For those of you who have listend to The Lola Vibe interviews with my friend Mrs Turner, you’ll know she calls it as she sees it.
In this video Ms Turner tells us about a crazy dream she had about a sex scandal among some fruit. The disturbing thing about this video is there are actually people in real life who sound like this.
*Contains coarse language, yes Ms Turner swears like a trooper
I thought I’d post a documentary since I havent added any for a while and one I watched a few weeks ago stood out for me. Have you ever wondered how hacking came about? No? Well I cant say I did either but I will say I thought it was something that was unique to computers. Actually I cant say I really thought about it all that much but when I found this video I was fascinated by the whole story.
It seems hacking has been around for ages – in 1878 Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephone company hired teenage boys to work the switchboards and he quickly realized his mistake. Not only were the boys rude to customers they also disconnected lines during calls and they crossed wires so callers found themselves talking to strangers. And this is considered by many to be the first form of hacking but I wouldnt mind betting if you look far back enough you could probably find teenage hackers in ancient times!
I found this documentary compelling and so disturbing, I’ve watched it a few times over the last year or so and the same points always stand out for me: Read more here>
Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.
What I love about this movie is the way it flows, there is such a poetic feel about it, it makes me think it might well be true! Writer and Director of Lady In The Water, M. Night Shyamalan, described it as a bedtime story and made the story up for his son before producing it as a book.
I think Lady In The Water is original and engaging – if you allow yourself to relax and get caught up in the fantasy and mystery, you can almost get a sense of the storytelling of the old days (well, mine, anyway). And besides all that, there are ideas in this movie that make more sense than a lot of the practical modern ways we have today.
Shyamalan says the art of storytelling is a dying art, and to some extent I think thats true. One of my favorite stories is Pan’s Labyrinth (amazing movie!), and while Lady In The Water doesnt really compare, I do think its a great movie.
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