It amazes me the number of people who choose to be unprepared. Even when given full opportunity to take the necessary steps to be ready, some still hold out for a quick fix. It’s probably not very merciful to think that these individuals have what’s coming to them, but when everyone else is working hard to avoid failure, why can’t they?
Category: Inktober
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Preparedness
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Meritorious Achievement
I probably shouldn’t consider it such a huge deal, but I do. Every year I have the unique privilege of teaching some eager graphic design students the rigors of vector drawing. Drawing primitive shapes (circles, rectangles, polygons) with geometric precision doesn’t present many challenges, but the crucible for most recruits lies with learning the notorious pen tool. I can lecture, demonstrate and share war stories, but in the end nothing will teach them how to use this indispensable tool faster than practice, practice and more practice. After drilling them on some routine vector drawing exercises I can usually assess how well they grasp the basic concepts they’ve been taught. It might be hokey, but I almost want to invest in some embroidered merit badges emblazoned with the pen tool, so that when they reach that pinnacle moment of achievement – drawing efficient vector paths with prime point placement, articulation and accuracy – I can present it to each of them as a milestone accomplishment. -
Coulrophobia
Some people have a legitimate fear of clowns. If you’re lucky you may run into this one on Halloween playing a mean-looking bass.
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Scarecrow
If you ever see a crow with a stogie, keep an eye on them. They’re really careless with matches. -
Horrifying
Halloween is just around the corner. Do you have your costume idea ready? Make sure it isn’t a crappy one. -
Exhaustion
How does that saying go again? Early to rise, early demise? Yep, I am not a night owl. Until tomorrow. Good night.
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Obstacles
At times in my life it feels there are some pretty big obstacles to overcome. I’d like to say that my instinct is to ask for help, but most of the time I’m overanalyzing an approach to just ‘get over it’ by myself. This is rarely successful. After I fall flat on my face, I realize I can’t do it all myself.
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King of Diamonds
The Kansas City Royals swept the Los Angeles Angels last night and went on to be crowned the champions of the ALDS. Moose and Hosmer’s homers, Gordon’s triple, Shields’ pitching and some incredible fielding by Lorenzo Cain easily trumped the Angels. On to the ALCS to meet the Orioles!
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Incredible Pants
I grew up drawing super heroes all the time but never questioned the physical plausibility of the characters (or their wardrobe). Admittedly there was always something very curious about Dr. Banner’s incredible pants. They would have to be incredible, wouldn’t they? Sorry, Mr. Lee. I’ll stand behind the transformative powers of gamma radiation and their ability to morph an ordinary man into a nine foot monster, but if you expect me to believe those ugly purple pants of his would only come unbuttoned at the waist and split up to the knees… Really?! Have you seen the Hulk’s thighs?! They’re each, like, thirty inches! Heck, most guys can’t put on more than a couple pounds without feeling like a stuffed sausage in their Dockers, but the Hulk can pack on a half ton and still comfortably throw cars. Even if Hulk’s pants were a bit roomier in the seat and thigh, would they really fit Bruce’s original human frame after he calmed down? Incredible? More like, incredibly unbelievable!
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Citizens Band
Long before we had to worry about drivers texting, there were a few trading trucker slang via the ‘CB’. Growing up, we had an old Chevy Sheyenne equipped with this trendy technology but the novelty didn’t seem to last very long. Movies and shows like ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ and ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ made this way of being able to communicate while driving seem pretty cool to us kids and I remember begging our parents to turn it on. The only problem was we didn’t really have a need for one, so unless you wanted to eavesdrop, had an emergency or someone to actually talk to, it was simply just a prop to play with. Do you copy?
Over and out.