Are crossed arms the new Blue Steel?

Christian Bale and Ewan McGregor, former on-screen lovers in Velvet Goldmine, now share the same look upon June magazine covers. Is it me, or is Bale a tad gaunt like he appeared in The Machinist? Christian tells his GQ interviewer that he's glad people created dance mixes out of his famous temper tantrum and he absolutely despises having his photo taken. Yeah, sure.

Nerds by Lauren Gregg

Video game nerd

Skate nerd

Lauren's got a shop on Etsy. Her prints are too funny. Band nerd? Will cook tofu for beer nerd? Yes and yes! One of the most amusing details in Lauren's work is the shoes each nerd is wearing.

Nathan Fletcher remix to "Lights Out"

As I watched the original video of Nate Fletcher hitting the waves, I kept imagining it to Santigold's song "Lights Out." So, a friend remixed it for me and wasn't too pleased that I failed to be patient enough for him to correctly fade the music to the end of the video.  

Holy randomness: Rock Hudson

In 1956, producers for the movie Battle Hymn, flew twenty-five Korean war orphans to California to star as extras in the movie. Battle Hymn follows the true story of the documented rescue of 950 orphans and 80 orphanage staff from the path of the Chinese advance during the Korean War. Air Force colonel Dean Hess took charge of the airlift, and was later protrayed by (the dashing) Rock Hudson. Hess also penned an autobiography about his wartime efforts, with the proceeds going towards establishing orphanages in Korea.

What became of the twenty-five orphans in Battle Hymn?
Larry Harnisch of the LA Times researched this and found they were likely adopted by Americans when the movie filming ended.

Domo does 7-Eleven

Be on the look out for Domo-kun Slurpees at 7-Eleven convenient stores in the fall. Red apple flavor, brown flocked cups. Why Domo? Evan Brody, marketing manager for Slurpee and Big Gulp Brands tells Adweek, “Domo lends itself well to the store and our proprietary products and our consumers who... love crazy Japanese shit.” Read the complete Adweek Domo article.

There's a new sheriff in town...

I have one question. Would I be allowed to shoot people?

I'm a piggy slave 4U

Guinea pig factoids: Four toes up front. Three in the back. They can chirp like birds, though no one is sure why they do this.

Hey, it's Ajumma and her husband caring for our three guinea pigs! Actually, if you've ever been to my house you know each of my pigs has a cage the size of a basketball court.

Spencer is our 4-year old lad from a shelter in Baldwin Park, California. He likes carrots, his girlfriend Yachi (who he can see only through his cage bars), and long walks on the beach. Spencer used to have a bell in his cage that he could ring for a treat, but we got tired of him ringing it at 4:00 AM.

Up in your business

Have you ever noticed how excited people feel about having their own business cards? At first I felt a twinge of envy since I have none of my own, then I remembered that business cards lead to people CALLING and WANTING crap from you. If you do have cards, Ajumma suggests you invest in a cute card holders. Here we have ramen and kimchi, and kalbi and soju. That's real kalbi, the kind that requires the restaurant owner to come by with charred, industrial tongs to change the grill every 10 minutes. We're not talking the American kalbi cooked on tabletop gas grill. Korean card holders and more cute stuff at MoMA Store.

My dreams are one step closer to reality

A former law school student is selling cupcakes from a NYC truck. New Yorkers literally chase his Cupcake Stop mobile down the street. I would chase it down and then puncture the tires so it couldn't go anywhere. Drool over Cupcake Stop's menu here.

Because they're not getting any younger

Shesh, shesh y'all. The Beastie Boys announced yesterday they're releasing a new album titled Hot Sauce Committee. Adam Ad-Rock Horowitz says of the album, "It's political, depending on what you call political. You know, if toilet talk and fart jokes are political, which they can be, in that sense yeah, very."