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A Hawk and a Hacksaw – Fernando’s Giampari

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Does this bird have only one leg or is the other one directly behind it? The world may never know. Either way, here it is . . . postcard 8. It’s a showdown.

Every week I draw a one off postcard and mail it to someone. If you would like to be that someone, email me here with your mailing address. I will only use your address once to mail the postcard and then I will delete it from memory.

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Four Tet – Plastic People

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I’d like to think that jellyfish dance to Four Tet. How could they resist undulating their spindly tentacles to his beats? I don’t think they could. Next time I am at the Monterey Bay Aquarium I will play some Four Tet to the jellyfish and see how they react.

P.S. I would like to apologize to my friend Jim and anyone else with cnidariaphobia (my word for the fear of jellyfish). I hope this one does not terrify you . . . I assure you it does not sting (much).

P.P.S. I have been corrected, it was a fear of rays, not jellyfish . . . I’ll save that for the next postcard.

If you would like a one of a kind hand-doodled postcard, email me here with your mailing address. I will only use your address once to mail the postcard and then I will delete it from memory.

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Phantogram – Let Me Go

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This past Monday I saw Phantogram at DC9 and quite enjoyed it. The more I go there, the more I like DC9 as a venue and bar . . . it’s kind of like having a band play in your (large) living room (if it had a bar, booths instead of couches and a good sound system). It was probably the most packed show I’ve ever been to at DC9 and it was well worth it.

This week’s postcard is a little different from the other ones. I have always wanted to get into paper cutting (like I need more hobbies and interests) and felt the urge to try some simple cutting for this postcard. It’s a bit hard to tell from the photo, but there are two sheets of cardstock (dark beige and red). I cut into the beige one and glued it to the red one (hence the curling in the second photo). I am sure it’s some combination of the fact that I was cutting into cardstock and that my x-acto blade isn’t the sharpest, but I am not super excited about the results. I want my cut lines to be as clean as my drawn lines, so it might just take some practice and better materials. Last night I almost threw out the card, but slept on it and then tried to salvage it . . . so here it is . . . postcard 6.

If you would like a one of a kind hand-doodled postcard, email me here with your mailing address. I will only use your address once to mail the postcard and then I will delete it from memory.

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Moloko – Over My Head

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With all of this snow lately, it seems to be all that’s on my mind. If you are not a lover of snow, have no fear, my California photos will be up in the next week or so. I took a little break from working on them to get the snow photos out of the way while the topic was still fresh. I wanted to build an igloo, but after all of the shoveling and wandering around taking photos (and then trying to get back to normal everyday things), I have not gotten around to it. Instead, I decided to draw one. In hindsight I wish I hadn’t put that “snow drift” next to the igloo.

If you would like an original hand-doodled postcard, email me here with your mailing address. I will only use your address once to mail the postcard and then I will delete it from memory.

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Duran Duran – Planet Earth

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Please excuse my absence from this past week (or so). I was in California visiting friends, driving along route 1, celebrating my birthday and doing other fun vacation things. They say it’s winter over there but I say it’s spring. The weather was perfect . . . 50s-low 60s, gorgeous (almost stormy) clouds in a blue sky. On my six hour flight across the country I took some time to draw postcard #4. I had a window seat and used my ever changing view as inspiration for the card.

On the flight I decided to treat myself to one of the following:

• Absinthe for $8
• wifi for $12.99
• movie for $8

Absinthe was the clear winner and was well worth it. $8 is steep for a movie I don’t care about on the small screen and I can live without being connected to the world for 6 hours (I later found out it was free for the month of January). The absinthe even came in a pretty glass bottle (photos below).

I am hoping to bombard you with posts in the next couple days because 1. I am behind on a few and 2. I probably won’t be going anywhere since according to the weather gods we are supposed to get 20″-30″ of snow (this number keeps going up, so by tomorrow it might be 20′-30′ . . . wouldn’t that be swell).

P.S. I think it’s safe to say postcard #2 went missing. I am sad about this. No more round postcards.

If you would like an original hand-doodled postcard, email me here with your mailing address. I will only use your address once to mail the postcard and then I will delete it from memory.

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Boards of Canada – Dayvan Cowboy

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Here it is . . . postcard #3. I know postcard 1 made it to its recipient, but I am not sure about postcard 2 . . . it’s floating out there somewhere. I hope it just hasn’t arrived yet and not that it’s lost because the USPS doesn’t know how to handle a round postcard.

If you would like an original hand-doodled postcard, email me here with your mailing address. I will only use your address once to mail the postcard and then I will delete it from memory.

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The Knife In Collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock – Colouring of Pigeons

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To start . . . I have had this song on repeat for the past few days. It’s The Knife’s latest project in collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock. Tomorrow in a Year is a Darwin-inspired opera and I am curious to hear more from it. I am not a huge fan of opera (having gotten sick when seeing Aida at the pyramids at Giza and walking out early . . . something I never do) but I really like this song (although I will admit my favorite parts are when Karin is singing and not the opera singer). You can download the song for free here. It gets good after about three minutes.

Onto the post . . . the other day I was at Paper Source and they had a bunch of card stock on sale for 50% off, wee! Their paper tends to be a bit pricey so I was pretty psyched to load up on postcard materials to doodle on and send to you! I am not sure what the post office thinks of oddly shaped postcards but I guess we will see. If you happen to receive this week’s postcard please let me know.

If you would like an original hand-doodled postcard, email me here with your mailing address. I will only use your address once to mail the postcard and then I will delete it from memory.

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Toro y Moi – Blessa

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Yesterday I was in a very contemplative mood, thinking about 2010 and what needs to change this year. Things have been a bit stagnant lately and I am planning on making some moves to change that. The most extreme idea I had was to just pack up what I really want with me in my car and drive west to some place where I don’t know anyone. I doubt that will happen, but a good sized road trip and a move are in order this year I think (anyone out west want to hire me???).

All of that is to say, I was a bit overwhelmed yesterday thinking about all these things and had a very strong desire to draw (doodle to be exact). I searched high and low for my sketchbook but could not find it. Since the force was strong in me and I would not rest until something was on paper (and not just regular paper), I found some postcard-sized card stock and drew a postcard to mail to someone. A sketchbook is nice, but why keep all my doodles to myself? Wouldn’t it be fun to get a random postcard that someone drew in the mail?

Thus was born my latest weekly project! Along with my normal every.seven posts (that should in theory go up every Sunday), I am going to draw a postcard every week, post it on Wednesday and mail it to someone randomly (without revealing the recipient). If you would like to receive a postcard, please email me your mailing address and you just might receive one in the mail. I will only use your address once to mail the postcard and then I will delete it from memory (I will not subscribe you to any strange magazines (somewhat NSFW)) . No two postcards will ever be the same since I will be hand drawing each one. Who knows . . . maybe when I get rich and famous (Ha!) you can sell it for bank.

Soooooo . . . to start off this new project I give you this week’s postcard! One of my lovely friends will be receiving it in the next few days. I also need to come up with a good name for this new series of posts. Thoughts?

P.S. I’ve had this Toro y Moi song on repeat for a while now. It’s a bit summery, but I think it works well with the watery nature of the postcard and keeps me warm on these chilly days.