It's about damn time--now with LINK!!!!

Let's get the party started. My main man, Evan Carroll finally started a blog. Bookmark it, follow it, whatever the hell it is you kids do nowadays. It's uncut and straight from the Golden Triangle. Do you need an in depth exploration of the heretofore unexplored connection between Demis Roussos and Robert Persig? Do you need messed up 3D/2D Bacon-esque animations of scrotal-headed nudes??? Of course you do. So don't delay. Taste the magic. Live the fantasy.

Feelin' Better, Thank You

Got to bed at a reasonable hour last night, so I'm feeling better. Hoorah. Going to go to bed early again, I believe. Tomorrow it's Arsenal vs. Liverpool, so gots to get up for the 8:00 kick off. Okay, that was my best blog post ever.

Here's a page from the brilliant mind of Evan "Big Evan" Carroll. A concept drawing from our Happiness Hole project.

What Ben Franklin

. . .may have looked like, nude and from behind; such is the price of my return to daily drawings.

Just had coffee with Warren Hedges down at the Beanery. Always inspiring to talk to the Ashland Elk of the Year. One of our main characters in The Happiness Hole is loosely based on him. Real Warren has a network-like brain able to take difficult ideas, distill them and make them comprehensible to the layman. Our fake Warren is a Warren gone off the deep end, driven mad by:

1) The cruel stupidity of the world.

2) A sense of the interconnection of all knowledge now made disturbingly literal by the invention of a quantum super computer.

3) A painful love affair with a dakini destined for bigger things.

Real-life Warren knows how to swim and tread water, so the deep end doesn't bother him.

Twas on a Holy Thursday

Their innocent faces clean.
Just finished up our 3D modeling critique. Some good stuff going on. Apparently Julie ordered a pizza, so I'll be heading home for some carbo-loading. Good for my rigorous training regimen. Yes.

And quickly (need food). New ideas for Happiness Hole as a show/installation. Drawings. Lots of drawings. And big prints. Yes. And sculpture too. And animation. Yes. And naked walk/run cycles and yes I said yes I will Yes.

No Child Left Behind

What I'm learning from ye blog so far:
1) I work a fair amount. Yay.
2) I work on a lot of different things--art-teachin', USEM-teachin' (bless thee, Thucydides), script-writin', 3D modelin' and animatin', 2D animatin' & drawin', web-site-makin', art-makin', school admin crap, prepping for teaching, 'mersh projects, water heaters and the like. Not to mention being a deadbeat dad and feckless husband. I'm not complaining. It's good livin'.
3) I'm bad at estimating how long it takes to get something done. Hence, the website's not done, the Happiness Hole's languishing, the water heater took 5 days to install, etc.
4) Life feels short--it's rushing by, happening now, and I feel completely clueless about it. Balls.
5) I'm thinking of taking the summer off from teaching for the first time in 10 years. I'd like to catch up on some solitude, some friends, and have fun with Sam.
6) I need to get the Corvair running. This weather is too beautiful.

I suppose it's the 21st Century

And so, it begins--gettin' the web thing going. Joined Flickr and Vimeo tonight. Flailing with Dreamweaver and Freeway. Exciting, though. Good to get connected with this odd new phony electro-world. It'll be good to have this junk up and accessible. Here is the proto-link to
Happiness Hole Flickr

University scene

Exterior: The University. CU on Fetal Advisor, pull back to show Shankton, Shaman Chet, and Fetal Advisor walking through woods to Warren's car. We see Warren asleep in the car. CU Warren asleep and waking up suddenly. CU Fetal Advisor blurry, coming into focus. Warren freaks out. Drives off. The trio remain. Say something?

Sky High!

Here are some links to short animation tests for The Happiness Hole--a project I've been collaborating on with mates (peng you's for our Chinese readers) Evan Carroll, Joe Brick, and Ty Burrell.

Jeff Song by The Sky High Achievers
Warren Wakes Up

While we're at it, here's a link to my "web page" such as it is.