My friend Melissa is heading to Vegas for a few days. In talking with her over IM, I decided I wanted to try the same trick I tried with my friend Dustin. Namely – to have someone else place a bet for me in Vegas. Specifically, she’s going to bet $5 on number 9 at…
From the site: “The Monster Engine is a book, a demonstration/lecture and a gallery exhibition. The premise for all three came from one single question: What would a child’s drawing look like if it were painted realistically?” Looks like the site exceeded its bandwidth today. Try checking the site out tomorrow. Trust me, this one…
Found Magazine is a really wonderful project. If you’re unfamiliar with it, I highly encourage you to visit the website, or check out some of the blog entries below. If prior shows are any indication, this video show should be a total blast. If you’re in the Chicago area, swing by if you can. Found…
From: Found MagazineTo: FelixSubj: FOUND Video at the Siskel Center! Sunday June 12th and Wed June 15th The Chicago premiere of the Found Video Show is coming! Last fall we started collecting videotapes from people around the US and we ended up with this crazy mishmash show — you’re gonna learn tons about evolution, real…
Stopped in to Filter after work today, and hung out with Justin some. I’ve been sweating like a pig whenever I’m outside (it really is time to get some of this hair cut off), and the brief walk from the Damen stop to the coffee shop was no exception. I ended up ordering a smoothie…
Found out today that Ektopia just made its 1000th post! If you’re not familiar with this site, go check it out. I’m not one to bookmark blogs at all, but this one made my list and it’s one I look in on almost daily. Not only is it constantly updated, there’s usually something amazing listed…
As I was cleaning up around the house yesterday, I found this roll of film in the bottom of a box of letters and photographs. I’m taking it with me this morning, as there’s a photo place inside the Merchandise Mart (where I work). No idea what’s on this thing. Check back tomorrow for the…
Among all the letters and photographs, I found this jewel of a picture. That’s me at the Indy 500, back in the day when I apparently owned some kind of righteous, ass-kicking helmet and visor combo. Look at the fiery intensity of my eyes! And that visor is all like “you can’t handle this intensity,…
I took today off, and mostly puttered around the house. Cleaned up some, and sweated a lot. I really need to get that AC unit set up soon. I got up super early, and went to Target to run some errands. I greatly prefer doing this when there are less people around (although there are…
I had planned on doing some grocery shopping with Justin, but ended up getting home too late (I think he and Dave went out food gathering on their own). I had high plans for a nap myself, but it turns out I had just enough time to IM with Chelsea for a bit, hop in…
Gretchen and Rob offered me a lift home, but I felt like walking home. I recently purchased Damien Jurado’s newest album (ever since I heard it at Laura and Ben’s house), and had a hankering for listening to it while walking home. Spotted a thin jet trail in the sky, and liked how it seemed…
After everything was said and done, this is what our load looked like (with the addition of a few paintings that Rob ended up keeping. Driving back over to the new space, we saw the sky getting pretty dark. Half the sky was dark and threatening, and behind us the sky was still pretty bright…
Today, Rob and I went back to his old studio space to pick up the last of his stuff there. In addition to some large file drawers, he had a stack of paintings that needed to be moved/removed. I mentioned yesterday that he’s incredibly prolific, and went through some earlier rounds getting rid of some…