Tuesday, November 04, 2003

banantenna Here is a life jacket and some bananas that I stuck on an old arial antenna a couple months ago.  It is pictured in front of the now defunct "Grand Finale" rest./bar downtown.  The bananas tended to slip off rather easily, and of course rot. This is where all the local hipsters used to drink.  Wed. was $2 Guniess night, and they had great crab cakes.  People were alway sneaking into their cars and bathrooms to snort crappy cocaine. When the place closed, the beloved bartenders and most of their clientele moved to a place called the "Oyster Bar" a few blocks away.  But the "Oyster Bar" wasn't nearly as hip, and it smelled  terribly fishy.   Then after that all the hipsters and dillentantes moved to a mexican place.   9:27:13 PM    comment []

hazzardous teddy Here's a project I did where I cordoned off an area of side walk and put a teddy bear in the middle of it, as if it was a very hazzardous item.  We watched it for a while to see what people would do.  Most people observed the restricted area, giving it a quick curious glance and moving on.  Some people walked by it withhout even noticing it. Then we (Me, Matt, and my ex Lisa) went and had a couple of beers.  When we came back we were just in time to see a grown man run away with the stuffed animal.  We screamed after him, "we see you!  We see what your doing!"  But he just got in his truck, peeled out and sped away into the night. 7:51:53 PM    comment []

monster box This was one of what was to be hundreds of "monster boxes" which I was going to place all over the city of St. Petersburg.  I did about four and got interested in something else. The hotel in the background is the historic Vinoy.  Back in the early 1900s it was a popular stop for very rich northerners.  Then for decades it was vacant and crumbling and a home to bums and no-good-niks.  Now its back to being a popular stop for very rich northerners. (Note Q-bert fighting a giant crab in the clouds on the upper right of the photo). (Oh, still more space to fill?  This is the approximate space where 50  cent and missy eliot and others had their big concert this weekend.  The "f-bombs" were hitting these yachts and hotels and condos like nobody's business. My favorite color is green.  2+2 is 4. 6:44:44 PM    comment []

As you can see, Duh! has gone visual, thanks to the IT prowess of my friend and komrade Matt.  This is me wearing a safety vest, which I will often don when doing "guerilla" art projects. 6:24:11 PM    comment []

Cha-cha-chas                         When I was in elementary school my class would go out every day for PE (physical education).  We would all line up and do various exercises at the direction of our PE teacher (who was usually a black man, or a white lesbian).             One of the exercises we did was called “cha-cha-chas.”  On the count of “one, two,” everyone would thrust their elbows back twice.  Then we would say, “cha-cha-cha” and clap our hands three times.              So the exercise went:             One, two, (elbows back, elbows back)             Cha-cha-cha! (clap! Clap! Clap!)             Three, four, (elbows back, elbows back!)             Cha-cha-cha! (clap! Clap! Clap!)             Five, six, CHA-CHA-CHA!             Seven, eight, CHA-CHA-CHA!               Cha-cha-chas were so easy and effortless that anyone could do them.  Fat kids, disabled kids, mentally challenged kids, lazy kids.  But cha-cha-chas still required some motion, and they took up time.              4:26:22 PM    comment []

abandimal an animal left from your ex when she moves out that throws up on your floor and constantly whimpers about something, just when you've gotten comfortable. 8:14:45 AM    comment []

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