What a peasure to be a woman

I don't know what they are selling but I think I might be buying... plus if they can do cool stuff like this for a comercial why can't we see some internet shorts or a show on Sci-fi?

Sufjan Stevens has a Christmas gift

Sufjan Stevens has a Christmas gift for you in the form of an animated video. On YouTube. Even though I don't go in for the whole jesus thing and tend to embrase the feeling of the season, and wish it was about good will to all and not well some of the other stuf... well ok, I'm not going to rant but I like Sufjan and this is really nice and now I want to call my grandma.

Next Dava Art Show with Matt Frederick

Art/ Photo's By Matt Frederick
Reception
December 16th 7pm till 11pm
1202 J st, Modesto CA 95354
Music by JUB

JUB POSTER

This is really disturbing.. please be warned

The UCPD released a statement yesterday afternoon, in which spokeswoman Nancy Greenstein explained: "This is a longstanding library policy to ensure the safety of students during the late-night hours. The CSO [community service officer] made an announcement that he would be checking for university identification. When a person, who was later identified as ... Tabatabainejad, refused to provide any identification, the CSO told him that if he refused to do so, he would have to leave the library.

I guess he didn't move fast enough...

After watching the video I don't think they are upholding there policy.. looks to me to be pretty dangerous to go to the library late night at UCLA..



story links:

http://www.theregister.com/2006/11/16/ucla_taser_incident/

my dad his hobbies our dog and my work

so my dad has a new hobbie.. it seems he's collecting Horses.. he's up to 3 now (Dino, Princess and Barbie)

I was worried because he kept buying saddles on ebay and at one point he had 4 saddles and one horse. I think now he's addressed the inequality of that.. heh



Cher was cool with them at first but I guess Dino kicked her and nows she's a bit wary of the REALY big dumb dogs


I wanted to go riding today but JLACLA#30 is due tomorrow and well.. I have to spend my day at starbucks, rendering and listing to an old spy novel. Man those russians where good bad guys.. almost as bad as the Nazis.. stupid terrorists aren't very interesting compared but I think the Chi-coms are coming around nicely and we can hate them soon.

Show and Tell

today I was "Show and Tell" for my firend Johns 2nd Grader...

They where pretty adorable and seemed pretty interested in how I made comics even if it quickly degraded into "can you draw this or that."

I did a superboy, batman, elephant, rhino and a visual explanation of the difference of Masks and Cowls. heh

It was great I and got to give them all my Cartoon Network books that I have been getting from my DC shipments. Then did a plug for my local comic shop.

I think that I hate children a little less now but would still not likely want to spawn one anytime soon.

cool ass shit

OK this guy's art rocks...



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Casey Weldon

Shoot em up

I had a blast... literally on Sunday.

As I drove by the Mint Club (or what used to be the mint club I have no idea of it's name now) I saw some people out doing some pistol quick draw trials.

I stopped to take a few shots (with my camera) and they asked if I would like to give it a try. So I did.

I had a blast.. it wasn't easy but it was fun and I got a time of less then .45 of a second.

I guess they will be having another shoot on November 11.

If your interested check it out. I think they would love some new blood and well it is pretty fun.

here's a web link:
www.fastdraw.org/wfda/

Polarization runs deep and Seeing the price of WAR in Iraq

I listen to a lot of NPR and some other talk radio... and although this is interesting topic alone that I want to find more info about; different groups of people be them conservative or liberal obtain there news for different sources so they get different information to base ther judgments on.

ok, maybe just a blurb... basically Conservatives tend to watch FOX and listen to Rush, Savage, or similar radio. While liberals tend to get ther news form NPR, CNN and places like the New York times. So the theroy is that in the past we all had our different point of views but we probaly obtained most of our information from the same boradcast on CBS, NBC and the rest of the old media outlets.

Now... well I think I made my point, I think there are very few non-polarized outlets for any information even if its an ABC news broadcast taking it easy on corporate sponsers that are dumping cyanide into babies mouths as they sleep or NPR commending tree spikers for there kill numbers of loggers.... now those are both really outrageous and I'm trying to make a point not take a side.. infact I think of myself as neither conservative or liberal.. and certainly not Democrat or Republican.. "f" them both...

I think our current politcal parties have muddied the water and really are nothing more then mouth peices for there corporate sponsers... it's sad.

Republican's are no longer the party of Lincoln just as Deomcrats woud be scared as hell of Johnson.

But all that said.. I'm certainly not a radical! I belive in Air I can breath and an economic system that is self-sustaining. A government that doesn't make my decisions for me but protects me from people that hate me because I'm an american.

.... man ok that was a rant.. and I have a really good post that I want to put up about the cost of the war coming though but I'll save it for next time. Here's a hint.. think about all the federal funding being cut for good things (EPA's public libary, FDA enforcement of certain drugs, there's lots... and they all seem to be cuts to help the current white houses supporters).

pop secrect slightly enertaining web advertising

So... my friend Dave is apparently working on this Pop Secret Web-tising

Watch this video at PopSecretMountain.com:

it's kinda funny, and now I've fallen for there viral advertising efforts and reposted it on my blog... I'm just glad they don't send a 38 special in the mail for everytime someone post it because I would probaly shoot myself in the head if they asked.

Although.. I may be on the cutting edge here.. like those danceing hampsters... fell for them to

Next Deva Art Show Reception Oct 14th

At Deva's Cafe Oct 14th 7pm - 10 pm
1202 Jst
Modesto, Ca

Reception for: Kristan Brooke, Joelle Pulido and Amber Elstad
with a musical performance by Dave Hanley

free cards but better

So.. I continue to just steal my blog posts from awesome sites like boing boing.. and although I think I have a readership of around 12 or so I still want to keep this link for myself... so check out a great way to get some cool cards made up and your first 10 free if you have a Flickr Pro account.

BoingBoing snipit:

"Moo prints beautiful little calling-cards for kids and the young-at-heart. Each card can have a different back, and the undersized cards are just the right size for your name, email address and a URL or two."



link to the free 10 cards for Flickr pro users:

Free 10 cards

I did it.. can't wait.. just 10 biz days

Death, Taxes, Terrorism... bullshit

These two posts should make everyone wonder why?

... So these two post found on Boing Boing (among other sites) should make us all wonder why our tax money is spent like it is.

The first is a simplified chart of what americans should realy be scared of by amount of deaths a year (sources listed on site).

Part of the article: "Comparing official mortality data with the number of Americans who have been killed inside the United States by terrorism since the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma reveals that scores of threats are far more likely to kill an American than any terrorist -- at least, statistically speaking.

In fact, your appendix is more likely to kill you than al-Qaida is."

Wired.com Article

The next is a great visual chart our federal budget, just click



What do you think?

If nothing else look where all our money goes... some people would say its to keep the status quo... is it realy worth keeping.. can't that money be spent better?

Hell If I know... it just seems like we spend more money keeping people from what we have and it would be cheaper to spend it on making EVERYONE happy...

Cleaner Energy
Combat Disease
Fight Hunger
Stop Homelessness
Stop Child Labor
Rouge Asteroids

ok, enough.. time to slip back into the apathy that gets me through my days (and everyone elses).

-a

Books in Omaha

Jackson Street Booksellers in Omaha NE is probaly the coolest book store I've ever been to. They did overcharge me by accident and it'll get cleared up for sure but I think it's just added to it's charm... go there and sort though the stacks and stacks of books for some great out of print and hard to find treasures. I held myself back and only bought 3 books... a book on Russian Art, Asian wash paintings and a book on Fashion design which will probably end up with Tawny. I did look or a book on loral patterns but my bladder got the best of me and I had to take off

A Passing

Coal Passed away yesterday... He's been the best dog my family has had since Freckles.

My parents came home to Coal having an infection. They took him to an emergency vet and then a regualar vet. Details are still sketchy but I think his infection got out of hand and he passed away.

I will miss him for a long time.

F you

Pluto is a fucking Planet, nuf said

Deva Reception Sat Sept 9th 7pm

Gnarls Barkley rocks

I like Gnarls Barkley but this is awesome:

The Skeletor Show

nuf said

more here:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C92B8ADA8247C55D