it is? Is this some sort of butt cream? Somebody clue me in! (click on pic for bigger version)

I love this man

and the wonderful things he wrote. 

you are forever remembered and revered. 
:(

America and political correctness are becoming synonymous

Friday Movie Morning Time! (sort of)

As far as advertising is concerned, that statement is very very true. Americans are afraid of nudity, taboo, innuendo and even anything that can be taken the wrong way. Oh yeah, and anything that can be considered inappropriate for children (by the way, by the time the average U.S. child starts elementary school he or she will have seen 8,000 murders and 100,00 acts of violence on TV.)

We have an economic shit storm happening outside yet somehow everyone and their mother knows and has time to get offended by a certain "special olympics" comment (I must admit, I got offended too- I bowl 100 and it's celebrations all around so you better celebrate that 129 mister!)

Aaaanyway. These are some commercials from around the world that wouldn't be shown in the good ol' US.  (sorry for the grainy quality....youtube is not my friend when it comes to crispness): 

The Axe Effect:

HILARIOUS commercial for washrooms:


Polish commercial (at the end is says "Time to find your own place?)  :


Spanish Bic Commercial:


This one is REALLY grainy but pretty damn good: