okay fine

more pics

2010-12-11T23:38:00.000-08:00

I love the camera on my new iPhone. It's one of the first and most important things I was excited about when getting the damn thing. Here are some pictures I took today and yesterday.

Capitol Hill Art Walk Dec 2010

2010-12-09T22:22:00.000-08:00

Tonight I went to Blitz,the Capitol Hill Art Walk a nd took some pictures. I figured this would be a good place to put the pictures. It was raining so I didn't go to too many places, but I got my usual awesome corndog at The Unicorn.

Catalyst Gallery:
Keys of all sorts by R.S. Delucco

Vermillion :
Photographs by Tomiko Jones

Trapeze Studio:

nyc

2010-05-01T21:10:00.000-07:00

I recently went on my first trip to New York City. Do I even need to mention how awesome it was? I imagine it would take several week-long visits to the Big Apple to be able to see and do most of the things there are to see and do, so naturally the few days we were there were packed.

The subways in New York are exactly as you would imagine they are, complete with urine smell. Getting around requires some physical endurance due to standing on the subway, walking quickly on the street, and climbing staircase after staircase. I would never think of driving around in that city. Well, never say never, but I don't think I could handle all the jay-walking pedestrians. Car horns go off every few minutes, or seconds in a busy part of Manhattan. I really got used to the sound.

The MOMA was one of my favorite parts. So crowded but hey, it's NYC and it was totally worth walking around people. I got to see some great shit. People are crazy, y'know? We also saw some celebrities on stage; Francis McDormand in 'North Atlantic' (crazy) and Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth in 'Promises, Promises' (Turkey Lurkey Time!)

Anyway, it took a day or two to process the whole thing. It happened so fast. I can't wait to go back, but there are a lot of other places I have to hit up first. I'll see you again someday, New York.

to do list

2010-04-04T23:55:00.000-07:00

- Make new post as an excuse to display new header (check!)

- Scan cartoon I did for Lulu

- Draw another page of 'Thump Thump'

- Review a comic book for the Comic Collector's Live forums

- Enter next long box into database

- Throw out clothes that are falling apart.

- Order new hoodies

- Order Jack3D

- Finish still life

- Throw Styrofoam away.

witches and wolves

2010-03-22T01:28:00.000-07:00

I'm not the type of guy who actively looks for music, at least not very often. Compared to most people, especially in Seattle, my collection is minimal. This is probably because I'm usually around people who listen to great music and I steal from them. Still, my own collection gets stale and once in a while I go out and try to find something that tickles the ears. That's what I did last night.

For a while I've been meaning to explore all the music references in the Phonogram comic books. The premise of the book is that music is a form of magic and is used to cast spells. These stories mostly focus on indie and brit-pop. There a loads of references to bands and songs I don't know. I started with the first issue of the second series. Luckily, each issue has pages of annotations for all the references, like any self-serving music snob masturbatory work should.

I found a couple of things from bands that I have heard before, like this track that Jeremy has played in the car before:

There were a couple of bands mentioned that I had heard of before but had not actually heard:

And there was this pukey-cute one that the whole issue was based on:

Another thing that happened this weekend was a viewing of New Moon. There was a decent Thom Yorke song in that too:

I think I'm Team Jacob.

snoop opera

2010-02-24T23:43:00.000-08:00

Today's episode of One Life To Live had a couple of reasons as to why it's the best (daytime) soap opera ever. Passions will always be my favorite but there's no denying that OLTL is better.

Reason #1: Shamelessly lazy writing

All soaps have lazy writing, it's a definitive characteristic. OLTL takes it past the typical repetition and formula. For instance a character introduced in the early nineties was portrayed by an Asian-American actress. The character left the show and came back as a blond with a southern accent. I don't think they even bothered to explain it. How could you? Today's episode touched on another unexplainable occurrence in Llanview.

Quick back story: Years ago Todd's sons are kidnapped and taken to an island. He and Tea go to the island and rescue them, but Todd abandons her there not knowing she is preggers with his baby. Years later, Tea reveals the daughter she had with Todd. So, the daughter should be younger than the sons that were kidnapped, right? Nope, she's in high school, but the oldest son is only 10 years old. The poor girl is a victim of a phenomenon known as Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome. I noticed it when she was introduced a few months ago, but until now I thought I was the only one. Today, the son, Jack, meets his sister, Dani, for the first time. Here's how it went:

Jack: You're my sister?

Dani: Who were you expecting, Taylor Swift?

Jack: But you're, like, old.

Dani: What does that, like, mean?

Jack: I overheard my mom and dad talking, that Tea and my dad had a kid. So I figured you'll be my little sister. I thought you'd be, like, eight or nine.

Dani: Well I'm, like, not.

Jack: That makes no sense.

Dani: Get over it.

That's it! That's all she wrote. The rules of time and space were bent to the will of these people and that's the only explanation we get. I think I like it because they at least mention the paradox, and it's done so quickly and quietly. With all the mundane crap dialogue soaps have, you tune a lot of it out and it would be easy to miss a little wink like that.

Reason #2: Snoop Dogg is from there.

Snoop likes to stop by the show once in a while. With all the time they saved with the lazy writing, they concocted this back story for him where he grew up there and was on a TV show there and is best buds with the police commissioner.

picturesque

2010-02-06T17:52:00.000-08:00

This is Cinnamon, circa 2000-2001. This was at the mall and she was giving one of those consumer surveys about underwear. For my trouble I got a few pairs of briefs to try out. A few weeks later a friendly man with a southern accent called me and asked me questions about them (they were decent but pretty inferior to any leading brand), then I got a check in the mail for $5.00. It was pretty cool.

Favorite of 2009 #5

2010-02-01T23:51:00.000-08:00

The best part about 2009 has to be living with Jeremy. Let's face it, cohabiting could turn out bad. But in this case, it turned out good. He's kinda awesome. Trying not to sound mushy.

Favorite of 2009 #4

2010-01-30T01:00:00.000-08:00

The hometowns off all three of us who live here made the news last year.

I'm sure Fort Worth had more national stories, but this is the one that came to mind.

Favorite of 2009 #3

2010-01-21T01:23:00.000-08:00

It's a tie. I'll let you decide.

Obsessed. No, it's not a good movie, but it's trashiness won me over.... watch the first minute, i beg of you. It's the best part.

This IS a very good movie. It looks great. You should probably watch it instead of that other one I liked.

Favorite of 2009 #2

2010-01-19T21:32:00.000-08:00

The Poncho Art Auction was a great event to have participated in. I volunteered and helped wrap up pieces that had been sold and almost got to carry a Chihuly onstage. They fed me good food and beer and I met some nice people. People who's contact info I failed to get.

favorite of 2009 #1

2010-01-19T13:49:00.000-08:00

The exchange between Layla and Fish over these two clips is one of the most memorable soap scenes I've seen that didn't include magic. Layla realizes that her boyfriend is gay and tries to get him to open up. It's moving, uncomfortable and sad.

#draw365

2009-12-09T01:59:00.000-08:00

I recently started using Twitter again. An artist I follow on there suggested I use the #draw365 tag, the purpose of which is to post a new drawing everyday. I've kept up pretty well so far and enjoy seeing other people's drawings every day.a

Here are the first five I've done so far.

food!

2009-11-10T02:47:00.000-08:00

Butternut squash and purple potatoes. 'Nuff said.

songs from the album of the day

2009-11-06T00:03:00.000-08:00

As presented by film students.

someday her prince will come

2009-11-03T23:24:00.000-08:00

While I no longer like to dress up in a costume for my favorite holiday, the same is not true for my lovely niece. I never get to see her and rarely get to talk to her (when I do I can't make out what she's saying...still not sure if that's my fault or hers). But her dad was nice enough to send me a picture of her in her costume. Just a side note: every picture he's sent me of her includes an eating establishment and/or beer. Thank god, I know she's being brought up right. Anyway, doesn't she make an awesome Snow White? It's the role she was born to play!

great pumpkin

2009-11-03T12:16:00.000-08:00

There are lots of reasons I love autumn, and one of them is pumpkin flavored things. Pie, beer, soup...yummy! In small doses and only once a year, of course. As Thanksgiving draws near it will most certainly be pie season.

I had a roommate who made a pumpkin pie one year and she wanted to use real pumpkin. She said she didn't want to use any of that canned junk. She emptied the pumpkin out, cut it, roasted it, scraped it, made a puree, etc. The pie was delicious! Only, all pumpkin pie is. See, the thing about the canned junk? It only has one ingredient: pumpkin. No salt, water, preservatives, artificial anything. In the end her pie tasted like one made from a can. I didn't tell her any of this.

I suppose that while the pie tasted the same as any other, it was special. It sticks out in my mind as a unique memory. I remember watching her do it and excited she was about it. And she probably saved a post-Halloween pumpkin from QFC's compost dumpster. Gay as it sounds, the secret ingredient in that pie was love.

So if you want to make a pie filling from scratch and tell people how you slaved over it for bonus points, it's pretty easy and tastes good. Or you could use a can and lie to people about it.

digital transition fail

2009-10-30T11:37:00.000-07:00

Switching this junk over has not been easy via Comcast. Jeremy and Matthew have bought what they told them to buy and hooked it up every which way they told them to hook it up (thanks guys), and yet we still can't watch our favorite shows on the big screen. If it wasn't for Megavideo I would never get to see them! On the bright side, I'm sure it won't be long before a solution is found (x-mas!) and there's enough on the channels we do get to keep me occupied this fall.

it's genetic

2009-10-22T00:25:00.000-07:00

My free will astrology this week said something about my ancestors so I did a google search of the oldest one I know, my great-great-grandfather Manuel Rodrigues. I found this page that listed a bunch of voters registered in 1898 in my hometown of Antioch, where they found that kidnapped Jaycee Dugard girl. It listed the name, occupation and native country of each person. There were three Rodrigueses, all from Portugal. Manuel was a laborer and Enos (love that name) and Joseph Rodrigues were farmers. I thought "That doesn't sounds like my family." Then I noticed a note at the top of the list:

NOTE: This appears to be a listing of men who registered at the last minute prior to the November election.

Last minute? Now that sounds like my family! I'm surprised they made it in time at all.

the worst

2009-10-21T00:57:00.000-07:00

Ashlee Simpson on the new Melrose Place is, in a word, the worst. It's almost disgusting how bad she is. Still, her crazy eyes and alien-like delivery crack me up. She's a total freak.
I also have an idea of what her character is supposed to be: the worst neighbor ever. She's creepy and annoying and no one seems to like her...but there she is.

my first catfight

2009-10-20T01:50:00.001-07:00

I'm watching Candleshoe right now. I haven't run across many people who have seen it, but I watched a gazillion times growing up. It's an old Disney movie that stars Jodie Foster as a 14-year-old delinquent, a real bad-ass who's gaurdians (they don't explain them, but they sure aren't her folks) sell her to Rumpole of the Bailey so he can scam a rich old broad, Helen Hayes, out of her fortune or pirate treasure or something. She looks like her long-lost granddaughter. The old lady and Doctor Doolittle have a bunch of foster kids living with them and Jodie does nothing but cause trouble. In this scene she has it out with some of the girls over doing chores or something. It probably has something to do with how much I like seeing chicks fight. But then again, everyone likes seeing chicks fight.

flash forward

2009-10-19T00:13:00.000-07:00

I was going to make a joke about how today marks the three-year anniversary of my relationship with Tivo:

But I've been feeling not-so-creative lately and couldn't formulate the right words. So I'll skip it and cut to the chase.

It's been three years since I met Jeremy (and his Tivo). Knowing him has made me a better person and I'm having a more and more difficult time imagining life without him.

I love you, baby. Thanks for everything.

odosketch

2009-09-05T22:02:00.001-07:00

This awesome website records the strokes you make as you draw it. You can save it and play it back. It's a lot of fun!

http://sketch.odopod.com/

i made this

2009-09-03T00:50:00.001-07:00

I did this one last week, it's watercolor, acrylic, ink and collage.

I also finished this one probably a couple of months ago. It's mostly acrylic with some ink too.

to catch a cobra

2009-08-10T00:13:00.000-07:00

Next Sunday Jeremy and I are going to see the musical "Catch Me If You Can," based on the movie, based on the dude. I'm looking forward to it for a few reasons. It'll be my first live musical, although I'm not sure how many more are in my future. I'll get to buy new clothes, although I always say that when some special event comes up then I end up not buying anything (or anything good) and the next time, like now, I once again have nothing to wear. And then of course there's just having a night out with my guy.
I was originally going to make a post about Bob Mackie, who did the costumes for the show, and how young he looks for a seventy-year-old. See, the news did a bit on him and he looked pretty good. But when searching for a photo I only found one recent one and, well, he looked pretty old.

In other news, G.I. Joe is out. Roger Ebert didn't care much for it, and it sounds just like what I would expect from it. I'm sure I'll see it just not in the theater. What I have liked about this movie from the start is the presence of the Baroness, played by Sienna Miller. When I think of Cobra, she's always the first thing I think of. The black hair, the glasses, the bad-ass bitchness, always having to take care of shit. Then I think of those twins. Then Destro, Zartan, and finally Cobra Commander, who I have not seen any sign of as of yet. Is he in the movie? I guess I'll have to find out. Maybe he's that Scottish dude and he'll be all helmety later on. It is called "Rise of the Cobra" after all.

want

2009-07-23T21:15:00.000-07:00

I know what you can get me for christmas.

free will astrology

2009-07-23T16:21:00.000-07:00

I always like reading my Free Will Horoscope in the Stranger on Wednesdays as I shut down the store. Here's what mine said this week:

Let's say that you lost a treasured object a while back. What do you think the odds are that you'll find it this week? Or let's say that a bewildering companion walked out of your life many moons ago. How much do you want to bet that your paths will cross again soon? According to my reading of the omens, events like these could be common between now and August 15. That's because the past is cycling back to you for another look. Revival and resurrection are in the air. What has been old may become new again. Are you ready to experience something resembling time travel?

Then, lo and behold, today I buy this:

Check out the tracks at Amazon. It goes great with the Blues Explosion and PAvement I've been listening to. I'm on a roll already! Now, has anyone seen my hair?

yay!

2009-07-02T14:56:00.000-07:00

Here's New Jersy Housewife Danielle Staub on All My Children in 2001. She wasn't a recurring character, in fact this clip is all there is. And that is, of course, Josh Duhamel playing Leo Dupree, who barges in on Jack and Moura's(?) dinner. He's one they killed and probably can't bing back unless Duhamel plays him. Which he won't.

twitty mays

2009-06-28T23:47:00.000-07:00

I thought it was strange that Billy Mays wasn't in the trends list on twitter, so I did a search for his name. I found some people's tweets(?) amusing.

Adesto: I tell my sister Billy Mays has died. She says "Isn't that a Michael Jackson song?"

DaanDobber: out of respect for billy mays i will leave this stain in my shirt

maryhannah99117: Why couldn't it have been the Sham Wow guy? R.I.P. Billy Mays!

Steveskin: It doesn't seem like anyone is mourning the loss of Billy Mays...

VictoriaKesoma: I HAVE 3 MORE MINUTES TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS IN MEMORY OF BILLY MAYS. RIP <3

seanmoneynyc: I mean 4 real Who the hell is Billy Mays most of you white people never cared about MJ so why should I give a fuck about some dude who sells

cHRIS_gREGORY: RIP BILLY MAYS, d never heard of u, but sounds like u were respected alot

fill my heart with song

2009-06-23T01:17:00.000-07:00

So AIM ain't working tonight so I can't talk to the dude. Thinkin 'bout him though. And this song was running through my head all day, I thought I might share it. Dedicated to you, my donkey.

Fyle? Kysh? Olivyle? Kyliver?

2009-06-18T14:13:00.000-07:00

What will they call the much-anticipated (by me, anyway) gay couple on One Life To Live? Here's a shot of today's episode, where we get to see Oliver Fish and Kyle Lewis in the classic I'll-turn-to-the-camera-and-you-talk-to-my-back soap opera pose. That's how you know it's legit.

They're so cute. The writers are dragging the gay stuff out a little more, which is fine with me. Fish just asked the black chick out again, but she's already all "I wonder what went down between them in college?" I love when seeds are planted early on and have time to grow. Buffy did that a lot.

a new listerine

2009-06-18T01:30:00.000-07:00

You know, for the gays.

padi-o

2009-06-16T01:23:00.000-07:00

I been doodling with my Bamboo pad tonight. I love it, it pretty much looks like i drew this shit on paper. And no scanning.

officially the stupidest thing i've ever seen

2009-06-13T17:50:00.000-07:00

The title says it all.
Got this from A View of the C.

for kc

2009-06-13T00:37:00.001-07:00

I know I used to draw a lot of robots that had "I am a robot" written on the chest in those days for some reason, but you have to admit this picture's sending a charge to your brains pleasure centers. Aside from the rad quote, there's some weird Final Fantasy thing in the corner. What the hell is satonic? Was that from biology? I don't even remotely remember.

the terrible thing on alpha-9

2009-06-12T02:25:00.000-07:00

I got this fun cartoon from Drawn! It's by Jake Armstrong. I like the clean yet crude feeling of the animation.

do you like fish sticks?

2009-06-09T23:58:00.000-07:00

My boyfriend is the best. He just gave me the best news today. My recent favorite soap opera, One Life To Live is FINALLY getting a gay storyline! As soon as he told me, I knew exactly who it was going to be. Officer Fish. And perhaps the gaydar I didn't know I had was working in his case because he's a total homo in real life, which I also just found out today. Officer Fish is played by super-cute Scott Evans , brother of studly Fantastic Four star Chris Evans, and he's only been in Llanview for a few months.

First, Officer Oliver Fish went on a date with this one chick and it went ok, but he broke things off when he was seduced by disgusting skank, Stacy, but then Stacy blew him off. That's was it for his personal life UNTIL, while at the gym,and in the midst of a serial killer investigation, Fish runs into an old frat brother. This is Kyle Lewis, played by Brett Claywell, a hospital lab guy involved in two non-related stories. They seemed to have a moment and that's when I called it! They are so gay together!

Now even though I called it I think my credibility might be in question since I always hope that a new male character turns out to be a gaymo. I've always done it on the soaps and I'm always wrong! I'm so excited, not only was I right, but it's going to be hot and here's how I know. Fish is a cop. Lewis is a criminal who just got busted for blackmail and other junk. And, they are casting for a third male character to tear their relationship asunder. It's all so exciting to me!

Speaking of fish, there were a couple of pictures from KC's family trip to Palm Springs I wanted to put up, and one has fish in it. But I need to locate my little memory card adapter so that will have to wait. In the meantime, here's pretty much everything I just said in a youtube video. Keep in mind, these scenes were spread out over months, so it wasn't all so obvious in the beginning, save for maybe it's cuteness.

batman and robin

2009-06-05T00:44:00.000-07:00

I don't understand Grant Morrison.

How come sometimes he writes really great stuff and sometimes he writes total gibberish? The recent Batman R.I.P. storyline was confusing and poorly executed. Not only did I not see Batman die at the end of it, I wasn't even sure if the story was suggesting that he died. I had to read in another title altogether that Batman was considered dead. (Oh God is he going to come back in the Blackest Night storyline?!) The Invisibles was admirable but still convoluted and hard to follow. The key seems to be pairing him up with artist Frank Quietly. They won me over with their classic work on New X-Men and I loved their superb work on WE3. Now, after his last Batman stint left a bad taste in my mouth, Morrison delivers an enjoyable (so far) Batman title.

As I said, Batman is "dead". So, after the Battle for the Cowl storyline, Dick Grayson, the original Robin, who has gone by Nightwing probably longer than he hasn't, has assumed the mantle of Batman, a rite he has shied away from his entire post-Robin career. And the new Robin is Bruce Wayne's biological son, Damian (I don't know what happened to Tim Drake), making him the fifth Robin. Morrison writes Damian, a highly-trained brat with a superiority issue, really well. You just want to smack him when he talks down to Alfred.
The villains are just plain creepy. Mr. Toad, someone called Pyg, who wears a grotesque mask, and his red haired minions. They're gross and I can't wait to see more.
There were still a few akward places in the script, like this quote from Grayson Batman:

Crime is doomed? What the hell is that? There's a couple of times it seems like NightBat is taking a Spiderman-smart-alec approach to crime fighting.

At any rate, I dig this book and I'll keep picking it up. Plus, lesbo-hero Batwoman will be the main character in Detective Comics coming up here soon. That ought to be fun.

just all ten of my children

2009-06-04T14:54:00.000-07:00

A character recently returned to All My Children cast with a different actress. The odd thing about the casting is that it seems to be a case of reverse-SORAS (Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome). Commonly, characters will come back way older, leaving a child or teenager and returning as an adult. In this case, however, she seems to have gotten younger.

Liza Colby was portrayed by Marcy Walker until 2004. She returns now played by Melrose Place and Just the Ten of Us alum Jamie Luner. Luner is about nine years younger than walker in real life so, after a five year absence, the character has anti-aged by nine years. It doesn't help that her daughter has gone from a baby to a college student in the same amount of time. I think usually this would bother me, much like the SORAS inflicted upon Elivs Aron "EJ" Dimera on Days of Our Lives. Originally the son of the AWESOME Susan Banks, EJ went from infant to 30-year-old in about eight years. His return also failed to even address what happened to his mother, Susan Banks, played masterfully by Eileen Davidson. Watch here for classic Susan.

Where was I...? Oh, yeah, while it would normally irk me, I think Luner is doing a great job. OF course I remember Just the Ten of Us, but those memories have long been misty and water-colored. Melrose Place I totally remember and she was great in that too. I like how she plays the character and I think she's pretty and sultry and gives the show some sexy backbone. I hope it lasts!

picturesque

2009-05-31T12:34:00.000-07:00

This is an angel statue in a curio cabinet my mom has. She filled it up with nothing but angels. I kind of remember her getting the cabinet but I was so young I might be making it up in my head. The thing I always remember about the cabinet was the mirrors in the back of it. They were the cleanest mirrors I had ever seen, it was like I could reach right into the room on the other side. This picture certainly give me a home-y feeling.
The light is coming from the little overhead light inside the cabinet. I must have used my tripod to get such a clear shot in the dark.

wild things

2009-05-29T23:39:00.000-07:00

There's a fun website, Terrible Yellow Eyes, that posts artwork inspired by the book "Where the Wild Things Are" as a tribute to author Maurice Sendak. I somehow never read the book. I never had a teacher read it to the class and we didn't have it at home. I just never picked it up. Still, I'm familiar enough with the artwork and the idea of the book to appreciate the illustrations presented here. I think they're all really cool. I think anyone with fond memories of it will like them even more.

andrew draws drawers

2009-05-29T12:12:00.000-07:00

Andrew got booted from The Fashion Show this week, which is fine with me. That way I won't spend the rest of the show wishing he was just a little bit cuter. I want him to be cute, I do, and he almost is. But he's not.

It's just as well since he's already an established designer. I knew his name sounded familiar. It's because he designs fashionable and expensive underwear. Shouldn't there be a rule about that in a game show like this? If you search Google images for his name, you'll get a lot of hunky, semi-nude men. But none of them are Andrew himself.

charm school drop outs

2009-05-27T23:48:00.000-07:00

I was debating whether or not to use "drop out" or "cop out" in this title, either could work. I've noticed a trend in the trashy reality shows as of late, one that was probably inevitable. The trend is people voluntarily leaving the show. Some leave because they honestly don't feel they belong there, like Michael on Bromance and Vanessa, my original favorite from Pretty Wicked. I agree, they were both in the wrong place.
What I don't get is when people leave, or threaten to leave, because of flared emotions or feelings of betrayal. Examples that come to mind are London from Daisy of Love and Pretty Wicked's Amber. A lot of times these emotional outbursts are empty threats used as a ploy in "the competition", but things really start to hurt when we have actual casualties. Case in point: the most recent episode of Charm School.

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Really, Farrah? You're leaving? I don't understand why. Because the black girls are fighting a lot? You weren't even in the bottom three. You just seemed annoyed by the bickerings of others that you took off. Actually you sounded a little racist there. Are you afraid of the black girls? What the french?!

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Really, So Hood? What's your deal? Your friend got properly eliminated so you're gonna leave too? Why take it so personally? And you had just become my new favorite the week before.

I really thought that the producers would pretend to run after them and bring them back and they would say "I'm sorry, I really want to be here and change". Them changing their ways in charm school is something that I seriously hope these girls don't think is for real. Any time they say it I sincerely hope they are playing along. But these girls didn't have that chance, they took off and did not come back! I can't imagine any moral scruples would cause someone on this caliber of game show to walk away from the chance at, what was it, $100k? They are mistaken if they think the show is anything more than a vehicle for their careers and alcoholism. The wrongs that were wronged to them did not deem the emotional outcry that was displayed, or worth dropping out of any sort of competition. It just didn't make sense. Props to my girl Ashley: "I'm not going anywhere."

So now we have a problem. There's a new bottom three because after the others all left, things went on as usual. But the show is already hemorrhaging girls too quickly as it is. On top of the two leaving we have Beverly who got kicked out before the first elimination for fighting. The solution? Let them all stay, of course. The only thing I like less than that cop-out of a plan is the girls who took off, putting Ricki Lake and the poor folks at VH1 in that position in the first place.

At least we got to see sexy dancing with the elderly, always a good time, and that crazy bitch, Brittaney Star, on the carpet with her not-plugged-in-headphones. Yes, they are threatened by you because you are insane.

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this is an easy one

2009-05-22T00:20:00.000-07:00

I did this drawing in high school. What book is it from?
Click on it to make it bigger...that guy's saying (whispering) "You, my friend, may be a wolf."

reunion

2009-05-19T01:45:00.000-07:00

My class's ten-year reunion is this year and I'm not going. The biggest reason is this: not only are the people I would want to see there not going, they can't even find them! True, I know where a couple of those folks are but I'll never tell. But I wouldn't get to see my prom date or my more nerdy friends who made fun of me a lot. So screw it.
I have gotten, however endless emails from them, including this survey. I'm thinking of filling it out and sending it in. I'll have to fill it out first, so here goes...

-What was your name in high school?
Rev. Philip Charles Norbert Rodrigues, Esq.
-What is your current name?
Phil
-What is your current relationship status?
in one
-What is your current partner’s name?
Jermany
-How long have you been with your current partner?
about 2.5 years
-Do you have any children?
not yet!
-If yes, how many children do you have?

-What are their names and ages?

-Are you or your partner pregnant?
Yeah, both of us, but not with babies.
-If yes, when are you due?
any day now
-Which schools have you attended since graduation? How many years at each school?
Los Medanos Community College, 3 years
College of the Redwoods, 2 years
Seattle Central Community College, 2 years
-List all degrees or special training you have completed:
I'm about to get my AA this summer!
-Please describe any Military Service, including Branch and number of years:

-Please describe your current Occupation/Employer.
Closing Lead, Ken's Market QA
-Where have you traveled since high school?
Vancouver, BC
-What is the most interesting trip you’ve been on since high school?
Vancouver, BC, the band went on tour!
-What places would you still like to travel to?
Everywhere else. France in particular.
-What are your hobbies?
Art and comic books
-What is your proudest accomplishment since high school?
coming out of the closet
-Are you where you thought you’d be after ten years?
Not even close
-What is something you’ve done since graduation that you never would have envisioned yourself doing?
ecstasy
-What would you like to accomplish in the next ten years?
More schoolin, sell more art, and make a down payment on a house.
-Tell us something about yourself that would surprise your classmates.
Truly, I don't think there's anything.
-If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I'd be younger.
-If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
I would lower the birthrate for a few decades.
-Where is the most unlikely place you have run into a FHS Alumni at, and who was it?
Hmmm. I worked with Amber Kavanaugh at Wal-Mart.
-Have you ever had a brush with greatness? Met a famous person? Please describe in detail.
OMG, i was at the comic book store once last year and Mike Carey came in! He was there for an appearance but no-one was expecting him and I was ill prepared to have a discussion with him.
-What is the most amazing/oddest/most unique experience you have had since high school?
Mushrooms. That first time...wow.
-How many speeding tickets have you received?
zero. parking tickets is another story.
-How many cars have you owned?
4
-How many cars have you wrecked?
1
-How many piercing do you have? Where are they located?
0
-How many tattoos do you have? Where are they located?
0
-Who was your favorite teacher in high school?
Mr. Cline
-Which high school teacher would you most like to go for a drink with?
Mr. Cline
-What was your favorite high school memory?
Spam
-What was your most memorable school event and why?
The Prom, I got to spend the evening with a good friend.
-What is the strangest or most unusual thing that you remember from high school?
The goldfish in the planter outside the art room. And the misspelled graffiti.
-Which classmate would you like to see at the reunion?
They are all on the "we can't find them" list
-Who was the most memorable couple in high school?
For me, duh, KC and Emilie
-What was your most memorable song from high school?
That Bush song from that Werewolf movie.
-What was your favorite movie from high school?
Same as now. Vice Academy 5.
-What was your favorite hang out during high school?
my bedroom
-What was your favorite sport or extra-curricular activity?
Playing Bass for the choir
-What was your favorite high school sport to watch?
no thanks
-What was your favorite fashion trend during high school?
Polyester
-What was your least favorite fashion trend during high school?
Austin 3:16. That was ours first.
-Which high school class/subject do you use the most in your everyday life?
French (I'm not kidding)

-If you are unable to attend the reunion, please write the rest of the class a message.

Hey, everyone.

picturesque

2009-05-13T12:40:00.000-07:00

A sign from a bait shop in Isleton, a small river town between Antioch and Chico, Ca.

charm school

2009-05-12T00:38:00.000-07:00

Charm school started tonight and it rocked. I've been worried that the steam from this trash would be running out but it doesn't look like it. My girl Ashley from Rock of Love bus is here, as are many other faves. Too bad there's no Milf, but I'm sure she was busy not winning I Love Money 2.

Here is a fine example of yet another attack from Beverly provoked by nothing but alcohol.

VH1 TV Shows | Music Videos | Celebrity Photos | News & Gossip

I'm so glad this show is here. It's filling a void that would have had to be filled with New York goes to Work which is a stink fest (sorry, Tiffany). She just goes about in hysterics over any little thing. Lame.

music for KC

2009-05-11T12:40:00.000-07:00

Black Mountain

I don't know if this video is made by the band, but it's bad. Just listen.

oh, new art

2009-05-10T00:04:00.000-07:00

Also, I just finished this painting. I spent a bit of time on it, even though it's not very exciting. I like the tone of it. And of course, it's hard to keep the exact feel and color of it through a photo, but it's too big for me to scan.

picturesque

2009-05-09T23:55:00.000-07:00

This is Lupe who I worked with at Wal*Mart. We both started out in the Electronics department, but she moved to recieveing and I moved to the cash office, a better situation for both of us. This was her in recieveing. We were friends, she liked me and she was sassy and I dug that. She had a cute baby and a man named Felipe (fill-eep). He was cute, too.

antm

2009-05-08T01:24:00.000-07:00

I did a painting of Fo from America's Next Top Model who got booted two weeks ago. below it is the picture i took it from from Fourfour. I didn't capture the expression like I wanted, but it was one of my first attempts.

blurb

2009-05-05T00:13:00.000-07:00

I just feel like posting something.

So, birthday. Awesome. Ate at Claim Jumper, saw Obsessed, talked to loved ones, and Jeremy got me a very thorough set of 36 acrylic paints and brushes.

Last weekend, Free Comic Book Day. Arcane has a five issue limit. Luckily Jeremy came along and doubled my take. Overall a good take, there was a fun Avengers story and the Blackest Night explained some things in the Green Lantern universe for me. And I finally finished alphabetizing my comic collection. It feels good, the next step is cataloging them. Lord knows how long that will take.

I also recently gained access to photoshop CS4. This is all I've done with it.

2009-04-30T14:03:00.000-07:00

My stories got interrupted for a Special Report today. That happens a lot, but today I didn't mind. Reporting on the county's recent Swine Flu cases was County Executive Aaron Reardon. rawwrr.

What did they say about the swine flu? I don't know I wasn't listening. I was thinking about how funny his name sounds in the same way Rural Juror does. Then when the sciencey guy came on to milk the spotlight I began to fall asleep.

picturesque

2009-04-29T11:12:00.001-07:00

This is a drawing I did in ninth grade art class using a grid. It was a photo in a magazine and is of a woman in concrete.

gaymos 1, grammar 0

2009-04-26T23:50:00.000-07:00

picturesque

2009-04-23T16:59:00.001-07:00

This is from my parents house around 2001. That's my dad's handwriting. I don't know what it is he doesn't care about, the possibilites are endless.

kick ass

2009-04-23T02:05:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited to have three days off this week. Of course it's of my own design. Since my birthday falls between my normal days off I just asked for it off and POW! 3-day weekend. I'm looking forward to cleaning up, reading things, watching things, eating things, etc. I'm picking up a bunch of comics tomorrow, that's exciting enough. They will include the new issue of Kick Ass, a comic that's becoming HUGE, despite being rather low-key.
I'm tempted to go into it but I think I'll save it for a review. Kick Ass the movie is already in production. It's hard to tell how it's going to be, Nick Cage plays a character that's hardly been in the comic yet. McLovin from Superbad is also playing a character who's only been in one issue so far. Who the heck knows how this will turn out. This little girl might be good as Hit Girl.
Notice the blood dripping. This is a very violent comic, but in a comical way. Like, how many heads can the 10-year-old cut off? Haha.

Here's another still of the main kid, who's really a total dick. We'll see how it
turns out.

picturesque

2009-04-21T13:38:00.001-07:00

These were taken on my way to work at WalMart (there's a million WalMart pictures). The driver stopped to get a soda and I was the only one on the bus so I took a picture from the front looking back and vice versa.

Ok, time for work. I'm gonna be late again.

picturesque

2009-04-20T01:21:00.000-07:00

When I was young(er) I took a lot of photos. I remember starting in ninth grade with whatever camera I could find. Then in college I got a Nikon N60 and mostly used that. Some were arty, some were candid, a lot were blurry, and a lot are of nothing in particular, especially since I usually end up hanging out with the "camera shy". I was never very interested in the developing or printing aspect of photography. I LOVE one-hour photos. I thought more about the composition of the picture, and usually making sure there was either enough or not too much light. I think my peak picture taking days were around 18-20 years old. I hardly take any now, or maybe I do and it doesn't feel like it because they're all digital.

I have a box of a couple thousand photos that I have no idea what to do with. So I decided to post a new photo from my box every once in a while. I'll shoot for every day but I make no promises. A couple of others, like Keith and this bear, who's blog I randomly found via Twitter, have attempted similar things. So why not?

So for my first post I'll do a 5 for 1 special. While I will consciously choose my daily photos today I randomly picked five from my box without looking. I wish I had picked better ones, but them's the breaks. I'll even tell you what each picture is!

This is my sister. She was still in high school here, in her Ace Hardware work clothes. She loves working in hardware. Now she works at a mom and pop hardware store in Chico, CA but since she's a girl they don't let her do anything other than run the register even if she does know way more than the dumb teen boys that work there.

This is my grandparent's dog Danni circa 1995. She was put down a few years ago. I remember they had a dog, Schwartz, when I was little, then Danni. My Grandma now has a little hellion named Foxy.

This is my cat, E.G.(also 1995, also dead) She is named for a super heroine I made up as a child, Electric Girl, despite my mother's best efforts to name her "Cleo". I don't think I ever told anyone that. She is fighting my Star Wars figures. I think she won. You need to stay cool in these situations. She always did.

Ugh. This is the grill from the Radio Grill, the restaurant in the Wal*Mart I work at from 18 - 21. Shortly after I left they replaced it with a McDonalds, and rightly so. That shit was poison. I think this picture was for a long-exposure assignment in photography class. Something about the lights there made it really not work. I went with a cooler picture that I'm sure I'll post soon.

This was on the ground (surprise) by the bleachers of my first college's track. It's a piece of garbage, presumably from a reversible article of clothing.

That's it for now.

speechless

2009-04-18T18:22:00.001-07:00

An existential crisis may ensue.

extended family

2009-04-16T14:53:00.000-07:00

I met Jeremy's parents for the first time on Tuesday. I was nervous about it, as you might guess, but it was fine and went pretty much how I expected it to. Jeremy tells me that they liked me. That's good, I like them too. I like how low key his father is, generally quiet, smiling, and easily pleased by old music. He reminds me of my grandfather. His mother was also very cordial, we even talked a little about All My Children. The best way I can describe them is that they are very much parents.

Speaking of parents, Keith and Risa had their baby a week or so ago. A little boy, Saul William. Keith has been playing an album of Radiohead Lullabies for him.

Keith, when he gets older (a lot older) you should play him this song by someone with a familiar name. Maybe you should start with this softer, kinder version...

Jeremy and I got to meet Saul. He's tiny and likes to punch the air. Here's a post from the proud Papa.

And in soaps, OLTL's Jessica is about to baptize her baby. But we all know that the baby is really Starr's. I can't wait for Jess to find out so she has a psychotic breakdown and her evil persona, Tess, comes out. She's fun.

no buzz for KC

2009-04-01T23:19:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry I don't have a Butterfinger Buzz review yet, but I will soon. One for that tomato soup as well. I think both will be favorable reviews.

Thanks for sending me those pictures! The more record of cool stuff we have, the better.

Man, there is so much associated with this one. The t-shirt of course. And the waitress at Tony Roma's. I can't believe she didn't call you. I still have never found any evidence that the iron-on paper I made that shirt with ever existed. Kodak Iron-on transfer paper. I still think it was too good for non-commercial use and they pulled it off the market.

And this one...did I send you this when you were living in Santa Cruz? I think so, along with a letter. I forgot all about it, thank you! I think it's one of my better works.

I don't remember where this came from, but the phrase is perfect! Thank you for being a genius.

Why are there always things like hookers and booze bottles in my drawings? And Sagar said my people always look like "they're up to something."

Oh, hey remember my gothic black belt? I found some recent pictures of him. No, I'm not being stalkery, I was just curious and that's what myspace is for. He was already pretty "softened" back in 1996, but he got a little softer due to inactivity lately.

Jake and I are going to see Chad Vangaalen on Friday. I sent you that album right? Check out the beat to the song TMNT Mask. Does that keyboard rhythm sound familiar? It oughta. Here's a little video with it playing.

Now reflect:

ok, it's getting late and i'm feelin sleepy. I want to see pics of your new place soon. It doesn't have to be a video, either.

the hits, they keep coming

2009-03-22T02:46:00.001-07:00

my latester masterpiece

2009-03-22T02:16:00.001-07:00

my latest masterpiece

2009-03-22T01:19:00.000-07:00

Paris's new BFF on internet talk radio.

2009-03-15T23:38:00.001-07:00

lalala

2009-03-13T12:09:00.000-07:00

just a test...can you hear the music?

a bold claim

2009-03-12T00:40:00.001-07:00

If what this box says is true, it's way better than any toy that used to come in cereal.

sm'art

2009-03-11T11:39:00.000-07:00

Here's some pictures I did over the last couple of months.

A song lyric:

Digital color? WTF?!?

The back cover to an album made gor Garrett for his birthday:

The front cover:

Misc.

thanks, Garrett

2009-03-11T00:04:00.001-07:00

He got my other blog back up.
Thanks again

bloggin

2009-03-09T12:09:00.000-07:00

As I said, I'm sure my other blog is gone for good. Of course there is some sentimental feeling of loss, but I'm OK with it. Even the internet is wabi sabi.

Here's some quick things:
- Saw Watchmen this weekend. If you haven't seen it I'm sure all reviews will do it justice. The consensus among those I've talked to is that it was good, faithful adaptation, good cast, changing the end didn't affect it enough to be upset over it, and most of the popular music selections should have been better.

-Went to California recently to be the best man in my best friend's wedding. The whole trip went really smoothly. There was some pesky rain that KC, for some reason, didn't stop from happening but it didn't impose too mcuh. While we were there Jeremy met my family (most of them) and I got to meet Josh and Bethany's new baby. KC rewarded me with cleansers, meat, and footwear.

-Saw Dina Martina again, too. That bitch is funny.

-Oh, KC has a new stepdaughter. So I now have a "step-niece from another mother". She's three so our conversations are somewhat limited. But I know that she likes stickers and money. I've gotten a couple of pictures from her. This is my favorite.

..uh oh. It's snowing right now!

my boss is a perv

2009-03-04T01:54:00.000-08:00

It's common knowledge. What surprises me the most is his willingness to share that with the rest of the neighborhood, and when he does I chuckle. This is the reader board for the new ad. I had to get a picture before it came down. You think it will? I dunno.

He said the next ad will say "clam bake".

This is another one from a few valentine's days ago:

wat else? It seems my review blog has been lost into the ether ( i dunno, ask garrett). well it was fun while it lasted. I have some artwork I want to put up soon but until then all you get is this scribble from my break at work today.

short story

2009-02-12T01:08:00.000-08:00

This story has "clicky-make-bigger" pictures.

K.C. and I used to play a lot of Dance Dance Revolution.

I remember playing it at Korie's birthday party. She had a great time!

At Golf N Games, K.C. played with a guy who had the online name of "Shadow Me Twice".

Naturally K.C. decided that he needed a cool DDR name. He ended up coming up with one of the coolest names for anything ever. He wrote it on a sheet of paper, taped it to a Lazer Tag helmet an thus...

Captain Dance-Fast was born. You know he's fast because there are comets around his name.

And for no real reason here I am with a most heinous mustache. Oh my.

video mix tape

2009-02-05T19:00:00.001-08:00

I have a favorite mix tape from high school. I thought it would be fun to compile videos of the songs on one side of it. The other side just has Nirvana's Incesticide album.

Pixies- Head On

Love Spit Love- How Soon Is Now

Hole ft. Kurdt Cobain- Asking For It

Elastica- Connection

Beck- Where It's At

Imperial Drag- Boy or a Girl
the original video is not embeddable so here's a live version:

Then about 15 seconds of Mazzy Star, then...

XTC- Dear God

Imperial Teen- You're One

Edwyn Collins- Girl Like You

REM- Losing My Religion

all my children

2009-01-29T13:54:00.000-08:00

And out of nowhere..a post about soaps.

I learned a lot about McKenzie Westmore when I went to her site...She's a christian country singer, she was in Raging Bull, she's the daughter of a Star Trek makeup artist. Things I feel I should have known. But there is one thing I know about her from watching her for nine years on Passions, and now in a role on All My Children. She's best at playing bad.
On Passions, she spent years portraying Sheridan Crane as a helpless, damsel-in-distress type. She was buried alive, sank on the Titanic and I swear there was an entire year where she was trapped in a pit giving birth. But towards the end of the show's run the character took an evil turn, blackmailing, abetting, and almost murdering, mostly to get her man back after she royally fucked it up with him.
That's when it all clicked. I think Westmore is an enthusiastic actress (great for soaps) but that energy was wasted crying for help all those years. Now that Passions is over she has a new role on All My Children. She plays Dr. Sinclare, a doctor who is trying to prove crazy Annie is faking her mental illness. She clearly has an agenda and is all mean and bitchy. It makes me happy to see her in a role that suits her more, evil is always more fun. Speaking of evil, Annie is much better as a crazy/evil person as well. When she first came on the scene she was considered (I think a character actually said this)a cheap imitation of Greenlee Smythe. But then she lost her man (seeing a pattern), killed her brother and some other people, stabbed Erica and some other people, then just went all kinds of crazy. It is my guess that Sinclare's agenda has something to do with Richie, the brother that Annie killed.

Other fun things today:

-A lesbian wedding shower gone awry illustrates how homosexual relationships don't always fit easily into a hetero-centric model.

-Erica throws snow at Bianca

-The only one who can get through David Hayward's gruff exterior is a burn victim.

x-mas

2008-12-30T16:18:00.000-08:00

My Christmas was pretty great. Jeremy got me a Wacom Bamboo tablet. I've been practicing with it by tracing photos. I owe Jeremy a portrait. KC, Jen and Sophie made Jeremy and me a comfy new blanket. I feel pretty crummy though since I officially didn't get anyone anything. Jeremy's gift is over a week late getting here because of the snow. I still haven't been able to successfully burn CDs for KC. And the card I painted for my grandparents hasn't been sent yet. Looks like I got plenty to do during my vacation!

watchin soaps

2008-12-17T03:34:00.000-08:00

I don't know who all these characters are, I dont really follow this story but I thought this was a great image, all those people looking at a man whos back it turned to them.

viral

2008-12-04T01:34:00.000-08:00

Sure I have a lot I can write about right now. But I'd rather post what I've been watching on YouTube lately to avoid doing things like posting new blogs. And these are, for the most part, just songs i want to hear while on the internet

Also the Runaways song "Born To Be Bad" but it looks like YouTube took it down. So here's some L7 instead

happy holidays

2008-12-04T00:26:00.001-08:00

prop 8

2008-11-04T12:10:00.001-08:00

I talked to my best friend KC on the phone today and we discussed election things. He told me that there was a surprising amount of McCain supporters in Humboldt County. He also told me about the intense campaign between both sides of the Proposition 8 thingie that revokes the legal gay marriage in California. I forgot how polarized issues like this are in California, the unyielding, thick-skinned gays versus the people that God speaks through. Quite an epic battle. Things like this are much more diluted in Seattle, but I suppose everything is, isn't it?
I looked up some Prop 8 ads on Youtube. When approached with an amount of logic, the pro-8 ads (that would be in favor of revoking the right to same sex marriage) are simultaneously ignorant and mean, as well as taking on the "The right is so oppressed" tone. One of their angles is basically "If you allow same-sex marriage, we'll have to acknoledge that you exist." They argue that adoption agencies will have to allow gay couples to adopt babies and things like that, but my favorite is when they don't understand how they're supposed to talk to their kids about it. This one was good:
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REALLY?! Are you serious? This couple went through all the trouble of adopting a child and raising her and they never thought about how they would explain it to their kid? She totally blind-sided them! "You should spend less time at Megan's"? Really? They think ignoring the problem will make it go away? Maybe they're conservative Gays. Even better is when straight couples don't want to explain it to their kids. Comedian Louis C.K. had a bit about when a parent asks "How do I explain this to my child?" His reply is "I don't care, it's your shitty kid, you fucking tell them. Two men can't get married because you don't want to talk to your ugly child for five minutes?
Unfortunately, the um...gay side doesn't seem to have ads that are quite as powerful.
That's the problem when you want something (even rights), you can't use fear tactics, you have to tug at the heartstrings. Kind of a bummer that the gays cant use their ability to be bitchy and cut-throat. All they can do is be on the defensive, which they do well enough by addressing and countering the details of their attacks like in this series of ads, which most likely weren't on TV:

Vote No On Prop 8 - Icky
by VoteNoOnProp8

When California got the o.k. on gay marriage I thought "Maybe that place isn't as bad as I make it out to be," but seeing these ads and hearing what the climate is like, both political and, uh..weatheral, gives me that ucky feeling that I now recall a little better.
Good luck, California homos. Happy voting day everyone.

erection day

2008-11-03T13:40:00.000-08:00

It's the day before the big election. Lord knows I don't pay a whole lot of attention to politics and don't get visibly excited over much. However my paramour has, in recent days, said things like (I'm paraphrasing) "Can you believe we're going to have a new president so soon?" and "Isn't this exciting?" As the day draws nearer I can feel it. This is some big, crazy shit. Many will celebrate. Many will be angry. This election has captured the attention of many people who otherwise don't care much for politics, myself included. During the last election I was homeless so I didn't really give a shit. The election before that I voted for Gore without really thinking about it. Now I'm on the literal edge of my figurative seat. I really can't wait to see what happens, how things will change, how things will stay painfully the same. While I voted for Obama (duh), I will still wear my "Fonzie for President" pin on Monday and Tuesday.

Well, it's after midnight. So with a picture of a dude who clearly tried to color-coordinate with my blog, I wish you all a happy Erection...er, Election Day.

disco!

2008-10-29T02:27:00.000-07:00

my first cup of coffee

2008-10-27T11:53:00.000-07:00

Ok, the last 5 posts I've made have been political in nature. As a change of pace, I submit this video. It is dedicated to the sweet man who has put up with me for two years and will still hand-feed me bacon.

exposed

2008-10-27T11:48:00.000-07:00

this is big

2008-10-26T23:06:00.000-07:00

I'm sure you have all made up your mind as to who to vote for this election. Regardless, y'all should watch this.
Thanks, dad (even though you don't read my blog)!

See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die

palin actually makes a good catwoman

2008-10-24T02:45:00.000-07:00

after that debate...

2008-10-02T20:47:00.001-07:00

...this makes me feel better.

i'm watching the vice president debate right now

2008-10-02T18:12:00.000-07:00

You're darn right, Sarah Palin is a lot of fun to watch. Vice President? No. But give this woman a talk show!

the internet's got the weirdest shit

2008-10-01T23:42:00.000-07:00

poor trait

2008-09-23T00:54:00.001-07:00

I'm pretty bad at painting or drawing portraits of people, but once in a while i decide to try it and, once in a while, one will come out good.
I had a very good example from around 2003, but i really don't want to look for the images and scan them right now. Instead, I'll just show you the one I did today. I took it from a photo from Stephen Shore's book Uncommon Places.
Fort Worth, June 1976

By no means is my rendition of this woman as fabulous as she is. And I tells ya, a brush tipped pen can do a lot to add depth to a line drawing. Or probably a real brush, but that's too messy for me.

a dapper young Don Knotts?

2008-09-09T14:42:00.000-07:00

found art

2008-09-06T21:36:00.000-07:00

Some art from a few years ago that was being stored at my folks' house. You really ought to click on them and make them bigger. They are much nicer that way.

a rare moment

2008-09-05T20:49:00.001-07:00

My Uncle Reggie took this picture of my family at dinner in Reno, NV the other night. It's not common for all of us to be together at the same time. I don't think these smiles were even posed, for the most part.
I was laughing at something my brother David said. "I'm saving that for the girls at Circus Circus." It was funny, but I missed the first part and I have no idea what "that" was.

incredible!

2008-09-01T01:34:00.000-07:00

My favorite song of all time just got better!

That Bobby Darin is all kinds of awesome.

some more old drawing

2008-08-29T11:53:00.001-07:00

Maybe I should make some new ones rather than just posting old ones all the time.

2008-08-29T00:22:00.000-07:00

I originaly did this on a little peice of paper years ago, but I think I gave it to my friend Sagar, who really liked it. Soggs, this is for you.

the new falcon treadador

2008-07-30T23:29:00.000-07:00

I did this comic about five years ago spoofing an SUV commercial that was running at the time. I enlarged a particularly hard-to-read panel to use as the button, so click on it to read the whole thing:

And for no real reason, here's another drawing I did around the same time. I like 'em scuzzy.

2008-07-27T13:36:00.001-07:00

gluten for punishment

2008-07-24T15:37:00.000-07:00

My friend/coworker/Filthy's Angel Rachel has surprised me. She doesn't eat meat or dairy or wheat or gluten or anything and naturally when I think of vegan food, bacon and cheese lover that I am, I think "yuck". Rachel, however, has managed to make some kick-ass peach cobbler, key lime tarts, and enchiladas. Hopefully she will continue to make great food and give it to me.

Here I am with one of her kittens. I am refraining from making any "pussy" jokes because they have all already been made.

brand new bag

2008-07-23T17:45:00.000-07:00

Are you one of those people who goes to the grocery store and, when checking out, realizes that you forgot your reusable shopping bag? You say "Oh no, I left it in the car," or "It's hanging on the door at home." You begrudgingly take a paper or plastic bag, feeling guilty rather than green as you singlehandedly deepen the footprint that humans are leaving on the planet?

I'm here to tell you not to worry. It's fine, really. Just the fact that people are aware of it at all is progress. We have decades of plastic-bag-use to recondition, it's not going to happen overnight. Soon enough you will remember to bring that bag out of your house and into your car. Then out of your car and into the store. I've noticed a lot of people just scraping the whole idea and going sans bag, period.

So worry not, eco-conscious friends. I'msure you'll remember to bring that bag instinctively, especially when we start charging you for paper or plastic :)