Published May 9th, 2008
in Daily.
Trying to work. Did not drink enough coffee before venturing out.
The following items:
-Free coffee in the form of Starbucks gift cards
-Free parking or indeed any parking at all near any coffee venue
-Free wireless internet
Are not available in compatible locations in any sufficient combination.
Two out of three is the best I can do.
I could leave the car on the sidewalk while getting coffee, and then proceed to some internet-friendly, parking-friendly location, but that seems to be about the only option that satisfies all needs.
Thus I am at the library using the free wireless with no coffee, and I
am tragic, tragic, tragic.
Published May 4th, 2008
in Daily.
Sometimes it’s nice not to have any idea what’s going on. It makes life more fun. Such was Iron Man. I was completely unaware of the premise of this movie when I went to see it.
I guess inasmuch as I thought about this at all, I assumed it had to do with someone who ran Ironman races, which are somewhat like triathlons.
Then I assumed it must be about Marines when I saw the intro with everyone in the Afghan desert and I wondered for a while if I had ever actually heard Marines described as “Ironmen.”
I noticed that Robert Downey Jr has morphed into a surprisingly sexy, cynical-looking, older version of Matthew Broderick. Gwyneth Paltrow has looked better, though to be perfectly honest I have always thought she was a total dog.
I became a little concerned it was going to be a serious war movie, which I would definitely hate. Fortunately this did not turn out to be the case.
Anyway, when the crazy robot suits started appearing, instead of thinking how tedious I find comic book movies, I was genuinely surprised and I found the whole thing extremely funny.
Published May 3rd, 2008
in Daily.
Now, this is some lazy writing:
China’s Health Ministry strengthened surveillance and dispatched specialists to eastern China’s Anhui province as the death toll from a virulent virus climbed to 22, the country’s Xinhua news agency reported.
Published May 2nd, 2008
in Daily.
In the stairwell of the art/music building.
Is it:
Homemade musical instruments?
Horrific sculpture?
An innovative approach to recycling?
An incendiary device?
You hardly want to call the fire marshal when it is probably just some project that is too stupid and badly implemented to believe. And you see how we are lulled into complacency.
Published May 1st, 2008
in Daily.
“Almost $250,000 of the revenue raised through the tuition increases will be used for additional student financial aid.”
From here.
Published April 30th, 2008
in Daily.
This gray sock.
I have never purchased a gray sock. So.
Did it arrive mysteriously in the laundry in a stunning reversal of a 10 year sock loss trend?
Or is this an intermediate stage of white sock life?
Published April 29th, 2008
in Daily.
I have seen the worst movie ever. Not in terms of how it is shot- that part is beautiful. Everything else is totally insane.
It is called See the Sea, and it is French.
If you have Netflix you need to watch it. You will not be able to believe it.
Published April 29th, 2008
in Daily.
Writing papers always takes such a long time. And at the end you know crazily much about some subject no one else has ever even thought about.
Published April 25th, 2008
in Daily.
But I didn’t have my camera.
Pickup with Homer Simpson doll sticking up out of the back right corner of the bed.
Chubby, bald 50 year old man in a beat up maroon Miata with vanity plate saying: HOT STUF.
Another pickup spray painted matte white and painted with the Psalms in various bright pinks and teals.
And a towtruck pulling a pickup pulling a horse trailer with the horse still inside it.
This is Friday.
Published April 24th, 2008
in Daily.
Published April 23rd, 2008
in Daily.
The last PBJ of the semester, thank all the gods.
Published April 22nd, 2008
in Daily.
I found this masterpiece in my drawing pad:
How did it get there? Who drew it?
Is my love of fish sticks no longer secret?
Published April 22nd, 2008
in Daily.
It’s impossible to read this book while eating. Something actively disgusting or just atmospherically so happens on every page. It seems like.
Published April 20th, 2008
in Daily.
I was thinking it would be fun to do a series of paintings that only appear properly with 3D glasses. And then I could hand out glasses to people who come to the show.
Maybe that’s what I will do for my thesis.
Or it might be fun to do it, and not tell anyone, and then let art historians discover it in 500 years in wonder and amazement.
Published April 19th, 2008
in Daily.
A guitar with breasts and wings. It is some kind of crown or tiara.
I have no use for such an object particularly as it must cost more than a few dollars. A shame, or perhaps not really. I think I’ll look into it though.
Part of the Radford BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) graduation show. The other standout piece was also a nude woman, but I did not get a picture.
