Clownicide: A Story in Words and Pictures (Mostly Pictures…In Other Words, Even Jonah Goldberg Could Understand It)

20 Jan

Oh, hai, Mommy. Listen, I've been thinking...

This is what I look like when I think, Mommy.

I think I shall go on a hunt today!

I begin my hunt by crawling under the table. I am very intent. On what, I do not know yet.

I will face many dangers. Like cat tails. And inexplicable outfit changes.

Quiet, Mommy. I have locked on my prey.

OMG, that clown is awfully short and oddly immobile! Watch me go in for the kill!

It's a drool on or be drooled on world. Beautiful in its own way.

The carnage, oh, the carnage.

Victory is sweet! I celebrate with another inexplicable outfit change! All the small, immobile clowns of the world shall know my name!

I won't lie: beautiful people do have it easier.

Speaking of stories, the editor of Somerset Digital Studio has given me a sneak peek at my article. Check it out. And, this may sound odd, but don’t really read it, because I am rusty at writing. My dad is an editor and English major, so I actually used to be a rather good writer…but I am not now, as evidenced by this sentence and all sentences that came before it or will come after. (<——ending with a preposition=NOT GOOD)(<——-NO PERIOD.) He will be editing this article too before it’s printed. Just take a quick gander at the layout though, if you’re interested.

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28 Responses to “Clownicide: A Story in Words and Pictures (Mostly Pictures…In Other Words, Even Jonah Goldberg Could Understand It)”

  1. Jennifer January 20, 2012 at 4:29 pm #

    Your vacuum obviously hates your table legs and tries to chew on them…

    Cute babe. Creepy clown.

  2. laura January 20, 2012 at 6:28 pm #

    Awwww. I LOVE that fat baby!!!

    My Dad used to belong to some “club” and everytime there was a parade, he would dress up as a clown.

    Oh my gawd that was SO embarrassing!!!!!!!!!!

    ((Hugs))

    • vacuumslayer January 20, 2012 at 8:19 pm #

      HA. I love that you called him fat. He is a little chubber, huh? I love chubby babies. I had a woman come up to me and squeeze his leg and say “I love it when they’re juicy.” LOL!

  3. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© January 20, 2012 at 8:36 pm #

    “I will protect you from clowns, mommy!”

    A good thing, too. It has to be done.
    ~

    • vacuumslayer January 21, 2012 at 12:08 pm #

      Ooooh, I will have to check out that guy’s channel!

  4. Big Bad Bald Bastard January 21, 2012 at 5:21 am #

    Oh yeah, those clowns are scary.

    Damn, my old browser is wonky on Deviantart- I may have to drop by the shop brandishing a tire iron to get my new laptop back… been almost a month!

    • vacuumslayer January 21, 2012 at 12:12 pm #

      Oh yeah, I can see where that site would be rough on the old browser.

  5. Substance McGravitas January 21, 2012 at 1:50 pm #

    That was a really good photo sequence.

    • vacuumslayer January 21, 2012 at 2:03 pm #

      Thank you! I sent it out to a bunch of people this morning and now everybody’s telling me to get into writing. Everybody knows that writing a few photo captions makes you qualified to be a writer.

  6. Dan Coyle January 21, 2012 at 7:03 pm #

    Can’t clowns and babies just get along? Now one wins at this game. No one.

    • vacuumslayer January 21, 2012 at 8:37 pm #

      It looks like Lord Chubbington won this round. I just hope he never faces Pennywise, Dan.

  7. Rachel January 21, 2012 at 7:46 pm #

    Yes, he’s a little fatty ain’t he? I’d love to squeeze a fat little baby’s leg in public but imagine I’d be rushed away into a cell.

    Your article looks fantastic!!! I especially like the last picture with the japanese-y aesthetic.

    • vacuumslayer January 21, 2012 at 8:40 pm #

      Aww, thanks, Rachel. That’s one of my older ones. I keep trying to recreate that feeling and failing. Augh.

  8. Another Kiwi January 21, 2012 at 8:41 pm #

    I enjoyed the article and the pictures, go VS!!. Lord Chubbington is as bouncy as usual and if some clowns get hurt, well there’s no use crying over spilt omelettes.

  9. Fenwick January 22, 2012 at 6:38 am #

    Lord C aka Dudeskull is totes charming and major cute! Loved the wit in your captions., VS. Turns a photo sequence into High Drama.

  10. Whale Chowder January 22, 2012 at 6:18 pm #

    So, responding to your latest post (your closed comments will not stop me…) – all I have to say is that if you put yourself out there, at some point someone will hate you. What that means: you’re getting through.

    Don’t let a misinterpretation or misreading or even just a plain disagreement stop you. Rub some dirt on it, grow a thicker hide and get back in the game.

    • vacuumslayer January 22, 2012 at 6:25 pm #

      Thanks for the kind words, WC.

      And I will.

  11. Oregon Beer Snob January 23, 2012 at 3:55 pm #

    Why did you let that hideous clown into your house in the first place, and why did you send the child to dispatch it rather than killing it yourself!?! Is this some sort of cruel initiation ritual or something?

    • vacuumslayer January 23, 2012 at 4:55 pm #

      Believe it or not, it’s actually a very sweet-looking clown. Not the least bit scary. And I’m not some huge clown fan.

      • Oregon Beer Snob January 23, 2012 at 5:24 pm #

        it’s actually a very sweet-looking clown.

        There is NO SUCH THING!

      • vacuumslayer January 23, 2012 at 5:34 pm #

        I know, I know! I understand your skepticism…but I’m such a chicken person…it wouldn’t be around if it weren’t sweet.

      • Oregon Beer Snob January 23, 2012 at 6:12 pm #

        it wouldn’t be around if it weren’t sweet.

        I bet it’s just ’cause you have a babby to protect you from it. You can’t fool me! Harumph.

  12. Another Kiwi January 23, 2012 at 4:52 pm #

    “On my naming day when I come 12 I gone front spear and kilt a wyld clown he parbly ben the las wyld clown on the Bundel Downs any how there hadnt ben none for a long time befor him nor I aint looking to see none agen. He dint make the groun shake nor nothing like that when he come on to my spear he weren’t all that big plus he lookit poorily.”

    With liver crippling amounts of apology to Russell Hoban

    • vacuumslayer January 23, 2012 at 4:56 pm #

      Good god, I thought you were going Gaelic on me at first and I was like “How the hell am I going to decipher this?”

  13. Dusty, hells most vocal bitch January 25, 2012 at 5:49 am #

    It’s a drool on or be drooled on world. Beautiful in its own way. Why this made me howl in delight, I haven’t a clue…but it did. ;)

    Thank you as I so need a laugh these dayz.

    • vacuumslayer January 25, 2012 at 7:02 am #

      :D That child is hilarious.

      What’s going on? Is it just our noxious politics or is it something more?

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