Hyperbolation

"if only it were pickles"

2008-05-08T00:34:41Z

my first attempt at a ficlet! ficlets are like exquisite corpses, but online and with people you don't know. some of them get pretty interesting - my favorite story so far starts here.

green porno

2008-05-07T18:17:03Z

...um. this is too weird/good/disturbing to not post. isabella rossellini has written, produced, directed and starred in these green porno shorts and...well. they're really educational - they show how insects reproduce. uh...graphically. hilariously. ...did i mention graphically? the thing is - they're completely brilliant. the costumes and puppets are really neat. it's just...well, you'll see.

firefly is safe for work. the other ones, ESPECIALLY bee and snail are not.

on laist!

2008-05-07T01:37:20Z

my photo was featured today on laist!

can someone recommend a good archival framing place?

2008-05-06T23:24:29Z

click for notes on the art.

iron man

2008-05-05T05:26:31Z

...was awesome! it was so much fun and i must read the ultimates again. also? the incredible hulk? can't wait.

mmm...duck

2008-05-04T20:23:12Z

last night pat and i met meghan and josh for dinner at the crepe vine in pasadena. it's meghan's favorite place to eat in that city and an excellent choice - the carnitas flatbread pizza was delicious and the duck confit crepe was one of the best things i've ever tasted. pat and i had a great bottle of wine and we all split a nutella-strawberry crepe for dessert. after dinner we went to lucky baldwin's for some beers then to neomezé for cocktails. on the way back to the car - the best pistachio gelato i've ever had. a fantastic night. and tonight? IRON MAN.

happy mother's day

2008-05-02T16:58:55Z

my friend chris wrote and starred in this awesome mother's day video. ladies - he's single.

this american life, live

2008-05-02T05:17:38Z

just got back from the live screening of 'this american life' and it was so so good! the hangman and anagram pre-show animation (that replaced the typical pre-movie trivia slideshow) was funny and clever and the show itself was fantastic. some outtakes and clips were shown from the new season of the showtime tv series version of the show - the chris ware clip was adorable and the segment about the 'ask an iraqi' booth was brilliant. and, as pat predicted, i totally have a crush on ira glass now. i can't wait to see the new season on sunday night!

outshine everyone

2008-05-01T16:42:54Z

cecile is a finalist in the dentaburst outshine everyone commercial contest! please vote for her - 'afternoon random meeting' - you can vote once a day per browser. we helped matt win the heinz contest and i know we can push cecile to the top too.

ice

2008-04-25T19:22:58Z

ice bubbles and waves

cowboys herding cats

2008-04-25T17:38:42Z

matt won the heinz top this tv challenge!

2008-04-25T16:31:33Z

thanks to everyone who voted - it all paid off! matt won the heinz top this tv challenge!! by odd coincidence matt is in LA this weekend, so i'll be sure to buy him a drink.

his commercial, 'now we can eat' will be shown on national tv in may. congratulations!!

more photos, including will's poor car

2008-04-23T18:47:53Z

at the end of the snapshots 2008 set.

mom & dad visit LA

2008-04-23T00:44:36Z

the getty, mullholland drive, sunset, beverly hills, rodeo drive, nate 'n al's, malibu, point dume, neptune's net, lala's grill, golden apple, project: gallery, beer brewing, in-n-out, warner bros. studio tour, old town pasadena

everyone's money is sexier than ours

2008-04-22T18:28:00Z

presenting the new british currency. and it. is. AWESOME. the US's new currency? kinda janky. check out the 'history in your wallet' section of this feature about the new $5 bill. things just kind of went to hell in the 20th century didn't they? surely we can do better.

via the hoefler & frere-jones blog via ben templesmith.

update: helvetica