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About Me

i think i quit smoking for good for serious, i am about to quit counting. 3 1/2 months+
artist and screen printer
from the cleveland free times(i finally made my mom proud. doh!):
Revisiting another trope of the pop era, Jim Karpinski's cartoon-based paintings have a more personal edge. They're also about politics, but from the human end, critiquing superhero-like hubris and violence in general. One work looks like a much enlarged faded page from a comic book, covered with stains and washes that evoke damage. A figure with a Hollywood face says, "I'm getting BIGGER and BIGGER Å I'm NORMAL again, I'm a MAN again..." He concludes, "And now the first thing I must do is destroy." Another Karpinski work shows a man in a leisure suit firing a gun at his pursuer. A police car is seen in the near distance and the rest of the medium-size painting on panel is taken up with stylish swirls. They suggest movement and smoke, but also trivialize the action. Like decorative embellishments or even doodles, they emphasize the self-absorption of the era they remember, parsing its close resemblance to the present.

My Interests

female, 5 odd something short, about 110, adventurous, bright smile, sexy rarely visible ears, wears no socks with smelly shoes.

I'd like to meet:

i don't care if you lost a bet to Mike and had to post your naked pix on the internet LOL fuck off

Music:

music like you hear at the mini-mart

Movies:

netflix go boom

Books:

Sigmar Polke Paintings Photographs and Films
i'm about to read the 33 1/3 series edition on David Bowie's "Low" which i'm kinda excited about

Heroes:

bob pollard, sigmar polke, roy lichtenstein

My Blog

MENTAL CASE

Advanced Global Personality Test Results Extraversion |||||||||| 36% Stability |||||| 30% Orderliness |||| 20% Accommodation |||||||||||||| 56% Interdependence |||||| 30% Intellectua...
Posted by jim on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:12:00 PST

rant about music venues, terrible bands, etc.

if you are ever for some reason thinking about playing out in the depressing undead ghost town areas of lorain/elyria, it is strongly advised to AVOID AT ALL COSTS a place called THE RED PARROT. there...
Posted by jim on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 12:10:00 PST

alter ego

Four Jobs I've Had:1. taco bell2. teacher3. burger king4. i call talk radio shows all the timeFour Movies I Can Watch Over and Over:1. resident evil apocalypse2. blair witch project 2: book of shadows...
Posted by jim on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:30:00 PST

my letter to Mike Trivasonno

To whom it concerns (Trivasonno or otherwise): The most absurd thing about your radio station is that most of the content is presented as "news" when it is simply obscenely slanted clear channel busi...
Posted by jim on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:22:00 PST

some survey, i'm bored...

1.When you look at yourself in the mirror, what's the first thing you look at? mirror 2.How much cash do you have on you? $31 and change 3.What's a word that rhymes with "TEST"? breast 4.Favo...
Posted by jim on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

so the day turns out ok...

It ended up being a great day overall, after all the neighborhood dead cat fiasco... 1. Finally got paid for some paintings sold a couple months ago- $$$$!! its like getting two paychecks for me lat...
Posted by jim on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

AWK-WARD day off. must be the heat. maggot-muffins & former pets.

The other day there was this cute little cat dead in my backyard for some reason. It looked as if it just decided to go to sleep on the gravel, but died. WTF? So, anyways, we put it in a trashcan, bec...
Posted by jim on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Revenge of the Sith and smelly ass bastards who never leave the house

I went to the midnight showing of Revenge of the Sith by myself. The movie was awesome, everything I'd expected, some minor surprises, and some very cheesy parts too. Like a big pizza, even when it is...
Posted by jim on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Fix your old NES

I finally got one of those new "72 pin connector"s from somebody on eBay. In case you don't know what that is, I'll tell you. If you ever owned an old Nintendo Entertainment System, no doubt you've ex...
Posted by jim on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST