Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god just shoot me. This is “SUPER PRESIDENT” via Worst Cartoons Ever:

I was thinking of a general array of my favorite ’80s cartoons (Teddy Ruxpin, the Fraggle Rock Cartoon, The Littles, Jem and the Holograms…) and the designs that Toshiyuki Hontani did for the original PlayStation version of Grandia as I did my work on this.

I’ve had a nice long break after my last show, except it wasn’t actually “nice” because it was filled with back-breaking other work, mental trauma, weight gain, weight loss, and a significant loss of employment. But it was long.

And I’ve been painting again. This new stuff I’m doing on wooden panels with a lot more detail than my prior work. There’s something sort of hippy about some of it, which I’m trying to squash in various ways. I’ll be posting some progress shots tomorrow.

I’m having a show, you guys!

November 7th, 6:00-9:00p.m. at Gallery070 on Vashon Island, in Washington, with work on display from November 7th through the 29th.

Here’s a map if you’re confused.

Does everyone know I’m moving? Yeah. I’m moving. Not very far, but it’s still moving, so I’ve been distracted. Watch how amazingly well I weather this. If there’s anything you should know about me it’s that things like this don’t bother me. I barely care at all, besides that I’m excited about my new location, and the studio room that I’ve always wanted/finally get. Oh completely. It’s a big deal.

Cut me some slack for a minute and let me distract you with my current favorite pop video, from Annie’s forthcoming new record. This is the video for her single, I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me.

It’s the dance shots and the way everyone looks in those black dresses that knocks me over. Read more

Passive aggresive MySpace status updates, I suppose are my topic, though I’m also including hyper-emotional ones. I should have taken some screenshots this morning, because they’re funnier in context, but my mouse finger is quick when it comes to checking that little ’delete friend’ box — not so much with an actual friend, but infinitely so when I can’t remember who the hell the person is, and their avatar is a tight, flash photo of their not-so-great face in a pout, and the status is something like: “Kenny has been hurt by the selfishness of others.”

Or:

“is ready to forgive you, Michael, if you promise you can change.”
“is thinking about just leaving all you fake people behind.”
“is tired of every one juging me insted of just living they life.”
“is starting to lose weight so she can fit in to this shallow, meaningless society.”
“is emotionally exhausted from divorce.”
“wishes she had a real friend to talk to.” Read more