Possible eBay

as much as i hate the eBay, I am considering putting some stuff up before we move. I did this painting in oil, about 2x3 feet, back in 2003...we'd only been living in Jason Voorheesville for about a year. it's as rough and textural as it looks, but the actual color is a bit richer than it looks here. i don't really care for oil. i need a little more immediate gratification, so i'ma stick with acrylic for now. not sure if there will be any interest in it...but i've posted it here to give friends any first dibs. dibbies. i don't even know what the F 'dibs' means. but if anyone's interested, lemme know.

FRIEND_GOOD PART 2

there's still something real good about the very first. i'm just noodling it to death i guess:

FRIEND_GOOD

this thing has gone thru about 5 incarnations, thought i'd start documenting it...useda be a boy devil. nicole doesn't like the girl. more on this later...

Steve Martin

I grew up a HUGE Steve Martin fan. I could recite all of his comedy records from the 70s. I had a bright orange license plate that said I AM A WILD AND CRAZY GUY. It was silly. He was silly. He was brilliant. The Jerk. Three Amigos. Planes Trains and Automobiles. Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels! MY BLUE GODDAMN HEAVEN!!! Even stepping into the serious with the Spanish Prisoner, brilliant!

So, maybe saying this goes against the popular belief in highbrow culture, but let me just say that Shop Girl was stupid. Insipid even. A jerk-off tale for midlife-crisis rich-businessman jerkoffs. Then we have crap like Bringing Down the House, Cheaper by the Dozen...all a waste of time, money and effort. And now this.

Who the hell does Steve Martin think he is?
My opinion of Steve Martin has gone straight through the floor, sub-basement, and into the circle of hell reserved for hubris-encrusted hasbeens.

And stop saying "min"! The word is "men" with a 'E'!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Janruary Ninth 2Thousand6

Nothing super major going on right now. Here's a sketch I was working on for something I'd like to paint...i really like the 2:1 ratio, making tall images. Even if you don't like it, please refrain from making mean or annoying comments anonymously on my blog or I will have you sent to jail for 2 years. Thanks, internet friends!

Listen

Now that I've figured out where the gas and clutch are on this thing, I'd like to add some links to other blogs. If anyone has one, send it along. derek@abnormalbrain.com, or add a comment here...

Back on Track

Well, I can begin attempting to make money and pay my bills again. Computer is up to speed with replacement software etc. I got a lot of sketching and a little bit of painting done in the last few days. Here's a small color study I did yesterday...about life-size...

...and now DHL

Welp, we're done with the Apple repair and the DHL status has said that the computer is "With Courier for Delivery" since 8:36 AM yesterday. I bobbed my goofy face in the window like an attention-starved puppy all day yesterday until about 7pm when I decided to hope, not for the thing to arrive, but that the courier hadn't lost the fucking thing.

OH OH! here we are! as we speak...

iFeel Better

Looks like "Repair is in Progress." If this all goes smoothly, I'm prepared to eat my words. I will see if i can eat them in either cake- or candy-format.

Apple continues...

Mr. Compaq Armada here again, with an update on my Apple repair. The update is that there's no update. When I dropped it off Thursday night, they said 10 days. Tick-tock, guys. I understand that it was a holiday weekend and all but my Genius* said it would ship out on Friday night. Well, here's Monday and I've been checking the Apple Support Status Website I Peruse Everyday. It says shipment is still pending.

*The Geniuses wear a black t-shirt that reads in small, white letters "Genius" across the front. This white lettered Genius text should also have an asterisk that refers you to the bottom of the shirt, where it should say "Please, PLEASE don't kick my ass."