“Of all the falsehoods told about President Barack Obama, the biggest whopper is the one about his reckless spending spree”
I’m leaving for Portland, Maine tomorrow. My favorite town of anywhere I’ve been for a multitude of reasons. These are from my trip last year. The whole album here: https://picasaweb.google.com/108392881714811845239/PortlandME#
I love this kid and I’m really glad I was around (and the target) for these gems.
Referring to an older woman in a hat across the bar, “How many drinks to get that 80 yr. old woman in the sack?”
“That’s what Maryland does, crab cakes and not getting laid.”
“You’re the best piece of foreign diversity ever.”
“Why wouldn’t I wish a girl who sucked my dick a happy birthday? Wouldn’t you?”
Portlandia Food & Photography skit
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It was just the otherday I was talkin to my buddy Luke about getting a wiffleball game going somewhere with friends, and this little 1979 film has driven home my nostalgic endeavor to do so. My brother and I always used to love playing wiffleball back in the day in VA. Whether it…
Memorial Day weekend and wiffleball. great film.
They should jar this up, because it is a JAAAM!
Thanks everyone, I’ll be here all week. Don’t forget to tip the wait staff.
Seriously though, it’s a jam.
![Add this to the movies I’m excited for.
gq:
Why Does Nicole Kidman Pee On Zach Zac Efron In The Paperboy?
Director Lee Daniels explains to GQ’s Logan Hill what the hell he was thinking with his instantly infamous scene from tthe Cannes Film Festival so-bad-its-good (or maybe just plain bad) conversation-starter. Click here to watch a scene.
The big headline going around the Internet today is: “Nicole Kidman pees on Zac Efron.” Is it?
Of course. Because you have Nicole Kidman pee on Zac Efron. That’s the way the Internet works. Three other women offer to pee on Zac Efron’s jellyfish wounds and Kidman says, “If anyone’s gonna pee on you…”“…it’s gonna be me.”
Funniest line of the festival. Tell me about that scene. Why did it have to be in there? Well, I got nervous at the end, after we shot it. So I called Nicole. First of all, it was really hard to shoot. It was the third day. The first scene we shot was the sex scene with John [Cusack and Kidman]. I like to get that right out of the way. The second day was the telepathic sex scene in the prison. And the third day of shooting was the piss scene.
Ha! You front-loaded it, so that way if they try to back out… I got it! Yes, I got it! Yes, see ya! …But, when right before I sent it off to Cannes, I called Nicole at three in the morning. I said, “Nicole, I can’t do it, I’ve gone too far. I can’t put that scene in the movie.” She said, “Lee, you made me pee on Zac Efron, if you don’t put that in the movie, you’re out of your freakin’ mind. I did it! I did it!” [A publicist interrupts with a two-minute warning.] No, not yet, yo! This is GQ, this is my favorite magazine. We gotta keep talking… What was I saying?
You were talking to Nicole. She said, “No way, you’re out of your mind.” So we put it in. That was the one where I thought, “Oh… No…” When you’re doing the script it makes sense, when you’re shooting it, it makes sense, but then you see the totality and you’re like, “Woah. Woah.”
What was it that made you worry? Walk me through it.Look, the dude [Efron] gets a hard-on because he’s sitting there staring at [Kidman’s] ass. But I couldn’t go there because I refused to show the hard-on. I wasn’t going to do that. Then she says, “Take that hard-on and go over to those other girls [nearby on the beach].” In the book, he goes into the water to swim off the hard-on, but I had to reconstruct the scene because it was too much.
So you’re thinking, it’s already toned down… It’s already way down, dude! Way down. And then he goes swimming and he’s attacked by jellyfish. And how you fix it is with urine. And it’s brilliantly written by Pete Dexter.
But, let’s be honest, then you go for it! It’s not like it’s framed by a palm tree and you barely see it. You zoom in on Nicole’s thighs and we see the golden shower! There’s no cut-away. You went for it, c’mon. Let me ask you something, dude, what did you think?
I howled. Of course I did: It’s Nicole Kidman peeing on Zac Efron. Ha! And if you could have watched Zac’s face: He’s supposed to be passed out and [while she’s peeing] he’s just got this smile on his face. I’m like, “Zac, pretend like you’re dead!” And he’s just got this crazy smile on his face. The whole thing’s crazy.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4lcqojhaq1qe6vsbo1_500.jpg)
Add this to the movies I’m excited for.
gq:
Why Does Nicole Kidman Pee On
ZachZac Efron In The Paperboy?Director Lee Daniels explains to GQ’s Logan Hill what the hell he was thinking with his instantly infamous scene from tthe Cannes Film Festival so-bad-its-good (or maybe just plain bad) conversation-starter. Click here to watch a scene.
The big headline going around the Internet today is: “Nicole Kidman pees on Zac Efron.”
Is it?Of course. Because you have Nicole Kidman pee on Zac Efron. That’s the way the Internet works. Three other women offer to pee on Zac Efron’s jellyfish wounds and Kidman says, “If anyone’s gonna pee on you…”
“…it’s gonna be me.”Funniest line of the festival. Tell me about that scene. Why did it have to be in there?
Well, I got nervous at the end, after we shot it. So I called Nicole. First of all, it was really hard to shoot. It was the third day. The first scene we shot was the sex scene with John [Cusack and Kidman]. I like to get that right out of the way. The second day was the telepathic sex scene in the prison. And the third day of shooting was the piss scene.Ha! You front-loaded it, so that way if they try to back out…
I got it! Yes, I got it! Yes, see ya! …But, when right before I sent it off to Cannes, I called Nicole at three in the morning. I said, “Nicole, I can’t do it, I’ve gone too far. I can’t put that scene in the movie.” She said, “Lee, you made me pee on Zac Efron, if you don’t put that in the movie, you’re out of your freakin’ mind. I did it! I did it!” [A publicist interrupts with a two-minute warning.] No, not yet, yo! This is GQ, this is my favorite magazine. We gotta keep talking… What was I saying?You were talking to Nicole.
She said, “No way, you’re out of your mind.” So we put it in. That was the one where I thought, “Oh… No…” When you’re doing the script it makes sense, when you’re shooting it, it makes sense, but then you see the totality and you’re like, “Woah. Woah.”What was it that made you worry? Walk me through it.
Look, the dude [Efron] gets a hard-on because he’s sitting there staring at [Kidman’s] ass. But I couldn’t go there because I refused to show the hard-on. I wasn’t going to do that. Then she says, “Take that hard-on and go over to those other girls [nearby on the beach].” In the book, he goes into the water to swim off the hard-on, but I had to reconstruct the scene because it was too much.So you’re thinking, it’s already toned down…
It’s already way down, dude! Way down. And then he goes swimming and he’s attacked by jellyfish. And how you fix it is with urine. And it’s brilliantly written by Pete Dexter.But, let’s be honest, then you go for it! It’s not like it’s framed by a palm tree and you barely see it. You zoom in on Nicole’s thighs and we see the golden shower! There’s no cut-away. You went for it, c’mon.
Let me ask you something, dude, what did you think?I howled. Of course I did: It’s Nicole Kidman peeing on Zac Efron.
Ha! And if you could have watched Zac’s face: He’s supposed to be passed out and [while she’s peeing] he’s just got this smile on his face. I’m like, “Zac, pretend like you’re dead!” And he’s just got this crazy smile on his face. The whole thing’s crazy.
Recently, I’ve been thinking about what motivates me to continue doing photography. I get bored with things quickly and surprisingly this isn’t one of them.
Is it going to be a career? Ideally, yes (part-time). Realistically, no.
Is it for the money? lolz
Is it a combination of enjoyment, challenging, and being able to tell people I have a legitimate hobby? Yeah, I’ll go with that.
If you look at my photos from when I first started to now, there is a startling change in the subjects I chose to shoot. It went from nature and landscapes to portraits and experimental stuff. I would say my friends who followed my work saw the change occurring. I never found landscapes challenging and photography (as well as this town) is so saturated with nice landscapes that it’s kind of dull. Like I said before, I get bored with things quickly.
I like being social and working with people. I love psychology for a reason. I also enjoy modern and experimental art. My stuff won’t be as appreciated or as good. And I certainly will be selling less than I did (impossible as it seems).
But the only thing that matters is that this is more challenging and enjoyable to me.
On that note, contact me if you want to shoot something (studioazphotography@gmail.com). I currently have one long-term project. I need a variety of individuals for face-less portraits.
