It's The End Of The World 🤯🤬

Are You Feeling F.I.N.E. Too, Boo?

Someone, somewhere once told me that FINE isn’t just a word—it’s an acronym:

• Fucked Up

• Insecure

• Neurotic

• Emotional

And after yet another doozy of a “news” day—can we please just get one weekend off from the all the fuckery?—I’m feeling mighty, mighty F.I.N.E. How bout you?

Rather than spiral over the latest clusterfuck Chump and his cult of clowns have dragged us into, I decided to take a detour. A step back into the past.

Lately, I’ve been experimenting with breathing a little life into some vintage photos. With the help of AI, of course. A little experiment in distraction and reanimation.

Here are two variations of one of my all-time favorite images of Reg Park…

Making short, visual non sequiturs like these keeps my mind just busy enough, giving it something to focus on while the world keeps spinning into chaos and destruction.

The present feels unbearable and the future unpredictable, so looking back to the past for hope and solace is the only way I see forward. For now.

“Everything in life is only for now…”
AVENENUE Q Cast

‘For Now’ is a bittersweet reprise of ‘It Sucks to be Me.’ Although it is not a grand finale, 'For Now’ reminds us to appreciate the joys and endure the sadness we currently experience, and acknowledge that all is fleeting, a lesson that makes life seem all the more precious. Many people never find their purpose, but life goes on, and everything—both good and bad—is "only for now.”
From Genius

Are you feeling F.I.N.E. too, boo?

Keep calm and carry on!
Clint 🌈✌️

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ON THIS DAY = JUNE 22

BIRTHDAYS

• 1876 = Gwen John = Welsh artist 🌈

• 1900 = Oskar Fischinger = German-American abstract artist and filmmaker

• 1906 = Billy Wilder = Austrian-born American filmmaker

• 1909 = Katherine Dunham = American dancer and choreographer

• 1909 = Mike Todd = American producer and manager

• 1910 = Peter Pears = English tenor 🌈

• 1921 = Joseph Papp = American director and producer

• 1922 = Bill Blass = American fashion designer

• 1936 = Kris Kristofferson = American singer-songwriter and actor

• 1937 = Chris Blackwell = English record producer and Island Records co-founder

• 1941 = Ed Bradley = American journalist

• 1943 = Brit Hume = American journalist and author

• 1947 = Octavia E. Butler = American author

• 1949 = Alan Osmond = American singer and producer

• 1949 = Lindsay Wagner = American actor

• 1949 = Meryl Streep = American actor

• 1953 = Cyndi Lauper = American singer-songwriter

• 1954 = Freddie Prinze = American comedian and actor

• 1954 = Václav Fischer = Czech-German businessman and politician 🌈

• 1958 = Bruce Campbell = American actor and fillmaker

• 1958 = Jennifer Finney Boylan = American author, activist, and educator 🌈

• 1960 = Tracy Pollan = American actor

• 1961 = Jimmy Somerville = Scottish singer-songwriter 🌈

• 1964 = Amy Brenneman = American actor

• 1974 = Donald Faison = American actor

• 1979 = Jai Rodriguez = American actor and tv host 🌈

• 1986 = Bob the Drag Queen = American drag queen and comedian 🌈

EVENTS

• 1870 = The Department of Justice is created by the US Congress.

• 1911 = George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the UK.

• 1954 = On The Waterfront is released in theaters.

• 1969 = Judy Garland dies in London at the age of 47.

• 1977 = The Rescuers is released in theaters.

• 1982 = Johnny Mathis comes out in an interview with Us Weekly.

• 1984 = Karate Kid is released in theaters.

• 1984 = Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.

• 1988 = Who Framed Roger Rabbit is released in theaters.

HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES

• National HVAC Tech Day

• National Kissing Day

• Pride Month (ongoing)

• Windrush Day (UK)

PORTRAIT + QUOTES OF THE DAY

“If there's anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously.”
Billy Wilder

“My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?”
Billy Wilder

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