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Here is a photo of Tommy Pico and also a dumb jerk, taken by Steve McFarland.
I have never done an event like Brooklyn Zine Fest before or really represented myself and my work in a public space at all, so I kept alternating between nervous and excited. The day started slowly… for like a half hour. After that it was literally non-stop, I took a five minute break halfway but that was it, I talked to a few hundred people and it was really really fun. I just joked all day, I sort of don’t remember too much of what I actually said to anyone but I think it was OK probably. Tommy was really great too, he is a seasoned professional at this whole “being offline” thing. He sold about a million Birdsongs so you know, he’s the real deal.
I have to say a really huge thank you to people “from tumblr” who came for the event. There were a few people (you know who you are) who were just like the sweetest fucking people I have ever met and you were so excited about everything and that was the most flattering experience and you are the best, thank you! Also finally got to meet a few people who I only talk to on the computer so that was really cool too. Cool cool cool nice nice nice awesome cool nice.
I sold out of my new HOME-BREW #3 packages, as well as “SORRY & THANKS,” a zine made by members of SOMEDAY MY PRINTS WILL COME. But I’ll have more HOME-BREW online soon, and club members, you will get copies of SORRY & THANKS in a future mailing!
9:44 am • 23 April 2013 • 36 notes
#adam j. kurtz #jk #for sale #brooklynzinefest #gpoyw
Adam J. Kurtz in OAK SS13 talks his work, and the upcoming Brooklyn Zine Fest today on the OAK blog.
I visited OAK to try on some cool stuff and talk about BZF on Sunday. Check it out for a little interview and more photos :)
2:25 pm • 16 April 2013 • 67 notes
#adam j. kurtz #jk #gpoyw #aboutme
Participated in Dora Budor’s “New Fragrance Options” disimages shoot a few weeks ago, and this is the final product! Kind of gross and wonderful at the same time.
3:27 pm • 5 April 2013 • 5 notes
#gpoyw #photography #dora budor #life
today marks 1 full year of living in new york city, a year that has changed me in ways i did not and could not have anticipated, good, bad, and “i don’t know yet or ever.” this year has gone by so quickly that it’s almost hard to comprehend at all.
this morning i picked up all my developed film, ten rolls from the last year. at the same time that the year has disappeared, i’m suddenly hit with an overwhelming wealth of documentation — road trip signage, best friends & breakfast, people i have loved, and things i forgot completely.
life has been really good to me and i have a lot of positive things in my life. but i also have a lot of work to do. i’m realizing things about myself that a lot of people who love me have already known. i’m realizing things that i have been leaking out the sides onto the internet and through the bits and pieces that i make, art or whatever.
so now i have all these emotions and memories and photos. are they art? does that matter? do i put them on facebook and tag my friends? do i edit and juxtapose and put them to paper? is this past year a zine? is this past year a postcard series? will the life i’m living and the lessons i learned still matter if i don’t make something out of it? are the feelings still valid if i don’t share them? can i even share everything? will i be too vulnerable? is it fair to air out the old feelings when everyone is so diligently moving on in their own directions? is it fair to relive past lives when i can only move forward?
i’ve spent the last few months just trying to figure out what everything means for me. i’ve regretted “being an ‘artist,’” i have wished that i didn’t always have to “make things out of things,” i have wished that i could just work and eat and sleep and repeat. but that’s just not how i function.
the truth is what i guess i have always known. life is what you make of it. sometimes literally, and i explore that a lot. but it can’t always be tangible. not every feeling can be a postcard that i can mail away. some emotions are exactly what they are, and they have to be mine to keep. so i am going to go through all my photos and i will share some when i figure it all out.
11:45 am • 1 April 2013 • 93 notes
#life #nyc #life experiences #opinions #gpoyw
There was this one-time I met Adam JK IRL and this happened.
5:30 pm • 21 February 2013 • 62 notes
#Andy Siharath #aboutme #my unibrow tho #gpoyw
Topher McCulloch has been doing pixel art variants on his older sticky notes project via Make Something Awful Every Day. He did this portrait last month but I never shared it, go take a look at the rest of his series!
6:06 pm • 9 February 2013 • 65 notes
#topher mcculloch #gif #aboutme #gpoyw
can i even pull off a turtleneck? it was only $12 so i tried it at a christmas party on saturday and i thought it would be harmless because i didn’t know anybody there but this photo was taken so i have been forced to consider my actions.
ofp:
Custom portraits project “Animal and Profile”
by Kimiaki Yaegashi
:)
9:07 am • 28 November 2012 • 126 notes
#illustration #kimiaki yaegashi #gpoyw
sarah jean and i tried to make one of her infamous booze art videos, but photobooth kept crashing so we had to keep drinking beers
8:46 pm • 7 November 2012 • 62 notes
#sarah jean alexander #video blog #gpoyw #alcohol
Jesse Vaughan’s Baltimore “Alt” t-shirt shot by Christopher Fenimore
12:36 pm • 5 November 2012 • 24 notes
#gpoyw #photography #friends
![HOT DOG BLOG DOT COM ~ Questions and answers from yesterday
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dannybrito asked you: YOURE A JERK
sometimes true
matthewedwards asked you: Make sure you have some firemilk.
i actually am not really that into drinks that combine dairy and alcohol, but that sounds maybe nice to have a sip of
dannybrito asked you: sorry that was meant to be anon
it’s ok i am planning on being a real jerk when i come hang out IN FIVE WEEKS, SO SOON, OMG
Anonymous asked you: Are you still married? I want to take you out on a date maybe.
i mean, i’m as married as i was at my wedding, so you know, not really all that married. the certificate is real, we did go to the courthouse, but we never filed the copy (we still have a few months until it becomes invalid mid-january)
four-nox asked you: What drew you to NYC?
in all honesty, i needed to move on to a new city, i had been in baltimore for six years and while i love the city i felt like it was just time. new york was an easy option because of its proximity, and then the right people wanted to move up together and it just made sense. so far i have no regrets, i’m living the life i want for myself, and i’m happier than i’ve been in a long time, i think.
givemeajobplease asked you: I am in DC. Can we put on rainboots and jump in puddles together?
guess it’s too late now, things seem pretty tame. also, i am not a puddle kind of guy.
amorningsmoke asked you: I love dc. I’m from Maryland but I’m living in Victoria bc. How bad is the weather? I hope all of my friends (and you) don’t die in the hurricane!
i hate dc, but only because i love baltimore so much. still, there’s plenty of good stuff to be found, i started coming around near the end of my time in maryland. not dead! my uncle’s car got smashed by a tree though.
dalecuntistrano asked you: You are so lucky youre not here bby. Winds + skylights dont mix well.
i am actually really grateful i got stuck in dc, yeah. my apartment lost internet but not power last night, but i had a flight tonight that was cancelled. instead, it’s been rerouted through baltimore and i won’t lose a day of my trip :)
Anonymous asked you: It’s supposedly supposed to be terrible here, right off the Delaware River, with floods and things and yet, every time I look outside, it’s just drizzling. The wind is peacefully tousling the bushes. Hoping not to lose power (and therefore 1NT3RN3T!!) but sort of just counting down until it goes out. THEN IT’S CANDLES AND BOARD GAMES FOR ALL except I’m alone, so it’s just board games FOR ONE. I got my driver’s license last week!
i hate board games, actually. my parents’ house didn’t even lose power, which is crazy because they lose power here for next to nothing all the time.
haleigh asked you: Well, good thing you’re safe in DC! :)
the whole thing has worked out remarkably well for me, but of course, it’s hard to feel good about it when so many people have been so devastated.
ruinedin84 asked you: Have you conquered any of your fears and if so which ones?
this is a cool question, i am actually always trying to push myself to do different things that i think i hate. lately i’ve been catching mosquitos in the air and killing them with my hands, i hate bugs and i don’t touch bugs, but i am just so tired of mosquitos biting me that i guess i’ve gotten over that part of my fear. but only mosquitos.
rawimprint asked you: aaahhhh! i wanted to send you a news clip of a half-naked man running around wearing a horse mask, but tumblr says no. and yes, i know that is not a question but it’s all i’ve got at the moment.
hahaha i saw that clip, also i already replied to you personally so this is just a formality
Anonymous asked you: I want to see your butthole.
ok
Anonymous asked you: Talk about how a guy from the internet who lives in Brooklyn, presumably near you, can work up to asking you on a date even though you’ve never met.
i don’t subscribe to old-world dating methodology, if you want to go out with someone it is okay to just ask them, they will either say yes or they will say no. to be more specific, you can ask me and i will either say yes or i will say no. what’s the worst that can happen? either we continue to not speak to each other, or i say yes and we go on a date and it’s either good or it isn’t.
Anonymous asked you: Are you dating anyone at the moment?
i am not actively dating anyone right now
Anonymous asked you: Tell us about your penis. Is it cute?
i don’t talk about things like that on this blog, this is a polite blog](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcnxitqO6d1qz5r5lo1_500.jpg)
HOT DOG BLOG DOT COM ~ Questions and answers from yesterday
new house tattoo
1:42 pm • 20 October 2012 • 131 notes
#baltimore #photo by jesse vaughan thank you! #tattoos #the new house #gpoyw
self-portrait right now, president of the sarah jean alexander fan club.
11:50 am • 5 October 2012 • 324 notes
#gpoyw #never used iron-on letters before actually #sarah jean alexander #aboutme
