Interactions I Wish I Avoided: August 31st

• I passed a man in the subway handing out pamphlets for Jews for Jesus. As I passed he asked "Are you Jewish?" For some reason I responded with "Are you?" with way more hostility than was warranted.
• Why do people think "Big Guy" is a nice thing to call someone? That's not going to get your free hip-hop demo CD handed out any faster, guy waiting at the top of the escalator.
  
• I was waiting at a pharmacy. I guess the woman working there knew me because she mentioned how I "keep getting taller." I said "Hopefully these pills will put a stop to that." She didn't know if she was supposed to laugh.

Mickey Scores

Another doodle found in a notebook from who-knows-when. I wish every Mickey cartoon started and/or ended like this. I left the scan of the book's spiral...so, check that shit out.

Farmingdale Hawks

I remember very little from this time in my life. I remember never quite understanding how the game was played. I remember quitting because the helmet hurt my head. Well, who's laughing now Albany Avenue Elementary?! Where's your blog?!

Why does the bus say "ward" over the door?

Passin' On Class

A cartoon directed and animated by my friend Mike Antonucci. I helped write it and also did the voice of Steve...cause I'm Steve.

Class of 2009

A photo of me with some of the coolest people I know.

Alfie the Wonderboy

I guess I drew this two years ago. Alfie had very little control of his life.

Pillow Land

Another comic.

Hide The Murder Weapon

A Jimmy and Billy cartoon. Again...stupid but fun to color.

Doodle 2

Select scribbles from various pages of a notebook.

Noise Core Band

I know its stupid, but it was fun to color.

Sleep

I keep having the same dreams over and over. Some of them are pretty blatant in meaning...I attribute all of them to stress. Here are some key plot points:

• Friends drop me off at an amusement park while they go run errands together. A staff member assures me I'll fit on the ride. I don't. Everyone laughs, including the small children waiting on line, while they try to break open part of the ride to get me out.
• I'm driving down a commercial street and my breaks never stop my car completely, causing me to run several red lights. I keep putting more and more pressure on the break but the car only slows, it never stops.
• I'm in a plastic toy box on a shelf in a toy store. Girls are buying the toys around me, opening them and playing with them. In front of me is an employee explaining to a very obese woman that she shouldn't take me out of my package because I'm worth a lot of money unopened.
• I look down to discover I have ripped both knees of my jeans...which sucks.
  
• I'm running late for something because I have to wait for my computer to finish rendering video.
• My dog is lying on the floor with a metal brace around his head. We have a new puppy that we don't like as much.
  

Here are some favorites from my childhood:

• I've been kidnapped by a cartoon pizza man in some crazy factory. My babysitter is right outside the window but she doesn't hear me screaming.
• I'm being attacked by a giant spider.
• I'm in a swimming pool with every girl I've ever liked and I'm really self-conscious.
• I'm trapped in a haunted house.
• I live in Star Wars.