I saw the stormy sky and felt like doodling today, and doodle I did. This doodle. Nothing more, nothing less. Naturally, the doodle involved an alien and an alien sky, and as often as I draw this little scene, I still have no name for this guy. A screenwriter I know is in the midst of writing a romantic comedy sci-fi thriller, where the aliens look like us on the day the earth stood still, but when Mr. Sandman delivers…
Today was a typical Sunday. I had lunch at a café and saw a movie. I usually only write about the movies I see in my movie review section, but I’m going to make an exception in this case. First of all, I saw Frida. Now, while Frida was an exceptional film full of pain, passion and heartache, I do not write about it to tell you that it was an exceptional film full of pain, passion and heartache. I…
Actual: “I can’t believe it’s not butter.” April: “I can’t believe it’s snot butter.” Actual: “Fuggedaboutit.” [New York way of saying “Forget about it.”] April: “Fuck Ed about it.” I can’t escape it. Whether I hear it or read it, my mind will pervert it. It does me no good to have it encouraged either. There are days of the month, for instance, when I’ll be in pain, and I’ll complain of menstrual cramps. The last thing I need is…
Yeah, I’m surrounded by comedians. At work, I get the web programmer greeting me with a smile and a “Hey! How’s my favorite girl in the art department today?” I always smile back and tell him, “Great! But I’m the only girl in the art department.” “Well, that’s why you’re my favorite!” After work, it’s a little bit different. The human encyclopedia likes to water down familiar songs by singing them with twisted lyrics: Fairy tales can come true, it…
He’s always trying to teach me things and tell me a little bit about culture, the world, and its ways; but I’m so brain-damaged and hard-of-hearing that only 1% of anything he tells me sinks in, and it’s a wonder that the 1% even makes it in at all. For instance, a famous photographer/portraitist recently died—Yousuf Karsh of Ottawa, Canada, who took the definitive portraits of a lot of great and famous people of the age. Albert Einstein. Winston Churchill….