Pro and Not-SO Halloween Pups! :)

Some pups LOVE it...


and some Pups.. not-so-much (beeg doggy laughing at you doesn't help much!)



Maybe dress him as a WOLF then he can feel HOWWWLLL-o-WEENISH! :)
Happy Halloween Everybody!!

A TLLT by the King of the Clowns

"Two Ensors" by Ron Campbell, King of the Clowns in Kooza.
Go see Cirque du Soleil's Kooza on tour, now in Seattle!

Happy New Year 2010!!

I hope the new year is filled with happiness, new adventures and dreams come true :)

Ave A, East Village Today :)

The Bread and Puppet Holiday Marching Band :)
Thanks Rick!

Busy Bee Trickery! Happy Halloween :)

The Busy Bee Dogs get caught being tricksy for treatsys!!
Have a fun Spooky Holiday Weekend!

Happily Ever Over, Trailer

A holiday gift, I put sound and motion to my drawings to create an "animated" story. Full length coming soon! :)

The Joys of Polyvore

While waiting for something to render, compress, collate or print - or anything that keeps you waiting long enough to start sighing, don't bite your fingernails- go and play on Polyvore. How to explain.. hmmm collagey fun and fashion eyecandy collide. Or just make a pretty picture and gaze on other pretty pictures. I don't know why this is fun but it is!

Flutterby by cmerry featuring Tarina Tarantino jewelry

Hope everybody has a great weekend! :)

Bunnies In Space!

Bet you didn't know the important role in space travel that bunnies played.. I didn't.. but there it is in black and white, with a verry dramatic song, so it must be true! :)

Buuunniiieeezzzz in spaaayyyycee, the song is now going through my head!

Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version

"Ever wish songs just sang what was happening in the music video? Well now they do, in my sixth take on Dusto McNeato's "literal video" concept!"

No, I never wished for this, but sometimes you don't know what you want until you see it.. and yes I want this! :)

This video has it all, well, really depends on what you consider "all".. but a slo-mo dove, twirling ninjas, Fonzie clones and more.. that comes close to some sort of "all".
I bet you never knew this classic fave had so much going on.
Enjoy!
Thanks Guy!
This is the original song and video just in case you *ahem* aren't "old" enough to have seen it.. you young whippersnappers! :)

Fakey Friday, Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co

Real life do-gooders doing good! Just because the superheroes in comic books don't exist, doesn't mean people can't dream of being one. I think someone in a Spiderman costume who saves a child in real-life tops a fantasy character anyway. But even if your daily mild-mannered existence will never put you in the position to rescue more than a kitten, you can still dress the part of someone who can save the world.

The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company is ready to help you assume your superhero identity. In real life the owner, Dave Eggers, is a hero because all of the proceeds of the shop go to fund the non-profit youth orientated creative writing and tutoring center, 826NYC. So check it out, suit up and do some good!

via A Tribe Called Next

Today in eBay!

eBay is a seemingly endless source of products, let it also be a source of endless and bizarre amusement! Urlesque's "Today in eBay" does the searching, so all you have to do is the giggling.
I suppose it's useful, for example, to those who have been needing skull and Taz print vests for their Guinea Pigs. Featured seller Sydneybear is kind enough to provide these for fashion forward furry piggies.


Sports fan Guinea Pigs don't feel left out!

Check in daily, you will be amazed (and sometimes grossed out) by what people make and sell!

via Urlesque, Today in Ebay

My Little Pony: Reign of the Buttercup Sprinkles

Mankind vs Ponykind!


"In A World.." isn't that how all these things start? Imagine a deep grainy voice.. "In A World Where Tiny Plastic Hooves Once Brought Screams Of Joy They Now Bring Screams Of TeRoR!!" Or something like that!
Someone saw fleets of My Little Ponies and somehow their imagination ran a rainbow gamut of kookiness and came up with this preview. I am looking forward to the full length feature release of course. I really couldn't tell you who I think would win.. those Ponies are really REALLY cute!
via ToplessRobot

Cisma, Adobe “Le Sens Propre”

What starts as a little girl not feeling well turns into a beautiful fantasy.

"Q&A with Cisma
What was the brief on this project? Was it wide open, in terms of script/concept?
Basically it was a 98% open brief and the only requirement was to do everything using Adobe products exclusively.

If you wrote the script, where did you get the idea?
Since Adobe products are more about filmmaking and didn’t really need me to communicate a specific message, I took that as an opportunity to make an experimental film focused on art direction and creativity. My goal was to hold the attention of the viewer by the way the story is told and not the desire of knowing how it’s going to end."

Click here to read the whole interview and see the film by Cisma, made to show the creative abilities of the Adobe CS4. Click the photos to see production stills from the shoot.

“Le Sens Propre”
Originally uploaded by motionographer.

via NotCot

Sad Panda..

Awww I hope your Monday was better than Sad Panda's.. poor Panda!!
Click for Sad Panda's recent sighting..

Thanks Rick!

Yma Sumac, Rest In Peace

I loved your voice and exotic persona. In the "early days" working in a long hours never sitting kinda job in a vinty clothing store we danced around to your music to stay happy, composed stories and poems to you for fun :) I hope you knew how happy you made so many people. Go on your way now darling lady to entertain the stars in the sky.



Yma Sumac, the soprano known as the Peruvian songbird for her vast vocal range, has died at the age of 86.

Famed for her modern versions of South American folk music, Sumac died of colon cancer in Los Angeles, where she had lived for 60 years, an aide said.

Yma Sumac stunned audiences with her soaring, warbling voice which spanned more than four octaves.

Her striking raven-hair and flamboyant outfits made her a popular figure for American audiences in the 1950s. And in the land of her birth, glowing press tributes have been paid to the only Peruvian to have been written into Hollywood's Walk of Fame, our correspondent says.

Born Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo in Cajamarca, northern Peru, she changed her name to Yma Sumac - which means "How Pretty" in Peru's indigenous Quechua language.

But while she may have surrounded herself with myths about her life and background, her voice was truly extraordinary, our correspondent says.

She stunned audiences from Europe to Japan, starred in Broadway musicals and played exotic roles in several Hollywood films, including The Secret of the Inca alongside Charlton Heston.

Her fame faded in the 1960s, but was revived in the 1990s through its use in the cult Coen Brothers' film The Big Lebowski, which brought her music to new fans.

Asked about the legendary French singer Edith Piaf in an interview with AP earlier this year, US comedian Jon Stewart quipped: "She's no Yma Sumac."

Shortly before her death Sumac said she wanted to be remembered for making good music and bringing happiness into people's hearts.

Read the whole article here.

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Fairy Friday!

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Originally uploaded by Faerie Hunters, LLC.
At FaerieCon the Faerie Hunters caught tagged and released faeries and fey related species for migration purposes.. click the Baby Dragon above to see their scientific research.. :)


Tag and Release!

Spooky and Starry Eyed

Now on the Ember Heart Web :)
Newly added: My new ghostly holiday blend Spooky. Spooky made its debut at FaerieCon and is now available on the Ember Heart website here:

Click the photo for my new blend Spooky!

Also Starry Eyed now available to everyone, the special incense blend made for Kat Von D:

Click the photo for Starry Eyed

One Day Free Pass to FaerieCon for my Readers!

Thank you to everyone who comes by to read. If even one person found it fun I would blog my "brain candy". Someone called it that (I loved that). I can offer to those of you in the Philly area or those that can make it, a free one day pass to a beautiful event. Alan Lee is the guest of honor but when you see the line-up you'll see there are so many wonderful artists and writers and performers there you'll have have a hard time choosing who would be your pick for guest of honor. Email me with your mailing address and I'll send you one or two One Day passes free for as long as they last!
xnmerry@gmail.com


Click the photo to go to the Faerie Con Website

Here is a hint at how amazing this event will be.. Alan Lee who created the world of the gorgeous "Lord Of The Rings" films, co-authored a book that created an entire genre of art called "Faeries". And his co-author Brian Froud will be there too. Brian also created with Jim Henson the pioneering film "The Dark Crystal" that also changed the way films created special effects, my friend and amazing artist Wendy Froud also worked on that film and created Yoda for the "Star Wars" series- all of these folks will be there. Do I need to continue? Please come and enjoy this stunning event.