Darth Libris

It's that time again.

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:06:00 GMT

This is a call for submissions, so to speak.

I'm going to be getting another tattoo after Christmas, I think. So, what I'd like is suggestions. I figure a lot of you know me pretty well and have pretty good ideas as to what I like. Feel free to post pictures (and if you're the drawing type feel free to design one if you'd like :-) ).

How was everyone's Thanksgiving? We had a good time, lots of driving, lots of food.

That's all.

Some things to talk about.

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:45:47 GMT

1. Go. Vote. I don't care what your politics are. Go vote. Go. Whatever you're doing will probably still be there when you get back. Go.

2. I'd like to talk for a minute about a problem plaguing modern sci-fi and fantasy fiction. Authors who feel that making up words = interesting and/or good writing. Randall Munroe from XKCD and I seem to be on the same page. The number of made up words is inversely proportional to how good we think the book is. (Disclaimer: I don't know Randall Munroe, I just wish I did...is that creepy?) This leads me to my second point: Anathem by Neal Stephenson has more made up words than I've seen in a book ever. Don't give me any of this "Tolkien maked up werds all the time!" Tolkien made up entire languages. Even if you didn't like the books you have to admit that's pretty awesome. Also, the languages were there because there were different races in Middle Earth.

In the foreword Mr. Stephenson explains to us that his story doesn't take place on Earth, but rather a planet very similar to earth. I imagine this is supposed to explain the proliferation of non-existent words. It didn't appease me. The new words didn't add anything to the story and most times detracted from it. Every page or so there was a dictionary entry defining the made-up language and every time I had to stop and read one I felt the story slipping away and it made me angry.

Now, in the interest of full disclosure, I didn't finish the book. Perhaps there's something utterly astounding and wonderful past page 75 or so, but I didn't have the patience to go wading for it. The entirety of what I read felt like I was slogging through waist-deep muck. Don't get me wrong here; I don't mind a tough read. I like a challenge every now and again. Tolkien (again) has always been a tough, thought-provoking read for me and I love The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (The Silmarillion, however, not so much). Anathem wasn't difficult because it was thought provoking. It was difficult because (to me) it was pretentious.
That's all about that.

Happy election day, folks!

OK folks, here's some stuff

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:13:42 GMT

Alrighty.

I'm selling stuff. If you're interested in any of this let me know.

Canon 300D DSLR. Comes will the battery, charger, strap, instruction manual and an 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 lens. $250

Epiphone Dot Studio electric guitar. Comes with hard case and an amp. $250

2 sets of Rock Band 1 drums for the 360. $45 each or $80 together.

A mandolin. I can't remember the maker, but I'll look when I get home and try to remember to edit the post. $100

And other than that, not much.

BUY MY STUFF

I'm all about subtlety.

Tagged (sorta) by

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:53:15 GMT

cleopatra18

A) People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs & replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.

B) Tag 8 people to do this quiz & those who are tagged cannot refuse. These people must state who they were tagged by & cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by. Continue this game by sending it to other people.

1) What is essential for your happiness?
Being with Lisa, family, friends, being wel-fed and taking pictures.

2) What are you wearing at the moment?
Red and Yellow Questionable Content" t-shirt, jeans, sneakers.

3) What is your spirit animal?
Penguin. (Slide)

4) What is your favorite scent?
Vanilla

5) What do you put on your hamburger?
Mayo, mustard, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles. Sometimes mushrooms and swiss cheese.

6) What do you drink the most?
Coffee?

7) What color is your car?
Silver.

8) Who was your first big crush?
Melissa Gill in 7th grade. We ended up dating off an on from then all the way through High School.

9) What did you want to be when you grew up?
Photographer

10) What mythical figure are you?
An ogre?

11) What characters are overrated?
Frigging Daredevil.

12) What 3 people do you invite to dinner?
Real people or historical or what? I'll go with historical: Ansel Adams, Indeed probably Jesus, and George Lucas from 1977

13) What is your current desktop?
A Pandaren

14) What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?
Awesome. :-)

15) What are you afraid of?
Being a terrible photographer, spiders, snakes.

16) What's your favorite article of clothing?
These jeans.

17) What are you into right now?
Rock Band 2.

18) What did you do today?
Rode to work.

19) What do you want?
To hit the Powerball.

20) What should you be doing right now?
Building a database.

21) What's the meaning behind your LJ username/name/nicknames you go by?
I was trying to think of a cool AIM username back in the day when someone said Darth Maul and I said no, that's too literal. The someone else said Darthvol because it rhymed and had Darth in it and we all attended UT at the time.

I tag: ophelias_heart
cheekyminky
mawychick
willow_dragon
samilia
fiona0822
jax
mjstone

Kthxbai

Ziggidy-Zombie

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:48:05 GMT

I had to share this:

Created by Mingle2.com (Dating for non-zombies)

That's all.

Wai B4ck M4ch1n3

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:07:18 GMT

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.

That number should be easy enough for some of you to guess. It's an answer. An answer to a question that no one has asked. The question itself is unknown.

Guess it and you will be rewarded with enlightenment of a sort and a never-ending quest for a question.

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So, I've not shot any pictures this week. I've got a shooting assignment for class and I need to work on that, but more importantly I need to be taking pictures and making mistakes. I need to start carrying my camera with me more often. I've got to start making time for photography.

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I guess that's all, really.

I think I'd prefer to stay inside....

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:09:37 GMT

If this election isn't over soon it is going to kill me.

Seriously.

Take this story for example. I'm no McCain/Palin fan, but come on! How the hell is this news? So she was blessed by a Kenyan pastor. Perhaps witchcraft is something that is mentioned a lot in their parish? I'm doubting she asked to be blessed against witchcraft. Why. Is. This. News?

Gah!

Now on the other side of the coin, McCain is trying to postpone the VP debate. Ostensibly this is to protest Congress for not passing the $700 billion financial bailout that is on the table. However, I continually wonder why they're shielding Palin from the media. I would think that if she's actually going to be this huge shot in the arm for the Republican campaign (and not end up being a huge liability) that they'd want her out in the spotlight as much as possible.

Personally, I think the McPalin campaign knows that Joe Biden will take her apart in the debate.

Anyway, that's all I guess.

Masterpiece Theatre

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:08:00 GMT

Good morning my fine intarweb friends.

I would like to start this post on a positive note: My photography class is teh awesome. I learned more in the first class than I have in 2 years of trying to figure this out on my own.

The next thing I have to talk to you about is Rock Band 2. I finally picked it up last night and Echols, Jordan and I ended up rocking until the wee hours. Well, 12:45am. Is that a wee hour?

Anyway, it's pretty excellent. A lot of reviews have been of the "ho hum, more of the same" variety and I agree to and extent (except for the ho hum part). The rock band formula is still there. But you know what? It's still hella fun. It's still engaging and it still makes me feel like a rock star for a little while. Everyone should feel like a rock star for a little while. The major updates (on the 360 version)are to the UI and to the communication times. The new UI is gorgeous. It is beautiful and way more functional than RB 1. The "communicating with the Rock Central Server" business is all but gone. And the save times are incredibly fast. Signing in and creating characters is much smoother and less time consuming as well. Also, the Band Challenges and online challenges are crazy fun.

If you already own GH III/Rock Band 1 instruments they work fine. I hear the new drums are much more responsive and are quieter, though.

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:47:27 GMT

Show of hands: Who's still around after they switched on the Large Hadron Collider?

/raise hand

Let's all take a deep breath, step back and wait for the Ultimate Destruction! (rights reserved) when they actually start colliding things in October. :-)

But seriously, I'm looking forward to this project being fully operational. I've got my crowbar all ready to rock.

I hope this project reveals some awesome new things we didn't know before.

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:52:40 GMT

Pick 10 people and give them the "you make my day" award in no particular order.
If you're picked, you are charged with picking 10 of your own (unless you've already done it).

ophelias_heart
samilia
soaringoak
willow_dragon
rumielf
cleopatra18
fiona0822
mawychick
mjstone
cheekyminky

Other than that. I'm out of stuff to write about.

Doggy Update

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:20:48 GMT

Hey folks, thanks for all the kind words and support.

Turns out our friend Amanda has found the dogs. It now looks like one of the neighbor's kid (who has been seen throwing rocks at the dogs before) let them out before he got on the school bus this morning.

They're back and safe now and they're going to keep an eye on them just in case the kid did something else to them as well.

Yay dogs are back!

Sad and Angry

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:59:02 GMT

Someone broke the gate at our friends' house this morning and took all of their dogs. And our dog.

Wash was living with them until we could scrape the money together to fence our yard and we were going to bring him home.

I guess we were too slow.

Tazewell friends: keep an eye out for the following please.
1. Wash: Answers to Wash. Terrier mix. Approx. 30 lbs. Brown and white for the most part, some black on his face. He is microchipped, but it's a passive thing so he'd have to be scanned at a vet before anyone would contact us. Male.

2. Bubbles: Answers to Bubbles. Dark brown almost black. Med. sized dog probably weighs around 20-25 lbs. Female. Pees on herself if she gets overly excited.

3. Cow-cow: Answers to Cow-cow. Black and white markings like a cow. Very short legs. Small - Med. size. Maybe 15-20 lbs. Male. Incredibly high-pitched bark.

If you guys see any of them (I'm not hopeful and I'll tell you why in a minute) give me a call if you have my number or text me from my profile page. I think that still works.

This comes after their first outside dog, Sam was poisoned. He'd gotten out of the fence once and was on the neighbors property so the neighbor (although they can't prove it) gave him a bowl of anti-freeze to drink. Their replacements were a little stray named Sadie who was terrified of everyone but Todd and a black lab named Jake. Someone poisoned Sadie right after she'd had Cow-cow and Bubbles and then threatened to poison Jake so they sent him somewhere else to live. Now they've stolen our dogs and I doubt we'll ever see them again because if it's the same scumbag they'll probably be dead.

I'm so angry I can't even think right now.

Thanks in advance for keeping your eyes open.

WTB end of the elections.

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:49:23 GMT

Seriously. Why can't people just decide who they're going to vote for then stop trying to goad me into an argument?

I think the McCain campaign is patronizing women - specifically the disillusioned Hillary supporters - and expect all of them to blindly vote Vagina. I don't mean that vaginas are bad just so we're clear. :-)

You can choose to ignore what I just said or you can start a discussion. However, belligerence, trolling or goading will not be tolerated.

Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

I picked up Too Human and Braid this week. Braid is fantastic. Great 2D side-scrolling wonderful. Good puzzling and the time-manipulation mechanics are both simple and extremely versatile. All around fun. $15 from Xbox Live Arcade

Too Human is also a lot better than the reviewers gave credit for. The combat is indeed a little wonky. The camera is indeed stupid a heck of a lot of the time. However, the setting, the story and the joy of slashing through a roomful of enemies doesn't get old. I like it. So ther. $59.99 from Target/Gamestop/Wal-mart, etc.

I'm very sad. Disappointed and sad.

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:13:07 GMT

I'm not sure, even, where to start here.

Ender's Game changed the way I read Science Fiction. Speaker for the Dead changed the way I looked at our collective future. The rest of the Ender saga had me ravenously reading for weeks on end and anxiously awaiting future books.

Orson Scott Card has changed the way I think about him and his books forever.

I'm a big proponent of live and let live. What you believe is what you believe. When you start inciting revolution over something so trivial then it affects me and mine. Seriously, Mr. Card? Homosexual marriage is the tipping point for you? It's not the war on an ideal that has gone on longer and cost more than it ever should have? It's not the economy that gets more and more shaky as days go by? It's not the fact that prices on necessities (gas and food mainly) continue to increase exponentially? Two men or two women wanting to get married is what would bring you to open revolt against your government?

Granted, being Mormon I would never expect you to be OK with the idea of gay marriage and that's fine with me. I don't expect everyone to be ok with it. If you're not: fine. If you are: fine. Your belief. But open revolution? Come on.

Anyway, I'm finished. Besides, Michael Swaim over at Cracked.com has already said everything that needs to be said.

I know there's probably a ton of you who don't agree with me on this topic and like I've already said, that's fine. I'm not trying to push an agenda here, I'm just trying to get something off my chest.

I've never had anything but good out of my friend's list but this topic can certainly polarize people. Comment as you will (if you will) but just remember that we're friends OK?

A survey. Pbbbt

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:59:35 GMT

Stol'd from cleopatra18

What is your biggest goal for this year? Get back to school and maybe a job @ UT.

How about for your life? Get paid semi-vast sums of money for taking pictures.

Do you have a bf or gf? Wife, actually.

Do you have plans for the future that involve them? Well, yes.

Do you have kids? We have 2 cats, but plan on human babies at some point.

What are their names? The cats names are Saffron and Helo

What do you hope for their futures? Just kitties, remember?

If you just won the Powerball for $200 million, name 10 things u'd buy..
1. Pay off our house.
2. Pay off the condo and rent it to someone.
3. A Blackburn trumpet
4. A Canon 1D SLR camera
5. A photography store/studio
6. Pay for school. A lot of it.
7. Pay off every bill we have.
8. Travels. Lots of going places.
9. Stuff for my photography studio.
10. Pie. I like that. Pie

If you could go back in time and change 3 things.. what?
There's not a lot I would change. I'd try to be nicer to my parents and my sister.

Do you have a good relationship with your siblings? Yes.

Why or why not? Because we like each other?

How about when you look at your bf/gf... what 3 things do you like?
1. She's my wife.
2. She's a nerd.
3. She loves me.

Silly questions that are still fun to know
Do you have any pets? yes
Which Kind? 2 kittehs
Do you watch cartoons? Yes
Would you consider yorself a good driver? So-so
How do you feel about organic food? I think it's just a way to get people to pay more for food.
What about meat? Yes.
Kittens or puppies? Both
Do you use lotion? No.
How often do you shower? once a day
Do you floss? no
Do you like batman? Yes.
have you seen 'the dark knight'? I have.
Do you have any stuffed animals? sure
Do you play any instruments? A few.
Do you care about politics? yes.
What's your political affiliation, if you have one? lefty commie pinko tree-hugging hippie bleeding heart liberal.
Do you like Tom Cruise, as an actor? Not after 1992 or so.
Do you use a towel or a bathrobe after showering? towel
Do you speak any other languages? A bit of German and a bit of latin
What country would you like to visit? Most of them.

Favorites -
Book? Either The Time Travelers Wife or Ender's Game
movie? Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
actor? Right now, Heath Ledger.
actress? Natalie Portman
website? kotaku.com
class? N/A
'lost' character? None because that show's whole premise was shark jumping.
tv show? Battlestar Galactica or Spaced.
cartoon? Neon Genesis Evangelion
breakfast food? Gravy and Buiscuits
fast food restaurant? Sonic
eating utensil? sporks are rather nice.
video game? Ever? That's a tough question so I'm just going to say Portal.
store? Apple Store
type of shoes? Chuck Taylors.
breed of dog? Mutt
color? purple
animal? cats, dogs, red pandas
nail polish color? Don't wear it.
band? The Beatles
instrument? Trumpet
type of music? classical, classic rock, bluegrass, 80s-90s
dine in restaurant? Chop House

Other random questions
Do you like amusement parks? Sure.
Do you get on the rollercoasters? Not much anymore.
Who should be president? Dennis Kucinich! But I'll go with Obama since he is sadly no longer an option.
Did you watch Eureka's Castle as a kid? Not that I remember.
What do you want to be when you grow up? Photographer
How do you feel about your grandparents? I love the ones still here and miss the ones that are gone.
Have you ever been anywhere tropical? Florida?
Ever think about going to Mexico? Yes.
Do you like frogs? indifferent.
Do you like microwaves? I do rather enjoy them, yes.
Have you ever had a hamster? No, those things are evil.
Do you believe in resurrection? I dunno. I guess I should read that zombie manual just in case I do.
What's your favorite flavor Vitamin water? Ick.
What movie or book best represents how you feel about life? Life for Dummies?.
Are you in a relationship? Yes
How do you feel about marriage? I like it.
What about having children? Scary.
Do you live wih your parents? Nope.
What's your favorite ice cream flavor? Phish Food.
Do you enjoy martial arts movies? Yes.
Have you ever been to Disney World? Yes. 24 years ago.
What about Los Angeles? nope.
How often do you check your myspace? once a week?.
Myspace or Facebook? facebook.
If you could be one person for a day, who'd it be? I dunno.
Have you ever been on TV/newspaper? Once or twice.
What\'s your IQ? Last time I took a test (10 years ago?) it was in the high 120s.
Ever considered joining the military? Not in the least
Where do you work? Library.
Who\'s your best friend? Chris Hipshire.
Ever teach yourself a skill? Guitar.
Ever been on a roadtrip? Yes indeedy.
Your dream vacation? Agreed, a cabin in the Smokies. Maybe the beach.
Are you racist? Try to not be
Have you ever had a snickers ice cream bar? yeah.
Do you drink Arizona iced tea? Nope
Ever seen a movie that was better than the book? Probably.
Ever been horseback riding? Never.

Writer's Block: What happened to you today?

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:05:54 GMT

What happened to you today?

View 500 Answers

I read a news story about a guy stabbing another guy to death on a Greyhound.

I did a bunch of inconsequential stuff for work.

I bought ophelias_heart tickets to see WWE RAW here in town for her birthday. She is a pretty big wrestling fan.

I'm considering applying for a job in the university library system. I'm not sure if it'll be financially viable yet, but we'll see.

That's all, really.

Writer's Block: In the Event of a Zombie Emergency

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:05:31 GMT

Are you prepared for a zombie outbreak, or are you just going to wing it?

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I'm prepared for everything up to a level 4 Doomsday outbreak. I recommend that anyone and everyone read Max Brooks' Zombie Survival Guide. You'll thank me for it. I know Zombies are imaginary, and yes I know everyone thinks I'm off my nut because of this, but hear me now: I'll be ready. When the dead walk the earth; I'll be ready.

Doom. Doooom! DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

On a different topic: today should be tapioca pudding day.

An album for every year I've been alive.

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:40:34 GMT

Over at the Onion A.V. Club today there's a blog post in which Steve Hyden picks an album for every year he has been alive. There's a list on Wikipedia starting here.

1979: Queen - Live Killers (Double Live album)
1980: The Clash - London Calling (U.S. release)
1981: The Stray Cats - The Stray Cats
1982: R.E.M. - Chronic Town
1983: Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
1984: Van Halen - MCMLXXXIV (1984)
1985: Bon Jovi - 7800 Fahrenheit
1986: They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants
1987: U2 - The Joshua Tree
1988: Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s Shocking
1989: The Cure - Disintegration
1990: They Might Be Giants - Flood
1991: Pearl Jam - Ten
1992: Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
1993: Nirvana - In Utero
1994: Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album)
1995: Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
1996: Cake - Fashion Nugget
1997: Blur - Blur
1998: Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview
1999: Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Live at Luther College
2000: Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy
2001: Muse - Origin of Symmetry
2002: Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
2003: The White Stripes - Elephant
2004: The Killers - Hot Fuss
2005: Fiery Furnaces - EP
2006: The Decemberists - The Crane wife
2007: The New Pornographers - Challengers
2008: Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords

Whew. That was a lot more work and indecision than I thought it would be.

Now, you.

A few things from the weekend.

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:52:28 GMT

#1. I shot another set of recitals last night. Things went pretty well. The only snag was that the room was crowded (again) and I didn't have room to move around and get different angles, etc. The lighting wasn't great, but this time I decided to use the flash anyway. We'll see how they turn out and I will, of course, post some of the shots.

#2. I went to see both Wall*E and Wanted. Both were quite good in completely different ways. Wall*E impressed me the most. It amazed me how well everything came across in a film that has little to no dialogue for half of it's running time. And Pixar, as usual, made one of the best looking films I've ever seen. I highly recommend it.

I also recommend Wanted, but only as a fun, adrenaline-fueled thrill ride of an action movie. There's no film here, only action movie. It's an action movie. Seriously. As long as you don't expect too much from it; it's awesome. I will say that it takes some willful suspension of disbelief because they basically tell physics to go eff itself. Not like in The Matrix where all of the crazy action takes place in a computer program, but in "real life" they do things like curving bullets. Put it out of your mind, buy a popcorn and a coke and prepare to have your socks rocked.

#3. We adopted a new kitteh. :-) And here he is:

His name is going to be Helo (yes, like in Battlestar Galactica).
The poor little guy is a couple months old and was in the shelter with another kitten from his litter that had been rescued from a house fire. You can't really see it in the picture, but he's got some light burns on his face and his fur is singed in several places. We didn't really mean to adopt on Saturday, but when they said "rescued from a house fire" and "he does a trick" it was game over. His trick is that he'll climb up and ride on your shoulder. We go pick him up tonight.

So, it was a more eventful weekend than normal. :-)

1. You have 10 dollars and need to buy snacks at a gas station. What do you get?
Coke Zero, Beef Jerky, Slim Jim x2

2. If you were reincarnated as a sea creature, what would you want to be?
Killer Whale.

3. Who’s your favorite redhead?
Amy Adams

4. What do you order when you’re at IHOP?
Colorado Omelet!

5. Last book you read?
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

6. Describe your mood.
Bored but content.

7. Describe the last time you were injured.
I turned my ankle pretty badly playing disc golf a couple months ago. Badly enough that I had to skip work for a day.

8. Of all your friends, who would you want to be stuck in a well with?
I'm hoping that none of us will be getting stuck in a well. Ever.

9. Rock concert or symphony?
As much as I should say symphony: Rock concert.

10. What is the wallpaper of your cell phone?
An old Apple "Think Different" ad.

11. Favorite soda pop coke?
Coke Zero Cherry

12. What type of shirt are you wearing?
Button-up plaid shirt.

13. If you could only use one form of transportation, what would it be?
Teleportation.

14. Most recent movie you have watched in theater?
Wanted.

15. Name an actor/actress/singer you have the hots for.
Amy Adams now that we've mentioned it.

16. What’s your favorite kind of cake?
Carrot

17. What did you have for dinner last night?
Taco Bell

18. Look to your left, what do you see?
A bulletin board.

19. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
No.

20. Favorite toy as a child?
Does my Atari 2600 count?

21. Do you buy your own groceries?
Yes.

22. Do you think people talk about you behind your back?
Eh. Probably.

23. When was the last time you had gummy worms?
No clue.

24. What’s your favorite fruit?
Oranges and strawberries.

25. Do you have a picture of yourself doing a cartwheel?
No.

26. Do you like running long distances?
I don't like running (I agree, running unless something is chasing me = dumb)

27. Have you ever eaten snow?
White snow, yes.

28. What color are your bedsheets?
Right now? Orange.

29. What’s your favorite flower?
Yellow tulips.

30. Do you do ballet?
Dear god no.

31. Do you listen to classical music?
Yes.

32. What is the first TV theme song that pops in your head?
Gilligan's Island.

33. Do you watch Sponge Bob?
I have.

34. What temperature is it outside right now?
80s probably..

35. Do people consider you smart?
I dunno. Maybe.

36. How many piercings do you have?
one but it has since grown shut.

37. Are you signed on to AIM?
No

38. Have you ever tried gluing your fingers together?
No.

39. How do you feel about your family?
I love my family, but they're a little nuts.

40. Do you have an iPod?
Yes.

41. What time do you go to bed?
Usually after midnight.

42. What CD is currently in your CD player?
Elvis Costello's greatest hits.

43. What movie do you know every line to?
I think the original Star Wars trilogy.

44. What is your favorite salad dressing?
Ranch or Thousand Island. It's a tie.

45. What do you want for Christmas this year?
I can't really think of anything right off.

46. What family member/friend lives the farthest from you? Where?
Hm. Not sure. I have friends all over.

47. Do you like hugs?
It depends. Most of the time, yes.

48. Last time you had butterflies in your stomach?
Last night taking pictures. Nothing makes me more nervous, but I enjoy it too.

49. What’s the way people most often mispronounce any part of your name?
Mitten. That's mostly how people pronounce it.

50. Last person you hugged?
Lisa.

Wedding pitchers.

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:38:22 GMT

Hi All. Just thought I'd pop in and post some pictures from the wedding I did a few weeks ago.

The lighting was really low in pretty much every area we shot in, so there's quite a bit of noise and grain in the pictures, but you do what you can, I guess.

Other than that...not much doing. I've been working on those pictures for going on

Sad Monday

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:34:54 GMT

George Carlin died yesterday.

That makes me a sad panda.

AdventureCon 2008

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:57:00 GMT

Heya Everyone.

Just thought I'd update and tell you a bit about AdventureCon this past weekend. They had fewer stars this year. And there were a lot that I didn't really know. Not that that makes them less worthy or anything, I'm just saying.

The main person I was excited about was Mr. Arthur Suydam. He is the artist behind the Marvel Zombies and Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness covers. I have been a huge fan of his work since I started picking up the aforementioned books. So, I got him to do a sketch for me. I asked him to do a headshot of Zombie Hulk.

There's the sketch itself.

And here Mr. Suydam is in the act.

It was pretty awesome. When I asked him to do the sketch he said, "Would you like to hang out and talk while I draw it?" He was the nicest guy.

Anyway, I guess that's all for me.

Oh, hello Zombies!

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:12:51 GMT

You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:

1. one weapon.
2. one song blasting on the speakers.
3. one famous person to fight alongside you.

Weapon can be real or fictional, you may assume endless ammo if applicable. Person can be real or fictional. (stolen from honorh

1. Ideally? Shaolin Spade or a "Lobo"(lobotomizer) from World War Z by Max Brooks. But, a cricket bat would be OK. :-)

2. honorh used "Under Pressure" by Queen/David Bowie. That's a really good one, but since I don't want to be a copy-cat how about "Monkey Wrench" by Foo Fighters.

3. How about Chow Yun-Fat. A master swordsman would be handy when needing to decapitate a Zombie horde. :-)

What about you all?

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:47:00 GMT

A) tell you why I friended you,
B) associate you with something - fandom, a song, a color, a photo, etc.,
C) tell you something I like about you,
D) tell you a memory I have of you,
E) ask something I've always wanted to know about you,
F) tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
G) In return, you must post this in your LJ. (If you don't, gremlins will find you and eat your legs)

Please keep in mind that I'm terrible at keeping up with stuff like this, so if I haven't done it in awhile I apologize. :-)

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:03:35 GMT

Well, the wedding this past weekend went very smoothly. The bride and groom and their families were the most laid back people I've ever seen at a wedding.

However, the room in which the ceremony took place was the darkest space I have ever, ever had to shoot in. Those shots might not be very terrific. :-)

I'm still very tired because the reception was very long, but it was fun. I could probably stand doing more. :-)

Anyway, other than that there's not a lot going on. Yesterday was my dad's birthday and I'm a doofus and forgot to call yesterday. I did call just a few minutes ago with belated b-day wishes and he doesn't so much care about his birth-iversary anyway. So it was ok.

I'll post some of the wedding pictures when I get a chance.