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What started as a random fun way to catch up on dkmons ended up being a kind of pseudo-Rorschach test, it seems.
You be the psychologist.

Life in a Hurry makes everything Blurry.

I decided that my first legal purchase of alcohol will be a case of Magic Hat Circus Boy: while it's no Edelweiss, it still has that thick, fruity-delish flavor of a good wheat beer--but more importantly, each bottle is capped with some enlightening witticisms which have been compiled here (seriously, how did we know things before the Internet?). Some of them seem to be some random crap the employees think of while baking and making ("Gus loves it!"), but in any case, they're delightful, insightful, and beat fortune cookie quips hands down--or bottoms up.

Some of my favorites:
"Undressing. Distressing or a Blessing?"
"What's the link between what you drink and think?"
"Mud Season is pleasin' for a Reason"
"Put no Stock in the tick of the Clock"

bog fog

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Residential reservations. Seasoning for the congested. Who does Clive Owen look like? Dramatic finales secure next times. Noxious nasal drip.

seussy

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that shade of fuzzy purpink always reminds me of Seuss's Truffula trees. i've always wanted one of those to rub against my cheek. now if only jackets had THAT stuff lining the hood instead of that hideous faux fur...

where am i? how did i get here?

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hmm...the pastel/airbrush combo is not very convincing, is it?
looks kinda like he's trapped in some murky womb tomb...
ah well, he's still a cute little bugger.

faking it

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i seriously need to study lighting
a bit neanderthal, yeah?

peeved

okay, so i'm officially boycotting Photoshop for a week. the fucking thing crashed on me just as i was saving the original dkmon20, which was an ode to the cute girl waiting for the E express with me tonight, self-conscious even through the knee-knockingly freezing temperature. ugh...i'm disgusted.

here's an appropriately disgusting replacement, doomed to live as an anguished memorial to its miscarried sib.

nature's action painter

aren't penguins just the cutest?

more adorability pics
via boingboing

countdown

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he's an english major. hates irony.

beetlejuice, beetlejuice, beetlejooooo...

saw parts of the movie for the first time two weeks ago...bug eyes and creepy crawlers always remind me of that ol dirty rascal (the cartoon version, of course. wow, remember when Beetlejuice was a cartoon series on tv?? those were the days...)

my own eyes are about to pop out: post on my day as an official freelance illustrator tomorrow; tonight, i sleep long and hard.

missed connection

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on the W uptown: why hello. i like your hoodie.

comic book stores are completely male-dominated spaces. went to Silver Line Comics in Astoria today, on the second floor of the building right next to the subway platform (they're actually connected, plaza-style, which i only realized on the way back out): felt like i was trespassing on a boys' club treehouse, stealing their super nerdcore secrets...

randomly chose Yoshihiro Tatsumi's The Push Man and other stories. don't know much about it, except that it should get me in that weird-ass Japanese state of mind and hopefully ready to tackle my first fiction of the year: Murakami's Kafka on the Shore.

speaking of which...Murakami's stuff is prime material for graphic novelization, it's a wonder there haven't already been attempts.

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cubicles

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i cut my toenails today and was reminded of how cuboidal my toes are. i remember when i used to have a complex about my square feet, but then i looked closely and saw how much they resembled those tiny marshmallows, and who doesn't like to cram a handful of those in his mouth whenever they're about?

mmm...hot chocolate would be supremo on a ch-ch-chilllly day like this!

when i grow up, i want to make this

animation is everywhere, esp. teamed up with musical goodies. i looove this video done by Nu Films for the Montreal-based band, Malajube. It uses almost every animation technique, from the old school hand-drawn to cgi and flash...this makes me want to spend hours looking for a torrent of Adobe AfterEffects that actually seeds so i can make ridiculous beauties like this.

more Malajube

steak and eye candy

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how can you dislike asparagus? the variety of crunch in each munch by the bunch, with pauses of sips of some punch make for an excellent lunch...or punctuation between bites of filet mignon. or whatever that meat was i had tonight.

aaand i blame the golden globes for that rhymefest: too much facial symmetry and rehearsed quips get to you, you know?

neon float

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octopi and jellyfish have a lot of flow and glow, which make them fun to think about. octopi also get props for being mad intelligent and sneaky as hellll.

wheezy baby

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my sinuses suckkkk. gah. beezlebub. zug.

make sure your slippers match your coffee mug

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hey, it's important to look your best, even in pajamas
...especially in pajamas.

trophy wife?

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felt very domestic today and baked oatmeal raisin walnut cookies from the recipe on the quaker oats box--pretty tasty, despite having messed up every step possible. i found myself struggling with what i realized was a guilty pleasure in performing housewifey chores, like washing dishes, cleaning the stove and baking cookies...and then kim came home from work and we went out to Brasilianville Cafe Inc. for a nice dinner date, and as i looked at her lean frame wrapped up in business casual chic, clicking tired and hungry through Long Island City in her pointy heels, i thought maybe being a stay-at-home-blank definitely wouldn't be so bad...

as long as im making enough on my own to buy me a cute apron. with lime green frills.

it's cold

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wish i had a pimp coat like that.

i picked a bad day to venture out--came back from a brief visit to the lexington ave barnes with some nasty shivers, head pulsating and raw, feet cadaver cold. come on global warming...do your thang.

on a health-related note, im glad i bought soy milk to body up my earl grey, because apparently milk neutralizes any health benefits of our favorite leafy brew: just another reason why milk sucks.

blood sugar level low?

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i've been having a mean sweet tooth lately. only one more harry & david cinnamon spice truffle left on the coffee table, can i resist the last chocolatey goodness?

speaking of david's treats--made it out to Chelsea for Dave Choe's gallery opening on Saturday night:
Cliques of the self-proclaimed hip buzzing around with cans of cheap beer in hand vultured from the depths of ice melting in trash bins in a dark, dank corner like a watering hole fully staked out by lustful men eyeing the colorful and chatty as they hop on in from the party next door, air kissing this way and that as they make the rounds and gasp about the funny tags and wall decor.
Show opening, or frat party? The similarities are a bit disconcerting.

But whatever, it was a good time...great looking art and people, free beer, chill time/advice session with the artist. It was interesting to see his stuff after having seen him work over the summer, being able to visualize his process as he layered the canvas with the colorful landscape of his crazed mind. Big fan of the fine detailing in various inks on top of areas of color, and portraits of girls displaying their raw sexuality in hilarious compositions.
He told me he wouldn't recommend his lifestyle choice to anyone, that people don't realize how tough it was to get there, how long he had to struggle and suffer. But the key is not to stress out too much about anything, things will happen as they will.
When he said that, I wondered where all my optimism had disappeared to. Probably hanging out with my hearing...hope they both come back soon.

every guy should try to be like jim

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i don't know if this counts as three characters, but...hey, makes up for being late i guesss

peekvid = decline and fall of productivity/quality

hmm, dkmon7 kinda looks like KKKramer, yeah?
let's hope The Office gets much worse before my drawings do.

delirium

Suddenly, one of Monet's haystacks appears beneath dkmon6's hand.

great success!

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discovered the Title option. the evolution is slow but sure.

it's rainy today, my deafness has spread a bit more to my left ear now...hope it goes away by tomorrow: need all my senses in order if im going to Dave Choe's show at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery. excited to see some badass grittillating art!

EDIT: whaat the hell is this gigantic space and why doesn't it go awaayyyy

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these guys need names.
and that last bad boy has an identity crisis like you wouldn't belieeve.

well, it's past midnight, but since the delay was due to technical difficulties (basic html, wha?), I'm gonna say I pass round one. I just hope it gets easier from here.

another resolution: learn how to blog

EDIT: why is the timestamp five hours early?

Off to a Good Start

As part of my vague resolutions to combat laziness, I'm starting up this blog hoping it'll act as a sort of task manager. I think one reason why I'm so unproductive is that I'm too self-involved. So, my goal will be:

To create one new character each day for one whole year

as a way to get out of my head and focus on others— my version of community service, I suppose, ha.
Since we're already four days in to the new year, I'll be posting four characters before midnight to bring the count up to par. To ensure that this doesn't dwindle into another pathetically short-lived project (hi, likeafox!) and to make things a bit more interesting, I will declare a little ultimatum:

If I don't have 365 members of the dkmon Fam* by January 1st, 2008...

I will shave my head.

No lie.

I'm horrified already. Don't know if I'll have the ten inches to donate to Locks of Love, but let's hope it won't come to that. To a happy, hairy New Yearrrr



*name subject to change.