Thursday, November 19, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
i consider myself a refined valley dude...
we're going to the found footage festival in albuquerque tomorrow. super excited.
Friday, August 28, 2009
battle royale!
in honor of my fiance moving the last of his stuff in. the movie that brought us together that one night at sarah's house. バトル ロワイアル!
also- making honey soap that's actually good for your skin. i'm shopping my designs around all month. hopefully someone picks up annebien gifts locally. and i'd kill to get on shana logic.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
this is the future and you are alive. D-9.
you should feel sick. and you should feel uncomfortable. this isn't a movie about aliens.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Gang Gives Back
the best episode ever.
and if you're here looking for the one where the gang sings boyz II men it's Paddy's Pub: The Worst Bar in Philadelphia
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Invisible Children: MEND
Starting a fashion mutiny by giving high style a soul.
MEND is designed to seam a personal connection between products and their makers, while repairing the lives of women in distressed regions of the world.
THIS IS NOT CHARITY. MEND is a sophisticated, competitive, and internationally inspired brand catering to the stylish. A subdivision of IC, MEND is constructed with the belief that what’s on the outside and what’s on the inside- should both matter equally.
Our handbags are story-driven. Each garment carries the name of the seamstress who made it. Each individual name unlocks online profiles of each seamstress employed in our program (coming 2009). Through video bios and photos she will share how she is “on the MEND” because of a simple purchase.
The women employed in our program are formerly abducted child soldiers, often used in captivity as sex slaves. Those lucky enough to escape, (often, with children of their own), are ostracized due to their affiliation with the rebels. They lack education, and are taught sewing as a part of their brief rehabilitation. With demand for seamstresses already sparse due to the war, many are left without the means to support themselves and their children.
MEND is a socially and environmentally responsible company, made in afflicted emergent regions, and in turn, benefiting those regions. Similar to its parent company- Invisible Children, MEND is beginning with northern Uganda, with the possibility of heedful worldwide expansion. In October of 2007, 13 women, with many more to follow, began to MEND.
1. to restore something broken
2. to heal or recover
3. sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
who the hell died and made you king koopa?
i'm trying hard to get a grip on what actually happened this weekend. it's like i'm running slow. two or three seconds behind where i'm supposed to be. someone wind me up. i want to explain what happened from my first hand experience, and then respond to this texasinafrica blog. but all in due time.
my heart is beeping/breaking for the invisible children.
this weekend was the rescue hosted by invisible children. a rally. yes. an act of solidarity. yes. a form of civil disobedience. yes. but a protest it was not. first and foremost.
to explain our actions, i have to explain first what the children of northern uganda are going through right now. children as young as 5 are pulled from their homes and schools and forced at the barrel of a gun to march, fight and murder for the LRA. if they refuse to cooperate, they are killed and used as a way of scaring the other children into submission. their leader Joseph Kony uses god to keep them frightened and willing to do whatever he says. a child has an amazing mind. the capability to bend their imagination around anything. and this man is telling them that god wants them to kill their families. and that god has chosen them to die. he has claimed that he is possessed by a spirit and that god speaks through him. this coupled with a knife to your throat would convince any child to kill for him. on a whim he has decided he wants to slaughter a group of his own troops. he cuts off body parts of those who cross him. what started as a plot to overthrow the government of uganda, has turned into madness. no real rhyme or reason. just a textbook psychopathic murderer. kony has refused on several occasions to sign peace treaties, and as he is a threat to his own people and people in neighboring countries, we are now demanding his arrest.
there is no way that we can recreate in america what those kids are going through in the LRA camp in uganda. obviously. we weren't blindfolded and forced to march barefoot through the desert. no one was murdered. no one had their arms ripped off their body. no one was stomped to death on the side of the road. wtf were you thinking it would be? i'm extremely insulted that you imply to know MY motives for going from watching a 2 minute statesman piece. it is true that the event could have run smoother. yes. and some of our organizers were douchebags. absolutely. but don't you dare say that what we did was for nothing at all. i'm looking down at my shirt while i'm forced to walk through the city to get to the capitol, and i'm so grateful that i live in a country where i don't actually have an ak-47 strapped to my chest. there are no bullets flying over my head, and at any point i can choose to go home. and it all came crashing down why i was doing this. for the kids who don't have that privilege. i will walk in solidarity for the kid who can never really go back to the life of a normal 8 year old because he was forced to murder his parents. the only life he knows now is one of violence and dissent. i'll walk for that kid who wanted so much to go to school and become a politician to hopefully change the life of people in uganda for the better, but was picked out of a crowd and killed just to serve as a scare tactic.
i arrive at the capitol and all i have for the weekend is what i could carry on my back. far more than what the children in uganda have, and i was grateful for that. always grateful. always humble the entire weekend. the first and absolutely most important goal of this rally, is to put pressure on or government to arrest kony and hold him accountable for the horrible things he's done. that is our demand. secondly, to raise media coverage about the situation to educate the people in the western world who haven't heard of what's going on. in my opinion, every single person should know about it. and everyone should be totally pissed about it. so angry, that they are moved to action in any way. i'm crying. sobbing in front of the capitol building. NOT because of what i'm going through. NOT because it's an accurate portrayal of an LRA camp at all. but because i know what someone half a world away IS going through. i'm out on the front lawn as an act of solidarity. writing letters to my political leaders that they are legally bound to read and respond to. begging for help. not for myself, but for the people who really need it. i will be visible somewhere. i will fight with all my heart, with my entire soul to provide a better life for these children.
something i can't get my head around is this line "Support for ten schools. Which is a good thing. But it took how many millions of dollars and wasted years to do it?" all of the money collected goes somewhere important. personally i don't consider fresh water wells so that the people in the idp camps can have clean drinking water a waste of time or money. personally if i were living in that situation and heard someone say that everything that has been done outside of education was a waste of time, i'd wanna telepathically bitch slap them. invisible children has provided jobs in an otherwise unemployable situation. the mend program has provided 13 women who were former sex slaves jobs. which is a small amount, but it's more than they ever had. the savings and investment training initiative has provided financial management training. with an ultimate goal to become a self-sustaining society out of an utter desperate situation. the bracelet campaign has provided jobs and substantial pay for 180 more people. maybe you think it's a waste of time to essentially aid people in need, but i don't. whether it's aiding people who are starving, or raising awareness in america it's not a waste of time or money. obviously things cost money. the san diego offices don't pay for themselves. electricity bills. banners. t-shirts. and websites all cost money. but it all goes towards education. every inch.
"By all accounts, the IC organization is seen as a bit of a joke in northern Uganda. This isn't suprising seeing as there's no evidence that IC's ideas for helping with the situation appear to actually come from Ugandans themselves." i don't know what gallop polls you've been reading to get this information, but i'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you here. i can't even begin to pick this apart. i mean wtf is this? i could make outrageous claims too i suppose. but that would completely discredit my entire piece...
after the global night commute in 2006, night commuting stopped. after displace me in 2007, the us state department appointed a senior advisor to the conflict in africa. and now in 2009, we want to arrest joseph kony, and bring home the children. these are our demands. (you have one day...)
nice lance name drop by the way. it really captured the emotion you were so desperately striving for.
Friday, April 24, 2009
taking woodstock and 9
there's only one or two movies per year that i get REALLY excited for. these are my two 2009's.
and now an open letter to Hayao Miyazaki,
dear mr. miyazaki, i have waited patiently for the new movie for a long time. hurry up and release 'panyo' already. post production should not take this long. i still love you.
-Anne
i'm being abducted. please come save me.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
you shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you...
i'm not entirely sure what i'm seeing, but i know i like it. i might be the only person who's not heard of this, or i've stumbled upon youtube gold. i wish i could snuggle up with all these little guys for a few days. we'd eat ice cream all day and i'd sew panda's arm back on.
ain't it hard when you discover that, he really wasn't where it's at... it feels pretty shitty.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
little was known of sierra leonne, and how we connect to the diamonds we own...
"Doy Bags are made by a women's environmental and livelihood cooperative in the Philippines. More than 500 women and their families benefit from the regular work and fair wages plus a number of other benefits such as health insurance, skills training and an educational scholarship program for their children. Discarded juice packs are a major problem in the Philippines, littering streets, road verges, parks and waterways. Countless millions of these non-biodegradable packs end up in landfill or, worse, are incinerated, with the risk of toxic chemicals being released. An enterprising group of women from one small community on the outskirts of Manila decided to do something about their rubbish problem - juice packs and other rubbish was littering the streets and polluting the once beautiful river that runs alongside the community. Today not only is the village clean, tidy and a much more pleasant place to live, but, inspired by their slogan There's money in rubbish, the women have created jobs that are transforming lives and improving the community as a whole."
i found these randomly today, and instantly fell in love with the company. they have a bunch of different designs and colors. i'm really excited for these. i think if you're going to buy something, you should think first about who it's going to directly affect. they're totally economical, and super cute. i back this.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
the next time we have to come in here, we're crackin' skulls...
we're working on some big ideas, bigger concepts, and huge themes. run/fight for your life, because the zombie apocalypse is coming.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
INVISIBLE CHILDREN: THE RESCUE APRIL 25, 2009
9 countries, 100 cities, one voice.
one month from today i will abduct myself to bring home the abducted child soldiers of uganda. watch the movie and get involved.
The Rescue Manual (pdf)
arrest joseph kony, bring the children home.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
I haven't lived. I've died a few times.
i'm sorry i keep waking you up, i just can't get my eyes to close. and i can't ever sleep when the sheets don't smell like the house i grew up in. ...type-highlight-delete. hire a private detective to track my moods. start looking in that place where i need you to love me.
listening to "maybe i'm dreaming" and "this gigantic robot kills".
so i'll always know where it is.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
i put the action in action sports (3/12)
last night, jeremy lusk died hours after crashing on a heart-attack backflip in the x-nights competition in costa rica.
i'm at a loss for words today. i can't seem to figure out what's going on. fmx has become so competitive it's evolving into it's own best trick competition. lusk was as smooth and steady of a rider as stenberg, with the strength and muscle of deegan to pull off the flip tricks that won him gold at X-08. he was only 24 and i feel really bad for his wife and his parents. he was the future of fmx and it's a huge loss for the moto-x world. r.i.p. jeremy.
Friday, February 6, 2009
you don't know anything about movies. who the hell asked you?
1. the texas chainsaw massacre
2. house on haunted hill
3. 13 ghosts
4. house of wax
5. don't look now
6. alice sweet alice
7. psycho
8. jaws
9. the shining
10. .rec
11. children of the corn
12. last house on the left
13. candyman
14. frankenstien
15.wait until dark
16. when a stranger calls
17. night of the living dead (1968)
18. night of the living dead (1990)
19. suspiria
20. dracula
21. pet cemetary
22. the mummy
23. the birds
24. the stepford wives
25. phantasm
26. the amityville horror
27. dawn of the dead
28. the omen
29. rosemary's baby
30. rear window
31. day of the dead
32. the serpent and the rainbow
33. black christmas
34. silence of the lambs
35. zombi 2
36. evil dead
37. evil dead 2
38. carrie
39. wicker man
40. the hills have eyes
41. invasion of the body snatchers
42. freaks
43. marathon man
44. clockwork orange
45. audition
46. a tale of two sisters
47. ju-on the curse
48. the grudge
49. the grudge 2
50. shutter
51. battle royale
52. suicide club
53. oldboy
54. one missed call
55. one missed call 2
56. coming soon
57. alone
58. land of the dead
59. ringu
60. se7en
61. the blob
62. war of the worlds
63. the day the earth stood still
64. them
65. the other
66. single white female
67. the eye
68. nosforatu
69. invaders from mars
70. the alligator people
71. bubba ho-tep
i couldn't even make it to any specific round number, because let's face it, there's just not that many good movies. in no order whatsoever. i don't think it's fair to stack movies against each other that are in all ways vastly different from each other.
i find myself getting really (unnecessarily) upset over these top whatever scariest movies ever made. ask a bunch of assholes who don't know anything about movies to comment on them. amazing. might as well ask my friends to compile a list of the scariest movie scenes of all time. they know many things. but horror, they do not. so i did what any nerd would do. i made my own. that someone else is bound to disagree with, and get all up-in-arms about.
the snob in me makes it very very difficult to include anything from america from the past 20 years. but if you look closely, you might find one or two. also, (1) omar epps and naomi watts immediately disqualified their movies. and (2) i think fright night, poltergeist, and exorcist are all too funny to make the cut. deal with it.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
you have my support... (what??)
this guy is way better than i ever was. but then, my first choice was always leonardo... and i always died in the dam. early 90's bad graphics nintendo. is there anything better? no, i don't think so.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
welcome new readers from snowman cam...
a little gift for you. do something nice for someone you don't know today.
starting over again without the parasite. things are looking good.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
it is said that "coffee is gold"...
Black Gold (or: suck it starbucks, you evil bastards.)
PART 2
PART 3
PART 4
PART 5
PART 6
PART 7
PART 8
"Multinational coffee companies now rule our shopping malls and supermarkets and dominate the industry worth over $80 billion, making coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil. But while we continue to pay for our lattes and cappuccinos, the price paid to coffee farmers remains so low that many have been forced to abandon their coffee fields. Nowhere is this paradox more evident than in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. Tadesse Meskela is one man on a mission to save his 74,000 struggling coffee farmers from bankruptcy. As his farmers strive to harvest some of the highest quality coffee beans on the international market, Tadesse travels the world in an attempt to find buyers willing to pay a fair price. Against the backdrop of Tadesse's journey to London and Seattle, the enormous power of the multinational players that dominate the world's coffee trade becomes apparent. New York commodity traders, the international coffee exchanges, and the double dealings of trade ministers at the World Trade Organisation reveal the many challenges Tadesse faces in his quest for a long term solution for his farmers. "
copy the code below and embed this in your blog. pass the story along.
and happy birthday to my friend cassie. i love her very much.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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i can't wait for our new president to get here. it's seriously like waiting for christmas. after you went to the store and picked out your gift, but your parents wrap it and make you wait till the 25th anyway.
i can't help but feel like this is where we're at right now. somebody tell the new guy to do something about that.
also- to whoever hit my car, if i find you, i'm going to hurt you. badly.
nothing i do is better than this. props to you, ladies.
wickedminky on ETSY
i'm totally jealous, but also the biggest fan of anyone who can do something i can't. i've always been particularly envious of people who make their living painting and creating art. while browsing through etsy, i found these two people's profiles, and i almost couldn't handle the awesome therein. i'd like to give them both big hugs.
OctopusMe on ETSY
Friday, January 9, 2009
that's enough america.
(1, 2, 3,) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
let's try coming up with something new. ok? finding out yesterday that wes craven's last house on the left was being remade, was pretty much the final nail in the coffin. if there's an alice sweet alice or don't look now remake, i don't know what i'll do with my life. i might not be able to go on. and someone tell roy lee he can't remake battle royale. tell him! cause i'll come looking for him if he does.
:::EDIT::: i want to die.
coming this summer: the re-re-re-release where all the guns have been replaced with walkie-talkies, and anne is totally pissed off the whole time.
also: everything is starting to look like the grudge and the ring because you're the biggest douche in the universe. if it's a good idea, someone's probably thought of it BEFORE YOU. open your eyes before you open your mouth. PLEASE!
current obsession: the (u.s.) office
Link: 
don't sleep. it's a 5 day-5 season office marathon.
all i want in my lifetime, is for jim and pam to live happily ever after.
Friday, January 2, 2009
i'd love to slap my troubles away...
lol @ the slap chop with vince offer. omg this guy is amazing. don't have a boring tuna and don't have a boring life.
