this week's drawings (and a meme)

There's been this meme floating around my Facebook newsfeed where folks write a note where they list "25 random things" about themselves. Once someone's written their 25 random things, they tag 25 friends who they want to read 25 random things about, and so on and so forth. Yes it's meme-y, and yes it reminds me of those random surveys that were seeded in MySpace messages and early chain emails. That all said, I've actually read a lot of interesting facts about my friend's that I didn't know beforehand.

So in effort to be a little more openly honest about everything (something which I attempt to address casually with my Daytum "Irrational Fears" counter), I wrote out my 25 random things but in my notebook. It's posted above, but you can read the transcribed version after the jump.

Anyhoo, a few more tries at color copics and a few more drawings of a .tiff in February. I purchased another small "Caderno" notebook, similar to the one Crap Artist sent me a while ago, but this one has trippy red paper. Neat huh? Read on to check out my schwenty-five facts...

25 Random Things About Me

(transcribed from the notebook, but cleaned up a little for readability):

1. I love soup.

2. When I was little (and because I watched way too much Out of this World) I thought that I was actually half alien because I could see spots of colors when I closed my eyes.

3. I'm living with a girl who was my best friend in second grade. We started a drawing club, invented a code language for secret pen pal faxes, and choreographed a synchronized swimming routine to "Watermelon Man".

4. In high school I preferred shots of vodka. In college, 151. Now I like whiskey best.

5. I wear a tiny gold chain around my neck that used to be my grandma's.

6. I've beat Final Fantasy VII four times (each time I got the Golden Chocobo AND defeated Emerald Weapon).

7. I'm trying to cut down on my coffee intake (I'm at on average 4-6 cups a day).

8. I love my family and I wish they visited more often.

9. When guys try to outwardly hit on me, I get really awkward, clam up, and run away. Unless there's whiskey.

10. I really regretted being an art major and ending up a real shitty oil painter.

11. At some point I'd like to publish a graphic novel or series of comic strips. I'd also like to sell my drawings someday (but I don't really know how).

12. I feel like I'm a terrible excuse of a friend sometimes.

13. I would like to learn Japanese and Mandarin so I can run away to Asia and become a pop star.

14. I'm thinking of running away to Berlin.

15. I really want a French Bulldog. I'm not positive whether I want to have kids or not.

16. I pretty much only listen to new music that people send me.

17. I have pipe dreams of inventing a Web 3.0 miracle site with Danny Morgan and Amy Cheng sometimes.

18. A fortune teller in China told me that I'd only have two serious relationships in my life, but I'd be very successful and be in charge of 10,000 people. We'll see how that goes.

19. Sometimes I miss the long blond hair I carried around for seven some years, but it's *really* nice to have my real hair back again

20. I have big feet and tiny hands. I'm right-footed but left-handed.

21. I'm in love, but it's tough.

22. I think I've said the following way too often lately: Rad, Solid, Awesome, Nutty, Crazy, "These usecases are driving me crazy!"

23. I tend to naturally stay up til 2 or 3 in the morning.

24. I wish I could write well.

25. I'm sleepy. 

Comments

[samit.vox.com]

I tried to log in with my Google account, and for some reason, it shows up as some weird-ass long URL instead of "samit.sarkar" or something. I don't get it.

Re: #4 and 7...so that's why you suggested doing shots of Jameson at PAX! *shudders*

At first, I read #15 and was like, "Huh? That's a non sequitur..." But then I realized you were considering a French bulldog instead of kids, perhaps.

Agreed on #23 and 24 (see here).

Also, your handwriting is awesome. Mine's just borderline illegible.

[.tiff]

Yeah, we're working on that issue... but in the meantime you should login with a TP account or claim your profile to make your name prettier (and upload a photo!).

Re: #4 and 7. Yes. That's why I wanted to roll you all up into my life.

Re: #15. Right. I love kids, but right now I can only think of having a French Bulldog named Chippy. I should have mentioned that I wrote all of that when I was trying to fall asleep at 5am... so my statements are a little stream of sleepy consciousness.

Re: Handwriting. Heh, actually that's my sloppy-almost-falling-asleep-cursive. But thanks anyway :D

[Samit Sarkar]

As you wish, m'lady.

Also, looking the pages of your notebook makes my eyes hurt (and it's not just from the ZOMG PINK! color).

Anyway, you may (or may not, I have no legitimate idea) be "a real shitty oil painter," but you're a fantastic sketch artist, at the very least. Granted, I may not be the best judge of artistic talent, since I suck at art-related things -- so my opinion may be worthless to you. But I gave it anyway, unsolicited, and there's nothing you can do about it! BWAHAHA!

[.tiff]

Wow, look at that profile!!! :D

And thanks for the compliments :) Oil painting is kind of tricky... I imagine I'll try it out again at some point in the future.

[DRe]

Ok tiff... your awesome.. its official.. I doubted it for a while but, i'm now fully convinced. And, I'll only wear leggings in Berlin sometimes, but you have to let me be your image consultant...... hahahahahah

[.tiff]

You know it. You'll always be my go-to man for some image consulting. NOW LETS GET ME SOME KICKS!

[Da Fronz]

Yikes, that is a LOT of coffee. Srsyl, try to work on that. Also, take better pics of your booklet! Too hard to read. I miss skimming through your doodle booklet.

[aaron]

tliff, have you tried bulleit? its tasty!

[.tiff]

Heh, sorry, bad lighting. Also, I did start to update my doodles via facebook if you want to look at them there... otherwise you can check in on my drawings set on flickr!

Also, I miss you guys! ><

[.tiff]

Yes I have, and yes, it's delicious!

[kimmi8]

I love your drawings, especially this week's couch one. Is that you? And to be honest, I think French bulldogs are better than kids.

[.tiff]

Thanks Kimmie ^.^! Yup, that's me sitting on my living room couch, decompressing post-work. And yeah, French bulldogs make pretty good alternate-babies :P

[brilliam]

you're like a mix of me and my roommate. he really wants a french bulldog and i am pretty sure i don't ever want kids. (at least, not with my genes.)

[Daniel Morgan]

Oh man I'm learning the ways to your heart. I'm down to start a web FIVE POINT OH site with you, but only after you send me music in my dropbox.

[.tiff]

LETS DO IT. I'm taking the tour of Dropbox now!!!