pants of god...

the eternal question...

this morning i presented all of my AIM amigos with the first question i was faced with so far today.
"ok, for breakfast Honeycomb, or Honey Nut Cheerios?"
amazingly there was not a single vote for Honeycomb, despite it's size.

the final tally is:
0 votes for Honeycomb
7 votes for Honey Nut Cheerios
1 emphatic vote for "pancakes!!!!!"
1 no answer from the mr. eric larson, but the reply "i just had vanilla waffles" to which i replied "i have eggos." and i recieved the response "no no no my friend.......no egos in this house."

and check out this gem. it is proof this battle has been raging for decades, but in the past Honeycomb won!!!

another Christmas past...

i wonder if i'm ever going to get Christmas right. i shot this on Christmas Eve. the lights are from the National Capitol Christmas Tree.

happy holidays to you all.

Oh it is Almost Christmas!!!

My friend Jay Clendenin sent me this photo of Santa Claus and it is awesome. Jay is a great shooter, and so if you are an editor, i suggest you hire him sometime. He has a lot of other really great Santa photos on his site if you are wanting to get in the holiday mood.
i'm not going to be spending the holiday with my family, and i'm pretty frustrated about it. i will be the magazine pool photographer at the White House on Christmas Eve, because it is Newsweek's day, but i would rather be hanging out with my mother.
i also told myself i would get 25 Chritmas cards out this year. so far i have 7 out the door. Wish me luck on the rest.
i hope everyone else's Christmas is coming together better than mine.

benjamin is home...

ben is home from bangkok for a wee bit, and in honor of that, i decided to post a few pics from our roadtrip this year. good times. we have to do another this year. no excuses.

happy holidays one and all...

do you know me?

so fred sent me this quiz, and then i made one of my own.
Ben scored 38 on it, and here is the discussion we had about that.

Lowy***** (5:21:10 PM): only got a 38
RaygunJohnny (5:21:25 PM): higher than i got
RaygunJohnny (5:21:59 PM): 38 is a great number
Lowy***** (5:22:31 PM): its 2 less than forty
RaygunJohnny (5:23:07 PM): but best of all it has a 3 and and 8
RaygunJohnny (5:23:14 PM): both are important
Lowy***** (5:23:18 PM): the waist size of a common midwestern bar chick.

man, sometimes that guy is really funny, or maybe just really right.

this is INCREDIBLE

Pixar rules on every level, and THIS looks like it is my new favorite.

and Hellboy has so much potential, but i have this nagging feeling it will be a Hulk sized dissapointment.

and for the ladies who like to see films about ladies kicking ass, then Resident Evil is probably the next step beyond Angelina Jolie.

what they say...

i've had a rash of interesting IM conversations lately. i'd like to share the bits of a few of them (the identities of the offenders have been changed to protect their identities).

STUDFINDER
Gyro******12 (11:31:26 AM): getting lunch
RaygunJohnny (11:31:40 AM): i got something you can munch on
Gyro******12 (11:31:47 AM): I bet you do
Gyro******12 (11:32:05 AM): stud
RaygunJohnny (11:32:34 AM): like a 2x4
RaygunJohnny (11:32:37 AM): in a wall
RaygunJohnny (11:32:40 AM): stud
Gyro******12 (11:32:55 AM): I'm the stud finder and my alarm is going off

STAR-TECH
Gyro******12 (11:38:17 AM): Dave, wanna be in StarTech with Huddo and I
Gyro******12 (11:38:21 AM): its a new thing
Gyro******12 (11:38:25 AM): ?
RaygunJohnny (11:56:39 AM): i wanna be in star tech if i can be the vulcan
RaygunJohnny (11:56:54 AM): notice it is Vul-CAN, not Vul-CAN'T
RaygunJohnny (11:57:34 AM): i get the job done.
Gyro******12 (12:12:32 PM): WE need you to do set desgn for startech
Gyro******12 (12:12:41 PM): lights, camera, action
Gyro******12 (12:13:03 PM): Costumes
Gyro******12 (12:13:12 PM): make up
Gyro******12 (12:13:26 PM): fire
Gyro******12 (12:13:33 PM): lasers
Gyro******12 (12:13:36 PM): smoke
Gyro******12 (12:13:51 PM): pixar type effects
Gyro******12 (12:13:56 PM): you know, the usual.

CRAPPANTS
Gyro******12 (12:15:45 PM): opps hold on I'll be right back
Gyro******12 (12:17:24 PM): wow, that was close, I almost shit in my pants. Seriously
Gyro******12 (12:17:46 PM): It felt like a fart and then.....

BACK TO STARTECH
RaygunJohnny (12:17:57 PM): so in the crew, what will my title be?
RaygunJohnny (12:18:09 PM): systems engineer
RaygunJohnny (12:18:10 PM): ?
Gyro******12 (12:18:13 PM): hmmmm, good question.
Gyro******12 (12:18:23 PM): sure, or just SE
RaygunJohnny (12:18:45 PM): but people might mistake that for science experiment
RaygunJohnny (12:18:48 PM): and that is your title
Gyro******12 (12:18:57 PM): oh
Gyro******12 (12:19:31 PM): hey, can get huddo in this coverstation
Gyro******12 (12:19:33 PM): ?
Gyro******12 (12:19:40 PM): lik,e a three way?
RaygunJohnny (12:19:41 PM): NO!!!
Gyro******12 (12:19:45 PM): ewww
RaygunJohnny (12:20:04 PM): my assistance in this has to be sooo top secret, that not even he can know
Gyro******12 (12:20:14 PM): righ right right. my bad
RaygunJohnny (12:20:23 PM): in fact, i'll be wiping your memory too
RaygunJohnny (12:20:35 PM): and i'll be the puppet master behind the scenes of star tech
Gyro******12 (12:20:41 PM): YEAH!
Gyro******12 (12:20:51 PM): like the Backstreet boys
RaygunJohnny (12:20:54 PM): that was one of my band names
RaygunJohnny (12:20:59 PM): um...
RaygunJohnny (12:21:00 PM): yes.
Gyro******12 (12:21:05 PM): hee hee
RaygunJohnny (12:21:16 PM): i am behind every great band out of the next decade
Gyro******12 (12:21:24 PM): of course you are
RaygunJohnny (12:21:36 PM): johnny raygun, interplanetary man of mystery.

GARDEN GNOMES
M******Vold (12:51:51 AM): Well, it started with a snow storm and a road trip...
M******Vold (12:52:09 AM): Then a visit from my father.. who looks just like a garden gnome
RaygunJohnny (12:52:26 AM): i love gnomes!!!
RaygunJohnny (12:52:35 AM): my roomie shelby loves them even more!!!
M******Vold (12:52:46 AM): Her and my dad might get on well!
RaygunJohnny (12:52:54 AM): he
M******Vold (12:53:05 AM): *sigh*
RaygunJohnny (12:53:09 AM): shelby = he
M******Vold (12:53:17 AM): of course!
M******Vold (12:53:36 AM): Hmm.. I guess He and my dad might still get along.. does he ice fish?
RaygunJohnny (12:53:48 AM): he would
M******Vold (12:53:58 AM): Then its set!

THE MORNING MEETING
RaygunJohnny (11:53:06 AM): is your new gig 9-5?
WO******9 (11:53:06 AM): yes
WO******9 (11:53:32 AM): 9-6
WO******9 (11:53:44 AM): but i get here at 8:30 to prepare for morning meeting
RaygunJohnny (11:54:27 AM): what happens in morning meeting?
WO******9 (11:54:47 AM): days events for news entertainment and sports
RaygunJohnny (11:54:58 AM): ah
RaygunJohnny (11:55:15 AM): i should start getting up in the morning, so i can have a morning meeting
WO******9 (11:56:20 AM): who would you have one with?
RaygunJohnny (11:58:02 AM): um... i have an octopus, and a pig, and a skunk and a chicken, and a betty boop, and a spiderman, and a crazy orangutan.
RaygunJohnny (11:59:08 AM): we will have our meeting, and we will decide to thwart evil
RaygunJohnny (11:59:17 AM): and to throw a party
WO******9 (12:00:01 PM): with who?
RaygunJohnny (12:00:36 PM): with who what?
WO******9 (12:01:12 PM): are you throwing a party
RaygunJohnny (12:01:43 PM): we are going to discuss it in our meeting
RaygunJohnny (12:01:49 PM): morning meeting
RaygunJohnny (12:02:00 PM): but we can't have that until tomorrow now
RaygunJohnny (12:02:08 PM): cause it is afternoon
WO******9 (12:02:12 PM): becauase morning has passed
WO******9 (12:02:21 PM): who are you going to have a meeting with?
WO******9 (12:03:44 PM): i'm a little confused
RaygunJohnny (12:05:03 PM): i'm having my meeting with an octopus, and a pig, and a skunk and a chicken, and a betty boop, and a spiderman, and a crazy orangutan. maybe with shelby, jason and johnathon, because they will be here practicing too.
WO******9 (12:06:11 PM): sounds like you have a party going on over there
RaygunJohnny (12:06:33 PM): we will be discussing that in our morning meeting.

SOUL FOR SALE
WO******9 (12:07:34 PM): you doing ok?
RaygunJohnny (12:08:03 PM): yeah, but i just woke up, so i'm a little disoriented
RaygunJohnny (12:08:15 PM): but the rain sounds nice on my roof
WO******9 (12:16:04 PM): man i wish i had your life sleeping until noon
RaygunJohnny (12:16:34 PM): you can have it, but you have to feed the octopus and the pig
WO******9 (12:17:19 PM): thats fine
RaygunJohnny (12:17:43 PM): ok, then it's a deal
RaygunJohnny (12:17:48 PM): you've just sold me your soul
WO******9 (12:19:34 PM): because i said i would feed an octupus and a pig?
RaygunJohnny (12:20:19 PM): because you want my life
RaygunJohnny (12:20:27 PM): tomorrow, you will wake up at noon
RaygunJohnny (12:20:36 PM): you will have an octopus
RaygunJohnny (12:20:43 PM): and an army of rubber ducks
RaygunJohnny (12:20:54 PM): and probably some pretty bad morning breath
RaygunJohnny (12:21:04 PM): so be sure to get up and brush your teeth.

RETURN OF THE KING...

So the final Lord of the Rings episode is released today, and i don't even know why i'm nervous.i know what happens, i've read the book.

THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!

ok so huddo told me that the THUNDERBIRDS (the very same ones i love) are going to be a movie. This to me sounded like a grand bonus to my life. Then he proceeded to inform me that they would be played by actors (for those not in the know, the THUNDERBIRDS are marionettes (filmed in S U P E R MARIONATION!!!).
That was key to the beauty of the THUNDERBIRDS, it filled that space between animation and acting, and the fantasies of young adventurers were played out with huge versions of the kinds of toys that kids had at home.
At this point, i'm not able to pass judgement. i don't know if this is supposed to be a comedy, or an action film, or a bit of both (it has bill paxton in it, and everytime i see that guy in a film, i'm confused about whether or not it is meant to be funny, or is this guy just horrible.). we'll see soon though. it is scheduled to be released next summer (2004).
for now you can check out the trailer on the Working Title Films site.

THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!

ok so huddo told me that the THUNDERBIRDS (the very same ones i love) are going to be a movie. This to me sounded like a grand bonus to my life. Then he proceeded to inform me that they would be played by actors (for those not in the know, the THUNDERBIRDS are marionettes (filmed in S U P E R MARIONATION!!!).
That was key to the beauty of the THUNDERBIRDS, it filled that space between animation and acting, and the fantasies of young adventurers were played out with huge versions of the kinds of toys that kids had at home.
At this point, i'm not able to pass judgement. i don't know if this is supposed to be a comedy, or an action film, or a bit of both (it has bill paxton in it, and everytime i see that guy in a film, i'm confused about whether or not it is meant to be funny, or is this guy just horrible.). we'll see soon though. it is scheduled to be released next summer (2004).
for now you can check out the trailer on the Working Title Films site.

SPOTAAAYM #210

this is the latest entry in my Self Portait of the Artist as a Young Man series. #210 to be exact. i wish i would've had a wider lens, but this actually seems to work pretty well.

i said "look sexy" and this is what i got. if that is my sexy face too, then i think it explains a lot.

it's snowing!!!

today has proven to be a pretty good time.
i went shopping with barb. we had a lot of fun. she did the "i'm happy it's gonna snow dance", we looked at socks and marveled at how much cooler women's socks really are, made a new nametag for oscar, who is soon going to be a city dog, ran into the always awesome heidi glenn, went back to target a 2nd time, bought some food. then i went home, played Rainbow 6 on the X-Box, then went to a concert, saw Yo-Yo Ma and got to talk to these guys. always good to be a guy from the South.
now it is snowing, so i need to go crawl in bed, so i can get up early. Barb and i are going sledding tomorrow. YEA!!!