I bet you $12 you don't want to die.

I have to get this off my chest: I went to the One of a Kind Craft Show. Admittedly it wasn't entirely by choice, more by necessity, but I was there. I hope no one thinks less of me.

so yeah, for the most part it was pretty boring, but there were two booths where I spent the majority of my time taking pictures. though you'll only see pictures from one of them. I was an idiot and totally deleted half of the pictures I took yesterday (after i handed the assignment thankfully). I'm kind of upset actually. Some of those deleted pictures turned out really well. Oh well, live and learn I suppose.

But I digress. The reason I'm writing this post is to put out the word. To all the (maybe) three people that read this thing. there was a dude at the show who basically stole my heart. He had the most twisted and interesting imagination of any person I've ever met.

He makes these little creatures called Nugs. Typically, he works a boring office job during the day, then once he's at home he starts playing around with his polymer based modeling clay. when he's done he comes up with creatures that almost defy description. hence the pictures. that's all you get for now, my mind is still blown.

I wish I'd bought one.

procrastination

instead of writing my big feature story that's due on monday, I'm writing this.

you should thank me. it means I still care. or rather, it means I don't care enough about writing the big story, especially since I'm not entirely sure of my angle right now.

doesn't matter. I'm here now and you probably think I should entertain you. I mean let's face it: if you're reading this blog, it probably means you should be doing something else as well, but you came here because a) you don't care b) you really don't care or c) you just need a break but are too lazy to get away from your desk.

clearly it's c.

so where does that bring us you ask? well nowhere of course. because I still have nothing interesting going on...well that's not entirely true I suppose.

went to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (that's all capitals people, that's how important it was) and did an assignment for imaging. 2 (or two, CP style rules I guess) assignments rather. it was a little interesting. especially when some french farmers (read: country hicks) were making fun of me (and mike I suppose) for being tourists. okay, I know taking 36 pictures of a dude shaving a moo-cow is a little odd, but do you honestly think a tourist would care that much? come on people. I see moo-cows every day. hell, I went to Moo U, I practically shared classes with 'em.

anyway, it doesn't matter. but enjoy the picture nonetheless.

it's odd, this dude shaves the moos professionally. like, farms pay him to come in and style the moos so they look all pretty before they're auctioned off to the highest bidder.

and before you ask, the cow's name is Ballerine. she's competing(?) in the senior calf category. she didn't have much to say to me though. and again before you ask, she isn't being eaten unless she can't get knocked up. that's the point of the auction. to get cows laid.

so really, the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is like one giant whore-house.

(maybe I should give back the media pass before I make fun...?)

nothing to report

seriously. nothing new to report.

but I haven't forgotten about you. here's a picture. random, has nothing to do with anything, but it made me laugh pretty hard.

my super original costume idea

so here it is, easily the best costume idea for hallowe'en this year (or any other year in the history of hallowe'en). no one else could possibly pull this one off, even if they do manage to think of it. so get ready folks, 'cause this year I'm going as Heath Ledger's Joker!

damn right. I bet I'll be the only one clever enough to think of this costume, what with Batman being such an overlooked and under-appreciated film...

you know, I honestly didn't expect to see that many Jokers on hallowe'en because I figured most people would be like me and assume that 84 million other dudes would have a similar idea. but nope. that wasn't the case. we had an over-under set at 6, and I actually thought I'd only see 4 jokers all night (and that's after seeing 5 at the UC for trick-or-eat). well I was off.


waaaaaaaay off.

I'm pretty sure that at no point in the entire evening was there NOT a joker in my field of vision. we'd walk around a corner and BAM! there's a joker. walk away from that dude and KA-PLOW! another one. in every line, at every bar, there were at least 3 separate and distinct joker costumes. some were good, some were bad, most were at least okay, but I'm sure they all felt like total dinks when they saw 84 million dudes in the same outfit.

and since it's probably wrong of me to make fun of other people's costumes while sit on my high horse, I did in fact dress up. it wasn't my idea, but at least I was the only version.

for the record, I was a contestant on the price is right. if I find a picture, I'll put it up so you can all bask in my glory.





(or make fun of me, I really don't care either way.)