Month: July 2017

Someone hurt my feelings the other day and then I made this drawing and felt a bit better.

Although I’m angry that I can no longer use these beautiful analog FedEx forms for overnight shipping since FedEx has recently switched to a 100% online system, this “Fuck You” drawing is not directed at FedEx or any of my co-workers at the day-job. I’m actually happy to have obsolete office materials to use as canvases. One day when all the paper goes away these curious and colorful backdrops I collect from the office trash will function as historical archives.

Dear Customer

This is from western union Head office here in Benin Du Republic. We presently ready to send your first payment of $5000 this morning from our office out of your $1,500,000.00USD assigned to us by the United Nation to transfer to you as your compensation fund, so you are requested to contact us now with full information where you want your first payment to be transfer to you without any further Daley, and for the transfer charge will cost you only $155 so that your first payment can be release to you as soon as you send the fee.

(1)Your full name,

(2)Your country,

(3)Your city/address,

(5) Your phone number,

The payment will be made twice daily to fulfill the western union daily transfer limit, and it will go in two packages, which means $5000 first and be followed with another $5000. Once you pick up the first payment, we will transfer the second $5000, because our daily transfer limit is $10,000USD. This is the procedure we will observe daily, until we transfer the whole US$1.5Million.

Therefore you are advised to contact the assigned department with the following information and contact person.

Phone. +xxxxxxxxxxx 87 55

Email:(headofficewesternunionxxxxxxx@xxail.com)

Contact person: Kennedy S. James.

Best Regards

Dr. Bishop Q

Western union Head office BENIN Du REP

July = A Month of Love
Juki is the most fantastic poodle in the world! This scruffy little love-muffin was rescued by my old neighbors on Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake just before the 4^th of July in 2010. And they gave him to me! It was love at first sight and we have been living co-dependently idyllically happily-every-after for seven years!

Juki July 2010

Juki (all grown up) Xmas 2016

July = A Month of Loss
Two years ago this weekend I broke up with my hot young stud-muffin boyfriend of almost three years. I kicked him out of my studio and delivered all of his belongings to his mother. I know this was the right thing to do but I’ve been upset about it ever since. And all I wanted him to do was either get a job or stop failing out of community college or stop having  mental problems! I still miss my idealized vision/version of him. My friends and my therapist say I was just addicted to the sex. I say WTF?  Emotions are often confusing and illogical.  So I made a movie about this breakup called Broken Hearts are For Assholes. It’s NSFW so I will not post it here – follow this link  if you want to watch it.
Broken Hearts are for Assholes (2016)(video still)

July = A Month of Lust
Thank you Tinder sluts, Thank you OK Cupid sluts, and Thank you Art (yes his real name), the hot young stud-muffin who picked me up on the #28 bus in Lincoln Heights… yes it always gets better …. keep making art everyday… SLUTS UNITE!

Margie’s SLUTS UNITE! T-shirt courtesy of the San Francisco Sex Workers Film Festival

Good day,

I am Mr. Andrew Hales; I work in the Powerball Lotto. I am soliciting your assistance for a swift transfer of 150,744,528.12 USD, should you be willing to assist me in this project, and you will be giving me just 25% of your winnings.

Just as a brief, you just have to register online; due to my position in the company I can make it happen that you would be a winner of the above stated amount. Naturally, every body would like to play a lottery if they are assured of winning. I am assuring you today to be a winner, please do not take for granted this once in a life time opportunity as we both stand to collectively gain from this at the success of the transaction.

Should you be willing to assist me in this transaction please do respond to

E-mail: hhales-xxx-xxxx@gmail.com or hhales-xxx-xxxx@gmail.com

Regards,

Andrew Hales

I miss the old Lucile house. I had to leave there in summer 2014 because the landlord wanted to sell the house and he wanted me out. The house sold and was torn down many months later and eventually a 1.7 million dollar faux mid-century modern home was built in its place. I received $10,000 but $10,000 is not enough to heal a broken heart.

Last Days at Lucile from margie schnibbe on Vimeo.