Process: 10. Negro y Azul

I think this piece is going to end up being pretty rewarding, although there is plenty of time to mess it up. I feel vindicated, so far, in my decision to enlarge the image so I can get the detail. I like the personality of the image--there is a dignified sadness coming out of the glass.

Every mosaic contains music, particularly those that take a long time. I can look at certain mosaics and the music I listened to while working on it will play in my head. For instance, I can trace the mosaic border around our upstairs dining room to the time that Grandpa passed away in 2006, and the music I hear in my mind is Steve Kimock. Rachel's elephant contains the sound of the insider podcast to Breaking Bad, which of course is not music, but the show is my current obsession and I am thrilled that there is so much extra media to help me dig into the story.

I'm working my way up the left side of the mosaic, intending to finish all but the ear, which is still a lot of territory. I've been putting more time in lately. Ten minutes here and there makes for slow progress, but as I see it come together I'm more motivated to stay put. Plus, I'm done with Breaking Bad, so I've got the time now.

Oh, and by the way Negro y Azul is the title of an episode from Season 3 of Breaking Bad, and means "Black and Blue" in Spanish, which speaks to where I'm working on the mosaic. But also, the title refers to a song and video performed at the beginning of the show in the style of Narcocorridos, ballads of the competing Mexican drug cartels. Heisenberg, or Walter White, has gained the notice of the Mexican drug cartel, who have plans for him that he won't like.

Oh No They Didn't! - thirteen movie poster trends that are here to stay and what they say about their movies:

Oh No They Didn't! - thirteen movie poster trends that are here to stay and what they say about their movies:

1. Tiny People On the Beach, Giant Heads in the Clouds




These movies are always sappy dramas. Do not allow you to be mislead by the trailer or calibre of the people involved into thinking otherwise. The protagonist/his little brother/father and/or love interest is very likely to end up dead. You probably should keep your tissues handy because you'll cry tears of sorrow, tears of joy, tears because you just wasted 13 dollars on this movie. This sort of poster is inevitably used for anything that involves Nicholas Sparks.

Read more at ONTD:http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/64047251.html#ixzz1cuQwDHoH

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The Zen of Robert California - The Office

The Zen of Robert California - The Office - Salon.com:

I caught up with The Office on Netflix this summer, and I think it's one of the greatest shows I ever saw. But there has been little doubt that Steve Carrell was the heart of the show and I have been worried that it jumped the shark when he left. But this article gives me some hope that maybe things will be okay and the new team will find its way...

THE OFFICE -- "The List" Episode 802 -- Pictured: (l-r) Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute, James Spader as Robert California -- Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC  (Credit: Chris Haston)

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The post-Michael Scott version of “The Office” isn’t what I expected, but it’s growing on me. First I had to get over the fact that James Spader’s character — Robert California, CEO of Dunder-Mifflin’s parent company — isn’t quite the scary, malevolent person I hoped he’d be, based on California’s debut in last season’s finale and Spader’s track record of playing unhinged oddballs. California is a mind-effer, to be sure, but he’s more benevolent than expected...

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21 Forgotten TV subplots

“And no one will ever mention it again, under penalty of torture”: 21 forgotten TV subplots | TV | Inventory | The A.V. Club:

A few of my favorites include Walt being special on Lost, but then disappearing from the show, I guess to coincide with the actor's puberty. Another was Nicky, from the second season of Twin Peaks, Dick Tremayne's orphaned young protege, who might have been a killer, but oh well... And then there was Mark Brendanawicz just disappearing as Leslie Knope's love interest on Parks and Recreation...

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Hyperbole and a Half: Adventures in Depression:

Hyperbole and a Half: Adventures in Depression:

Webcomic artist chronicles her bout with depression.

 Some people have a legitimate reason to feel depressed, but not me. I just woke up one day feeling sad and helpless for absolutely no reason.

It's disappointing to feel sad for no reason. Sadness can be almost pleasantly indulgent when you have a way to justify it - you can listen to sad music and imagine yourself as the protagonist in a dramatic movie. You can gaze out the window while you're crying and think "This is so sad. I can't even believe how sad this whole situation is. I bet even a reenactment of my sadness could bring an entire theater audience to tears."

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Your Own Worst Enemy: Getting Over Impostor Syndrome

Your Own Worst Enemy: Getting Over Impostor Syndrome | xoJane:

You ever feel like nothing you do is good enough and someday someone will expose you for the giant fraud you secretly are? No? Oh. Never mind, then.

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Every Episode of Full House Reviewed in Chronological Order

Every Episode of Full House Reviewed in Chronological Order:

Season 4, Episode 16, “Stephanie Gets Framed”

Pre-Credits Gag:  Michelle brushes her teeth and then Danny holds her over the sink when she spits.  That’s really all that happens.

DJ gives Michelle her old piggy bank and teaches her how to weasel money out of people.

Stephanie comes home with a note from school that says that she needs an eye examination.  She worries that she’ll look like a geek with glasses but Danny explains that with the way her face has been shaping out over the last few years, glasses are the least of her worries.  Well, maybe he didn’t exactly say that, but you can tell he was thinking it.  Anyway, he tells her she’s gotta get glasses and tough shit if she don’t like it, then Michelle comes in and bums money off of everybody.

Rebecca Donaldson tells Jesse that it’s time for him to pick his best man for their wedding.  Danny and Joey are called into the kitchen and told that one of them is going to be selected, then there’s some conflict over who it should be.  Didn’t Jesse have any friends before he started hanging out with these guys all the time 4 years ago?  It’s like his whole life before the full house has been erased, like he’s been assimilated or something.  Anyway, Jesse ends up picking Joey and Danny gets all butt hurt about it.  You can’t really blame him, considering that he’s been housing and feeding Jesse for years now.  You’d think he’d get a shout-out, like, one time.

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7 B.S. Sports Stories for when the media has nothing to say

7 B.S. Sports Stories for When The Media Has Nothing to Say | Cracked.com:

I find myself compulsively watching the ever-expanding coverage of the NFL, which gets more annoying all the time as the producers of sports content grasp for ways to add extenders to the product.


...#6. Asking Random, Unqualified People For Their Opinions

 By about Wednesday in the NFL news cycle, you're pretty much out of relevant people commenting on what happened during the games on Sunday and Monday, and if you're in the offseason of any sports, nobody relevant has got a damn thing to say, or anything to say it about.


That's why you just start asking whoever the hell you can get your hands on about whatever you can think of. One reporter asked pro football player Ricky Jean Francois to predict the future career of superstar college quarterback Andrew Luck. Jean Francois isn't a scout, or even a quarterback. He's a 300-pound guy whose job it is to be a human wall. Predictably, he said Luck would do fine until he ended up playing Jean Francois' old school (LSU), and then he would lose because LSU is the best....

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Herman Cain: Bad Lip Reading