Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Megan Whitmarsh in her studio. She’s a rad artist, and although you don’t see too much art in there at the moment, that’s a good sign, it means it’s all somewhere else. Like the concept of trusting a big chef, it’s good when an artist has no art around. Ben Clark at Little Flower Candy Shop in Pasadena. They make good sandwiches. I liked the graphics. Old school and so bad it’s good. The Tempura font on the right is amazing. Fiat? Look at the names. Winona got facial hair. That’s irresponsible design. All they had to do was shift the names a little, and I don’t think that Winona blond, but oh well. Ikea selling Shinjuku lamp shades. Why?! Red Lantern lampshades are sort of funny in concept. You have to read what they mean to know what they mean, so why not just write what the f*ck to do instead?
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Rocky vs Clubber Lang. Yeah, I put together these videos in a second. I wish Flipcams could do macro, but they can’t. Either way, these USB toys are super funny, and I had to show them off. The Darth Vader piece is funny, and this was done towards the end of intern Yuki’s stay at GR. Those are her hands. I tried to do them alone but couldn’t. Either way, it’s stuff from the Giant Robot stores that make people laugh.
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AYAcado. Yes, the avocados are getting ready. I picked some and they ripened nicely. It’s hard to guess how long avocados will take to get ready. I did the old trick of putting the avocados in a paper bag along with a banana and that seems to work. Wow. An avocado pizza! Pizza Hut doesn’t make such madness, but La Vecchia does. This was excellent and a surprise. Since when could my backyard look like this? I haven’t had people over in ages.Check out that fire! I picked the dead branches off of the avocado tree and used that wood, but it wasn’t enough. It burned too quick! 1 avocado and 1 man
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Be thankful for something, and be safe. Thanks for reading my blog up to now. The holiday stretch is on the way which means doing things at a faster pace than normal. That said, don’t forget to support Giant Robot this holiday time. We’re having a Black Friday Special at all the shops and on the website. Check it all out.
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Blog lag Sorry folks. A little behind on some work, a little busy with things, and a magazine that’s almost done. Either way, have a nice Sunday. We only get these once a week.
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