nail cutters

stories are better told with pictures.

...... i take that back.

i thought "retroactive 1" by robert rauschenberg was black and white. it's not and i feel a little betrayed.

anyways, i've finally got a bunch of new ideas for my own stuff. but i know, it won't mean anything until i crank out the work. i read an article yesterday about some coo coo crazy who made out with a cy twombly painting that was worth over 2 million. she called it an act of love, but we're talking red lipstick on white surface. wa- ba- ga- DOUCHE!!

like that wasn't bad enough, five ouche-day ags-bay were jailed for breaking into paris' orsay museum and vandalizing claude monet's "le pont d'argenteuil." they punched the painting. they punched the painting. THEY PUNCHED. THE PAINTING....yeah, they PUNCHED it. who is so mad that they break into a museum and think, "claude, you really screwed me man...(p.u.n.c.h.)..."

they left a 4 inch tear in the painting and the article read "one person admitted to putting a fist in the painting under the influence of alcohol." i hate you and your alcoholic ways. let's ruin history guys. come on, i can get us into the museum! let's ruin the one good thing that was left behind. come on!!

the end.

numbers and dates to remember

3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/6!!!!!!!!!!!/0888888!!!!!!!!

three / six / zero eight

21 weeks, 4 daaaaaays

21 x 7 = 147 days + 4 = 151 daaaayyuuuuuuhhhssss

paper chain adjustment must take place immediately.

6 of 3, 2008

28, 24, 24, 18

scheming. arent we all? i have plans. big ones and small ones. lets make it happen. visiting the artsy kids always makes me feel out of place, but this time i think i've got it together. i always mean to write in here more, but i forget to and then when i want to i dont have much to say. i've been watching a lot more tv and it's just as dumb as it used to be, with the exception of a few shows. the office, the new martha stewart show, on demand, etc. my paper chain isnt getting much shorter, but i need exact dates of arrivals. this past weekend i got to see a friend from austria. i didnt really think i'd see him again. it was a nice surprise. then i got to see bonnie and mason proper and that was really the highlight of my weekend. i missed her. too bad i didnt stay for the other bands, they sounded really good to start. well, we all know i'm bad at this, so i'm going to leave you with some pitchas...

dwight eisenhower

nick cave

ernest hemingway

just funny

slideshow 2/(a lot)

paper chain

i wish i was lying when i say i'm making a paper chain for when caitlin gets back. she hasnt even gotten there yet. but she promised a gift (coughpandacough). i finally settled down to start drawing again. wow, i suck. fagen was right. "what the hell is this?" and then he'd grab the charcoal out of my hand. i have to have thirty drawings done soon. the new sunset rubdown gives me ADD. is he joshing or genius? i mean, it's serious. i have a picture of the back of his head. we're in deep. i attended noorin and sabih's wedding last week and i'm really happy for them. but exhausted too. we averaged 3 hours of sleep a night. but i got to meet ramesh as a child. he asked if his monster truck could be in the picture. i'm really happy for the newlyweds. i hope they're having fun in thailand. may Allah bless them. i'm gonna go act busy, but really just shuffle through the pantry like a fat kid. 364 to go.

the funeral

i was ok with the idea that my friends were moving away, until THESE GUYS showed up with their songs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibE7IqEjni4

ten to

i know i haven't been around in awhile, but a lot has happened since i was writing in here regularly. i graduated and i studied in austria. i got to see bregenz, vienna, stuttgart, munich, milan, and zurich. it was all i had hoped. then again i hadn't really hoped for much. but i loved it. i met a lot of great people that hate america, but love americans. indeed. i was also given the fortunate and unfortunate news that my best and only friends were moving away. i wasn't even here to stop them. but no sob stories from me. i love them. this made me think that my dwindling social life was surely to come to an end. and it totally is. my social life via the web of the wide world, however, may increase. so i decided to start writing a little bit in here. i mean, they're the only ones who would really read this. but this is the year, we decided, to really get our shit on track. so, here we go.