Kellogg's Rice Bricks.

I made a batch of Rice Krispy Squares last night and they're harder than ass. I just bit into one and I may have chipped a molar. Did I not follow the recipe correctly? Was the measuring cup foreign? Maybe the tupperware had holes? Not impressed.

verses of summer.

boy-final.ai

I spent part of this evening backing up some files onto the external hard drive that I bought oh so long ago. My laptop is in dire need of a reformatting. I'm totally avoiding the process of backing up and organizing all the crap I have all over this laptop. L.A.Z.Y.Y.Y. So far I've got about 1/8 covered. I came across one of the first illustrations I'd done a few years back. I can't remember exactly when I did it, or even why I did it. It's a little sloppy but I kinda like the way it turned out.

history books forgot about us and the bible didn't mention us; not even once.

This song becomes more fragile to me everytime I hear it.
The lyrics and composition take me back to Tori Amos' Little Earthquakes album. Samson has so much meaning and symbolism within it. Whichever way it is interpreted, I still believe it is her best yet.

Samson

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
I have to go, I have to go
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
And history books forgot about us and the Bible didn't mention us
And the Bible didn't mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the stars came falling on our heads
But they're just old light, they're just old light
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson came to my bed,
told me that my hair was red,
told me I was beautiful, and came into my bed
Oh, I cut his hair myself one night
A pair of dull scissors and the yellow light
And he told me that I'd done alright and
kissed me till the morning light the morning light
and he kissed me till the morning light

Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
Ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down
Yeah, we couldn't destroy a single one
And history books forgot about us and the Bible didn't mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first

for Leonardo (no, YOU listen!)

'No Covers Lenny', this one's for you.

women and children first.

I thought this was fun n' sexxay. A sweet attempt at a Radiohead favourite. It made me smile.

combat baby.

I'm positive I owned at least half of these during the mid 80's.

sunspots & headlocks.

These pics always make me laugh. Lee and I just got back from Punta Cana. She has a habit of putting me in a headlock as soon as a camera points our way. I guess you could say she's an aggressive drunk. I, on the otherhand, look like I'm ready for a long nap. We don't realize how ridiculous we look until the next day, of course, when the pics are posted. Oh, and no idea who the dude is in the last pic or why his head is tilted like we're in a Glamour Shots photo shoot. Fun times.

call it off.

Maybe I would have been something you'd be good at.
Maybe you would have been something I'd be good at.

I can't stop listening to this song. I love love love it.
Call it off. Tegan and Sara.
Word.

my nutty buddy.

It's been a while since I've done any vector art. I'm really trying to get into that mode of illustrating again. I was inspired to do so yesterday as a tribute to a great friend - the great Skinny Ninny. What can be said about Nin in a short block of text? I'll try and sum him up as best I can, in a nutshell. (no pun intended, Nin.) I met him years ago while working in the great field of retail. He was the 'new kid ' that was hired and I remember the day he strolled into the store to start his first shift. I was folding a pair of jeans and looked up to see this thugged out, punk-ass looking kid waltz in, dressed in a powder blue Phat Farm tracksuit. I stopped what I was doing and thought "who the fuck did they hire now?" I rolled my eyes discretely and just kept folding. Damn, was my first impression wrong. We've grown to be super close pals since that time.

Nin is the kind of friend you can depend on for anything. He's probably the most optimistic and honest person I've ever met. When you need some serious advice or just a straight answer without the beating around the bush, he's the one who will give it to you best. Nin doesn't give you what you want to hear; he gives you what you need to hear. I love this about him. He's easy-going, hella smart and absolutley hillarious. I mean dropping to the floor and almost peeing your pants funny. Nin can make you laugh your ass off anytime and any place, regardless of the mood you're in. I remember driving around with him one night this past summer, aimlessly. I was having the shittiest day ever and was feeling like absolute crap. I drove and listened to him just talk about people and life and how he deals with things, and how in the end it always comes down to just taking it in stride with a smile as best you can. He explains how everyone is so caught up with these petty little things that really don't help us at all with any personal growth. We dwell on such meaningless things so often and fail to realize just how amazing life can be if you choose to make it amazing. It's not so much what he says, its just the way he goes about explaining his views. You can't help but smile. As we drove in silence for a few minutes, a Driver's Ed car suddenly pulled up beside us. We both turned to look and noticed a short, elderly Asian lady hunched over the wheel, her head centimeters away from it. She signaled to the right and made the slowest and sloppiest right hand turn I'd ever seen, just kisssssing the curb. The instructor was frantically pumping away at his break and quickly threw out his hands to join hers on the wheel. We looked at each other and burst out laughing. He turned to me and said "but did you see that shit, Lin? Did you see? I don't know how anyone can hate life with this shit going on around us all the time. It's great, man, that was fucking amazing."

I luh' you, Ninny. :)

big exit.

Look out ahead
I see danger come
I want a pistol
I want a gun
I'm scared baby
I wanna run
This world's crazy
Give me the gun

Baby, baby
Ain't it true
I'm immortal
When I'm with you
But I want a pistol
In my hand
I wanna go to
A different land