A Quick Flyer

For the Novelty Act's Halloween show. I may rework the image and turn it into an art print to sell in Candace's Etsy shop. What do you think? Would you buy a Blacula art print? I know I would.

The Powerful Musk Of Fame (It's All Over Me)

Yes, that is the one and only Art Brut holding my very own poster. I am now officially cooler than you. Don't worry though, I will still talk to you and sit next to you at lunch. Fame won't go to my head. I promise.

Goin' Out West

Adam West is an American genius.

Channel 33 used to show doubled-up episodes of Gilligan's Island and the Adam West Batman series. The one-two punch of the comedy stylings of Bob Denver followed by the Overactors Anonymous scene-grabbing of Adam West? I was so there. Needless to say, my bum was parked for two hours every afternoon while I thought about maybe trying to start thinking about starting to do my homework.

Which brings up an interesting sidebar: How did I end up graduating from high school? I don't remember doing anything for those four years. Must have been my good looks and boyish charm that got me through. Or the $20 bills I'd paperclip to my book reports/science projects/geometry homework. Or the fact that I wore nothing but tube tops and hot pants for my entire high-school career and would often be seen "flashing some leg" at my female teachers? Aaaah, who cares, right? I gradgiated. That's what's important.

Back on track now... the old-school Channel 33 holds a special place in my heart (check the love for His Royal Darkness, Count Cool Rider over on Mostly Funny), right next to 103.5 - the Edge, Cafe' Espresso Roma and KUNV when it played music that didn't belong solely in elevators. Ahh, nostalgia. Why do you smell like polyester and old D.I. couches?

Get A Faceful

So far, we've got the following winners of the Mixtape mix CDs:

*Caitlin
*Shon
*Robin
*Patti
*Bride
*Christina &...
*Courtnee.

Which leaves (say it with me now, and cheer up, Charlie...) three golden tickets floating out there (four if Robin has exempted herself... have you, Robin?) in the ether that is the internets. Ryan/Chanel? Jesse? Chris? You know you want one. Just comment. Everybody else is doing it. Just once won't hurt. And after that, we can jump off a bridge together. It'll be fun.

So, my time has been spent lately getting ready for, and trying to set up, job interviews. See, no sooner had I changed the description text in my header to say "Are You Ready To Rock, Cleveland?" that Cleveland answered me. The answer, apparently, is a resounding "yes."

I'll be flying out to interview with Twist Creative, who I applied with ages ago (It was my first application). They do really cool work and it would be great to work there. Right now I'm trying to set up a couple more appointments there to hopefully justify the cost of travelling, as well as getting my portfolio reprinted, getting some leave-behinds put together, getting some resume' holders ready (hopefully to mail out to the places I'll be interviewing with to get them a little excited about seeing me... just a cool little extra type of thing) and building a portfolio case. Yeah, I've got a lot to do.

I started screen-printing the other night and... it went pretty well. My first screen - the one with the finger - wasn't the most attractive thing, but it worked well enough. My second screen - with "HELLO" on it - was a lot cleaner and turned out a lot better. I just have to screen the front of the leave-behind covers and I'll be done screening.

Anyway, so that's my life right now. Sorry it's not funnier, though if it's funny you want, just head over here. Ryan's post from the other day is funny and my response is, hopefully, funny as well. We start off with a mentally-impaired Emeril, move on to Charlotte's Web, the Law of Moses, Hell, the pyramids and end up with Count Cool Rider, he of late Saturday nights on the old-school Channel 33 fame.

Until next time, true believers! Excelsior!

*Title from Robert Pollard's Normal Happiness.