I'm not a huge zombie fan. Never have been.  Maybe I remember watchin' the remake of Night of the Living Dead in 1990.  Yea I saw 28 Days Later.  Never been "Fuck yea! Zombies!"  I heard that there was some tongue in cheek survival guide book.  I was amused at Shaun of the Dead.  I never really got into Resident Evil.

Now on the 24th I'm prolly gonna be a part of some zombie flash mob in downtown las vegas.  I'll admit though, I'm just taggin' along but others are really psyched about it.  So, now with Zombieland and the like it's obvious that zombies are "on trend" and have been for this generation.  So why?

I asked and got the response that maybe it's fantasy.  It's just imagining what life would be like.  Just like the Star Wars trend during that generation.  Eh.  Sure but why zombies instead of robots, or aliens at the moment?

In the 70's and early 80's it was space.  Science fiction involved space ships and technology.  That's easily explained as that generation grew up right after the moon landing, the space race and huge technological leaps.  The way I see it, this generation is all about biology.  Teens and twentysomethings have lived their lives aware that there has always been AIDS.  They've grown up being notified that it's once again flu shot season.  Hand sanitizers are marketed in pocket size portions.   Infection.  Ebola.  Outbreak.  Swine flu.  Bird flu.  E coli. 

I'm writing this now as I recover from a decently debilitating cold and that's why this kinda dawned on me. 

Well summer is (should be) rounding the corner.  It's still in the 100's here in vegas but eh.  UNLV has started back up.  It's my last year.  Classes look good.  I'm definitely in better shape than some of my peers.  Gotta love university bureaucracy tho.  Fri is the lottery for the BFA studios.  They are all basically the same except for one that is a double.  Small little rooms that are just big enough for maybe a loveseat and desk.  Regardless, I'll have fun in it.  I'll paint it plaid or argyle rock the hookah and set up a velvet rope outside the door. 

I'm takin' an artist lecture series in which the class demands that you be present when visiting artists lecture.  I'm psyched for 2 of them immediately.  First is Hugh Davies and his knowledge of Francis Bacon, and 2nd is Maya Lin the designer for the Vietnam Memorial in DC. 

I've been lazy with uploading my artwork.  I think I got around 6 paintings/drawings that I did over the summer.  meh.  Summer also included documentation photography for CityCenter.  Kinda tedious but anything over sittin' in a cubicle.  And now I sit amongst the kids on campus with my old ass.  How can jeans be skinny and still sag?  Amazing.

I'm kind of annoyed by those who are constantly searching for the magic bullet.  The answer, the one stroke, the sole choice in a manner that will all of a sudden will turn into the windfall of cash.  Man, it's amazing how many think like this.  Like the creation of movie script, or landing that one account, or creating that one website.  ..and after that you'll be telecommuting from the Seychelles in between your massage, and mai tai. 

Give it a rest.  The "magic bullet" is your daily hustle.  Of course projects will help you.  Should you write that script?  Yes.  Should you try and land that account? Yes.  Should you build that website? ...yes.  Should you put all your emotionally energy in it relying on it's success? 

What amuses me is when they do finish that product and nothing happens.  "Well," with a shake of the head, "it wasn't done fast enough, and the opportunity was missed." Then with a little imagination, "man, that would have been great."

C'mon now. 

Maybe I've learned this lesson already.  "Build it, and they will come" only happens in the movies.  ...and only one movie at that.  But that mentality is so ingrained into our culture of consumerism.  We want something for nothing.  We want it without having to work for it.  We want it now.  And our egos think we really deserve it that way.  Really?  Do you?  Do you think your ideas are so much better that you deserve overnight fame and fortune?  Is that what you're thinking while you sit at your cubicle? 

My ideas > your ideas

Don't get me wrong.  My point isn't to tell you to work hard by putting your nose to the grindstone.  Cuz, yea, factory workers don't drive Bugatti's.  Hustle yo.  Your creation of that projectaccountwebsiteproduct is only one piece of the puzzle.