HOLY SHIT GUY: BLOGPOCALYPSE NOW REDUX EDITION

Earlier today, I posted the following video.

Spoiler alert: it is of a crazy car accident.

Spoiler alert: it's pretty crazy.

I'm not kidding, gang, this is a CRAZY video.

Ok. Suit yourself. Don't say I didn't warn you.



Wasn't that CRAZY?

Happy ending, though, folks: no one got hurt.

Now the reason I'm reposting this is because TPG deleted my original post. Says the man himself:

"Some of my readers have complained about overly raw videos. 

Apologies, sincerely, if I've offended.

That being said:

Calm down.

A. Tim -- it's your blog. You can write whatever the hell you want. Literally. Watch:

Weiners. Weiners, weiners, weiners.

See?

If people are gonna bitch, respectfully, they can go elsewhere for their daily bro-isms and trailer repostings. It's a big The Internet. (We're going to need a bigger The Internet.)

B. Readers -- the internet is a big scary place. It's like that time you accidentally got lost in the back hallways of a Best Buy. It's so big back there! And who ARE all those people?

But seriously, folks. Crazyshit videos are the new currency. We've all seen them, we've all shared them - the entire face of content creation and advertising have been forever altered by their existence. Speaking entirely for myself, I'm of the mind that you haven't really lived unless you've tripped the void, unless you've seen some real crazy shit out there. The kind of stuff you probably shouldn't link to in blog posts that your relatives read. Point is: how can you know your limits if you don't test them?

I don't mean to offend you with the posting of this WILD video that - I'd wager - a good number of you have already seen on at least three other significantly higher-trafficked blogs so far today. We're hyper-connected over-sharers of every single experience and nothing phases us, there are no more phases, we aren't even phased by the lack of phases! We're going to need a bigger phases.

The point is? Lighten up. It's a big dirty world out there, trust me on that. Sorry if you don't like it when crazy unpredictable shit flies directly at the camera-phone while you're driving. I didn't know you had a phobia of that. That's quite a specific kind of phobia, too. Welp. Better upload it to youtube.

Perhaps I gave you too much credit, The Internet.

Welp. Look what you made me do. I explained the joke. Now it's not funny anymore.

ThisLALife: Guest Blogger Week

What up, it's your boy TPG, what's good?

Man, I WISH. Just foolin'. It's Jay Judah. I'm probably still your boy, but I wouldn't go so far as to guarantee it, and rarely is anything all that good.

Good morning and welcome to the 2nd annual ThisLALife Guest Blogger Week. Last year, Tim was on a cruise or something and so he called on his fellow bloggers to pick up the slack - you know, water the plants, feed the cats, write some blog entries, that sort of thing. This year, TPG... um... is honoring tradition? Is caught up with work? I don't even know anymore. Personally I just think he's just being lazy, but he has a wider audience than I do so let's just go ahead and call this an honor.

I run Things That Happen, which is basically one step above silly cat videos and a few rungs below, say, your sister's boyfriend's myspace page. Every so often I'll do some legitimate writing, but god damn it I work for a living - how TPG manages to hold down full time employment and still blog as often as he does is a mystery to me and would likely serve as grounds for termination for his employers. I'm kidding (?). I wish him all the best. Don't get fired, Tim. I hate to see a grown man cry.

I'll try to stay on topic today - you know, pop culture navel-gazing, movie trailers, anything related to Arnold Schwarzenegger (YOU GUYS SEE THAT ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY COVER, AMIRITE) and I promise you can expect plenty of explosions. And maybe some cat videos because it's my guest day and imma play it the way i feel it.

Anyway. Here we go! Woo! It's gonna be awesome. I promise. Later on, we'll all look back on this and talk about how awesome it was.

More to come.

~J

P.S. Was tremendously shocked to find that, in Tim's collection of post tags, 'explosions' has never been used. THAT CHANGES NOW.

The Blog Squad

In the spirit of this summer's ensemble action movie theme, I've decided to highlight for you who is in my roster of trusted bloggers. If for some reason, in the future, the robots take over and the bloggers have to save the world (note, I dream that this happens every day) these would be the people I would want on my squad. So check out their blogs, I think you will find them enjoyable, and featuring less typos than mine.

Oh Cod!

ohcod.blogspot.com/

This is the newest blog on the game.  I'd have to say, Cod, which is a weird name considering he refers to himself as "bear like" and bears eat fish like cod, is doing a great job. You can tune in here for musing on life, family, and everything else that tickles his fancy. He also has a solid guest blogger on the weekend who frequently brings the thunder as well. Ah, yes, why is the picture for this a bear? Go to his site and ask him.

Lifting Fog

www.liftingfogblog.com

The only blog on the list to feature two writers. In fact, the writers are currently in different time zones and separated by an ocean vast and wide. While posting here is intermittent, when there is a post you are due for a treat. Henning who is currently working for the Dharma Initiative and DJ STEVE who you folks know as the a guest blogger here call the shots, be on the lookout for posts.

Rock and Bacon

rockandbacon.wordpress.com

In the words of this blog's creative mastermind, this is a site about music, art, photography, bacon and other interesting things. A great place to discover fresh new bands and super heady photos and art, definitely worth surfing around here. So I'm not sure what's going with the bacon part of it, but bacon is damn tasty so who cares. Actually speaking of bacon, here is a video that features rock and bacon.

A Sophisticated Noise

http://asophisticatednoise.wordpress.com/

For all you folks that think that thislalife.com doesn't have enough movie reviews. Yes I'm talking all you people out there who tuned in on Friday and said: "whaaaaaaaaat? TPG didn't review Date Night, what kind of operation is this?" Anyway back to matter at at hand, run by an old classmate, this site features some serious real deal film criticism. For all folks that think my ramblings about Oh Shit Moments and badass meters is too much, this is the site for you.

Cinema Chronicles

http://cinemanicchronicles.moviemansguide.com/

Although it hasn't been updated in a while, this is best designed blog on the list. You can tune in here for film reviews, movie news, trailers, and DVD reviews. Other bloggers take note of this design.

Things That Happen

www.jayjudah.com

You didn't think I could forget about main man Jay Judah. Jay and have been in this blog shit since the beginning. We're like the Gibson and Glover of blogging. I don't know what else to say about the legendary site, but needless to say, if there is anything cool on the internet, it's probably going to up here.  But wait, TPG, there's so much cool shit on the internet? Yeah, brah, but da coolest shit ends up here.

Kick Ass Retro Posters

The closer it gets, the more excited I am for KICK ASS, especially if they keep releasing awesome promo art like these. Two more after the jump.

The Most Excellent Tattoo You'll Probably See All Morning

Over at Things That Happen, I keep my editorial down to a minimum. No ones cares what I think about stuff. They just want to see pictures of dogs saying funny things. Come on, guys. It's the Internet, OK, this ain't my first rodeo.

Tim, however, likes to expound volumes on the content he deems worthy to be part of This LA Life. And so, with that in mind, I give you the greatest tattoo I've seen on the internet this morning. I'd give it more hyperbole but, you know, the internet's a big place and I'd hate to regret anything I deemed LALife-worthy.

Nakatomi Plaza, the fictional office building used in mega-hit Die Hard, is actually located in Los Angeles. So. That's the best segway I have. The gentleman featured above has permanently inked his body with John McClane's most cunning of escape plans: guns and holiday-themed duct tape.

And so we salute you, sir: may you have an easier time getting through airport security than you're likely bound to have. Yippee Ki Yay indeed.

An Introduction

Good morning, folks. How was your weekend? Good? Great. We'll get to mine a bit later - it was a doozy.

I figured I should introduce myself. I'm Jay - I run Things That Happen, which is a fantastic haven of stupid videos, cool music and the occasional poetic waxing (which is like a Brazilian except with metaphors and shit.) TPG's sailing away for the week on a cruise with his family to parts unknown, and as he so boldly announced last week, he's asked a few fellow bloggers to step up and man the ThisLALife helm while he's gone.

It's kind of like that time that Bane broke Batman's back, and then Batman had all those other dudes fill in for him and accept the mantle of the Bat while he was on a cruise with his family. Or something like that, I dunno, I read that shit ages ago. You know, I'm like Nightwing, and Kyle Fitz is like Robin, and DJ Steve is like Azrael, and, um... Fuck you, don't get all high and mighty with me, you know exactly what I'm talking about. And fuck you too if you don't. What, you never read comics as a kid? Geez. Some people, amirite?

I'll open the forum this morning with some back story. I was lucky enough to know TPG in the life he had before this LA life -- he and I are from the same town back east - grew up together, went to high school together. In short: he's always been like this, cross my heart.

It's a bit of a busy day in the office today so I'm gonna let this post stand as my opener, but I'll be sure to toss some more content on here as the day goes on. Anyway, happy Monday, folks, hope your weekend was truly excellent and don't fret - we're all in this together.

Blogger Prom Wrap-Up

Blueberry colored shoes from LL Bean in Maine. Sky blue paints that were tailored for me in Panama. Patent fabric blue blazer from Hollywood. Cheesy milk white shirt from the legendary Huggins Fair in New Hampshire. These were the clothes I rocked to the Blogger Prom last night. What is a blogger prom? It's an 80's themed party for people who blog in Los Angeles.

Right off the bat I knew things were going to get crazy when I realized that unlike most of the people present, I did not go to Prom in the 80's. At my prom everyone wanted the DJ to get the freakfest started by playing some 50 Cent, not Karma Chameleon, so the age difference was a trip, but once the open bar started and Jay from www.jayjudah.com showed up, things got popping like Jack in the Boxes.

I basically cruised around and met people who share their thoughts to the world on the Internet, new age philosophers if you well. I learned that tons of people blog about food, which is nuts cause the only thing I do with food is eat it yo. But here is a great food blog, check it out.

It was a great night, hopefully I'll be posting all the blogs that I found last night. You can check out a great one here, it's called LOST ANGELES, and I'm already digging it like a miner. If I have one regret about the prom, it's that I didn't shake things up and come dressed like this.

Does this man name the hurricanes?

Today marks the first official day of Hurricane season 2009. And while hurricanes are no joke, I do find the naming process for them to be fascinating. Here is how I believe they name the hurricanes.

1. In the offices of the National Weather Service, there is a mysterious floor not listed on the elevator. You can only get there by taking a stair case hidden behind the Tornado guy's desk. Upon reaching the floor, the hurricane naming oracle will give you a name, this is what the oracle looks like.

2. They take the name of the first born son of the oldest intern in the office and work their way up.

3. Every year on the June first, the employees engage in a massive game of scrabble, and the most adept wordsman is crowned the king of the naming.

4. They take the names from the summer's movies. If this is true I hope they make to "O" so we can have hurricane Optimus.

5. Jay Judah names them. You can read about his naming skills at www.jayjudah.com