The Monthly Challenge

I just got back from Orlando this past Friday, and pretty much as soon as I came back discovered a bunch of incredible iPhone apps for creating music. I've already wasted almost a full day playing with them, but I think I've found my new instruments for Rocktobersaurus. (If only I had discovered these before I left, I could've tried to make some songs on the plane...)

Today is the last day of July...it's a bit sad. I feel like I experienced a lot, but still didn't accomplish everything I set out to do. Designing and building websites is hard work - especially when you do it all day and then try to come home and do some more of it. I've had a nasty knot in my neck for the past few days. On Monday, I just came home and passed out. Then on Tuesday, I went out with some friends for some un-artistic yet delicious drinks and dinner at Cobras and Matadors.

I was sick on Friday and stayed home and did some work on my brother's website. I finished up a fairly solid design Saturday morning and sent it over for feedback before heading up to the Griffith Observatory (which was pretty kick ass - I need to go back at night and also check out some of their shows.) He liked most of it, so now I'm just working on converting it to a wordpress theme.

So, instead of going to see War Games tonight, I went over to Westwood to catch a screening of Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. All I have to say is, thank fucking God I went to see this movie instead.

Going into this movie, I only knew the following about Hunter S. Thompson:

I've been working pretty long hours the past few weeks. On Friday though, I got out of work at a reasonable time, then went to see Darker My Love at the echo. They were pretty good, although a bit more psychedelic than I was expecting. Saturday was just as busy as the rest of the week.

I went to the Huntington on Sunday (and took a lot of pictures.) I made the unfortunate mistake of wearing jeans there, even after

I finally did my first experiment with time-lapse photography using my DSLR.

I just took continuous shots while walking up the sidewalk on Friday. I made a few quick exposure adjustments in iPhoto, then imported them into iMovie for a quick and dirty time lapse clip. It's definitely not something I'd promote, but it's at least something.

I haven't gone to any art shows, openings, or museums since Mr. Brainwash's "Life Is Beautiful" in a warehouse down on Sunset back in late June. As part of Art Guy July, I want to go to more museums (I'm always down for the Getty!) I was hoping to go to CineMOCA last Saturday, unfortunately, there was a

Wednesday night and Thursday night were somehow both spent at Jumbo's Clown Room. Well, not "spent" per-se, but rather, I made an appearance for about an hour each night. I'm going to say that the first night counts as something artistic (watching performance arts!) but pretty much each of the other nights this past week, I've been working on redesigning (or maybe just designing) a few of my websites, namely jessefulton.com.

So, I haven't produced any works of art today. But that's not what Art Guy July is about - it's about doing something creative each day. You can't produce a masterpiece in an hour, it takes time to develop and create (not that I will create a masterpiece.) I started one project which will last the duration of the month. I don't have terribly high expectations for it, but the only way to see how it will turn out is to let it complete its course. (Don't worry, it's nothing terribly exciting.)