overrated

formerly known as "i make pretty pictures" because as a graphic designer, that is actually what some people think i do for a living, this blog will now be titled, "overrated" for a variety of reasons i do not feel like explaining. the focus will be somewhat eclectic, though sports, design, the arts and pop culture will be featured more and more. because these are the things that interest me.

Tuesday, January 31

reading material

Monday, January 30

top 10 hated sports figures

this was done by gq magazine. and this isn't just hated by the fans, this is by their peers. the ones who know about the behind the scenes shenanigans and what these guys are really like. a couple surprises (to me anyway).
10. lleyton hewitt - um, kind of a surprise. looks like he could be a dick but i wasn't aware of the on court stuff like described in the article.
9. aj pierzynski - same thing. has that cocky bastard look, but till you start hearing the stories about the locker room antics, you don't really see it. and i don't buy the "talking trash to the batter" stuff. he's a catcher, thats what the good ones do.
8. phil mickelson - this one was the biggest surprise. phil, really? but i guess the family guy (no, not that family guy) thing is a act for the sposnors. hmmm, and he also is called (i am assuming behind his back but thanks to this article, i think he knows now) my new favourite nickname that i am going to start using for myself, FIGJAM (fuck i'm good just ask me). beautiful.
7. bonzi wells - i don't follow basketball anymore, but i have heard enough that this doesn't really surprise me,
6. michael iaconelli - never heard of the guy but he is apparently the biggest dick of the bass fishing world (and yes, they use the term basshole in the article, ugh). he celebrates when he catches one, swears and causes a disturbance when he doesn't, trash talks to other fishers and causes a media frenzy during tournaments. sounds like he is just trying to bring some attention to the sport. this is probably more of a bell curve thing. if he were in any other sport, he would be normal. because its fishing? biggest dick alive.
5. kobe bryant - again, not much of a surprise if you have heard the stuff between him and shaq.
4. curt schilling - probably the 2nd biggest surprise for me, apparently i'm the idiot because i bought the whole, "my tendon had to be surtured on and i am in an unbelievable amount of pain". rumor is that maybe the blood on the sock was not really blood. seems to be a little far-fetched to me, but i wasn't interviewed for the article.
3. kurt busch - race car drivers are all dicks. my surprise was finding out that only one made the list.
2. barry bonds - no surprise here. and i know i commended him in a previous post, but that was because he was being dicked around in a interview and verbally went at the reporter. i enjoyed that.
and number 1? terrell owens - if you are surprised by this, then this entire list probably didn't make any sense to you anyway.

see the whole article here.

Saturday, January 14

lights


lights
Originally uploaded by static.

these are the kind of accidents i used to love with film photography. i still love them now (with digital) but i don't get the pamphlet from the stores anymore about how to take an in focus picture. i miss those pamphlets.

Friday, January 13

too funny

long time

i just realized that after a way too long time period of procrastination, and the fact that veela is blogging again, i should get this thing up and moving again. that and if you scroll down, the bottom post on this thing is (or at least, it was) dated may 17 of last year. yikes.