Thought you got over DisneyWorld or DisneyLand when you turned ten? So did we, Sparklers, so did we...
...But then we saw the video after the jump, and we were re-charmed by the magic of Disney. Check out the technique called tilt-shift, which makes people look like little clay figurines in a diorama—we'd seen photos done with tilt-shift photography, but never a video. Our tip for taking this in is to watch the whole thing. The best parts are in random spots. Once you're done, rate the tilt-shift video on our -10 to 10 Scale of Awesomeness.
We were totally inspired, and wonder what you'd shoot a tilt-shift video of if you had the chance?
We love recognizing you guys for your creativity, which is why we're excited to announce the official e-opening of The Cute Thing Hall of Fame, a collection of each caption of the week. One Sparkler already has three mentions! Can you guess who it is?
Wanna get inducted into the Cute Thing Hall of Fame? Write your captions for this adorable birthday kitten in the comments!
Welcome to your weekly dose of happiness, Sparklers!
Let's kick off this award session with a vote: Which do you prefer, Friampion or Frampion?
In the comments section of this post, Sparkler sciencenerdess94 came up with the term "Friampion" to describe Friday Award-getters. (Friday + Champion = Friampion.) But others (myself included, whoops) have been calling them "Frampions." "Frampions" seems to roll off the tongue better, but "Friampion" is the original spelling. Which do you like better? Vote in the comments to determine the official unofficial SparkLife spelling!
Yesterday afternoon and evening, many of you flicked on your computers and chatted with the hilarious Dan Bergstein. But we realize some of you don't have a Facebook account, and others across the world had to do really silly things like sleep and go to school. Alas, not everyone got to chat with Dan, so we decided to take Sparkler synchrogirl117's suggestion and give you some highlights. (If you'd like to read through the entire event, click here.)
We'd also like to thank everyone who participated. The first Dan Bergstein chat was a major success! In fact, we'd love to post the entire, 6 hour-long convo on SparkLife, but with more than 1050 posts, it would be so long that your computer would probably blow up. So here goes: The Best of Bergstein...
Hi everyone!
Welcome to the Facebook Chat. Is anyone else really nervous? No? Just me then.
Feel free to ask me questions about anything, and I'll try to answer you as fast as possible. (Please don't hate me for grammar mistakes and the many, many typos.)
Questions about religion and politics will get short, uninteresting answer because I don't want this to turn into a debate.
Question about my love life will get even shorter, less interesting answers, because I have a girlfriend and would still like to have a girlfriend tomorrow.
Let's do this! [CLAPS HANDS TOGETHER IN LOUD OBNOXIOUS MANNER]
Holyyyyyyy-Z-O-M-friggin-G the Dan Bergstein Facebook chat is Thursday, Nov. 12 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. EST, which is so so so very close to right now.
Have you:
Found out what time zone you're in? RSVP'd on Facebook?
Thought of amazing questions for Dan? Learned to take screenshots of your name right next to Dan's unedited, off-the-cuff responses, so you can make a desktop background/t-shirt/plaque/bowling ball/birthday cake for your momma out of every sentence he types?
Found a nice man with a dirty van to kidnap your younger siblings so they don't bug you while you're chatting with Dan?
Told someone you love them today? (For good karma.)
Yes?! Fantastic! All you need to do is click on our Facebook discussion tomorrow anytime between 3 and 9 to participate.
Got questions? We got answers. Leave your Qs about the Dan B. Facebook chat in the comments, and we (your devoted eds) will respond!
You read that right, Sparklers: this week, we'd like to present some very awesome things, not thing.
We're amping up Awesome Thing for a special Awesome Thing-Off: a mini competition to see which new Awesome Thing in our stockpile is the awesomest of all.
Here's how to play: Check out each Awesome Thing, rate each on a scale of -10 to 10, then check back next week to find out which Sparkler suggestion earned the highest rating.
Thanks to everyone who's been submitting Awesome and Cute things. Your emails make us so so so happy (...and distracted!).
We're proud of our new 1984 Video SparkNote, especially considering there were a lot of Video SparkNotes that didn't make the cut. One rejected series was Math Video SparkNotes, a collection that would have included the following:
American Pi
Four old-looking teenage guys and one raspy bleach blonde who will later host a show in her bathing suit on the E! Network set out to find the last digit of Pi before high school graduation. The group's leader comes up with a foolproof plan to determine the fixed ratio of circumference to diameter after prom. While hanging out with their girlfriends, each guy except the leader realizes that it doesn't matter if he ever finds the last digit of Pi; the real fun is in the journey. The raspy blonde satisfies the leader by faking the last digit, and everyone goes to college happy.
Luckily, for all you cat-NOT-DOG-lovers, we have a few extra links to share with you this week. One comes from villanous_mwaha, and the other is from Sparkler SlushiSushi.
...And for all of you who hate cute things (why are you reading this?), here's our Gross Thing of the Week. Now, is everybody happy?
Write your French Bulldog phone captions in the comments!
It's Frrrrriday, Sparklers, and you know what means: Much-needed hours of movie watching, french fry gobbling, and SparkLife reading are ahead of you. Phew!
Even if you're reading this Sunday night, you still have something to look forward to—Dan Bergstein's Facebook chat next Thursday! RSVP and read details on the Facebook invite!
This week was particularly spectacular thanks to all of you Sparklers who shared your most horrifying moments.
Best Humiliation Story Awards (there were so many funny ones, it was hard to choose!)go to...
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