Community – I love you, I really do. Your quirky characters, cute co-eds and collegiate humor are plenty, but I also think it’s awesome your cast hangs out together in real life too! The new season premieres tonight on NBC but you can also catch the Twittersode just prior. WTF is that? The characters in the show are communicating via Twitter (list here) and will be having what’s being described as a prequel to the premiere via tweet starting 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. That is one creative use of Twitter and at the very least you gotta follow @AnniesB00bs. Here’s one of my favorite scenes from freshman year.

It’s time to face the big question: Do you love nice people? Will “Mr. Fancy Pants” Bryant loves nice people, and so do we. It’s no wonder that I’m gushing over his colorful designs that look great everywhere: on T-shirts, silkscreen prints, and tote bags. Spread the love!

Mikael Fløysand is a great young (very early twenties kind-of-young) designer from Norway. Obviously, he has made good friends with die-cutting and mastered a style that carries him through all kinds of projects. If he was your classmate, wouldn’t you be jealous? Check out his work and find out. (via Looks Like Good Design)

Anyone who’s ever been to a Girl Talk show can tell you what a performance it is. Giant plastic pillows, toilet paper flying everywhere, fireworks and an absolute party. But last NYE in Chicago, Gregg Gillis and crew really stepped it up with the construction of a house as the backdrop. Nine and a half months later, the documentary of that special night is complete and is really something to marvel at from a stage production perspective. I’m not sure what it would have been like way back in the crowd without any room to shake it, but it sure as hell beats NYE with Dick Clark or Carson Daly. Below is the the first segment of the film, but you’ll also want to finish it out with parts two and three. Oh and by the way, I’m told we can expect Gregg’s next release early in 2011.

If I may say so, Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers have completely renewed my faith in humanity with their book What’s Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption. Yes, it’s a book about the changes in business and economics, but it’s also just as much about anthropology, psychology, sociology, communications and design. I’m frustrated I can’t cover all the material in a single blog post, but it’s about our journey from consumers fixated on ownership to our understanding that collaboration, redistribution, sharing and trust are not only sustainable, but a hell of a lot more rewarding. The inspiring stories of entrepreneurs from Couchsurfing to Montreal’s BIXI bringing positive change to our planet are an absolute refreshing change from the doom and gloom soul-crushing tabloids that most of our of news is today. Reading about the explosion of marketplaces and communities really has me believing we’re in a renaissance. It’s an exciting time to be alive and I’m pretty sure today’s movers and shakers are writing some groundbreaking history. Now all I have to do is figure out how to live to be two-hundred because there’s an awful lot I want to do. I guess I should ask the Galápagos tortoises what their secret is.

I’ve always been annoyed by writers who promote stuff by saying, “oh this will totally get you laid.” But fuck it, Dmitry Konkin’s photographs are so damn hot, if you can’t get your lady into one of these cars, you might as well have the next best thing. Windows down, radio up, pedal to the medal and it’s time to make your move. Don’t let me down fellas.

Last Friday, Holiday Matinee participated in the PARK(ing) Day movement, promoting awareness for more urban green space across the world.

In San Diego, we orchestrated our own parking space takeover with Sezio in Little Italy. We caused a huge scene after a complaint, drawing police and parking enforcement, but averted being shut down. Strangers, tourists and locals learned about the cause and most everyone we spoke to loved it! Local business owners dropped off meals and snacks from the kindness of their hearts and we made a lot of new friends that just wanted to hang out. Andy and James Ralph from Writer capped the event with a street performance.

In San Francisco, Hannah found the Hayes Valley surrounded by PARK(ing) Day veterans and crowds outside storefronts talkin’ about a revolution where no cars existed. One such business was Timbuk2, a SF-based company that manufactures and sells awesome “tough as hell” messenger bags (and other goodies). They gave out the 3 best B’s – BBQ, beer and bike tune-ups.

The day was an incredible sense of community and if nothing else, people with common interests gathered to spend some quality offline time together. That’s something you’ve got to love. For all the photo goodness click here.