Good... And Good for You

in the last two weeks i've come across/been referred to a handful of art blogs. i was going to post the links up in the corner (check it) but wanted to give a little exposition about them. about a week ago i came across this blog which lead me to my latest obsession... drawergeeks.com. they choose a new theme every couple of weeks and whoever wants to, submits drawings, and it kind of reminds me of some of the art classes i took in college except the themes are much much cooler. i was never required to draw my interpretation of indiana jones. ever. i was asked to draw an egg. an apple. a blender. a guy in a speedo... i also came across a couple of photo blogs like this and this . photography is one of my nontalents. i had to take a photo class when i first started the art program at the y, and i hated it. the teacher was mean, the students were harsh, but mostly i have no grasp for photography. when i have to take pictures at work, i would rather hurriedly take a picture and fix...

picture me . at a party. sitting alone. probably looking dejected . wondering where all the people i know have gone. and if i should maybe go meet some people. until some guy comes up and says, "hey." to which i virtually beam with relief. "oh hi!!" i say, "how's it going?" "um... ok... is anyone sitting here?" "hu? why no! so what are you up to??" "not much." guy picks up chair and leaves. picture me . at a party. sitting alone. and laughing hysterically.

oh come on !!

one of the weirder product lines i've had to design packaging for is our "droppings" line. chocolate covered nuts which have been cleverly renamed after various animal fecal matter. it is upsetting. mostly because my people were brought up to believe feces should not be cutesied up. plus the labels are kind of plain so i get bored easy. see? kind of plain. we put the droppings in a paper bag and no, the funny of that isn't lost on me and then we put the labels on the bag and then people buy them for a reason i've yet to figure out. it was around elephant droppings time when i started to get a little campy and design labels for my own amusement. first there was this slight variation... and then there was this... yes. yes i did find this way more amusing than i should have. and yes, yes i did print out these ideas and put them on peoples desks. and yes, in fact they did get sent with the rest of the actual label ideas to our california sales rep who's in charge...

so, a few days ago, i was at work and i was putting nutritional information and ingredients on candy labels, and double checking the spelling and making sure everything was centered, and then sending a big batch of labels off to the printers. it was very tedious. and that's when it hit me. an idea for a blog. i was going to whine about something and then i was going to find a youtube link which somehow connected and i was going to embed it in the blog. and it was going to rock your world . except i can't remember what it was i was going to whine about. or embed. for the last two days i've been trying to go about my life thinking it would all come back to me as these things typically do. but i've got nothing. and frankly, it's time to move on. so there you go, i've whined about forgetting what i was going to whine about and since there's nothing on youtube that in any way connects to what i've just said, here's a scene from "arrested developmen...

i did not like the first "pirates" movie. i thought it was boring, and seriously when did keira knightly become so aggravating? the second movie hurt me physically. i was confused and i was bored and i was dizzy from the 5 hour fight scene in a giant hamster wheel and there was too much keira talking out of her jaw and too few close ups of orlando. and too much creepy octopus head guy. what was that about? however, i have renounced my anti-"pirates franchise" ways and i'll tell you why. the third movie is genius. the same minds which brought us "little monsters" and "godzilla" have indeed written a magnificently abstract piece of work. a few years ago i saw akira kurosawa's " dreams " and have not since enjoyed a surrealist film. until now. does "pirates of the caribbean: at world's end" make sense? no. does it stick to one plot? no. how about two? nu uh. ten? hehe. not even close. does time zip by making it comple...

"why won't you just DIE already???" "chuck norris is my personal god." "i think this would best be settled... with a dance off." "oh geez, put your clothes back on." "this is the perfect blending of tedium and revulsion." "i want my life back!!" that's all i got.