September ends

I have to make a small correction to a post from a long time ago. Becky wants everyone to know she did one of the drawings in there. So there you go Becky, You finally get the kudos you deserve =D. She also took the two photos below. A girl after my own heart I swear. 

Well September is coming to it's conclusion <-- Awesome observation there. A lot of shit has hit a lot of fans this month. And as soon as I figure out who's been throwing it Ill make sure to give them a piece of my mind. What the heck do they think they're doing throwing Feces at fans? That's unhygienic! What do they have against fans? Did a fan kill their parents when they were young? Well who knows, I just hope their lobbing some into the offices of the Hotmail people.

Harrowing Harrows

well randomly on Sunday Microsoft went into it's weekly business meeting. Bill looked around the room, "Ok, tell me all whatcha got?", Josh the new guy stood up "well, we've been looking at figures, and it seems as though we haven't been screwing up peoples digital experience much lately." "Oh dear." said Bill. "That IS A problem."
"Don't worry! I have put some thought into this!" Josh said, puffing out his chest with pride at his ability to do things by himself. "What is one of the corner stones of using the internet?" Josh pauses for dramatic effect. "EMAIL!" He said before anyone could answer his rhetorical question. "And what better way to screw with peoples day but by making them loose their access to their email!" "Wow! That's a brilliant idea!" said Bill. "I helped him with it to..." muttered Geoff under his breath. "Shut up Geoff, no one likes you." said Bill, "How about you go work on solitaire 2.0 or something."
So yes, I have now lost access to my main hotmail address. If you know me and like to send me emails occasionally I suggest you start sending them to my gmail account. It's exactly the same as my hotmail, except with @gmail.com on the end. Say who it is since my contacts are sorta unreachable at the moment...

Actually I haven't finished moaning about this. Secret questions. Aren't they a joke? Remember years ago when you made your hotmail account, or maybe any other account, and it asks you, "In the event of you loosing your account, please make a secret question and answer." Well they didn't tell you that ten years later they wouldn't actually ask you the question. The question... IS A SECRET. And it asks you to answer it. This is sort of like asking you what was the maiden name of the mother of the midwife who delivered you on your birth. It's technically possible, but it may as well be impossible.

Thankyou for your time dear blog. Here. Have some visuals.

Len Brown totally endorses this message

Test Footage

Just playing around with the camera while getting some shots of the old corbans winery, It's recently been hit up really good. Which is nice considering what it looked like last time I was there... I can't find the post I last talked about it in, so no handy little back link for you. Goes to show how long ago it was last time I was there.

Only Fools Rush In

Puddle, the wizard in training and Flange, the rouge kleptomaniac made their way from the Tavern to the lair with little incident. This was to be their first serious mission, and it was treated as such. They charged in, slaying two goblins, before realizing they would probably be ingested by the goblins pet drake if they didn't GTFO as soon as possible.

They came back two days later, a little wiser and a little wearier. Killing the drake and putting an end to the remaining goblins gobbliness. Unfortunatly the labyrinth continued further in, and a glimpse through a magical pool of water revealed a greater danger inside. "Perhaps we need someone to help us out, we're gonna get stomped if we don't." Flange pointed out. "Perhaps we need your MUM." said Puddle as he conjured a laughing live studio audience.

So there you have it. The first paragraph of an epic tale being woven by this handy little red box. Damn you Dungeons & Dragons! I never thought I would see the day when I would be playing it. But I have witnessed it, and I am pleased.

Shot in Hamilton

Just some Graff

Just finished watching the "Exit through the Giftshop" documentary and urgently felt the need to post up some shots I have had lying around. I'm still planning on buying the DVD, but you don't know how long the vids will stay up before getting taken down.

bMd / IFM

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bMd / ONES

A Storm

"An Australia sized storm" loomed over NZ over the weekend. Fortunatly It was only New Zealand sized because the rest of it was hanging over the ocean. It was the biggest storm on the planet at the time. Other countries spent the day having picnics at the beach.
The mighty Waikato got mightier, as it was already on a king tide, but increased rainfall made it huge, leaving adjacent livestock to swim. When asking whether or not cows could swim I was told by my brother that "If you drop a cow in the middle of a lake it learns how to swim pretty quick." And apparently humans are the only things that don't naturally know how to swim. I guess we just overthink the whole thing.
To be honest I'm sure this is just one of those things that hasn't been properly tested. I'm sure a giraffe would have no trouble with shallow water, being able to walk along the bottom while still having its head periscoping out from the water. But has anyone dropped a giraffe in an ocean? I'm sure their head would be more of a hinderance in this case, flipping it upside down with it's legs bicycling in fresh air.

On Saturday we went out into the blustery day to Nerd Mecca. Surely MK1 is the coolest place around. My married couple got me the Scott Pilgrim comics, and I got myself the new D&D Starter Box. It's super exciting. This is as far as I have ever ventured down the rabbit hole and will definitely be something I let you guys know about. I think Dungeons and Dragons is something that's vastly misunderstood. Much like WoW it has a lot of horror stories associated with it, and I'm hoping after a few sessions I'll be able to recount how awesome and totally demon possession free it is. Wow, possession has a lot of S's in it 0_0. I leave you with some Hamiltonian pics.

Turning 21

 Woot! My lifelong dream of being able to drink in America has finally become slightly more of a reality! But seriously. I still have the mind of a 17 year old with a 21 year old birth certificate, and that in itself is a scary thought. Life is marching on, and the more it does, the more tragic my hobbies become. But don't let these morbid reflections let you think I had a horrible 15th of September 2010. It was a great day of normal everyday life. I think my sweet playlist had something to do with it though (see video).

Oh thank you for reminding me, bracket! I got a video camera. A nice sexy 80gig whatsit with a touch screen and massive thingimajig... The other day I had to explain what a "thingimajig" was. It's rather hard because I mostly came up with other words like "whosAmaCallIt" & "WhasitCalleds".
Sadly the Camera has a larger harddrive in it than my biggest harddrive on my computer. I'm playing a game of "Which games do I put on and which walk the plank."

TrustMe I'm fine.

Trolling K road

I'm not in town to often. But when I am I usually spend a lot of my time trying to make myself look like a tourist of dirty power boxes and grotty signs. I got a ton of photos of all the latest stickers. Also found a sweet art gallery. Apparently their new site got launched last night. So if you ever get the chance check out Rebel Yell Gallery sometime.
Dang it. Now I'm gonna have to go back into aux cause I didn't get photos of what I actually went in there for. We have to design a guide booklet. Oh well.
Yesterday I started on my flash project. I forgot how much I loved that program. Hopefully in a couple of weeks you'l be able to enjoy the fruits of my labour. Platform game anyone?

BMD/Seekayme

Cracked Ink

When love is just to mooshy

Remember! When talking about those you have loved and lost, there's no reason for it to be melodramatic. Memorize these lines for the next time you have a falling out!

"I thought I was the one!!" "You ARE the one.. Of many."

"I'm sorry, It's you, not me."

"You're my other half, but unfortunately I would prefer to be half a man than to be joined to another half a man."

"Ok, but if you ever want to go out with me again, you know where to find me, here, outside your window. CRYING."

"Then I broke up with Jasmin." "Aw Jasmin is a pretty name." "Yeah, that was my favourite thing about her to."

Hallelujah I'm a Bum

I found this record at Grandmas today. I was digging through her old vinyls checking out the cover art. A lot of the Moog ones seem to have been ripped off completely and can be seen on kids shirts. It's sad that they won't even know what I'm talking about when I mention Moog. Sigh. It's a hard life being cool and being able to namedrop old stuff no one thinks about anymore.
I handed in my final illustrations on friday. The picture below is the half completed colour final. While the one below that is actually just something I did for fun. I was walking into uni when I found this sweet bit of wood that looked as though it had been ripped off a white kitchen cabinet or something. So I yoinked it and just slapped paint on, and then put a paste up on it. Looks very preschool.

He needs a name.

Street Arse

You may recall my last Graff day where I took a bunch of sweet pics on Railside Ave. Well you can now see them all plus a few extras over on Street Arse now. Awesome Site full of good ol' Kiwi vandalism. It has my seal of approval. It feels good to contribute to an archive of New Zealand street art.
We must remember that graff is an ephemeral art form, and in a couple months the pieces we walk past everyday on our way to work will soon disappear or be covered by a new one, and the photo's we take will be the only lasting memory that they ever existed.

Also you should totally help out Hanna and her fundraising efforts!

We now return to our regularly scheduled program *Turns off computer and runs around in 'Life'*

Final half, Start!

My two week break is up sadly. It feels like a lifetime since I was last at uni... I probably should have taken that lifetime to get my final illustration finished =S. Oh well. She'll understand when I tell her I had to desperately finish this paper-craft figure of Ramona from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

In summary of what I have accomplished over the two week break.

Got a job managing a website.

Did a bunch of oldschool game inspired comics.

Went up north.

Wrote a shitty song. 

Brushed my teeth.

Also been taking photos of more stickers here abouts. I've read about this particular phenomenon before but it has never struck me as much as it has in this picture. It's the idea that street art changes its meaning over time, or is enhanced by the space. So this sticker was originally of a little sad thing. Now it's sadness is enhanced by what the weather has done to it (as well as what appears to be someone scratching at it), making it look abandoned and lonely. I think that's all very cool.

IFM

IFM

Goodbye August

It's just ticked over to september (on my computers time anyway). So to celebrate I leave August with a few graff pics I just didn't find an appropriate time to put up.

Photo by boomtastik