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  • Used as Advertised

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    A few months ago I bought a keyboard protector stand to keep my cats from accidentally typing. There was a cute picture in the advertisement showing something like this. I give you: Ether in Repose.

  • The Brother of Dwayne

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    I made a random face today. My son asked his name. The first name that came to mind was Dwayne Elizandro Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho but that is already taken. I decided to call this guy The Brother of Dwayne in reference to the Book of Mormon character The Brother of Jared. (InkScape, basic colors)

  • The Phone is Gone

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    We went to the park today and there was a payphone station that appears to have been preserved for posterity. The phone is gone and much of the world that needed payphones is gone too. As my life shifts to a “new normal” I look back at the normals of years gone bye with bittersweet…

  • Flotsam

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    My life is like the billowing waves full of flotsam. I need to get out of the thick of thin things. (MS Paint, postcard)

  • Broken Mask

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    I think I forgot to post this one when I did it a few weeks ago. The masks are broken in my life. We are no longer pretending to be happy. (GIMP, toilet paper, B&W)

  • Tutumaramba

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    I learned this little song in seventh grade. I know zero about the mythology beyond the song but it always stuck with me. I have been taking stock of my life recently and technically this is an 80s song. Stay awesome!

  • Hurt

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    A long time ago I made recordings and put them up on YouTube. A friend from highschool asked me to do Hurt for him. I learned it from YouTube and put my version up for him. It’s still there on a channel that’s named markezuma. Tonight with people changing in my life I decided to…

  • Purple Stop Sign

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    I made this yesterday after I turned off WordPress. When the day rolled over it turned back on automatically. The theme of the week is learning to shut up. Purple is my second favorite color after orange. (InkScape, icon)

  • Cat’s in the Cradle (with backup singers)

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    Cat’s in the Cradle is a song that I tried to use as a warning against bad parenting. Sometimes it has worked and sometimes I have worked. At any rate my sons have grown up just like me. The noise in the background is my youngest Benjamin in a bath. 😂😭😂

  • I Love the Rolling Hills

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