Max Piersig

This past weekend I hit a milestone:

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:54:57 -0400

… I finished the last of the rough animation keys for my short film, I Can Tell.

Holy crap!

If you don’t know about my little cartoon, go take a peek at some some of the production drawings, here: http://youvebeenhavinfun.tumblr.com/

WARNING: There are drawings of cartoon boobies.

I was watching Jurassic Park III and it made me want cookies so I ate 9 cookies

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:07:00 -0500

and now I have the kind of diabetes that makes you too excited to sleep at bed time.

I will now eat all of these Oreos.

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:59:00 -0500

with my face.

I broke my glasses two weeks ago so I've been staring at my computer screens through contact lenses from wake-up 'til sleeps every day since. My eyeballs are unhappy and are threatening to move out.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:27:56 -0500

In case you don’t know, the original medical term for eyeballs was actually ‘lookin’ balls’.

The term was deemed “too easy to make dirty jokes with, ie: this patient has quite enormous lookin’ balls”, so they changed it. At the eye hospital. In olden times.

My cat licks me all the time and I can't tell if it's because she thinks I'm delicious or because she thinks I'm filthy.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:22:00 -0500

Either way, I hope she still likes me for me.

Louis C.K.'s new special "Live at the Beacon Theatre" is available direct from him.

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:43:00 -0500

Louis C.K.'s new special "Live at the Beacon Theatre" is available direct from him.:

For five bucks, FIVE BUCKS, you can download Louis’ new special direct from him.

THIS is how the entertainment industry needs to operate - acceptable prices and no middle-men.

Did you know middle-men were originally called “homeboys-between-homeboys”?

It was too stupid so they changed it.

BACON THEORY: Herbs de Provence

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:24:00 -0500

Next time you fry up that delicious, thinly sliced pork, throw some herbs de Provence in with those slices of vegetarian regret. The fantastic aroma alone is worth the effort, but the taste is some next level flavourama.

The thought occurred to me last week, and after trying it out I can’t imagine bacon without some kind of herb-y accessorizing. There’s definitely something specifically pork-appropriate about the herbs de Provence blend (the brand I use contains rosemary, marjoram, thyme, savory, basil, lavender, and sage), but I imagine your own combinations involving other additions like parsley or green onions would work out nicely - just be sure to choose a primary herb, or distinct flavours that compliment one another, so the additional tastes don’t get muddled into an unsavoury competitive gang bang.

It’s also good to remember that because bacon is so thinly sliced, a little bit of additional flavour goes a long way - a light sprinkling of herbs will do. Do not upstage the star or you’ll end up with a mouthful of dry, crusty herb flakes.

Your brunch will never be the same.

hee hee - you can see my bum.

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:41:00 -0500

hee hee - you can see my bum.:

Do not try to angle your monitor to see around the other side, I’ll know.

Honey whiskey. I am dead.

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:39:00 -0500

I’m such a liar how can I be typing this if I’m dead.

Now I will make a very gigantic sandwich and eat it with my face.

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:50:00 -0500

As opposed to eating it with my butt like I know some of you think is what I do.

The above is not a sentence.

Comic Update: My comic, 'A Man Outside', officially starts today! Go take a look and follow along - shit's gonna get crazy.

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:32:00 -0500

Comic Update: My comic, 'A Man Outside', officially starts today! Go take a look and follow along - shit's gonna get crazy.:

Translation: I’ve accepted procrastination as a way of life.

Comic Update: Holy crap click here to see a preview of my comic! Oh boy yay wheeee cliiiick iiiiiit goooooo!

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:17:00 -0500

Comic Update: Holy crap click here to see a preview of my comic! Oh boy yay wheeee cliiiick iiiiiit goooooo!:

You might want to put on a diaper first.

Comic Update: Webpage is built. Doing some practice drawings to iron out some questions regarding approach. Soon your face will have this all over it.

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:51:00 -0500

Yes I meant that exactly the way it sounded.

Comic Update: I'm in the middle of building a site for the comic so your face can look at it.

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:54:00 -0500

Notice: This part is definitely a procrastination technique.

It is decided: I will now doodle a little comic for you to see with your face.

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:01:00 -0500

Warning: This may or may not be a procrastination technique.

I want ice cream.

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:06:00 -0500

In my mouth.

More producing, less consuming.

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:02:00 -0400

Babies?

Unplug your internet.

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:57:00 -0400

But then plug it back in so you can visit my forty-six websites and make me feel loved.

MONEY THEORY: Live One Income Bracket Below What You Make

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:24:00 -0400

I bet everyone else on earth knows this already, but I just figured it out and I’m old and I should know this by now, so here it is for the other lone human whom it hasn’t occurred to:

If you earn a middle-class income and spend your money according to that income bracket, at the end of the day you will have nothing left for tomorrow. I suppose it’s a pretty obvious equation. Making purchases or paying rent or mortgage instalments that are in line with your salary means that come a recession or an unexpected expense (like emergency groin reconstruction), you’ll be accruing debt just to operate business-as-usual. Spending money simply because you are able leaves you with zero wiggle room. In this economy, and in the job market we now live where nothing is a sure thing for very long, wiggle room is an important resource to have at your disposal. Remember: The Wiggle Room. Like the secret closet in the back corner of Jilly’s, or the appropriate tightness for men’s briefs. Wiggle Room.

Now imagine you’re making a middle-class income, but you’re structuring your spending according to a lower-middle-class cash flow. Suddenly you’re not hitting the upper threshold of your budget every month. Paying rent or a mortgage for a few years that equals less than what you can actually afford suddenly means you’ve got an abundance of that beloved wiggle room. A nice, fat, juicy pile of wiggle room.

A big squishy money cushion like that means less stress. Less stress means more energy for side projects and advancing your career - and advancing your career means possibly moving up to the next income bracket. A surplus of wiggle room also means you can pay off your mortgage quicker, or if you’re renting you’d be able to put a nice chunk of money down on a house.

So live slightly smaller than you’re able. Spend less than you actually can. Live somewhere less fancy than you’d like. Live like you make 10% to 20% less than you do.

And then, when you’ve got enough money saved up to buy a yacht, go buy a few Jet Skis instead and zoom around the lake with no regrets.

Brock Leif Art

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:09:00 -0400

This was the greatest joke I ever came up with.