So it was nice to end the year with a legit youtube music video. It's something I'm proud of and I'm genuinely pleased to see people are responding positively to something I worked so hard to create. There is no comic again this week - but - my site is undergoing practical and creative alterations that may consume a considerable amount of time. In the meantime, I need to share this bit of information - because my video has been reposted in Japan.
This is particularly awesome for me because - with the North American release of Bayonetta I've reconnected with a part of my formative years that has been riding the proverbial bench for way too long. This of course coincides with my first viewing of Eva Rebuild 1.1 You Are (Not) Alone. Hearing the Eva-esque remix of Fly Me to the Moon stirred up an element in my consciousness, and I was shocked to realize how much I have drifted emotionally and intellectually away from the things that were so important to me in my youth.
In short, it's the nerd element. I've been so absorbed with New York City, and approaching a legit career as a filmmaker and being a responsible adult - and failing - and failing and - and using dashes because I wish I was Jack Kerouac - that I let myself get taken over by preconceptions of what I thought adulthood and responsibility and art were supposed to be. (forgive me - lost yer address, drunk)
(pause)
(let the band catch up)
(because we're doing some word jams)
So now that I started this blog I don't know how to finish it. I am admittedly sleepy and drunky. I am sure I had some brilliant epiphany that was worth sharing, but, now - no idea. Or do I? the epiphany might be that I'm comfortable using the word "drunky" in a sentence. Or maybe it's something more fer cereal.
TO BE CONTINUED...
(Pillows jam over the credits)
Ganbarimasu!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Late Night Bullshit
I have no qualms with the selfish mean spirited people that inhabit this planet. All things considered they are made of the same stuff as the rest of us and do not deserve to be judged any differently. It's only when they have the audacity to feel sorry for themselves that I think they can all go to hell.
-Bob Officer
-Bob Officer
Monday, December 7, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
PUPPIES!
Oh my gosh! You all thought I was dead because I haven't posted in 12 days! Fuck you! Here's a video of my dog!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
47 Ronin
Carl Erik Rinsch to Direct 47 Ronin
I can think of so many problems with this idea I don't even know where to start. JK. I know exactly where to start - at the board meeting where Ridley Scott said, you know what? Let's cast a white guy as a samurai in the Japanese civil war. That's a good idea right? What about Keanu Reeves? He has real slanty eyes right? No one will know the difference right?
This is in fact the most offensive slight to Japanese culture Hollywood has dished up since the genius casting director of Memoirs of a Geisha cast a Chinese actress as a fucking Japanese Geisha.
Ridley Scott. I love Blade Runner. But come on. I mean come awwwwn.
I can think of so many problems with this idea I don't even know where to start. JK. I know exactly where to start - at the board meeting where Ridley Scott said, you know what? Let's cast a white guy as a samurai in the Japanese civil war. That's a good idea right? What about Keanu Reeves? He has real slanty eyes right? No one will know the difference right?
This is in fact the most offensive slight to Japanese culture Hollywood has dished up since the genius casting director of Memoirs of a Geisha cast a Chinese actress as a fucking Japanese Geisha.
Ridley Scott. I love Blade Runner. But come on. I mean come awwwwn.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
New Comic
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This is a shitty drawing of me pretending to be Shinji. Next week I will be a zombie. Maybe when I get some sleep I'll draw another Velasquez.
This is a shitty drawing of me pretending to be Shinji. Next week I will be a zombie. Maybe when I get some sleep I'll draw another Velasquez.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
My Principles Thus Far
I've been examining my life in a rather arduous attempt to figure out a strategy with which to direct my energies. A by product of this evaluation has been a list of principles. It's very short because I think a principle is something that an individual should adhere to without ever threatening the integrity of another principle - and yet should not necessarily have to conform to anyone elses' ideas.
There is an index card above my humble wood-composite Ikea desk. Thus far it has three brief scribbles written hastily on it - the latter of which I added before writing the superfluous paragraph above.
The index card reads -
Principles:
-Quality
-Synchronize Data
-Nothing is Private
I'll try to elucidate as well as I can. Quality is the first and most sound thing I can come up with. It's a simple philosophy housed in a single utterance. I think it can be applied to any facet of a persons life - be it career, relationships, friendships, investments. One should never approach a thing without the intention of achieving the highest possible quality. At the time I meant it to be applicable to my career. But it has evolved.
Synchronize Data?
Still trying to figure out what the fuck this means. It made perfect sense after a particularly lucid dream I had one morning this last month. My guess is, it's a roundabout way of saying "do your research, get all your ducks in a row." And yet there's a cryptic quality to it that I can't fathom. More on this one when I figure it out.
Nothing is Private. Perhaps not the best possible phrase to describe an ideal principle. Perhaps it's to idiosyncratic to my own experience (and yet that's what this list is all about) for me to able to explain well - but I can start by asserting that I've always been what I would consider to be a private person. I almost feel like I want to paraphrase Corinthians here - suffice it say that I was private as a child and as a man I have gradually come to understand the subtle and all encompassing nature that we mean when we say "six degrees of separation."
This one is of particular concern to the oft taciturn gent as myself, and yet in an epiphany I've come to understand that if we consider this basic principle as an inevitability we can come to understand and evaluate the actions we make in terms of how deeply they can effect the world. Inadvertently.
Some other thoughts vying for a position on the list include:
-Always be on time
-Never expect to be rewarded
-Always look good
-Bob Officer
**long Monday night shift
There is an index card above my humble wood-composite Ikea desk. Thus far it has three brief scribbles written hastily on it - the latter of which I added before writing the superfluous paragraph above.
The index card reads -
Principles:
-Quality
-Synchronize Data
-Nothing is Private
I'll try to elucidate as well as I can. Quality is the first and most sound thing I can come up with. It's a simple philosophy housed in a single utterance. I think it can be applied to any facet of a persons life - be it career, relationships, friendships, investments. One should never approach a thing without the intention of achieving the highest possible quality. At the time I meant it to be applicable to my career. But it has evolved.
Synchronize Data?
Still trying to figure out what the fuck this means. It made perfect sense after a particularly lucid dream I had one morning this last month. My guess is, it's a roundabout way of saying "do your research, get all your ducks in a row." And yet there's a cryptic quality to it that I can't fathom. More on this one when I figure it out.
Nothing is Private. Perhaps not the best possible phrase to describe an ideal principle. Perhaps it's to idiosyncratic to my own experience (and yet that's what this list is all about) for me to able to explain well - but I can start by asserting that I've always been what I would consider to be a private person. I almost feel like I want to paraphrase Corinthians here - suffice it say that I was private as a child and as a man I have gradually come to understand the subtle and all encompassing nature that we mean when we say "six degrees of separation."
This one is of particular concern to the oft taciturn gent as myself, and yet in an epiphany I've come to understand that if we consider this basic principle as an inevitability we can come to understand and evaluate the actions we make in terms of how deeply they can effect the world. Inadvertently.
Some other thoughts vying for a position on the list include:
-Always be on time
-Never expect to be rewarded
-Always look good
-Bob Officer
**long Monday night shift
Monday, November 9, 2009
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Your Film Is Going To Suck
"Our next picture is inspired by the work of John Carpenter / 1970’s style, 35mm grainy film with excellent, realistic performances and original story-lines. We would like to bring horror back to its gritty cinematic roots."
http://www.mandy.com/1/jobs3.cfm?v=35677644
Original story-lines I won't contend - but the suggestion that John Carpenter can be associated with realistic performances makes me want to punch your face.
And just so you know guy, $1000 won't cover the cost of developing 10 minutes of 35mm film. Good luck.
http://www.mandy.com/1/jobs3.cfm?v=35677644
Original story-lines I won't contend - but the suggestion that John Carpenter can be associated with realistic performances makes me want to punch your face.
And just so you know guy, $1000 won't cover the cost of developing 10 minutes of 35mm film. Good luck.
Monday, November 2, 2009
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