Thursday, July 24, 2008
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
The 4th
Iowa's come and gone. It was a nice time. Watched the city fireworks from my sisters back yard Thursday night. Great view. Then Friday at the Hernadez'es we blew lots of stuff up and ate food.
Kris fakes passing out, for some reason, I don't recall the scenario:
The Unicorn Log, which was the grand finale:
Kris hauling ass away from the Battery... which was a square thing that shot a lot of powerful stuff out of it.
Heidi circle pitting the Unicorn Log:
Lots of pictures taken attempting to capitalize on the smoke from recently detonated fireworks. This was an attempt to appear to be hitting a bong. Funnier when it happened....
Another attempt to capitalize on the epicness of the gunpowder smoke:
And another:
We'd been at it awhile before we realized that our disguarded fireworks were being tossed into a pile right next to the propane tank and the gas can. Good times... careful precations:
This was a tube that shot balls of paper machet (sp?) that were packed with gun powder. This thing was bad ass:
Al brought his own spices for his Filet Mignon. Coby brought his 'Flag shirt:
Heidi's sparkler:
Audrey and Coby:
The rest of the weekend was spent hanging out with my mom, friends and family, eating and buying stuff I really don't need. Like a pocket knife, which is already gone.
Until next year....
Kris fakes passing out, for some reason, I don't recall the scenario:
The Unicorn Log, which was the grand finale:
Kris hauling ass away from the Battery... which was a square thing that shot a lot of powerful stuff out of it.Heidi circle pitting the Unicorn Log:
Lots of pictures taken attempting to capitalize on the smoke from recently detonated fireworks. This was an attempt to appear to be hitting a bong. Funnier when it happened....
Another attempt to capitalize on the epicness of the gunpowder smoke:
And another:
We'd been at it awhile before we realized that our disguarded fireworks were being tossed into a pile right next to the propane tank and the gas can. Good times... careful precations:
This was a tube that shot balls of paper machet (sp?) that were packed with gun powder. This thing was bad ass:
Al brought his own spices for his Filet Mignon. Coby brought his 'Flag shirt:
Heidi's sparkler:
Audrey and Coby:
The rest of the weekend was spent hanging out with my mom, friends and family, eating and buying stuff I really don't need. Like a pocket knife, which is already gone.
Until next year....
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Scott County Uber Alles
I'm going to Iowa for the 4th of July. My sister and nephew will be visiting. Looking forward to seeing everyone. I'm bringing my camera, and will be trying to get a picture of a black squirrel for my sleeve. Other than that I'm going to just be hanging around, catching up with folks.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Wizard World
So the Wizard World convention has come and gone. It was pretty cool. I felt some crowd anxiety but honestly everyone there was such an unabashed maniac that I didn't feel any sort of social awkwardness.
Tons of comics....
There were lots of minor celebrities, and some big names for comic books. No George 'The Animal' Steele, at least that I could see. Lou Ferrigno, The Iron Sheik, Cactus Jack, Virgil and some other wrestler dudes were there. It cost around $20 to have your picture taken with these people so instead I took sneak attack shots like this:
Yes that is a Bears scarf. The Sheik would occasionally loudly proclaim "Number 1 Bear Fan!" to no one, really. Well to his handler I guess. I also snapped this gem:
Really, it isn't a comic book convention unless The Iron Sheik is drinking a 40 out of a plastic Dominic's bag. "Number 1 Malt Liquor Fan!!!"
Lisa got this picture of Brian lloking unimpressed. A lot of comments were made about his European man-bag. It looks more like a sack.
Cactus Jack/Mankind/What's his name... Mick Foley:
Lou Ferrigno looks pretty old.
The stand out for this event clearly was the paying customers who elected to wear costumes.
These people were pretty funny. No idea who they "are" but the girl was laughing because she thought people were done taking pictures. The dude sort of had a Super Erkle thing going on.
Egon Spengler.
Lots of Links and other Zelda related people.
Some Predators:
There were a zillion of the "new Heath Ledger style" jokers, and they all sucked. This was new-jack joker with Judge Dread:
And a pudgier version, one of the weaker ones:
And what I think was an old school Joker kicking it with Superman:
Gotta look a little closely to catch this black, pudgy Joker who's in line for some pizza. He's upstaged by the exasperated Mom who didn't seem to appeciate being in the foreground.
Our buddy Thor from the last blog was living to the max all day. It was pretty cool... I appreciate people that are that stoked to just do something fun.
I missed the gathering of Storm Troopers but I did catch these two Jedis.
And these Storm Troopers:
And this guy who had the "new movies" Obiwan thing going on. He caught me snapping his picture and quickly tried to pose for it. He even offered to pose again, but I said what I had was great. Even Jedi's gotta have some down time:
Finally the stuff I bought. I only bought a few things. The Buddy Christ, which I've wanted for a long time:
A shirt that Alex Ross did. Cooly ironic considering he was also commisioned to design Bush's Presidential portrait.
And finally a DVD from these weird hipsters that were selling some joke Yoga dvd, the old NYHC documentary and this:
All in all, for $25 bucks, it was quite an experience. One area I didn't take pictures of was the Artist's Alley which is where all the indies, artists and small timers were set up. Some really great spirit and tons of punk minded DIY types. It was cool.
Lots of cute girls, sort of the prom for nerd girls. Tons of R. Crumb type girls. It was neat to see so many enthusiastic people.
So yeah... it was a cool time.
Tons of comics....
There were lots of minor celebrities, and some big names for comic books. No George 'The Animal' Steele, at least that I could see. Lou Ferrigno, The Iron Sheik, Cactus Jack, Virgil and some other wrestler dudes were there. It cost around $20 to have your picture taken with these people so instead I took sneak attack shots like this:
Yes that is a Bears scarf. The Sheik would occasionally loudly proclaim "Number 1 Bear Fan!" to no one, really. Well to his handler I guess. I also snapped this gem:
Really, it isn't a comic book convention unless The Iron Sheik is drinking a 40 out of a plastic Dominic's bag. "Number 1 Malt Liquor Fan!!!"
Lisa got this picture of Brian lloking unimpressed. A lot of comments were made about his European man-bag. It looks more like a sack.
Cactus Jack/Mankind/What's his name... Mick Foley:
Lou Ferrigno looks pretty old.
The stand out for this event clearly was the paying customers who elected to wear costumes.
These people were pretty funny. No idea who they "are" but the girl was laughing because she thought people were done taking pictures. The dude sort of had a Super Erkle thing going on.
Egon Spengler.
Lots of Links and other Zelda related people.
Some Predators:
There were a zillion of the "new Heath Ledger style" jokers, and they all sucked. This was new-jack joker with Judge Dread:
And a pudgier version, one of the weaker ones:
And what I think was an old school Joker kicking it with Superman:
Gotta look a little closely to catch this black, pudgy Joker who's in line for some pizza. He's upstaged by the exasperated Mom who didn't seem to appeciate being in the foreground.
Our buddy Thor from the last blog was living to the max all day. It was pretty cool... I appreciate people that are that stoked to just do something fun.
I missed the gathering of Storm Troopers but I did catch these two Jedis.
And these Storm Troopers:
And this guy who had the "new movies" Obiwan thing going on. He caught me snapping his picture and quickly tried to pose for it. He even offered to pose again, but I said what I had was great. Even Jedi's gotta have some down time:
Finally the stuff I bought. I only bought a few things. The Buddy Christ, which I've wanted for a long time:
A shirt that Alex Ross did. Cooly ironic considering he was also commisioned to design Bush's Presidential portrait.
And finally a DVD from these weird hipsters that were selling some joke Yoga dvd, the old NYHC documentary and this:
All in all, for $25 bucks, it was quite an experience. One area I didn't take pictures of was the Artist's Alley which is where all the indies, artists and small timers were set up. Some really great spirit and tons of punk minded DIY types. It was cool.
Lots of cute girls, sort of the prom for nerd girls. Tons of R. Crumb type girls. It was neat to see so many enthusiastic people.
So yeah... it was a cool time.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Wizard World Prequal
Expect a bigger blog on this to follow... including a drunken Iron Sheik, but for now I'll give you this teaser.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Nature finds a way.
Just like Jurassic Park. More curious flood of '08 stories. Like this levee break, caused by muskrats, in Missouri.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
6.24.8
Saturday I'm going to this, where I better see lots of this.
I'm apprehensive. Crowds are really not my thing. The one saving grace is that I'll probably feel like I'm somehow cooler than a lot of these people, because I'm depressed and/or a cynic. I'm not (cooler than anyone... depression I got in spades), but it might give me some degree of separation.
68,000 people last year, I guess? We'll see how it goes. I also don't want to spend a ton of money, but probably will. Maybe on these.
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