oday I am home sick from work, so instead of sleeping(which is what I should be doing right now and will probably do as soon as I'm done here) I've put my energy to trolling the internet. I found some fun stuff, such as OMG Posters as well as This Isn't happiness. What I really got excited about was The Daily Drop Cap, an ongoing project by Jessica Hische in which she designs a new letter of the alphabet each day(or at least every work day). Some of my favorites are below!
The internet is a strange and terrible place. but also delightful. Today's "Rhymes with" could probably be filed under silly cute animals. Or metal. I'm sorry. METAL. METAL BIRDS. GRAAAAAAR. Metal penguin is delightful, but the Death Cock is the destroyer of worlds.
I have a confession, though it's probably not much of a surprise to anyone. I have a secret love of fashion. Not your general runway model floofy this-would-never-be-worn-by-a-real-person-especially-if-they-weigh-more-than-ten-pounds fashion. I love the day to day, all shapes and size, this-is-what-I-happened-to-have-in-my-closet-today fashion. Well, that, and I greatly admire people who make an effort to put themselves together nicely when they go out in public. I try to do it myself, with varying degrees of success. Anyways, here is what I'm getting at. The Satorialist is a wonderful blog that captures people on the streets of new York wearing wonderfully stylish attire, from the duct-taped boots of a construction worker to the lusciously draped layering of a twenty-something woman in china town. A short documentary was recently made about the man behind the camera, and it is lovely. I enjoy watching him get a haircut.
ok, so I know I've ben bad about posting, but it's not because I don't love the internet. I do love the internet, it's just that I've had work, and haven't been able to do the things I want to do. Also there hasn't been much to report. I am working on a print, and I have photos, but those are trapped on my camera until I can get the correct usb cable thingy to get said photos onto the interwebs. So in the meantime, here is Stalking cat.
Think of this video as a metaphor for things to come. little by little. inch by inch. it only appears as if I'm not moving, only because I choose to be productive when no one is looking. yeah, that's it...
Today has been a weird day. Got a parking ticket for being dumb(really, I have no one to blame but myself...) Woke up from a really weird dream about trains. I spent my morning reading the Avian Gospels which I finished. As ifI wasn't already in a gloomy state of mind, that book certainly pushed me over the edge. When I finally managed to drag myself out of bed, feed myself and get dressed, it was somewhere around 2:30. This is unusual for me. So I headed off to the print studio and spent several hours drawing creepy, detailed, fungus trees. I'll be sure to post photos of that particular adventure later. So here I am, killing some time before going to karaoke posting two of the creepiest music videos I could get my hands on.
First off is We Are the World with Fight Song. I found it a while ago, but it still is intriguing and I watch it several times before I have to put it away so I can get something else done.
Next up we have Fever Ray, with a cover of Nick Cave's "Stranger Than Kindess" which in itself is a bad ass cover, but then pair that with a creepy music video(because really, nothing else would do) and you have so much awesome the world might explode. No really, I about peed myself when I saw this.
I have pulled the plug and left the world of facebook. in doing so, I found some old things I had forgotten about, such as this lovely bit of printmaker nerdery. It's a collection of photos of graining sinks from around the world. Wa-Hoo!!!!
Also, deleting facebook was not as easy as it should have been, and I write this so others know. the easy link only "deactivates" your facebook account, leaving all of your information, photos, etc available. When you do this, it asks you far reasons why you are deactivating your account, and everything you click pulls up reasons why you should stay. it's like trying to break up with an abusive boyfriend. It only strengthened my resolve to quite my 5 plus year relationship with the facebooks. To permanently delete your account, you have to search it out, follow the link it gives you, and then stay off facebook for 14 days. you cannot have any interaction with the website at all or your account will be re-activated. Facebook is some serious business. I was feeling a little wishy-washy about maybe rejoining in the future after I've had some space, but I was mildly creeped out and I think I'll stay away.
With a pear for a heart and a bundle of tentacles for a brain, the way of the Giantess is a strange one. but fear not, for she is generally affable and easily pleased.
oday I am home sick from work, so instead of sleeping(which is what I should be doing right now and will probably do as soon as I'm done here) I've put my energy to trolling the internet. I found some fun stuff, such as OMG Posters as well as This Isn't happiness. What I really got excited about was The Daily Drop Cap, an ongoing project by Jessica Hische in which she designs a new letter of the alphabet each day(or at least every work day). Some of my favorites are below!
