Why Daily Purple Pig?

A number of people have asked me this question, so I figured this would be a good thing to explain here.

What is the daily purple pig?
This website built as an attempt to both inspire and better myself as an artist.

I don't do balloon art professionally, many of the things I've learned I've only built once for my own amusement.  This website gives me a place to try hard, to make things look their best and push myself to be better, without feeling like I'm flooding people on Facebook.

What do you build here?
Much like my previous gamer diaries blog, I have accrued a number of balloon designs from PDFs and DVDs and webinars and Youtube and jams/conventions and magazines and imitation.  Some of these I might have only built one thing from previously, I'm going to poke my finger at most of them and see what I like to build and post.

Do you have any rules?
No, and I would reserve the right to break them for any reason I see fit.  But, I will try to build things at least twice (depending on complexity), and of course, the purple pig must appear once in every post.

What is the purple pig?
The Purple Pig is a holy relic.  In much the same way as one would rub the belly of a Buddah, or pull the cord of Spongebob's holy conch shell, a balloon artist of certain faith gives squeeze at the beginning of a balloon session for luck, squeeze-squeeze whenever in need of divine inspiration, and when feeling frustrated, squeeze-squeeze-squeeze-squeeze-squeeze-squeeze-squeeze.

I was first exposed to the Purple Pig when viewing the Balloon Blast Show.

What is the Balloon Blast Show?
Balloon Blast is a YouTube show created by Scott Tripp, with a later addition of Sam Cremeens.  I think Scott Tripp is probably one of the coolest, most creative, obsessed balloon nerds out there..  The tagline for his show is "Let's Improve our Art", and he does so with mucho gusto.  Most episodes involve some sort of bizarre hijinks; Mento's & Diet Coke in a balloon, homemade latex,  balloons used in unusual ways, things to make out of leftover nozzles.

Who would they be as Muppets?
Sam Cremeens would be Professor Honeydew, and Scott Tripp would be the Great Gonzo.

Am I a man, or am I a muppet? (am I a muppet?)
If I'm a muppet, then I'm a very manly muppet. (very manly muppet)  (link)