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

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

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:

Messenger, wake up call...?  

GREETINGS OF THE SEASON

Yes, we are working on tongue twisters, but we wanted to pause and bring you a bit of holiday goofiness, as well as wish you a Happy Hanukkah, a Serene Solstice and/or a Merry Christmas.  And if we forgot a holiday, educate us.  

 

 

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And if you've never partied in the company of a red Solo cup or don't find Toby Keith's ode at least mildy amusing, please keep stopping by.  We can help you with the lost sense of humor thing ; )

Stay warm!

MONSTER FUNNY

Time for a quiz!  (Not, not you, but let us know if you're interested.)  We are (be warned) on a quest for new ways to bring laughter into your life so read on.

We invited @TravisErwin*, a friendly fountain of Texas humor and the inspiration for our Sasquatch tongue twister, to answer some questions just to get YOU, yes, you good food, fun and music tips. (what did you think we were going to ask him about?)  Like his answers? You can pick up his book, The Feedstore Chronicles at the link below.

Here's what we want to know.  And yes, we are stopping by for backyard food and bocce ball anytime we happen to be in Erwin neighborhood (answers by Mr. Erwin in italics):

Top a burger or build a sandwich for us so we can decide if we want to stop by for a snack.

I am a near complete carnivore so for me burgers and sandwiches are all about the meat, and  nothing green, will ever taint my meat. Bacon, cheese, layers of other meats. That is the ONLY kind of toppers for me. I also do a lot of blends for the backyard bashes I throw. Grinding, say ham and beef together to create my own hamburger patties.

Favorite backyard recreational sport?  Any strategy tips? (We wiffle, Nerf or Frisbee).

 I spend tons of time in my backyard. Bocce ball and horseshoes are my favorite sports. Both feeds my competitive urges but both can be thrown with a single hand leaving the other to hold a beer. And that my friends only the best of recreational sports can be played without being forced to set down your beverage. Back in my feed store days we also pitched a lot of washers.

We grew up with the Jersey Devil next door in the Pine Barrens; are there any legendary local monsters in Texas?

Besides Rick Perry? Well, we have the chupacabre but that legend really started in Mexico. And once I made the mistake of mowing the front lawn while shirtless which prompted the National Enquirer to camp out on my lawn for weeks in search of photographic evidence of Sasquatch.

Feedstore Chronicles:  how funny is it (aka is it safe to drink snortable fluids while reading)? And who should we buy it for?

I hope it’s damned funny. I hope it is Exorcist-like in that fluids shoot with great force from those crazy enough to drink while reading.I know it still makes me laugh and I’ve read, edited and re read the stories dozens if not hundreds of times. The reviews have been great. Well, all except for the guy who was kind of ticked he’d given the book to his nearly 80 year old mother. Apparently it was a bit risque for her taste. So I’ll say it’s for anyone with a sense of humor and a tolerance for lewd comedies.

Tell us a tale:  from the book, from writing the book, from selling the book, from today, from...

 The Feedstore Chronicles is a humorous coming-of-age tales about my formative teenage years of working at a dusty Texas Feedstore for the world’s most morally bankrupt man. I dubbed the character I created based upon him Doyle. While writing the book I had more than a few people tell me Doyle was going to be pissed for the way I portrayed him, but despite the fact I hadn’t seen my former boss in years I felt confidant he would see the humor in the book and in some perverse way be proud to have his exploits told.

And so he was. Doyle, along with two of his three sons attended the release party for the book and while chatting with them I asked my former boss if he had told his father, who actually owned the feed store, about my book.

 “No,” Doyle said. “My dad is still old school and he won’t like some of the racier parts.”

It was at this point that Doyle’s sons, who had been young boys when I worked for their father, but are now in their late twenties, chimed in. “Besides, Doyle here doesn’t want Pee Paw to know where all his profits went.”

 In the book I reveal that Doyle often traded horse feed for sex. horse feed that his dad actually paid for. So I enjoyed the fact Doyle’s sons were quick to jab their dad. I found it humorous that they referred to him not by Dad, Pops, or even his real name but by Doyle.

Play us out with a music list of any sort:  

 I’m a pure Texas boy so my list is going to be created around that fact. Given that the feed store I worked at was called Pearl’s Feed & Seed I must start with …

 ZZ Top’s --- Pearl Necklace

 From there lets play a classic by my all time favorite songwriter …

 Townes Van Zandt --- To Live Is To Fly

 After that let’s have a double shot of Kris Kristofferson …

 Me and Bobby McGee as sung by another Texan, Janis Joplin and Kristofferson singing his own ,Sunday Morning Coming Down

 And let’s finish it off with my all-time favorite song …

 The Road Goes on Forever by Robert Earl Keen

Nice music set.  We are also Kris Kristofferson fans here, Tammy loving "Help Me Make It Through the Night" and TK (unexpectedly) a fan of Kristofferson's performance in the second Christmas in Connecticut, worth a viewing if only for the hilarity of Tony Curtis freezing in front of a camera for comic effect.

*Find us on Twitter already, we're fun.