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Birds of a feather flock behind the counter
Today while I was slowly decaying into the inevitable husk of my former self behind the restaurant counter, I looked out the window and saw an impressive flock of birds descend upon our shopping center. Hundreds of black bodies in spectacular formation maneuvered themselves like a blanket, settling in trees and scattering over the concrete lot. As ( Read more... ) -
Richard Martin = Travis Birkenstock
I am a frequent traveler of time. I travel time quite often. In fact, I traveled over a year backwards in time just this very minute when I opened this forsaken livejournal and sampled life from January of 2010. I may as well be the goddamn 12th Doctor with my frequency in traveling time. At least I have a set of fantastic eyebrows, Mr. Smith. Oh, ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on Native American Cinema, monocles, and butt shenanigans
Yesterday in my Graphic Novel class, my drawing professor gave a lecture on art direction and composition in cartoons and comics. It was all good and well, and I'm sure I will find all those riveting details useful in all aspects of my life, but the words that resonated most in my soul was,
"... and doesn't frustrate the rear."
I SAY, MY GOOD SIR, ( Read more... ) -
Christmas 09
Yesterday I ran into some friends from high school who, like me, returned home for the holidays. I asked the perfunctory, "So how are you?" to which they both replied, "Oh you know, it sucks being at home... parents are smothering." I lied and said, "yep, same here..." I didn't want to ruin the Christmas cheer by contrasting their unpleasant time ( Read more... ) -
I've got to ramble on... so I leave you with some ramblings
Another one of my pastimes includes pretending to be Keanu Reeves. I like Keanu Reeves. I like how Keanu Reeves always plays Keanu Reeves, and if he is stretching his skills as an actor, he may play Keanu Reeves. He is Keanu Reeves every minute of his life because he is a method actor and prides himself in his close circumspection to verisimilitude ( Read more... ) -
some very cheap and cheerful hobbies.
I really appreciate my cheap hobbies very much now that I am unemployed (student: it's the same thing) and the economy continues to remain in shambles. I'm likely to not make it as an illustrator or writer, but at least I will be able to take pleasure in the wildly entertaining activities I do in my noodle. Most importantly, these are FREE OF ( Read more... )