My Mom Thinks I Drink Too Much

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I’ve been meaning to add this project to the website for a little while now.  I always seem to forget about it whenever I’m updating the site for some reason.  As you can see, my Mom thinks I drink too much.  She told me this a while ago and I told her to stop calling me early Saturday mornings while I’m away at College.  I think it’s a reasonable request?  And when my friends heard about my dear Mother’s concern, they decided to break balls like there was no tomorrow.  So being the bigger man I decided to turn this situation into a little art project.  With the help of my good friends Irma and Jeff, we made a social commentary on my “apparent” drinking problem.  If you are wondering where I got all the bottle caps from I will only answer by saying (1. I’m in College; (2. Lucky is affordable; (3. I’m friends with Jeff Strack.  I’m sure some, if not most of you can relate.  I’ve added some photos below documenting the SEVEN HOURS of work put forward to cork the bottle caps with foam core, cover them with adhesive and apply them to my body.  I had a blast doing this project, but I can’t speak for Irma or Jeff considering they did all the work, while I was just chilling out on the floor.  And my Mom got a kick out of it, which I’m happy about.  I’m pretty sure this experiment could have gone either way.  There’s nothing worse in life than an angry mother.  Fact!


One Reply to “My Mom Thinks I Drink Too Much”
  1. Eugenie says:
    July 5, 2011 at 5:07 am

    Greate…

    It’s such a great site! http://www.blurty.com/users/harriswrsmith/ Great post, I just bookmarked it on Digg….

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