Off to cottage country until late sunday night. Bringing the laptop so I can work on school crap while "roughing it". Who knows, maybe with nothing else to do I'll actually get something done...

Besides my random updates, some life-type stuff...

...hung out with folks today; did some photos, but mostly just fun and conversation.

Yesterday I went with friends to see The Dukes of Hazzard against all better judgement [grin]. Bad movie, but quite entertaining, though how much was laughing at the movie rather than with it is another matter. ( Read more... )

As part of the fringe festival, some friends are running a show, and I got a chance to see it last night. It's called Shadowcourt, and it's part gamer drama, part murder mystery, and all very entertaining. I'd give the recommendation for all to see it, with an additional emphasis on the gamer element, if only because you get a bit of an additional ( Read more... )

So tonight, myself beautifullyrant, andy_dufrense, st_exodinus and ego_cogito went to see Sin City. Don't worry, no spoilers...

Anyway, my one word review: ExcessiveNote, that this isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it is a lot of whatever thing it is. I enjoyed it a lot, though I found it odd that most of the audience was taking it very seriously, and probably not liking it as much for it. ( Read more... )

In random world news: Not Guilty in Air India CaseHonestly, I can't say I'm shocked by this; a trial based on testimony without evidence, some of it very dubious in nature, is not something I'd want to hang a conviction on ( Read more... )

Sweet fuck...

Hunter S. Thompson Dead. Suicide apparently. Wow. That brings a sour note to an otherwise fun weekend...

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." - HST

I'm sorry, this just amuses me, theatre superstitions or not...

Maybe we picked a bad opening day.... Anyway, off to get ready for class and then show...

I wish I've been taken in by a hoax article, because otherwise this hurts my brain to no end. Sadly this does not appear to be the case.

Forcing naked Iraqi prisoners to pile themselves in human pyramids was not torture, because American cheerleaders do it every year, a court was told today.So by this analogy rape isn't a crime because people have ( Read more... )

So in lieu of doing real work, I ended up finishing a painting last night. Simple concept, reasonable planning, fairly good technical execution. I'm really happy with it, and I'd say it's certanly a step up from previous work.

( Clockworld: 150K jpg )

A quick sketch with some pastels I had...

( 90K jpeg inside )