Archive for August, 2005

guys in thriftshop pants sell luxury goods (again)

Sunday, August 14th, 2005

A new ad for luxury vehicle Jaguar features Aqueduct’s “Hardcore Days and Softcore Nights.” The spot is exceptionally unexceptional, featuring regulation-grade footage of the car’s luxe curves while the music plays in the background.
Even as music in advertisements gets a bit more interesting, the ads themselves seem increasingly standardized — we just went from […]

Cameron Diaz weighs in on God

Saturday, August 13th, 2005

Extra-special-Vicodin-fueled-edition:
Cameron Diaz blames tendency of older men’s testicles to droop on divine intervention:
“…you know how girls, as you get older, your boobs sag? Well, as men get older, their balls hang lower. It’s called SBH: Senior Ball Hang. I think that’s God’s way of making sure guys get to feel insecure too.”
I mean, really people, […]

naughty toiletries

Tuesday, August 9th, 2005

Feel Good Home, a line by Milk Design out of Hong Kong, includes a variety of clever hooks and holders, intended for use in organizing toiletries. The whimsical designs come in black and white, backed with suction cups for easy application to tiles, mirrors and other smooth surfaces. They are available here in Austin at […]

Heidi Klum makes ugly shoes

Monday, August 8th, 2005

I keep hearing how Birkenstocks have gotten more attractive, but if the 2005 Birkenstock Styled by Heidi Klum Collection is any indication, they’ve actually just gotten garish. These shoes look like what would happen if boho-chic collided with cruisewear.
Then again, Heidi Klum was a McDonald’s spokesperson, so we probably should have known better than to […]

closeted

Sunday, August 7th, 2005

Yet another reason to love nerds: Someone made a Sims video of R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet.” Granted, the characters don’t quite have the range of facial expressions that such an epic demands, and nobody gets naked, but it’s fun. (The video is in five acts, much like a Shakespearean drama: Part 1, Part […]