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MARCH 31, 2008: WINTER AT-A-GLANCE

I stopped blogging, and for no reason. I just got too busy and didn't have time or the mental luxury to write. Plus I keep getting weird blog stalkers. Anyway. I feel like my 3 readers deserve some type of account as to where I have been and what I have been doing for the whole winter and early spring. So here is some type of summary that will get all that shit out of the way so I can resume with the blogging from where I am now. (wherever the hell that might be.)

So we went back to California and toured our ass off again with SiSe'. That is always fun, but as usual, I can't seem to remember anything specific that happened. All that weed and booze and driving and all those cities flying by. It's all very blurry. I think I got sick eating shitty dim sum in San Francisco. We almost got thrown out of the Hotel in Anaheim cuz we were partying too hard with Los Amigos Invisibles. Some chubby lesbian molested me in San Diego. I think there was some skinny dipping involved somewhere in there. We shot a video. I also paid my first visit to MUNKY KING in LA. Those guys were dope, serving me beer and vapor hits in the back in the middle of the afternoon. Hope there will be a sequel to that.

Somehow got back to New York and worked my ass off in the H-Bro showroom for TOYFAIR. As always it was wonderful to be all up in the mix, seeing the new Star Wars shit and the great MARVEL toys. The CEO is retiring this year and I fucked up his big press conference when my stupid cell phone went off. Wasn't there a big sloshy party at TOY TOKYO too? Didn't I meet a bunch of important toy people there? How should I know?

I guess it's public now that a bunch of designer toy people have been included in a CHRISTIE'S pop culture auction. That's kind of a big deal. They took four of my classic pieces to put in their catalogue for the June sale. That's kind of fucking major and could be the big break I have been waiting for. I think it's great, but it also seems that some in the community don't approve of this type of institution turning their attention to the toy "scene." I guess they see it as some type of sell out move or something. Well you scrubs can stay broke. I'm trying to blow up. Let's see how it all plays out.

The Toy racket has been pretty good overall. I dropped the first "SELF-BOOTLEG", the SUCKLORD 660. Basically just opened up the regular vinyl figure, made it suck even more, put it in a shabby package, and raised the price. SOLD OUT! Wow, that was easy. Gonna keep making stuff like that for sure. I also dropped CHRONOS, my first Blacklight figure. He was a hit as well. Gonna do a whole Dice-for-a-head-glow-under-blacklight series. It's too much fun! I also had my first tutorial published. It was for TOYFARE magazine's CUSTOMIZING 101 section. I just summed up in 10 steps how to make a bootleg figure Suckadelic style. It's a little confusing cuz there are more like 30 steps, but hey, it's a start. I get a lot of people contacting me asking how to do this or that. Apparently I am some kind of hero to all this do-it-yourselfers. I think that's the coming thing. The Designer toy market is getting pretty slick and mainstream. It's that hand made art shit that is starting to get more attention. People are looking for that more rare and artsy type of thing. Good time to be the Sucklord. You may wonder why I would freely give away my production secrets instead of protecting them from biters. Well, I'm kind of an open-source type guy anyway. I believe in sharing knowledge. Plus this shit is really hard to do. Most of these guys probably won't stick with it as they go thru all the trial and error necessary to get the technique right. It's really fustrating and expensive. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Making these bootlegs is a dirty grind. Let 'em have it for all I care...

I've Been working very hard on all the video projects too. It might not seem that way because the episodes have been coming out a lot more slowly than last year. But this current series, THE DARKOWL CHRONICLES is a lot more complex to produce than say, some other bullshit I may have released. In addition to what's running now, we have also been producing our other series, the MICROSEXUALS. that is really tough to put together. There is a lot of set building and animation and writing/ recording sessions that go into it. It's a pain, but it's fun. Plus, I have been filming for future episodes that won't come out til the second half of 2008. I have been creating footage for the epic TOY LORDS of CHINATOWN series. That's the story that explains where all this bootleg shit comes from and who's behind it. Been working on that since last summer. We got arrested shooting a scene for that a few weeks ago. We got busted trespassing on Roosevelt Island in that collapsing Insane asylum they have sitting out there. It is too cool of a set to leave alone, so I dragged Baron Darkowl and Spooky Booty out there to film and episode. We had to climb over a fence to get in and was pretty shady back there. Anyway, the cops came and made us come out. Fortunately I got all my shots before we got put in the back of the cop car and were taken to the police station. We only got a summons and were let go. We have a court date on May 15. Boy that's gonna suck. My friends are not gonna let me live it down. But I GOT MY SHOTS! Not a bad winter at all really, now that I write it all down....

JANUARY 30, 2008: WORST YEAR EVER

The new year is supposed to start off all fly and fresh. You're supposed to be doper than you were last year and start off with bold new initiatives to come off. Well I wanted to, but it didn't happen. I started out 2008 broker than ever, with no prospects. Then finally when I thought I was gonna die I got to go back to an old freelance job, sanding models and breathing in bondo dust all day just to barely make rent. No art or videos got made. I had to get help from my parents to pay my rent. I NEVER had to do that. AHH, I'm going BACKWARDS! I had a panic attack at a rehersal and fucked up a song so bad that it wasted the whole session for me to learn it all over again. What the hell is happening?

January always sucks. It takes forever for everyone to get "back in the office." No the action is starting to trickle in. Last week We managed to put out the COSMO-DOUCE, post new Villain and Microsexual episodes, and sold some art. I got paid, I got a bunch of encouraging fanmail, and I'm back in bizness. Going to Cali to Tour once again with the perennial SI*SE'. Hitting Vegas this time. It's all good again. The cosmic year doesn't start until LUNAR new year anyway. (Chinese new year). That's when all the luck really kicks in. It's the year of the RAT, the first sign of the Chinese Zodiac. That crafty little Rat won Buddha's race by jumping on the Ox's back. Just before the Ox crossed the finish line, the Rat jumped off and across first. Little cagey bastard. Gonna be like him this year...

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