I Pulled One

Why did I feel so mischievous this April Fool's Day?

also got Jes, my mom and the majority of my housemates. Huzzah!

Potpurri

this would be an amazing/horrible April Fool's prank:

note DK's comment about Emerson:

dunna nunna nunna nunna dunna nunna dunna nunna:

k, jes:

my mom cracks me up:

Vassar April Fool's

Just imagine the lines at the Retreat on Chili Day...

Good morning,

The Vassar Health Service has issued an alert due to a mass food poisoning problem which began to surface over night. Several hundred students have contracted a severe case of food poisoning and the Health Service is currently overwhelmed by this occurrence. At about 4:00 AM students began to appear at the Health Service displaying symptoms of gastrointestinal disruption, severe blistering of the skin, and mental confusion. Additionally, as strange as this may seem, some students exhibited a severe inability to do math problems.

ALTHOUGH THE FOOD WHICH CAUSED THIS POISONING IS BELIEVE TO BE THE CHILI SERVED YESTERDAY IN THE RETREAT, ALL STUDENTS ARE ADVISED TO BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS ABOUT EATING ANY CAMPUS FOOD FOR THE NEXT FORTY EIGHT HOURS. NEW YORK STATE HEALTH AUTHORITIES ARE CURRENTLY ON CAMPUS TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM AND THEIR REPORT IS EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE DAY. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING ANY OF THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED ABOVE AN EMERGENCY TREATMENT FACILITY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THE KENYON GYMNASIUM. ADDITIONALLY, BUSES HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO BRING STUDENTS TO MARIST WHO HAS OPENED THEIR FOOD SERVICE FACILITY TO ALL VASSAR STUDENTS

For the past several years the chili in the Retreat has been made by Chef Jesus Leyva, who stated he did nothing different to prepare the chili yesterday. He is as bewildered as anyone as to how the chili could be the cause of this outbreak. Jesus said, "everyone loves my chili. I don't know what could have gone wrong." The New York State Health Department has asked Jesus for a list of his ingredients but Jesus claims it is a proprietary matter and that revealing the recipe will jeopardize his job security. Jesus is probably right. The College knows how much everyone loves his chili and Cappy herself is dying to get her hands on the recipe.

If you have read this little missive and still believe a food poisoning outbreak has occurred on campus, then you obviously don't know that today is April first, otherwise known as April Fools Day.

Not sincerely,

Ray

Frank Chimero

The work of Frank Chimero is nothing new to the design/illustration world. Sadly, this artist is new to me.

design for Threadless Select:

how appropriate, I was just talking about long exposure! illustration for Wired magazine:

oh baby, I want it.

Danilo Parra

Some long exposure photos are getting redundant, especially after they were featured in every car or cellphone commercial.

But these photos featured on the Love Bryan site by Danilo Parra feel vulnerable and fresh.

Jessica Hess

Fecal Face covered the gallery opening Jessica Hess and Kevin Cyr. I was really taken by their methods of painting graffiti not on walls but canvas (in Cyr's case, even model vans).

Here are some of Jessica Hess's paintings in gauche and/or oil.

Cyr's work to follow in a later post.

"The Pittsburgher"

couldn't resist posting this image from Square America's blog.