Sam came over with some of his art to photograph so he could make dupes. I thought they were so amazing that EVERYONE must see them. He does not have an email address, so if anyone would like to give him props, compliments, or criticisms, that will have to go through me. The other person is his sister, Kendrah, who I have some photosets of elsewhere.

Labels: Photos, Projects

I'm definitely not a pro at the wedding photo, but they are for memories! I had a blast at this function.

Labels: Events, Family, Photos

Here's sexy Damian. He's the greatest person you will ever meet. His penis is 47 inches long. He likes pie, and very attractive gerbils.

Labels: Modeling, Photos

Galen Lawrence Anderson's funeral was today. I always thought Lawrence was a great example of someone who could really defend quite unpopular belief systems and still be interesting and approachable. Namely, being a mysogonyst. Haha. Today is also the one year anniversery of the what-still-seems-like-yesterday caving tragedy. All this happening at once makes for a pretty strange day.

Why is the philosophy department losing so many good people? I really doubt that the accounting department has many tragedies like this. They all die in their sleep at 88. However, I have got to say.. I would much rather live a 25-30 year old life as a philosopher than a 100 year life as an accountant.

If anyone wants more information on this stuff, there are some photos of Ariel, Jen, Blake, and Scott and a myspace group page dedicated to them. I'm not sure, but you may need to add the group before you can view what's inside.

(some examples)

Playing around with the face transformer, and I guess that as a baby I was... more of an alien:
Here is me as a "manga cartoon." I'm not sure what THIS is, but they say it's me in "modigliani" mode.
Thanks to Byrdee for the link :)

By the way, that was all from this litle image here:

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Mackenzie, the Egyptian Goddess de la Gato (which would be spanish for cat). This is a challenge to that whole 9 lives thing. As you see there are 10 images here. Cat's are.... immortal, and the 10 you see are but slivers of the whole. Cat's paws are lucky, cat-o-9-tails hurt, but what you get is catnip for the cathode screen. NO LCD's!

Labels: Modeling, Photos

Here's some sexy pictures of the sexy male model, Peter. Oh baby!

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I remember a time when it seemed everyone's signature had a picture of a small retarded boy with a face full of glee breaking through the finish line. The text underneath said, "Arguing on the internet is like winning the special Olympics, even if you win, you're still retarded." Many people have thought this has been one of the more brilliant pieces that the internet has produced. Ironically, the statement is both an argument in itself, and one that has spread prevalently on the internet.

But when I got to thinking about it, I wondered what it would be like to switch the image's argument to something like: "Arguing on the internet is like winning the world Olympics, even if you win, you're still human." The point, of course, is that there isn't that much difference between being limited by a mental retardation and being limitation by our own bodies and minds. Joe Frank once said, "Your cat will never be able to read Plato, your dog will never understand mathematics; why do we think that we would be any less limited?" It's a sad but important perspective.

So, we may be able to make small intellectual developments, but because our mental fluttering can only bring us slightly closer to a limit, what's important in life is not elevation, it's distinction. This is why the hierarchical social world is so important while human evolution is not. We strive for recognition about being a very tiny amount better in a tiny area than someone else. In this sense, there is no real difference in winning the special Olympics, an argument on the internet, or the world Olympics-- only the number people who take note of your superiority to other retards.

Labels: Rants, Writing

Here's a nice small set from a shoot with Sophie from a few days back :)

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Here are some more images from the party on saturday from comablue.

Labels: Photos, Raves

First of all, let me say that these pictures do not show this party justice whatsoever. Versus 2.5 was probably the most phenomenal collaboration between mother nature and human being in the production of memory. This party was held outdoors during the biggest lightning storm that I've seen in my life, and probably the closest I've been to one as well. When I looked up, and saw a flash that was only a dot, that means that the lightning bolt was traveling straight at me. And then there was the spider web lighting that seemed to shoot at the party in a myriad of light.

Sadly, I'm not very good at capturing lightning, although I did try. But just think, an amazing light show compounded with a sky constantly glowing with all colors of lighting. The most common variant I saw was actually purple! You would see a huge purple glow and flash. And then it became orange. Don't forget the torrential downpour that soaked everyone in about two minutes, elictrified the mixers, whirled tarps off and away, and had the whole rave crowd pounding on doors to get into what had just previously been a UFC fight at saltair (the location was double-booked). Luckily we were able to find refuge for a few minutes, and then out into the night again. The lights went on, and the pounding of the rain switched to the pounding of bodies and feet--and a night to remember.

Labels: Photos, Raves