Blink Kitty Love

BREAKFAST NIGHTMARES

Self explanatory

 

 

THE NEIGHBORS

So, here we are, the weather's nice, we're out in the universe playing some basketball, zooming around parks and we're people watching.  And not just so we avoid running into them.  They (possibly you) are interesting.  And so related songs are coming to the top of our playlists.  Drop a few more in the comment slot.  Let's make a crowd of 'em.  Or share your favorite place to people watch.  If the weather's ooky, we take a break to watch the clouds and the people, sitting at the counter at the local Starbucks.

 

Heard Joan Jett sing this live, fell instantly in love with a song we've always scorned and shoved in the too fluffy for us bucket with "People Who Need People".  No more.  No one has ever made the random person standing next to you sound cooler than Ms. Jett.  

Tinker (riding a skate deck or drinking a green tea lemonade) won the latest park circuit race so she gets to claim it as her entry in the pool.

"I am no better and neither are you
We're all the same whatever we do
You love me you hate me
You know me and then
Still can't figure out the scene I'm in
I am everyday people" 

"Everyday People" Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

 

TK (bike, green tea latte, cookie), often a bit on the grim side

"And you're shouting at me
I'm relying on your common decency
So far it hasn't surfaced
But I'm sure it exists
It just takes a while to travel
From your head to your fists"

 

"People Are People"  Depeche Mode

 

Ty (scooter that pulled up lame with a flat he claims, iced vanilla latte), cheerfully optimistic, always curious

"Are all the different people
And all their different minds
And different ways
It would take a lifetime to explain" 

"Different People"  No Doubt

 

Tammy (roller blades, orange mango smoothy --we try to tell her it's not lunch), in a mellow mood  

"But I picture us standing there
Staying away from time
Just watching it like a river
As it slowly washes by"

"Pictures of People Taking Pictures"   Jack Johnson

ATTENTION: APRIL

Things we are paying attention to:

The Mets -- just dropped out of first place.  But we are very happy it's baseball season again.  We like our Crackerjacks.  

GIrl in A Coma.  Saw them in concert last week.  Played some of our favorite songs ("One Eyed Fool", "Smart", "Walking After Midnight"), which sounded SO much fuller bolder better live.  Have been driving around with their latest CD, Exits and All The Rest, in the car stereo.  Need to finish off Adventures in Coverland by buying the third EP so we can burn it to a CD and add it to the car mix.

Joan Jett and The Blackhearts were off to play Lollapalooza concerts in South America (yes, minor case of travel envy).  Good video interview with Jett about her expectations and excitement. What we want to know is did she like any of the South American (or other) performers? We need some new music for spring driving.  Although thanks to that interview, we are going to try Jane's Addiction.

Goodjoe.  We want this design by kevlar51 to be a shirt so if you're a Goodjoe voter go give it a high five.

And we'll give you a t-shirt of the week since we're in a rock and roll mood.  And it's been too long between robots (and t-shirts, we have shockingly been fiscally responsible recently aka broke).  But the Sex Drugs shirt from shirt.woot is one we must have.  

 

Good night.  Play yourselves out.  

 

 

 

 

SPRING POEM

And we're back in the animation game, baby.  

 

 

LEMONADE MAIDS

Why yes, we are a bit rusty but here's a new Monster Tongue Twister.  And if anyone has any ninja rhymes, let us know. 

 

 

MARCH!?!?!??!!!

Wow.  Time has marched on and now it's an hour later than is usual at this time of the morning and several weeks later than a timely follow up blog post to the last one.

So, what can we share that's useful?  John Carter the movie is a good old fashioned (and good) rip roaring sort of adventure that makes us want to 1. watch it again and 2. leap aka sak into adventures ourselves.   So more of you can go see it any time now. Here's one (of many) why not to miss it reviews.

The same people responsible for the Academy Award winning The Artist are responsible for the perfectly mixed highly amusing and slightly appalling spy spoof OSS 117:  Cairo, Nest of Spies.  We recommend it.

And our hope for the shirt.woot editor's choices?  Well, we're a sucker for the cat robot combo of rglee129's Rescue, artulo's intricate Orca and apelad's half bright eyed owl but what we really want to see is this cool pastelly monster and architecture take by Art101, "The Attack:"

 

Music:  mood: Joan Jett continues.  We have acquired "Glorious Adventures of a Misspent Youth" and are liking the variety of styles she manages.  Favorites?  Oh, why not:

Ty  mood: not sharing

"Johnny sings a love song Like a bird
Sings the sweetest love song You ever heard
But when he sings to my gal What a howl"

"Bird Dog"  Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

 

Tinker  mood:  one of those days

"A little girl asked me why
the sky is so grey
It wants to rain on this cloudy day
Is that true
And what will it wash way"

"I Got No Answers"  Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

 

Tammy  mood:  ain't it the truth

"You make me move yea like no one else
When I'm with you I can't control myself"

"I Can't Control Myself"  Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

 

TK  mood: can nearly always be dancing

"Ya just a shake shake shake
Till your knees are weak
Come on move your hips
To the jungle beat
Yea you push yourself 'till you're ready to drop
But you do it again you can never stop"

"Push and Stomp"  Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

NOTE FROM HQ

Howdy.  Welcome back.  First, Happy Year Of The Water Dragon.  May it bring you(and yours) health, prosperity + happiness.  Have been drawing Water Dragons as immersing myself in the Chinese zodiac animal of the year is how I recenter myself artistically. I started in the Year of The Water Horse, and the dragons are reminding me a little of that.  Doing them digitally with Autodesk's Sketchbook (bargain of a program) on my iPad. Instead of buying paint, paper or pens this year, I acquired a refurbished printer from Canon that did a good job of printing out the first batch.  

 

 

 

Next step:  to distibute them to family + friends.  I like that part of my Chinese New Year tradition.  It's a chance to reconnect with the people I like to talk to.

Music I've been listening to:  Joan Jett's Up Your Alley.  Really enjoying her cover of Chuck Berry's "Tulane" and "You Want In, I Want Out" still holds up as the reason I bought the album.  That and the cover.  On a pop note, happy Selena Gomez's "Love You Like A Love Song" has resurged on the radio.  Love the video.

Comic-wise, loving Demon Knights, Legion of Monsters and looking forward to Night Force so seem to be in a fantasy/monster mood. Except the Jughead, Kevin Keller, Archie and Kiss habit. Betty or Veronica?  Have an opinion? And back on monsters:  does anyone else want the Criterion Godzilla or at least a poster of the cover?

Have been posting regularly on the new Blink Kitty Love Signs of the iApocalypso art Tumblr.  You need to be checking in there, or following the fun on @blinkkittylove, which will get you everywhere Blink Kitty Love you need to be.  

I'll leave you with my latest two dragons, one cartoony, one not so and my thanks for stopping by.  Soon, back to tongue twisters or some other silliness.  Stay tooned!

 

 

 

MOOD: NINJA

Working on something with ninjas.  So far, there's quite a bit of pink, but hey, that just means it's us.(We are still in search of mood: ninja appropriate music; it does not also have to be pink.)

 

 

 

Have you checked out the Blink Kitty Love Tumblr yet?  Not quite so goofy art is being posted on a REGULAR schedule.  

 

Any playoff thoughts?  We can't see anyone stopping the Packers without stomping Rodgers but we do miss games where defense matters and the score equals < 30.  We suspect a Packers-Patriots shootout might end up 45-42 and that's a basketball half time score.  Not what we want to see. Oh and the Women's Pro Soccer Draft happened today.  Do you have a favorite team?  Get one.  Now. 

Winter X Games are starting in two weeks.  We're getting excited for our favorite snowboarders.  Follow us on Twitter for live tweeting fun.  

And go vote for Spiritgreen's OctoNinja.  We're not octopus/tentacle shirt people but we are sumi excellence on cream ninja people.  You should be too.  

 

 

THIRD BASE

Or something like that.  Not that thrilled about the NFL post season (and our fantasy team tanked) so we're waiting for spring training. While we wait, here's another Monster Tongue Twister w/ bonus adorable baby Loch Ness monsters.  Hope you had a great holiday season. Don't forget to write 2012 on things.  We need practice at that. And welcome back.

 

 

 

NEW TUMBLR

We have a tumblr, where we bring you signs of the iApocalypso, Blink Kitty Love style.  Check us.

 

Here's the first:

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