I HATE Writer's Block!

And of course, if you decide to eat turkey and watch football all weekend and save your homework for a Sunday night, writer's block is what you will end up with. The football this weekend was exceptional though, the Seahawks tried their hardest to lose to the Giants today but finally emerged with a win leaving only a few minutes left in overtime.

I had to do a very hurried job on my drawing for this week so that I would have plenty o' time to procrastinate on writing this paper tonight. The proportions came out kinda funny because I worked so fast (his left index finger resembles a plump bratwurst) but the shadows overall are pretty striking, I think I'll call this one "weird distorted preacher guy with sausage fingers." Yeah, that's catchy....

GO BIG RED!!!

Congratulations to a Cornhuskers team whose performance under the leadership of Bill Callahan was on the national stage today on ABC. In a long-running rivalry game against the Colorado Buffaloes, the developing West coast offense ran over the buffs like the efficient machine it is supposed to be. WELL DONE!!!

Give Thanks.....

Happy Turkey Day Everyone!

It's That Wonderful Time of Year!!!

So, I was a little skeptical about the effects of S.A.D.(Seasonal Affective Disorder) until I moved to Seattle. Wow!! Every year, right on the nose, a few weeks after Daylight savings time ends people up here go nuts.

For example: Suspect in Tacoma mall shooting spree sent angry text messages before the rampage

By CURT WOODWARDASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
TACOMA, Wash. -- A man accused of a shooting spree at a crowded shopping mall and taking four people hostage pleaded not guilty Monday to first degree assault, kidnapping and unlawful possession of a firearm.
Dominick Sergio Maldonado, 20, of Tacoma, was ordered held on $2 million bail after his hearing in Pierce County Superior Court. He's been charged with eight counts of first-degree assault, four counts of kidnapping, and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm.
Maldonado was arrested Sunday afternoon after surrendering to police about four hours after he ducked into a Sam Goody store and took the hostages, all of whom were released unharmed.
During the shooting, six people were injured, one critically. Two others were shot at, but not struck, and four individuals were taken hostage, said Deputy Pierce County Prosecutor Phil Sorensen.
One person remained in critical condition Monday at Tacoma General Hospital, spokesman Todd Kelley said. No details on the others injured were immediately released.

---This happened yesterday......we Seattle veterans are callous to it now though. This time of year these events become like the traffic report to us.....naked man.........shooting.......three dead......."I just wanted a freakin' hot dog"...........yeah buddy, tell it to the judge, we've heard 'em all up here. So, I'm sorry for those of you out there with S.A.D. Since the sun sets at noon here you would all be in good company!!!! I predict, (mark my words) that there will also be an outbreak of bank robberies here in Seattle his year.......just like every winter.......last year we were treated to a great show by the likes of "The Bag-Lady Bandit," who used the city bus as her getaway car. And, the "Whispering Bandit," actually a very polite fellow by all accounts. I hope to become a full-fledged Seattle native this year by becoming "The pantsless bandit..... ...........with the red clown nose...." Cooooool, All readers must promise to not blow my cover....

In Bizarro World I'm Famous.....

I have been procrastinating all night on this Dali presentation.....I was a little bored so I typed my name into Google, it appears I share my name with a famous general from Atlanta....

Self Portrait.....Round TWO!

Another full day of homework, I'm almost finished. All I have left is to prepare a 5-7 minute presentation on my interpretation of "The Madonna of Port Lligat" by Salvador Dali.......easy enough right? I don't even know where to begin....who knows what the hell he was thinking.....

I attempted the self-portrait again with success this time, the assignment required us to distort the image so I decided to stretch mine into a Joe-conehead:
I'm happy now because it actually looks like me.....not the drunken samurai version I crapped out last night.

The Seahawks won again today. The 49ers gave them a run for their money though, it came down to the last play. That brings them to 8-2 after six straight wins. I am so excited, especially since my Cornhuskers have not been doing so great this year.......or last year......or the year before that.

The Greatest thing about art? It doesn't have to be good!!!

So I have another before-and-after for ya. I spent about eight hours doing homework today.....boooo......and noticed something.....art does not have to look nice to be art! One of my assignments this weekend involves portraits. I have to draw a portrait of Henry Fuseli and a portrait of myself. I finished the Fuseli at about nine o' clock tonight, it was almost an exact replica of the portrait I was given to copy. I'm very happy with it.

I then went out to the pub for a few hours and came home a bit fuhrschnickahd(drunk spelling) and decided to give my self-portrait a stab. I went after it and actually stabbed myself with a #2, 2B and 4B pencil all in the same drawing. I ended up with this:

SO, the greatest thing about this? I know a few people in the "art world" and they would criticize my first drawing for the lack of talent, imagination, crativity, whatever....

The self-portrait they would look at in awe and say " wow man, it's so expressive"......I don't know....crazy people.....

All I have to say, kids, is don't drink and draw. And remember.....don't smoke crack...... Oh yeah, don't blog drunk either!