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The World As I See It Now...

2009-07-11T01:56:00.000-07:00

Blind America

2009-06-30T00:43:00.000-07:00

I did this years ago. It's peculiar to me that such comments on our society are so controversial. Really...this is still the way things are. This is the way most of the population views the world. People just aren't willing to talk about it. To take part in such a discourse would be unseemly, it would be politically incorrect. Yet the truth is still the truth irregardless of how uncomfortable it makes us.

What is abstraction? What is abstract?

2009-05-29T02:32:00.001-07:00

So this is an image that I wasn't non-inspired by. I made it throwing together my love of the visual and love of meaning...yet I did it in a way to prove that shit can come from anything when married with ability and all things random. To be honest, it makes me think. Whilst I hate this image, as it was a practice in "what if I threw my soulless shiz together" I don't mind looking at it. I find it pretty sad and a little dehumanizing to my taste level and eyes in general that I don't hate looking at this exercise that was meant to be in futility. I think maybe we need to take our heads out of things.

Evil Mermaid

2009-05-13T14:26:00.000-07:00

The idea is that the mermaid is evil. She's beckoning the boat over with her pretty side, and dispatching of a poor sailor with her monster side. I was considering making her evil hand a lobster claw, but was thinking it was getting too busy on the bottom part of the illustration as it is.

Tooth Fairy...

2009-05-02T12:34:00.000-07:00

So here's another one. It's not quite done, but I've stared at it long enough for now. Yes, it is the tooth fairy. I was trying to think of something that would make her look a little more insidious. A friend mentioned that maybe I should put a bloody wrench in her hand.

Mowgli....First Draft.

2009-04-22T21:33:00.000-07:00

So I did this version of "The Jungle Book" years ago. It's odd to look back and see how different my point of reference is. What's better? I kind of like the original, it seems a little less sterile.

What has become of me...?

Finished Product?

2009-04-18T11:44:00.001-07:00

Okay, I'm not quite fully happy with this, but alas, I'm bored of it. So for right now, I'm calling it a day for Mowgli. This time I hope the Tiger wins.

Mowgli so far...

2009-04-18T08:15:00.000-07:00

So I haven't worked on this as much as I had wanted, but this is what I've got so far. The background is pissing me off. I definitely want to try and make the plants and trees look more organic and less geometric. I plan on finishing this shiz today.

Happy Easter....

2009-04-12T13:23:00.000-07:00

Here's what I'm working on at the moment. It's inspired by the Jungle Book. Just using the mouse and photoshop. It occurred to me that maybe it looks a little naughty. I'll post the finished product when it's completed.

Rainy Day...

2009-04-06T13:43:00.001-07:00

This is how it makes me feel...

Oh Kids...

2009-03-25T18:17:00.001-07:00

At work I'm in charge of a bunch of teenagers and college students. The other day two of them, that I hadn't seen in quite a while came back to work. They were doing their high school play. I did a lot of plays in my youth. It made me quite nostalgic.

Today I was driving my teen aged sister home and the "Landslide" song by Stevie Nicks was on (though this was the more annoying Dixie Chics version; my favorite is the Smashing Pumkins' take on it). When the line "...children get older." came on my sister said "You're telling me..." This made me think....Is there always some part of us that wishes we were back in our youth...even when we are a youth?

Calzones are delicious...but can they be religious?

2009-03-24T00:00:00.000-07:00

Ok...so this was just too good to pass up. This untouched calzone was staring me in the face. I've never had a calzone stare at me...though maybe not traumatic...I did have a reaction. Should I sell said calzone on ebay? Could I convince others that maybe the calzone's face is that of Jesus...or maybe his mother?

Oddly when I look at it, I think it looks most like Cameron Mannheim...and I don't think anyone would buy that. I guess that's why I took its picture and then ate the shit out of it.

Has Spring Sprung?

2009-03-23T13:38:00.000-07:00

So glad Spring is here! Though it's currently pretty cold, at least it stays light out passed five.

Vacation!

2009-03-05T13:45:00.000-08:00

So I'm going to San Francisco for a few days and am pretty excited. It's unfortunate though that the weather here in NY will be warmer than there during my excursion. Ah well...maybe one winter I'll go to Hawaii or possibly hell.

2009-03-01T23:01:00.000-08:00

Do you ever feel like you can be the laziest ass in the whole world? Sometimes I think that I would be the most happy if I didn't have to do anything. Then it occurs to me (after many moments of fantasy) that one needs to be doing something. Just sitting around isn't going to cut it, even if you can watch Golden Girls and Battlestar Galactica all day. Thank god I haven't won the lottery....Yet...

The Truth is Out There...

2008-10-22T14:48:00.000-07:00

Britain's Ministry of Defence has released files containing information about UFO sightings. These files range from crazy people who claim to have had relations with aliens, as well as more legitimate military sightings. You can check out the newly released files for yourself online. They're open to the public to peruse so we can make our own judgments. Oh cover-ups.

Obama has him by the throat...

2008-10-12T02:09:00.000-07:00

I wish Americans would just let him squeeze!

Absurd Question:

2008-10-09T18:58:00.001-07:00

If you had to erase one color from our visual spectrum, which color would it be?

Heroin Addicted Elephant!

2008-09-06T02:26:00.000-07:00

No shit. An elephant has gone through (what I hear can be) the horrible effects of heroin withdrawal. Of course the animal didn't seek out the sweet shit and find the most effective way to shove it into its bloodstream, but that doesn't make it not yearn for it like I do my morning coffee. Obviously it was human beings who got the pachyderm hooked on the junk, and they did so in order to make it controllable so they can see some cold hard cash.

Wow, pimps really don't discriminate when it comes to Hos (even if they weigh a few tons and are wrinkly). I thought that was just something I learned from "Hookers on the Point" via HBO and a lot of time on my hands.

What won't people (all over the world) do for a buck?

She's No WONDER WOMAN, But She Scares Me!

2008-09-03T03:00:00.001-07:00

So is this what it has come down to? A sad sad woman who can only read from a teleprompter whilst effectively projecting the general malaise of evil? Is this the republican's secret weapon? Their answer to Hillary not being on the opponent's ticket? Really?

The worst part about this debacle is in fact that it could be a reality. I'm not one of those people who can fester in their oh so out of touch intellectual disdain with the knowledge that it couldn't possibly come to be (I mean, look at the last eight years). The part that is truly scary is that the probability of her coming into office has a higher chance of coming to fruition than the realization of universal health care.

The Bitch Saved Mowgli!

2008-08-29T01:11:00.000-07:00

So no shit, it’s really happened. Despite the whole modern world’s understandable rebuttal of all things fable, a fable has in fact come into reality. A dog has saved a human baby and brought it back to be raised with its own puppy offspring.

There’s a modern twist too (although very sad and poignant) making it even more modern, and…also sadder, a 14 year old girl (hello Geraldo…babies having babies) gave birth to a premature baby and left him in a field. Super fable dog made reality found the crying infant and took it back to where it lived with her own babes. Luckily there were people there with enough foresight to realize that their dog’s puppies don’t cry like people. They found the baby and called the authorities.

Shiloh VS Suri

2008-08-20T14:16:00.000-07:00

When I was at the local 711 getting another pack of very evil cigarettes I perused the magazine rack in front of the register as is my usual practice. We’ve all seen these well placed magazine covers and have probably succumbed to their glossy call, buying them on occasion even though we had no intention to do so.

I know it’s not a surprise. I guess it’s even to be expected. Yet I was truly revolted as I saw the cover of this week’s issue of the ever-present Star magazine. Their cover story was about the world’s favorite children, Suri Cruise and Shiloh Jolie Pitt. Depicted on the cover looking adorable were both tots. This is nothing unusual really; these kids have seen more press than any key on my keyboard.

What was bothersome was the premise of the story. The magazine pits the children against each other with a list of their “known” positive and negative attributes. Which kid is still on the bottle, who wears hand me downs, which one is a free spirit? It’s amazing that first of all people care (I mean, even I care enough to write a post about it) and second of all that everyone seems okay with creating an adversarial relationship between two toddlers who most likely don’t even know of the existence of the other.

Visual Merchandizing Bliss

2008-08-18T20:04:00.000-07:00

HEMA is a Dutch department store. The first store opened on November 4, 1926, in Amsterdam . Now there are 150 stores all over the Netherlands. HEMA also has stores in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany. In June of this year, HEMA was sold to British investment company Lion Capital.

Take a look at their awesome and visually appealing frontpage. You can't order anything and it's in Dutch but just wait a couple of seconds and watch what happens. This company has a sense of humor and a great computer programmer.

Thanks for the link Mani!

A Cut Above The Rest

2008-08-16T12:18:00.000-07:00

Isn’t this picture stunning? It comes to us from artist and blogger Neda of Austin, Texas. Her blog, Papiers Colles is chock full of similarly delightful images. Her work isn’t just pretty to look at either. Though the work may look like it was done on a computer or painted, it's actually a collage. That’s right, paper and glue.

Check out her blog to see more.

You Don't Need It

2008-08-16T10:34:00.000-07:00

All day long we’re bombarded with advertisements making sure we are well aware of the newest must haves. There are ads on the train, in windows, driving by. It’s almost like we live our daily lives in a magazine where there’s far more marketing than there is content.

The Anit-Adverstising Agency has come up not with a solution to all of this, but more a commentary. You can get stickers from their website that say “you don’t need it” and post them wherever you see an advert. Of course this may fall into the arena of vandalism, but it worked for Banksy.