I Heart The Shiba Inu Puppy Cam.

This might very well be the cutest thing I have ever seen in my entire life.

Introducing Autumn, Ayumi, Amaya, Aki, Akoni and Ando -- the cutest Shiba Inu puppies EVER (as they proclaim, and I undoubtably agree with). The Shiba Inu Puppy Cam streams daily, and is officially my new obsession.

I Need Sleep.

I know it's been awhile since I've blogged, but it's the BlogHer Business Conference in New York next week, and I have been absolutely swamped with designing signage, brochures, etc. Hopefully things will slow down soon...

Thought I would leave you with some filler, though. Once again, this animator is spot on. This was our little Lemieux last night, trying desperately to get into our closet at 4 in the morning.

As If I Couldn't Love Brandon Flowers Anymore Than I Already Do

The Killers, covering one of the best love songs ever, on Live at Abbey Road.

Could it be more perfect?



<sigh> I *heart* it.

This Is Pretty Much Every Morning in the Johnson Household

Halloween Filler.

Sorry, midterms this week, so been a bit busy. So here's some filler. I'm a huge fan of stop motion animation, and this one does not disappoint. I'm really diggin the song, too.



Speaking of stop motion, the hubby promised to take me to see the 3D version of Nightmare Before Christmas (pardon me, the official title is Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3D). This is Halloween! This is Halloween!

Has anyone seen?

Superflat meets Superego.

I saw a CD for Kanye West's single Stronger while shopping at Target yesterday, and thought the artwork was a complete ripe-off of Takashi Murakami. Well apparently it isn't a rip-off (really? <>).

I am a big fan of Murakami's work. Pre-LV (you know, the Louis Vuitton handbags with those cute little smiley-faced cherry blossoms - the most bootlegged purses in history). I first fell in love with his work when Art in America had an article on his 2001 "Superflat" exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. The bizarre, vibrant paintings of mushrooms were absolutely captivating! Love at first site.

My first experience seeing his work in person was in 2004, when Mr. Johnson and I went to the Supernova: Art of the 1990s from the Logan Collection exhibit at SFMoMA. In one of the rooms was a giant sculpture of a manga-esque man, ahem, pleasuring himself and a woman with Pamela Anderson-sized boobies squirting a blue liquid out of them. Really, whats not to love.

Don't judge him on his Kanye work alone (although I hate to admit, as is the case with Kanye's music, it's all pretty bitchin'). Check out this Jonathon Ross interview. It's a really interesting look into what inspires Murakami. Plus the background music is rad.