Posted by Jenn Lowther and Nadia Nascimento

We are all about holiday themes here and amidst bbq’s and beaches, we are always on the look out for some breakthrough video’s. To stay within our theme, I present my 4th of July inspired video by the self-proclaimed great American Hero, Kanye West in his take on infomercials. My favorite part: The Drunk Girl. I have no doubt that Mr. America casted her himself as he threw away his tax forms while flexing in the mirror and kissing his Versace adorned biceps.

As Jenn is busy on all things social, we have truced yet again to showcase one piece as our collective favorite. And as we continue to exemplify effective democratic process, we would like to take this time to showcase democracy in action. Happy Independence Day.

Posted by Jenn Lowther and Nadia Nascimento

First we brought you a Ghost Ridin’ Grandma, then we brought you Dancing Russians a la Red Army Hip Hop.  Now we have Fighting Russian Grandma’s. 

Each week Nadia and I fight over our videos of the week - why do you think we had to settle on selecting two vids.  Well this vid is of Nadia and I in 50 years arguing about who’s vid is better.  So for only the second time in meme history, we agreed on a single vid of the week.

Posted by Jenn Lowther and Nadia Nascimento

**So we’ve been really busy at memelabs for the last couple of weeks.  Each week I’ve written my half of the video of the week post, but Nadia’s been so busy with the contests that she’s not had a chance to write her half.  So what I’ve done this week is put my last two week’s posts into this one.  Nadia, if you get a chance, add your 2 cents;)

Jenn
Well it’s that time of the week again…I know you all greatly look forward to it. Yes I get to regail you with my most awesome video of the week. Now if there are two things that Canadians love, it’s Hockey and Steven Colbert. So when I was watching The Colbert Report the other night and saw this it was like being able to eat double cream double ganache cake to lose weight. So everyone get ready to punch some beavers and drink some Moose Head.

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The kids who make it to the national spelling bees amaze me. They know the spelling and meaning of words that I’ve never even heard of. Usually the room is so full of anticipation and tension that you could here a pin drop. So this isn’t the place where you’d expect to see a bit of a comedy show. Well that is exactly what happens when one of the contestants misunderstands what word the judge is trying to say.

memelabs has just launched a video contest with Global Agents of Change. Global Agents for Change are building the world’s largest youth run microcredit fund, supporting hundreds of developing world entrepreneurs in their struggle to escape poverty and tangibly connecting young people to global issues.

Global Agents for Change are asking you to get involved. So get your camera’s ready and tell us - What would you do to change the world? Create a short video of your own footage explaining an idea you’ve dreamed up or a real-life project you’ve taken on, which truly changes the world for the better. Be creative and original but most importantly inspire and be inspired!

There are two prizes to be won: $500 for the people’s choice and $500 for the judges choice to support a cause or organization of your choice. So here’s the chance to do something to change the world. What are you going to do?

Global Agents for Change have just started their second annual ‘Riding to Break the Cycle‘. The goal of the trip is to help build a youth managed microcredit fund, helping struggling developing world entrepreneurs with small trust based loans as they seek to build their families a better life. The trip kicked off in Vancouver on May 31 and will end in Tijuana, Mexico. The group will cover 3000 kilometers in 7 weeks. Check out their trip map to see if they are going to be going through your town and get out to support them in reaching their goal.

memelabs has been busy behind the scenes recently getting a bunch of new contests ready. We are really excited about our newest contest with Transworld - some of you may recall that we ran a Snowboarding contest with them last year - this time it’s a Skateboarding contest. So get your cameras ready and practice your hottest tricks.

The contest has been live now for a couple of days and all ready we’ve received an amazing number of videos in with all sorts of hot tricks. So if you think you have what it takes to enter the contest, now is the time to do it. Good luck to everyone…can’t wait to see what you come up with.