I had something completely different planned for this blog but when I started my typical hours of research, I came across something infinitely better. This dude in San Marcos named Scott Wade makes what he calls "dirty car art." Using the dust that accumulates on the rear window of vehicles as his canvas, he creates impermanent masterpieces. I had so much fun clicking through the gallery on his website, that I just had to share it with all of you. I chose my favorite one for the sample. He said it was meant to be funny but turned out "a little creepy." Brilliant. If you click that picture, it will take you to his website, dirtycarart.com, and you can check out his entire gallery for yourself.
In other news, I have finally caught up with the latest in 17th century technology. In a little impulse buy the other day I picked myself up a proper straight razor. Like just a razor sharp blade that I am learning to shave with. I thought I would pick it up and go to town, but it's a little bit intimidating. The best part about it, though, is that the protective cover is made out of buffalo horn! It's so pretty. I asked the guy if the buffalo died of natural causes and he said, "Sure, why not?" so you know that no animals were harmed in the making of it. The first night I got it, I oiled up, lathered up with my badger hair brush, and then shaved half my face. 45 minutes later I was tired of it so I shaved with a normal razor and I'm going to try again in a few days. I intend to stick with it until I'm good at it just because it's so cool looking. My favorite part of the experience -- by far -- was when I was checking out and they had some sandalwood essential oil at the counter. And I asked the guy what essential oils were and he said, "It's cologne. But it's just the essential oils, there's no alcohol." To which I immediately replied, "Now when you say 'no alcohol,' do you mean 1%?" And he took me completely seriously and said, "No. I mean NO ALCOHOL!" I could have died right then.
And finally today, in serious picture news, they found signs of life on Mars. Not life itself, just a statue that ancient Martians built in honor of the American Sasquatch. It's a pretty exciting find. I didn't believe it myself until I saw it on every news site on the internet. Some people are calling it bigfoot on Mars, some are saying it's just a humanoid form, and some are saying it's a replica of the Mermaid in Copenhagen. Which are all really good ideas. What no one has said is that it's just a clever shadow on a rock and nothing to get excited about. I prefer to believe it is a statue and there used to be intelligent life on Mars. That would just make my life. Oh, also, did you know that I'm obsessed with Mars? I want to live there. Unfortunately, I doubt that'll happen in my lifetime. But still, even if this picture is just a rock formation with convenient lighting, it's still bad ass, eh? I'm out.
