alvin, simon, theodore...

yes my friends. it's true. alvin and the chipmunks are coming back from the '80s. not only them but if my sources are correct some little blue men (and maybe a blue chick or two) may be coming back with them... you can read about it here

undead ninja giant

I finally dug out my giant model a couple of days ago and this is as far as I've gotten so far. I've made a couple of conversions to the model. if you have any ideas to make it more undead-y or ninja-y, let me know.

you don't see that every day

I took the day off from work because my brother's getting married tomorrow and I have family coming in from out of town. This being the situation, I spent most of the morning cleaning up. As I was cleaning the fridge out (something I suggest doing more often than bi-annually), I heard the roar of something that sounded like cannons coming from the distance. Much to my dismay, no cannons, no pirate ships, not even an anchor anywhere in sight. Where could that sound be coming from? I thought to myself. And then the answer came marching from below the horizon (or around the corner if you prefer). The cannon roar was coming from the drum line of the marching band. Apparently, today is their homecoming parade or something. It's not every day that a marching band marches down your street and past your house.

radiohead gives away free music

yes you read it right. the band radiohead is giving away free music. I first heard the news on npr on my way home from work and decided to give it a try. apparently, the band recently broke away from its record label and as a way of protesting against big record labels and their fixed pricing, the band is "giving away" their music. well, there's a catch... they aren't really "giving" it away. when you enter their website at www.radiohead.com you'll be asked to click enter to enter their site. then you'll need to click continue. you'll then be given the option of either pre-ordering the discbox or the digital download. the discbox comes with the usual CD, an ehance CD, a vinyl, some cool artwork, and a hardback copy of the lyrics. the downside? it costs about 40 GBP or approximately $80. if, however, you click on the download option, when you check out where the price should be you'll see a question mark. you can put ANY amount you want in there...even free! I wound up putting 5 GBP in there (the equivalent of $10). as I see it it's a win-win situation for all. Radiohead gets higher profits (they get all of the profits as opposed to having to pay a percentage to the record labels) and the fans get what they want - great music at a great price. now a couple of caveats: 1)the currency is in GBP so if you have any hesitancies about ordering stuff online internationally, this deal is probably not for you. 2)the download isn't officially released until Oct 10, 2007 so you can't download the songs until then. 3)there is a 0.45 GBP (approximately $1) processing charge so the CD download officially cost me $11.14 (5 GBP donation + 0.45 GBP processing fee). so if you like good music and sticking it to big record labels give radiohead a try. if you do wind up doing this, drop me a comment about your experience on the radiohead website. peace.

Heroes season 2 (september 24)

I am soooo looking forward to this...

from the market

guess what this is...

here's a hint...

yeah...I dance like this in real life...

yup. that's my sim shakin' his groove thang

it's like seeing the future

sometimes I like commuting. like today. my wife called me and wanted me to grill something for dinner and have it ready for her when she came home. I told her that it was probably not such a good idea because it was raining so hard in lawrence. sure enough about ten minutes after I reached olathe the monsoon hit. I am a genius!

happy halloween

in honor of halloween next month I thought I'd start working on some grave guards. here's one of them.

giving 1200%

what has 1200% of your daily recommended Vitamin C you ask?

Across The Universe - Trailer

when I first saw the trailer for the movie I thought to myself that there was no way I was going to go see this movie. but then again, I thought the same thing about moulin rouge. since then, they've released trailers that are a whole lot better than the first one I saw and now I can't imagine not seeing this movie. it looks like moulin rouge meets the part in forrest gump about the war demonstrations and instead of using random songs to tell the story, they use beatles songs. you can see other clips of songs at their website: http://acrosstheuniverse.com

we're expecting...

Andrea went to the farmer's market today and bought a couple of bunches of basil and mint. we found a caterpiller on one of them and figured it'd be fun to watch it grow so we're gonna keep him. we haven't given it a name yet. any ideas?

it's still so cuuuuutttteeee!

the game comes out sept 18. until then, you can do what I do. look at this picture and giggle a little.

monkey bread

yes my friend. such a thing does exist. it, unfortunately, is more bread than monkey. in fact, it has absolutely no monkey in it at all. it, according to my wife, is some sort of cinnamon roll-y thingy which actually looked pretty good.

felicitas felix?

to start off, today's pay day. then when I went in to work, one of the managers came and got me and handed me a visa gift card for $100. apparently, our company did pretty well last fiscal year so they were rewarding all of their employees. we also got a tote bag of some sort (I forgot to pick mine up). then when I got home, both of the packages that andrea and I had ordered off of ebay came today even though we ordered them on different days. isn't that strange? maybe I quaffed some of that felicitas felix.

tea'd out

Andrea and I went to a tea ceremony yesterday night at her mom's boss's house. as part of the ceremony, the lady that was doing it brought over some kimonos from japan. here's two of them. the one Andrea has on cost about $100,000 US dollars according to the lady.

guess what someone forgot...?

update

two weeks ago, I applied for a new position at my job. well, I got it and have been training for it since then. today, I found out that I was also given the second position I applied for so I actually have two positions now. so I have lots of training to do in the next couple of weeks. what am I gonna do tonight? probably just sit back, watch tv, and maybe paint.

a storm's a-coming

a storm's a-coming. you can smell it in the eastern wind. you can see it in the flashes of the cannon. you can hear it in the din of war. we, the people of the ninja isles will be ready for it when it comes.

well deserved

I just had the best sandwich I'd ever made. it had sliced beef, salami, honey ham, two slices of cheese, mustard and mayonaise on honey white bread. I'm not sure if it tasted so good because it actually was good or if I was hungry or if it felt like I earned it cause I had just gotten done mowing the lawn in 80+ degree weather. in fact, I think that's why pickle moved to minnesota. he claims it's for his job but he just didn't want to have to mow his lawn as much. lazy pickle.