After school specials are an art form of a distant 90s past, but if anyone could bring them back from the dead, it’s the mascot for awkward Michael Cera! The Superbad actor stars in the “No You Don’t” video for Canadian polymorphous pop-indie band The Islands, in what’s dubbed a “ZeroTolerance Production”. For those of you who think Cera plays the same role over and over again, you won’t be disappointed because despite being a pill-popper in this one, he’s still as awkward as can be! Cera plays a guy who decides to experiment by swallowing some crazy glowing pills, and then suffers a bizarre world of trips. Lots of drug-induced shenanigans ensue in this video, like: Cera climbing trees. Cera embracing an other-wordly bedazzled being. And Cera running (although not in jogging shorts a la Juno)!

The hallucinations are awesome, and prove that the kid’s totally got range — he’s not just the awkward guy, he’s the awkward guy that hallucinates! He’s cast as an awkward guy who hallucinates a whole alter sexy ego in his new movie Youth in Revolt, out in theaters on Friday. Awkward hallucinations are the new Cera black, we think the kid’s got a bright future ahead of him.

Check out the video for The Islands’ “No You Don’t” below.

[Via Pitchfork]

M.I.S.S. Techcessories: Score Gadgets on the Cheap with Fred Flare

I don’t know if you’ve heard but—the economy still sucks. I know, news to me too.  Not everyone has an extra 2Gs laying around to spend on a Dell Adamo or new iMac.  Don’t despair. The economy will get better one day (I hope…). Until then, if you’re a fashionista on a budget trying to up her tech game, M.I.S.S. has the answer for you: Fred Flare. The Brooklyn based retailer believes great design should be as “entertaining as an old musical or modern music video,” and the products they stock reflect that idea.  Best of all, it’s CHEAP!

Some of their standout products include a two foot tall floor lamp designed like an ice cream cone ($48), compact iPod speakers that look like neon-colored lego bricks ($25), a USB hub made to resemble a row of tulips ($22, consider it going green), and lady bug shaped ear buds for your MP3 player of choice ($15).  Other favorites include a retro receiver for your cell phone ($24), a mixtape USB flash drive ($18) for those who lament the loss of actual mixtapes, and a cheeseburger phone ($24) straight out of the movie, Juno.

Can’t make it to Brooklyn?  All this and more can be purchased in Fred Flare’s online store.  And just think! With the money you saved buying a cheeseburger phone, you might be able to afford an actual cheeseburger. Imagine that.