modern art

i read in a certain newsletter that shall remain nameless, that in germany there was a situation where some sanitation workers inadvertently threw away some "important" pieces of modern art. apparently, the garbage company had to hold a class to teach its employees how to tell the difference between modern art and trash. this was quite interesting, and not because i think all modern art is garbage, but some of it seems to be.

i understand that after photography became popular, "real" things needed not be captured on canvas, at least not exclusively, so artists' focus would not be the same. but then, some magazine (details or esquire, i think) published 4 pictures of a similar splatter painting by 4 different artists: (1) a modern artist (2) a toddler (3) elephant (4) monkey... all quite similar paintings. anyway, i think it's time to get schooled in the art medium which has thus eluded me. i'm thinking, afternoon audio tour at the museum of modern art. taking other suggestions, as well.

perros

what do you do when your stealth, waddling daschund eats up your finnicky, slow-eating maltese's food?

a whiskey to dime

like most people, i was stunned to hear about the murder of darrell abbott (the incredible guitarist for pantera and damage plan). i've read several reports about it so far... one in particular featured a quote from a friend of his saying that he lived and died by his guitar. seems like probably the only thing somewhat pleasant to be said about this tragedy. but how horrible for vinnie (his brother/drummer)... what a horrible thing for him to see. anyway. it's just so incredibly sad. i think i still have the dimebag darrell guitar pick from that pantera concert in 10th grade. after that show we listened to cemetary gates all the way home, on repeat.

i can't believe someone would engage in such a senseless crime.

pixar

i joined blockbuster online... it's sort of like netflix; they send you dvd's in the mail and you send them back (no postage fees)... except that with blockbuster, you also get two free in-store movies or video games each month. i would like to rent the sims for game cube.

in the blockbuster queue are david copperfield, super size me, goodbye lenin, and the butterfly effect. we received all i want (don't really recommend this one) and chasing liberty (haven't watched it yet)...

saw THE INCREDIBLES last night, freeeeeking awesome. you must go see it.

sorry i haven't blogged here in awhile, was messing around with myspace.

i'm going to go play keyboard.

pfffffffffttttt!

gah! i know a small brown pickle that just farted... *opens up window*

instead of eukanuba, it should be called you-can-poo-ba...



that's according to ashok, anyway... and i'm inclined to agree.

quote of the day

"I dutifully read The Catcher in the Rye as a teenager, with no sense whatsoever of the irony involved in dutifully reading a novel about the dangers of being thoughtlessly dutiful."

the after effects of college...

you know, i wonder how long it takes to kick that post-college feeling of obligation, as though after work and on the weekends you should be doing something productive, (e.g. writing a paper, reading for class, etc.) i'm going to go to starbucks and read for personal enrichment. ooh and jim carey became a U.S. citizen, but refused to say for whom he was going to vote, which i think in hollywood that means bush-but-i'm-not-going-to-get-red-listed-yo-so-i-won't-say.

we met sean hannity a couple of weeks ago. just for a moment, long enough to take a pic with him. also, andrew wk. we took a pic with him at this ramones tribute show, where lots of big names played, including joan jett, blondie, the strokes, sonic youth, andrew wk, and the singer of queens of the stone age, and also tommy and cj ramone, and bill stevenson from the descendents/all. i'm recording one of his songs, too, incidentally.

last night, we went to the mitch hedburg/stephen lynch show and saw one of the strokes there. mitch hedburg was awesome! but the audience was rather obnoxious... i wonder if that was similar to the audience in austin...? drunk people who have seen him perform in the past yelling out jokes and punchlines... they wanted to hear certain jokes, they weren't giving him cues, it was really obnoxious. but he was great, and he said the turtleneck/backpack one!

it's getting cold here already. i must purchase some warm socks, tights, and such.

you seen team america yet? it was funny, especially the songs. i read that sean penn got mad at them.