Monthly Archive for May, 2008

bullets for hail

Mom finds it necessary every time there is a Problem to remind me just how hard my dad works in spite of his back problems like he’s some fucking hero. Like he’s a fucking hero for being fucking stupid and putting work over family and health. Fucking hardworking dipshit. I’d rather live on less than see the fucker die young but no he’s fucking Superman and he’s putting work over family for the good of his family am I right. What the fuck

IN OTHER WHAT THE FUCK NEWS WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH THESE LATE-TWENTIES SELF-PROCLAIMED INTERNET WISE MEN WITH CHEESY PORTRAIT PICTURES AND TONS OF FACEBOOK FRIENDS AND TWITTER FOLLOWS (FOLLOWEES?) DISHING OUT LIFE AND BUSINESS ADVICE. DID I SAY ADVICE I MEAN SPAM. FUCK OFF

let me tell you about the weather

It is a bloody sauna over here. I think I am going to go eat some ice.

compose

It’s Tuesday evening again, and millions worldwide are at a loss while magicks are performed on the very fabric of the World.

Today didn’t go very well — I woke early, got out of bed late, raced to school, and only discovered there wasn’t class because QL mentioned she’d heard about it. I also stuck my face in the conty window, hello Lamont, and then wanted to make more prints but the thought of negotiating with Uncle J for the darkroom keys wasn’t particularly exciting.

Yesterday, though, was fun, other than having to get up before 6. We stayed a bit after class and developed and developed. I am still lacking a scanner, negative or otherwise, but behold:




I decided to keep that last test strip on a whim and it would make a great bookmark if the edges weren’t all ragged. I am so cutting proper bookmark sized strips and selling these, okay?

The photos for/of the guys back in April didn’t turn out so well, and I’m only left with a shot of The E at the rounders game. The earlier half of the roll is all fogged up though, and said shot is in the earlier half, so we’ll see how it goes.

I caught Control Sunday afternoon with and thanks to Mak, and it was good — black and white film, dingy theatre, one-third the leg space of economy class, and the prerequisite good looking art school types in attendance. Also some fine acting, of course, and Sam Riley does a decent crazy Curtis dance.

You know what’s one thing I really hate? People pressing elevator/pedestrian crossing/whatever buttons repeatedly, loudly, as if it makes the damn thing move/change faster, as if it makes a difference, and the scary thing is I reckon some of them believe it.

let’s shout it out now

West Grand are having a badge design competition and this is my 3-minute effort (just add water):

Your smile keeps me up for days

appreciation: gratitude, understanding, and the rise in value of

Singapore Blog Awards nomination


I’m pretty proud of what I’ve set up here, of course. It’s a challenge keeping things simple — I’ve nearly fallen prey to displaying my old collection of buttons twice now, and there’s the continual temptation to revert to the old crazy link everything I see mode. Even with a tumblelog that I update more frequently than I eat or use the toilet combined. I haven’t even gotten around to adding comments to my Loop, and I’m going to have to figure out a set of rules for floating images of various sizes soon if and when I get a negative scanner.

So it’s a pleasant surprise, but when the registration process requires “URLs of your 3 best entries”, that kinda changes things. This is like if you had to choose your three favourite socket joints. It doesn’t work that way — unless, of course, each entry is another narcissistic flame, each nescient moth drawn in another advertising dollar. The analogy sounded better in my head.

I guess I’m saying thanks for reading, anyway. It’s always nice knowing someone out there wasted a part of their day on this frivolous hobby of mine.