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Here’s what Matt, Jesse Hibert, Candi Hibert, Shawn Wolfe, Jessica Barnes, Kristi Torgrimson, Mark and I were doing last night. 

Here’s the Barcelona version…

THURSDAY JULY 26
THREE IMAGINARY GIRLS & NEUMOS PRESENT
YACHT ROCK FOR PUGET SOUND!
TONS OF AMAZING BANDS COVER THE SMOOTH-ROCK HITS OF THE 70’s and early-80’s!featuring members of DUSTY 45s, DUDLEY MANLOVE QUARTET, VISQUEEN, MATH & PHYSICS CLUB, TIM SEELY,  & MANY MORE!!!!
7PM doors
$8 DOS/ $7 if you come in Yacht-Rock Costume!
Proceeds benefit
People For Puget Sound

Jesse R.–we expect you to wear the captain’s cap that Tizzy gave you…

Paraskavedekatriaphobia
Friday, July 13th
6:00 - 9:00pm
@ Schmancy
1932 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 

Before Plexipixel, Matt and I met each other.  Where did we meet?  T’was the year 2000 at the Seattle Spring Scoot Scooter Rally.  Matt had a green and cream 1974 150 Super Vespa and I had a yellow 1974 150 Super Vespa.  The rest is history.

To commemorate the 2007 AmeriVespa National Scooter Rally, Matt has updated the scooter girl design he did in 2002 and has completed a new design for this year. 

The below are I-Phone wallpaper ready sizes of the t-shirt designs that will be sold at Amerivespa this weekend.  Toot Toot!

For the past six months, the people of Plexipixel have been busy challenging our brains with projects such as the MyComix Comix Creator, attending the Platform Animation Convention, and creating websites such as School of the Future. But that doesn’t mean we can’t let down our collective hair and indulge in necessary summer pleasures.

[Strains of Alice Cooper's "School's Out" play ...]

The Simpsons fans among us marched across Seattle Center to witness the Kwik-E-Mart/7-11 transformation at the corner of 4th and Denny. If he wasn’t intent on leaving them mint-in-box, Ian H might be chomping down a bowl of Krusty-Os at this very moment. Fueled by the driving need to see giant robots explode, other Plexi people banked on Transformers the Movie to provide their summer rush. Devi P entered the studio the next morning gasping, “I felt like a teenage boy!” (Yes, that was a rave.)

Speaking of machinery moving at high speeds, Allen C plans to try his hand and his wheels in the exciting world of Autocross. Vicky T and Matt T will get their fill of sunshine and open road while cruising with the Vespa posse at Amerivespa, happneing in Seattle this year. Lindsey S looks forward to finding her way onto the water by surf, sail, or float.

Why does good food and drink taste so much better in the summer? Aime S says it’s because that’s when the corn on the cob is freshest. Drake B prefers gyros, Manny’s Pale Ale, and mojitos to cool off. Go easy on Jesse H and Candi’s “Sip and Go Naked,” though, as word on the street is that it leaves a potent hangover. (No surprise, considering that it consists of equal parts limeade concentrate, gin or vodka, light beer, and ice.) Says Vicky T, “Moral of the story: Don’t stop drinking the ‘Sip and Go Naked’ until the end of October.” Done and done.

On the stereo: Thin Lizzy, Erasure, Latin jazz, Viva Voce, Brazilian Girls, The Shins’ Chutes Too Narrow, U2’s Joshua Tree and Zooropa, Midnight Oil’s Blue Sky Mining, The Arcade Fire, The Avett Brothers, Bert Kaempfert, and anything dance-y and fun. Over in Suite C, Jesse R commandeers the stereo and dumps a big, soggy bucket of Yacht Rock down upon us. We have to accept it, because once he puts on his captain’s hat, we’re all too intimidated to change the dial.

And the action isn’t all local. Ian R will indulge in birthday tea and crumpets in jolly old Victoria. Paola R plans to hoof it to Boston for a family reunion. Lisa S and Keli F amplified summer by leaving for Florida and Thailand, respectively. We were jealous until we looked at weather forecasts for those places. Joshua S agrees, preferring to stay indoors, away from the sun.

Sheesh, all that activity makes us want to indulge in another favorite summer pastimes: long naps and premium lounging. We’re off to the Hammock District. Happy July!

Matt spent all last week at the Platform Animation Festival in Portland, OR.  Some of the highlights of the event included reconnecting with our old friend Joel Trussell and meeting a number of animation luminaries like Will Vinton and Bill Plympton.  Matt and Joel were some the very first professional Flash animators back in the days of olde and were the Flash Directors for Zombie College.  Matt and I were heart broken when Joel and his lovely wife Kelly moved back to Tennesse from Sea-Town back in 2000.

Matt’s posted a few photos from the event and will be posting more on his Flickr site when I can wrestle time for him to do so. 

Joel at the Frederator’s “drink and draw”–he’s definitely drinking and drwawering

Bill Plympton at the pik-e-nik

Will Vinton also getting some picnic action

Amid Amidi of Cartoon Brew