Month: March 2008

Fixin things.

Life, Rants

So when I moved out I noticed that it looked like someone spilled beer on my reciever and my computer downstairs. I didn’t really think about it because I don’t really use that desktop much anymore since I have a laptop. Well I finally got around to fixing it and re-installing the OS. I bought a new dvd drive because it was cheap. Good thing I did, when I opened up the drive to see what was the matter I found this.

ehwwwww

Now I’m really wondering why I have to turn the volume up so much on the reciever, I bet the wires are all corroded with beer.  Thanks Dorks.

Mark

Cardboard Boat 2008

Projects, Stuff and Things

I’m tired of the Cardboard boat Regatta in Stafford not being run the way I think it should be. Not the logistics or the location, but mostly the prizes and marketing. Well… really I don’t care about the prizes, that’s not why we do it anyway. I care about having a good time and getting a good t-shirt. Jesse and I still wear out “CarRrRdboard” and “SCYC” shirts all the time. I think an event t-shirt should remind you of the good time you had, not that someone had to use iron on t-shirt transfers to make the prizes.

So I’m using the only strategy that I know. Just go ahead and do it and see what happens.

I’ve already made the logo for the Stafford Cardboard Yacht Club (SCYC) for 2008 (i might need to clean it up a little). Our slogan will be “Victory Through Corrugation” . I have a basic logo done for the entire event I just need to convert it to one color so it will be cheaper to print on shirts.

Here’s a link to the website I made for it. Gotta keep it quick and simple.

Cardboard Boat 2008

SCYC 2008CBB 2008 logo

Later!

Art-O-Matic

Art, Projects

So I took the plunge and signed up for Art-O-Matic this year. I really enjoyed going to it last year and I thought “Hey! I could do this” so I dropped the cash and signed up for some volenteer spots. Then I realized that the site selection date is in like 2 weeks, so I’d better have a good idea of what I’m going to show. So I went out to Home Depot and Michaels and spent too much money on supplies. Hopefully I’ll be able to come up with something. I went through my old sketchbooks, I think there’s enough unused ideas in there to put something interesting together.

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See you there!

Portland Trip Roundup

Life, Trips

Don’t really feel like writing a whole post on how awesome the trip to Portland, Oregon was. (it was really sweet!) But I do have some pictures to post.

Humbolt County

highway 101

I’ll post the pictures from Portland and Mt Hood as soon as I go through them, Wade took like 400 pictures in 4 days, so there’s a lot of fat to trim.

Later!

Mark

*UPDATE*

here’s the link to the Portland and Mt Hood pictures. I trimmed a little, but theres still 286 of them.

Portlang!

Good to till the last bite?

Life, Randomness

Sooo we’re not big cake eaters around the house here. So I’ve had a tupperware container full of coconut creme pie hanging out in the fridge for… Oh… about 5 weeks.  It’s always there, just like an old friend.  But tonight I was cleaning out the fridge of any food that might go bad in the 10 days that we’ll be gone to Portland. Fish… good! Pasta… good! So why should the pie be any different? First bite… good! Second… Great! Last bite… Soul crushing bitter mold taste! YUMMERS!!

Later!