I’m a Canadian writer and performer currently in Chicago. I guess these are, like, some things or whatever.Tumblr (3.0; @jordanroth)http://jordanroth.net/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/9880377?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Werner Herzog is a trip, man.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://paulftompkins.tumblr.com/post/17253069714/the-video-many-people-sent-me-today-i-am">paulftompkins</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The video many people sent me today.  I am grateful to each and every one who did.</p> <p>Why is it so short? I know in my heart he has more to say.</p> <p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> He <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/7744">did</a> have more to say.</p> </blockquote>http://jordanroth.net/post/17254097695http://jordanroth.net/post/17254097695Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:05:23 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36011979" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Raiding the Lost Ark</p> <p>I really like seeing the film cut up with footage from the behind-the-scenes doc, ie Spielberg directing scenes etc. Haven’t seen all of this, but what I’ve seen is pretty cool… <em>Raiders</em> is just the best.</p> <p>via Ain’t It Cool</p>http://jordanroth.net/post/17254022795http://jordanroth.net/post/17254022795Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:03:12 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MnwiOYhIExU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I haven’t seen the short, but this is kinda nice.</p>http://jordanroth.net/post/16608047761http://jordanroth.net/post/16608047761Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:15:32 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly12eaytd91qa0vzwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In honor of the Wikipedia blackout, here’s this stupid screen shot I took of a Wikipedia banner a little while ago…</p> <p>Is the “personal appeal” to raise money for Wikipedia, or is it a “personal appeal” from a sad, desperate woman to save her from a life in which she’s the writer of 549 Wikipedia articles?</p>http://jordanroth.net/post/16100608906http://jordanroth.net/post/16100608906Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:13:00 -0500Wikipedia<object id="fstg008_d20e6fd5b5d4d332c56184c93c0e10d1" class="SpringboardPlayer" width="400" height="248" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.springboardplatform.com/mediaplayer/springboard/video/fstg008/673/421565/" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.springboardplatform.com/mediaplayer/springboard/video/fstg008/673/421565/" width="400" height="248" name="fstg008_d20e6fd5b5d4d332c56184c93c0e10d1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Ohjesusgodyes</p>http://jordanroth.net/post/15741428134http://jordanroth.net/post/15741428134Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:39:45 -0500Moonrise Kingdom<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2WmlUXsjSv8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://jordanroth.net/post/15414341130http://jordanroth.net/post/15414341130Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:41:27 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wo8wgcQjrf8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This is an important video that you need to watch.</p>http://jordanroth.net/post/12867768737http://jordanroth.net/post/12867768737Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:47:42 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls70avuwMo1qa0vzwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Chris Christie is looking ripped!</p>http://jordanroth.net/post/10731937579http://jordanroth.net/post/10731937579Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:52:07 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/G9YsB443A8k?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>682. Got me?</p>http://jordanroth.net/post/10442809599http://jordanroth.net/post/10442809599Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:58:59 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lzsBwnv_dAg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I’d like this to exist so it can not work as well as I’d hoped and make me frustrated. But it looks cool.</p>http://jordanroth.net/post/9341009041http://jordanroth.net/post/9341009041Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:36:16 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ShbC5yVqOdI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Man, this guy <em>cannot</em> ride his bike. He keeps getting it stuck on things and falling. LMAO!</p>http://jordanroth.net/post/9125028185http://jordanroth.net/post/9125028185Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:58:27 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/9998091" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>I’m behind on this, but here’s what a <em>Kavalier & Clay</em> movie could have looked like… Or, what some tests looked like at least.</p>http://jordanroth.net/post/9047201651http://jordanroth.net/post/9047201651Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:33:16 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/szHO-wEmvio?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Here you go. In case you wanted to know.</p> <p>Really excited for the premiere of Doctor Who tonight. Also, I have strep throat, so I’m treating this series six premiere as restitution for all my suffering.</p>http://jordanroth.net/post/4874014598http://jordanroth.net/post/4874014598Sat, 23 Apr 2011 16:07:16 -0400Doctor Who<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljad6lRbSZ1qa0vzwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is absolute insanity. I don’t really get too worked up over these silly web polls, but this is stupidity at its finest. Great work, readers of New York Daily News! </p>http://jordanroth.net/post/4416036681http://jordanroth.net/post/4416036681Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:20:44 -0400Glenn BeckInsanity<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj95dqKVUf1qa0vzwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>‘Do you take miniature credit card? Oh great. Hold on. Let me get my miniature wallet from my miniature pocket in my completely ridiculous jean shoes.’</p>http://jordanroth.net/post/4399952688http://jordanroth.net/post/4399952688Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:31:43 -0400<iframe width="400" height="243" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uWD0vMrCc6Y?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>“I’m Zack!”: A bar mitzvah video to end all bar mitzvah videos.</p> <p>This kid—whose name is definitely Zack—puts all other bar mitzvah boys to shame. Also reminding other bar mitzvah boys that they aint shit are Zack’s Jewish, pre-teen version of the Fly Girls and his rapping buddy Benjamin.</p> <p>I hear he totally killed his aliyah.</p>http://jordanroth.net/post/3882653315http://jordanroth.net/post/3882653315Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:31:00 -0400I'm ZackFly GirlsBarchu Et Adonai Hamvurach<a href="http://irinawerning.com/back-to-the-fut/back-to-the-future/">Photos: Irina Werning</a>: <p>Not only is each of these photos incredibly well done with great detail, some of them are ridiculously funny.</p>http://jordanroth.net/post/3375390757http://jordanroth.net/post/3375390757Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:19:39 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/16198681?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lonelysandwich.com/post/2821011636/alex-weinstein-rosie">lonelysandwich</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://vimeo.com/16198681">“Baby’s First Audition”</a> by Alex Weinstein</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.alexweinstein.com/">This guy</a> makes good music.</p> </blockquote>http://jordanroth.net/post/3087908183http://jordanroth.net/post/3087908183Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:25:06 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5_sfnQDr1-o?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Baby Monkey (Going Backwards on a Pig).</p> <p>Maybe I’m late on this, but I haven’t seen this yet. And it’s too stupid and amazing not too post.</p>http://jordanroth.net/post/3048795803http://jordanroth.net/post/3048795803Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:00:08 -0500BabiesMonkeysBaby Monkeys<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/2780643864/tumblr_lf3lypHu7y1qzox2b&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>Me and My Puppy.</p> <p><a href="http://davidseger.tumblr.com/post/2772246078/laurataylor-giovanna-me-and-my-puppy-you">davidseger</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://laurataylor.tumblr.com/post/2771795142/giovanna-me-and-my-puppy-you-and-your-new">laurataylor</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Giovanna</strong> - Me and My Puppy </p> <p>You and your new favorite song. Please trust me!! </p> </blockquote> <p>ME AND MY PUPPY! Best find. </p> </blockquote>http://jordanroth.net/post/2780643864http://jordanroth.net/post/2780643864Sun, 16 Jan 2011 13:55:51 -0500