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i’ve already forgotten the little people… »
Friday, April 17th, 2009
Today, just after a delightful lunch with Girlfriend at Pizza Lucé, I found out a photo of mine was selected for an online travel guide I’ve never heard of. With that, my fame exploded and I’m now too cool for school. (That I haven’t been in school for three years matters little.)
As one of only a few dozen snaps that feature the Sydney Opera House, I will soon be hired by National Geographic (TinkTrace? A word of recommendation?) or its ilk for dozens of global photo shoots. It’ll be difficult to keep up with this lowly web offering as I’m featured in tabloids and any of the thousands of not-watched E! specials.
I know. I know.
For that I’m sorry. I know you all pine for my wit and candor and assorted other complimentary descriptors but I can’t be bothered to document my fame. It’s going to be far too stressful.
When it’s all faded and I’m desperate for any small ounce of recognition, I’ll message you on Facebook or @ you on Twitter. Until then, this is a fond farewell.
Of course, by all that, I mean I’m finally adjusting to the wonders of government-funded retirement and will likely get back to semi-regular posting next week. Oh… but my snap being selected is real though… so there’s that.
gifts deserved »
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
As promised, here’s the first part of my holiday break. You don’t care but I’m not going to just drop a recap of my time south of the border into your laps. That comes soon.
I don’t know how the fat old man was to you, dear readers, but he hit me up big. Muchos gracias (was just in Mexico; rubbing too hard?) mi amigo. I hope you all enjoyed the used-to-be-religious-now-materialistic holiday.
I had great times with my friends from way back. We met at T’s house and threw down a nice little shindig. TinkTrace was there, as were many others. We missed Nut and Zook though. (They were busy with family and a wedding or something. Yawn.)
Christmas Eve night, Girlfriend and I hung out with her parents. I went to church (no; seriously), had an awesome dinner and played Pictionary and Charades. I’m terrible at the latter (wicked at the former).
We opened gifts and my lack of fashion sense vomited forth like so many scarabs from a mummy’s lips. Girlfriend’s parents got me a sweet winter coat and Girlfriend got me a bunch of wearables. (Now my attire nearly matches my inflated ego.)
Then there was lunch at my parent’s place on Christmas Day. Most my immediate family came out for snacks, sandwiches and some gifts. I found candy, Shut the Box and some other awesome. (Most of my gift is wrapped up in the flight to AU in a few weeks.)
Most of you can attest to my usual vacuous bravado and egotism but I don’t mean to brag. The gifts were generous and thoughtful (on top of, in some cases, wildly expensive). I don’t deserve them. So they serve as motivation to suck less in the coming 364.25.
Anyway, that night we went back to Girlfriend’s parents’ for their party. I got some tips on AU, good food (especially the banana bread) and good conversation. What more can you ask for from the holidays? (Answer: nothing you spoiled heathens.)
Early the next morning, Girlfriend and I took off to the land of pesos, tacos and Heidi Montag (speaking of vacuous)…
friday free for all »
Friday, December 19th, 2008
… Yesterday, TinkTrace (friend of T.C. from before it was T.C.) sent a link. I was horrified. A barely-food that’s $.06 cheaper to make and sold for $1 more makes my neurons misfire.
Then I saw the ad in the right column (need javascript turned off to see it). My horror evaporated (replaced by dismay). Context aside, this ad is amazing. It’s two frames of an animated GIF so terribly Photoshop’d as to be comedic gold (click for full-size):
Before and after (after/before?) drunk clone stamping.
Has anyone actually bought this shit? I mean, do they think this guy was ever obese? Has anyone seen image retouching? (Ignoring the person who retouched it, who obviously hasn’t.) Thanks the interweb gods it’s hidden. ::shudder::
… Wednesday, I met with a consultant about our marketing department. There’s been almost complete turnover (I’ve been here longer than all but one person) since I signed on and restructuring has been sort of interesting.
She explained some of our inadequacies as far as interweb’s concerned and was stunned when I (title: Interactive Designer) admitted to having almost no part in the strategy. We laughed… and laughed… and laughed… (more misfired neurons.)