06:31 pm Ok - here's a year's worth of pics. I went to the Netherlands in the spring; Scotland by way of Carlisle, a few coastal towns and Hardian's wall in the summer (You can see Ben working it with a Scotish waitress). London in the summer as well. Holly's Birthday, Soccer, Easter stuff..etc. Alot more happened - it's been a great year. I'm not going to lable these. If anyone's curious about any specifics just ask.
01:23 pm The Young New Mexican Puppeteer by Tom Jones
In a town near Albequerqe Lived a most concerned young boy He said lately I have noticed Folks don't live with peace and joy
With frowns and worry on their faces They're lost and don't know where to go He said I'll get the people straightened By putting on a puppet show
The young New Mexican puppeteer He saw the people all lived in fear He thought that maybe they'd listen to A puppet telling them what to do
You know he got some string and he got some wood He did some carving and he was good And folks came running so they could hear The young New Mexican puppeteer
First he carved out young Abe Lincoln Abe will teach 'em civil rights Then a king named Martin Luther So they'd recall his peacefull fight
Old Mark Twain, his wit and wisdom Will surely show them life is fun But he smiled with satisfaction When the prince of peace was done
The young New Mexican puppeteer He saw the people all lived in fear He thought that maybe they'd listen to A puppet telling them what to do
You know he got some string and he got some wood He did some carving and he was good And folks came running so they could hear The young New Mexican puppeteer Now his puppet shows were clever And he made the people laugh When he got across the message To walk along lifes open path
They built him his own puppet theatre Decked out with spotlights yellow and red And then they wrote him up in all the papers And this is what the story said
It said...
The young New Mexican puppeteer He saw the people all lived in fear He thought that maybe they would listen to A puppet telling them what to do
You know he got some string and he got some wood He did some carving and he was good And folks came running so they could hear The young New Mexican puppeteer
Frickin' Tom Jones was a prophet, man. I'm finishing up a few long languishing art projects (Matty) and this will be the next thing I work on. How could you not draw this story?
I've got pics from Netherlands, Scotland, Christmas, Halloween, Hadrian's Wall and tons more stuff...big update soon (really). My mom wanted to see pics of the dog so these go up 1st.
10:05 pm So I built a new computer..dual processing, 64-bit Windows...really nice. An absolute bitch to find drivers for, tho. Ipod? nope...printer? nope..scanner? nope. So I have been drawing but I can't get them on he computer without a whole process..so they'll wait. I've taken more pics..but I'm just lazy. I'll get them up soon. I can, however, run he hell out of painter and photoshop. Big fat effects laden brush strokes with no stutter. It had been a while since I played with Painter so I just started playing around with brushes.....
07:10 pm eh..I quit doing these questionare things...I find them interesting at times but I figure "who cares?"...Well for some reason I cared about filling out a new one posted by Chris:
TEN "FIRST"S First Best Friend: Todd - usually addressed by my parents in a combined name with his sister..where's toddanlaura? First Pet: Osa - I think that's how you spell it...It's greek - I just tried internetting it with no luck..I feel like a turd for forgetting First Piercing: Ear - it's out of use now First Crush: probably Luara of toddanluara... First Date: No clue....I fell into girlfriends by chance..I was to much of a wuss to make plans First CD: Survivor - Eye of the Tiger First Car: Chevi caprice classic.....velour First Love: Caroline - I'm amazed at the length of that relationship considering the mistakes on both sides First School: Hermatige Elementary - unless prescholl was someplace different...don't know First Drink: Probably wine or something with the family..or not..it was never a big deal
NINE "LAST"S Last Beverage: Diet Cherry Coke...gimme a 1/2 hour and it'll be Guinness...I've been off percocet for a few days and it's been waiting Last Car Ride: Ride home from work Last Movie Seen: Oceans' 12 Last Phone Call: Jenna from work Last CD Played: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones Last Bubble Bath: Probably when I was a baby. Last Song Listened to: Whatever Yeah Yeah Yeah's song is being ripped into ITunes Last time you cried: I think I've cried since I left for Korea...OH YEAH - being constipated after surgery...A single tear out of pained frustration...worst 4 hours of my life...no kidding Last bad thing you did: That's so subjective...I'll call it whatever's at the one guilty thing below
EIGHT "HAVE YOU EVER"S Have you ever dated one of your best friends: My dates became my best friends..but no, not from an existing bestfriendship Have you ever been arrested: No Have you ever skinny dipped: Yeah. Have you ever been on tv: Yeah. Have you ever cheated: Sure...on trivial stuff Have you ever been in love: Yep Have you ever been dumped: Yes and no - I haven't had alot of relationships..the one were I was dumped - we got back together and broke up a few of times..I broke it last Have you ever been in a car accident: Yeah
SEVEN THINGS YOU'RE WEARING RIGHT NOW 1. Rubber ducky pj pants 2. Black shirt 3. Contacts 4. ... 5. ... 6. ... 7. ..oh...deoderant
SIX THINGS YOU'VE DONE TODAY 1. Drank my fiber 2. Progressed on a few projects at work 3. Took on a drawing commission 4. Laughed my ass off 5. Ate crappy ribs 6. Read some Blacksad in the tub
FIVE FAVORITES 1. Frazetta 2. Cards 3. My family 4. This Easter - we had some friends over for Chinese Sunday night...we were dreading it because it turned into a big deal... and all we did was sit around and talk...I haven't laughed so hard in ages. 5. Drawing.
FOUR PEOPLE YOU CAN TELL ALMOST ANYTHING TO 1. Jenna 2. Mom 3. Willy 4. who ever wants to listen - having to tell people that you need time off to remove an anal fistula kinda gets rid of your modesty
THREE CHOICES Black or White? pick one for me Hot or Cold? Hot Chocolate or Vanilla? Dark dark chocolate
TWO THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE 1. More 2. Just be a witness for what I have now, in the future...my kids, my wife, my friends 2.5 Scarlett Johanson
ONE THING YOU REGRET 1. Being lazy when being productive would have made me happier
07:58 pm - My apologies to everyone I almost killed...but I had to wee really bad. I was stupid on Monday. If you know me and think singling out one day for stupidity is wishful thinking on my part - well this was especially moronic. Before I start let me ask for a visualization on your part - try to imagine holding an empty pop bottle (plastic, 16oz) like a cigarette, between your pointer and middle fingers, the sides level with the ground. Now imagine the same thing with an full pop bottle (plastic, 16oz). One's easy and one's a bit more trying. Also - keep in mind that England does not have strip malls, McDonalds, Exxons, Waffle Houses and other havens for weary travelers sprinkled along the roadside. What they have is very spread out.
OK...so Monday I had to wake up early and go get my wife's parents from Gatwick airport..about a 2 hr drive. I wake up, get some coffee, go to the gas station, fill up, get a coke, some water, a candy bar..and I'm off. A half a bottle of water and a coke later and I have to pee. Not so bad, tho - and by my math I had only about 45 minutes left to go. Then traffic stopped. When it finally got moving again 20 minutes later I was almost in tears.
When you're in a jam where waiting is between you and salvation, if you're like me, wishfull thinking comes like a flood during the waiting. If only I had a big coffe cup, or a hose that I could trail from my crotch to the window, or sponge pants or...a small plastic coke bottle.
I should have got a clue that I had gone a bit dumb when I thought that I should finish the small amount of coke left in the bottle before spoiling it with pee. Waste not want not. Ok - traffic was thin, button fly undone, bottle uncapped and ready...now, of course in my minds preperations my weiner was going to be just laying on my thigh after I got it out past my drawers, ready to assist. Nope..it was cold.I had to tug it kicking and screaming into the fray. Also my mind seemed to have imagined a bottle with a much bigger hole in the top. A funnel would have been gold at that moment. So would've brains.
Ok - weiner in hand, bottle up, held in place with my pointer and middle finger..like a cig. Another check to make sure traffic is clear - no truckers needed to see this. AAaaaaaaannd....aaaaaaand...pppuuuuushhh. My weiner evidently was thinking far clearer than I was. I couldn't make myself pee and trying to make myself pee was making me have to pee more. Man - this just wasn't meant to be. Thank god I was stupid.
Another truck check..another push. Finally it started. AAAhhhhhh. Thank god. AAAhhhhh -ooh shit. Here's were the visualiztion comes in handy - A bottle with an ever increasing amount of liquid becomes harder to hold horizontal, even harder to hold in a specific place in contact with a specific area, a specific area that is being held in place by my thumb and ring finger. I still had at least 6oz to go and I was losing control.
I still don't know how I kept from just weeing all over my self and my car, but I maintained control. Of my car, my weiner and my wizbottle.
The perfect American Pie finish would involve me losing control of the car on the way home as I reached desperately towards the back seat, trying to grab the wizbottle before my in-law could drink the lemon-coke. That didn't happen but whoever emptied that carpark trashcans at Gatwick on Monday.....I'm sorry - I really, really had to pee-pee. Current Mood: accomplished
06:32 pm - No he doesn't need it . No he can't turn into one. I asked Robert to give me something to draw to snap me out of my slump. "Draw Invincible riding on Robot, who is a futuristic surfboard." Fair enough.
FingerLickingGod: bloooood
MyMom: HUH?
FingerLickingGod: sorry - wrong number
MyMom:
If you weren't trying to talk to me, who were you talking to. Besides
that, I'm way cooler than you think. My favorite guitarist now is
Dimebag Darryl. I get around you know.
FingerLickingGod: you are bullshitting completely
MyMom:My
career as a schoold bus aide requires relating to very troubled
children in many different ways. I listen to lots of acid rock and
gothic groups. They are comforted when they are able to share with me.
FingerLickingGod: Dimebag is dead
FingerLickingGod: Could be a touchy subject with your new rock legions - stay informed
MyMom: NOOOOOO! Jason(the Alice Cooper wannabe) will be crushed. I'll have to counsel him on the bus this afternoon.
FingerLickingGod: Seriously - he was shot on stage a few months ago - maybe last year. How's your life?
MyMom: No
kidding? Really, I dont' think Jason knows. My life is fine. I'm online
looking at QVC for things to organize with. That's the fastlane in
Goodview.
FingerLickingGod: Life in the fastlane should be no sweat for such a rock 'n roll warrior
MyMom:
You know me so well. OK got to get organizing, if all you guys are ok.
Tell everyone I love them. (you too by the way). Peace, bro
FingerLickingGod: That suits you so well - take care
That's all for now. Pictures and art soon (relatively).
08:52 pm Late entry for the penciljack cowboy jamboree:
I have no idea how I'd cope if I were me living back then. If someone challenged me to guns at noon I'd be two states away by 11:30. Maybe I could be a wanted poster artist. I might be tempted by stories of the gold rush, but I'd probably figure that anybody striking it rich by the time I got out there would be working a lot harder than I would. I'd probably try to work my way up thru the railroad and get a conductor job whilst moonlighting as a racy novel illustrator. I'd have a bitchin' hat and moustache, tho.
04:19 pm - Because everyone else is.. At 1st I was worried because I thought my humor would skew like the rest of the test takers so far but I'm mostly happy with the description - so screw you lame asses.
the Cutting Edge
(60% dark, 43% spontaneous, 33% vulgar)
your humor style: CLEAN | SPONTANEOUS | DARK
Your humor's mostly innocent and off-the-cuff, but somehow there's something slightly menacing about you. Part of your humor is making people a little uncomfortable, even if the things you say aren't in and of themselves confrontational. You probably have a very dry delivery, or are seriously over-the-top. Your type is the most likely to appreciate a good insult and/or broken bone and/or very very fat person dancing.
PEOPLE LIKE YOU: David Letterman - John Belushi
My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
07:56 pm Just a few recent pictures. These were taken in the neighborhood playground and while out walking the local footpaths that go out behind our town. ( Read more... )
I was busy drinking and cooking and hosting at the cookout so no pics. But we just shaved and bleached Ben's head in prep for coloring so I'll get some up soon.
06:00 pm - BIG PHOTO UPDATE! WEEEEE! Sorry to the family - it's been a while since I've posted any pics. We're still having a blast here in the UK. Finally went to London for the 1st time with Burt and Anne, and it didn't let me down. If the view wasn't pretty or humbling it was at least very interesting - just the way the old and new jumble togther in places is great to see.
Here's the pics (There's a LOT. I would click on the 'Read More' links and walk away for a few minutes if you have a slow connection):
Warwick Castle (Jenna took these - I was at work. I need to let her have the camera more often): ( Read more... )
09:44 am I figured I'd try a favorite record list. Instead of lyrics I've opted for a selective crop of the album cover. Again, no preferential order - probably not even a defintive "Top 10" as far as my favorites go, but I haven't put that much thought into it. Any guessers?
Sorry I'm a few days late but here's my quote list. A quick rundown for those that don't know - These are the 1st lines of 10 of my favorite books. Guess what they are. This isn't in any preferential order. 1 and 2 seem to be popular choices, but they belong on my list so sorry for being redundant. I almost *'ed out the character's names for 7, but the whole sentence is a dead giveaway if you've read the book so screw it.
1. Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.
2. The primroses were over.
3. This is the room of the wolfmother wallpaper.
4. Stately, plump Buck Mulligan Came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.
5. A screaming comes across the sky.
6. It was a nice day. (and to be fair - here's the second line) All the days had been nice.
7. The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
8. It was love at first site.
9. In the days before the world began, the first Ko Ming Emperor, Mao Tse-tung, stood on the hillside at Wuch'ichen in Shensi Province and looked back at the way he had come.
10. (translated) Midway upon the journey of our life / I found myself within a forest dark / For the straightforward pathway had been lost.
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