It’s Friday! and of course that means Webby pop art and I think today’s very retro Boston Terrier is a great example of minimalist collage.  I’m not sure who is the original artist of this print, but I love the juxtaposition of colors.

On Demand is the second best thing to Tivo and I don’t think there has ever been a better idea for TV. Here is a rundown of the top On Demand shows I’m loving- and I would have never of seen most of them without watching them On Demand first.

True Blood- The overly dramatic fable of vampire love in 21^st century America is evocative and interestingly socially conscious. Who doesn’t love Sookie’s wildly opinionated personality or cringe every time Eric gets that look of wanting to eat something (somebody). Alan Ball is a creative nut with copious amounts of talent to bring this show to startling undead life.

The Tudors- Henry 8^th (I’m too lazy to make the numerals, #lazyblogger!) has never been more interesting and even though the show feels like a sloppy Discovery channel special the story just keeps you guessing. Characters move through dark corridors spilling secrets and hurting egos like some sort of overly dressed private high school clique, but the fun never stops when treason is around every corner. It does feel like Sam Neil is acting in some other show and that Jonathan Myers is only slightly above average, but regardless it all feels so fresh for such old history.

Todd.0- Add one comic named Todd with an arsenal of sarcastic vulgar quips, throw in some random homemade internet videos from Youtube junkies and you have yourself a show that is hysterically off kilter. The show works because of Todd or otherwise it would be just like “The Soup” or “The Dish”- Luckily for us it comes off much more as supreme goofiness with a guy who acts twelve with some real gender role issues.

How I Met Your Mother- Life wouldn’t feel the same without Lily, Marshal, Ted, Robin, and Barney to lead you through those sort of sitcomy 20’s. I love the idea of the show and how everyone really feels like friends- you know like how “Friends” was back in the day. For the rest of my life I will know why there was a goat at Ted’s birthday or remember that time Lily painted Barney naked. I missed out on this show for four seasons because it aired on CBS and since I’m not 60 I had no reason to ever skip over to that channel (I kid, I kid, CBS brought us Survivor and The Amazing Race so I kind of love them for it).

Rita Rocks- Ok so it airs on Lifetime and really compared to anything other than infomercials comes off as a pedestrian show. I love Nicole Sullivan and I feel like somewhere there is a sense of a great show. Thanks to On Demand though I have watched 2, yes 2! Seasons of Rita Rocks. I know that it really throws out any credibility I have ever had, but I love that she sings badly over arranged pop songs on guitar with a back up vocalist trying to be Mary j.

Is there anything On Demand has brought you that you may have never of known?

The last couple of weeks have been so hectic that I have not had a chance to write anything- between work and school there has just been zero time. Finally things are winding down and coming to a close. I just have a few more major projects/tests to finish and then its freedom of some sort. Right now I don’t know what to do or where to go. I feel like some days are not even full days, but more like micro minutes in time that I can barely remember. Then there are days that feel like they last forever with no end in sight. Life feels overly complicated and at times very simple. Someone once told me not to think outside my “now” and to only keep abstract thoughts to being creative. Don’t worry about what’s going on in China, just worry about how you feel here and now. I’m not like that though, I think constantly about what life is like thousands of miles away from me. I wonder if people feel the same way I do or if it matters that I’m having a really good life. Is everything in our lives subjective to only how we see it? I don’t think that people even care all that much about the day to day, but life feels like the day to day. It doesn’t feel like much more than that.

The work I have done this week makes me feel fulfilled. I planned an entire presentation that  I designed with graphics and a website that I made. I have a pitch and even some visual representations to make an actual PR presentation. I enjoy thinking about marketing and PR, this has been the only time I have even had the chance to make something that resembles more than just some random assignment. It has meaning and it could really work in the so called “real world”. I’m excited when I get to work on projects like this, but I feel that they are few and far between. Everything else is made to feel overwhelming and complicated when you know they are not. I’m surprised how people feel so self important and that labels are constantly needed to define everything you do. I’m an opinionated person, but most of the time I feel I have an opinion because people expect me to and not because I actually care.

School has been great and I wish I could devote more time to campus activities, but one can’t complain too much. I hate that I’m always trying to figure out what it all means and if it even matters. I guess that what life is, I guess that’s what I represent.