Please, don’t thank me. Thank Lis.

A beautiful little video, spotted at Reuben Miller.

Un tour de Manège from Les Manèges on Vimeo.

I can’t stop watching this beautiful animation.  The colours are absolutely mesmerising, and despite being a 3D animation it feels exactly like a watercolour/pencil illustrated children’s book.

Incredible, right?

Thanks to Loobylu for this lovely link.

NaBloPoMo is over, Christmas is coming… it must be December!

Time to dust off some corny Christmas carols, Muppet style.

In my head, Tim and I sound exactly like Freddie Mercury when we sing Bohemian Rhapsody on SingStar.

In reality, we probably sound much closer to the version above…

Thank you for the tip, Mama Mia!

Tim and I get the giggles whenever we see this ad on TV. Of course, commenters on the YouTube video have completely missed the point, and accused Cadbury of peddling poisonous chocolate to dogs.

Le sigh.

If you’re reading this from the other side of the world you won’t be familiar with their other recent ads. They’re so weird, but so good…

Heather Champ has been a staple of my RSS reader for a long time, probably thanks to mentions from Dooce and Maggie Mason over the years. She takes beautiful photographs, and these days helps others to do the same in her role as Community Manager at Flickr.

It came as a complete surprise to see this video in her latest blog post, given that I had no idea she was on holiday in Australia! This bridge is a Brisbane landmark, and has been special to me throughout my entire life. I think it’s really cool that somebody took the time to film it over the course of a day.

This video has reminded me that I need to take Tim on a CityCat ride along the river next month, when we’re back in town. I’m starting to get really excited about our little holiday!

I nearly committed sins against the NaBloPoMo gods by not writing a post in time today, but I’ll manage to scrape in 15 minutes before midnight!

I blame this awful Melbourne heatwave, the packed tram that I had to ride home, and the stench of B.O. in the air that I was utterly unable to get away from. By the time I got home I was really nauseous and needed to sleep it off.

(That sleep lasted a little longer than planned…)

I wish I was a Summer person, but I’m just not. I am really dreading the next few months.

Anyway, I’m lucky to have come across this Kate Nash song tonight, via Naturally Nina’s lovely blog, so that I have something to write about! In her post Nina compared Kate Nash to Regina Spektor, maybe because of her choice of instrumentation, but when I listened to this song it instantly made me think of Lily Allen. The accent makes that an easy comparison, but there’s something about her looks and attitude that makes me think that Lily has been a big influence.

The lyrics are pretty fantastic, and I love that the video managed to convey their suffocating relationship so cleverly using everyday domestic objects. It has certainly made me want to check out the rest of her stuff to see if it’s as good as this song.

Enjoy the tune, I’m off to resume my sleep!

This is easily the funniest thing I’ve seen on YouTube in weeks…

Found at That’s What Your Mum Said.