Sunday, November 20, 2005

The beauty of clearance

I try and find different ways to express myself creatively. You try being a creative individual when you are limited day to day in corporate america. I know I've whored my sole for a somewhat comfortable life, and my "work" has suffered because of it. Where the hell is this going you ask? So we're in PierOne looking for holiday gifts. I glaze over. I find that in 5 minutes, I've walked the store 3 times now, while my wife is stuck in one fucking section. I mean, for god's sake, it's PierOne - hell, it's even a PierOne CLEARANCE store - just pick it up and lets get the hell out of here.

That's not 100% accurate, but you get where I'm at.
So when the wife catches up to me we're in the candle holder section. I look over at these things stacked and say:
"Those are kind of cool..."
Not skipping a beat (since I hate all things candles I'm sure my wife is thinking I'm drunk and she's about to score the score of all ages - more useless candle crap) she says:
"Where we're you thinking (of putting them)..."
To which I respond:
"On the wall. Above the mantle."
Wife:
"Really? How?"
Me:
"Screws. They're just made of wood..."
So my art project comes to life. 2 screws per little "hand-carved" candle holder. Less then a buck a pop (they were listed at $8 originally. Who the fuck spent $8 a pop on one of these? If that's you reading, PLEASE send me a picture of yourself, I'll do a post solely dedicated to you!!). I like it. Wife likes it. It's pretty cool looking. The picture doesn't do it justice.

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Ah...the happy times

As I sit here wanting to rant about all the things current in my life I'm struck with one small issue - I can't hop in my classic 1966 Porsche 912 and make it all go away. I had my wife take this picture to punish myself when things get real down (not that they are by any means, I just miss my damn car). So here's the happy bastard and my baby. I hate Missouri. Not that I hate Missouri per say, but the fact that I can't buy another Porsche due to having to pay property tax on cars EVERY YEAR!? Fucking ridiculous.

slant32.com will soon have a number to notable updates to the portfolio section - watch for those. My latest Halloween effort has been posted.

And not to combine posts too much, but I recently finished my first U6 soccer season coaching my son's team. What a great experience. Parents actually LET you scream at their kids - who knew? And they want me back for the Spring? Crazy shit my people, crazy shit indeed.

I have a number of articles to post in regard to finance, design, usability, but damn if I don't miss my Porsche. Soon my masses, soon.