Thursday, January 29, 2009

A strange account of the last 20 months

A year and a half ago my friend introduced me to explodingdog.com. This artist, Sam Brown, draws pictures of titles that people send him and posts them online. I can imainge Sam Brown sifting through his inbox every morning, scrolling, scrolling, looking for inspiration. He receives hundreds of titles a day, so I was pretty amazed that the first one I sent, "here I am being patient" was selected. The high was unbelievable. I'm lying. It was definitely believable, but very exciting nonetheless. I sent another one a few days later, and nothing. Since that day I have been sending titles to Sam Brown whenever the fancy strikes. When something small happens that I just don't think anyone else would care about. Or when I'm overcome with girlish angst. Sigh. Girlish angst.
So here are the titles dating back to June 2007, that were not good enough for Sam Brown, but are good enough for my blog. Because I control the content here.
        
how about rolling on the floor?‎
       
will you draw something pretty for me so i can feel special
       
I am a seagull‎
       
sometimes I just stare at the computer screen
       
pick this one‎  
       
please send me a message‎     
       
i waited for you‎     
       
please talk to me‎
       
my stomach drops 3 floors when i think of you
   
if only he knew‎
       
I met a boy‎         

ask me out damn it!‎
            
hair, I miss you!‎
       
will anything be the same?‎        
                
you are full of grace and gumption‎
           
i might implode‎
       
can you draw a prophetic picture about what will happen in my life in the next 4 months?‎
       
free night stand...free one night stand‎
                
i'm falling into my desk

my gums are starting to hurt

my boss gave me a piece of the berlin wall

you will no longer be in my world

how will i find him?

it's freakin cold in here

sometimes I can't even feel my hand on the mouse

why doesn't he see me?

a small part of me dies every Monday

is this really my job?

my desk is a boat sometimes

i guess i'm too sensitive

today is almost my birthday

here I am being patient