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Bush monkey portrait sparks protests

A portrait of President George W. Bush using monkeys to form his image has led to the closure of a New York art exhibition over the weekend and anguished protests over freedom of expression.

"Bush Monkeys," a small acrylic on canvas by Chris Savido, created the stir at the Chelsea Market public space, leading the market's managers to close down the 60-piece show that was scheduled to stay up for the next month.

[...] "We had tons of people, like more than 2,000 people show up for the opening on Thursday night," said show organizer Bucky Turco. "Then this manager saw the piece and the guy just kind of flipped out. 'The show is over. Get this work down or I'm gonna arrest you,' he said. It's been kind of wild."

Turco took the show down on Saturday and moved the art work to his small downtown Animal Gallery. Calls to the management of Chelsea Market for comment were not returned.

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an update

So, recently I saw Sideways with friends. It's a great movie. If you have no problem with a few curse words and would like to see a flick that features the adventures of a wine snob taking his friend on a week-long bachelor's party, this is the film for you. (zenrabbit, you'd probably like this a lot.)

I am officially (or perhaps merely euphemistically) "between assignments." I'm starting to lose confidence in my temp agency. As I semi-joked earlier today, "I filed for unemployment yesterday. They might get me an assignment when they're notified of the claim."

Today I attended a holiday party at my most recent place of employment. Everyone there seemed happy to see me again. My old boss said that she missed hearing my giggles in the office. A large part of the conversation dealt with the ingestion of various substances (one in particular). There was too much food for seven people. Then we had a gift exchange, and my gift turned out to be a 2005 calendar titled "Dubya Doublespeak." It's great! So I'll go from a staid 2004 Zen calendar to Dubya. Interesting juxtaposition.

I am again in this cold-ass library. Jesus Christ.