ads

So lately i have seen a few ads that have just cracked me up for one reason or another.

First: What turned out to be an ad for Acura spent most of its time inside of a laptop-user packed coffee distribution establishment. in teh midst of all teh laptops theres one guy happily typing away on some oldschool typewriter straight out of the 80s.....what a hilarious concept...maybe it was funny just for me, but the image of this just absolutly cracked me up.

Second: A new Am Ex ad along the veins of teh Robert DeNiro and M. Night Shaymalan (sp?) but starring Wes Anderson the director of such amazing films as Rushmore, The Royal Tennenbaums, and The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. Its amazing and for this one i will just let you see for yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spCknVcaSHg

yeah this is a shorty, but im just blowing off some time before Bible Study...so a bit of this and a bit of my media recommendation for this entry.....The Sting.....a classsic movie with redford and newman. I suggest strongly that you all see it if you havent and watch it again if you have,

well thats that for me


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wallowing

It is an odd thing to look at one's own action of wallowing in thier own self pitty with an objective point of view. And slightly disturbing if mi might say so myself, and i may say that as this is my blog, and, well, i can say any blasted thing i please.

Anyways, back to the self pitty wallowing (i doubt im even spelling it correctly). why do we do it? why does wallowing feel so satisfying, so......fulfilling, and empty and shallow and selfish, all at the same time? i try and look at myself from an objective view to get a handle on whatever wallowing or reason for such action has struck me, but you know what? it is not an easy thing to do to logically dispell ones want to wallow in his own misery.

In truth i have very little to wallow about, God has blessed me greatly in all areas of my life. Today for instance i was able to work on 3 project for clients for my freelance business that i only started all of 2-3 months ago (granted one was pro-bono, but still....), i talked to the Vice-President and Co-Founder of Walden Media on behalf of the CS Lewis Festival (for a 24 yr old comic book geek, art junkie; this is not normal), i shot comedic video for a church im helping out with, i was able to attend a pre wedding party for a couple of new friends celebrating their upcoming nuptuals with many new friends from this church plant, and an excellent Bible Study followed by a great episode of the office.....and all of this on my day off!!!

What on earth do i have to complain about!?!??!?! As humans it is egregiously easy for us to find the negative in life, and i hate that about myself. it is a detestable habit i fall back into all too often. and instead of running full speed to the One who will "cure" me of this wretched habit i just sit and wallow thining how my life could be better and why its not what i imagined it would be, and all this crap that is absolutely not true, nor logical in any shape or fashion. Unfortuntaly my head and my heart rarely agree on any one thing.

Ahhhhh, the wonders of the mortal being eh?

well, off to drop this wallowing and trade it for a bit of unconsciousness while i recharge for another day of design work.

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Apologies

in review of some of my more recent posts i realize how horrendous a typist i actually am....so for those of you trying to decipher my ramblings....i am sorry for my crap typing skills. well that and the laziness of not spellchecking the blasted prose....yeah ok...again, sorry.

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Art and Books

So this post is mostly just to preview the above piece of art which you would most likely have seen already if you have recently visited my MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/hendersonrocks), but for those of you who havent here it is.

While i am here why not rant a bit though right?

OK so maybe not a rant maybe just a bit of obsessiveness about reading and books.

So if you havent figured out, or dont no yet; I am a confessed bookaholic and compulsive book buyer. One consequence to this is being in between at least 6 books at a time, but mostly 7-8. Absurd? Yeah i know, but what can i do its how im built...natural body type of a reader and all that (ie non-athletic).
The book that is currently capturing my attention is The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. This is one of those books that remind you why you love to read. from the first page it grabs you and refuses to let you go. It is teh type of book that has you thinking "when is the next time i can fit in reading this book?" or "i wish i could read and drive/work at the same time." It is just that good.

Now for those of you that aren't "readers".....WHY THE HECK NOT!!!???!

sorry i know thats a bit obtuse of me to think that way, but....well....i guess ill chak it up to the same way i dont get into watching sports on tv....though i do tend to enjoy watching games of great importance with friends who are into watching the games...it cracks me up....but probably for all the wrong reasons....ah well cest le vie right?

Anywho, go pick the book up it is amazing. I am pumped about books today as a book i ordered should be in at the bookstore today as well as a new grpahic novel i have been waiting for which is released as of last week. Batman: Dark VIctory and Ex Machina: Vol 3 respectively....oh yeah i forgot to mention im also a comic book geek for those who were unaware.

well thats that...i included teh media review in my post....i know who sneaky of me right? I am humble too folks....its a great combination;)

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Off Kilter

Have you ever fealt a wee bit out of whack, i little out of step, or just plain off? Today was one of those days for me. It fealt like everythign was just a smidgen off from normal, as if i am half a step off of what should be happening.

It was my day off which are normally filled with irregualrities: last minute lunch meetings, afternoons spent in bookstores and coffesshops, and evenings open to whatever the night may bring. Now nothing incredibly abnormal, suprisingly wonderful or horrificly tragic happened today; far from it. It's just that i feel....welll i cant think of any other way to put it than "off." Have you ever fealt this way? It's such an odd thing to feel this way, it is similar to the feeling when i hvae a cold, as if my brain is half a step behind teh rest of me.....but this is my whole body being half a step behind where it should be.

It is such an odd concept and you may just think me mad (in teh put him in one of those white jackets with all teh buckles, not the picking fights with every fifth grader on teh streets type), but i jsut feel out of synch, and well i thought if i transfered it outside my head into some kind of writing...well that it would go away.....maybe i jsut need to sleep it off......hopefully, i have a feeling it would be hard to battle through a day at work with my head not all teh way screwed on.

sorry for the rant.....anywho, even with teh off day of mine i do have a recommendation for you all in teh genre of movies...."A Very Long Engagment" is absolutely stunning......gorgeous in all its parts. Not a grab all teh guys and rent it for your big screen TV type of movie, but a great rent nontheless. Think somewhere between Saving Private Ryan and Remember Me.....but dont hurt yourself trying to reconcile such an oddly matched combination...just go watch it.


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Back again with something new

So here i am again, my first day back to blogging here, and i am already back for seconds. Chalk it up to being excited about this new piece of art that i "finished" tonight. I am pretty happy with it, it still needs some tweaking and has only driven in teh fact that i need a drawing tablet for this kind of thing. But anywho, i just wnated to share the above illustration with whoever is wandering around this page full of blatherings.

While i am here i might as well rant a bit on the weather conditions of my birthplace, Northern Michigan. Today was absolutely gorgeous: sunny, high 40s or low 50s and just gorgeous. It's yesterday's weather and its slightly schizophrenic jump to todays wonderfulness that bothers me. Let me just say that yesterday on my home from work i had the immense joy of watching some absolute dunderhead tailgate a cop.....in a blizzard!!!! Thats right, you read correctly: a blizzard! This little piece of idiocy i got to follow for about 10 miles or so up the western coast of my home state, along the blustery shores of Lake Michigan. So obviously the heat was cranked and teh windows shut tight against the chill breath of Old Man Winter and his second coming. Now that was yesterday, and frankly the day before...at least in terms of weather.

Today: see weather descroption above, absolutely gorgeous. as it was last week. So today i had the windows cranked down thouroughly enjoying the invigorating spring air.......yesterday blizzard......What the crap!?!?!?!?!

Tomorrow is supposedly going to get warm again soon, im mildly pumped due to the fact that it is my day off and i plan on taking a drive into town to hang out and get some freelance work done....ohy thats right, for those of you who havent kept up with the life of Michael (why would you?), i have started my own little freelance design, illustration and photography business on the side of my work at Redi-Rock International as in-house graphic designer. Check out www.getmorris.com for my page. yes it needs major tweaking and obviously more pages, but its a start.

anywho thats enough between the abundance of writing between 2 blogs in one day. As i have already left you with both movie and music recs today i will proceed to something literary. If you are into some scathing satire may i suggest "Thank You For Smoking" by Christopher Buckley....laugh out loud irony...can't beat it.

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Grand Return

Ok, so i decided to wander back to the blog after months of absence due to a mild addiction to Myspace, which i do highly reccommend.

So i don't have a whole lot to say, not that many will be reading this as they have most likely forsaken this neglected patch of writing, i just wanted to announce my return.

Hopefully soon i will have somethign to write about. There is much going on in the life of Michael, but i will wait for some new things to transpire before i relate anything so i can do it all at once and have an entry of somewhat more significance than this.

I will leave you with the above pic i took in Ireland a while back as well as the old traditional Media Recommendation. As most know i have, for the most part, been a strong oponant to Country music, but after multiple viewings of Walk The Line i can't help but really get into some quality Cash. SO for your perusal i recommend his albums Live at Folsom Prison and America IV: When The Man Comes Around. Watch the movie, listen to the music, feel like an old soul.

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