Ivan Brandon's Blog, page 56
May 26, 2011
dalmatian epilogue
at the wrong end of a string of 5 days in makarska, dozens of rakia, rocks instead of sand, homemade everything. crossed the country with old friends in esad ribic, cb cebulski and brian azzarello. ate at kalalarga like the world was gonna end with new friends adi granov and tamsin isles.
it didn't end. not at 4am, not at 5. it didn't end when they closed the bar or when the cops came to tell us to go home or when slavin responded loudly about his kalashnikov. it didn't end when the giant sunburnt danish man approached me angrily about the time i'd called him chinese across the room at a restaurant i'd never been to. it didn't end when i met who he'd confused me with… a man i can only describe as a homeless slovenian eli wallach 20 years my senior.
in my head, the trip doesn't end, we're still sitting there at a table, fresh olive oil and wine, baked rabbit, smoked tuna, warm bread. in my head we never leave that table.
thank you, mafest, thank you kalalarga, thank you adriatic sea.
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twitter recap 2011-05-26
headed out to try (again) to best the intimidating parisian food markets. #chinup #youcandoit #
still no luck finding a butcher, but i managed to find some decent looking packaged ham. starting to get the hang of the opera district. #
hey, even packaged… some ham de bayonne, a hunk of baguette dipped in homemade dalmatian oil… there are worse things to eat. #
every once in a while you pause a thing and you see the extras in the background in a whole new hilarious light. #
"I wish I weren't colorblind, but I guess the grass is always redder…"-@meganamram #
i don't know why it bugs me so much that there's nothing clickable on those instagram pages. #butitdoes #
TWIN LIGER KITTENS http://t.co/2rknrUm #
slovenian j peterman #
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May 25, 2011
twitter recap 2011-05-25
woke up to 55MB of amazing new @ericcanete art. you know what's better than that? very few things. #
dear the italians: you have accomplished a thing i never thought possible: you made pre-packaged fresh mozzarella that is close to awesome. #
1st time food shopping as an adult, got home w/ fruit loops, reeses peanut butter & a bag of marshmallows. 1st time today in paris was worse #
can't think of many times i've been more embarrassed than at that checkout line #crashandburn #
the phrase being quoted out of this: http://t.co/5aqO56w "Nobody was in the mood to joke unless you hit a guy with a baseball bat." #
sadly the one that seems most to me out of place in today's culture, especially in re: comics: "When a man said something, he meant it." #
look, mom: i'm in the paper*
(*dalmatian) http://t.co/wjugBjP http://t.co/m1JUGAG #
note to every writer til the end of time: "bring it on" does not sound as cool as you think it does #
the important thing i DID achieve at the supermarket? "lemon mystery". #whoneedsfood http://t.co/NGu79ki #
"Wanna make digital things feel handmade? Exaggerate imperfections/textures. We call it "chunkification." http://t.co/J5UFLEA -@DisneyPixar #
your inspiration for the day, internet: my friend @mattfraction's "the batman dreams of hieronymous machines" http://t.co/aGW6I21 #
few weeks back, drinking w/ frank quitely @chipkidd & haspiel, got to hear about & see a bit of quitely's glorious plans for future comics #
today i'm working to create some new ideas that come anywhere close to being worthy of the same air #
FYI: i haven't read it yet but the current arc in BATMAN is a sequel of sorts to my two-face story from a few months back. #
in the travel shuffle i missed the dropping out of trump and huckabee from the presidential race. my sense of humor is in mourning. #
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May 24, 2011
twitter recap 2011-05-24
that may be all for this croatian adventure. unless my driver isn't in the lobby, in which case i may have some big updates on the furniture #
boarding time. bye, croatia. you were a swell adventure. #
hello, paris. thank you for not being rainy. #
wait, i've been in the apartment 20 minutes and i'm already unpacked? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME PARIS #
PS: for anyone who missed it: http://t.co/X3WAaWM #
who's got 3 thumbs and is gonna see tree of life early in paris? #
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May 23, 2011
twitter recap 2011-05-23
last day in makarska. last day in croatia. last day of summer. #
lazy day. official business is all done. options: pool, nap, head out to the bar. i am wearing red socks, if that helps. #
sad last night in croatia. hopefully headed to a great month in paris. #
called early night every night this wk. earliest actual time in bed? 4am. last night? 5:15. doesn't stop us from swearing we're off to bed #
i got bored before doing the whole 360 degrees, but here's a panoramic(ish) makarska sunset http://t.co/SL6qy67 #
sunburnt danish giant reappeared but no matter how hard i tried i couldn't segue to a fight to the death with our friend from zagreb. #
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May 22, 2011
twitter recap 2011-05-22
you know who'd know? my asian friends. they're hours ahead. ASIA: ARE YOU OKAY? #
my IM crapped out and i think kristyn just thought i'd been called up to heaven. #
alright, if the rapture comes i'll be out on the beach. #
"kein problem." #
croatia seems unfazed by lack of rapture. rakia solves all problems. http://t.co/IE0OgPI #
whoa… apparently artist maza (milorad vicanovic) did this viking piece just for me to have a place to sign this book http://campl.us/bbZR #
rapture preceded by portfolio reviews, baked rabbit, squid ink risotto, homemade wine. not a bad way to go out. #
"i'd like to put 4,000 kuna on karlova?ko." #
slovenian eli wallach doesn't get all my leone references #
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May 21, 2011
twitter recap 2011-05-21
also it will be weird when the world ends and i'm in croatia. #badtravelagent #
angry sunburnt danish giant shouted @ me on the beach. his story: at a dinner i'd called him 'chinese' so many times he'd had to threaten me #
later we met the slovenian guy he'd confused me with. he looked like a 60 year old homeless eli wallach. like looking in a mirror. #
comics: you will drive me to smoke. again. #
never have i eaten more prosciutto #
update from the adriatic sea: http://t.co/X3WAaWM #
not pictured: adi granov, david lloyd, tamsin isles (happy birthday) #
this rakia has honey in it and consequently sadness. #
in more promising news: this bar is called YETI #
share my pain http://t.co/JTUIUEt #
slovenian eli wallach wants you all to know he's a communist. #
seriously it would be pretty weird to die in flames and chaos on the beach in croatia. #
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May 20, 2011
the adriatic sea
out of zagreb, through forest that thinned and dried out into grey as we drove through to split and along the sea. chasing the sun (we lost), racing clouds (we lost), huddled 2 by 3 under canvas, hiding from the rain.
eating lamb and pig and trout.
i could get used to this.
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twitter recap 2011-05-20
very sad to hear of the passing of jeffrey catherine jones. RIP. #
whoa #
listen, i loved croatia already but tonight we learned that croatia is the best eastern european movie ever. #
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May 19, 2011
twitter recap 2011-05-19
alright internet… we're off to makarska… pics and such soon #
having coffee in the ruins of split. hiding out from the rain. http://t.co/eaLboBS #
slept 3 hours last night. why am i going through pictures? #
there are pictures up on my site but i'll link them tomorrow. goodnight. #
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