March 2010
3 posts
Rst in pac, tumblr
I’m moving to wordpress. It’s more writer friendly. I hope if you read this blog, you’ll follow the new one at http://modugnoland.wordpress.com/
February 2010
4 posts
So long, laundromat!
Ah yes, the laundromat: the central hub for the poor. The beauty of the laundromat is that all sorts of poor people go there. Poor white people, poor black people, poor Latinos, poor Blasians, poor teachers, poor students, drug dealers that don’t have their shit together; yes, they all meet up at the laundromat. But not me… not anymore. I’m moving in with a washer and dryer...
So long, laundromat!
Ah yes, the laundromat: the central hub for the poor. The beauty of the laundromat is that all sorts of poor people go there. Poor white people, poor black people, poor Latinos, poor Blasians, poor teachers, poor students, drug dealers that don’t have their shit together; yes, they all meet up at the laundromat. But not me… not anymore. I’m moving in with a washer and dryer...
The Pathetic State of Things at Georgia Public...
I’ll try and keep this brief as I’m sure there’s plenty of work I could be doing. Oh wait, never mind. The current administration of Georgia Public Broadcasting has seen fit to ensure that I can’t do my work. Confused? Let’s explore this issue together.
In June 2009, Georgia Public Broadcasting cancelled the Apprentice Program, the program for which I worked....
January 2010
2 posts
2010 Resolutions
It’s become a bit of a tradition over here at Julian Blogdugno that at the beginning of every year, I publicly list my resolutions so that you, my four faithful readers, can keep a running tally of how few of them I actually complete (although checking the old blog, I can see that this is NOT actually the case so nevermind and congrats on being here for a new tradition). Generally, I keep...
December 2009
4 posts
This is how I feel right now.
Everything in...
The Best Weekend Ever!
Thursday
Listening to this:
Twinhead Christmas Party yields intense fun with friends, a little too much alcohol, and two pounds of the best variety of casseroles and cajun-buttered turkey.
Friday
Running lights and sound at one of the most bizarre, gayest performance art variety shows ever.
Coining the term “to pull a Nixon” as in removing yourself from a troubling situation...
WHAT I ORDERED
WHAT I GOT
WHAT THE FUCK?
Heading to the brick and mortar to sort all this out.
Dear drunk upstairs douchebags,
Please.
Fall off your balcony.
Fuck off.
Sincerely,
Julian
November 2009
3 posts
I love monopoly as it is, and I already have a wonderful version of monopoly that I love (Monopoly Millenium Edition [stackable houses motherfuckers!]) but this shit is cute as dogs dressed like Victorian school marms. And though I don’t play chess, I think I would if I found this in the local park.
Two atoms walk into a bar. One atom stops and says to the other, “I think I just lost an electron.” The second atom asks “Are you sure?” The first atom replies, “I’m positive!”
Pomplamoose
No, that’s not a misspelled French word. Well, I mean it is, but it’s also the name of the world’s cutest band. If you’re not listening to these guys on a regular basis, you are a schmuck. They’ve received decent publicity for their cover of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” which is a great song and I’m gonna let you finish, but their cover of...
October 2009
4 posts
REPROGRAMMED!
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always bitten my nails. I know it’s a nasty habit, but it’s something I’ve done compulsively since I was a child. I’ve tried a number of times to stop, but I’ve always just unconsciously chewed ‘em off while watching TV. I had accepted that this would be my lot in life.
So you can imagine my surprise when I was...
Thieves!
I’m pretty sure I came up with the term “foodgasm” waaaaay back in 2001. FACT CHECK IT, MOTHER FUCKERRRRS!!!
I swear to God if Jesus came down from Heaven and publicly thanked Obama for everything he was doing, the GOP would still find a way to spin that against him. By all means, criticize the man but how the fuck you gonna criticize someone for winning the Nobel Peace Prize?
2xcited2sleep
Undoubtedly, the best thing about starting a war with Bill O’Reilly is that I’ll have something really interesting to tell my hairdresser tomorrow.
September 2009
9 posts
It’s cool autumn nights like this that make me wish I still smoked cigarettes.
Dream Job
I think that the best job in the whole world would have to be that of a bong salesman. I mean, think about. You’d never have to worry about what you looked like in the morning. You slept through the alarm and don’t have time to shower? That’s fine, just pull the least-stained shirt out of the pile, pull it over your dreadlocks and spritz it with some patchouli (is that how...
I get worried sometimes that I think about how great it would be if facebook were a real place where people could just get together and talk to their friends and show them pictures and funny videos and then I realize that that’s called real life.
SxSE to NxNW
It seems that my life might be at a major turning point, so I’ll fill you in on few of the great things that are happening right about now.
Jamie and I officially started making stuff under the Bland Hack banner and it rules. Our first shoot was this Saturday and it went swimmingly. Hopefully we’ll have the bloody results up on the internet soon.
Single life is getting pretty...
Jimmy John's
My lunch today at Jimmy John’s Sandwich Shop was so disgusting that I feel the need to take a brief break before getting back to work to warn you to never try this disgusting place. The food is so low-rent. It costs MORE than Subway but you’re getting even worse meat, soggy vegetables, and bread that feels like it came from a NASA storehouse. Honestly, these sandwiches have all the...
Dragon Con 2009
It’s come to my attention that this whole fucking picture thing fucking sucks, and since tumblr is really only good for posting LOLCATZ, you may not be able to properly view a media intensive post such as this one. Sorry. I’ll be moving soon.
Some cities are known for St. Patrick’s Day. Others are known for New Year’s Eve. One city is even known for this. But the...
Washington DC
Last week, I escorted my friend Meaghan back to Washington, DC because the Justice Department wants her she’s going back to Georgetown. We left early, setting the mood by listening to Sarah Vowell’s epic travelogue, Assassination Vacation, in which she, her sister, and her four-year-old nephew Owen set out across the United States to investigate the somewhat murky history behind the...
Bland Hack
Tonight was a watershed moment for Bland Hack Pictures as we officially became a separate artistic entity from Twinhead Theatre. It’s been a long time coming and both sides seemed ready for it. The split was amicable, of course, and Bland Hack and Twinhead are expecting an ongoing partnership that will allow for even greater film ventures while allowing each half to flourish.
I would just...
August 2009
5 posts
Screamo covers of Pop Songs(!)
Over at Washington City Paper, Mike Riggs tells of a tournament they’re holding at another magazine about screamo covers of pop songs. So… enjoy.
“Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)” by Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em as interpreted by I Set My Friends on Fire
Oooooooooook.
“Such Great Heights” by the Postal Service as interpreted by Confide
...
Culture Shock
Ah Chamblee! The north Atlanta suburb best known for antiques and ethnic diversity served as the scene of a lunch between Jamie and myself today. With the help of yelp!, we headed up Buford Highway with the intentions of grabbing some delicious Korean BBQ. Unfortunately for us, the restaurant had the odd quirk of being closed on Tuesdays. We were hungry. We were in a foreign land. We were...
Make Me Babies
As everyone I know keeps getting engaged and married, I’ve started to wonder more about the future. What are my prospects? Will I ever get married? And what about kids? And most importantly, what will those children look like?
Well, luckily, the fine folks over at makemebabies.com have set up a little piece of the web to help us figure out exactly what our unborn progeny may look like. ...
Two yutes
Today was exactly the kind of day that I needed. I fetched my two youngest cousins, Amie and Daniel, from Cobb County early this morning to expose them to the wonders of the city of Atlanta. It was such a unique experience for me, getting to show two people who really had very little experience with a city such as Atlanta all the hotspots that I wish I had known about when I was fifteen. We...
I have nothing to blog about
Yet here I am.
To tell you that this blog is mostly pointless, as nothing interesting has happened to me at all in the past few months. I have made no progress whatsoever in figuring out what I want to do with my life, if I want to be in a relationship, if I want to be in grad school. There is one thing I’m pretty sure of and that’s that I’m getting the fuck out of Atlanta...
July 2009
2 posts
Re: Syfy
On Tuesday, the Sci Fi Channel changes its name to Syfy — pronounced “sigh-fie,” the same as the current name — a moniker that’s attracted its share of mockery since its announcement three months ago. The idea is to expand Sci Fi’s audience, but some members of that audience have expressed their displeasure…
…”The last thing we want to do is...
...Sigh...
There are few things more frustrating trying to convince your Grandmother that, no, the History Channel did not say that the Revolutionary War ended in 1771. She got angry at us, claiming that we were being funny. I’ve never been more serious in my entire life.
June 2009
7 posts
Savannagain
So I went back to Savannah and it was a mixed bag.
PRO:
The SCAD campus was awesome. Definitely way more impressive facilities than what they have in Atlanta. Plus, my big fear of not knowing enough about animation was allayed by the assurance that they’d force me to take a few undergrad animation classes to catch me up.
CON:
I don’t know if there’s anything to do in that...
I could not be more shocked if Jesus Christ’s rotting corpse fell from the heavens and landed at my feet.
(that having been said, the good people of Savannah threw a fucking killer at the Jinx. Thanks to all the drunk people who knew how to celebrate this man’s music)
Identity Theft
Last week, I got a friend request on Facebook from some 14-year-old Italian boy. At first, I thought nothing of it. I’m an attractive male and thus, it makes sense if some olive-skinned teenager would try to look at pictures of me to experiment with his sexuality. Of course, I declined his friend request (my cousins are annoying enough on Facebook; why would I want to befriend 14-year-old...
More ponderousness
This weekend, I ended up at a bar in East Cobb, drinking with my old friend Stephen Brown. Stephen is my next door neighbor (well, was… he still lives there; i don’t) so I suppose that he is my oldest friend. We haven’t actually talked in about seven years. It’s very bizarre. We used to do so much together, but now our lives are very different.
He’s living in...
WTF?
How can 800,000 people know the FCC’s phone number but not know that the digital transition was gonna happen?
It’s been a good long while since I’ve posted anything, so I guess I’ll try and synopsize the past few weeks of my life.
So everyone at work got fired, leaving a small handful of contractors to wrap up projects that we’ve been working on. The place is about as depressing as a workplace can get. I hardly see any human beings while I’m there, so feel free to hit me...
I Like: Conan's New Mario Inspired Backdrop -... →
May 2009
4 posts
The Axe
So, the plan of Teya Ryan, GPB’s new executive director, to ensure that Georgia Public Broadcasting manages to do nothing other than air Barney reruns continued today with the cancellation of the Apprentice Program, and while I’ll still probably stay on as a freelancer (which is what I am anyways), who knows for certain what will happen? I feel particularly bad for Jonathan, Matt and...
Production ASS
Yesterday, as I was pulling on my socks, bemoaning yet another day in front of a computer, transcribing interviews of Savannahites speaking in ludicrous detail about dead women, I received a phone call from my dear friend and soon-to-be-divorcee, Jamie Hawkins-Gaar, asking if I would be interested in being a Production Assistant for some shoot. I gladly agreed and was put in touch with the...
Graphical!: Some Sweet Adobe Suite Pillows -... →
Please buy me the After Effects pillow.
April 2009
8 posts
fuck
this shit is hard. This dating shit. I mean, seriously… how do people do this? I really think that whatever part of the brain that allows people to connect with strangers is absent from mine. That, or I hang out in the straightest places in Atlanta. Which I find difficult to believe. I really don’t have any gaydar, which has always been a problem, but it seems moreso to be an...
Divide and Conquer
So yesterday was one of the best days of my life. I did a really good job of meeting new people and having some great conversations. 5 people. 5 people that I conversed with and those conversations were actually interesting.
More importantly, can I describe the Divide and Conquer maneuver? It involves a gay guy and a straight guy splitting up a gay guy/straight girl pair and flirting while...