"If you give someone not very creative a job running a creative department, what's the first thing he will do? Take out anything that's creative and unique. Not because he is responsible or a good business person, but because conservative people in charge fear talent and imagination.

To them we are witches that need to be bound up and squeezed just hard enough to let a tiny bit of magic ooze out...but not toooo much or all the screaming demons of fun and imagination and joy will come charging out to destroy them!" -- John Kricfalusi

Can I express my love for John K? I'm not sure the words can come out properly. I'd let him have a glimpse of my screaming demons of fun an imagination, though, if he were to be interested.

http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com


Also: On Sunday night a fire exploded at me! I forgot to mention it before because truthfully the memory does not register as completely real. I should say, however, that if in the future you are ever planning to build a fire on a slab of concrete, that you make very sure that said concrete is free of internal moisture. If you don't, the moisture might heat up and then build pressure, and subsequently explode fire at you while you're hazily drinking some rum and coke and looking at the stars. I'm actually quite surprised at my split-second reaction time. There's nothing like hot coals, flames and firewood flying at you to make a person jump up quickly. I am happy to say that no one was hurt, though it makes a great story! I'm not sorry it happened, this summer has been way too dull.