Andy Samberg with Adam Levine: Iran So Far Away … a love song to Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. The lyrics after the jump …

(Meanwhile, DC City Council voted 12-1 today to recognize other states’ same-sex marriages. Slow but sure steps towards equal civil rights. Right on!)

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A friend just sent me this short film by Bruce Branit, called “World Builder.” Holographic ingenuity peppered with sentimentality. I like it. You should, too.

A small digital camera is always a nice toy to have around. I shot this right outside the Shaw/Howard Metro stop in NW DC. After some editing and effects, and a soundtrack (flying lotus’ “tea leaf dancers”), I figured it looked interesting enough to share.  Make of it what you will, if you can make out anything at all.

Length: 35 seconds
Shot on: Kodak Zi6
Editor: Sony Vegas
Audio: Flying Lotus, “Tea Leaf Dancers” 

I still can’t manage to string coherent words together into some modicum of expressing exactly what’s going on in my head after Obama’s incredible victory.

Instead, I’ve put together a quick video from stock footage to maybe articulate the thoughts a little bit: