Pacman, Anarchy

I have to admit that while I dont belong to any political group, I never belonged to any academic organization or mensa or whatnot I do belong to a supporters group (which sounds sooo tame) for the local second division soccer club. Yep, I'm a barrista (not a barista), an hincha, a hooligan if you will. I realize its odd, I mean I'm a college graduate for fuck sakes but can I help it? no, I happen to like that team, its colors and what it represents. Hey, we all need a hobby.

What does that have to do with video games? well plenty. See even though I belong to a barra, which traditionally glorifies chaos, loyalty and ska (its the closest I'll ever come to a gang) I'm still a nerd and when it came time to show love for my team's colours I still had to allow some room for that nerdiness. So I made a flag, on the one side it had a black star on a red circle and on the other it had this.

Not the most intimidating symbol in the world right? hardly anarchist, socialist or metal, but cool nonetheless. Its not like I particularly love Pac-Man, though I would not be adverse to something like this, but its such a recognizable symbol, one with no negative connotations, non-controversial, witty and one with which I could have my nerd side shine through even in such circumstances.

I did take the flag to a bunch of games, it appears in many a photo in the forefront of the barra, nobody gave me any shit: it was fucking original after all. But I did make one mistake: when picking the fabric I chose one that is kinda thick so it only really gets going when theres some real wind, something that doesnt happen that often on sunday afternoons in Tijuana.

So I decided to create a bigger, simpler and lighter flag while retiring the old one. Of course this wasnt an old discarded American flag so I didnt have to burn it in some sort of complicated ritual. Instead I decided to frame it, its a double sided flag so in order to get to frames I moved Blinky onto a black background while the star was framed with the entire flag. The result is a solid win, one that cannot be quantified with an iPhone camera. The star is great but the real accomplishment is that framed Blinky.

Thats art folks.