Thursday, August 31, 2006

Wow, just wow.

So, well... I guess I don't want to get into too much detail. BUT. I have this lady friend who has really been a lifevest for me, both in my personal and professional life. Regardless of how down I get about things, she has a quality about her that simply brightens my outlook on it all. Truly a wonderful person.

And today is no different. No details here. But I thought it appropriate to celebrate her, though I won't list names. Just feel really blessed to have her as a friend these past few years.

That's it bitches.

PEACE!

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

weird - ass - dreams



So bowling, cocktails, and a angry diposition make for some weird ass dreams.

Take last night for example. I totally dreamed I got fired from work. It started with me having a conversation with the HR person, she was saying how she just fired someone, and proceeded to look on her checklist to see who was next. The list itself was just a pegboard of faces with x's on them. Kinda like what you would find on the side of a WWII bomber.

"And next on the list is... oh look, it's YOU!"

I was freaked out, "Wha?"

Next thing I know I am in a boardroom, the kind you see in movies. You know the one, at the end of the crime drama, you're in the office of the big mob boss. It's a long hallway, lots of marble, and a big ass desk at the end of it where the villian sits.

Only the villian is my boss.

He starts to tell me why I am being fired. Things like attendance.

"Bullshit, I get here 9:00 - 9:15. There are a shit ton of people who get here at 10! Are you letting them go???" I was pissed off.

Then a voice behind me calls out, "Just deal man." I turn only to find a friend I had been confessing things to, sitting there in all his job security. I was betrayed.

But then a girl enters the room.

"See what happens when you're not careful?"

I turn only to see Sophia Bush.

"Sophia Bush of One Tree Hill?"

My boss rants off, "You see, she's not just another pretty face. She has a brain too."

"BUT SHE'S A TV CHARACTER???"

I was so confused, I woke up in a cold sweat.

Bowling, coctails, and a angry disposition make for some weird ass dreams.

Monday, August 28, 2006

Really need to learn to hit that power button...



Man, so I bought Season 2 of Carnivale, a sweet ass show cut before it's time.

Anyway, it's 2AM, and I can't turn the jam off.

I really need to learn to hit that power button.

Friday, August 25, 2006

And...

...the meeting was pushed back to 10:30.

I'm gonna take a nap under my desk now.

So not a morning person...

I just want to preface this blog by saying I usually wake up at 8:15-8:30, and I realize some of you will be in the arena of "you get no sympathy from me". None the less, the time of the awakening needs to be stated.

I'm not a morning person.

Anyway, I'm at the office at 7:30 AM for a meeting at 8. Set by the the NYC office.

But now I am here, and the meeting maybe pushed back.

That's cool. But all I can do is think about my bed.

ahhhhhhhhhhh (pleasent thoughts of mattresses entering one's head....)

Thursday, August 24, 2006

And for more fun overbaking...

So I was checking the webstats of my portfolio site (yes, I am a nerd). But it turns out the lead agency the company I work for often partners with has hit my site a chunk of times. 26 times in August...

I don't know.

Curious.

A little something for the day...



smiles peoples.

On the total other side of the spectrum...



On the total other side of the spectrum, came across this trailer (yeah, having a little downtime right now). Thought the trailer was really endearing (might be biased... you'll see why), thought I would share it for the world to enjoy.

the trailer

very excited, very.



For real, I am so excited for this movie.

Enjoy Jack Black? Enjoy Tenacious D? Maybe you will too.

the trailer

the site

enjoy.

Parking...

I don't know, I guess it's not bad, but I find it so amusing watching people back into a parking spot, rather then pull in. Every morning I go to the parking garage for my building, and I see people in these huge ass trucks backing into spots to park. But they never get it right on the first try, there's always a lot of adjusting. I don't know, it just seems easier to pull into the spot, and back out into the street/common area where you have more space.

I don't know.

I realize there's no "right" way. And it's all a matter of preference.

Just an amusing observation.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

So I have been tagged...

So I got tagged with a survey... at least I think it was me. If it was another Ben, well he can play too. Anyways...

1. One book that changed your life.
Grand Central Winter - Lee Stringer

2. One book you have read more than once.
Sphere - Micheal Crichton (what can I say, I'm a sucker for time travel)

3. One book you would want on a desert island
Book 6 of Harry Potter.... I know, I know....

4. One book that made you laugh
Chuck Dugan is AWOL - Eric Chase Anderson

5. One book that made you cry
Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom

6. One book you wish you had written
Yellow - Don Lee

7. One book you wish had never been written
Mine. Don't ask, you're not going to be able to read it.

8. One book you are currently reading
Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs

9. One book you have been meaning to read
Lord of the Rings trilogy.

10. Tag five people.
Kate
Rob
John
Cole
Kari

Is it bad?



Is it bad I want a stun baton?

What a strange day...



Sometimes my mind has a nasty habit of going into superdrive, and over bake and over think on particular situation. Recurring topic of that is friendship. It's just lately more and more I feel less and less like a friend to the people I would call friends. Almost feel... excluded and disregarded.

And that kinda sucks.

I would go into more detail... Just curious as to where you draw that line. I mean, when I put myself out there to help a friend. Do they look at it as a guy they know willing to help, or an actual friend who is there when they need them. Cause if it's the former, that's bullshit. To me that's just taking advantage. Fuck that. You know? I don't know. This is me overthinking, and letting it over bake.

Totally different note. Seeing my hairstylist today. Yea, guys need stylists too!

Monday, August 21, 2006

sloooooowwwwwwww..........



Yea, I'm a little bored right now.

Totally broke someone's face! (Well, almost, their lamp anyway)



So what is there to say? Shit got outta hand. One bro threw a ball, then I threw one at the same guy. Caught one, dodged the other. And shit got broke.

Okay, this story was much more interesting when I was thinking it in my head.

Deep Seeded Passions Unfullfilled!

So I have found a new friend who shares geeky interests of cooking, Food Network and all things Alton Brown. In anycase we were talking about deep-frying one day. A process in which I simply get a big pot and a couple liters of oil, and go to town. But I was asked, "Do you use a fry daddy?"

And I had no idea what this FryDaddy was. But safe to say I was strangely intrigued.

But yes, it was explained to me, and as the name implies, it is a deep fryer. And I got so excited. Both at the prep time of fried goodness being cutdown, and the potential cutdown of a oily mess... I got very excited.

Went to Target.com, it was available. And I told myself this past weekend, "FUCK YEA BITCHES, GONNA FRY ME SOME SHIT!!!!" This desire was made even greater in that I had some patato wedges (the thought of having a steady line of wedges just made my mouth water).

So I go to my local Target, bright-eyed and bushy tailed. I run to the appliance section, saw the fryers, AND....

....no FryDaddy.

I looked and looked. They had deep fryers, but no Daddy. And I thought, "this can't be, I must FRY this weekend!!!!" I realize the frying of the foods will bring me one step close to DEATH, but man, I needed to FRY dammit!!!

But I quickly learned it was an online item. And seemed to be one that was not carried in-store.

My friend, the fellow geek in the cooking-FoodNetwork-andallthingsAltonBrown had suggested Wal-Mart. I have not made my way there yet. But rest assured, the Daddy will be mine. Frying foods any other way just seemd so futile now.

But upon it's purchase, FISH AND CHIPS FOR EVERYONE!!!


("oh you will be mine")

Saturday, August 19, 2006

Weak? Outta shape? You bet!



So I went to help some friends paint their first home today. Oh man, oh man. Am I in pain.

I'm sure you're wondering, "Ben, how are you in pain from painting?"

Well that is a excellent question. Honestly, not too sure. I do know I have a very bad, and sensitive lower back. I try various strength excercises to build it up. But none the less, a little sensitive. And whenever I do something like, paint walls, it gets a little agrevated.

Anyways, buddy of mine wants to go see Snakes on a Plane tonight. I think I will stay home.

Friday, August 18, 2006

Pet Projects...

So I have been chipping away at this pet project of mine for the last... 2-3 years. It's a little comic story that I have been crafting. Wrote it in 2003-4, 6 exciting intergalaxtic issues. Then over the next few years, drawing, drawing, drawing. And this morning I finished the art for issue 2. Very excited.

Not entirely sure why.

I guess it's just nice to know you're moving along on the project. And once the lettering and layout if done, I will have enough material in place to submit to the distributor. Hopefully, it will lead to fun and new places.


(page 1 of the first issue)

Where do these names come from?



"Soft Drink"

Who thought of that? I mean, isn't just stating the obvious? Aren't all liquids, for lack of a better term, "soft"?

Just drinking my Nestea this fine Friday morning. And that random thought had come to me.

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Don't be lazy people... for real.



So let me tell you a story. So I go and get my oil changed right? Really needed it. Then the guy is all, "See this, you need a radiator flush", I'm all ok. I ask how much, he tells me, I'm all, "let's do this".

THEN he hits me with the transmission flush. I'm all, "hell no playa, I only got so much coin". Yea, I was feeling some ebonix.

THEN he asks me about changing the air filter. Now the air filter, nothing part. 12 bucks tops (unless you're going for a performance air filter). So I'm thinking 20-30 bones for the work. And saves me the trouble from stopping by the store to pick one up. So I give the go ahead to do the work.

Such a BIG mistake.

Sons of bitches charged me 50 bucks for the filter and install. And it was a shitty filter. And the install is nothing in the doing.

Moral of the story people, do it yourself if you can.

50 bones, dang man, dang.

WATCH OUT!

Watch out people, woke up in a "I wanna stab people in the throat" kinda mood!

HIGH-YA!!

New levels...

So I fabreezed my trash tonight.

Before you say anything.

It's midnight. I'm tired. And the shit stank. What's a brotha to do.

I'll take it out in the morning.

Night kids.

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Random thought for the end of the day...

Are you familiar with the lenticular printing process? You know those cards when you move them, create somesort of motion in the image?

The surface of those cards are very teeth grinding to the touch... the tackile sensation is something I would equate to fingernails on a chaulkboard.

UGHHHHHHAGSJHDGFKASJDHFKASJDHFJJJJHHH~~~

On a brighter note, gonna see RENT at Starlight tonight. So I am pretty stoked about that.

Later Internet.

Is it any wonder...


(current splash page on AdultSwim.com)

And is it any wonder why I love this show? I mean... not the male genital part... but it's funny! Come on people!!!

No story today...

...so I drew a monkey.



enjoy!

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

fears...

Yea, every now and again, have this particular fear. I wake up in the morning, I come into work, and I think I am going to get fired.

Today is no different.

Back to work (I say that in the figurative sense, as my queue is empty).

Monday, August 14, 2006

So I saw shit tonight.



What do you need to know?

Intriguing idea. But the movie blows. That's all you really need to know.

Yea, Kristen Bell is hot. But do you really want to sit through 2 hours of SUCK cause a girl is hot?

Really, save yourself the trouble. Go watch ZOOM or something. Anything is really more engaging than this movie.

Man... the process of things.



For real, the process of things sometimes... definitely makes my feet sweat all over the effin' place.

What does that mean? Well, just get emotional sometimes (but in a manly way of course), then I get pissed off. And if I am not on the way the gym as a result, well then I punch the source in the face.

Really, the rule of not driving emotional... that can be applied to anything in life.

the best thing ever!

I just realized blogger.com has fucking spellcheck.

ROCK!

I should've been...



So I have arrived at a conclusion. More and more I think about this. I mean, for real the evidence before me is irrefutable. It's really that conclusive. And all this is in regards to my career path in life.

I should've been a conspiracy theorist.

Why you ask? Well it's simple, I am one paranoid SOB.

How bad you ask? Oh shit, I'm drawing random conclusions all over the place. Need an example? Well if a satellite was going over the middle-east and the President was visiting that region, and a earthquake happened.

Yea, I would tell you that NASA was looking to assassinate the President. Then I would offer that it makes sense, because Dub'uah is a man of religion and not science.

Totally far-fetched and unreasonable you say? Well of course. But my powers of deduction are so fantastical, my brain goes that far.

And if that was a totally masculine (sp?) response... maybe associate it with Amelie, how she setup a meeting with Nino, and if he didn't show is was that he was kidnapped by terrorists, and in a effort to escape ended up in the highlands of Budapest.

But seriously folks. There's a more down to Earth reason why I go on this rant. But you don't get to hear it here. Just... you see certain behavior and you try to understand the how's and why's....

And let me tell you the conspiracy theorist in me is not liking what I am coming up with.

Anyway... I really should be working, no?

Friday, August 11, 2006

Incredible, simply incredible.


I hate to gush, but the MGM Grand out in Vegas put out a new website. And quite frankly just reminds me that the education never stops if I want to truly excellent in a creative field.

Anyway, check it out here.

blahblahblah

blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah
blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah
blahblahblahblah

Yea, I'm a little bored.

Thursday, August 10, 2006

My first step...

So I burned my first video DVD! You have no idea how excited I am. It was a process. But oh very exciting.

That's it. Just gushing over a problem solved.

Anyways, off to bed.

ZZZZZ...

Holy shit. Been so bored at work today. Been doing a shit ton of blogging.

Anyway, back to being bored.

For real, new favorite thing ever.

Venture Bros.



NEW FAVORITE THING EVER!

Don't believe me in the awesomeness that Venture Bros.? Check it out on the Adult Swim Fix

A good life.

So in a effort to try and save some coin, been trying to eat lunch at home more and more. And it's totally doable cause I live like 5 minutes from work right? Well SUPER bad idea. I may live so close, but man, lunch goes on forever. I'm sure you're asking, "Ben, why does lunch go on forever if you live so close?"... well I'm glad you asked.

Spike TV runs reruns of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, and Next Generation all freaking day Monday - Friday. For real, a life filled with Star Trek, it's a good life. Stay home, geek out, and get fucking fat like Harry Knowles.



ok, maybe not the last part. But you get the idea.

Better?

Current outlook? Solid.

No for real. Things have been in the shit lately... well I should say "were". So I took the week off from work last week. But it was more taking time off from everything. Cause for real, you just gotta have a little "me" time sometime. But it's funny though, as much as I enjoyed the doing of nothing... I sure was wrought with a lot of emotional baggage. Or what I like to call drama. But for real (seem to say that a lot), went through the crucible, came out the other side. Definitely feel a lot healthier.

Really, no reason why you should care. I'm just bloggin', doin' alittle riffin'.


Anyways, that's it for the moment. Super ass hungry, gonna hit some lunch.

Monday, August 07, 2006

Man, so definitely the best place to hide something is in plain sight.

Proof of concept: I volunteer every 4th Monday at Children's Mercy Hospital. Anyway, my last shift I seemed to have lost my ID tag. Over the next few weeks, I searched and searched. My home, my car, all over the effin' place.

But alas no ID Tag.

But what happens the other night? Doing a little cleaning, and what do I find hanging from a toggle switch to a floor lamp in my home? That's right, my ID, just hanging there for all the world to see. Not hidden at all, sitting there in plain sight.

So for real people, don't tuck it away, leave it the open, no one will see it.

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

So why the new blog? Those of you who don't know, been blogging on mySpace for sometime. But more and more, the site is more commerical driven. Obviously driven by NewsCorp's 500+ million dollar purchase of the site. I don't care how much you say it's not gonna change, it's going to, and that's fine. But more and more it's a commercial machine now. More about marketing and less about community. That, and I am sick of getting "Porn" friend requests. I mean, I like the ladies... but yea, enough.

So here I am, blogging on Blogger. Mainly, for me, need to vent, cause lately things have been in the shit.

Anyways, that's it for this time out. Till the next blog...
Hmmm... first blog on the Blogger.com.

That's all.