Bearracuda.com redesigned!

GO CHECK OUT THE NEW REDESIGNED BEARRACUDA WEBSITE I DID!!

I had a fever and was all achey for the past two days so I stayed home from work, but while I was home I decided to get part 2 of what I promised Mattacuda for Christmas done. 1st part was a new Myspace Page, and the 2nd was a redesign of Bearracuda.com to match.

It's a super simple site but I'm pretty proud of it. It looks slick and that's all that matters.

Go check it out!

The internet is full of wonder....

found on ffffound.com:


(is it wrong that I think this is kinda hot?)


(genius)


(Ugh so true)


(for kingfuraday)

Oh hey peer-pressure. What's up?

Ok ok I'm am kinda LOVING the questions and answers I've read on other journals so I am going to participate as well.

Ask me any question and I'll answer it in a separate post. All comments are screened. Please tell me outright if you wish to remain anonymous. I will not let anyone know who asked the question, I will just answer it. However I am NOT turning Anonymous comments on.

ASK ASK ASK ASK ASK ME STUFF!

Question #1

kitchenbeard asks: "What artist makes your brain go SQUEEEEEEEEE!"

Visually I have a bunch of artists that I am consistently in awe with the look of their work.


Alex Pardee is super twisted, and has an INCREDIBLE grasp at playing with line weight and form.



James Jean is an incredible illustrator who's subject matter is so dream-like and ethereal. The way he has such detail, yet everything feels so blurry and far away.

I have a BUNCH more artists who VISUALLY make me SQUEEEEE.
However CONCEPTUALLY my favorite artist is Tom Friedman.
What I LOVE about his art is it's all so simple. Simple materials (usually household items), simple concepts, simple ideas, that if you step over the silliness, are actually pretty deep and profound.

A few of my favorite pieces by him:


"1000 Hrs of Staring"

He stared at a piece of paper for 1000 collective hours.
Simple. Stupid if you don't think about it. Brilliant.
The piece itself is OBVIOUSLY not the main part, it is just the product. The IDEA behind the piece, the questions that it contours, THAT is the real artwork.
This piece was created as a conversation starter. When does an art piece finish being created? When the artist hangs it on a wall? Does this piece, since the medium is the act of viewing it, ever stop being contributed to? Does a painting ever stop evolving (whether it be through the medium of dirt, fading, etc)?"
He makes me think about things unexpectedly.


"Hot Balls"

This piece always gets me because it's yet another piece that conjures up questions unexpectedly.
At first glance this piece is just a bunch of balls arranged according to size. Great.
But the title is "Hot Balls," implying there is more to it than you think.
When you read the card next to the piece it explains that ALL the balls were STOLEN over a
6 month timespan. This brings up the question, "Is a piece of art just what you see? Does knowing the background of a piece add or detract from it? When you see a work of art, are you getting what the artist intended when you don't take the time to read about it?"


One piece of paper crumpled, the other piece meticulously duplicated.


A grim and violent suicide depicted using materials associated with childhood and naivety; construction paper.

I could go on and on but I won't.

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Question #2

ottocub asks:
"If you were the personification of America and I was the personification of Canada and were both invited to the same party and upon arriving we found we were wearing the same outfit, would you:
-laugh
-scratch my eyes out
-go home to change
-alter your outfit using things found around the party like hors d'œuvre?"



Personally I would laugh it off and turn it into a joke. I don't get worked up over stuff like that. Some people get all into a tizzy! "How embarressing!!" For me, I get my clothes at stores. Stores open to the public. If I was in the market to dress 100% original I would make all my own clothes. I mean, take IBR for example.
At Bearracuda there was a cub there that had a BRIGHT PINK MOHAWK! It looked just like mine. I went right up to him and complimented him on his hair and told him we should start a club and get as many people to join. Unfortunately for him he wasn't a local, so everyone kept mistaking him for me. When turned around and saw me he moaned, "You must be Dicky." Poor guy kept having people excited to see him that he didn't know, but once they realized it wasn't me, walked away dissapointed. How horrible!!!

HOWEVER I just noticed in your question you said "If I was the personification of America."

If THAT were the case it would be my own fault because while you were home I would have broken in, killing your family in the process, just to tell you how horrible your clothing style is. I would then dress you up JUST like me, getting my own outfit dirty and unwearable in the process. And even though your outfit would look the same, it wouldn't fit exactly... So I'd have to blow you up with a missile.


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Question #3

bigreddee asks: "Where in the h-e-double L do you get your energy from? Furrealz, cuz I think I need to bottle that stuff up and serve it up with a shot of vodka."


I grew up dancing. A LOT. Sometimes up to 60hrs a week. For 18 years.

Now I dance for maybe an hour a week. Sitting at a desk on a computer all day, 5 days a week.



I have SO much energy all the time, and I can never stop talking, however my physical energy has gone WAY down over the past 4 years. This stomach thing I have makes my body work twice as hard to process everything, plus in conjuncture to being fat, I find myself fatigued easier than when I was in college.

As long as I am not lifting anything, or running, I am a BALL Of energy. (dancing not included, that just gets me more pumped)



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Question #4

bumbelion1977 asks: "Do you like any smells that most people would not?"


This is a tricky question. And I will answer it the first way I thought of.


It is no secret that the bear community is against (in general, not EVERYONE) is very into "Man-smells."


I am NOT into man smells.

If you give me man parts that smell like clean soap (not flowery or overy scented, just clean) I AM A HAPPY HAPPY BOY.

As I've mentioned, I grew up around people sweating, people emitting body odors. Those "people" were ALWAYS girls. In a ballet company, surrounded by sweaty girls, I never learned to fetishize any of that.
I never took gym class in High School, I never was in locker rooms, I just never had any of those influences.


I LOVE THE SMELL OF SOAP. Sorry bears, I am NOT judging those that like a ripe pit, or the pungent smell of balls. GO ON WID' YO WOOFIE SELF. But it's just not for me.

(my current favorite scent is the soap "Mud Flats" from LUSH (lush.com). Earthy, Natural smelling. Delicious.



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Question #4

reb2 asks: "How excited are you about meeting Nikki?"

AND

dhbearguy asks: "Are you REALLY excited about meeting Nikki Blonsky next week?"



( Well.....to be honest: )

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