Rockets & Chicken: New Photo Rules

Camille: I had an interesting conversation with a group of co-workers the other day, where they told me I basically have the same face in most of my pictures. You know, when I do that open mouth surprise/happy face.

Yeah. That one. And I was telling them I don't usually like how I look in pictures so it got to the point where I thought I might as well look silly. How did you find yourself purposefully photo bombing?

Easily!

Dante: As you can tell from the pictures that I take myself I like to get people in conversation and have it look more natural. Set up pictures just give me more time to think. Its like when I watch myself on video I make faces I didn't even know I had. So saying to me "Get ready!" just means you have given more permission to think of a face to make.

Rockets And Chicken Show 1

In the first of hopefully many more Rockets & Chicken Shows, Camille and Dante discuss the Academy Awards for 2013. Best Picture, Supporting Actor/Actress, and Best Director. This was taped as the show began so you can listen before their hopes were dashed. Recorded live from Cam's home!

The People Vs. Funkbot

If you want to read the article that Camille sent me and is being referenced in this blog click this link.

Camille: I'm really happy I found this article because it brings up a super important topic that I don't think people really talk about, which is how a person's personal rights fit into a greater society.

I'm absolutely, totally, 100% with this funkbot man. He should be able to not bathe, wear smelly clothes and have a bird's nest on his head. That is his right. But knowing he stinks, he should respect other people. He had all that money, why didn't he just buy a house where the walls or ventilation systems weren't connected to anyone else's?

Dante: Why are the people that are complaining being forced to deal with what one person, the realtor or whoever, made? I’m sorry but this guy is an asshole. I don’t care how normal he sounds and how once you get to know him he isn’t so bad. He sued the fucking MTA because they wouldn’t let him get on because of his look and smell. I wish buses did that more often! Am I supposed to be like “Oh, he is so well spoken and breaks the mold of what a hobo looks and acts like”? No. This guy is a selfish prick.

Let’s say you get $200,000. Why in the hell would you move to an expensive Downtown Los Angeles loft? We’ve talked about it being a nice place to visit but you wouldn’t want to live there. And why still have bags of garbage? You have a house now. Why all the bottles and cans? Recycling? Okay. Recycle it. Don’t use your house as a shopping cart. I know they’re trying to paint this guy sympathetically but he comes across as a dick to me.

Its Going Down!

Dante: There’s been a lot of stuff in the news about people eating each other. Some are saying its cannibals because zombies don’t exist to which I say when I am running from man-eating humans I’m not trying to pontificate whether one is the other. I’m gonna just run like I’m on fire…and being chased by a zombie. Let’s start with the first story to break which was the guy eating a man “down to his goatee.” What does that even mean?

"It means I'm hungry!"

What did you think when you started reading these damn things and seeing that they were spreading?

Camille: First of all, it shows that I am not paying attention to the news anymore! I hadn't heard of any of these stories! WTF!? Actually, I heard about them in passing when either you or someone at work would mention people eating people, bath salts, zombies in Florida or other crazy story snippets, but this is the first time I'm actually reading the stories. Goodness gracious. What the heck is going on?

"The Nothing" by Camille

Back in 1993 Camille wrote a series of short stories. Really short stories. She found them and while reading them I said "I have to draw these!" So I did. This is the first of them. Enjoy!