The Little House

So I hate to just plain rip-off a friend's blog, but my friend JP over at The Velvet Fog posted a few animations and one of them I just had to re-post over here. Its the 1952 Disney animation "The Little House." I probably would never have thought to look for it on my own, but I remember it vividly from when I was a kid (not 1952 mind you). I hope you remember it too, or if viewing for the first time, enjoy the sweetly told narrative like it was a fond memory.

What in the world

There are people in this world that know what this is a picture of. Crazy, aye?

Patriots Win!!!

This photo from REUTERS shows citizens of Backwards Land celebrating the victory of the New England Patriots over the hapless New York Giants in football's championship game. The Patriots will hold a victory parade down Opposite Ave later this week.

Kyle Kendrick to Japan!

Perhaps the best prank I've seen in a long time, Phillies player Brett Myers along with club assistant GM Ruben Amaro Jr inform Kyle Kendrick he has been traded to the Yomiuri Giants in Japan. Watch his face, its great. The best is when they tell him it was a joke, it looks like its the first breath he has taken in ten minuets.

Valet Booth

In front of the hotel where I work as a valet, there's this old-time looking phone booth. We use this booth as a place where the doorman can keep his keys and what not. On slow days it comes in handy as a place where you can sit down and relax while still keeping an eye on whats going on outside.

This is a picture from inside the booth, looking through the little spy-hole in the fake frosting on the glass. You can see an example of some typical Providence, RI architecture across the highway.

Look up "Avenue of the Arts, Providence, RI" on google maps to see where it is.

Bloated al Zaqawi Face

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq until his death in 1996. He was responable for many road-side bombings, suicide bombings and captive executions. He is believed to be the man who beheads Nick Burg in the now infamous video. Many Iraqis and even Al-Qaeda members were angered my his methods, where he would kill many Muslims, and not just Americans.


After many close calls, al-Zarqawi was finally killed on June 7, 2006 when a US air strike hit the safe house where he was conducting a meeting. Six others were killed in the attack, including Zarqawi's teenage wife, their child and his spiritual advisor Sheik Abd-al-Rahman. Al-Zarqawi was not imediatly killed, but rather lived several hours, probably suffering a great deal from the massive injuries sustained in the bombing.

My friend Will and I were soon captivated with the above photo of al-Zarqawi's bloated, dead face. "Bloated al-Zarqawi Face" became the butt of many jokes and soon, the star of his on internet cartoon! Will completed episode one a while ago, and I have episode two sitting unfinished on my computer. Will's efforts, declaired to be "the worst video on the internet" by many viewers, makes a resergance here today, if I ever finish mine, I'll post it.

January Drawings

Since graduating from art school a few years back, I haven't done the best job of keeping myself active in art making. About a year and a half back I finally bought the recording software Pro-Tools and taught myself guitar. I've been making music ever since.
I've always enjoyed 2-D art as well, but I stopped doing it for a long time. I felt stuck in my painting and I didn't take drawing seriously. I really enjoy the process of painting, but am better at drawing. It took hanging out with my friend JP a few times to realize what drawing can be and how it should be done just to enjoy doing it. With that kept in mind, the results are much better. I've been attempting to paint more like I draw too, and I'll post some results of that soon too.
Click to enlarge, or click here to view the whole set of drawings from the month

Drawing with JP

JP Bouchard and I went to college together at Mass Art in Boston. Right off the bat, we were "the weird kids" at art school. After school, JP moved to New York City and we have kept in touch through the wonders of the interweb.

This past September, while in New York conducting some business, I got to spend a day with good ol' JP and we sat down for a hilarious drawing session that resulted in some grade A material.





Click Here to view the whole set of drawings.