lordsubd

Missed Batsday

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:16:47 GMT

Since we moved to Seattle, we missed Batsday this year. It was the 10 year anniversary, and promised to be a lot of fun. Perhaps we’ll make it down next year.

Mr. Poppoff

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:10:33 GMT

Jeff says:
I was at Enterprise Rent-A-Bucket this morning
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waiting for them to open
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Lookin around, checkin things out
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when I noticed a parking space nameplate
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it said
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wait for it....
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...
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...
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Dick Poppoff
mechavalon says:
lol...
Jeff says:
I couldn't keep a straight face
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I wanted to get a picture
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but too many people were around
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remember that song
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Detactable Penis?
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yeah,
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I'm sure it's about him.
mechavalon says:
oh dude that's priceless!
mechavalon says:
you so need a picture
mechavalon says:
you'd think he'd go by richard
Jeff says:
yeah
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you'd think so
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but nope
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I guess people named Richard don't know about dicks
mechavalon says:
lol.. specially when they poppoff!
Jeff says:
LOL

Well, at least we know ahead of time

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:50:55 GMT

that McCain is a piece of shit.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/01/mccain.christian.nation/index.html

guess I won't be voting for this SOB. Oh well, I wouldn't have voted for him anyways!

Funny bumper stickers and the person driving the car

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:44:14 GMT

So last night I went out to pickup a late night snack, something warm since I’d been feeling sick for the past couple of days. There was a longer line than usual at 10 PM. I was irritated, but found the car infront of me to be quite amuzing. The car was a run down blue Ford Thunderbird, a later year than the one my wife and I burned up (literally) on prom night. There was a bumper sticker on the back of this car that read:

“Wonder if you could drive any better if that CAR PHONE was shoved UP YOUR ASS!”

My first thought was, “Car phone? Man that’s dated.” Then I look up at the driver, and HE’S TALKING ON A CELLPHONE!! BWAHAHHAHHAHA – so I had to wonder, did he ever have a car phone shoved up his ass?

Tags: humorus

DANZA!

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:39:51 GMT

This picture just cracks me up!

SNOW!

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:42:07 GMT

Ok, so maybe it's really just small hail, but the kids thought it was really cool! Here in Riverside this only happens once every few years, and it melts really fast.

Anita's on LJ!

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:40:41 GMT

Anita (candleflames) is now on LJ! Quick, everyone add her so she'll stay! :)

How to make a guitar sound like a dog or sound like a cat

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:58:02 GMT

http://nathan-fhtagn.livejournal.com/23798.html?thread=271862#t271862

I just wanted to remember that, since it made me laugh my grumpy ass off.

Concerning ideas and dreams

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:27:24 GMT

I've had a lot of ideas and dreams, but my problem has always been starting on and making something of them. Here's a fantastic quote for people just like me:

'Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it! Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it.'"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

They're looking for me

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:04:20 GMT

I received an email this morning with the subject, "Single Christians in your area are looking for you."

Damn, why can't they just leave us Pagan's alone?

Art final - self expression piece

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:54:06 GMT

Self Expression Piece
Originally uploaded by lordsubd.

This one took a lot of planning. I'm fairly pleased with the result, since it was pretty much a rush 6 hour job.

It's graphite and ink, three color (black, white, red), mounted on foam board that's been customized for the piece. I'm turning it in tonight.

Crow and the Pumpkin Patch pics

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:09:11 GMT

As promised, here are the pics of one of my latest pieces, "Crow and the Pumpkin Patch." The idea is that this is a mystical white crow, and hence is not threatening to the small (in comparision) people in the piece. (click for a bigger version)

The purpose of this piece was to explore scale, the golden mean, and texture. I used scale as a fantasy proportion between the white crow and his environment. The texture is also on his feathers and legs, and implied on the trees. The golden mean is there, measured out, from the path to the crow's head, to the end of the crow's tail. There is also a visual line between the crow and the people.

What I would change - this piece was made on foam core, WHICH SUCKS. Foam core is so smooth that it's almost impossible for color pencil to leave a mark. Markers end up chewing the foam core up, and graphite (while it marks wonderfully) doesn't erase from the board. So why did I choose foam core? The professor told us to use something sturdy, something that wouldn't flop under the pressure from the textured items. Next time I'll just buy a canvas. I would have liked to added more details to the actual pumpkin patch too. And a classmate suggested during the critique that the crow, as magnificent as he is, just doesn't stand out enough and I should have added a higher contrast with a darker shadow. I don't know if that's really the way to go, but not a bad suggestion at all.

Close-up of the white crow. The feathers were each individually cut ribbon and glued on. I couldn't find a suitable marterial for the beak, so it was inked in. The legs are made from nylon ribbon. The pumpkins are all colored pencil.

I'm very happy with how the trees turned out. They were marked in with graphite and then colored with brown, sepia, gray, and black pencils.

So I am happy with the piece, and will eventually do it over again because of the crappiness of the foam core. This piece has potential to be much greater than it is now.

Another finished piece

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:39:20 GMT

I just finished my latest artwork, and it's 1:30 AM. I've spent a total of 15 hours on the piece, and it's been a love/hate relationship with the work. I'm very pleased with the end result, and glad that I can call this one done.

Pic to come soon, I have to turn this one in for a critique Wednesday night.

Sleep, I need sleep.

TEXAS - the state of evil

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:11:37 GMT

There are many many reasons that I don't like Texas, but this one comes out on top. The governor, Rick Perry, said non-Christians will be condemned to hell. "In my faith, that's what it says, and I'm a believer of that."

Wow.

So much for separation of church and state, huh?

You too can read the slew of shit here: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/elections/2006/governor/stories/110606dnTSWperry.351c57c.html

N. Texas school switches from textbooks to ebooks

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:09:04 GMT

A school in N. Texas is doing away with traditional textbooks and switching to ebooks instead.

Check out this story: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/110406dnmetebooks.3255a88.html

I certainly do have mixed feelings about this. Ebooks are way better for the tree population, which I feel very strongly about. On the other hand, this requires that every student have a computer. That just wouldn't fly where I live. There are more than 100 families with children at my son's school that can barely buy food, let alone a computer with online access. This is why they have a money drive to feel them for Thanksgiving every year (yeah, it should be more often than once a year on a holiday that Native Americans hate, but it's something which is better than nothing.)

I do think that the change would be excellent for colleges. You can't get through college without a computer anymore anyways. Oh how Barnes and Noble would be upset (unless they control ebook distribution to colleges too)

USKA California Championships

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:38:08 GMT

So we went to the USKA California Championships on Saturday. My eight year old, Jared, competed in 8-9 yr old Intermediate Forms and Sparring. He's been working really hard to prepare for this tournament, and it really paid off. He received 2nd place in Forms, and is once again invited to the Nationals in Alberquerque. He had a little trouble in sparring, mostly because he's a full head shorter than the rest of the kids he was competing against. We're extremely proud of him.

Halloween / Sam Hein 2006 Pics

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:44:54 GMT

This and a few more Halloween / Sam Hein 2006 photos here. (This jack o' lantern is the skull that's on Voltaire's Deady)

Crow and the Pumpkin Patch

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:42:53 GMT

Here's a sketch (one of a few) for my new project: Crow and the Pumpkin Patch.

In this project, I'm supposed to incorporate large and small scale/proportion with textile textures.

I love the idea of a giant crow landing in a pumpkin patch to eat pumpkins. You can see there is a man and his child standing on the road next to the patch, both in awe of the beast before them.

Deady-The Candy's Mine

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:20:10 GMT

Deady-The Candy's Mine
Originally uploaded by lordsubd.

Just completed my entry for the October Voltaire inspired piece contest - Halloween theme. I spent about 5 hours on this one, and it was a rush job at that. I actually finished it a couple of minutes too late, so hopefully it's still going to be accepted. And.. hopefully some other people enter the dang contest this time! I love looking at other people's artwork, not just my own. :)

Dark Candles

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:57:35 GMT

I just discovered Dark Candles. Wow!

There stuff is a tad bit expensive, but looks to be worth it. Check out some of their scents:

Absinth™
Black Rose™
Chocolate Bat™
Clove
Coffin™
Corpse™
Crypt Moss™
Falling Leaves™
Graveyard™

Sewer Rats find a Pumpkin

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:33:37 GMT

Just completed this one last night for my class. I'm quite happy with the finished piece.

deviantART

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:40:42 GMT

Does anyone have experience with the deviantART website? I've been considering signing up, but after reading the comments people post I'm not so sure that I want to.

Examples:

"coool looks very halloweeny-like ^_^"
"omigosh.....that...is...SO pretty! hey...ami first comment?"
"I like the perspective used."
"Nice poses and cool outfits!"
" like the perspective. its awsome."
"Niiiice perspective"

I guess I'm getting used to the more advanced critics in college, where people can be brutal, but I find that their input really helps. The comments on deviantART seem more like a bunch of high schoolers who like to draw.

Having said that, there are many fantasic pieces there. Lots of manga, but I guess that's to be expected.

French fries

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:36:49 GMT

After eating cold french fries last night, that had been sitting in my car for 3 hours while I was in class (yeah, I was that hungry), I came to this realization (after spitting them back out):

Cold french fries will survive a nuclear attack, along with cock roaches and twinkes.

Have you ever found an old french fry behind your car seat that's probably been there for months on end? You know what they look like after being there for that long, they look like their only a couple of days old. My wife calls them petrified french fries.

This can't be healthy.

Things on my mind...

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:43:57 GMT

Below is a rant of various crap that's consuming my brain.

This is one of the coolest mosaics I've ever seen, it's virtually endless.

Fox Studios - I want my money back. X-Men III is a horrible piece of crap of a film, and I'm not even a Marvel fan-boy. Not many films leave me mad, this one did. The last film I felt so angry about was Face-Off, another piece-o-crap (killing children = not acceptable). And what's with the DVD extras? They're shit! You call those deleted scenes? Check this out - deleted scene: The Beast Growls; alternate scene - The Beast doesn't growl. Give me a break. And the alternate endings don't actually change the ending of the movie; retarted!

Bryan Singer - damn you for not directing X-Men III. Was it your fault? Did Fox move along without you? WTF?

Brett Ratner - your directing sucks. Please, please, please do not direct another movie that's a comic addaptation. You're best at movies like Rush Hour.

Bastards that wrote X-Men III - you bastards.

I feel the need to draw this crow and I'm not sure why.

I can't stop think about what a horrible piece of crap X-Men III is - that's pissing me off, I'm tired of thinking about it. Stupid movie. I WANT MY $20 BACK!

and I am seriously addicted to these cookies. Super caffinated cookies - espresso flavor. Yum.

Grave stones

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:20:06 GMT

My kids and I made the first of several grave stones this weekend. They're fairly easy to make, but cutting styrofoam is a little trickier than I expected. Spraypaint works OK, especially when you have kids because it drys fast. However the styrofoam likes to suck up the paint, leaving white "kernels" exposed.

We looked through a lot of epigraphs for something to put on the first one, and my oldest decided that he liked "Your name here" the best.

For all the geekery in me, I wanted to be the first one to have made a grave stone using the new Consolas font for programmers from Microsoft. It's nice and clean, and its a sans-serif font. A serif font would have been a real pain to cut into the styrofoam. So it turns out that this font isn't only great for programming, but also great for grave stones. :)

I will post a pic later.