Reasons why to watch: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

1. It is free on Hulu
2. Clint Eastwood is a badass
3. The best western film ever
4. Classic Music Soundtrack
5. Some of the best characters I've ever seen in a movie
6. Excellent acting.
7. Coolest intro to character's ever (you'll see if you watch)
8. I don't think there is one pointless scene
9. Tuco is hella funny
10. did i mention Clint Eastwood is a badass

Anyways, every minute of this 3 hour movie is worth it. SO WATCH IT ALLREADY ON HULU CLICK HERE.

VERDICT? APPROVED. A COMPLETE CLASSIC. DEFIANTLY IN MY TOP 5 FAVORITE MOVIES!!!!!!

The Funniest Public Access host ever.

Huell Howser is the best. He is on Los Angles Public TV. He recently was put on the latest Simpsons episode for being on public tv for 25 years. I know its not intentional, but he is fucking halarious.

What The Jordan 2010 should look like

Now I couldn't rock either of these shoes my self because they seem strictly for the court, but damn are they sexy shoes. The designers of the lebron 7s and the kobe 5s should teach the jordan guy how to design fucking shoes.

Here is a T-shirt I really want.

If you do not know who Animal Collective is, you should because they are hands down my favorite band right now. There is absolutely no other band that sounds like them. With their latest album Merriweather Post Pavilion recently becoming the Album of the Year on Pitchfork.com (the biggest online music website), it is about time the band makes a shirt based off the album cover. Just look at the album cover above...do you notice anything? That is right, it is an illusion. If you look at it the right way you can see the picture move like a wave. Now imagine that on a shirt...the whole upper part of your body is a moving wave!

Trippy and awesome. Now...how am i gonna get my hands on this...



I am guessing at their concert...please get another tour going animal collective. I saving money for your concert and your shirt!

VERDICT? WHERE TO COP?

The kids of the next generation are gonna have some sick toys.

Look at this new augmented reality toy concept. It is kinda basic right now but it will eventually become something substantial.

SCOPE - Augmented Reality Toys.v3 from Frantz Lasorne on Vimeo.

With the addition TRON 2 Daft Punk Theme this video is worth watching

VERDICT? REALLY COOL IDEA. LETS SEE WHAT THE FUTURE BEHOLDS

Cool Retro Styled Computer Concept

cool shit...KAPOW


This computer is inspired by a 1950's tv. Good stuff

via engadget

To the readers, sorry.

Sorry I havn't been posting as much as I should. Last week was really stressful for me hw wise. Who knew quant phys could be so hard. Anyways now that I am in palm springs stuck with my dad and brother, I will have lots of time to keep everyone happy. Stay tuned for ADVENTURES IN OLD PERSON LAND!

Indie Games I'm Addicted To: Captain Forever

So some how i have come across the best online game in existence. It is called Captain Forever and it is made by a man named Farbs. You start out as a small ship and you are quickly given 4 modular boxes, 2 lasers, and 2 thrusters. Now it's up to you to build your ship however you like!



Use your mouse to put your ship together. It takes awhile to get used to putting it on the right side, but once you get the hang of it you can change your ship in seconds.




When your ship is done use WASD and QE on the keyboard to move and Space Bar to shoot. Also it is useful to zoom out and in using R and F so you can see the surrounding enemys.


This game is all about progression so you start out with the low level green parts and attack green ships to get more parts for your ship. Once you build a good enough ship you will be able to take on a orange ship which will leave orange ship parts. Then once you got a stronger orange ship you can take on red.

What sets this apart from lets say other games where you have this "big fish, little fish" mechanic is if the ship is a way higher level than you, but you see a weak point where there are no guns you can take it out strategically. I highly recommend this game!

PLAY HERE

here is some pictures showing the progression



Above I am green which is what you start as and below I am purple which is about midway through the game.



Here you can see that I'm purple and on the left there is a higher level blue. He has hella guns so it would be suicide to try to attack him! Also there is a smaller orange ship which i could take out easily as a purple guy.



VERDICT? APPROVED. YOU GOTTA TRY IT!

Why Are Sick Sneakers Being Designed For...

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

Exibit. 1. Nikeus Air Pegasus 89


Exibit. 2. Newus Balencius NB577's

How to make art from string...

Exibit 1. by Sean Martindale

(note: please click on image to see full image...it got cut off.)



VERDICT? THIS IS SOME FRESH ART

Apple Rumors

just read on engadget that Apple has put out a job description for a person "to handle a project involving 3D graphics & environments, character design and multimedia experiences"

Pair this with the hiring of an ex Ensemble (people who made the Age of Empires Series and Halo Wars) lead designer and you might expect some sorta Xbox Live like experience for the IPhone in the future.

This is a very logical step for a platform that has become a major gaming source. Making ways to connect IPhone users through their mobile games seems like a logical step to make the gaming experience more streamline. This is weird for Apple who have a history of not being best friends with video games.

Nice Use of Fractals

This building took the trees surrounding it as an inspiration for the building. It is beautiful. I'm guessing they got the pillar trees from a fractal equation. It is a conversion of old colonial buildings in mumbai. Anyway here are some pics.





The dining room walls are 3 dimensional and are also inspired by the trees. It was designed so each piece of wood could be crafted with fairly primitive tools.




VERDICT? ONE WITH NATURE HASN"T EVER LOOKED SO GOOD!

Sexiest Hotel ever.

The Axis Viana Hotel is awesome. Especially how looking at it at different angles show different interesting perspectives. It also contains the coolest looking pool ever.






via archdaily

VERDICT? APPROVED! WHY DON"T WE GET SOMETHING THIS AWESOME IN SEATTLE?

Some one buy me these vans that look like sneakers

these are sexy to bad i have no money

via: slamxhype

VERDICT? NEED MONEY PLZ. CAN I HAVE SOME!?!

FACADE PROJECTION

I found this this summer on my Google reader, but couldn't find it in my vast list of starred posts. A second blog I follow posted this, so i found it! This is hands down the most trippy thing I have ever seen. Some of the parts look real, it is really freaky! It pails in comparison to the other projection video i posted here. Anyway this one is on some sorta modern art museum: Galerie der Gegenwart. I googled it and its all in another language (i think german or dutch) so i could not really get good info on it! anyway here is the video...PREPARE TO BE IN AWE

555 KUBIK | facade projection | from urbanscreen on Vimeo.

VERDICT? APPROVED. SEATTLE ART MUESEUM STEP YOUR GAME UP!

SHMU MOVIE REVIEW: Fantastic Mr. Fox

So last weekend I saw Fantastic Mr. Fox. Recommendation: GO SEE IT NOW. It is directed by WES ANDERSON and it is his first animated feature. If you do not know who Wes Anderson Is, you are an idiot. He has also created my favorite movie The Darjeeling Limited, and movies like: The Royal Tenenbaums, and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Most of his movies are funny with a serious edge, it is the perfect mix. The humor in his movies is always really witty.

Fantastic Mr. Fox is probably the funniest and wittiest to date. The plot is based off a good old Roald Dahl book (remember Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, BFG, James and the Giant Peach, The Twits, and Mitilda.) Mr. Fox, in Fantastic Mr. Fox, is thought to be based off Roald Dahl. So Wes Anderson Stayed at the Dahl House and learned everything about him from his wife.

here is a clip explaining the research

Also the entire movie was in stop motion and everything in it is handmade. Every set in the movie was modeled in miniature form (including scale models of furniture from Dahl's House to furnish Mr. Fox's Tree.) All the dolls were made from adjustable metal skeletal frames with a surface put over it made of actual animal fur, and miniature clothing.

here is a clip explaining all of that

Anyway this style of animation really fit the movie. It was fun, outrageous, and witty. My favorite character was defiantly Ash who is Mr. Fox's Son. If you see the movie you will why I like him so much. Since this movie is one of my top 3 favorite movies, I don't wanna spoil anything for you so I'll leave you with two trailers for the movie.

trailer 1


TRAILER 2


VERDICT? APPROVED. GO SEE NOW!!!!!!!!!!

Children's Book Gone Wrong. Unintentional sexual position?

This book was found in the vast library at my camp. This Book Cover is CLASSIC. The title of the book combo'd with the drawing of the two boys. It looks like hes getting it from behind. I hope this was unintentional.





Especially when you urban dictionary the slang definition of copperhead.

Here is the description of the books story:



Is it just me or could "man's work" and "strange hobby" be taken the wrong way given the cover of the book.

VERDICT? ROFL

Preview: Movie Review

so I'm gonna make another movie review post. I dont't have time tonight seeing that it is 12:30 and this post is gonna take me a good amount of time. so anyway here is a one word hint:

FOX

can you guess which movie?

The Jewish SLR camera

via: littlemiss

I Wish I had this as a Kid...

The Original soundtrack



via: Design Boom

VERDICT? THIS IS VERY CREATIVE

Concrete Cloth

This Concrete Cloth made by Concrete Canvas is made of concrete between fabric. It is really flexible and can set in two hours when water is added. This is perfect for when disaster strikes. Like a hurricane or a military situation. It can last 10 years! Any way here is some pictures.






more pics and info at inhabitat

VERDICT? ANY ONE WANT A MAKE A BEACH FORT IN TWO HOURS?

New Jordan Update...

STILL SHIT



if you missed the last post: here

Kanye has offically been featured in....

the worst song ever. Kanye get back to real hip hop and stop using fucking auto tone! Especally with this fucking emo as fuck band. Ask Jay-Z what a good bands are, because hes was spotted at a Grizzly Bear concert (now that is good shit.)

http://hypem.com/#/artist/30+seconds+to+mars+feat++kanye+west

VERDICT? HORRIBLE. TAKE A LISTEN THOUGH AND LISTEN TO KANYE'S DEMISE ONE MINUTE AT A TIME

Why Is Pharrell Williams Designing Chairs.

Pharrell why the fuck are you designing chairs. No one is gonna buy this accept for blinged out T-Pains and spoiled Bellevue kids who love your shitty clothing brand, Billionaire Boys Club. You know why Bellevue kids love this chair and BBC cause they are Billion dollar Boys literally! GOOD JOB FUCKER YOU'VE FOUND YOUR TARGET MARKET. Anyway everyone on design boom agrees:

"Smell's like shit?" says cathy

"Stick to the Music, spoiled celeb ego design" says Jean-Luc DeLaRue

any way you can see the post here for more horribly funny comments of how much this chair sucks.


Still waiting to see what it looks like, here it is:



OH COOL DUDE LETS GET ON OUR FUCKING CHAIR WITH OUR LEGS TUCKED IN AND PRETEND WERE ON A FUCKING TANK. IT REMINDS ME OF A FUCKING KIDS JEEP. SERIOUSLY THIS WOULD NOT LOOK GOOD IN ANY HOUSE...ANYWHERE. IF I WALKED INTO A HOUSE AND SAW THIS THING I WOULD LITERALLY START LAUGHING MY ASS OFF (LMAO! FOR THOSE NOT ACCUSTOM TO SEEING THIS TYPED OUT.) OH WAIT THATS NOT ALL...IS WHITE AND BLACK TO MASCULINE FOR ALL THE LADIES OUT THERE? THEN YOU MIGHT LIKE THE FUCKING UGLY BLUE TANK CHAIR AND THE PINK SHIT TANK CHAIR. THESE CHAIRS ARE JUST FOR ALL THOSE HAWT DIME PIECES AND PIMPS THAT WANNA ACT LIKE THEY ARE ROLLING HARD IN A TANK.




VERDICT? ATROCITY. GOOD JOB SK8BoARD P you have made the SHIT LIST of this blog!

Brule's Rules

This is from The Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! any way this is John C. Reilly at his finest.

The Very Best (featuring the singer from Vampire Weekend.)

I'm digging this track from Afro Pop artist The Very Best.



I'm waiting to see if Vampire Weekends next album is good or not. Cause the singers appearance on this song reminded me about how much I enjoyed Vampire Weekend's original album

VERDICT? FRESH!

Stussy Chapter Store Seattle

So now I know why part of Goods is closed down. That street will start to look like La Brea (google: Stussy LA / UNDFTD / Union LA) if goods stops carrying shit brands like 10 deep, Rockers, and Crooks and Castles. Get your shit together Goods stop buying the brands that were popular 3 years ago and that only stupid east side kids will buy. Also get some customer service. I miss your glory days, Goods, and I want you to get it back, but you don't care about your customers.

SHMU has Google wave.

I got the email of the future and 8 invites...who wants in?

HERE IS AN EXPLANATION:



One of the cool features: real time translation!



Seriously If everyone had Wave right now group projects would be so easy. Everyone in your group would be able to work on the project document at the same time, in real time. This was especially relevant to me a week ago when my science partner and I were working on a lab write up using Facebook and gmail. It was horrible we IM'd on one website, I worked on the write up and sent him a draft. I would of been much faster if we were both working on it at the same time through wave instead of sending the document back and forth.

New Animal Collective

If you are not a fan of Animal Collective this might be the weirdest shit ever, but if you are...prepare for what could be the greatest AC track EVER! This track got a perfect 10 on pitchfork (which is the rolling stone of music websites, and is usually is really, really picky.)

Animal Collective- What Would I Want? Sky



Also a cool side note: This is the first band ever allowed to use a Grateful Dead sample in a song.

VERDICT? ANIMAL COLLECTIVE YEEEE!!!! APPROVED and FRESH

SHMUtivities: MLS CUP. Mormans rule.

So Sunday was full of awesome shenanigans. My brother Invited me to go see the MLS Cup Final at Quest Field. The two teams were Real Salt Lake, and the LA Galaxy (which has David Beckham.) Anyway it was a really good match. At the end of regulation it was tied 1-1 so it went into overtime...after overtime it was still 1-1 so it went into PKs! Landon Donovan, who my brother claimed is the best US soccer player, blew a PK for the Galaxy which lead to Real Salt Lake shooting for the game winning PK. Here is the game winning PK on Video:

http://www.twitvid.com/A3C23

Oh did I mention we were sitting next to the LA Galaxy "Riot Squad," which is their cheer section with all the craziest fans. My brother kindly said into the Riot Squad, "nice try, you will get em' next time." Someone immediately replied, "FUCK YOU!"

After Leaving the "pitch" we got some good Chinese at Jade Garden (hella good btw) and hitched a ride on the new Light Rail. Which I have to say is clean and beautiful...for now. Did you know that there are underground Light Rail stations from the International District to Westlake Center. It's gonna be really useful though when they finish the station across the street from dick's burgers. That would allow for some Chinese



morg on light rail



light rail interior

VERDICT? GO MORMANS. SWEET BEANAGE!

SHMU DOODLES

This is a doodle I am currently working on. It is inspired by biology at a cellular level (search polypeptide or protien chains.) any way tell me what you think. I am going to fill the whole page in my sketch book with this.

Just Got Snow Leopard!

My brother hooked me up with Apple's new OS X Snow Leopard. My computer is running noticeably faster. Awesome! any way here is a screen shot of its sexiness.



I haven't really used all the new functions yet but I'm excited to do so!

My Summer Jam

boy this song brings back some memories of summer hours in the studio or dancing in the dorm halls. "Little Secrets" by Passion Pit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt6hcGPSSWU


They wont let me embed it though :-(

VERDICT? FUCKING AWESOME

Japanese company Muji makes Legos Fresh

This Japanese company has taken our favorite childhood toy and has turned into something new. Instead of building your creature you can cut and build your creature using paper. I'm not gonna lie this looks like a lot of fun.

check out the other sets at MUJI

VERDICT? FRESH

Music You Should Listen To: "Sometimes" by Miami Horror

This band from Melbourne Australia has made the most catch track I have heard in a while. Their video for it is especially video which I'm guessing was filmed on some beautiful pristine beach in Australia. A beautiful girl in a beautiful video to a beautiful song...why not take a listen.

Miami Horror - Sometimes from PEDESTRIAN Creative. on Vimeo.

i think the music video has to do with the lyrics mentioning the fountain of youth. The girl finds some pendent that leads her to the fountain of youth or some sorta alien structure.


Thanks to my friend Bono for posting this on Facebook. He runs a music blog at paulbono.com and dj's college parties.

VERDICT? APPROVED

Pics of the Day: Architecture Edition #3

VIA ARCHDAILY

VERDICT? APPROVED (daily combo (2xFRESH+APPROVED)/ARCH PIC OF THE DAY.)

2012 SURVIVORS GUIDE: Bombproof wallpaper

Best Of What's New 2009: Bombproof Wallpaper Test from PopSci.com on Vimeo.

...COOL. (unlike the movie this is not a joke.)

WHATS THE BEST WAY TO TURN A MUD LOT INTO A PARK?

ASK Sean Martindale.

VIA WOOSTER COLLECTIVE

VERDICT? FRESH AGAIN (2x Combo)

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Jaz

I just found this guy today. I don't know his story, but his street art cracks me up. These cartoony jaguar humans tickling each other crack me up. I mean look at the faces, lol. Anyways his work is in uraquay, france and spain.

VIA WOOSTER COLLECTIVE

VERDICT? FRESH

U-Prep Blogging: Dark Ages

Twas the Eve of November 17th of the year 2009 of the lord when the empire of the blogosphere has deteriorated to but one citizen (myself SHMU) and several chumps (frosh according to saul.) Many have fallen: The King Beeba, The Jester GEEZY, The Philosopher SAUL, The Prince KYLE, and The Jew WILL (sry i don't know where you fit in a medieval ranking system.) have tis gone into the kingdom of Book of Face where full opinions and uninterrupted thoughts tis non existent. Though SHMU visits thy kingdom of Book of Face but he does not let thy Book of Face faze him from giving up posting on his own blog.

THOUGH THE U-PREP BLOGGING COMMUNITY IS FAULTERING....I BID ALL THE RETIRED BLOGGING SPIRITS AN OFFER!

If you still have posting spirit in you i will allow you to be a guest writer on my blog. That way all the ex bloggers can still post when it is necessary without the commitment of constantly updating their own blog. I offer this in good spirit because I know each and everyone of you still need a place to let their thoughts out. So when the time comes SHMU is HERE!!

Movie Review: 2012

TWO WORDS: SHITTY MOVIE

seriously I enjoyed the minute long trailer for Avatar better that this 3 hour piece of shit. The first hour of the movie was like the same scene repeated 3 times in a row:

First Time: Take off in a plane, narrowly avoid ground collapsing behind, narrowly dodging colapsing skyscrapers in La. (WTF LA DOESN"T EVEN HAVE THAT MANY SKY SCRAPERS. ITS LIKE THEY TOOK OFF AT THIS RUNWAT AND DELIBERATLY FLEW TOWARDS DOWN TOWN JUST TO FUCKING DODGE BUILDINGS.

Second Time: Take of in a plane, narrowly avoiding meteors falling from the air, narrowly dodging meteors infront. GASP, ONCE AGAIN THEY BARELY DODGE A METEOR JUST LIKE THEY DODGED A FUCKING BUILDING.

Third Time: Take of in a plane, narrowly avoid falling buildings in Las Vegas. Oh did I mention they are out running a dust cloud from behind. THIS IS LIKE THE SAME EXACT SITUATION THE FIRST TIME THEY TOOK OFF IN A PLANE. WTF.

OK MOVIE CLICHE TIME!!!!!!

1. There is a crazy hippie dude that knows all.
2. The plastic surgeon step father happens to be able to fly a fucking plane better than any dare devil in existence just because he has taken a FEW lessons. I mean WTF one second he doesn't know how to take off in the plane and the next second he is maneuvering through collapsing buildings.
3. the loading ramp to the neo noah's arch gets jammed because a wire becomes unplugged in the gear room and gets jammed in the gears. first of all what fucking engineer decided it was genious to put a fucking exposed giant cord next to a set of gears. You are fucking asking for malfunction. FUCKING END OF THE WORLD NOAHS ARCS SHOULD HAVE NO ENGINEERING FLAWS.
4. All the characters are 2D. They might as well of been fucking cartoons because thats how believable they are. One of the major issues is the fact that the daughter wets her bed at night so she wears diapers at night. At the end of the move we are thankfully updated on this problem when the last line of the movie is "NO MORE HUGGIES"................The daughter should of instead used this fucking movie as diapers cause it needs to be shat or pee


any ways thanks to this movie I no longer think that the end of the world is coming in 2012. I thought it was supposed to be hella scare but it ended up being the shittiest movie I have ever seen. I don't care if the fucking CGI was good looking, it didn't save the movie from anything

VERDICT? SHIT LIST (the lowest something can get on my blog)

200 Profile Views.

Hey thanks to all my readers for your awesome support. I will keep on doing my best to bring you posts from around the web and from my personal shenanigans.

I think I am probably the only U Prep blog still going strong. Geezy just announced his retirement today. I never intended mine to be a U Prep focused blog, but more of a blog for everyone. This is why I always have content to post except for the weekends when I am out and about.

Anyways expect a lot more from SHMU. SHMU has a lot of good stuff saved up for some good posts.

SPREAD THE WORD OF MY BLOG. ITS FOR EVERYONE. I'M SURE EVERYONE WILL FIND SOMETHING ENJOYABLE! THANKS AGAIN FOR 200 VIEWS

Supreme x Damien Hirst

This Clothing colab is gonna be a must buy for me. Damien Hirst has done crazy shit like this:



BUY A HUMAN SKULL, MAKE A PLATINUM REPLICA. ENCRUST IT WITH $24,000,000 OF DIAMONDS. THEN POLISH THE TEETH FROM THE ORIGINAL SKULL AND INSERT IT IN THE DIAMOND SKULL. HE ALSO:



TAKE DEAD ANIMALS. SPLIT THEM IN HALF AND PUT THEM IN TWO BOXES SUSPENDED IN FORMALDEHYDE. AND FINALLY:



MAKE HELLA MONEY OFF OF MAKING COLORED DOTS.

Anyway he is a really famous artist and he just happens to be collaborating with Supreme on a shirt and 5 skate boards. It does make it a instant buy when you have the Famous Supreme Box Tee recreated with Damien's famous dots and Nas lyrics on the back.









VERDICT? APPROVED!