A PLEA TO AMERICA AND PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD (YES THIS DOES NEED TO BE IN ALL CAPS)

THE GOVERNMENT IS WATCHING YOU, AND TURNING A BLIND EYE TO CORPORATIONS THAT SIMPLY EXIST FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE IN A CAPITALIST SOCIETY *COUGH, COUGH, VOMIT, COUGH* IN WHICH THEY IGNORE THE LAWS OF GOVERNING DYNAMICS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY DON'T GIVE A FLYING FUCK ABOUT THE WETLANDS, THE GULF COAST, OR NEW ORLEANS. SO FUCK YOU CAPITOL HILL, GO STICK YOUR HEADS UP YOUR OWN ASS AND YOU'LL PROBABLY LEARN MORE THAN YOU DID IN YOUR IVY LEAGUE GRADUATE PROGRAMS AND REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE SOLD OUT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE AMERICAN CITIZENS AND ARE OWNED BY COMPANIES. YOU DO NOT TREAT EVERYONE EQUALLY, YOU DO NOT UPHOLD THE ETHICS IN WHICH YOU'VE BEEN SWORN INTO, AND SELL OUT LIKE A BUNCH OF WHORES. FUCK THE BIPARTISAN SYSTEM, FUCK BIG CORPORATIONS, FUCK AMERICAN IGNORANCE. GET OFF YOU'RE ASS, WE'RE NEW ORLEANS MOTHERFUCKERS, ONE OF THE ONLY CITIES IN THIS COUNTRY THAT STILL MANAGES TO MAINTAIN A LITTLE BIT OF CULTURE AND AN IDIOSYNCRATIC ATTITUDE, WHILE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS A FUCKING CAPITALIST WASTELAND OF HIGHWAYS, FAST FOOD, WALMARTS, AND PARKING LOTS. SO TO ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS I SAY, GO FUCK YOURSELVES!!!!! TO EVERYONE IN MY GENERATION AND THE OTHERS THAT ARE UPCOMING WE CAN NOT ALLOW THIS PERPETUAL CYCLE OF IGNORANCE TO EXIST. WE MUST BE OPEN-MINDED, EDUCATED, AND WORK OUR ASSES OFF TO MAKE UP FOR ALL OF THE ATROCITIES THAT EVERY GENERATION SINCE WORLD WAR II HAS CAUSED. WE'VE INHERITED ONE FUCKED UP COUNTRY BUT WE CAN MAKE AMERICA A GREAT PLACE AGAIN, BUT AS SAID, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE MORE OPEN MINDED, VALUE THINGS OTHER THAN MONEY, TRULY LISTEN TO AND ACKNOWLEDGE PEOPLE THAT HOLD DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND PERSPECTIVES FROM OURSELVES, AND USE OUR VAST RESOURCES AND INFLUENCE TO IMPROVE OURSELVES, OUR NATION, AND OUR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS. WE ARE ALL PEOPLE, WE ARE ALL ORGANISMS THAT ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ENJOY THE LUXURIES THAT MOTHER NATURE HAS GIVEN US. WE ARE NOT THE HIGHEST POWER, WE DO NOT RULE THE WORLD, AND "RULING THE WORLD" IS POINTLESS. WE MUST COLLABORATE AS A GLOBAL SOCIETY TO RIGHT THE WRONGS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE PAST 10,000 YEARS. I WISH THE BEST FOR YOU, YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, COUNTRY, AND WORLD. WE CAN DO THIS. NEVER GIVE UP WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.

TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT AMERICA, I ADMIRE YOUR STYLE AND INTELLIGENCE. THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS ACTUALLY ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT IF WE DO NOT CHANGE THE WAYS IN WHICH WE PRODUCE AND USE ENERGY THE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE WILL ELEVATE BY 2 DEGREES CELSIUS BY 2050 AND 3 DEGREES CELSIUS BY 2100. A GLOBAL RISE IN TEMPERATURE OF 3 DEGREES IN CONSIDERED TO BE AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER BEYOND ANY PROPORTION THAT WE CAN FATHOM. 75% OF WILDLIFE WILL DIE, AND THE SEA LEVEL WILL RISE BY 80 FEET. I THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THIS AND INVESTING IN SOLUTIONS.

TO CHINA AND INDIA: BOTH OF YOUR COUNTRIES CONTAIN A HUGE AMOUNT OF DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT HAVE DEVELOPED AMAZING THINGS. YOUR IDEOLOGIES AND WAYS OF LIFE SEEM TO BE MUCH MORE SUPERIOR TO THOSE OF THE WEST. HOWEVER, YOU ARE ACTING LIKE WESTERNERS BY IGNORING YOUR FUNDAMENTAL IDEOLOGIES IN ORDER TO MAKE MONEY. YOU ARE DEVELOPING NATIONS, BUT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT A NATION CAN EVOLVE IN A POSITIVE AND AMAZING WAY. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN INFLUENCE, POWER, QUALITY OF LIFE, ETC BY RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT. ALSO, AS A SIDE NOTE TO CHINA, PLEASE END YOUR LUDICROUS CENSORSHIP LAWS AND ALLOW YOUR CITIZENS TO ACCESS WHATEVER INFORMATION THEY WANT AND ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK OPENLY ABOUT IT WITHOUT FEAR OF PROSECUTION. AS A COUNTRY YOU HAVE MADE AMAZING STRIDES, AND IT IS TIME TO MAKE ANOTHER ONE; ALLOW FREE SPEECH.

PEACE AND LOVE TO ALL OF THE WORLD,
SCOTT M. WARNER

IGNORANT ART

In order to occupy my time, make some art, and take some sort of abstract political stance (which is the only kind of political stance I plan to ever take), I am mass producing "Ignorant Art" to be placed in the mail boxes of Orleans Parish residents as a gift from their local, state, and federal governments. I plan to make over 2,000 original works, and place over 8,000 pieces. I am looking for some help in this to expedite the process, and ignorant art is very easy to make. If interested please contact me for more info at: scottmwarner315@gmail.com. Ignorant art pieces should be no bigger than 4x6" and no smaller than 3x3" (think postcard size). I will post some pictures of ignorant art to the right of this article.

-ScMW

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FOURTEEN JUST HELD SUCH BETTER DAYS.....

Things my cat likes

1) Meow Mix
2)Vellum Paper
3) Beating up Chihuahua's
4) Rammstein
5) Saran Wrap/Anything Plastic
6) People who are high
7) Being Fat
8) Beating Up Opossums
9) Sleeping
10) Drinking out of a toilet
11) Ken Burns Documentaries
12) Me!
13) Being a Beast

Architecture Is:

ARCHITECTURE IS:

The shaping of SPACE, a representation of societies' greatest AMBITIONS: past, present, and FUTURE,

an OMNIPRESENT ART form that constantly affects the SUBCONSCIOUS, ART for everyone, a BALANCE of MAN and NATURE, ZEITGEIST, FASHION, STYLE, an AMALGAMATION of every kind of career and enterprise interacting with one another to achieve a COMMON GOAL through the art of building, COMPROMISE, the highest and most GRANDIOSE ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION of an idea, person, or CULTURE, a MIRROR to the soul of a collective of INDIVIDUALS, DEMOCRATIC, MUSIC in FOUR dimensions, INTERACTIVE, and..................OVERLOOKED

RAPE ME, AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN

American idealism, and the founding principles of this nation fail to exist within the borders of the United States. There are a few select cities (New York, San Francisco, New Orleans, Miami, etc) that seem to struggle to hold onto what I believe are the true American values, but for the most part all of the towns across America have ironically been consumed by communism through capitalism. I am viewing this from a design and architectural standpoint since th0se are the areas in which I am passionate and relatively well versed in my opinion.
Allow me to explain: a capitalist system encourages creation at the lowest cost possible. By spending the least amount of money on design, large corporations have effectively prefabricated structures in order to save MONEY (the root of a capitalist society). However by doing this, present day America has more communist architecture than a "communist" country like China. In essence, the best way to perpetuate a business in a capitalistic society is to enforce mass production and duplication upon the design world in order to save money. This is a ridiculous and absurd paradox in itself that defies the freedom and individuality of America, yet because of MONEY, from a design perspective we live in a communist society. Drive through any town and all McDonald's, Barnes & Nobles, Borders, Walmarts, K-marts etc look and operate in the exact same manner in every locale. From a design perspective it is almost impossible to differentiate one American town from the next, and in this sense the majority of American Design is Communist design. I'm sure I have made comments similar to this before and hope to dedicate my life to change American design but at this time I feel it is extremely important to point out. Think about it as you drive down the streets of your town, and ask yourself "how exactly is my town architecturally distinctive from any other place in our nation?"

And the Devil wants to fuck me in the back of his car

I am feeling quite NOLA nostalgic right now. With the impending Superbowl (for the first time in my life I actually give a flying fuck about the NFL), Mardi Gras, and my 21st birthday I am greatly saddened by not being able to currently be in NOLA . It is true that the city is in complete decay and disarray, and that since Katrina not a single person has been involved in responsible rebuilding on a large scale (and at the current rate the city will experience another Katrina situation within the next 15 years). However, NOLA is and always will be my home and in the infamous words of the wise man of verse, Wayne Carter, "If I had one guess then I guess I'm just New Orleans." It feels incredibly bizarre to be missing out on Mardi Gras which is generally the most important event of the year in my mind; if I had a religion Mardi Gras would be my Hajj, Christmas, Trip to Israel, etc. New Orleans is indeed a holy land, a land that holds an undefinable spirit of celebration, freedom, expression, and acceptance that has been torn apart by corruption, a failing economy, lack of cultural evolution, and natural disaster.
However, I realize that in order to actually achieve my idealistic and ultimate dream of rebuilding the city in the right fashion requires that I must continue with my day to day monotony of school, work, and applications. If there is one thing that is truly amazing about the people of New Orleans it's that they do not judge and respect everyone's right to do what they want to do; in other words we mind our own fuckin' business and celebrate it. I greatly miss this,; even though living in NOLA often made me feel like I was stuck in a downward spiral of death, I at least had the power to exercise my sacred first amendment rights in their fullest without question or judgment.
Living in the heartland of America has it's benefits (primarily security and stability), but I see myself fitting in much better in European-American cities like New Orleans, New York, etc that allow anything and everything to happen and instead of biting people's heads off for rebellion rather embrace the glorious outcomes of insanity.

Under Pressure!!!/ ICE ICE BABY

First I must state that I am in love with David Bowie, and think that Jennifer Connelly is one of the most beautiful women to ever exist, so naturally now that I have finally experienced labyrinth in full(props to my sister for getting it for me) I am in love with the movie (or the concept of it, I'm not sure). Just though I'd get that out of the way. I am totally juggling way too many things at one time with rapidly approaching deadlines; I feel like I thrive in this situation but then again I'm never gonna be the one to tell myself to stop. Between work, applying to Parsons and RISD, Design, Ceramics, headaches, and a slew of other medical problems I have quite a lot floating around in my abyss of a life. I'm not disgruntled by this workload (the past few weeks have been some of the most product of my life), but it is nonetheless hard to balance all of these aspects with everything else that is necessary for life to exist on this planet that is my hot bod. Here's some pictures!:

I hate you all (this includes myself)

Is blogging the new sex? slow death by arsenic poison? complete waste of time? something that makes me a complete hypocrite?

The answers to all of these and more next time!

Ok, now since it's next time the answer is clearly yes. However, I haven't written anything in forever and need to brush up for all of my college essays. I'm not sure if it's a good thing or just plain sad but the caliber of writing used in a blog such as this one is the same as that used in an admissions essay. I also find it sad that I need to internally justify doing something so heretical and disgusting as blogging, but usually have no problem doing other heretical and/or disgusting acts. As of last Wednesday (01/20/2010), I learned that my Parsons application is due on Feb 1st not Mar 1st, which well.....blows. It isn't too much of a problem seeing as most of the application and portfolio work is done, I just have to decide what works I'm going to use, and organize the series works (mainly architectural). This also requires polishing the architectural works which in most cases simply involves tracing over the initial sketch with a straight edge and french curves, but this process, although simple and easy, is tedious and time consuming. I also must do the parsons challenge, and have begun work on it and chosen my 3 topics: Gravity, Snow, and Comfort (WARNING!: Gravity, Snow and Comfort are all trademarked to Scott Michael Warner and anyone else ever using any of these ideas for anything will face heavy legal penalties!). Could these concepts and the rest of my works be better? The obvious answer being yes, but I find deadlines to be a good thing because without them I would never decide that anything was officially done. Not to mention with the time constraints I have I'm forced to act more on sheer intuition and instinct rather than contemplating shit for copious amounts of time. I'm currently working on the Alexander McQueen Building for the "icons" architectural series, and so far it looks pretty damn good, although I'm not sure how much McQueen it captures since I am no fashion mogul, and was also primarily influenced by McQueen's Atlantis and all the shit Lady Gaga's worn by him when I did the initial sketch and don't have time to do any more research into his aesthetic so hopefully I'm close enough. The gravity sculpture is also finished, but with sculptures making them is usually only half of it; Photographing it in a successful way is pretty difficult in my experience, however I feel that this sculpture will be fairly photogenic in comparison to other works.
Also I can not stop listening to really bad pop/catchy music. I used to be a person of extreme musical substance, and few of my playlist involved guilty pleasure music (Lil' Wayne, Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, Katy Perry, T.A.T.U. and Girl Talk all are heard way to often in my day). I am a big fan of Lady Gaga's work on most of what she's done and believe that alot of her work has some sort of musical and artistic merit, do indeed adore Lil' Wayne (but mostly as a character rather than as an actual musician, although anyone who can make a song about safe sex and keep it at the top of the charts for months is pretty damn special), Girl Talk is legitimate, but there is no excuse for Ke$sha, T-Pain, Usher, Akon, or Katy Perry (T.A.T.U. is obviously acceptable because they are A) Russian B) Hot and 3) Lesbians). This whole thing started when I decided that in order to keep up with the times, and try to better understand the aesthetic of my own generation I needed to listen to music like this. I find it more funny than sad that the general aesthetic of our generation (one which I thought was of unknowing apathy due to over-stimulation but is not) can be defined by songs such as Tik-Tok, Yeah!, Lollipop, Just Dance, I'm on a Boat, Buy U a Drank, etc. I both celebrate and lament this inevitable and easily realized culture of ours. However, I must say that in the past few years television has really come up with some great stuff such as Dexter, Californication, Band of Brothers, Community, The Office, Parks and Recreation, etc. Although, I think these shows are so successful because the majority of them mock modern society, and this act has become an incredibly easy thing to do because we live in a system that is in reality just as hilarious if not more so than these shows.
As said, I've been listening to terrible music, and "Beautiful" by Akon just started playing and I realized that this would and could be hilariously but successfully covered by the Cure. Think about it: The beat is similar to a poppy "Just Like Heaven" type beat, the whole note strings, and general chord structure of the song could easily be translated over to Simon Gallup style bass lines, Robert Smith playing 12 string acoustic, and Cure Strings circa 1987-1992. The melodic verse guitar also has the major key and sustaining qualities of a Curesque melody and if drenched in some reverb, chorus, and flange type effects could easily sound like....well the Cure when Robert Smith is feeling all happy and in love with Japan, the Sky, and/or Cats. Also "Yo moma's so fat, her butts got it's own area code!!!!" OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!