Entries Tagged as 'artguy'
Andy Warhol and the intention of art
For the past two nights, I’ve been watching the American Masters Andy Warhol documentary that was on PBS a few weeks ago (kottke has some great links about film).
Watching the documentary is maddening. It’s a struggle I’ve always had with Warhol and a lot of pop art and modern art. I can’t tell if [...]
As God is my witness none of my customers will ever have to ‘take it to the next level’ again
I’m doing a bit of writing today here at work. It’s surprising because I thought my title had officially changed from copywriter to meeting-attender. But alas I’ve had a bit of a reprieve and now I’m doing battle with the cliches that jump so easily from my fingers it’s frightening.
I remember telling the Artguy [...]
keeping my head out of the oven, a list of things to be happy about because i feel like i need a reminder
i cried like a baby while watching “Brother’s Keeper,” which means i’m probably still alive
jonas or roland or delbert aka the unnamed iPod should be here sometime this week
my writing group in their supporting role as therapist said it was ok to be scattered and unsure and weirded out what with all the stuff going [...]
Read morewhen they actually make you work for money
i have just returned from that place i go to everyday because they pay me. except today, for the first time in about 3 months, they actually made me do stuff for my minor ducats. it was, i must admit, almost refreshing. it’d have been totally refreshing if PMS and a really boring task hadn’t [...]
Read morerocking the toll house goodness while it lasts
there’s a bounty of things to be happy for today. and we’re just gonna take it moment by moment here at Hell, Inc. because that can change in a blink.
first, one of my coworkers just walked around with a box full of warm chocolate chip cookies. apparently one of our vendors sent them over.
second, orangey [...]
welcome to my world of ick - central standard time
yesterday was lost in a pool of rage and ick. really, just a pointless day that i think i should get comped for because it was so dreary.
it started off bad and went to worse. any day that has to start with the alarm clock going off at 6:30 in the morning is gonna [...]
come on amuse me, just for a little while
i got this from FFJ, some questions for you, darling ones.
Who should play Jodi in the movie version of her life?
Who would play her leading man?
What is Jodi’s theme song?
What is Jodi’s greatest mutant power?
When Jodi is canonized, she will be the patron saint of what?
When Jodi is elected president, who will be her running [...]
dare i say, i feel marginally better
the artguy has totally guilted me into watching the third and final debate. see, i have avoided them up to this point, preferring to read all the hubbug and transcripts the next day. but nooo, now i feel all guilty like i’m [and i quote] “purposefully trying to be uninformed.” i hate when he does [...]
Read moresuperman never made any money for saving the world from solomon grundy
after consulting with the minion and the artguy about my sudden illness and all its symptoms, we have come to the conclusion that it can be nothing but the plague. the minion said she was so sick for three days last week that she was pretty sure she was dying. i can’t hardly wait.
i told [...]
you can’t get cherry soda because they got to fill that quota
when you’re up at 4:30 and have four cups (well according to the coffee maker it was four cups, according to my full cups it was two) of coffee by 6:54, something happens. i’m not sure what that is, because i totally lost my train of thought here. so far, i’ve gotten two concepts done [...]
Read morenot dead yet
“hey jerky, thanks for asking if i got tickets to that concert that sold out in 45 minutes,” i said, kicking the artguy’s chair.
“well i figured since you weren’t dead that you got tickets,” he said.
not so angry now
“where are you going?” i howled. “i’m still angry.”
“if we have to stay here until your unangry, we’ll never get to leave,” the artguy said.
but they stayed and now i’m a little less angry after spewing forth all the venom from the craptacular meeting that was crappy.
worrying all over my poor ears
it seems today is take your dad to work day. even worse, it’s take two dads to work day. between the artguy and graphicsboy’s lectures over my loud music, i don’t know whose ass to kick first. they just don’t seem to understand that not only is this the NEW ALBUM BY PAUL WESTERBERG that [...]
Read morethe one where the artguy gets uppity
“so should these be all capped like a book title,” the artguy asked me about a headline for a poster he’s doing.
“no,” i said.
“why not?” he asked.
“because it’s just too long. all caps only works when it’s something short like The Old Man and the Sea, not when it’s fifty words long like your sentence [...]
potent quotables
today, i got to use three pop culture quotes, at the most appropriate times. it just worked so beautifully, i could have wept.
opportunity #1. the graphicsboy was making me watch this ultimedia movie he was watching and asked me what i thought of the music he had composed for it. for some reason the topic [...]
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