A new year, and new life?

so it 2010 now,(pronounced twenty-ten, not two-thousand-ten, thats just what i heard) and i have been thinking a lot lately about my future. if i was asked where i would be at this moment about six months ago, nothing would be as it is. as you know i have been a line cook at a place called beavers for about 5 months and it is great experience, but i feel i have been wanting more out of life. I am not too sure how i feel about continuing the path of the culinary arts. I just don't think the restaurant world is for me. I love cooking and learning new things, yet i realized i like cooking for myself and for my friends, not strangers 6 days a week. I dont want my job to be my life. i want to enjoy it but i dont want it to dictate what i can and cant do.

I have been thinking a lot about maybe going into teaching art. When i was in college and had to pick a major i always thought that it didn't matter what degree i got. If i wanted to be a doctor or lawyer then yes med school and law school degrees are required but nowadays most places just want to know you are a normal, responsible, and educated college graduate. BUT lately i feel i should actually do something with my degree. I love art and i love making it, and i love sharing it. so its only natural that i go down that path right? I've thought about grad school, but i cant fathom being able to pay for it even with loans or scholarships. Any suggestions? or free money?

new subject!

-Oscars are coming up so i need to watch all the nominated stuff, its just what i do.
A tentative list is(no nominations have been announced yet, strictly buzz)

Public Enemies, The Lovely Bones (seeing it with Katie), The soloist, Precious, A serious Man, Up in the Air, Up, Nine( not the animated one), The Hurt Locker, An Education, Invictus, A single Man, The Informant, The Boys are Back, Bright Star, The Burning Plain.

- Glass Jaw is Back together, and are only playing one date in texas.
march 4th at emo's in Austin (already got my ticket, you coming?!)

- Dan's bachelor party is in Vegas (Dan Smullen) and i already got my plane ticket, which basically makes me poor right now. I haven't been to Vegas so shenanigans will be had and are expected. I don't know how much gambling i will be doing do to lack of money and plans of saving money for my future. I plan on just being drunk and watching people crush their credit. I want to go see a Cirque De Soleil live. that would be sweet. ("their are 5 different chairs in this hotel room!")

- My 26th birthday is next month. thats all im gonna say there.

- SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths) Conference is in March. the 10th through the 13th i believe. its really expensive as most things are. The problem is i work every day till 3 so if i purchase a conference pass then i would be missing half of it, and im going to Dan and Kim's wedding that Saturday in Austin so it would be a waste of money. i can get day passes but Im not sure yet. I'll probably get the opening ceremony pass. They do a pin swap. everyone makes like 30-50 pins and just trades with everyone there and you meet random people and get cool pins of all different styles.

- My new favorite show is How i met your mother. I watched the entire first season in one sitting on Saturday. The show also freaks me out becuase the main character reminds me of myself alot which is scary. Dustinn and Reagz are on a road trip to the grand canyon so the wolf den has been a bit boring and lonely here since friday. For some reason my room gets not heat so i have been sleeping on the couch. also i think i subconsciously need to be in the middle of the apartment to balance it since D and reagz are gone. i just made that up but i think it makes sense, i do that at my parents house too. im weird.

New years resolutions:

-try to work out
-Post on this blog more
- Make more art (build a work bench for metalworks)
-decide what i want to do with my life.

top 10 comic characters and thier affiliation

1. Cable: Marvel (Telekenisis)

2. Gambit: Marvel (Turns potential energy into kinetic)

3. Deadpool: Marvel (Regeneration, Bad ass)

4. Punisher: Marvel (bad ass)

5. Wolverine: Marvel (regeneration)

6. Fathom: TopCow (can manipulate water in anyway shape or form)

7. Grifter: Image ( Thief and bad ass)

8. Nightcrawler: Marvel (Teleportation)

9. Korvus: Marvel (power of the pheonix, sweet sword)

10.The Twins from Spirit of the Tao: TopCow (can partially of fully turn into dragons)

big update of other interesting things in my life

I am a college graduate, incase you didnt know. it feels kind of weird all i do now is sleep and work and watch rabbit play assassins creed. fall out is sweet, and sadie got guitar hero drums and microphone for the wii so ive been playing the drums on that alot. substantially harder than rockband and the real drums ofcourse, but very fun

im going to a wedding in new orleans this weekend. sadie and i are meeting my brother and we are staying at the hotel monteleone, which according to sadie is "haunted"  she is pretty much excited about it . . i on the other hand dont believe in ghosts. we shall see. . . .  So basically im gonna get shitfaced at a wedding and in the french quarter and eat krystals on burbon street. cant wait.  

He is Legend - It hates you . . . im looking forward to it

Im listening to the new drop dead gorgeous and its . . . meh nothing new

The newest Vanns cd "a new hope" is awesome by the way

I downloaded The new version of GIMP, which is a Photoshop clone and its not that bad. its very dumbed down for pc users obviosuly, but its a good substitution.

Im also waiting for the new iphone OS 3.0. its gonna rule so much, and it will be sweet.

Movies:

so the wolverine movie came out awhile ago and cant say it was terrible because ive alwasy said that i enjoy movies based on marvel or comics in general ( i love seeing my childhood imagination coem to life . . .who doesnt) anyway they did  infact mess up deadpool for me. He happens to be one of my top 10 comic characters of all time. what is my top 10 you ask, sure i'll tell you, actually i'll wait on that. They didnt mess up wade wilson (deadpool) my point is they took the merc with a mouth and transformed him into a mute supermutant who got his ass whooped. ive read a bunch of interviews with ryan reynolds, and he never seemed to happy with what they did with deadpool, as he is an avid deadpool fan aswell. It makes me happy to know that he actor cares about what character he is portraying. i think becuase of this they have rumored to a DEADPOOL movie by itself which will be sweet if not done by fox. Marvel needs the rights back. Also Gambit was way too cool and way under used.  That being said i liked it (minus the deadpool crap) and will prolly buy it. B

I Then saw Star Trek, and having had absolutely no interest in star trek since forever, im a FANBOY(s) ( saw that movie too, C-) i must say JJ Abrams is a genius. It made star trek appealing and made it so incrediably enjoyable. i didnt want the movie to stop. it was probably the most fun i have had in a movie in awhile. A-, why the A MINUS, well they could ahve showed that green girl naked. that would be sweet.

THEN i saw Terminator Salvation, and it was pretty damn cool. I love that they kept with the story/timeline of the other movies.  Sam Worthington was good and i cant wait to see his other blockbusters coming out next year  ( clash of the titans, and james cameron's Avatar)

Has Christian Bale always has that raspy voice or is he still in character for Batman? it kind of bugs me.  The motorcycle things wre the best part of the movie for me. i cant wait to see the next two, yeah its a new trilogy. B+

Thesis 2009

Let me know what yall think

Sneak Peak

here are a few pics of what i have been working on for my thesis

Dik Dik

My new favorite animal

so fucking good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you think you're fucking john lennon