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Happy Valentine’s Day

abraham — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:30:54 +0000

I Could Have Sworn I Wasn’t Living in a 2-D Hologram

abraham — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:57:49 +0000

“If the GEO600 result is what I suspect it is, then we are all living in a giant cosmic hologram.”

If you can explain this theory to me, let me know.

I need some ’splainin. Let me buy you lunch or something.

Can 2-D holographic lunch taste good?

Was Trans-X right all along?

Haiti, CNN, and the Future of News

abraham — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:53:22 +0000

CNN unleashed a fully user-panable 360 degree video of a scene in Haiti.

Now imagine this in Afghanistan, in NYC on 911, etc…

Sorry TV, you’re screwed, this is the future of news.

Carl Sagan’s Apple Pie

abraham — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:42:18 +0000

I can not stop loving Carl Sagan….

Ps. The quote is actually “If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe” (not “create”). Cuz he’s fresh like that.

Happy New Year from San Miguel de Allende

abraham — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:16:22 +0000

Image by Steven Miller (I’ll be sorting through my pics when I get back)

Happy New Year everyone! Mexico is wonderful, as always, I’ll see you soon!

May We All Be So Lucky

abraham — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:13:35 +0000

Serio

Career advise from the Joker

abraham — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:57:46 +0000

This year a lot happened for me, career-wise, as an artist, and in my personal life. I owe all of it to letting myself be more real, with my self, my work, and with the nice people on the other end of the interview table.

Charlie Hoehn backs me up:

“My favorite part of The Dark Knight is when the Joker is talking to Harvey Dent in the hospital, and he says: “Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I’m a dog chasing cars. I wouldn’t know what to do with one if I caught it! You know, I just DO things… I’m not a schemer. I try to show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really are.”

And therein lies the best career advice I could possibly dispense: just DO things. Chase after the things that interest you and make you happy. Stop acting like you have a set path, because you don’t. No one does. You shouldn’t be trying to check off the boxes of life; they aren’t real and they were created by other people, not you. There is no explicit path I’m following, and I’m not walking in anyone else’s footsteps. I’m making it up as I go.

It’s harder, for sure, and kind of scary sometimes. But it will allow you to look at yourself in the mirror and know you’re playing by your own rules.”

Oh, I do miss you Carl Sagan

abraham — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:54:29 +0000

Via

Are these guys “Cool”? Get off my Lawn!

abraham — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:53:33 +0000

I don’t know who this band is, but… jesus, don’t get me started.Is there some store where all they sell is skulls and sun glasses and skulls wearing sunglasses.
And the bandanna… still? That was back when I was at the Tube at 3 am, we’re talking 2005 or something.
Maybe it’s his dad’s bandanna (authentic from 2005) and he’s wearing it. What the fuck do I know, maybe 2005 is retro now…
Fuck it.
I give up.
I’m an old ass man, and I officially do not understand kids these day.
Mark the date, this is when it happened…

Agassi’s Toupee (and how it relates to your inevitable death)

abraham — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:25:45 +0000

I was listening to Fresh Air today on the way to an artists’ brainstorming session.

Terri Gross was interviewing Andre Agassi, who I guess wore a Toupee for a while (see flattering image on the left). His reasons were perfectly human: vanity, fear of aging, etc… but of course the toupee, and the fear of its discovery, grew to over-shadow the other fears.

I was pondering something hours later, and realized that it was also a self-digging pit… an Agassi’s Toupee.

How great to have that ridiculous image to help me recognize unhealthy practices.

Just say: “Don’t wear Agassi’s Toupee!”