Damn Nature U Majestic of the Day:Henry Jun Wah Lee journeys through the expansive wilderness of America’s southwest — from Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon to Yosemite National Park and the eastern Sierras — and returns with an SFX-less, CGI-less testament to the beauty of a nature untouched.
Upgraded Childhood of the Day: Big kid Devin Graham continues his ongoing series of childhood upgrades (previously, and, also) with the installation of the world’s largest rope swing.
OMG! Adorbz of the Day: Feeling extremely unmotivated and unhappy of yourself? Looks like you need a loud dose of thumbs up for rock ‘n’ roll courtesy of the most inspirational kid ever.
Urban Improv of the Day: For its latest mission, Improv Everywhere sent 23 human agents and 2 canine agents to Prospect Park in Park Slope, Brooklyn, to confuse the hell out of strangers by pretending to be under the influence of a mute button.
Well, it’s been a long afternoon and I think I’m just gonna relax here on the floor with my toys if you don’t mind, Mom. All work and no play, am I right? It’s just— AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
ARE YOU SEEING THIS?
MOM-MOM, LOOK FAST! PUT DOWN THE CAMERA!
THE DOG JUST– I’m sorry. I’m sorry. The dog just bit those bubbles and AHAHAHAHAHAHAH HE’S DOING IT AGAIN YOU GOTTA WATCH THIS!
Zack Freiman has an awesome, supportive family who helped him make a music video — about himself, natch — for his Bar Mitzvah. The resulting YouTube masterpiece, ‘I’m Zack,’ will become unmercifully stuck in your head and violate your brain more brutally than even Rebecca Black’s ‘Friday.’
So, what’s this tween propaganda piece all about? Well, the basic idea is that he’s Zack, and you should stand back because he’s unique and fabulous. ‘I’m Zack’ covers his love of gardening, cooking, gemology, the musical ‘Hairspray’ and adequately-heated swimming pools.
Plenty of actual grown-ups don’t have the chutzpah to make a music video about themselves, so it’ll be interesting to see whether Zack still feels unique and tres chic ten years from now. But today, what the heck, let him have his moment, internet. The haters all just wish that they could be Zachary anyway.
I do feel sorry for the girl cousins in the background, though. They’re clearly struggling to appear bored in the face of Zack’s overwhelming fabulosity.