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Obnoxious Artist Mike

Mike Trapp Artist

About Me

I like to paint, please check out the art work, but I also have many other interest, that you will see in my blogs.

My Interests

Art, sci fi, history, traveling

I'd like to meet:

Looking to meet fun and interesting people from all over. Please join me at Deviant Art also: http://miketrappscifi.deviantart.com/

Music:

All types

Movies:

Gladiator, Matrix, Munich, Brokeback Mountain, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings

Television:

Frankly, it's mostly shit

Books:

Contact, Harry Potter, DaVinci Code, The God Delusion, Fiasco

Heroes:

Darwin, Carl Sagan,

My Blog

The news

Did you know that we can talk ourselves into and out of a recession?   Here is a word of advice, turn off the news.  Trust me; you'll feel a whole lot better about things. Think of it a...
Posted by Obnoxious Artist Mike on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:23:00 PST

Tacoma Art Scene

This year I plan on getting more involved in the emerging Tacoma art scene. That's right, Tacoma and art in the same sentence.   It has come a long, long ways from the time I moved down...
Posted by Obnoxious Artist Mike on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:56:00 PST

Bitch versus, bee-ach, or is it beeach

Hmmm, most of the time I get called a bitch, in a friendly way.  But, it seems the new generation prefers the term, bee-ach or beeach.  Well I'm a bitch, and also I'm a q...
Posted by Obnoxious Artist Mike on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:34:00 PST

Ah Thanksgiving?

What is Thanksgiving?   Well of course what we were taught in school that it was about the celebration of the feast that the Pilgrims had with the Indians (Native Americans), all in the name...
Posted by Obnoxious Artist Mike on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:27:00 PST

The Peter Principle

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence." Formulated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter in his 1968 book The Peter Principle, Hmmm.interesting  I imagine this can be appl...
Posted by Obnoxious Artist Mike on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:58:00 PST

Tenth Anniversary

Yep, ten years and still damn happy, and also, still having fun.  
Posted by Obnoxious Artist Mike on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:00:00 PST

Everything happens for a reason?

When certain things don't work out, a common phrase used is; everything happens for a reason.   My question is this, does it?  Or is it just a way of accepting the fact that, it just di...
Posted by Obnoxious Artist Mike on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:47:00 PST

New painting Rain Forest

New painting finally done, there is a reason why the word "pain" is part of painting. Rain Forest,
Posted by Obnoxious Artist Mike on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:04:00 PST

Dumbledore

Dumbledore gay?   Okay, so what?  So he's gay.  Though, anything to get the Christian right pissed off, I am all for it.  Of course,   now they will say that he was ...
Posted by Obnoxious Artist Mike on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:13:00 PST

New Painting

Holy shit, finished a painting.  Said the hell with it, it's done!  I'll post it as soon as I get some pictures taken of it.  
Posted by Obnoxious Artist Mike on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:21:00 PST