Dec 31 2008All Of Crappy 2008 In A Mere 40 Seconds
This is a time-lapse video made by Eirik Solheim of the year 2008. As you can see, it was an eventful year. The trees started off naked, put on their sexy spring and summer dresses, then stripped down again in the fall. And I imagine there was a botanical orgy of immeasurable proportions in there somewhere as well. You know -- trees humping trees, a couple bushes trying to get in on the action, maybe a lone deer banging a stump. But maybe that shit doesn't really happen the way I imagine -- how the hell should I know, I'm not a freaking Hobbit!
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Reader Comments
1. panda - December 31, 2008 2:28 PM
first!
2. Ollie Williams - December 31, 2008 2:31 PM
Neat I guess. I would have liked to see more tree humping also.
3. Thumperchica - December 31, 2008 3:09 PM
Gw, no, you're not a hobbit. You're totally a Smegal...
4. Codiac - December 31, 2008 3:27 PM
Wow Forest porn!
Giving me wood!
5. Ollie Williams - December 31, 2008 3:46 PM
I vote #4 gets the Pun of the Year Award, being as next year is tomorrow. Grats man.
6. Jimmy Jim - December 31, 2008 3:49 PM
where's the queer that says this is fake because the shadows are all wrong? This actually kinda does remind me of never back down, where john c reilly cock punches winnie the pooh and steals his honey.
7. Angel Mass - December 31, 2008 3:50 PM
Happpy New year from the Moon!
8. MOOT - December 31, 2008 3:56 PM
8th!!!!!!!
9. Pew³ - December 31, 2008 3:58 PM
wow, someone wasted a whole year to make THAT video? Sad.
10. known - December 31, 2008 4:02 PM
I came!!!
Yeah no shit, what a lot of work that must've been just for THAT. I'd rather spend all of my spare time reading geekologie
11. Daisy - December 31, 2008 5:33 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like the scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max gets into a car accident and while the car is careening out of control, he sees his life flash in front of his eyes. Unfortunately he's so boring that this puts him to sleep, and he becomes so relaxed the crash doesn't hurt him.
12. Eru - December 31, 2008 5:36 PM
Happy new year, you crazy motherf***er. Forget the shitty 2008 and rock on the new 2009!
13. Spam Artist - December 31, 2008 5:47 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is from an overexposed section of film from a scene in the movie Tender Dracula. Dracula and his resurrected man servant are late with their history report, they step into a telephone booth and travel back into time where they pick up various most excellent persons from times gone past.
They arrive back just in time for their oral presentation. With them are Baja and Max from Never Back Down, Oscar the Grouch, Penelope Pitstop and Kuato.
They ace their report, then marry the two drunk french actresses they met in 1974 on the set of a critically acclaimed film.
14. shazaam - December 31, 2008 6:12 PM
WEAK. This isn't actually time lapse, it's like 12 photos taken from the same spot and cross-faded to make the transitions. Geekologie writer, we expect more from you. Too much eggnog? Too little eggnog? WTF?
And BTW, the "shadows are all wrong" joke? Totally not funny anymore. Really. No, no, really. All your base are belong to shut the f*ck up.
15. The Internet - January 1, 2009 1:21 AM
Hello all -
Geekologie writer - you really must get out more... LMAO.
To the rest of you - I have very bad news. I know that some of you are new to the planet, and have only been using me (The Internet) for a few years. I really must tell you that although you may think that jokes have died, or are old... they are actually older than you. You are young. Jokes are immortal, and so is the Internet.
Many years after Skynet has taken over and the robots have grown tired of playing beach volleyball with your dismembered body, there will be a robot sitting in a robot bar, downing a pint of battery acid... it will turn to it's buddy and simply say "That picture of the human on the wall is totally photoshopped... look, the shadows are all wrong" .. it's buddies will give it the most scowling look just before PEW PEW PEW....
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Later.
~The Internet~
16. Spam Artist - January 1, 2009 1:10 PM
Long live The Internet.
17. E - January 1, 2009 10:12 PM
LAST!
18. Stiles - January 2, 2009 2:17 AM
$10 says Eirik Solheim is a dyke. Or some man-waif in skinny jeans.
19. the tree hugger - January 2, 2009 11:33 PM
i think it's actually kind of cool.
20. eirikso - January 3, 2009 5:09 AM
Oh. I spent all of 2008 in the forest snapping images and you don't like it. What a pity. Fortunately I brought my iPhone so I could read Geekologie while waiting between the difficult triggering of the camera.
Happy new year to all of you! My plan is to spend this year in a dark cave doing long exposures showing nothing but darkness.
21. dfgdfg - January 5, 2009 8:47 AM
Lame. Could have at least taken a photo per day.
22. louis vuitton - September 28, 2009 12:19 AM
And BTW, the "shadows are all wrong" joke? Totally not funny anymore. Really. No, no, really. All your base are belong to shut the f*ck up.