11-16-2010

The place where I work is "interesting" in a lot of ways. This office is one of my favorite most interesting parts. Not even exaggerating, a lot of the electronics randomly strewn about were worth luxury car/house money when they were brand new.

11-15-2010

The Pizza Hut buffet is a hallowed and unholy lunch time tradition of deliciousness and gluttony. Here are three good ways to get there.

P.s. I can no longer even think about pizza without this Youtube song getting stuck in my head, so I'm spreading this curse around to anyone who reads this (like The Ring, but way creepier). Beware though...this really will haunt your dreams for the rest of your life.

11-14-2010

I don't really spray paint and take pictures, but my moustache may or may not be a permanent fixture at a local skate park now.

This is the perfect end to a very good weekend.

11-13-2010

So today, Nicole and I went shopping for new fall shoes/boots/stuff. Recently I've been really into dressing kind of boarding school fake preppy so I got some penny loafers. According to the internet, for good luck, you're supposed to put a penny from your birth year in one side and a penny from the year you got the shoes in the other.

Then we went to Charlie's photography show and to see Jesse's paintings with friends. Woody was very excited about the tips/shot money he collected for the after party. A lot of people were excited about the after party and all the manly activites that it entailed. Like going to the gay bar down the street. Woody liked it, Victor not so much.

11-12-2010

We went to a local design company's open house show to go snoop around and see their cool custom designed studio space, but we got there a little too early and it's kind of awkward snooping around when you're the only people at the show. So naturally, we just ran away down the street to the Happy Dog for dinner.

Luckily, my fried Matthew's band Running just so happened to be in town and playing at a party house/show space called The Cool Ranch. Now I know I've previously ranted about my love of divey hole in the wall concert venues as opposed to nice clean ones like the House of Blues (I think this was brought on last time Matthew was in town actually). House shows are even better. Instead of having to deal with a cash bar, you get to do fun things like get booze from a gas station on the way and drink out of bags like a homeless person. My gas station selection was a Blue Raspberry Four Loko. Touted as a "blackout in a can" college student killer, and on the verge of being pulled from the shelves/already illegal in some states, I thought that this energy drink with booze in it would a perfect pairing for the occasion. Unfortunately, I failed to consider how much sugar (60 grams) they put in the stuff. Although the alcohol, caffeine, and other nasty stuff did their best to make me loko, I think my high blood sugar issues directly canceled any and all effects and I might as well have drank a bottle of neon blue colored water. At least the show was a blast.

P.s. Lou Dobkins seconds the motion that the House of Blues sucks, and that girl watches Adventure Time so we all know that she can't be wrong.

11-11-2010

Nicole likes calico things, so this is for her.

11-10-2010

11-9-2010

The only thing more sophisticated (read "super trashy") than a real moustache is a silhouetted moustache in profile.

11-8-2010

This is pretty much exactly what it looks like.

11-7-2010

I would consider today a pretty typical weekend for us. We went to a camera show at a hotel and I saw lots of fancy (nerd) things I couldn't buy (you're seeing that fanny pack right? That about sums up the camera show). Then we went and explored a haunted castle...you know, normal stuff.

No peeking yet, but I started new oil paintings for a show next month. I sure hope I can finish them with enough time for them to dry.

p.s. The main picture doesn't really do Nicole's jump justice, so here's a crop of her Mary Poppins leap.

11-6-2010

Have you ever wondered what a rainbow and a sunset would look like if they happened at the same time? I never even considered it until I saw it happen tonight. It was exciting.

We saw the rainbow while driving down the highway after we were by the lake taking pictures. We had spontaneously decided to check to see who was playing at The Beachland Ballroom tonight and were pleasantly surprised. Now you may or may not know, but I've developed a strong affinity for super hillbilly hoedown bluegrass music. I think it stems from my past interest in the railroads and train hopping hobos, and my current obsession with road trip traveling across the desert to the middle of nowhere (while wearing a cowboy hat). Regardless of the origins, Trampled By Turtles, one of my current favorite bands in this genre just so happened to be playing tonight. They have a fiddler, a mandolin player that wears overalls, a banjo, and a singer that looks like my friend Jon. The Infamous String Dusters were also playing. They have a slide guitar player and a stand up bass player refuses to stand anywhere bright and will only play in the darkest corners of the stage.

11-5-2010

WTFOMGGTFO it's snowing. Like for real snowing a lot. Like staying on the ground and not melting snowing. It's like the physical form of depression falling from the sky.

On a brighter note, I often collect small random gifts throughout my day at work that I stuff into my camera bag and bring back to present to Nicole when I get home. Today's haul included a fortune cookie, an individually wrapped rice crispy treat, and two small plastic toys from a vending machine.

p.s. I took the last picture with the "free lens technique"...it's pretty fun.
p.p.s. that squirrel looks like it has a bra on it's face.

11-4-2010

As I was leaving work today, there was some precipitation on my windshield so I mindlessly and innocently turned on the wipers. Much to my shock and disappointment, I saw a line of this go across my window. We are no longer in Hawaii and that is not shave ice. I do not approve.

Totally unrelated, I was reading today about the "free lens technique" of detaching the lens from the camera and moving it around separately to throw off the focal plane/kind of work like macro extension tubes without the tubes. This is the most interesting one I came up with.

11-3-2010

Look closely at these hands. These are exquisite professional male hand model hands.