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Month: December 2002

Kodak Moment #7: Getting Back in Your Face

Kodak Moment #7: Getting Back in Your Face

Would you say that college cheerleading is an in-your-face kind of extracurricular activity? I would. After I graduated from high school and “retired” from two years of varsity cheerleading, I focused fully on my academic classes and within half a year found myself bored and restless. I needed to get back into some kind of rigorous physical activity, so in the spring of the next year, I tried out for the college cheersquad. Lucky for me, some of my old…

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The Artful Codgers

The Artful Codgers

Note the image on the left. I painted this in Photoshop almost two years ago, and I will readily admit that I used a photo of Audrey Hepburn as a reference. The photo was black and white, though, and Audrey obviously didn’t have elven ears [unless you know different], so I don’t really feel as though I’ve literally copied anything. BUT… Deep down inside, I feel as though I somehow cheated. Now, I used to frequent art forums online, and…

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Want Is Wont To Heighten, ‘Right Then

Want Is Wont To Heighten, ‘Right Then

In some cases, wanting is better than having. I came to this conclusion after watching the latest episode of The Sopranos, where Carmela‘s secret crush, Furio—who, by the way, is in love with her too—quite suddenly disappears, leaving her totally frustrated, depressed and altogether bitchy. I came to this conclusion because Carmela and Furio, as in love with each other as they are, have done absolutely nothing. Nothing. No kissy-kissy. No humping among the sheets. They just liked to look…

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