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Cartooningboy

I DRAW LIKE I LOVE...FAST and FUNNY.

About Me

I draw, I design board games. I think up toys. I develop fashion for kids.I like to drink and smoke cigars. I like to walk. I wear hats. I have horrible fashion sense. People learn to like me, then hate me, then sometimes like me again...sometimes. I'm moody. I'm driven. I'm often filled with rightous indignation...but, it always passes. I suck at golf, but keep trying. I love the rain. The rain hides my bad attempts at golf and inspires my drawing and board game, toy and fashion designing skills and gives me a wonderful justification for my intense moodiness. I live in Seattle, Washington. Life has a way of working out.

My Interests

See the 'About Me.' section. I'd also add softball and sex...not neccesarily in that order. I love to create. I really get a charge when I see something I designed on store shelves. As long as it's not marked down that is! I love cartooning. Someday, I'll draw the next great American strip!Some of the toys and Games I've made.

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet people that share my abstract views on life, art, spiritualism and the human condition. People that like to laugh and don't take life so seriously. People that share my passion for the belief that individuals can make the difference in a hostile world...oh...and strippers...I really would like to meet some strippers.

Music:

I listen to everythang! I love Rockabilly, Rock and Roll, Country, Blues, Soul, Opera and Classical, (especially violin). Depends on the mood....and of course the Bear HaChaCha! Concept and design by: Chip , Developed by: Danny Pestonji - 2002 TOYT Best Preschool Toy Award Winner

Movies:

Lampoon's Vacation series, Indiana Jones, Blue Velvet, Leaving Las Vegas, Team America, South Park-The Movie, Tomb Raider, The Joy Luck Club, Dances With Wolves, The Natural, Crumb, Hellraiser, Alien, Aliens, Manhattan, Shall We Dance (Japanese version), Empire Strikes Back, Caddyshack, Braveheart, Rob Roy, Independance Day, Where's Poppa?, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(ReDuex), Nightbreed, Serpant and the Rainbow, Jaws, Silence of the Lambs, Sideways, Il Traviota, Batman, Raising Arizona, The Right Stuff, High Anxiety, Home For The Holidays, The Gift, The Boyfriend, An American in Paris, Moulin Rouge, Madness of King George,Shindler's List, any Disney cartoon except the Black Cauldron, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, The Blade Series, Pulp Fiction, Sin City, Something About Mary, Waiting For Guffman, Clerks, Best of Show,Lord of the Rings, Mighty Wind,all John Ford movies,(especially Donovon's Reef, The Quiet Man and Stagecoach), Top Hat (that's right, an Astaire and Rogers musical - bite me), Kill Bill 1 & 2 and finally Eurotrip!

Television:

King of the Hill, Reno 911, Deadwood, The Office, Black Adder, Green Acres, Arrested Development, South Park, and LOST!

Books:

I like any book that starts out with, "I'm a college student in a small southwestern college town and I never thought this could happen to me...". Really, though, I like art books. There are so many talented people out there. I'm a big reader. I love Stephen King, James Clavell, James Michener, Robert Ludlum and Terry Brooks. I like political opinion books and historical biographies. I enjoy funny novels as well, like Douglas Adams, Steve Martin, and Woody Allen. And of course...graphic novels(mostly Batman) and obscure comic books. I do like erotic literature as well, but only in 10 minute bursts!

Heroes:

Anyone who has the cajones to do art for a living! What a life! Always being told by some hack with a marketing degree that your PERFECT art isn't quite what they had in mind! Philastines!

My Blog

Playing Along

I agreed to do this, and I do what I say, so here we go:Leave your name...1. I'll respond with something random about you.2. I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.3. I'll pick a flavor of je...
Posted by Cartooningboy on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:56:00 PST

Cranberry Festival in Iwalco, WA

My daughter said, " You guys sure go to a lot of festivals!" Yep. What better way to soak up the local culture then festivals. This one was in an old fishing town called Iwalco in Washington. Spitt...
Posted by Cartooningboy on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:03:00 PST

Father of the Bride

Well...it was fun, crazy, nerve wracking and tearful. It ended up being one of the proudest days of my life. My daughter looked so beautiful and her husband and his family were absolutely terrific. A...
Posted by Cartooningboy on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:21:00 PST

Long Beach, WA over Labor Day Weekend

Spent the weekend AWAY FROM the crazieness of Bumpershoot weekend in Seattle and took my family to Long Beach. It's on the penninsula that looks like a sliver hanging off the Pacific coast of Washingt...
Posted by Cartooningboy on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 06:54:00 PST

Countdown to my daughter's wedding!

Another segment of life bites the dust. My daughter is marrying a great guy and they start the next portion of their lives. It seems like yesterday that I was holding her in the krankenhaus (German ho...
Posted by Cartooningboy on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:33:00 PST

Renaissance Festival in Gig Harbor

This was the first one of these things I've ever been to, not counting Medievel Times in Anaheim, California. It was kind of fun, but a little bit cheesy. The thing that confused me was the weird mix...
Posted by Cartooningboy on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:04:00 PST

Company Picnic Talent Show

Well, it's time for the annual Screenlife picnic and the big talent show! Last year I proved my soulful prowess by doing the robot to Mr. Roboto with 2 of my cohearts. I think I was able to disprove a...
Posted by Cartooningboy on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 07:19:00 PST

Walkin' to Snow lake

The weather in Washington has been beautiful lately. Clear skies, about 70 degrees. Gorgeous. So I got up at about 6 this morning and drove about an hour to the trailhead for Snow Lake. I went up the ...
Posted by Cartooningboy on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 05:30:00 PST

Kittens bring out my inner chick!

Every night I take a 4 mile walk along the Green River across the street from my apartment building. Sometimes Janet and Zoe the land pirahna (mini dachsund) come with me. Tonight was one of those nig...
Posted by Cartooningboy on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:37:00 PST

A Stange Morning in Seattle

I woke up this morning to a very weird feeling. I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Was I hungrier than usual? No. Was I late making iit to the bathroom? Not this time. Was there someone new in bed ...
Posted by Cartooningboy on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 07:53:00 PST