What men think about Muriel

Muriel's Neighborhood Treats

Pull a rabbit out of a head

Ok it's alright with me

Ok it's alright with me some things are just meant to be
it never comes easily and when it does i'm already gone
i'm practically never still more likely to move until i end up alone at will
my life continues inching along

Ok it's alright to me some people are scared to see
what's happening frequently but I would never shy from a fight
heartbeat with a high demand often will go hand in hand
but i'm sick of just starting plans i wanna spend the rest of my life.
Eric Hutchinson

MarialeandMuriel

What would you think if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out of key.
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm,I get high with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends.

Sister Sister

My sister once told me "My hair color is toffee, my skin color is toffee and my eye color is toffee, what can I do I make people hungry!” Lucia Benavides is the queen of perfection or at least she tries. Let’s give it up for Muriel sister for being the complete opposite of Muriel… I love you toffee.

Dani B

Let's talk about Daniela Barata. Daniela Barata is part of Muriel's crew of besties. This crew is like Muriel's family. They have been together through the dark times and the darker times. But all these girls are all very different and, what can I say, Daniela is very particular. First of all she is the girl you love to hate in high school because she is so beautiful and seems to have all her shit worked out. Secondly, she is part of every sport team and part of every student organization.The ones who really know Daniela we know that she can make any guy fall madly in love with her, cause she knows how hot she is. The truth is that Daniela is just as messed up as the rest of us. We found out this out when she went to college (kidding). But Daniela will never stop making girls jealous and making men cry for her attention. I love dani b. She is the most loyal person in the world and the most loving. Dani b you got it going onnn!

Muriel talks

Muriel is Famous

The Adventures of Fat Muriel

Muriel is a rabbit in real life, yet in the world of cyberspace she is a charming heroine, who narrates her intrepid adventures in the Big Apple.

This past January, Blanca Benavides, a junior and an illustration major at Parsons School of Design, created the blog “Las Aventuras de Fat Muriel en la Big Apple”- a Spanglish blog where she relates her day-to-day activities and thoughts through illustrations, under the pseudonym of her rabbit Muriel. “Sometimes you can be exceptional by being someone else. So when I draw as Muriel I feel I can do and say much more than by just being plain me,” Blanca says.

She portrays Muriel as a protagonist, who leads a life parallel to her own. In her art, she represents people who Muriel encounters, song lyrics that express Muriel’s feelings, and endeavors that capture Muriel’s unique sense of humor. From her attempts to be fit and try out a Tae-bo DVD to her “Valentine’s Day fail”, Muriel’s blog entries and illustrations manage to entertain her increasing number of followers and keep them tuned in for her upcoming escapades.

Every day new blogs are being created. Though this denotes new competition for bloggers, it also creates new opportunities for them. Through her blog, Blanca has been able to promulgate her art within minutes, communicate with other illustration bloggers, and gain a growing amount of recognition for her work- work that would have otherwise remained unseen by many.

In the sphere of interactive media, Muriel has become a reality, a projection of Blanca’s life as she perceives it, and an art form that is able to interact with its public.

By Mariale Espinoza

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