I watched Young Adult on Christmas Day and I did like it a lot. Charlize Theron’s performance is fantastic, which I expected. I didn’t expect, however, to see that it was shot in Minneapolis. Didn’t even know until I saw the credits that the movie was written by Minneapolis’ own Diablo Cody, so there you go.

As I said, it’s a good movie but the following trailer really doesn’t do it justice or even represent it accurately. While Young Adult does have it’s funny moments, it is actually quite depressing…but then aren’t all the good stories? Found at YouTube from YoungAdultMovie.

Do Not Fucking Enter, a photo by DavidErickson on Flickr.

I found this sign at the entrance to a residential street in Southeast Minneapolis. Apparently, the neighbors take the directives on their Do Not Enter signs very seriously.

Heh. The Daily Show explains how Minneapolis dethroned San Fransisco as the gay capital of America. Found at The Daily Show via Kevin Hoffman and Julio Ojeda-Zapata.

Love it! Twins catcher Joe Mauer makes fun of Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu over his high voice and his Head & Shoulders commercials…in this Head & Shoulders commercial. Mauer ought not quit his day job; he’s a far better hitter than he is an actor. Found at YouTube from headandshoulders.

via mnartists.org

More evidence that the notion of the mashup is taking hold in the mainstream culture. The Bryant Lake Bowl is currently showing Michael Bay’s Super Mario Armageddon, a mashed up play featuring the video game sensibilities of Super Mario Bros depicted in the film direction style of Michael Bay.

Here’s Bryant Lake Bowl’s description: Action movies and video games collide in a mushroom cloud of funny! Imagine the biggest video game ever! As told by the biggest director ever!! In the biggest way ever!!! Now imagine all that squeezed onto a 9 x 22 foot stage in the back of a bowling alley.

Two more shows remain. [DETAILS.]

Super Mario Bros. Wii Preview

Found at YouTube from IGNentertainment.

Michael Bay Montage

Found at YouTube from TomasGolej.

via boingboing.net

Nice! Do they come with achievement points? I want one.

God bless the Internet!

Sure, call me juvenile. I don’t care. I giggled at this, as I often do when watching Aqua Teen Hunger Force:

This, of course, is a parody of the 80s hit, Safety Dance:

Sorry. I couldn’t resist. Now you too can grovel before the Dear Leader, Rush Limbaugh. Get your T-Shirt at the Twin Cities, Minnesota Blog shop.