I'm reminded of a warm summer day during my childhood when.....
OH MY GOD TRAVIS MADE A WEIRD POSTER!!

Candy Bar Autopsies

Let me just start by saying that these still need a lot of work (color correction, more unified sizes, shadows, etc), but you can see what I'm going for. I wish I would have had better lights to work with, but you take what you can get.

Now, what are they about? An investigation into the empty, instant-gratification obsessed consumption habits of the American populous? A nostalgic analysis of childhood; back when a candy bar could make your day. A third possibility?

Thoughts?

Sometimes People Disgust me.

So I'm in 7-Eleven tonight getting some milk to go with my Thanksgiving Cheerios and this beast of a woman walks in double fisting a Big Gulp cup. She has both of her giant mitts wrapped around this bucket of gluttony, tipped to her face, trying to coax out the ice that's stuck to the bottom. Completely oblivious to her surroundings she walks through the door, past the proprietor of the establishment, and straight back to the soft drink fountain for a refill. All the while I'm standing at the end of an aisle, milk in hand, in slacked-jawed amazement. This woman finally lowers the cup, notices me studying her feeding habits, and gives me this "what the f*** you looking at m***** f*****!!" look. Of course not wanting to antagonize the brute, I break eye contact and make a B-line to the counter. Back in my car I see the her walking up to the counter to make her purchase....which includes four DOUBLE GULPS! FOUR!!

I can only assume they are holiday treats for her ferial children.

Steve Schapiro Lecture

Photo journalist Steve Schapiro held a lecture on the 3rd floor today and I went down at the last minute to check it out. And I'm really glad that I did it; it was amazing. This man knew and shot some of the most influential people of the 20th century: Muhammad Ali, Robert Kennedy, Andy Warhol, Martin Luther King Jr., Samuel Beckett, Ray Charles, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Barbra Streisand, James Baldwin, and Truman Capote. He also did the still photo work on some legendary movies: Taxi Driver, Midnight Cowboy, Chinatown, and the Godfather trilogy.

That's a pretty damn impressive resume. I really wanted to ask him some questions but I just didn't know what to say to the guy. I was really intimidated to be honest.

Fascinating lecture though. I'm amazed that there were only about 20 people in attendance.

I'm Published...ish!!

The Register Guard in Eugene was putting together this book on local photographers, so I decided to submit a few images. Out of about 9,000 images submitted they picked a few hundred to put in the the book. Not only did I make it into the book, but I was also one of 24 people to receive an award! They gave out 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each of the eight chapters and I won 2nd in the "schools" chapter. Yay for 2nd place!

And I realize that this pic looks kinda stupid with the right side cut off, but the right side isn't important, the left side is. Of the photos I submitted it's not the one I thought they would have used, but it's still rad to see something I made in a hard bound book.

Achille Castiglioni's Arco Floor Lamp in Ironman!

I just watched Iron Man again last night and I noticed that Tony Stark has Achille Castiglioni's Arco Floor Lamp in his living room. You know, the big arcing lamp with a bulbous stainless steel shade and marble brick base. Pretty badass lamp really. Apparently billionaire playboy Tony Stark has good taste in furniture.

For Those who Love Giraffes as Much as I Do.

Check it. Effing badass giraffes.

...I should probably post more art related content. But I suppose one could argue that this is art; flashy, vulgar, hilarious art.

Stuff....and Things

I've been working on this over the past few days. What is it, I don't know. I mean its teddy bears with their heads and one leg cut off, all sewn together; but what is it REALLY. I don't know. I like it though. Now I just need to figure out a way to defend it.


AND, as a cool byproducts I have these sweet decapitated teddy bear heads.



Its interesting that people cringed when they saw me cutting the bears' heads off. To be honest it felt like an immoral act while I was doing it, but it needed to be done.

Virtual Adultery = Sad, Yet Hilarious

This is a REAL article that I just read on CNN. My opinion of CNN is slowly getting worse and worse.

LONDON, England (CNN) -- A British couple who married in a lavish Second Life wedding ceremony are to divorce after one of them had an alleged "affair" in the online world.

Second Life users can interact and form relationships with other players' avatars.

Amy Taylor, 28, said she had caught husband David Pollard, 40, having sex with an animated woman. The couple, who met in an Internet chatroom in 2003, are now separated.

"I went mad -- I was so hurt. I just couldn't believe what he'd done," Taylor told the Western Morning News. "It may have started online, but it existed entirely in the real world and it hurts just as much now it is over."

Second Life allows users to create alter egos known as "avatars" and interact with other players, forming relationships, holding down jobs and trading products and services for a virtual currency convertible into real life dollars. iReport.com: Share your stories from Second Life

Taylor said she had caught Pollard's avatar having sex with a virtual prostitute: "I looked at the computer screen and could see his character having sex with a female character. It's cheating as far as I'm concerned."

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The couple's real-life wedding in 2005 was eclipsed by a fairy tale ceremony held within Second Life.

But Taylor told the Western Morning News she had subsequently hired an online private detective to track his activities: "He never did anything in real life, but I had my suspicions about what he was doing in Second Life." iReport.com: Anger in a virtual world

Pollard admitted having an online relationship with a "girl in America" but denied wrongdoing. "We weren't even having cyber sex or anything like that, we were just chatting and hanging out together," he told the Western Morning News.

Taylor is now in a new relationship with a man she met in the online roleplaying game World of Warcraft.

For Those of Us Who Simply Hate the Archaic Practice of Walking...

walking assist device by honda




if you thought the segway was the future of odd looking transportation, honda recently unveiled its second
walking assist device. the strange looking gadget is designed to support the user’s body weight, reducing
the weight load on their legs. the machine consists of a seat, frame and shoes. the user simply moves as
normal and the machine reduces the load on their knees and ankles. the unit weighs 6.5kg and has two
battery powered motors which will last for 2 hours of use. honda has already begun testing the device at
one of its factory’s.

http://www.honda.com







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I Found a New Place Where I Can Have My Pup! WOOT WOOT!

Hopefully we will be moving in this weekend. I'm effing stoked.

McFaddens

So it turns out that that place across the street from school, McFaddens, has ridiculously cheap happy hour food (4-7 pm). Mac and Nate and I went there tonight and were pleasantly surprised. I got a hamburger and fries and a plate of real mac & cheese for a grand total of $4. Not bad at all. I imagine I will be eating there much more often now.

Vinyl Project Updated...a Little

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I'm not sure if I like this anymore. Does any one have suggestions? Does it need more detail? Less detail? I still don't like the mouth, nose and ear but I'm not sure what to do to make them more acceptable.