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Billy Collins was born in New York City in 1941. He is the author of several books of poetry, including Ballistics (2008), She Was Just Seventeen (2006), The Trouble with Poetry (2005); Nine Horses (2002); Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems (2001); Picnic, Lightning (1998); The Art of Drowning (1995), which was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize; Questions About Angels (1991), which was selected by Edward Hirsch for the National Poetry Series; The Apple That Astonished Paris (1988); Video Poems (1980); and Pokerface (1977).
A recording of Collins reading thirty-three of his poems, The Best Cigarette, was released in 1997. Collins's poetry has appeared in anthologies, textbooks, and a variety of periodicals, including Poetry, American Poetry Review, American Scholar, Harper's, Paris Review, and The New Yorker.
His work has been featured in the Pushcart Prize anthology and has been chosen several times for the annual Best American Poetryseries. Collins has edited Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry (Random House, 2003), an anthology of contemporary poems for use in schools and was a guest editor for the 2006 edition of The Best American Poetry.
About Collins, the poet Stephen Dunn has said, "We seem to always know where we are in a Billy Collins poem, but not necessarily where he is going. I love to arrive with him at his arrivals. He doesn't hide things from us, as I think lesser poets do. He allows us to overhear, clearly, what he himself has discovered."
In 2001, Collins was named U.S. Poet Laureate. His other honors and awards include fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 1992, he was chosen by the New York Public Library to serve as "Literary Lion". He has conducted summer poetry workshops in Ireland at University College Galway, and taught at Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence, and Lehman College, City University of New York. He lives in Somers, New York.
Apparently Nike has not been briefed on the Streisand Effect.
To quote the bastion of internet memes that is Wikipedia: "The Streisand effect is an internet phenomenon where an attempt to censor or remove a piece of information backfires, causing the information to be widely publicized."
The term was coined in 2003, when singer Barbara Streisand sued a photographer who took an aerial photo of her California beach house, and demanded the picture be removed from the website Pictopia.com, citing privacy concerns.
As a result, the subsequent trial raised public knowledge of the damaging photograph, which became somewhat of an internet sensation and spread like wildfire through the various channels of social media, in their infancy at the time.
The bottom line is that much more people saw the photograph than if Streisand wouldn't have made such a fuss in the first place, no doubt due spite - and to the nefarious nature of the act, suppressing freedom in an era of free.
It's common sense, and should be rule number one for brands dealing with social media.
Even the mere idea of trying to hide something should be ultimately abandoned, as the internet will seek it out, and air it for all to see, simply out of principal - even if it's something stupid photograph of some stupid house, among 10,000 others.
Imagine the backlash if a brand had something actually juicy, something actually worth sweeping under the rug.
Bad Nike, bad.
The sportswear brand, known for sponsoring the world's finest athletes, has a real cracker on its hands with LeBron James - the 24 year old basketball phenom, good enough to be the next Michael Jordan, if he could ever get a decent supporting squad.
But ultimately, he's brandable. And dependable, with a long, winning career ahead of him. Pure Nike.
So, when hosting a training camp for young college players earlier this month, LeBron James was 'dunked-on' by a 20-year-old nobody named Jordan Crawford.
A 'posterising' dunk (ie one you would find on a basketball poster), the ultimate humiliation, two-handed, over the head of the hapless victim.
Not something you want caught on video, your star sponsor being jumped over, dunked on, shamed, disgraced, mortified, etc.
Soon after the event took place, without much more than a few hoots and hollers from the hundreds watching in the stands, Nike demanded CBS, who was filming the event, confiscate all the tapes of the dunk - creating instant demand for said video, virtual currency.
Did Nike really think no one in the bleachers would be filming? Surely not. But its plan backfired, badly.
Of course, the video found its way onto YouTube, although admittedly taking longer than usual, about two weeks compared to the requisite two hours or so.
After watching the video, the dunk is hardly noticeable, and would have likely escaped besides a stray 'Didja see...?' among the few in attendance.
But no, Nike didn't want the internet to see it, so naturally, the internet sought it out, and make sure everyone else does too. It's Streisand, brands beware.
Because the space shuttle Endeavour launched into space last week, NASA Astronaut Mark Polansky and the STS-127 crew aboard invited people to ask them questions about space exploration. Videos came in from all around the world, and many of the questions came from kids, curious to learn more about what it's actually like in space. Now that they're finally in orbit, the STS-127 crew is answering these questions via video and posting them on the NASA YouTube channel.
Cameron, recording a video from England, asks: "What would happen if you were to fly into a black hole?"
Dawn from Indianapolis, Indiana asks: "If youre in a spacesuit, especially on an EVA, and you have to sneeze, how do you deal with that, especially if it splatters? Also, if your nose itches while youre in a spacesuit, how do you deal with that?"
Mission Specialist Dave Wolf responds:
In this video, Polansky answers 13-year-old Rio Morales's question: "What's the best thing about being in space?"
Activism today isn't limited to picket lines and marches on the mall — people have taken their movements to the web, and YouTube has become an important platform for exposure. Every day, people use YouTube to fight for causes, whether they're hunger-striking celebrities like Mia Farrow for Darfur:
Or a 9-year-old kid in Pittsburgh, PA who used YouTube to protest a new development in his neighborhood that would ruin his favorite kickball lot:
OnCitizentube, the YouTube blog that chronicles the way people use video to change the world.Digital activists use YouTube in three basic ways: to shine a light on issues that need more exposure, to drive action around causes they care about, and to create.
Witness, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to document human rights abuses around the world through video, offers an excellent example. This video from their YouTube channel chronicles the clashes between the Burmese military and rural ethnic minorities:
InvisiblePeople.tv is giving voice to America's homeless through video:
Of course the protests in Iran :
And China:
Through YouTube, charity:water was able to raise over $10,000 in one day — enough to build two brand-new wells in the Central African Republic and give over 150 people clean drinking water for 20 years:
Video Volunteers is YouTube's version of a new platform that Google has launched called All for Good, which helps match citizens with volunteer opportunities in their local communities. Built in partnership with the White House, All for Good is sort of like a Craigslist for community service. But you don't just have to show up at your local soup kitchen or animal shelter to give back -- volunteering in the 21st century can be done entirely online:
Whether you're an aspiring filmmaker, an at-home vlogger, an advertising aficionado, or just someone with a video camera and some spare time on the weekend, you can be a Video Volunteer. And if you're a nonprofit who would like to find a video volunteer, you can visit the Video Volunteers channel for information on how to post a video assignment.
What is the creative route you would take to advertise a brand of fashion accessories crafted from recycled newspapers? Save the environment, right? No. To promote a line of Couture Planet handbags and accessories made from recycled newspapers, a group of creatives, Keith Lane, Deborah Hines and Frank Rapp put together a witty series of posters that celebrate the demise of the newspaper, poke fun at Prada and call attention to Paris Hilton's apparent lack of readings skills. (via AdRants.)
The makers of the ad admit that they'd seen the artwork prior to shooting, but deny that it influenced them.
Eyebrows Dance:
Cadbury’s Eyebrows Dance:
Ad Agency: Fallon UK.
West 49 Gorilla:
Cadbury’s Gorilla:
Ad Agency: Fallon UK.
David Letterman: Bouncing Balls in San Francisco.
Sony Bravia: Bouncing Balls in San Francisco.
Ad Agency: Fallon UK.
Mark Simon Lewis’ film: Zoetrope
Sony Bravia: Zoetrope
Ad Agency : Fallon, UK.
“I got a sense the Sony ad was maybe influenced by Mark’s film,” says Katie Daniels, a freelance producer who worked on the film and contacted CR at the time of the blog story on the Bravia spot. “Obviously the idea of a zoetrope is not new, but from the atmosphere I had a sense that they’d watched the film. But it wouldn’t be so grating if they hadn’t got in touch and then we’d not heard from them again, that was bad etiquette. Directors are creating these films as showpieces for little or no money in the hope they’ll get commercial work.”
Following the furore on the blog, Fallon explained that the contact had been made with Hewis in relation to a different strand of the project for Sony, and that the production of the Bravia-drome ad was already well underway by the time this occurred. The agency is also categorical in its assertion that it never takes its ideas from outside sources. “We would be doing ourselves a huge disservice if we were found to be deliberately taking an idea from elsewhere,” says Fallon partner Chris Willingham. “That’s so fundamental to our work, and why clients choose us.”
Peter Fischli and David Weiss Rube Goldberg Chain Reaction:
Honda: Cog: Rube Goldberg Chain Reaction:
Ad Agency: Wieden+ Kennedy, UK.
Tony Davidson, creative director at Wieden & Kennedy, said the (Honda Cog) film carried various cultural references. He told Creative Review: "Advertising references culture and always has done. Part of our job is to be aware of what is going on in society. There is a difference between copying and being inspired by."
“Appearing disappearance is part of the high definition art project Advanced Beauty from 2007. It was curated by Universal Everything (universaleverything.com) and scored by Freefarm (freefarm.co.uk). Sadly it only was released on DVD, but here in its intended HD detail. A full HD version can be found at my homepage.
It's basically a hypercomplex structure made out of intervening layers of motion, that reveal over several viewings. There are even mocap driven traces of humans in the image, but often they are just overseen. A "backwards version" called "disappearing appearance" was produced as well and should help to unveil all the details...
It was "referenced" by Psyop for a Nokia spot (vimeo.com/2549728) without my knowledge. But not only me, also UVA (vimeo.com/2376770) appears in the spot... Any comments on such a shameless behaviour are more than welcome!”
~ Robert Siedel
Eliza Williams' excellent article The YouTube Dilemma from Creative Review’s May issue (which you can read here) discussed the difficulties ad agencies are getting themselves into over YouTube.
On the one hand, here is a rich source of ideas to "borrow" and adapt for campaigns; on the other, is the realization that they cannot get away with simply taking others' ideas for their own use as they would have done in the past.
I agree with Mr Tony Davidson that “advertising references culture” but where does one draw the line?
What do you feel? Please post in the comments section.
The first ever event to bring together witnesses, champions and makers of community video from around India
August 10 to 14, 2009, Goa, India.
Are you interested in creating media with grassroots communities? Does the world of video excite you? If yes, come to this camp to learn more and share more.
Video Volunteers is organizing a five-day Community Video Training Camp for community video practitioners, media and communication students, academics, and NGOs. It is a platform for everybody to come together and share experiences from the field as well as learn various practical skills such as making music videos, video blogging, animation and many more. For details of the camp, please click:
http://www.videovolunteers.org/community-video-training-camp/
Community video is a form of citizens' journalism that is “of, for and by communities.” Disadvantaged communities are given tools and necessary training to express their needs and knowledge – to shout out, to celebrate and to debate in their own voice. Over the last few years in India, several NGOs have started community video projects, and innovations in related fields, like community radio, rural Internet networking and video blogging, have taken off like wildfire. This camp will further the learnings, innovations and experiences.
Feel free to call 0832-2281032 and speak with Bhawana, CampCoordinator.
We can accommodate only 100 participants, so please register at the earliest. Participants should arrive by the evening of August 9th, 2009, as the workshops begin early on Monday. You can stay over in Goa after the training camp as 15th and 16th of August are holidays. However, you will need to cover your own expenses during those days.
Video Volunteers (www.videovolunteers.org) is one of the lead innovators in the world of community video. Three years ago, the leaders of VV created a model of community video - 'Community Video Units' - that has now been instituted by 12 NGOs around India. More than 150 community producers have been trained, whose films have caused thousands to take action on their issues. These producers' learning and vision will inspire others about what is possible when communities have a voice that is creative, powerful, inspirational and passionate.
Prince Charles’ decision to become the first Royal to use a social network to campaign for a worthy cause was warmly received by the majority of the public interviewed in the latest BrandRepublic video.
Levi Strauss and advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy have launched a new advertising campaign, “Go Forth”, presenting an optimistic tone in a time of pessimism in the United States. The online (goforth.levi.com), print and television elements borrow words and concepts from American poet Walt Whitman to establish a pioneering tone for the “New Americans”.
The audio in this spot is believed to be an original wax recording of Whitman’s real voice reading four lines of his 1888 poem “America”, part of the inspiration for the Manifest Destiny movement.
America
Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,
All, all alike endear’d, grown, ungrown, young or old,
Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich,
Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love,
A grand, sane, towering, seated Mother,
Chair’d in the adamant of Time.
Recently,Air New Zealand released a new flight safety video for their Boeing 737’s called “The Bare Essentials of Safety, that features some of their employees giving demonstrations in the nude. However, their bodies are covered in paint that look like air crew uniforms. As if their Kiwi accents weren’t enough to make us love them.
After killing her trainer in a city parade in Erwin, Tennessee, 1916, the elephant Mary was sentence and hanged in front of an audience of 2500 people.
Today if an elephant is judged to be dangerous it would be an entirely different story. Because at the present time there are sanctuaries for old, sick, and needy animals. One such place is the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee.
It is located at Hohenwald, in LewisCounty. They now have two elephants and room to expand to care for as many as ten more. If such a place had existed in 1916 perhaps Mary could have been sent there and today Erwin would not be known as the town that hanged the elephant.
The electrocution of Topsy the elephant
Topsy was deemed a threat to people by her owners and killed by electrocution on January 4, 1903. Inventor Thomas Edison captured the event on film. He would release it later that year under the title “Electrocuting an Elephant.”
A means of execution initially discussed was hanging. However, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animalsprotested and other ways were considered. Edison then suggested electrocution with alternating current, which had been used for the execution of humans since 1890.
To reinforce the execution, Topsy was fed carrots laced with 460 grams of potassium cyanide before the deadly current from a 6,600-volt AC source was sent coursing through her body. She was dead in seconds.The event was witnessed by an estimated 1,500 people and Edison's film of the event was seen by audiences throughout the United States.
On July 20, 2003, a memorial for Topsy was erected at the Coney IslandMuseum.
The shooting of Tyke the elephant
Tyke was a female circus elephant who on August 20, 1994 in Honolulu, Hawaii, killed her trainer, Allen Campbell, and gored her groomer Dallas Beckwith causing severe injuries during a Circus International performance before hundreds of horrified spectators at the NealBlaisdellCenter. Tyke then bolted from the arena and ran through downtown streets of Kakaako for more than thirty minutes. Police fired 86 shots at Tyke who eventually collapsed from the wounds and died.
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
~John F. Kennedy
AND SO MAH FALOW M3RICANS ASK NOT WUT UR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR U ASK WUT U CAN DO FOR UR COUNTRY
JON!!!11!1!1 OMG F!!!11!!! K3N3DY
A government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
~Abraham Lincoln
A GOVERNM3NT OF TEH P3OPLE BY DA P3OPL3 FOR TEH PEOPLE SHAL NOT PERISH FROM DA EARTH
ABRAHM!1!1!!! WTF LINCOLN
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
~Albert Einstein
DA MOST BAUTIFUL THNG WE CAN AXPAREINC3 SI TEH MYSTARIOS!1!!!1! IT SI DA SOURCE OF AL TRUE ART AND SCEINCE
ALBRT!!1111 OMG LOL 3INSTEIN
This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
~Neil Armstrong
THES SI ONE SMAL STAP FOR A MAN ON3 GIANT L3AP FOR MANKIND
NEIL!!!11! LOL ARMSTRONG
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless--of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life? Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse." That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?"
~ Robin Williams as Professor Keating in Dead Poet's Society
WE DONT READ AND WRIET POETRY B/C ITS CUTA!!!!1 LOL WE RAAD AND WRIET PO3TRY B/C WA R MEMBRS OF DA HUMAN RAEC!!!!!11! OMG WTF LOL AND TEH HUMAN RAEC SI FILED WIT PASION!!11!!!!! LOL AND MEDICIEN LAW BUSIENS ENGIENARNG THASE R NOBLE PURSUITS AND N3C3SARY 2 SUSTANE LIEF!1!1!1!! OMG WTF BUT POETRY BAUTY ROMANCE LOVE THESA R WUT WA STAY ALIEV FOR!111!!!! OMG 2 QUOT3 FROM WHITMAN O ME!11!11 OMG WTF O LIEF.!!1!!!1!!1!1!11!!!!!1!1 OMG WTF LOL OF TEH QUASTIONS OF THASE RECURNG OF TEH ENDLAS TRANES OF TEH FATEHL3S-OF CITEIS FILED WIT TEH FOLISH WUT GOD MID THES3 O ME O LIEF??!?? OMG WTF ANSWER!!1!!111 OMG LOL TAHT U R HARA - TAHT LIEF 3XISTS AND IEDNTITY TAHT TEH POW3RFUL PLAY GOES ON AND U MAY CONTRIBUTA A VERSA!!1!1 OMG LOL TAHT DA POWERFUL PLAY GOES ON AND U MAY CONTRIBUTA A VERSE!11!1 WTF WUT WIL UR VERSA B
?!!??!!
ROBIN WILIMS AS PROFESOR KAATNG IN DAAD POATS SOCEITY
William Shakespeare:
Sonnet XVIII
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
SON3T XVII
SHAL I R THE 2 A SUMERS DAY
THOU??!!? WTF LOL ART MOR3 LOVELEY AND MORE TAMP3RAET
ROUGH WINDS DO SHAEK DA DARLNG BUDS OF MAY
AND SUMERS LAAES HATH AL 2 SHORT A DAET
SOMETIEM 2 HOT DA AYE OF H3AEVN SHIENS
AND OFT3N SI HIS GOLD COMPLEXION DIMAD
AND EVERY FARE FROM FARE SOMATIEM DACLIENS
BY CHANC3 OR NATURES CHANGNG COURS3 UNTRIMAD
BUT THY 3T3RNAL SUMAR SHAL NOT FAED
NOR LOSE POS3SION OF TAHT FARE THOU OWST
NOR SHAL D3ATH BRAG THOU WANDARST IN HIS SHAED
WHAN IN 3TERNAL LIENS 2 TIEM THOU GROWST
SO LONG AS M3N CAN BR3ATHE OR EY3S CAN SE
SO LONG LIEVS THIS AND THES GIEVS LIEF 2 THE!11!!!!!! OMG WTF
Sonnet CXVI
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark,
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
SONAT CXVI
LET ME NOT 2 TEH MARIAEG OF TRUE MINDS
ADMIT IMP3DIEMNTS!!111 OMG LUV SI NOT LOVE
WHICH ALTARS WH3N IT ALTERATION FINDS
OR BNDS WIT TEH REMOVER 2 REMOVE
O NO!1!11111! OMG WTF IT SI AN EVER-FIEXD MARK
TAHT LOKS ON TEMPESTS AND SI NAVER SHAEKN
IT SI DA STAR 2 EVARY WANDERNG BARK
WHOSA WORTHS UNKNOWN ALTHOUGH HIS H3IGHT B TAEKN
LOVAS!11!!!!1 OMG WTF NOT TIEMS FOL THOUGH ROSY LIPS AND CHEKS
WITHIN HIS BNDNG SIKL3S COMPAS COMA
LOVA ALT3RS NOT WIT HIS BREIF HOURS AND WEKS
BUT BARS IT OUT AVEN 2 DA 3DGE OF DOM
IF!!!1111 OMG WTF THES B EROR AND UPON MA PROVAD
I NEV3R WRIT NOR NO MAN AVAR LOVAD
Hamlet:
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.--Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd.
HML3T:
2 B OR NOT 2 B TAHT SI TEH QUESTION
WH3THER TIS NOBL3R IN DA MIND 2 SUFER
THE SLNGS AND AROWS OF OUTRAEGOS FORTUN3
OR 2 TAEK ARMS AGANEST A SAA OF TROUBL3S
AND BY OPOSNG AND TH3M?!?!? OMG WTF 2 DEI 2 SLEP
NO MORE AND BY A SLEP 2 SAY WE END
THE H3ART-ACH3 AND DA THOSAND NATURAL SHOX
TAHT FLESH SI HEIR 2 TIS A CONSUMATION
D3VOUTLEY 2 B WISHD!1!11 OMG LOL 2 DEI 2 SLEP
2 SLEP PARCHANC3 2 DRAM AY THERES TEH RUB
FOR IN TAHT SLEP OF D3ATH WUT DR3MS MAY COM3
WH3N W3 HAEV SHUFL3D OF THES MORTAL COIL
MUST GIEV US PAUES THERES TEH RASPECT
TAHT MAEKS CALMITY OF SO LONG LIEF
FOR WHO WUD BAR DA WHIPS AND SCORNS OF TIEM
THE OPRASORS WRONG DA PROUD MANS CONTUMELEY
THE PANGS OF DESPIESD LOVE TEH LAWS DELAY
THE INSOLANCA OF OFIEC AND DA SPURNS
TAHT PATEINT MERIT OF TEH UNWORTHY TAEKS
WHEN HA HIMSELF MIGHT HIS QUEITUS MAEK
WITH A R BODKIN???????! OMG LOL WHO WUD FARDELS BAR
2 GRUNT AND SWAAT UNDAR A W3ARY LIEF
BUT TAHT TEH DREAD OF SOMETHNG AFTAR DEATH
TH3 UNDISCOV3RD COUNTRY FROM WHOSA BOURN
NO TRAEVL3R RATURNS PUZLAS TEH WIL
AND MAEKS US RATHAR BAR THOS3 ILS W3 HAEV
THAN FLEY 2 OTHARS TAHT WE KNOW NOT OF
THUS???!?!??! WTF CONSCEINCE DOES MAEK COWARDS OF USAL
AND THUS DA NATIEV HUA OF RESOLUTION
IS SIKLEID OAR WIT DA PAEL CAST OF THOUGHT
AND ANTARPRIESS OF GREAT PITH AND MOMANT
WITH THES REGARD THEYRE CUR3NTS TURN AWRY
AND LOSA TEH NME OF ACTION-SOFT!!11!! WTF U NOW
THE!!11!!! FARE OPH3LIA!!11! OMG WTF LOL NYMPH IN THY ORISONS
B AL MAH SINS REM3MBRD
!1!1!111 WTF LOL
Marcus Antony:
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest--
For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men--
Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And, sure, he is an honourable man.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me.
MARCUS AN2NY:
FREINDSROMANSCOUNTRYMANLAND MA UR EARS
I COM3 2 BURY CA3SAR NOT 2 PRASEE HIM
THE!!111! OMG WTF EVIL TAHT MEN DO LIEVS AFTER THAM
THA GOD SI OFT INT3R3D WIT THERE BONAS
SO L3T IT B WIT CAASAR!1!1! OMG TEH NOBL3 BRUTUS
HATH 2LD U CA3SAR WAS MBITIOS
IF IT WARA SO IT WAS A GREIVOS FAULT
AND GREIVOSLEY HATH CAESAR ANSW3RD IT
HER3!111!1111 UNDAR LEAEV OF BRUTUS AND TEH REST-
FOR BRUTUS SI AN HONOURABL3 MAN
SO R TH3Y AL AL HONOURABLA MEN-
COMA I 2 SPAAK IN CAASARS FUNARAL
HE!11!1111 OMG LOL WAS MAH FREIND FATEHFUL AND JUST 2 MA
BUT BRUTUS SAYS HE WAS MBITIOS
AND BRUTUS SI AN HONOURABL3 MAN
HE!11!!1!! OMG WTF HATH BROUGHT MANY CAPTIEVS HOM3 2 ROM3
WHOSE RANSOMS DID DA GENERAL COFERS FIL
DID THES IN CA3SAR SEM MBITIOS
WHEN??!!!!!!! LOL TAHT DA POR HAEV CREID CA3SAR HATH WAPT
MBITION SHUD B MAED OF STARNER STUF
Y3T BRUTUS SAYS H3 WAS MBITIOS
AND BRUTUS SI AN HONOURABLA U!!!111!!! AL DID SE TAHT ON TEH LUPARCAL
I THRIEC PR3S3NTAD HIM A KNGLEY CROWN
WHICH HA DID THRIEC RAFUES WAS THES MBITION
YET??!!???! WTF LOL BRUTUS SAYS H3 WAS MBITIOS
AND SUR3 HE SI AN HONOURABLE MAN
I!!!11111 OMG WTF SPAAK NOT 2 DISPROV3 WUT BRUTUS SPOKA
BUT HARA IM 2 SP3AK WUT I DO U!!1111 LOL AL DID LUV HIM ONCE NOT WITHOUT WUT CAUES WITHOLDS U THAN 2 MOURN FOR HIM
AND M3N HAEV LOST THERE R3ASON!!!11!!1 OMG WTF LOL BAR WIT M3
MY HEART SI IN TEH COFIN THEIR WIT CAESAR
AND I MUST PAUES TIL IT COM3 BAK 2 ME
!1!!!! LOL
Macbeth:
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
MACBTH:
2-MOROW AND 2-MOROW AND 2-MOROW
CREPS IN THES PETY PAEC FROM DAY 2 DAY
2 TEH LAST SYLABLA OF R3CORDED TIEM
AND AL OUR Y3ST3RDAYS HAEV LIGHT3D FOLS
THE WAY 2 DUSTY D3ATH!1!!! LOL OUT OUT BREIF CANDL3
LIEFS!11!!11 BUT A WOKNG SHADOW A POR PLAEYR
TAHT STRUTS AND FRETS HIS HOUR UPON DA STAEG
AND THAN SI HEARD NO MORA IT SI A TAEL
2LD BY AN IDIOT FUL OF SOUND AND FURY
SIGNIFYNG NOTHNG
!11!!1!! OMG WTF
A Red, Red Rose
~ Robert Burns
O, my love is like a red, red rose,
That is newly sprung in June.
O, my love is like the melody,
That is sweetly played in tune.
As fair are you, my lovely lass,
So deep in love am I,
And I will love you still, my Dear,
Till all the seas go dry.
Till all the seas go dry, my Dear,
And the rocks melt with the sun!
O I will love you still, my Dear,
While the sands of life shall run.
And fare you well, my only Love,
And fare you well a while!
And I will come again, my Love,
Although it were ten thousand mile!
A R3D RAD ROSE
ROBRT BURNS
O MAH LUV SI LIEK A RED RAD ROSE
TAHT SI N3WLEY SPRUNG IN JUN3
O!!111111 WTF MAH LUV SI LIEK TEH M3LODY
TAHT SI SWETLEY PLAEYD IN TUN3
AS!!111!!1 OMG WTF FARE R U MAH LOVELEY LAS
SO DEP IN LUV M I
AND I WIL LUV U STIL MAH DEAR
TIL AL TEH S3AS GO DRY
TIL!!!1!!! WTF LOL AL DA SEAS GO DRY MAH D3AR
AND TEH ROX MELT WIT DA SUN
O!!1!!!1! OMG LOL I WIL LUV U STIL MAH D3AR
WHIEL TEH SANDS OF LIEF SHAL RUN
AND!!!1111 R U W3L MAH ONLEY LOVE
AND R U WAL A WHIEL
AND!1!!1 LOL I WIL COME AGANE MAH LOVE
ALTHOUGH IT W3R3 TEN THOSAND MIEL!111!1 OMG LOL
Leisure
~W. H. Davies
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?—
No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance:
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
LEISURA
W!111!! OMG WTF H!!!11! OMG LOL WUT SI THES LIEF IF FUL OF CAER
WE HAEV NO TIEM 2 STAND AND STAER—
NO?!??? OMG WTF TIEM 2 STAND BN3ATH DA BOUGHS
AND R AS LONG AS SHEP AND COWS
NO TIEM 2 SE WHEN WODS WE PAS
WHERE SQUIR3LS HIED THEYRE NUTS IN GRAS
NO TIEM 2 SE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
STRAMS FUL OF STARS LIEK SKEIS AT NIGHT
NO TIEM 2 TURN AT BAUTYS GLANCA
AND WATCH H3R FET HOW THEY CAN DANCE
NO TIEM 2 WATE TIL HAR MOUTH CAN
ENRICH TAHT SMIEL HER AYAS BGAN
A??!??!?!? WTF LOL POR LIEF THES IF FUL OF CAER
WE HAEV NO TIEM 2 STAND AND STAER!!!11 OMG
The 23rd Psalm:
The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name' sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil:
For thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies;
Thou annointest my head with oil;
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.
DA 23RD PSALM
THA LORD SI MAH SHAPH3RD I SHAL NOT WANT
HE!1!1!11 OMG LOL MAEKTH ME 2 LEI DOWN IN GREN PASTURAS
H3 LEAEDTH M3 BSIED DA STIL W8RS
HE!!!!!!1! OMG WTF RAS2RETH MAH SU
HA LEAEDTH M3 IN DA PATHS OF RIGHT3OSNES FOR HIS NMA SAEK
YAA!1111 WTF LOL THOUGH I WOK THROUGH DA VALEY OF TEH SHADOW OF DAATH
I WIL FEAR NO AVIL
FOR THOU ART WIT ME
THY ROD AND THY STAF THEY COMFORT ME
THOU!1!1!1 OMG WTF LOL PREPAERST A TABL3 BFORE M3 IN TEH PRESANCE OF MIEN 3N3MEIS
THOU ANOINT3ST MAH HAAD WIT OIL
MY CUP RUNETH OVER
SUR3LEY!1!1!1!!1 WTF GODN3S AND MERCY SHAL FOLOW M3 AL TEH DAYS OF MAH LIEF
This video is The Dark Knight Viral “Why So Serious?”Case Study. The “Why So Serious?” campaign won the Cannes 2009 Cyber Grand Prix in the viral category. It was a huge worldwide success, with over 10 million unique players participating. Amazing!
The Indian version: Instead of pissing off a whole culture with an Indian Revolution, this time automotive advertisers are putting a Joker-like spin on Honda's Jazz campaign for the sub-continent. Why so serious?
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