This and That

First, to the person who posted a comment to my blog about hating advisors... thanks for letting me know you dropped by. :) And trust me, it does get better when its over. Even if you end up in the middle of nowhere, MO.


Speaking of nowhere MO, this is the one and only place I have been at an academic institution where the graffiti on the bathroom stalls have to do with Jesus loving you. That's right, of the four legible statements on the tampon disposal container, ALL FOUR are about Jesus' love for man. Sigh.


So, anyway, now the real reason I am getting around to posting. I have two pictures of my "art". The first one is called "Souls' Homes". It's a heaven/hell thing. In keeping with the area. I figure most people are going to hell and that if you are being burned to a crisp that you aren't going to be very massive. You can't really see the orange flames in the pic but, in person, the wash turned out just the way I wanted.

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The second one is called "Small Town Hate". I was really pissed off about yet another unsatisfying business exchange. This one at the salon. 3.5 hours of waxing and I still had hair on my body where there wasn't suppose to be any. Oh, and these salon procedures normally add up to about 1.5 hours. Plus, don't get me started on the woman's technique, or rather, lack thereof. I was trying to paint something that reflected ugliness, anger, and a general lack of professionalism and follow-through. For the purpose, I think it turned out pretty good. Its fucking ugly and looks totally unfinished - right in line with this hell hole of a hamlet.

Do You Remember...

Wil Wheaton? Yeah, the kid from TNG. Okay, so I admit that I had a fabulously huge crush on him when I was in middle school. Well, I was updating my blogroll and clicked on the "Hot 500" blogs at the blogrolling site. His site was #7!!! Holy jesus there are a bunch of nerds blogrolling. I love it.

If you are interested: http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/ (May 2006- )
and: http://wilwheaton.net/ (July 2001 - May 2006)

It Has Been A While

Yeah, I know. It's been a while. I've been busy, depressed, moving, and generally not interested or able to post. I probably won't be posting much in terms of text for the next few months either.

After enjoying many months in Canada while looking for a job in the western provinces, it became apparent that none of the 41 schools I applied to were interested in having me. I was forced to return to the states and look for academic jobs located in the US in mid-JUNE. Suffice to say the pickings were slim. I applied to all five jobs I found that matched, at least to some degree, my field and research interests (being none). All five schools (eventually) contacted me about an interview. I was able to afford to visit two. I picked the lesser of the two evils and ended up in Missouri. The other choice was nowhere, Kansas. The Penn. school I was most interested in dragged it's feet and didn't commit to an interview until after I had already accepted the job here in the middle of nowhere, MO.

Anyway, the town sucks, the weather is miserable, but I am loving the job and decided to make use of the free tuition to take Painting (acrylic). So, for the family (who are the only ones I imagine will visit this blog after so long an absence), here is a picture of my first "work of art". Sucks, doesn't it? Yeah, fits right in down here... sigh.

Oh yeah, part of the problem is that even after almost three weeks of classes, the student bookstore (the only place within 200 miles where you can get the brand) still doesn't have the acrylic paints in white or black. I was limited to blue, green, red, and yellow. The photo isn't all that stellar either... but that's another story. Caio.