stop motion

And trending on Twitter.

My research shows that this is the first time a shell with shoes on has ever trended on Twitter.

Unfortunately, whether or not a shell without shoes on has trended on Twitter is beyond the scope of my research.

Either way, Marcel should brighten your day.  Plus his car is a bug!

[via Videogum]

Do you love this stop motion Super Mario Bros. video?

Of course you don't!  I am so over Super Mario.  When are they going to release a sequel to that game!?

And what's up with sticky note art?  Go buy yourself some paint, hippie, and stop wasting all the school supplies.  Do you know how many notes I could have written on those?!  At least a handful!

Oh, but good news: I heard Avatar 2 is going to be shot entirely with Post-its, so at least you have a future in the film industry, idiot!

[via Boing Boing]

You should probably work out more.  Comedy blog readers are typically not in the best of shape.

So the above stop-motion video showing a pic a day of one schlub's workout transformation might seem like it could be inspirational — seeing the actual results of his hard work materialize before your eyes.

But around the 10 second mark, something happens… Right around when he starts wearing a necklace.

At this point he appears to be in decent shape (and have gotten a decent tan too — must be pumping iron outdoors!), but he keeps going, aiming for a level of mini-muscle man that becomes a bit on the scary side.

If this had been 90 days of working out, I might have given it a shot: Decent results with a reasonable time commitment.

But 365 days of working out isn't for me.  I don't need the unanticipated side effect of turning into a douche.

[via Buzzfeed]

Remember the old days when your homemade, stop-motion video projects earned you a "B-" and the scorn of your peers?

The only way to "get your video out there" was to bring a crappy VHS dub to your nerdy friend's sleepover and show it off to your schoolmates in between wondering whether sleeping on the same pullout couch as another boy made you gay.

Well guess what?  The Internet is one giant nerdy sleepover where everyone is more than happy to watch all the stop motion garbage of dorky things you've ever made.

However, figuring out your sexual orientation is still up to you (…though I hear a new website to help you with that will be complete by 2010!)

[via Buzzfeed]