this one's for Iamnot

I was tagged by iamnot to do the 8 random things about me meme. I have been tagged with this meme twice already, but because i have a minor (and completely non-threating) blog crush on iamnot, i cannot refuse his tag. However i will answer this tag in photographs as a nod to his own rather impressive skill behind the lens. so with no further ado:















#1: my new favorite cocktail: the hypnotiq martini. hypnotiq is a blue liqueur made of cognac, vodka and some kind of fruit juice. then i add coconut rum and orange-pineapple juice, a squeeze of lemon or lime, shake with crushed ice and strain. blue monkey optional.
















#2: i am heart-broken and hardly able to work or write because i may have to send Trout, my sweet nut-brown hound, to the country to live on a farm. If i hadn't come back to the city this wouldnt be happening. regret is my co-pilot.

#3: number 7 on Iamnot's list was his problem with "completion". grrrherhaha. let's see if he can top this: i have a studio full of incomplete paintings. Here are just three examples:














this one's stuck at the background noise stage











this one, a painting of Luke, is stalled out for no good reason.











this one has been like this for almost 6 months.

#4: i was recently annoyed by the news story about how Cecilia Munoz, the spokeswoman for "La Raza", plans to start a campaign to register and mobilize voters and to address "hate" messages spewed by conservative talk shows.
"That had an extraordinary impact in and as a nation, I don't think we should be comfortable with the fact that the U.S. Senate responded to what was largely a wave of hate."

this is the level of political discourse in the USA now. Citizens decide they want to enforce immigration laws and that makes them racists. Irony alert: a short photo essay on "La Raza" which means "The Race" whose motto is : "Por la raza todo: "For the Race, Everything"

































Grrrherhahaha! Instruction on "hate waves" provided by EXPERTS!





































#5: favorite TV star:












Little Yellow Jacket

#6: This is a recent editorial illustration i did about "hiccups" starring Mr. She:





















#7 i love thunderstoms and scary weather and love to be out in it. this is what the sky over Atlanta looked like last night:
















#8:for some inexplicable reason my friend has tickets to Marilyn Manson and Slayer for saturday. predictably, no one wanted to go with her. But i agreed to go because of the potential for a fun photo blog for next week. Stay tuned.

I Saw a Funeral on TV

/Grrrooowlf! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Grrrrrrrrrru ru ru rufffffff! Howl! Stare!
/Low long deep grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr



The Lady lay in the place of pray
and the playas lined up to hear themselves say
this fine fine lady of a fine fine man
representin' a struggle throughout the land
Give yourself a hand
deadly Tedly
You milked it, bilked it
and it reminded me

of yo icon brothers, the dead kennedys

the original wire tap smarts
they did that deed to break her heart!

Yeah, show her man out with a tart
Try to distract
from the fact
he was smart!

(and a problem in the 60's for the demmi *freedom* lovers)
Now you wanna talk about "privacy" brothers?

(In Blogland pointing out hypocrisies is a
game like tic tac toe, no one wins dontcha know?
Faith in the parties is not for me
I prefer a Randian philosophy
the Will to prevail individually
I bet the good Dr. and Lady would agree
Look hard at his words, I bet you'll see!)

BTW:

You neva hear Jesus come outta their mouth
unless they swearing or
a dead nigga lay in the house

of God

And then bible thumping sho' ain't funny
now with Christians they acting all chummy
Hallelujah! Amen! Abel and Cain!
Can we drum up some funds for our campaign?
With righteous talk about the poverty shame?

(and they gonna fix it! just like they always have)

Never mind about the king family pain
Today is the day to loudly proclaim
That you give praise and glory to His Holy name!
Tell it to the TV
That's all its meant to be.

Most days on freaks of Jesus it's open season
Ha Ha: "the sheep-people votin' without reason"
The ones reading bibles and firing off guns
We gotta stop those thumpers somehow sons!

But its okay when you play the demmi way
your face in this place,
All show. You blow!
Acting sincere and compassionate tho'.
At this you excel and the skill still grow!

Sharpton STFU you pomaded pouff of pomposity
You made a career out of vanity
Using her last rights to sing about black woes
Bra! what about lyrics "bitches and ho's?
But then you couldnt hang with Luda and Fifty, could ya
you'd trade a being preacher for a G. rapper wouldnt ya?

Wait! Look!

Here comes Clinton the first black president!
Who spent
No cent or
effort to prevent

G E N O C I D E
in Rwanda

instead just *acting* all fonda

B L A C K

But in fact, he was slack.
Talking a good game, its so lame
(But he still feel your pain!)

All talk and no do
that is your party's eternal coup!
Demoncratic "Leadership"
Id love to stick a stake in the heart of you!

(Now accuse me of hate thought and have
John Edwards sue.)

/grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr