Benfungtorrez

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

benfungtorrez — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:42:12 +0000

funny stuff.

Soap Box Derby

benfungtorrez — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:01:56 +0000

I’m telling you right now, if i can just get my shit together i’m going to organize one of these in my town one day.

The Incredible San Fancisco Artists’ Soapbox Derby, 1975. from Mike Haeg on Vimeo.

Time Lapse Mark Ryden

benfungtorrez — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:41:13 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. those of you close to me know why. but i just came across this video of mark ryden and had to put it up. take a look:

First ever Alice in Wonderland Movie from 1903

benfungtorrez — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:38:14 +0000

Roger Ebert

benfungtorrez — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:42:16 +0000

An excerpt from the recent Esquire article about Roger Ebert of whom I am a big fan. It’s a very sad end to his life but I am also inspired by how he has never laid down in the face of adversity. I mean shit, the guy has no lower jaw, cant talk, cant eat food and has a hole in his mouth “the size of a plum”. Anyway, of everything in the article, this is the part I find to be the most impactful.

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“Ebert is dying in increments, and he is aware of it.

“I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear, he writes in a journal entry titled “Go Gently into That Good Night.” I hope to be spared as much pain as possible on the approach path. I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. You can’t say it wasn’t interesting. My lifetime’s memories are what I have brought home from the trip. I will require them for eternity no more than that little souvenir of the Eiffel Tower I brought home from Paris.

“There has been no death-row conversion. He has not found God. He has been beaten in some ways. But his other senses have picked up since he lost his sense of taste. He has tuned better into life. Some things aren’t as important as they once were; some things are more important than ever. He has built for himself a new kind of universe. Roger Ebert is no mystic, but he knows things we don’t know.

“I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.”

I Love the Love Train

benfungtorrez — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:53:50 +0000

i’m all about the harken – this time all the way back to nineteen-seventy-who knows.

A History of the world, and more.

benfungtorrez — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:07:28 +0000

i’m speechless…

wha?

benfungtorrez — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:24:11 +0000

Crazy Insane Super Slo-Mo

benfungtorrez — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:06:40 +0000

i love this, especially the jello shot at the end:

Casey Weldon

benfungtorrez — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:47:57 +0000

just another in a long line of really cool artists whose work i admire. check out the wolfman series here:

here’s the link to his site:

http://caseyweldon.com/home/newsite/paintings/inpages/076.html