Color Me Bad: Painting Again
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I decided to start painting again. My buddy the Greek proved to be an inspiration as well as the likes of Gurney and my old illustrator buddy Robert Accornero. Below you’ll see an animated gif of a very bad early stage of a painting (first acrylic painting in a decade for me) and here’s a link to my photobucket for more pix.
Lost: A Penny For Your Thoughts
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Do I even have to say it at this point? Spoilers below.
Article Tags>> desmond | Lost | spoilersAmerican IDrool: My American Idol Picks
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Another winter, another season of American Idol. I can’t stand this show that invariably draws me in from another room in the house and forces me to hate and love some of the performers. I mean honestly, I’m so done with this show taking away valuable script writing time (okay, someone wrote in and the answer is No, I am NOT writing a script. I’ve been writing two books, but no scripts. Unfortunately sometimes I treat my blog like an email so I type what’s on my mind and what I meant was taking away valuable hours from the Script Writers–who write for actual shows–time) but since the way of American Television is heading down the Yellow Dumb Road I might as well say my picks.
That’s Just Nonsense
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You all know the poem: it’s pretty darn famous. Lewis Carrol’s The Jabberwock showed up in “Through the Looking Glass” and it became embedded in our literal (heh) culture ever since. I also wanted to include my own nonsense poem but alas, I can’t find it.
Article Tags>> Carrol | Jabberwocky | WonderlandLost: Ominous Music
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Spoilers below
Article Tags>> evangeline lily | Lost | spoilers…At the Diner On The Corner
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“You’ve been here two years and you haven’t eaten there yet?”
How could I answer? I’m a stay-at-home art director who works off-site for ESPN. I can easily take an hour lunch at the restaurant up the block: I just haven’t felt motivated to.
While driving, one witnesses Minivan Caravans canvassing miles of rural-dential property wending their way to the small Family Diner. Roving carloads pull quickly into the seemingly small parking lot to deliver loads of smiling patrons before flipping back to the rear section. It’s almost as if some evil scientist figured out how to make a magnet built to attract kids, couples, Mennonites, and bikers alike.
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What’s Better: PS3 or 360?
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There is a certain (skewed) comfort in knowing that most of your writing maintains a sense of undistinguished obscurity. Odd, I know, but it allows a level of freedom not found in the Shakespeare’s of the internet. As such a person of my diminished caliber can stop, look over the landscape and unashamedly open up old internet debates while knowing it won’t turn into a flame war. So, which is the better system: Sony’s PS3 or Microsoft’s Xbox 360?
Article Tags>> 360 | microsoft | ps3 | sonyWriter of the Storm
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Back in Queens, in the rear room of my old house, during a thunderstorm, I would lie on my bed and listen to the whooshing wind and the rain pelting against the porch’s aluminum awning. The somnambulistic sounds were perfect for snuggling with any book, many pillows and a well placed yawn. Even when hurricanes came through I thought it was just a grand time. I would hear the distant thunder cracks and count the seconds from flash to thunder roughly guessing at the distance. That was all true until I moved Here.
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Testpig Melancholia
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Carted Away On Gurney
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Let me direct your attention to my blogroll’s latest addition: James Gurney. Some of you may know that name, and you very well should.
He’s the illustrator of Dinotopia.
He has an absolutely delightful blog overflowing with artist advice, painting tips, and motivation for the everyday inspired.
I sat down and read through half the blog in a couple of hours and I can’t look at the world the same again. Enjoy.
Article Tags>> art | illustrations | james gurney