The Daily What

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• Lights Out
• Upgraded Advertisement of the Day
• Weekend Read
• This & That
• Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day
• Street Art of the Day
• Marriage Proposal of the Day

Lights Out Posted: 25 May 2012 08:00 PM PDT Courtesy of a trio of literature students known only as Jack, Kayla and Julie, here’s the first-ever (and hopefully only ever) not-meant-to-offend-anyone-but-inevitably-offensive-anyway Anne Frank-themed parody of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe.” I can’t quite put my finger on it, but something tells me this isn’t the most historically accurate version of events available. [via @lindseyweber] Tagged: anne frank, call me maybe, carly rae jepsen, Lights Out, wtf

Upgraded Advertisement of the Day Posted: 25 May 2012 06:00 PM PDT Nobody honestly believes that the joke Siri told John Malkovich in Apple’s latest iPhone commercial was funny, so Slacktory has given it a major upgrade with a play on one of the all-time classics. (Sorta not safe for work, iPhones doing dirty, depraved things.) [slacktory] Tagged: apple, iphone, john malkovich, Joke, siri, the aristocrats

Weekend Read Posted: 25 May 2012 04:30 PM PDT Comic book writer and novelist Greg Rucka (Stumptown, Queen and Country) answers a frequently asked question in an incisive essay for io9 titled “Why I Write ‘Strong Female Characters’”. The entire piece is well worth a read, but here’s the key passage: Writers don’t write Men or Women or Dogs or Salmon. Writers write characters, and at our best, if we do it well and with care and with thought, we invest in those characters a spark of life, a realism and nuance that makes them believable and relatable. Rucka also questions why journalists don’t tend to ask female writers how they write “strong female characters,” and why more male writers don’t do the research about their female characters, the way they would with any other character whose experience differs from their own. [io9] Tagged: category:photo, greg rucka, weekend read

This & That Posted: 25 May 2012 02:59 PM PDT Know This: Only 32 people have visited every county in the U.S. Judd Apatow has signed on to produce a new Pee-wee Herman movie. A Houston honor student was sentenced to 24 hours in jail for truancy and tardiness. Paying your student loan in cash is harder than it sounds — ask Alex Kenjeev. Read This: How a bizarre legal case could force 1.2 million Canadians to marry against their will. Is Mitt Romney Mormonism’s path to the Christian mainstream? Watch This: David Frum argues in favor of the good ol’ days, when politicians were drunk, and not quite so partisan. Jimmy Fallon and Will Smith discover their “jiggy” 1920s past. A GoPro catches a rabbit building a nest in a planter. Look At This: It’s Romney vs. Obama via Twitter. John Goodman puts a gun to his mouth — a Photoshop journey. This dog photo was hand-printed with more than 200,000 sprinkles. Durex’s funny new ad campaign targets premature ejaculators. Other: Tea Time Twitter: Zooey Asks Siri Tea Time Tumblr: Animated Albums Above: bentobjects Tagged: this & that

Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day Posted: 25 May 2012 02:31 PM PDT Twelve-year-old Damon Boyer-Marwood was walking home from school Thursday when he heard an animal cry, so he followed the sound. When he came upon a group of kids holding down a small female dog and taking turns kicking it and beating it with a cricket bat, Damon told the boys to take a hike. "They stood there for a bit, then they ran inside," he said. A microchip scan by the New Zealand SPCA enabled the battered dog to be reunited with owner Sosefina Leota, who insisted on meeting Damon. "I want to thank him from my heart,” she said. “I want to know his face." No doubt Damon saved the dog's life. Said his grandmother: "It makes you wonder what would have happened if he didn't step in." SPCA inspector Kaycee Polkinghorne said an investigation is under way. "Because of the ages, there's not a lot we can do prosecution-wise, but it does reinforce the importance of having education in schools about things like this,” she said. “You just have to to wonder what's going on to make them think this is acceptable behavior." [lifewithdogs]

Street Art of the Day Posted: 25 May 2012 02:15 PM PDT Tired of Banksy? Subversive street artist Mobstr has surfaced in East London just in time. [ianbrooks] Tagged: banksy, Mobstr, Street Art

Marriage Proposal of the Day Posted: 25 May 2012 02:00 PM PDT The planning! The dorkiness! The tears! So imperfect it’s perfect. [thanks, rob!] Tagged: Lip Dub, Marriage Proposal

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