things i like today

:this picture of a hula girl going all godzilla on my keyboard

“run it’s godzhula!!!!!!!”

: this photo i took this morning of a cart driving on a semi major north austin road

“only in austin”

:the work pants i bought yestarday that used to belong to a man named Manuel Lebedev.  i shit you not.  he was both hispanic and russian.

: the new clean look of the apartment after a short amount of time cleaning

:the collered greens the Sade just cooked

:the a,b,c’s of awesomeness (copy and paste as it wont identify the link for some reason)

http://comicsnexus.com/2009/06/21/neils-a-z-of-awesomeness-vol1-a-f/

geeky austinite ftw

so rehearsals for the webseries are tonight.  i’m freaking out.  like really really freaking out.  i have never been to a real rehearsal ever.  i’ve done the whole college thing but it was a bunch of geeks getting together and blundering in the dark basically.  nothing real.  now not only am i going to my first one, but i am leading it.  my fear of being found out for a fool who doesn’t know what hes doing is in full bloom right now.  i’m hoping to get by on charm and charisma, but i’m not too sure of myself.  i’m about to dig through the script to come up with notes as i am clocking out in….5….4….3…2…1…..

and i’m clocked out.  feel much better now.

still recovering from yesterday.  worked a late night+early next morning/afternoon in the 100 degree heat and it had its effect on me big time.  The good news is that i am feeling a high that can only come with accomplishing a ton of little things all throughout the day.  also, i have tomorrow off.  i plan on spending the entire day gaming, laundering, and doing quite a bit of script work on night staff.  looks to be both a busy and fun day indeed.  ooh i might watch an old funky b-movie too.

i was at work today surfing the net a tiny bit.  it was actually a busy day but i had some time to spare and needed a break from freaking out about rehearsals tonight.  while exploring my digital domain i discovered two awesome bits of net fun on twitter.  one is a small gallery of photos that this amateur photographer took.  the neat thing?  its a mix of star wars and chipmunks.  its both cute and geektastic.  had me making girly ‘awww’ sounds and geek giggles a plenty.

the other, and the highlight of today’s water sports, is this blog i found.  its rarely updated.  in fact the post i saw was the first in 3 years and was just posted this past week.  this alone brings thoughts of some higher power wanting me to have a good laugh.  add in the fact that this guy is apparently based in austin, my own personal home, and there you have it.  The mysterious god of the internet, Al Gore, wants to make my day even better, and he succeeded.  i present to you this story:

http://happywaffle.livejournal.com/5890.html

It tells the tale of a unfortunate geek who lost his iphone, and found it.  it is filled with seedy bars, giant celebrations, crime, intimidation, at least one foot chase, and rampant use of geek tech.  needless to say it is fascinating and everyone should read it.

to close out this little post, i continue to be amazed with blu-ray.  i saw ‘there will be blood’ and its even better in blu.  my next movie test will be ‘transformers’ at my good friends request followed by either ‘kingdom of heaven’ or ‘the descent.’  both are movies i love to death so it will be a hard battle as to which.  i’ll report back here with results.

*edit

this is the link to the star wars photos that i mentioned earlier.  forgot to post it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/5558770/Star-Wars-figures-and-chipmunks-by-Chris-McVeigh.html?image=4

wow

flipping love this guys artwork.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/iri5/page1/

At work early.

arrived at work a whopping 4 hours early today.  no reason.  misread schedule.  im now gearing up to nap, read, do all the other non-work work ive got to do. 

i invested in a blu-ray player.  it was a pricey endevor but well worth it.  several standout titles where you can instantly see a difference.  best part.  the imax scenes in the dark knight can be seen in ther entirety.  the frame actually adjusts when it hits those scenes to fill up the entire tv.  they.  look.  beautiful.  gorgeous.  sexy.  sold me on blu-ray instantly.  any doubts i had about other discs being up to snuff went out the window when i threw in an old dvd.  i could see the compression artifacting.  worth the money in every way. 

i saw drag me te hell again with a firend.  was interested in seeing whether or not the ending still rubbed me the wrong way it did on its first showing.  it did.  hated the ending.  it ruined the entire film through and through.  oh well.  it happens.

i have decided that i am getting old.  i have finally hit the point where i cant stay up and wake up early.  i am sitting here wishing of nothing more than falling asleep for a few hours. 

sorry for the short post.  i will try to find time to post later on today/tomorrow when i have more energy.