Here in the apartment, I like to step outside into the balcony late at night during these hours while my roommates and our guests are inside partying it up. Being on the top floor (the third floor) and overlooking the rest of the complex at night makes me feel a little like Batman. I usually wear black button-down long-sleeved shirts and matching pants to go with it. I like to observe the various going-on’s with people walking in and out of cars and apartments. Cops on the other end of the complex crashing a party or a couple of guys fixing their car.
Again, it makes me feel like Batman. My signal doesn’t come in the form of a bat shaped light in the sky. Instead it’s a phone call by friends miles away from here, where I am helping them cope with issues or they’re in need of somebody to talk too. Sometimes, it’s even a roomate who wants to talk to me privately about how the status of their relationship is going.
I don’t know what it is about me that makes them feel the need to come to me for advice. Is it because of the advice I give them, or the fact that I listen? I have never really understood. Maybe it’s the admittedly negative way I view myself that clouds my judgment of how my friends and family view me.
Again, I don’t know why it is they all come to me. If I wasn’t able to get it straight in my own relationship, what makes me think I have any advice to give to these women? What makes me any different then the men in their lives who drive them to the point of tears?
I just don’t understand it.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
I think I've had enough.
There are just too many old white men in charge.
I am getting very sick and tired of this nonsensical loop of misogynistic, bible-thumping, racist, politicians jacking each other off in both Congress and the White House. I am just so god damn sick of it already!
These are primitive ideologies and shouldn’t be put into practice let alone build laws centering around them. The fact that there are anti-choice laws for women shows you that these men do not respect women and in all honesty just plain hate them. I do no understand why you can’t see that Cindy. You deserve better than what you’ve been taught to believe.
God doesn’t exist and it never did, so you can all stop enforcing it‘s poison onto the non-thinking majority!
I wish all these stupid fucks would just die from heart failure or diabetes. The world doesn’t need anymore old farts wearing Depends blowing the shit out of brown people’s homes in far off countries.
Oh, and smooth move John, getting senator Sarah Palin to be your Vice President. A woman was a fine choice, especially in these kinds of times. But it has to be said; boys, before you get a stiffy from looking at pictures of this MILF, you should know she’s all “man” under that skirt. She’s just as psychotic and retarded as her male counterparts in office. (“Creationism” in schools? Really, now?? Go to a fucking Comic-Con and discuss that trivial 2nd rate science-fiction bullshit with cos-players, cause that kind of crap doesn‘t belong in an elementary school.)
Why is it all these women in office have primitive views like their old male counter-parts? Well, if I need to explain that answer then I think it’s safe to say that’s why nobody will remember your name.
I am getting very sick and tired of this nonsensical loop of misogynistic, bible-thumping, racist, politicians jacking each other off in both Congress and the White House. I am just so god damn sick of it already!
These are primitive ideologies and shouldn’t be put into practice let alone build laws centering around them. The fact that there are anti-choice laws for women shows you that these men do not respect women and in all honesty just plain hate them. I do no understand why you can’t see that Cindy. You deserve better than what you’ve been taught to believe.
God doesn’t exist and it never did, so you can all stop enforcing it‘s poison onto the non-thinking majority!
I wish all these stupid fucks would just die from heart failure or diabetes. The world doesn’t need anymore old farts wearing Depends blowing the shit out of brown people’s homes in far off countries.
Oh, and smooth move John, getting senator Sarah Palin to be your Vice President. A woman was a fine choice, especially in these kinds of times. But it has to be said; boys, before you get a stiffy from looking at pictures of this MILF, you should know she’s all “man” under that skirt. She’s just as psychotic and retarded as her male counterparts in office. (“Creationism” in schools? Really, now?? Go to a fucking Comic-Con and discuss that trivial 2nd rate science-fiction bullshit with cos-players, cause that kind of crap doesn‘t belong in an elementary school.)
Why is it all these women in office have primitive views like their old male counter-parts? Well, if I need to explain that answer then I think it’s safe to say that’s why nobody will remember your name.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
New Artwork!! Cynical Chameleon 22
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The latest drawing from the Cynical Chameleon series has premired in all my major accounts. This one is obviously abstract and was spawned from the same sessions that "Chains" was concieved from. Weirdly enough, "Chains" isn't a Chameleon drawing.
I guess I'm just a weirdo like that.
So, tell me what you guys think.
By the way, I just realized that Lindsay Lohan's current girlfriend Samantha Ronson has a Self-Portrait.net account. Weird.. I didn't think anybody remotely famous actually used an SP account. Pretty lame she's forever frozen in the top 5 even though she only has 5 remixed songs (since she's a DJ). Which leaves me to my next question, is she related to the DJ Mark Ronson? That guy is kinda cool. I like his work with Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse. I suppose I could just Wikipedia all this bullshit, but I don't think I really care much for these people to actually do it.
Anywho, I think I am going to back to the lab again. Buh-bye.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Torrents, Slipknot, The Long Halloween, and a new drawing..
Okay, so I have been hard at work in my lab concocting some new artwork whilst at the same time I am downloading full DVD volumes of Batman Beyond and Batman the Animated Series (amongst others of course).
Honestly, I have become quite the little pack-rat these days with torrent websites such as The Pirate Bay, The internet speeds in these apartment are INSANELY fast. 15Gigs of Batman cartoons and movies all within a day. Sometimes they even go an entire meg per second while downloading. Boy if I wasn’t much of a pirate before, now I have to be Captain Jack Sparrow.
I also grabbed myself a copy of the new Slipknot album late last night (with 3 bonus tracks). It’s pretty good. It might not have breathtaking tracks like, “The Nameless”, “The Blister Exists”, or “Circle”, but it certainly has it’s great share of awesome tracks. I recommend it.
Oh, also I’ve been reading the Batman graphic novel, “The Long Halloween.” I had been looking for it for a really long time now. It wasn’t in Laredo’s comic store and book store, it was sold out in the San Antonio comic store and in the first comic store I went to here in Denton (which is in walking distance) they had everything but that. But now, after searching in another store, I finally found it! The only copy and it was hiding behind this other book (which is saying a lot since they had TONS of comics.
Anyway, (long story-short) the wait and search was worth it. This graphic novel is AMAZING. I’m almost going to finish it, but already it has made my mouth drop more than anything before it. The artwork is STUNNING. The character designs for Joker and the way he moves and walks are nuts. The relationship between Catwoman and Batman is really nice and it’s more of a mental thing than anything else. The writing is simply FLAWLESS. After reading most of this I see where Nolan and his brother got the inspiration for the Dark Knight movie cause they do take away a lot of elements from this book. It’s simply to die for! I’ve never said anything like this about any comic or novel, but I am in LOVE with this book. It’s my favorite graphic novel! I know everybody always gets on their knees for Frank Miller and his stereotypical BS, but I gotta say that Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale totally blow his work on Batman out of the water. It’s sssoooo goood!
So (aside from my childhood comic book obsession making a grand return in my early twenties); I’m really close of finishing a new drawing at the moment. It might be up before this weekend, so keep on coming by my blog or watch my website and DeviantART for it. It’s another “Cynical Chameleon” numbered drawing.
That’s all I will say about it for now. The next time I mention it will be when it is released. ; )
Honestly, I have become quite the little pack-rat these days with torrent websites such as The Pirate Bay, The internet speeds in these apartment are INSANELY fast. 15Gigs of Batman cartoons and movies all within a day. Sometimes they even go an entire meg per second while downloading. Boy if I wasn’t much of a pirate before, now I have to be Captain Jack Sparrow.
I also grabbed myself a copy of the new Slipknot album late last night (with 3 bonus tracks). It’s pretty good. It might not have breathtaking tracks like, “The Nameless”, “The Blister Exists”, or “Circle”, but it certainly has it’s great share of awesome tracks. I recommend it.
Oh, also I’ve been reading the Batman graphic novel, “The Long Halloween.” I had been looking for it for a really long time now. It wasn’t in Laredo’s comic store and book store, it was sold out in the San Antonio comic store and in the first comic store I went to here in Denton (which is in walking distance) they had everything but that. But now, after searching in another store, I finally found it! The only copy and it was hiding behind this other book (which is saying a lot since they had TONS of comics.
Anyway, (long story-short) the wait and search was worth it. This graphic novel is AMAZING. I’m almost going to finish it, but already it has made my mouth drop more than anything before it. The artwork is STUNNING. The character designs for Joker and the way he moves and walks are nuts. The relationship between Catwoman and Batman is really nice and it’s more of a mental thing than anything else. The writing is simply FLAWLESS. After reading most of this I see where Nolan and his brother got the inspiration for the Dark Knight movie cause they do take away a lot of elements from this book. It’s simply to die for! I’ve never said anything like this about any comic or novel, but I am in LOVE with this book. It’s my favorite graphic novel! I know everybody always gets on their knees for Frank Miller and his stereotypical BS, but I gotta say that Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale totally blow his work on Batman out of the water. It’s sssoooo goood!
So (aside from my childhood comic book obsession making a grand return in my early twenties); I’m really close of finishing a new drawing at the moment. It might be up before this weekend, so keep on coming by my blog or watch my website and DeviantART for it. It’s another “Cynical Chameleon” numbered drawing.
That’s all I will say about it for now. The next time I mention it will be when it is released. ; )
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Preparations
Woah.
Sorry for the lack of updates guys, I've been getting settled in my apartment (which is really, really, really nice). It's so neat and cozy. In fact, it's like the size of my parents house only without the garage. I like it. I've already starting putting up my posters and nick-nacks in my room to better suit mah needs.
Today we went to Forth Worth to check out an IMAX presentation called, “Deep Sea” which was really awesome. After that we had dinner at Peter Piper Pizza with Mariel.
Yesterday I had the student orientation at UNT. It was okay, but very boring. Sucks I won’t be taking any classes this semester. Alas, I’m registered and ready.
So, about that Nine Inch Nails concert..
The Nine Inch Nails show this past Monday in Dallas was really, really, amazing. The production back in 2005 when I first saw TR and his crew was excellent. The production in the Summer of 2006 picked it up a notch with an intense set-list and spectacular visuals.
Now, in 2008 he's raised the bar even further. I honestly do not know how Trent can top this new production. It is just jaw dropping. I mean it when I say that. There is a point in his two hour set where the band gets extremely minimal instrumentally and they begin to play songs off Ghosts.
As Trent played the piano to Ghosts I, I was floored. The stage turned into a dark world. There was a moving dark sky. The sand dunes were blowing. It was an amazing, and very artistic performance. At one point everything turned into a forest. The trees and raining water covered Trent and the boys. I was fucking speechless. Everyone around me couldn't believe what they were watching. Even the n00bs who only come for the hit singles were floored. FLOORED. I ain't exaggerating. It was unlike anything NIN has ever done.
It was also very cool to finally hear material off of Year Zero. Last time he toured the US, he only had With Teeth released. Since then he’s made 3 albums, so there was a lot of new things to expect. I danced the night away and while I wasn’t I just amazed at the spectacle that is NIN. “The Greater Good” off of Year Zero was “WOAH.” The entire stage turned into static and moved with the beats of the music only to have Trent’s face coming in and out of the static zoomed into his mouth and eyes. Radiohead had done something similar back when I saw them in May only Trent leaped miles over it. Everyone was astonished.
Truly a show to remember. Here is what the Dallas Morning News wrote about it:
Yes, photography wouldn’t have done any kind of justice which is why I held off taking photos.
Here was the list of songs played in order:
999,999
1,000,000
Letting You
Discipline
March Of The Pigs
Head Down
The Frail
Closer
The Line Begins To Blur
Gave Up
The Warning
Vessel
Ghosts 1
Ghosts 25
Ghosts 19
Piggy
The Greater Good
Wish
Terrible Lie
Survivalism
The Big Come Down
Ghosts 31
Only
Down In It
Head Like A Hole
Echoplex
Getting Smaller
God Given
Hurt
In This Twilight
In This Twilight was beautiful and I truly felt as if the world was coming to an end. As he sang, the explosions and destruction The background visuals showed a world being destroyed by it’s own resources. A hint of what is going to come.
Year Zero 2, is right around the corner..
Anywho, I’m going to have a lot of time to myself this coming weeks so I am going to be using my time wisely and will be in the laboratory preparing, finishing, and creating new artwork for my reckless heart and bleeding soul to achieve some kind of solace.
Dark times are ahead, so I’ve got to use this chance to be heard. ; )
Sorry for the lack of updates guys, I've been getting settled in my apartment (which is really, really, really nice). It's so neat and cozy. In fact, it's like the size of my parents house only without the garage. I like it. I've already starting putting up my posters and nick-nacks in my room to better suit mah needs.
Today we went to Forth Worth to check out an IMAX presentation called, “Deep Sea” which was really awesome. After that we had dinner at Peter Piper Pizza with Mariel.
Yesterday I had the student orientation at UNT. It was okay, but very boring. Sucks I won’t be taking any classes this semester. Alas, I’m registered and ready.
So, about that Nine Inch Nails concert..
The Nine Inch Nails show this past Monday in Dallas was really, really, amazing. The production back in 2005 when I first saw TR and his crew was excellent. The production in the Summer of 2006 picked it up a notch with an intense set-list and spectacular visuals.
Now, in 2008 he's raised the bar even further. I honestly do not know how Trent can top this new production. It is just jaw dropping. I mean it when I say that. There is a point in his two hour set where the band gets extremely minimal instrumentally and they begin to play songs off Ghosts.
As Trent played the piano to Ghosts I, I was floored. The stage turned into a dark world. There was a moving dark sky. The sand dunes were blowing. It was an amazing, and very artistic performance. At one point everything turned into a forest. The trees and raining water covered Trent and the boys. I was fucking speechless. Everyone around me couldn't believe what they were watching. Even the n00bs who only come for the hit singles were floored. FLOORED. I ain't exaggerating. It was unlike anything NIN has ever done.
It was also very cool to finally hear material off of Year Zero. Last time he toured the US, he only had With Teeth released. Since then he’s made 3 albums, so there was a lot of new things to expect. I danced the night away and while I wasn’t I just amazed at the spectacle that is NIN. “The Greater Good” off of Year Zero was “WOAH.” The entire stage turned into static and moved with the beats of the music only to have Trent’s face coming in and out of the static zoomed into his mouth and eyes. Radiohead had done something similar back when I saw them in May only Trent leaped miles over it. Everyone was astonished.
Truly a show to remember. Here is what the Dallas Morning News wrote about it:
Nine Inch Nails show is a multimedia vision, come to rocking life
12:00 AM CDT on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
By MIKE DANIEL / The Dallas Morning News
mdaniel@dallasnews.com
Put this in lights: Thinking outside the big, bad music-biz box can pay off.
It's not a coincidence that Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails – the two acts that have usurped the traditional music-sales model to the grandest effect in the past year – have also staged the two most visually dazzling concerts of 2008.
But Radiohead's static forest of dangling neon icicles feels like a half-baked, budget-conscious collegiate gallery installation compared to the multipanel, megastrobed mastery of Trent Reznor's multimedia vision, as executed on Monday in front of roughly 7,000 people at American Airlines Center.
You might've wondered when someone would put one of those grate-like see-through LED-monitor curtains to full use. Well, Mr. Reznor did, but not until after starting the two-hour concert at a breakneck, instrument-breaking tempo with four snorting techno-punk tracks from his recent release, The Slip, in addition to "March of the Pigs," "Closer" and three more selections for the crowd's classic NIN nuts.
Then, three of those light grates began moving up and down, as if backdrops to a postmodern opera about industrial catharsis soundtracked by a mad (or, at least, mad as hell) John Philip Sousa type with an acute case of Orwellian futurethink.
First, the band manned all manner of electronica gear to perform "The Warning" and "Vessel" in front of the stage-front grate as it flickered with faux spotlight auras. Then a midstage panel lowered to depict high-contrast desert-scapes and swampland during exotic instrumental passages from the quartet of recent Ghosts releases. (You've gotta admit that seeing the beefy Mr. Reznor play an orchestra-quality xylophone is a treat).
Then the show became art.
TV snow hid the band behind the front panel during another instrumental; then a hole burned through the digital static to reveal them. A blue, jazzy turn through "Piggy" morphed into throbbing mountain topography during "The Greater Good" as Mr. Reznor's fist-accompanied, singing face flitted in and out. A little later, Mr. Reznor, guitarist Robin Finck and bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen frolicked beneath a rack of swinging LED tubes during "The Big Come Down."
We were told that Mr. Reznor decided not to allow photography at the show because he wasn't feeling well, though he and the band sounded fine. That's OK. Photography wouldn't have done this technical spectacle any justice.
Yes, photography wouldn’t have done any kind of justice which is why I held off taking photos.
Here was the list of songs played in order:
999,999
1,000,000
Letting You
Discipline
March Of The Pigs
Head Down
The Frail
Closer
The Line Begins To Blur
Gave Up
The Warning
Vessel
Ghosts 1
Ghosts 25
Ghosts 19
Piggy
The Greater Good
Wish
Terrible Lie
Survivalism
The Big Come Down
Ghosts 31
Only
Down In It
Head Like A Hole
Echoplex
Getting Smaller
God Given
Hurt
In This Twilight
In This Twilight was beautiful and I truly felt as if the world was coming to an end. As he sang, the explosions and destruction The background visuals showed a world being destroyed by it’s own resources. A hint of what is going to come.
Year Zero 2, is right around the corner..
Anywho, I’m going to have a lot of time to myself this coming weeks so I am going to be using my time wisely and will be in the laboratory preparing, finishing, and creating new artwork for my reckless heart and bleeding soul to achieve some kind of solace.
Dark times are ahead, so I’ve got to use this chance to be heard. ; )
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Packing & a Kill Hannah music video
Today is my last day in Laredo for a few months.
I’m going to have to disconnect the computer in a few minutes and start packing things up. I can’t wait to see my apartment. I can finally put up all these posters I bought for it back in May and stuff. It should be neat.
We head out to Denton tomorrow so I’m going to be pretty busy today unfortunately. I got to make sure I pack all my art supplies and whatnots.
Anywho, here is neat music video of the song, “Boys and Girls” by Kill Hannah to till the pass the time because I don‘t know for sure when I‘ll do another entry. I hope I can do one as early as Sunday night, but you never know with these things. It’s such a long drive.
Buh-bye L-town!
I’m going to have to disconnect the computer in a few minutes and start packing things up. I can’t wait to see my apartment. I can finally put up all these posters I bought for it back in May and stuff. It should be neat.
We head out to Denton tomorrow so I’m going to be pretty busy today unfortunately. I got to make sure I pack all my art supplies and whatnots.
Anywho, here is neat music video of the song, “Boys and Girls” by Kill Hannah to till the pass the time because I don‘t know for sure when I‘ll do another entry. I hope I can do one as early as Sunday night, but you never know with these things. It’s such a long drive.
Buh-bye L-town!
Friday, August 15, 2008
11 New Photos Added! Plus, Layout Change!
We can't let some bad news dictate how we run the rest of our lives right? Haha.
Thanks to all my pals who gave me some words of encouragement and support over my upcoming surgery. I really appreciate it guys. You too, Toner. -_^
After all this bullshit is done we should all get together and go to local Austin show or just hang out at 6th street on a Friday night. : )
Well, I decided to upload ELEVEN new photos to the photography section. Finally ya'll get to see all 5 photos from The Birthday Massacre set back in May. PLUS, six photos of Mat Devine from the Kill Hannah performance this past July. Check em' out. Especially the Kill Hannah photos. I'm really proud of those pictures.
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So, since my new photos have a certain style to them than my older photos, I have decided to take my old pictures off the site. In order to really represent my photography I have changed the layout and thumbnail dimensions of the site.
Sorry Alpha Rev and theSTART. You know I love you guys, but I am not proud of those photos. I do however, plan to see you guys again next time your around the area (where ever that might be [Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, or Laredo]) and I'd love to get down and dirty with all ya'll and get some sweet photos. So Alpha Rev fans and START fans, don't fret. You will get some new slick photos in the future. You can write it down dammit. -_^
Also head to my Sheezy page and comment/favorite some stuff. My photography seems to be lifting off in that site. (I guess joining the Mindless Self Indulgence club really helped a lot.) lol!
Thanks for the support guys!
Thanks to all my pals who gave me some words of encouragement and support over my upcoming surgery. I really appreciate it guys. You too, Toner. -_^
After all this bullshit is done we should all get together and go to local Austin show or just hang out at 6th street on a Friday night. : )
Well, I decided to upload ELEVEN new photos to the photography section. Finally ya'll get to see all 5 photos from The Birthday Massacre set back in May. PLUS, six photos of Mat Devine from the Kill Hannah performance this past July. Check em' out. Especially the Kill Hannah photos. I'm really proud of those pictures.
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So, since my new photos have a certain style to them than my older photos, I have decided to take my old pictures off the site. In order to really represent my photography I have changed the layout and thumbnail dimensions of the site.
Sorry Alpha Rev and theSTART. You know I love you guys, but I am not proud of those photos. I do however, plan to see you guys again next time your around the area (where ever that might be [Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, or Laredo]) and I'd love to get down and dirty with all ya'll and get some sweet photos. So Alpha Rev fans and START fans, don't fret. You will get some new slick photos in the future. You can write it down dammit. -_^
Also head to my Sheezy page and comment/favorite some stuff. My photography seems to be lifting off in that site. (I guess joining the Mindless Self Indulgence club really helped a lot.) lol!
Thanks for the support guys!
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