I beat the odds and won the coveted Mike Budai shirt.

Just got the schedule for the AIR Summer Bash. I'll be assisting in the intaglio shop from noon-4 pm, and I'll be upstairs screenprinting with the Warhol kids from 4 pm - 8 pm. I'll also be floating around, having a real good time from 8 pm until midnight.

Jordan Staal getting arrested in Minnesota would make a great Hold Steady song. Or a whole series of Hold Steady songs.

I sorted through the shirts in my closet earlier this evening. It was way overdue. My categories ended up being: I wear this, I could work in this and thereby destroy it, destroyed, I'll never wear that, I'll never wear that but I could print something on it, and that's not my shirt.

I also learned the intro to When Doves Cry, but it's not the same when the drums don't kick in.

Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum!

Also, this is possibly the greatest picture ever.

Bryan O'Malley posted The Wonderful World of Kim Pine comic from free comic book day on Flickr. So good.

You know, if I'd kept up my monthly "things I never did before" series July's entry would probably have ended up being "bought lipstick".

Today was the crazy. A mailing was put together at AIR. A screen printed flyer for the Summer Bash was to be sent to everyone on the mailing list. I believe there are about 900 names on the mailing list. Envelopes were stuffed. Stamps and address stickers were affixed. The chop was used. Multiple "AIR" stamps were applied. A random stamp that said "Original" was used on the back of each envelope. It was brought to our attention that the flyer didn't have the date on it. Envelopes were emptied. A screen was prepared. A pair of tireless volunteers printed the date on all the cards. The envelopes were re-stuffed. My wrists hurt. All is well.

Speaking of the Summer Bash (That's July 28th. Noon to midnight. $10), there are currently three shirts in the raffle pile. I believe the majority of the shirts are from the second-hand store and are rather skanky. It should still be pretty awesome though.

I really need to go see Ratatouille again, but what I'm really looking forward to is the making of featurette on the DVD. I love me some Pixar making of footage, so inspirational. The Incredibles behind the scenes stuff is even better now because when Lou Romano shows up he sounds uncannily like the guy from Ratatouille. How does he do that?

“If you make a Harry Potter reference I swear to god I’ll break your face!”

I’m only crazy behind my eyes. The rest of my face is quite sane. I draw much of my strength from the nobility of my lips and gums. All I want is to stay up all night listening to music and maybe eat a little cheese. Would you object to the cheese being on a pizza? Not at all. I’m as aloof as the devil. They can do less damage if we give them more stars. I crave an audience with your centipede. I mean to steal your honor or your centipede. Many of my favorite people throughout history were only in it for the pussy.

Sometimes my love for humanity is so great that I think I'll burst!
Humans, they're so cute!

Gotta love the North Side.

Orbit lemon-lime is the worst gum I've ever had.
It's like chewing a piece of soft plastic.
It's worse than baseball card gum.
The box is pretty though.

Special birthday wishes to the Declaration of Independence, Geraldo Rivera, and Koko the signing gorilla with a nipple fetish.

I understand trying to sneak the Libby sentence commutation in while the UK terror-mabob is still in the news, but did they have to do it right before the 4th and rub our faces in how shitty the United States is at the top right now? Fly your flags upside down tomorrow, boys and girls.
Fly 'em upside down.

I've been kind of obsessing over my Flickr map lately.
Got to get all those pictures placed exactly!

Went to see the CLO's production of Oklahoma! today. Very, very good. It was so cool when the curtain rose and there was Shirley Jones (Marian The Librarian!), as Aunt Eller, churning butter. Very, very cool. It was an incredibly solid production (but, hey, with Shirley Jones in the cast I'm not gonna be the weak link, right?). The standouts were Ado Annie (played as absolutely insane), the peddler (who had a couple almost Borat moments), and Jud Fry (who, when played by an actor who's more attractive than Curly, makes things very interesting, and starts you pondering the differences between Jud and Carousel's Billy Bigelow).

Also, Jud Fry, when played by an attractive actor, is so emo.