I really should be working, but I need a break for myself. I just saw Claire Robertson’s version of this meme and I thought it would make a good break/distraction:

Back to basics comic meme

Draw a ten panel comic about what you were doing ten years ago. Put pen straight to paper - no pencil, no computer, no planning, no starting again if you make a mistake. Simply draw, scan, publish. Tag some people who you’d like to see do the meme too. Oh and if you want to do it even if you haven’t been tagged you are most welcome!

So, here’s me 10 years ago:

(Click for larger/legible version)

If you’re listening, I tag John, Adam, Elio, and Meg to do their version. And don’t feel the need to wait to be tagged (I wasn’t after all.) Anyone else going to bring it?

Webless Wednesday!, originally uploaded by frank-c.

The inimitable Frank Chimero has done it again! Frank decided that this Wednesday and all Wednesdays forward will be known as Webless Wednesdays, where we all unplug for a day and share our stories of limitless productivity on Thursday. I think I’ll join him– won’t you?

And a Happy New Year to you, too!

This video struck a chord with me initially because of the paper plane, but it also makes me think of one of my favorite mainstream movie scenes, where the boy in American Beauty films a plastic bag caught in a swirl of wind. It is a lovely experiment with no grand motives or any sinister intentions:

(via Fark)