Photo of the Year

This photo has won this year's World Press Photo award. Its def a surprising choice, I'm sure there were many other images taken from Lebanon that were visually more stunning than this one but i guess this says alot about the times we live in.

Jad Maroun 22 (the driver) and his two sisters ,Bissan 29 , and Tamara 26 (Blonde) were back to Dahiye to see what happened to their home. They are Dahiye residents who fled to Western Beirut during the war, that is where they met the other two girls in the photo, who were refugees as well, Noor Nasser 21 and Liliane Nacouzi 22.

The car they are driving belongs to Lana El Khaleel 25, an activist who gave up her apartment to refugees and moved back to her parents home. She volunteered during the Israeli war helping trapped refugees, and transporting food and medicine. When the war was over, Jad asked Lana to borrow her car to check on their home. He said at first he didn't want to open the roof , but it was a hot summer day.

They ask: Why this picture was chosen, "and not, for instance, the picture of a dead young boy [WARNING Very Graphic] being taken from the rubble after an Israeli bombing in Qana."
Lana says that the photo distracts attention from the harsh reality of war. It confirms what many people in the West think already, that war only happens to people who don't look like them.
Bissan Maroun's finance Wissam Awad asks : "Giving the award to the picture of the dead boy would have harmed the reputation of Israel in the world. But this picture doesn't do that."

Awarding this photo has stirred mixed reactions, especially among those journalists who risked their lives during the war.

Image attachment test 2

Didn't work the first time..lets see if it works now.

Blogging from my phone.

this post is just to test if this mobile blogging thing works. Ill
attach a pic just for kick. And in case I start doing this alot
...forgive my spelling errors I can't live without spell check!

This photo is of the new knucklehead kids sticker...

The Namesake

The Namesake is coming out on March 9th. I'm excited to see the movie for two reasons 1. this is the first time i have read the book that the movie is adapted from before watching the film and 2. because Kal Penn is played a rather serious and interesting roll. I'm glad to see him get away from mindless stupid comedies like Van Wilder or Harold and Kumar. I love those movies but I would like to see a South Asian actor do well making some serious films as well. If the movie stayed true to the book then it will be a pretty good movie, but i guess we will have to wait and see. Kal Penn writes a blog for this movie and on it they had a lil video where the KKK reviewed the film for Kal Penn...funny stuff.