Bro calls me up and gives me some BS about “just having seen Andy on the street” and wasn’t hanging out with him.. after I called him up, and Andy answers bro’s cell for him. Man… how stupid does he think I am? He says that he met Andy in the Starbucks, even though I saw them ride up together and both bikes locked together with the same chain. He’s a bad liar, and changes his story when called on it.

He brings me fatigue. I’m looking forward to the weekend.

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I was right about my yearly cold. Throat’s sore, chest stuffy, throat glands a little swollen, voice gravelly. I’m glad I didn’t go out last night, or I would surely have blamed it on how I am now… not to mention that I’d probably have infected the whole poorhouse.

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Kidz Bop doing “Since U Been Gone”. (quicktime) I think it’s because Gators, Tigers and Walruses make excellent backup. Cheering little kids missing their front teeth are cool too. I’m a big retard, apparently. I’d better keep my eyes peeled for Bad Bob. (Thanks, Lance!)

That cheers me up a lot after all that prior poop.

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Top 10 common Word Counts:

the – 96,757
a – 62,059
to – 56,994
and- 51,370
of – 46,716
i – 46,062
in – 31,549
that – 23,895
you – 23,267
it – 22,165

Top 10 Not-as Common Word Counts:

today – 2244
maybe – 2098
scotto – 1995
i’d – 1989
lot – 1813
big – 1799
nice – 1744
stuff – 1716
yup – 1568
google – 1475

Top 10 numbers used –

11 – 9666
12 – 9472
21 – 8350
4 – 8215
10 – 8113
1 – 7941
20 – 7904
2 – 6887
19 – 6847
3 – 6159

Words used exactly 250 times –

University
Halloween

Words used exactly 100 times –

driver
giggling
required
larger
allows
buried
policy
mmmmmm
treated
adj
tools
absolutely
professional
everywhere
dunno
ex
reasonable
scientific

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1. Total number of films I own on DVD/video:

Originals, or “Archivals?” Originals – about 75-100 videocassettes, about 45 DVDs. I’d estimate 400ish VCDs. Not all films… a lot of old TV shows there, too.

2. The last film I bought:

The Incredibles

3. The last film I watched:

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

4. Five films that I watch a lot:

Time Bandits
Blade Runner
12 Monkeys
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

5. Tag 5 people and ask them to put this in their journal:

Hmm.. well, let anyone that wants to, go for it.

mzkitten
uberbastard
eryx_uk
blackhellkat
juliabee

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Chimp’s Paintings Head to London Auction

LONDON (AP) — Congo the chimpanzee led a brief artistic career and enjoyed little critical success, despite the patronage of his contemporary and fellow painter Picasso. But nearly half a century after Congo’s artistic career, some of his paintings are going on sale at a prestigious London auction house alongside works by Andy Warhol and Renoir.

Three tempera on paper works – brightly colored compositions of bold brushstrokes – will be featured as a single lot in the sale of Modern and Contemporary Art at Bonhams on June 20, the auctioneer said Wednesday. The lot estimate is $1,130 to $1,500.

Bonhams said it believed the auction is a first.

“I would sincerely doubt that chimpanzee art has ever been auctioned before,” said Howard Rutkowski, the auction house’s director of modern and contemporary art. “I don’t think anybody else has been crazy enough to do this. I’m sure other auction houses think this is completely mad.”

Congo, who was born in 1954, produced some 400 drawings and paintings between the ages of 2 and 4. It was not immediately known if he was still alive, a Bonhams spokeswoman said.

In 1957, animal behaviorist Desmond Morris organized an exhibition of chimpanzee art at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts, including works by Congo. Critics reacted with a mixture of scorn and skepticism, but Picasso is recorded as having owned a painting by Congo, Bonhams said.

“Paintings by apes may be seen as humorous or as a derisive commentary on modern art,” the auction house said in its lot description. “However, Morris’ studies were a serious attempt to understand chimpanzees’ ability to create order and symmetry as well as to explore, at a more primeval level, the impetus behind our own desires for artistic creativity.”

Congo quickly learned how to handle a brush and pencils, instead of knocking them over or trying to eat them. He painted within the boundaries of the sheet of paper and never allowed the paint to spill over the edge. He also appeared to know when he had finished a painting: He refused to pick up his brush or pencil over the work.

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On the Web:

http://www.bonhams.com

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Quote of the day –

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”

Oscar Wilde

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Moment of lyric:

If I ever leave this world alive
I’ll take on all the sadness
That I left behind
If I ever leave this world alive
The madness that you feel will soon subside
So in a word don’t shed a tear
I’ll be here when it all gets weird
If I ever leave this world alive

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1 year ago – got a new pda, payphones vanishing, invisible landlord, bro house arrest

2 years ago – PT, PI snooping about tom, cream soda, bro caught with mike & other craziness

3 years ago – Mom’s day Breakfast, dsl breaks, quality time with SA, poem

4 years ago – New Star trek series, freedom fighting fiction, DNA passes, hot shower and walkies. (glowfilter)