I'm putting sexy away.

The news is the news, but the dance goes on forever.

She, Robot

While a short time ago I posted on how I found Avatar a bit underwhelming, there was something that aired on Nickelodeon which took me completely by surprise. My Life as a Teenage Robot, as I discovered, is one of those hidden gems, something that doesn't receive a great deal of promotion and is canceled before it really is allowed to shine. What is most striking about the series is its art direction. And I'm no good at describing art, so I'll just let a few pictures do the talking.

(mental note: never look up cartoon characters on google image search without safesearch on)
(additional note: the internet is messed up)


As you may be able to tell from that pixelated mess, the style is art deco. I've always liked art deco, but it's something that is difficult to define, but I suppose you could say that it's sort of like a mixture of Steamboat Willie era Disney and Astro Boy. It reminds me of the jacket of a book I bought recently, the Portable Dorothy Parker.

So I guess it's sort of a 1930s, New Yorker cum pulp magazine style. It's really remarkable that a series would be drawn in such a style these days, with anime and Japanese influences being the big draw, and probably Teenage Robot's idiosyncratic style was ultimately its downfall. It only aired for three seasons, although it did have a pair of hour-long specials which included enhanced animation. While the show hasn't yet been granted a DVD release, the show's dedicated creators have made every last piece of Teenage Robot available to view online at teenagerobot.tk, which ain't not half-bad.

There is nothing new under the sun, or so some old religious book says. And when it comes to being an individual, even the old stuff has been re-done. It's difficult to stand out. However, I think I've found something that hasn't been picked up, repackaged and put in a Gap ad.



So, I'm growing an old-timey mustache. Specifically, the kind you see here, kind of understated with a gap directly underneath the middle of the nose. Finally, a purpose for this blog! Photos may come if I get over the self-consciousness of taking photographs of my mouth.

I don't think I'm quite going to go as far as to put pomade in my hair though. But you never know.

New font, new look, new logo. Ok, it's a bit rough, but I'm on sort of an art deco thing of late. Still haven't really figured out what I want to do with this thing, though.

This is kind of amusing. Sitting next to me at a workstation is a pair of girls who are complaining about having to watch An Inconvenient Truth. "I mean... the professor's entitled to his opinion... but..."

It's stunning the effect that the conservatives have had on obscuring the facts about global warming, or "climate change" (huge sarcasm marks there), to the point where it's viewed as an "opinion".

"People with a “red” [conservative] entertainment preference think a lot of programming is in bad taste and doesn’t reflect their values. They don’t like a lot of things on TV, but their two favorite channels are Fox and Fox News."

From Zogby International, via Wired Game|Life