Mashup: TBT + Halloween

Halloween fell on a Thursday this year, and I can't think of a more appropriate thing to share throw back to than this friendly looking monster I created back in 2009. 

Back in 2009 during the week of Halloween - before "little monsters" had no association with a meat-dress-wearing pop star- everyone in my art class wrote down a physical feature of a monster on a slip of paper, then we drew three at random: one eye, strange physical balance, and fangs.

We were given ten minutes to create a concept and layout, and the rest of the two hours to polish our little monsters. I'll give Gaga credit, I would have never thought to draw something as strange as a meat dress. But I did create this lil' guy, who I imagined would dwell in foothills, clumsily climbing among the lower branches of dense forest on a cool fall night, enjoying a full moon.

I was so focused on my own project, I hadn't stopped to look around at what everyone else was creating. When I walked around at the end of class, I realized just how different mine was. Everyone else had one-eyed psychos with blood spattered, or one-legged Medusa chicks with chainsaws. 

A classmate commented, "Aww, yours is so cute, if it bit me, I'd start to scream... but then I'd look into that one eye and just be like, awww.... don't tear up...go ahead, eat me."

Exactly. Look how he's just hanging down from that branch, waving innocently. Muahaha.

Koi playing coy

First, note to self: when you become rich, invest in koi pond. It's relaxing.

I came across these pretty fish in San Antonio, TX.... at the alamo, of all places! I spent a good five minutes waiting for a single one to swim by me. They must've warmed up to me eventually, about 10 of them swam back and forth by me after that.

Addendum to note to self: don't give in to the urge to become Crazy Cat Lady. Remember you plan on becoming rich enough to own koi.