Amano

I have many different inspirations in my artwork. One of these I would like to share with is Amano. His work is gratifying to me because it reminds you to be free and loose. There is a craft to it, but the flow of his brush strokes and the vibrant use of color whisper to you to draw out side your boundaries.

Many of you are familiar with him from his work on the Final Fantasy series. His artwork though spans further beyond into other cultures as well. Take a look at his web site, the U.S. and the Japanese site (Japanese version is better) and enjoy one of greatest artists of our generation.

visit - Amano's World

Quick Blog Notes:

Auto Blog: 2005 Mustang Convertible GT: In the Autoblog Garage Day 3
A review of the 2005 Mustang GT

Family Guy Clip: Peter gets hurt. Real Media Format: - Clip

So I was searching the web for Will Ferrell clips and I fell upon this little treasure. It's Ferrell as Pres. Bush, but it's not an SNL clip. It was made by some activist group called "ACT" or something, to get you out and vote. Very funny clip, but it may take a while to download or stream. It's .MOV or QuickTime file, so be patient.

Will Ferrell as Bush movie

Fantasy Football: The season just upon us and we are looking for teams for this years Fantasy Football league, contact me if interested, or leave a comment below.

Conan/Walker Texas Ranger out takes: I found these searching yahoo video.
Classic clips including the Walker out take where the Man lets the Child fall.

Clip One

Clip Two

and finally, Conan O'Brien's address to the Harvard class of 2000 - hilarious

Music Video Codes By VideoCodeZone

Foo Fighters comin to town! Opening with Weezer!

OCT 02 - SAINT PAUL, MN - XCEL ENERGY CENTER

Internet Presale:
Thursday, Aug 18 @ 10am - Friday, Aug 19 @ 10pm (Local Time)
LINK: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/06003B0FA0FC9BB8
PASSWORD: litebrite

Public Onsale:
Saturday, Aug 20 @ 10am Local Time through ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, the Xcel Energy Center box office and charge by phone at (651) 989-5151

In other news:

I'll be in St. Paul this weekend for a wedding. It's going to be a great time, we're staying at the St. Paul Hotel where the reception is being held.

Summer school is over with. Next on the list is teacher workshops and orientation starting the 29th.

As you can see I've updated my site, but haven't had time to add links. Be sure to visit Corey's Blog "Black Marks on Wooden Pulp" for some good 'ol readin.


Need some ink? Visit Adam's tattoo site for some ideas and then stop on by and tell 'em Dave sent ya. The Inktailor

Hugh Jackman says no

James Bond Casting Update #897: Hugh Jackman says no
Posted Aug 15, 2005, 7:31 PM ET by Karina Longworth
Filed under: Action & Adventure, Casting, Classics

Dark Horizons and Moviehole are reporting that Hugh Jackman has been offered the role of James Bond, but has declined. There are three theories as to why Jackson might have said no:


The three picture deal the studio wanted to sign him to would leave little time for other projects.
Jackman -- a singing-dancing-acting sometime Broadway star -- doesn't want to get typecast as 007.
His wife wouldn't let him.
At this point, these reasons are simply not good enough. Please, Hugh -- please, reconsider. I don't care who plays James Bond, but for the love of God -- somebody take the freaking role already. This has gone on long enough.

-http://www.cinematical.com/2005/08/15/james-bond-casting-updat-897-hugh-jackman-says-no/

One Final Speech

Summer school is almost over with. The 18th is my last day of class, with a final. Tuesday brings me to my final speech in the class. I am re-taking this speech class this summer to make up for a grade needed to graduate in my major. It has taught me more then the talents of speech, but how one can grow in a matter of couple of years. The first time around was the beginning of the second year of college for me.
I was an anxiety ridden wreck. I finished with C- in that class. I had no real idea of my major at that point either. So 2 years later when I took upon my education major, the speech class was long forgotten. I had also begun to take college more seriously since then, changing C's into A's, knowing that one day I would have to leave my cocoon known as SCSU and enter the real world.

So now I find myself in the same position I was as a sophmore, only now a senior of sorts, with experience behind him. It's an absolutely amazing change for me. Public speaking is not something your born with, I'm proof of that. It only comes with practice. I'm excited to get this class over with, but also proud of myself for becomming more confident then I thought I would of.

Broken Flowers review

"No actor is better than Bill Murray as doing nothing at all, and being fascinating while not doing it. Buster Keaton had the same gift for contemplating astonishing developments with absolute calm. Buster surrounded himself with slapstick, and in "Broken Flowers" Jim Jarmusch surrounds Murray with a parade of formidable women." -Roger Ebert

Read his review.

Vikings Kickoff

It's a new year, a new owner, and a new team in a sense. Tonight the Vikings host the Chiefs in their first pre-season game. I'll be there, but here's where you can watch it.

When: 7 tonight, Metrodome

TV, Radio: Ch. 5, 1130-AM, 107.9-FM

Here's an overview of tonight's game- startribune.com

Here's to a great pre-season!

My life as of late.

"God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny." -Garrison Keillor

I've been meeting a lot of new people lately. Not new friends, just new people. I've been working in a deli a couple miles from my house, and have been commuting to St. Cloud, MN to attend a class during the summer to meet graduation requirements. During this time, approx. a month or so I have come across many new and amazing people.

There has been the Police Officer on Hwy 10; who likes to pull me over between Becker and Big Lake.

The man in the silver Accord who likes to flip me off while passing me, using his other hand to hold his cell phone.

There's the woman in the red mini van who drives 45 in the left hand lane, never to move to the right.

We can't forget the "W in 2004" woman in the GMC Denali who will ride my ass until I move into the right hand lane, only to merge infront of me 7 mph slower then before.

From my commute back and forth from St. Cloud I come back home, only to leave once again to go to work in the deli. I have met a truffle of new people at the deli counter.

There's the women who can't remember how to read so will point and say "that", "ME WANT THAT". Then will look at me like I'm stupid because I can't understand her.

The customer who's on the go, when 45 seconds of waiting in line has destroyed all of her chances to make it home in time to let her husband yell at her.

The environmentalists who's job it is to find out the ingredients in honey smoked turkey, that probably gave her dad the cancer.

And finally there's the customer who will second guess or question the obvious. Customer:"You'll out of the rotiserieiey Chicken?" Me: Yes, we are all out of the rotisserie chicken for the night. Customer:"you sure?" Me: "Yes." Customer: "You sure you don't have any back there, or any coming out sometime soon?" Me: "Let me check.... NOPE, WE ARE STILL OUT OF THE rotisserie chicken. Thank you."


In other news, lowtax of somethingawful.com created a Guide: "Mastering Battlefield 2". Pretty informative... Enjoy!