Idealistic Reality

last night was one of those nights where the house was already quiet when I came home, and I just tip toed in, and began my day.  alex and i had our nightly conversation, we have long lengthy discussions about our future, our roles, the universe, art, community development, money and our survival, as well as our ideals and thoughts on our once so wide eyed visions of communal living (yet I still want that...) I then decided that instead of showering (it was too cold) that I would endure the smells of coffee, for warmth.  I sat down at my computer and started working on the spread.  


No. 2 is beginning to come together slowly, and it has more a look of a magazine than the last issue.   I hope to grow as an editor with each issue, and I am definitely learning a lot with each run.  The process has been different both times, and I know that until I standardized a way of gaining submissions and creating events in which people can create together and in a group setting, then I will have to continually scramble around to get good stuff.  I was studying the community around me, and I had to smile at what great stuff I have the honor of working with.  


Nancy Romero writes another installment of her memoir series "Modena" and the happenings of the people living in the artist-writer collective living space in La Jolla, San Diego.  Eyeball Burp scores an interview with comic artist Hellen Jo, who rocks watercolors, plays the cello, and simply represents the Asian American woman in general in the art/comic world.  We support you hellen! There is special mix by DJ Sleeps, as well as new comics by Alex Chiu.  And much much more! 


basically I'm excited.  I hope you are too.  


Issue 2 will be $3 for local folks/ $4 in the mail.  
Let us know if you'd like to reserve a copy. 

'til the roaches come out

(n grinds)

Drink & Draw- Culver Den

Doodle with Me Collective presents....

Drink & Draw at the Culver Den

Justin, Grey, Alex, Omar

also participating, but not in photo: Kenneth, Ann

editor?

piles of stuff around my cluttered mind

a box full of zines and old polaroid film

i.just.want.to.get.issue2.out. now.

The ""Make a Face"" Contest!

The winner of the "Make a Face" contest is up to you!

Leave your vote in the comments.

Contestant 1: The Confused-&-Constipated-Pirate Face

he's been wearing those clothes for days now...

Contestant 2: Intensity-Give-it-all- you-got! Face

folks, this face ain't joking!

Contestant 3: The Goofy-Snorty Face

snorta! unique new york! twisty tiey!

Contestant 4: Snacky-Trashcan-Snotpaper-Loungeydog Face

this face eats boogers! ugh!

Contestant 5: Nywahhhhhht! Face

perfected over the years!

Contestant 6: Shamalaamalaama-Nywahhhhht-Poop Face

a combo face, wow, haven't seen these tricks for years...

....

the judges are you! comment your top choice!

Contestant 7: A-feeble-attempt-against-these-big-shots-Claw Face

i hope the retainer works to my advantage

tee hee

Kingdom of Doodles- Culver City

Presented by King's Cafe and Eyeball Burp..... Art by Alex Chiu

toasty mugs with niknaks

small press talks

impromptu street musicians

music by No Kiss and Sleeps

Sleeps

it was a Chiu family gathering.

Doodle with us! collaboration

a night of nights at king's

people filtered in and out,
of lives interconnected, and intersecting,
with all the connections
realized in moments where one smiles at another,
of that comradry, of understanding.

and yet perhaps in the midst of all these people,
it is necessary to simply just be
you, and look around and soak it all in,
for in that moment, it all begins clear,
of the whys, and hows, and it all dissipates
into the universe.

good.

colours

black and white and read all over

a jaundice indoors

the powdery pale peeks out

"Study Time"

Based on an actual event, Jeena Yi dramatizes her experience with the geniunely ignorant, and is a reminder that being asian is sometimes somewhat of an anomaly.



Written, directed by, and starring Jeena Yi.

spy club

hawty.

furry.

no, i'm watching you.

i spies you!

due paying

what the fuck.

issue 2 is kicking my ass

is this what it means to "pay my dues"??

is it??!!!!!!

oh the places i've worked

it was freezing in marukai. i wore that hat for a week before i found out that it is against the rules to wear hats... non-confrontational!

neighborhood grindzzzzzzz. another day, another coffee cafe.

Live art at The Garter, Venice Beach

hey alex!

yuki miyazaki (resident artist at the Hive) had a model!

Marlena Dali poses with Alex Schaefer's live painting

Doodling with me

Princely painting

A Prince and Alex Chiu Collab (niiiiiiiice)

hi homies!

all photos by Eyeball Burp!

maybe not too

i have forgotten

to tie my shoes sometimes,

to be consistent and honest,

to remember.

i have forgotten to remember

the soothing balm

of summer, and the slow amber

of winter,

to remember.

there are moments when i just don't care

when incident was accident, and words should've remained unsaid,

when 'let's just get over it' means nothing,

and probably probably probably

what was said,

was true

(well, maybe not too).

--ann