Taliban Reunited: funny pics/captions.
Beware the Urban Beasts!
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Okay, drew and Sam Brown have it down when it comes to funny/simple drawings/paintings/prints, but now Natalie Dee (on the same server as drew, mind you)!? It seems a bit of a stretch, putting up simple drawings/paintings, opening up a Paypal account, and selling them right off of launch. Both drew and Sam Brown eeked out an on-line existance sans merchandise for quite a while before launching the commercial corners of their sites. I'm betting there'll soon be blogger-esque templates for this sort of thing.
This ND stuff seems like a blatant rip-off of the stick figure styles of SB, and the site totally looks like drew's. It just bugs me that such a "business model" for "art" is becoming the norm.
You know, the styles are so similar, I'm tempted to think that ND is some sort of side venture by drew and/or SB. However, I'm not sure if that would be good or bad . . . It would be good to know there isn't a copycat artist, but bad that this "new" art is being done under false pretenses. Yet, musicians have side projects under different names all the time, so maybe this is similar, and thereby acceptable? Wow, what a can of worms . . .
HA! You know what? A quick look at the page's source code (or pushing on the Paypal buttons) show that ND shares an account w/ drew. Hmmm . . . I'm getting pretty skeptical here . . .
What really gets me, though, is that I'm hoping to soon get a page up w/ some pieces I've been working on, and even though I don't intend to have Paypal buttons all over the place, stuff like this only makes it look as though I'm jumping onto some sort of bandwagon. Bah!
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2002/09/25
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2002/09/24
A crazy article about exec's views on balance. I say it's crazy b/c I can't believe how hard some people push themselves career-wise.
Here's some quotes:
On weekends, for example, I'll be working at home, operating in "executive mode" and thinking about an upcoming presentation. Then -- oops! -- my son's diaper needs changing, and I've got to slip into my "mother mode" to clean him up. When I can integrate the two parts of my life that way, the transition comes naturally.
I am a robot, meep, meep.
To me, balance is an illusion -- and to have it as a goal is self-defeating. Instead, take advantage of whatever trade-offs you can make.
Oh, the optimisim!
I sleep 5 hours a night. The other 19 hours, I'm going 200 miles per hour. But I don't overdo it.
R-i-g-h-t . . .
Links
Finally, a potentially interesting Disney movie: plans to re-make Snow White as a live action kung fu flick.
Ottawa Stories: I think I linked to this once before, but there seems to be more content this time around. Anyway, I especially dig this, as it approximates my first impressions of the Blacksheep Inn.
Fray. Part magazine, part blog. Cool story layout, imo. Shift article here.
I've finally found a site for looking up idioms (not that I'd been searching all that much, but it's still nice).
17:04 |
2002/09/17
Oh yeah, happy one year anniversary to me :) I've been at the same job a year today. And on a belated note, dEb and I have been in the same city for a year as of 09/11.
16:50 |
2002/09/16
Saw One Hour Photo. Not bad. The movie is good, but I'm not so sure about the story. The premis is that of the one-hour-photo guy who (creepily) lives vicariously through a "picture perfect" family whose photos he's been developing for years, when eventually he starts to get a little too involved w/ their lives. It's a creepy and interesting commentary on the service people behind the scenes in our lives, and a great film visually; but as I've already alluded to, the story itself is kinda weak.
Went to Cullen Gardens w/ dEb and my parents. We all dug it. I haven't been there since a few winters ago, and can't remember the last time I was there sans snow, so it was a pleasant surprise. Tonnes, or rather, acres of cool foilage and flowers to explore, 'tis a fun and strange place that does what it does very well.
The reality of Septebmer is finally setting in . . . I realized yesterday that summer was over when it donned on me that I didn't have any out-of-town visitors -- aside from family -- over the last four months. Boo. I hope fall proves better. Not that it was a bad summer, but you know what I mean.
16:42 |
2002/09/12
Back in high school, and university, it didn't seem to matter much if you just drifted off during class, daydreaming about this or that, or what you're going to do later that day, or week, or whatever. I wish work was more like that.
16:50 |
2002/09/11
16:56 |
2002/09/09
I went to Ikea . . . again. I have been there quite a lot recently. I hate Ikea, it is busy, and noisey, and hard to navigate. I go there to get picture frames. They are cheap, and unfinished, so I can paint them to my liking. They are also made in China -- for which I feel guilty, as they are probably manufactured in less-than-ideal working conditions by exploited workers. However, that's more my confession than my point here.
My point being that I see the same thing w/ every visit: people madly consuming goods for their home, mass-produced stuff that "looks good" and which will similarly decorate your peer's place as well. I've come to the conclusion that Ikea is like a grand Lego supply store, where all the Lego people buy new components for their Lego homes.
Another observation was that Ikea's beauty is skin deep. I realized this as I watched a destroyed chair being wheeled away by an Ikea employee, the chairs inards revealed at the jagard point of breakage as splintery plywood . . . betraying the sturdy, solid, skin that is no more than a pretty veneer.
It was further disturbing to watch other employees chuck old stock into a cart for re-stocking. Items once lovingly carried by customers -- no doubt with visions of just how perfect this or that will look here or there -- to the check-out, only to hastily be abandoned and left behind until finally being thrown about in a cart crashing cacophny (sp?) like trash destined for who-knows-where.
Link(s)
A great site for tracking the NCC's activities (thanks Lana).
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2002/09/06
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2002/09/04
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