Give a bored guy a Mac, a camera, a plane, hours to kill and a good quality barf bag and boredom is no longer the issue. Behaving like a child takes center stage.
Long trips like this one --two hours to Atlanta, nine to Paris, ten to Bangalore-- are brutal for a guy who's 6'4" and can't sit still. My short, ridiculous movie here which introduces Barfbag Man to the world, and then kills him, is from the Atlanta/Paris leg a couple of hours ago (the guy next to me never said a word). I'm on the Bangalore leg now and all I can think of to do with my time is to share this stuff with you poor souls. (Music: BB King)
This sketch of Jesus riding his Harley is from the Lansing/Atlanta leg.
I know, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "Karl, tell me, what's an atheist like you drawing Christ on a chopper for?" "Well," I'd answer matter-of-factly, "I love my kid sister and her T–shirt company THAT MUCH, and if she says to put the good Lord on a motorcycle, or on an ice cream truck for that matter, then I'm doing it faster than you can say "crucify that artist." (my legs are asleep in this chair) Besides, things like this tie in with a long tradition of Americanizing a foreigner who grew up in the Mideast a jillion years ago speaking a foreign language and making him one of our own. Remember those great country song lyrics:
"Drop kick me Jesus
through the goal posts of life
End over end
neither left nor right"
God and football.
Putting ancient people into modern settings is nothing new; it's good marketing and makes these ancients easier for people to relate to. Rembrandt knew this when he painted "Aristotle Admiring the Bust of Homer."
As you know, old Aristotle and Homer would fit right in at one of your toga parties, right? But what IS Aristotle wearing in that painting? For the 17th century, those are modern clothes. Buddha in a business suit, anyone?
Wanna see Jesus as a fun guy "truckin" like Mr. Natural? It's for sale on sis's website: www.TheMastersGarage.com.
Time to watch a movie.
Video interview with Karl.
This almost makes me look forward to my measly 4 hr train to Paris, 8 hr from Paris to DC, 2 hr from DC to Cinci flight in a week. I wonder who would win in a battle between Barfbag Man and InFlight Mag...
I'm still trying to figure out how a guy who is 6'4" was able to squeeze into a lavatory on an airplane with a barf bag and video camera.
It was very, inelegant, Clif.
I look at a barf bag and see, well, a barf bag. But in your hands a barf bag becomes so much more. Thanks for showing us all how much we miss by not looking beyond the obvious.
Do you think the guy next to you was sneaking glances, wishing he could play too?
xoxoxo