Are you the last person on Earth still not afraid of clowns? What about famous spokesclown Ronald McDonald? How about if he’s played by a demented Andy Dick?
Dick recently joined forces with animal rights group PETA and Canadian comedian Martin Short – in character as inept entertainment reporter Jiminy Glick – for a Funny or Die Exclusive to promote the parody site McCruelty, which was launched in 2000 as part of a campaign to get McDonald’s to change its methods of slaughtering chickens (including boiling them alive).
In the video, Glick interviews Mr. McDonald about his (and the fast food giant’s) animal rights track record. When the creepy clown isn’t scratching his face with a butcher’s knife he’s demonstrating how he frightens children. And if you’re not scared of clowns after watching it, you’re a stronger person than all of us here at (proudly – thankfully – organic) GURU Energy Drink.
Even if you’re not a PETA supporter, there’s another kind of animal being abused by fast food chains – human beings. About 127 million adults in the U.S. are overweight, 60 million are obese and 9 million are severely obese. And just having access to fast food can affect obesity rates, especially for children. A Canadian study showed that for every additional fast food restaurant for every 10,000 people, a city’s obesity rate rises three per cent.
When GURU Juicy Superfruit isn’t enough to take the edge off this summer, there’s nothing quite as refreshing as a swim. For most city dwellers, this mean’s finding an outdoor public pool (or pretending to be friends with someone who’s got one of their own). On the off chance we are blessed with another day or two of sunshine before September, here are three sweet spots to get your swim on.
The ‘Secret’ McGill Pool A shady, grassy, no-frills escape for under $5
Pros: Full of hot locals, a great antidote to a sweaty hike up and down the mountain, like a picnic in the park – with swimming!
Cons: A bit of a trek from Mile End or further, the bathrooms smell funny, somewhat less of a ‘secret’ as the word spreads (oops)
De La Montagne Hotel Roof Just an elevator ride away from the hustle and bustle of downtown
Pros: Stunning view of the city, right by the bar, open late, features kitschy live music every Thursday
Cons: The pool’s quite small, prepare to get ogled
Mont St. Sauveur Water Park Feel like a kid again with an out-of-town adventure
Pros: With water slides and restaurants it’s more than just a swimming pool
Cons: A day pass costs $35, expect extreme line-ups on weekends, some of those steep slides are apt to take your bikini top (wait, is that a pro?)
January 28, 2009 | by admin | category: Nerd Up!, Play
As reported by Eugene @ mymodernmet: ‘Japanese paper toy creator and artist, Shin Tanaka, has teamed up with LA-based, Asian-American pop culture magazine; Giant Robot, and with Japanese car manufacturer, Scion, in a collaborative effort to provide cut-out templates of Shin’s elaborate paper toys, in various issues of Giant Robot magazine.’
What do you do when it’s too cold to breathe? You bundle up (in your cheesiest one-piece suit) and just go frolic and play, the eskimo way. Now that’s the GURU attitude: make the best out of any situation.
We mentioned earlier throwing sand castles on hipsters soaked in champagne at the Art Basel Visionaire party: the most daring artists and the true visionaires were invited by the Accompanied Literary Society, Create The Group, to the Raleigh Hotel on Saturday to play paintball in the sand to honor a selection of new paintings by Andrew Cramer. Invitees included Glenn O’Brien, artists Aaron Young and Ryan McGinley, we-don’t-know-what-she-has-to-do-with-anything web-deb Cory Kennedy, and always dashing Andre Balazs (who seemed to be at every party at Basel).
A beautiful metaphor and an impeccably executed event, it reminded me that drinking rum is sexier than drinking champagne… and that any sort of human game is what truly makes art.
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