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The Adventures of Matt Gondek, Freelance Artist V

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I dropped off some paintings at a store that sells art last year. They had me sign a contract w/ them that seems pretty basic and layed out. My pants tightened at the thought of our smooth transaction and the newly aquired legal tenders I’d soon be getting dancing in my wallet. Their joyous float from my hand to the shopkeep as I exchanged them for goods and services was something I was quite looking forward to with deft anticipation.

A few months past. Thanksgiving… Christmas… and I never heard from them but never gave it more than a second thought as I tend to not distribute second thoughts so easily. It wasn’t until I was in the area last week dropping off some handmade comic book noise to the local stores that I noticed the store was now defunct. A big closed sign, flipping me the bird and booting my thin wallet right in the ass.

I snagged the contract and dailed the number on it. No answer. I left a message. No reply. I repeated this. Twice. Fuck. I am out two paintings.

The point is, before you sign something over to someone, be sure to have arrangements if something like this were to happen. Situations like they contact you if they’re going out of business, or if your item doesn’t sell. Don’t be a fool like Matt Gondek and leave your work to strangers with loose morals and sticky fingers.

The two paintings I left there retailed for around 180 million a piece, so I am out a considerable ammount of money.

Use words like “genitals” in your subject line to get people’s attention.

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All I can say is WOW. It seems this blog is getting MUCHO-POPULARO with the spambots!! They just CAN’T STOP leaving comments!!! How blessed can echoflip.com get? I don’t mean to brag, but I posted some of the comments below so you guys can share in my joy and happiness.

The open-jerk-face sandwhich spambot at best-global-hotels.com/hotels writes:
I found your blog via Google while searching for six star hotels and your post regarding yourself in Gaylord Palms at echoflip.com looks very interesting to me. I have seen many sites before and most of them do not look this good. I cannot wait to let my friends know about this site. Thanks for the excellent content.”

Thank you so much spambot! Even though my blog post was making fun of the name of the hotel, I’m glad that you and your friends are benifiting from my obviously amazing site layout and excellent content!! Suck an egg!

 The shouldn’t get out of bed in the morning because I suck so hard spambot at myyoungerlookingskin.net writes:I couldn’t understand some parts of this article amid.gov at echoflip.com, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.


Sorry there spambot. I know that I use allot of big words and I honestly hope that you can find some more resources to de-code my 4th grade writing level.

The I hope you choke on your fist in your sleep spambot at wikisources.net writes:
Hello webmaster your Artikle dventures of Matt Gondek, Freelance Artist IV at echoflip.com ist very intresting!
Thanks allot spambot! I’m glad you thought my “artikle ist vey interesting!!! Learn to spell asshole!

I hope the rest of you blog owners out there can read this and not get THAT jelous. You’ll be as cool as we are someday w/ practice.

P.s. Turtles can breathe out of their behind.

Alternative uses for popular website names(p.s. make money online)(p.p.s. allot of money)

Every now and again, I’ll go to visit a site only see that the lame-o webmaster has forgotten to pay the bill, resulting in the site being pulled down (shinyfire.com).

I usually hop on godaddy.com real quick to see if the site name is available. If I was somehow able to get these site names….names that an ass ton of people visit every day anyway, I would be able to utilize that to turn a real profit. Well, today was my lucky day as I have aquired a few high profile sites. Below is the list and what I intend to do with them.

Yahoo.com - this will be turned into a site that will catalogue all know criminals that suffer from mental illness. Visitors will be able to punch in their zip code to find out how many yahoos live in their area as well as provide tips on how to avoid them.

Google.com - I plan on turning this into a non-profit charity site that takes the dyslexic (and other unfortunate souls who can’t spell to well) on underwater diving explorations. Visitors will be able to donate money via paypal that will go towards the trips, snorkels, flippers, and yes, even “googles”.

JohnChow.com - I will be turning this high profile blog site into a one stop shop for easy convienent meals that can be eaten while sitting on the toilet. Options include chicken fingers, fish sticks, and hoagies.

Arbys.com - This fast food chain’s site will be transformed into vast resource of information on Bees. Visitors navigate through the site by asking questions, allot like Ask.com. For example, one could type in “Arbys nocturnal?”. They would then be directed to the appropriate information. If you’ve ever wanted to know Arbys yellow with black stripes or black with yellow stripes, you’ll finally have a place to find out.

Microsoft.com - will be changed to an online support group for men with a rare condition where their penis is under 1 inch when flaccid. This will most likely be headed by client and internet celebrity, MrBaconPants.com

Whitehouse.com will remain a porn site.

Throw some cash on it (Get mad good at Electronic Funds Transfer)

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Recently I did me some design work for a company overseas. Because they can’t mail me cash money American, and they don’t have a paypal they offered to do a Electronic Funds Transfer.

An electronic funds transfer is the fancy name of what you do every time you swipe your debit card at the store, except you’re not actually there to do any swiping.

The person giving you the funds will need your Bank Name, bank address, routing number, and account number.

The routing number and account number can be a confusing bitch. Here’s how to find them. Whip out one of your personal checks and check that bottom left corner. There will be three groups of numbers. The first group is your routing number, the second is your account number. The third is your check number.

Now, you may be thinking that if you give someone this info that they will be able to steal money out of your account. Not so. Think about it like this. Every time you use a check, the person you’re giving it to has that info. Every time you use your debit card, they also have your info. Frankie says relax. Maybe you should take his advice.

Anways, you hook them up w/ this info, and pretty soon you’ll be livin’ so large w/ all that extra green deposited directly into your account.

Word to your mother.

New Albums of 08′

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There are alot of new albums coming out next year, but only one you’ll need to care about. The band Doughnuts in November will be releasing their MUCH anticipated record here on American soil early next year. Up to this point, all their releases have only been available in their native land of Mexico. That all changed last month, when a merger between two of the biggest record companies in the business took place, allowing music from other countries into ours.

These actions did not come without sacrifices. Already losing two band members in the past, (Freddy Loser in a vicious knife fight outside a local club, and Dead End to malaria) Doughnuts in November had to be literally sneaked out of the country due to a public outcry of traitorism when they found out they were coming to America to record. The day before their 4 week burro ride across the border, the lead singer of DIN, Doug Dickens, almost was fatally wounded when an unknown assailant rigged his burrito with explosives. Fortunately, Doug was to busy pleasuring one of their numerous groupies and had skipped on lunch. The burrito detonated in his refridgerator and no one was injured. Another account saw their drummer, Astella Dios, with a three day hospital stay due to an attack from a moltov cocktail, which was dropped from a bridge while he was passing underneath in his camaro. The attacker was caught two days later by fellow band mates Finish Line and Maximum Buick, and was severly beaten. Courts ruled in DIN’s favor, and Finish and Maximum were let two with a paltry fine of 40 pesos and three hours of community service. The last, and most outrageous feat to stop the band was to their sole roadie, El Roadie Diablo Negro, from foreign dignitaries. While America and Mexico were discussing the merger, Europe, whom also wanted rights to DIN, invited El Roadie to an “all inclusive” vacation celebrating their success. However, upon arriving to Europe, El Roadie was quickly siezed and his four groupies (which is the standard number which accompany any member of DIN at all times) were shot on sight. Taken to a remote location, El Roadie was tortured within a mere fraction of his life for nearly four weeks for any information that would result in the inner colapse of the band. Standing fast, El Roadie endured hours of beatings, water torture, and starvation daily but never broke. He finally escaped after a clumsy guard forgot to re-tie one of his hands. El Roadie managed to untie himself and escape, but not before taking the lives of no less than 14 European guards, 3 horses, and 18 children.

Through much struggle comes much benifit however, as predictions claim that their album will be no doubt, the smash success of 2008 and possibly the first quarter of 2009. With a very grueling tour lined up of “at least 7 shows” next year, the album is expected to make the band 10’s of dollars. Stay tuned for further updates on the release of the album.

Squirrels and Polar Bears

Since the holidays are right around the corner I figured it would be the perfect time to blog about some winter creatures…

Did you know that squirrels don’t hibernate?! I just learned this today. So, this winter, beware of any rabid squirrels while walking down the salted sidewalks and snow-covered paths. You just might find one jump outta the snow…how fun would that be!?

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Furthermore, did you know that a polar bear’s skin is actually black and the hair that makes up it’s coat is hollow…how crazy is that?! That must be one thick coat of hair!

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