I TURNED 47 THIS WEEK AND...

I was working in my studio, contemplating my life (laying around staring at the wall) and wondered where it had all gone (I had to go to the bathroom). While standing at the open window of the bathroom (hanging out of the open window because I was having a hot flash), I see this outside of the 5^th floor bathroom window:

NOT ENCOURAGING FOR ARTISTS

Isn't it comforting when you find that you aren't the only one contemplating their life from a window ledge?

What lies below that window ledge...

WHY TOLEDO CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS

At least once a week, a car or two has their windows smashed and the owner will find things missing from said automobile. The broken glass adds a certain ambiance to the already terrifying Jefferson Avenue. We manage to keep the police officers at a distance. I am not sure HOW we do it, but we do. I do often wonder how it is that we all get parking tickets every hour on the hour from the PARKSMART city workers but they never seem to be around when the bad guys are using artist's cars as piñatas.

THEY WILL STEAL THE CHANGE OUT OF YOUR ASHTRAY

RECOGNIZE!
It was difficult deciding which one of these honors to present first –I decided to go with the most exciting for me: PEPPER SPRAYING COP GOES LA GROTTE CHAUVET PONT d'ARC!

I made the cut on the TUMBLR meme protest, and now I am creeping across the psyche of the web.

CLICK TO SEE ON TUMBLR

“Morguk got wasted and rolled his razor scooter again. God dammit, now we have to schlep all the way over the Euphrates to get parts for that damn thing. Again. Grounding doesn’t work. Taking away internet privileges doesn’t work. Should we send him to boarding school? Would that make us bad parentsAUUAHHAGHAGAHAGHGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”

If you wish to see all of the places that this image has infiltrated (I vanity Google for fun), click on the links and know that I bask in the internets glory... even though it is anonymous.

20 of the BEST
http://blog.gaborit-d.com/20-parodies-du-policier-qui-a-envoye-du-spay-a-uc-davis/

the french love me.

I'm #1

http://annagaloreleblog.blogs-de-voyage.fr/

I am #1 on his list of favorites. He’s French. The French love cave paintings.

My Favorite
http://archaeopop.blogspot.com/2011/11/pepper-spraying-cop-meme-goes.html

http://www.occupythegame.com/lieutenant_john_pike/

http://designyoutrust.com/2011/11/23/20-best-pepper-spraying-cop-parody/

http://www.theplatform.info/feedcontent/article/75965

http://www.quora.com/Internet-Memes/What-are-the-best-Occupy-Cop-Casually-Pepper-Sprays-images

http://www.webnoviny.sk/svet/policajt-ktory-striekal-sprej-sa-stal/432616-clanok.html

http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2011/11/bratton_called_into_uc_da.php

And now... LOOK!

MY IMAGE

MY EGO

PUBLISHED!

My business card was chosen to be included in David E. Carter’s BUSINESS CARDS 1 - BRIGHT IDEAS IN DESIGN coming out in 2012. (This means another MAZIE award – w00t!!).

OCCUPYING ON SABBATICAL
Occupy Toledo has decided upon a seasonal sabbatical due to the fact that it gets colder and icier than hell in this our Toledo, Ohio. In their honor, I took a McDonald's®, Happy Meal™ Toy featuring a character from Disney's©®™, Dreamworks™ Puss-N-Boots©™.

I also landed an acting gig! Yes, that theatre degree paid off!

EAST SIDE
Here are some artistic views of the East Side from Water Street. Try not to be jealous of the beautiful landscape. After all, we all can't live in this paradise.

 

This is Yours Truly lounging on the banks of the Mighty Maumee River on my birthday:

YOU KNOW IT'S MY BIRTHDAY BECAUSE
I'M IN MY BIRTHDAY SUIT.

TIS THE SEASON

I went to HOBBY LOBBY for a big BLACK FRIDAY WEEKEND adventure. At the door is the holiday stable of the Salvation Army bell ringer. He was a trip. He was funny and charming. Even the Salvation Army is "anti homo" (as Honorable Daughter #2 says), I donated money and took a piccie of Honorable Daughter #1 shoving it in the bucket.

Have you ever given money to charity only to later realize you grabbed the "wrong" bill from your wallet? I thought about going back and asking for change because it would be funny... but even I felt funny about doing that. I apologized to Honorable Daughter #2 for giving substantial money to "Anti Homos." She patted me on the head, reassuring me that it was ok -- that it could go to a family where they are closeted. Either way, someone is going to get to eat.

CAN YOU MAKE CHANGE?

BEST ANTI HOMO BELL RINGER - EVER!!!

FOR THE LONELY

NEXT, ON ANIMAL HOARDERS...

BUNNIES
Do not ever underestimate the intelligence of a rabbit.

LANCE BREAKING INTO THE FOOD BIN

 

AFTER A LONG DAY OF CHEWING ON
MY DRAWING PAPER, LANCE IS OUT COLD

Do not ever underestimate the ability to bond with a rabbit.

RUSSETTE SNUGGLING AND KEEPING ME COMPANY

Do not ever underestimate the the power of The Sims Social on Facebook.

I HAS A BUNNEH IN MAH YARD!

STUDIO 566

HARLOW

BLARRRRRRRGH!

LAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

PROJECT LUST
My next assignment was to develop a text illustration for LUST. I borrowed elements from the woman illustration. This is the strongest decorative text:

With added elements:

Some tweaking of the tentacles still needed... God knows we all need a good tentacle tweaking once in a while.


THE END