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Anitabot Bathroom Graffiti
A few years ago, after I designed the Anitabot logo, I got stickers printed up and handed them out to friends and stuck them around the city. I went to Nuit Blanche ’08 and posted a sticker at every installation I was at, and friends told me later they saw that I had been there. How Novel! (See the album below)
2 Christmas’s ago Aaron designed for me, the greatest Christmas gift ever. A Pop-art rendering of my beloved face! (Yes, I am obsessed with my cartoon alter ego).
Take that, Warhol!
I had ran out of stickers so I tried drawing one on a bathroom stall… I’m not good at free handing, I like vector handles I can pick up and move. Anyway, the ‘bot’ on the left was my doing back in February. I returned to this stall just last week and noticed someone had added on!! I don’t know who this person is, but this is great because I love sugar skulls! I also like that this was a complement to my drawing, and not a defacing. To C, whoever you are, thanks!
Bot left, Sugar Skull right!
This made me think that perhaps I should get more stickers printed and continue my rampage on the city but then decided something that may be a bit more economical: a rubber stamp!
I ordered a kit from www.paper-source.com and I cannot wait until it arrives. I’m excited to try out a new craft. I’m pretty decent at sculpting/carving things, but this will require a very steady hand. I’ll update you when it does, or you may just see the stamp in a bathroom stall near you!
My directorial Debut…
A few weeks ago I got wind of a free workshop happening at the National Film Board of Canada that was focused on stop motion animation techniques using clay. We were shown some animation films, and then were taken into the workshop-room to get crackin’ on our films. We were in random groups of 6, but since I had come with 3 of my friends, we only had two randoms on our team. They explained some basic concepts of stop motion and showed us a demo.
My film team consisted of Solomon Isaac, Jessica Watson, Jodi Christie and the two wonderful randoms whose names I never got. We dubbed ourselves “Team Awesome (Power Rangers)”, and it is no understatement.
You can view our finished and beautiful opus, Snakes on a Train, here.
Snakes on a Train from Anita Bot on Vimeo.
I believe it speaks volumes about society today.
I hope this is only the beginning of what will become an illustrious and exciting stop-motion animation film career.
“The Crappiest generation of idiots”…
My brother sent me the following clip:
I didn’t know who Louis CK was before seeing this clip – but I totally agree with what he’s saying. I feel this a lot, though it usually takes someone far more eloquent/witty/famous to really capture my thoughts for me.
I do hate when people blame things on technology though… it’s not technology’s fault, it’s as he said, this crappy generation of idiots. haha I just like saying that. What it IS – is the people who are using, or rather MISusing the technology. They just can’t deal with awesomeness, they get complacent far too quickly. I guess we’re all abit guilty of that – but it doesn’t take much time to stand back and suss out the positive/neat/cool/good aspects of the technology your’e using. Maybe i’m just some infernal optimist… who knows?
Incidentally – I love flying. I’ve only been about 5 vacations in my life where i was able to fly – and every time I am absolutley amazed by what I see. Sure I didn’t enjoy getting an ear infection and tonsilitis and then partking in an 18 hour flight over the pacific – not the BEST experience I’ve had (could actually be some of the worst pain I’ve experienced)… But I’ve had more than enough enough awesome experiences in planes to make up for that. I got to go in the cockpit of a boeing 747 when I was 8 – I don’t think they do that anymore since all the kids these days are probably terrorists or something. I’ve marveled at the French Alps, seen the sun “set” into a lack of horizon, flown at night and seen nothing but stars – and it made me wonder what astronauts feel like. What I felt, was crazy intense lonliness, and it was probably only a tiny fraction of how amazed they are. Most recently I had the pleasure of flying into Kelowna, British Columbia. That was remarkably beautiful:
I often wish I was a rock star, or of some other occupation that would allow me to travel all over the world, with ease. I’m sure rock stars are sick of airplanes and hotels etc… but it’s still cooler than sitting in an office (even if it is an awesome Herman Miller office).
In conclusion… technology = awesome, this generation of idiots = crappiest.
P.S. Oh, apparently my friend Stephanie’s 10 year old cousin saw a photograph of her & I, and recognized my face because “she looks like the sticker”. The sticker being the ones I got made up of my anitabot logo face:
Anitabot
How awesome is that? It’s pretty redonkulawesome.
Wall E and EVE 50′s Style Posters at the Disney Store!
Me Wanty!
I saw these wonderfully styled posters at the Disney store today:
Clicking on their names will take you to the Disney Store’s website. I think these can be added to the b-day wish list 
It’d be greater if I had a study/office/den to put them in. :/
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