I'm a D-J-HEROOOOO!

Just thought I'd share with the world that yes, I got DJ Hero. Yes, I think rhythm games are cool. Yes, I think this game is cool. And Yes, this picture of me rocks!

Some Surfing Pictures

A few people have asked for pictures of me surfing so I finally have some. Laurel was kind enough to take some of me when she was down to visit so enjoy!

The wave may have closed out but I still feel like superman!
Me riding a really small and soft wave.This is my favorite of the pictures Laurel took.

Yeah, nothing fancy or amazing but just a little proof of the talk. Unfortunately, there weren't any really good waves when she was down here so just pictures of me on small stuff.

Henri the Hippo

As usual, my infrequent blog postings have resulted in an utter lack of excitement on this blog for quite a while but fear not. I present to you an interesting blog started up by my fiancee. The blog follows the adventures of a blue stuffed hippo name Henri as he travels around the world from person to person. Laurel and I started his adventures here in Florida and took a few photos of him/with him on our own adventures. Hopefully, as more and more people take pictures with him, the blog will provide an interesting perspective of both the unique scenes Henri is included and the personalities of the writers. So, check it out at Henri's Adventures.

Finally, France Photo Album Up

Okay, I promised this over two months ago, but better late then never. The photos from my France trip in April are up. There are only a few Paris pictures this time since my last trip focused on Paris. This time around, the focus was in the Loire Valley to see a few of the Royal Chateaux (french castles). My fiancee and I took nearly 700 pictures and of those pictures, I've picked the best 200 or so and put them up on my picasaweb account. Enjoy!

Link - France Trip Photos

Waiting for France Photos but Here's a Video

It's been awhile since my last blog entry but wanted to let people know I'm getting pictures ready from my trip to see my fiancee last week. It was a great trip and I'll give out more details as soon as my pictures are processes, cleaned, organized, tagged, and finally sub-sampled out to share the best pictures of the bunch.

Until then, I stumbled across this guy who has cleverly used news broadcasts to create a both political satire and catchy music parody. Check it out:

Love Lobster!!!!!!!

I just finished folding an origami "Love" Lobster from John Montroll's Anime Origami for the Enthusiast and have photos, but I have a little story to go with this too. A couple of years ago, I was folding some good old origami and my fiancee was folding this lobster. The problem was, she was using a much too small square to start with and I even warned her that it wasn't going to work. Apparently, my words of wisdom turned into a challenge and a 1.5" version of this lobster was born that looked little more than a wierd 10 legged creature thing. I mean, if you knew it was supposed to be a lobster you'd recognize it, but if not, you'd have a little trouble trying to figure out what the model was supposed to be. So, showing all the love and affection I could muster, I died laughing when I saw the finished product. Hurt, she told me that it was a "love" lobster and reflected the love she had for me, so I better not laugh at it. Well, little "love" lobster only made me laugh more, but I kept it squished up in the book for quite a long time. Inevitably, the "love" lobster had to be thrown out as I got rid of all my origami when I last moved. It's kind of been an inside joke between us and she told me in a previous post that I owed her a love lobster.

Here it is. Surprisingly, despite the final size, this guy was made from a large 9 5/8" square of origami paper. There are so many layers of paper that even this size of a model was a little challenging to keep clean precise folds. After 2 hours of work and some custom shaping, here it is.

UVERworld - Just Melody

Unfortunately, this video cuts off the really cool instrumental intro, but I heard this song today and loved it (kind of rediscovered it). So here it is for anyone interested in JPop. UVERworld is a pretty solid band that have done quite a few opening and ending credits for various anime in Japan. Without further ado...here's a video for you...