faux_pseudo ([info]faux_pseudo) wrote,
@ 2009-06-25 22:05:00
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ascii art
Four years ago I was doing a comic futurist thing in ascii art. Number 5 was about the death of MJ. When he did finally die my phone exploded with a bunch of text msgs as people on both sides of the country fired up their cell phones to let me know he had passed on.
http://fauxascii.com/ascii/comic/mot/mot_0005.html

 _Memories of Tomorrow # 0005 # The Surgical Gloved One________________
|                                                                      |
|                                                                      |
|    .-----------.    Michael Jackson was found dead late              |
|   |    .---.    |   last night in his home. The official             |
|   |   | o o |   |   cause is note yet known but rumors               |
|   |    \ d /    |   have speculated that he had been                 |
|   |    :F_P:    |   battling a staph infection for the               |
|   | Death Watch |   last few months as a complication                |
|    `-----------'    of plastic surgery.                              |
|                                                                      |
|______________________________________________________________________|

:F_P:#################################Thu Feb 17 2005#################
# Memories of Tomorrow # 0005 # The Surgical Gloved One


I had already fired off a message to a 4 people letting them know he was found not breathing and they had to do CPR on him and now he was in a coma. Within a few moments what started as a breaking news blip on NPR made for an memorable grocery shopping experience.
Can't wait to see the satellite image of the faithful gathered for the vigil, funeral or memorial.

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In hunting for that ascii art bit I stumbled on a lot of other pieces I have done over the years. I need to do some more. Need to get some models first. I have some ideas but need to work in a different way than I was doing it.

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