Comments on: My Irritability is an Art Form http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/11/29/my-irritability-is-an-art-form/ Tue, 10 Nov 2026 08:31:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: old ted leo (and the pharmacists) shirt « Tattoo Designs and Artists http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/11/29/my-irritability-is-an-art-form/#comment-97819 old ted leo (and the pharmacists) shirt « Tattoo Designs and Artists Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:37:34 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2006/11/29/my-irritability-is-an-art-form/#comment-97819 [...] was meant to be my self-portrait Tuesday post but I didn’t end up publishing until just after midnight. I guess it was still Tuesday [...] [...] was meant to be my self-portrait Tuesday post but I didn’t end up publishing until just after midnight. I guess it was still Tuesday [...]

]]> By: massdistraction http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/11/29/my-irritability-is-an-art-form/#comment-4859 massdistraction Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:39:13 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2006/11/29/my-irritability-is-an-art-form/#comment-4859 You know, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and all that. I think it might be jerk-y if you copied it exactly and then started selling them too. But realistically I think you would totally put your own creativity and energy into it, and it would become a wholly different thing. So there. Incidentally, some crafters do seem to be paranoid about this. Last summer I went to the St. Paul Craftstravaganza. I dropped a fair chunk of change and also snapped some photos. More than one vendor expressed concern that I'd be ripping off their ideas (I am seriously un-crafty so there is no danger of that). I had to reassure them that I'm just a photo nerd and nothing more. Hopefully I won't run into the same issues at this coming Saturday's No Coast Craft-o-Rama. You know, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and all that. I think it might be jerk-y if you copied it exactly and then started selling them too. But realistically I think you would totally put your own creativity and energy into it, and it would become a wholly different thing. So there.

Incidentally, some crafters do seem to be paranoid about this. Last summer I went to the St. Paul Craftstravaganza. I dropped a fair chunk of change and also snapped some photos. More than one vendor expressed concern that I’d be ripping off their ideas (I am seriously un-crafty so there is no danger of that). I had to reassure them that I’m just a photo nerd and nothing more. Hopefully I won’t run into the same issues at this coming Saturday’s No Coast Craft-o-Rama.

]]> By: milk and cake http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/11/29/my-irritability-is-an-art-form/#comment-4858 milk and cake Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:43:28 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2006/11/29/my-irritability-is-an-art-form/#comment-4858 ooh! i want a wall doll! especially the one called "ari cat" because that's what i call the kitten i live with. her name is aria, but i always shorten it to ari or call her kitten-face. would it be awful if i made something similar? sometimes i see something impossibly cute and while i want to buy it, i also want to make it. i like the making part of stuff, but i don't want to rip off other people. what do you think about that? can you take an idea and run with it without being a total jerk? ooh! i want a wall doll! especially the one called “ari cat” because that’s what i call the kitten i live with. her name is aria, but i always shorten it to ari or call her kitten-face.

would it be awful if i made something similar? sometimes i see something impossibly cute and while i want to buy it, i also want to make it. i like the making part of stuff, but i don’t want to rip off other people. what do you think about that? can you take an idea and run with it without being a total jerk?

]]> By: massdistraction http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/11/29/my-irritability-is-an-art-form/#comment-4818 massdistraction Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:36:15 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2006/11/29/my-irritability-is-an-art-form/#comment-4818 p.s. Thank you :-) The giant squid still makes me smile. p.s. Thank you :-) The giant squid still makes me smile.

]]> By: massdistraction http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/11/29/my-irritability-is-an-art-form/#comment-4817 massdistraction Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:35:22 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2006/11/29/my-irritability-is-an-art-form/#comment-4817 ehow.comDW, that's too funny - maybe they sat near one another and didn't even know it! My son didn't tell me much about the event, other than he liked the building, and that there was something to do with silence, but he didn't elaborate. Hmmm. Emily, seriously, it really is all of those things. And all of the minor slights just keep adding up. When I went outside this morning (I don't have a garage) I found that some jackass had egged my car. My car that I've had for all of two weeks. Yes, egg the <em>vegan's</em> car. And the slime has frozen! Apparently it's <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_155871_wash-egg-car.html" rel="nofollow">really bad</a> for the paint job too. Great! ehow.comDW, that’s too funny - maybe they sat near one another and didn’t even know it! My son didn’t tell me much about the event, other than he liked the building, and that there was something to do with silence, but he didn’t elaborate. Hmmm.

Emily, seriously, it really is all of those things. And all of the minor slights just keep adding up. When I went outside this morning (I don’t have a garage) I found that some jackass had egged my car. My car that I’ve had for all of two weeks. Yes, egg the vegan’s car. And the slime has frozen! Apparently it’s really bad for the paint job too. Great!

]]> By: emily http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/11/29/my-irritability-is-an-art-form/#comment-4816 emily Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:29:13 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2006/11/29/my-irritability-is-an-art-form/#comment-4816 i think disgruntledness might just be the trend for this week. is it because we're coming off of a holiday weekend? is it because we have all the stresses of the impending holiday to deal with? is it because we're trying to finish all the things that we said we'd do in 2006, in the last month of it? i think my disgruntledness is a combination of all of these things. and that makes all the little day-to-day things that much more annoying. at least you have a badass tattoo to look at when you get irritable! it's still looking amazing! i think disgruntledness might just be the trend for this week. is it because we’re coming off of a holiday weekend? is it because we have all the stresses of the impending holiday to deal with? is it because we’re trying to finish all the things that we said we’d do in 2006, in the last month of it?

i think my disgruntledness is a combination of all of these things. and that makes all the little day-to-day things that much more annoying.

at least you have a badass tattoo to look at when you get irritable! it’s still looking amazing!

]]> By: DW http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/11/29/my-irritability-is-an-art-form/#comment-4797 DW Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:33:54 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2006/11/29/my-irritability-is-an-art-form/#comment-4797 My son went to Orchestra Hall yesterday also. He thought the mimes were funny. He spent most of the evening trying to "show" me how funny they were. Somehow the jokes didn't transfer over. My son went to Orchestra Hall yesterday also. He thought the mimes were funny. He spent most of the evening trying to “show” me how funny they were. Somehow the jokes didn’t transfer over.

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