NEW IDEA #1: Everyone knows that credit and debit cards are quickly replacing checks and cash. We all experience that “wait time,” the time it takes for the cashier to run your card, wait for approval (which sometimes can be a scary as an AIDS test), and then hand you either something to sign or a receipt.
What do you people do during that “wait time?” It can vary widely; some people talk on their phone, others make small talk, sometimes there is a moment of uncomfortable eye contact, it can be a very long wait if “the system” is slow and you can get into a heated political debate, some folks stare at the register or pick up the store’s weekly coupon offerings, some draw on their hand (like myself), and the list goes on.
I would like to film some of these moments and put them together as a little short. I’d love to get your video submissions as well. Next time you go to the grocery with your friend, make a little short film with you phone or camera of that “wait time” that passes as you wait for the credit/ debit card processing. To upload your videos, just go to google video and sign-up here – https://upload.video.google.com/ ; if you have a gmail account, just sign up on the right, or if you use another mail program, go to the bottom and click “click here to apply.” Then just send me the link to your video. After I get some and you send some in, I’ll post the world premier! Don’t know how this’ll work out, but let’s wait and see.
NEW IDEA #2: The other idea is to take two families and have them move into a duplex side-by-side. They can’t move into the new place with anything except what is on their person. Each family is given a stipend of $10,000 and must live for two entire months entirely on products, furniture, and food bought from the Sky Mall Catalogue (those weird catalogues you find on planes).
They will eat entire freeze dried dinners, snack on fruit baskets, sleep on ottoman beds, take on a golfer’s wardrobe, and possibly spend a quarter of their budget on a crappy PC tower.
Which family will be able to make it through the two months? Will the families feud, will they share and trade? Will this cause a divorce or scurvy? How will their places look at the end of this unimaginable journey into… Sky Mall??
If you are interested in being a part of this, let me know and we’ll see if Sky Mall is into it.
[tags]creditcards, debitcards, skymall, ideas, weird, competition[/tags]
Filed under 001 Imagination, intss blog by on Mar 14th, 2006. 2 Comments. 
Go here – http://theworldwideweb.com/. Who would’ve thought; I believed it was more advanced than this.
10/05/06 update – when clicking on http://theworldwideweb.com, it used to read “under construction,” now it doesn’t, so this doesn’t make sense anymore. It was funny.
Filed under Amazing Finds, intss blog by on Mar 9th, 2006. Comment.
We are still making some design and logistic changes to the site. It will be changing quite a bit over the next few days. Where is Queer Eye for the Straight Web Designer???? Thanks for your patience.
Filed under intss blog by on Mar 9th, 2006. Comment.
I finally completed Phase Two of the Human Video Game Experiment – Free Piggyback Rides on Rodeo Drive, per your votes! It was a close call with The Group Portraits on LA Subway Cars. You can see the Phase One video, trying on as many clothes as I possibly could at the St. Vincent DePaul’s Thrift Store, by clicking right here.
More HVGE experimentation to come…
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE FREE PIGGYBACK VIDEO!!
Filed under 012 Human Video Game Experiment, 037 Video, intss blog by on Mar 7th, 2006. 2 Comments.
Mulligan sent this to me – painted by Brandon Bird. Incredible! Makes me want to do a painting about Kurt Russell getting attacked by Piranha Vacuums!
[tags]Brandon Bird,ChristopherWalken, painting[/tags]
Filed under Amazing Finds by on Mar 2nd, 2006. Comment.
The site will be going through some changes over the next couple weeks. Lot’s easier to navigate, faster to load, and more materials like ongoing guest bloggers, easy access to past projects, searchable, easier to syndicate (podcast), and a brand new forum coming up.
Hang tight and please give me your feedback so I can make this site a nice comfortable place. Thanks and keep tuning in.
Filed under intss blog by on Feb 27th, 2006. Comment.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WEEKLY INTSS WRAP
Is it humanly possible to eat two pounds of yogurt in one sitting?? I’m going to guess not.
Filed under intss blog by on Feb 23rd, 2006. Comment.
“What exactly is imitation crab meat? ”
CLICK HERE TO SEE A QUICK EXPLANATION
I know we have the glorious internet to help us answer all these burning questions, but if you have a long-standing question you’d love to resolve, please let me know. I can and will go to great lengths to answer it. Either post it under comments or send it to me – marc at ineedtostopsoon dot com .
Note: imitation cheese is made out of vegetable oil.
Filed under intss blog by on Feb 21st, 2006. 2 Comments.
Group Portrait 1: Little Joy’s Bar, Silverlake, LA, CA
I ended up doing the free piggy back rides on Rodeo Drive, the project that got the most votes from The Human Video Game Experiment (HVGE) post. It was fun and terribly exhausting. No pictures or videos yet; soon though.
This project you see here is an alteration of one of the HVGE projects listed, group portraits in public places. Originally, I was going to just stick to subway cars, and simply organize everyone on the car into a group portrait. It was too limiting though, so I took it elsewhere.
Please, please. You have to try this. Go into a place, an elevator, a library, a bar, a hot dog stand, a clothing store, your bank, wherever, and organize as many people there as you can into a group portrait. Cheese – and take the picture!!! If you can get everyone there in the picture, I’ll send you a snickers bar. Got it? Most of these people are strangers and you’ll have to do a little convincing.
Oh yeah, you can pose in the photos if you like. Usually there is someone there who is shy, but doesn’t mind taking the picture for you.
Please send your group portrait photos to me, no cheating (not just you and your friends), at – marc at ineedtostopsoon dot com. Let me know where you took it and in what city and state.
Thanks and I can’t wait to see these. I’d like to put all of these in a zine. It’d be special.
p.s. I’ll post some more HVGE projects to vote on soon. I like that project.
Group Portrait 2: CalArts Art Opening, Valencia, CA
Group Portrait 3: William Morris Agency (mailroom), Beverly Hills, CA
Filed under 012 Human Video Game Experiment, intss blog by on Feb 7th, 2006. 1 Comment.
