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Month: April, 2008

momma’s boy painting

30 April, 2008 (18:30) | creative projects |

Here is the finished mommas’s boy painting.

Here is the info about the show it’s going to be in. A big thanks to James Garcia (Ganyan) and Phonetic Control for putting the event together. Good job guys. Check it out if you’re in the area!
HEAVY HITTERZ MANILA:
A dynamic exhibition of 45+ international artists from the [...]

into the wild: the story of chris mccandless

28 April, 2008 (12:03) | literature, movies, talkshows |

Just recently I finished watching the movie Into the Wild. Wow. I was thoroughly amazed and inspired by the true-life story of Chris McCandless.
In search for real answers, Chris assumes the identity of Alexander Supertramp and embarks on a great adventure across the country. While facing the elements alone and making good [...]

an evening with royal toad

26 April, 2008 (14:53) | animal kingdom, humor, personal |

I happened upon an unlikely visitor during a late night stroll: a royal toad. I tried to fold my arms in front like him while taking this photo. There was a sudden tension in the air shortly afterwards.
Royal toad seemed to resonate an offense to my posing, as if I was mocking [...]

new creature comforts

24 April, 2008 (17:27) | animal kingdom, animation |

Who can forget the brilliant and hilarious creature comforts created by the good folks at Aardman Animation?

The great news for all who enjoy anthropomorphic animals pining about politics, social matters, and annoying neighbors are all new episodes on animal planet.
Creature Comforts finds a new home on Animal Planet this week, with episode double-bills premiering on [...]

orphaned works legislation

24 April, 2008 (16:59) | politics / economics |

I read about this on several artist blogs and heard it on email the past few weeks. This is highly alarming to anyone out there making a living from art. First, the definition of what is at stake:
An Orphaned Work is any creative work of art where the artist or copyright owner has [...]

nobody’s family is going to change

23 April, 2008 (08:51) | talkshows |

Listening to this had me thinking about all the adventures growing up in a family of…well…contrasting personalties. If you’ve experienced the love of sarcastic wit from any one of your brothers or sisters, you may find this episode to be interesting.

Host Ira Glass describes a children’s book from the 1970s called Nobody’s Family Is [...]

a day at the park

21 April, 2008 (08:36) | animal kingdom, personal |

A couple weekends ago I went to the park with my wife. It’s about the time of the year when the temperature is pleasant and the animals are making little versions of themselves. We took some bread with us and blanket. Aaaaah. After being inside for hours and hours working on [...]

gift of gab: saul williams: lyrics born: release

18 April, 2008 (08:50) | music |

I really enjoy this song. I’ve always felt that great writing and lyrics are visual and act as a catalyst to travel through time, space, and other dimensions. It’s in our own mind that all dimensions are malleable to the will of the individual.
You can read the lyrics below as the music is playing [...]

madagascan moth drinks the tears of birds

17 April, 2008 (08:55) | animal kingdom |

I like how they describe the proboscis of the moth as being a “fearsome harpoon”. Heh. Makes me wish I had a proboscis if I was in trouble.

A species of moth drinks tears from the eyes of sleeping birds using a fearsome proboscis shaped like a harpoon, scientists have revealed. The new discovery [...]

all 32 courses of mario kart for wii

16 April, 2008 (08:56) | games |

I found this video of all 32 courses of the new mario kart game on ww.wiinintendo.net. This game looks pretty incredible. I’ve been a huge fan of mariokart from its debut on the super nintendo back in the day. Since moving from home years and years ago, I willed my super nintendo [...]

pearl jam: do the evolution

14 April, 2008 (12:15) | animation, music |

What a great video that poses interesting questions that are relevant to our times and the cyclical nature of civilization. History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme.

When speaking about the song, Eddie Vedder stated, “That song is all about someone who’s drunk with technology, who thinks they’re the controlling living being on this planet. [...]

bosnian man’s home attacked by meteorites

14 April, 2008 (08:55) | paranormal |

Hehehe. Poor guy. When we got hit last week with the storm, I felt bad for the homeowners that had to deal with the wind and rain. Could you imagine having your home hit by rocks from space multiple times?

A Bosnian man whose home has been hit an incredible five times by [...]

dendera lamp of egypt

12 April, 2008 (21:52) | culture, paranormal |

In the temple Hathor in Dendera, several dozens of kilometers north of Luxor, some experts found the light. A Norwegian electrical engineer noticed that the object shown on the relief on top of this page could work as a lamp. An Austrian colleague was able to construct a working model, and two well known authors [...]

a crazy storm and tornado

11 April, 2008 (08:56) | personal |

A couple of nights ago (after watching King of Kong) I woke up to the sounds of the smoke alarm, insanely loud wind, and shaking. I turned to the alarm clock and saw 3:40am. Two things registered in my mind: 1) I didn’t know that fire alarms could detect forces other [...]

king of kong: a fistful of quarters

10 April, 2008 (08:57) | games, movies |

As I was painting last night I was finally able to check out this movie. I’ve been curious about it ever since seeing trailers and the hype, pumping it up as the classic video game movie must see. After finishing the film and being absolutely riveted for 79 minutes, you can guess that my [...]

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