Monday, April 27, 2009

To Do:

- build client site
- noodle on another client
- design big brother's wedding jams
- officiate a wedding (not my brother's, but that will happen too, just not right now)
- charity art donation
- freelance follow-up
- sit on a charity board during the active season
- personal project 1
- personal project 2
- personal project 3
- personal project 4 (yes, there are actual "personal" projects, you just don't get to hear about them right now)

Yea... a lot happening... I need to learn to say no, and get better at time management.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Strange...

Had a great day: movies, fast food, Best Buy and friends.

But what's strange, why do I feel sad, like I just cried kinda sad...

Weird, I know.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Wonderous.

HBO has been showing Schindler's List more and more lately. And I have to say, movies like this you kind of have to be in the mood to see, or at least mentally prepared. But... this one, no matter how many times I see it, it's as powerful, and moving as the first.

The first time I saw this movie was in high school, in my Middle East Studies class. The teacher, Mr. Laslow, was very careful to elude to religion, you know, Church and State, big nono. But religion was there, objective and unbiased. And in-between the History of God (read it), and other works, there was Oskar Schindler, and Speilberg's movie to introduce me to this man.

What made this even more memorable, and lasting, was a trip the class took to the Holocaust Museum. If you thought the film was powerful and moving, the journey through that place would rock you to your core. I remember going through that place, and the horrors of history, and I remember how that experienced ended in this mini-pavilion of sorts that showed video testimonials from survivors of the Holocaust.

Through it all, you couldn't help but be reminded of how powerful the human spirit can be.

Heh, it's interesting how something as simple as a film can remind you of experiences that have had an impact on you on some level.

Amazing.

Okay, that's it. Back to work.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Statements and Observations...

It's curious to me, whenever I think someone is proving me wrong about the person I think they're showing me to be... they always end up proving me right.

No... that's not curious. Just upsetting.

That, and petty people upset me.

Times like this I wish karma would kick in, you know, if karma is a actual thing.

THAT, and I refuse to believe I made others sick in the office. :D

The end.

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Progress...





Customizing a DIY toy for a charity art show. Yes, that is a squid on his head, it's missing, wait for it, a bowler's hat, and headphones.

More photos to come...

Friday, March 20, 2009

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Love it, part 2

Love it...

One of my favorite lines from a movie...

"You look good wearing my future."

The end.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Status...

Watching way too many movies.

Drawing way too many storyboards.

Smoking way too many cigerettes.

Drinking WAY too much Mountain Dew.

Whew.

Sunday, March 08, 2009

MISC...

"Isn't it nice when honest virtues win?" Yes it is Subaru, yes it is.

McDonald's, your Fillet O'Fish commercial just blew my mind.

The end.

Saturday, March 07, 2009

Giving back, why you do it.

It's funny.

I had this conversation last night about how no one does anything altruistically, there's always a selfish motivation behind it. Whether it be a tangible thing to reach, a means to an end, or to feel better about yourself. Basically stating that it's never about helping, it's always about you.

And I took issue with that to some degree. Though my faith in people has become jaded of late, I have to believe at some level people are inherently good. See I volunteer a lot. Never had a selfish reason for it. But I was asked why I do it. Why I give back.

It was hard for me to answer, those things I give my time for I think are important. To give a smile, to give aid. But it was hard to answer. But I sit here now, watching this telefilm on HBO, Taking Chance, about an officer escorting a fallen solder home. And watching that service, not only by the officer, but by those who he encounters, talking about service, doing what they can because it's important for them to give back. To do something, if only to help for a moment.

And that says it in a nutshell. Giving back, don't do it for me, doesn't give me some sense of purpose. I don't care how others few me because of it. And at times it's even a huge frustration, and fills my life with task after task, never really leaving a moment for yourself or a life. But... I do feel, if you can, if you're able, giving back to those around you, helping others to make our world better... as corny as that sounds, it's important to do it.

I just hope a difference is made. I hope it makes someone's life better. Even if it's something as simple as giving a friend a smile, I hope someone's life is better for it.

Humbled... angry... just not sure...

It's strange... lately... feeling a little overtly sensitive... and at the same time really angry. I'm not sure what accounts for this. But there it is.

I'm thankful for having some amazing people around me. People to whom I find with incredible hearts, good souls, and feel very lucky to count them as friends. And having that goodness around me is most definitely a shining light in my life. But as much as I am so fortunate to have that goodness in my life... sometimes the anger is so great. I find it hard to keep that in check.

Of late, more and more, I find myself being unabashingly (is that even a word?) honest. And even unapologetic in that honesty. Speaking of things more than I probably should. And I find myself being very sensitive to what society might consider douchebags and, well, fake people.

And when I say sensitive, I don't mean that in a fashion to where I am supportive, or feel somesort of affection for them in whatever plight they may have in life. But more, their bad boogie... has an effect on me, like an infection. I take it in. And, I think it makes me so incredibly angry.

And it's not their fault, I let it affect me. And I wish I wouldn't.

But this vunerabilty, and anger... I want it to go away. But to do that, I need to find where it's coming from. And what is going on in my life that is making things happen this way. But I am not sure where it is. Friends tell me to let it go, move one, but I can't seem to do so.

In this state though, I find myself wondering if others see me in the way I've been seeing a great many people of late. I guess that thought is unavoidable, but what can you do?

But I guess I'll leave this at if you're a selfish person, a greedy person, a generally bad person in life. And we may know one another. Don't come my way, chances are I will call shenanigans. And that just wouldn't be pleasant experience for either of us.

Anyway, that's it. I hope you are having a wonderful day internet. I hope life is finding you well. And I am sure I will see you again soon.

Thursday, March 05, 2009

A Jam for Charity...




This was an illustration I did for charity. Enjoy!

This just happened...

I just had a homeless man, by his claim, served in the Vietnam War... yea, I just had this man apologize to me for serving. It didn't help that I told him I wasn't Vietnamese, nor did it help that I wasn't alive during the war.

But yea, that just happened.

Mean Muggin'



Yes, this is my "Mean Muggin'" face.

The end.

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Hello internet, can you help a guy out?

AND PUNCH CANCER IN THE FACE!

So here's the thing. Some of you may know I shaved my head for the American Cancer Society last year. A fundraiser to help the Hope Lodge of KC, a place that offers free housing for cancer patients and their caretakers during their treatment.

Since I have joined the board for the event. And we're approaching one of the fundraising initiatives, the Wine Tasting and Auction.

And I am asking all of you who are able and willing to help. How? With auction items. Big, small, any size. Ask your friends, bosses, anyone you may know with something awesome to donate. Please let me know if you can help!

Thanks!

B

Sunday, March 01, 2009

Loyalty and Compulsions...



Penny Arcade, genius, I'll say it. And their strip about Dollhouse, spot on. I want to love to love Dollhouse, but sadly, haven't. Of the three episodes that aired, been entertained by only one. The others? Well, they make me cringe through the watching. I want to say it's the premise, and not the writing... but it hurts me.

But why I find PA even more profound on this strip than most. This strip can be an allegory for so much in my life right now. The events of the evening would be a great example. I would elaborate, but I'm not. But yea, this is probably not the forum to talk about it anyway.

Either way, it doesn't change the fact that the PA team is brilliant in their ability to satire a situation, however complex, in 3 panels. Penny Arcade, I heart you.

PS
And since I am using this image without permission, please visit them at Penny-Arcade.com.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Mornings.

So I am typically late to work in the morning. Actual times vary day to day. Once in a blue moon, I get up super early and it's all good.

Well. Today was a late day. But it was also a early wakey day. So why was I late to work?

I felt compelled to season a steak and set it in a brine bath.

Weird right? And my hands smell like sesame oil, HOT!

Sunday, February 22, 2009

1-800, whoa!

So I am sitting here, desperately trying to catch up on my receipts for 2008, so I can print out my expense report, so I can do my taxes, and you want to know what I am noticing?

I sent a lot of fucking flowers in 2008. And flowers are not cheap!

That, and I went to Bella Napoli.

A lot.

If you don't know what Bella is? Well, let's just say if you're not in KC, you're missing out.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

CUUUUTE.

Asian babies with computers, you can't help but smile.