Much like everyone else tenaciously related to movies and Hollywood, I’ll be live-blogging during the Oscars tonight using Twitter.
If you’d like to follow along, here’s my Twitter page:
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Got the first sketch card done.
I’m so glad I made my love for all things Iron Man so widely known. Because when it comes to sketch cards (and other facets of communication with readers) it’s become a prominent point of conversation. People totally go along with it.
I’m happy with this sketch, but I think I have to change up my tactics to get more done. I should sketch out a bunch of different cards first, THEN ink. Not sketch, ink, sketch, ink, sketch, ink.
I hate to make this an assembly line thing, but I need to make better use of my time…
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Incidentally, if anyone is interested in what I’m listening to while I’m catching up on my commissions today, you can check out my Last.fm page:
Friend me, if you like. I’m always looking for new musical suggestions!
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This was a post I was supposed to write yesterday. But due to a hectic, stressful and overloaded schedule, it didn’t happen.
Yesterday was my son Henry’s birthday. And as I did the year before, I thought it would be nice to post a picture of the little guy so everyone can see how he’s doing.
Henry is doing very well having recently had tubes put in his ears for the second time and his adenoids removed to correct chronic ear infections he was having earlier in the winter.
Since Henry turned 2, we finally cut him off from pacifiers and we’re dealing with the ramifications of that right now. He really didn’t use them very often except when we put him down at night and he would use them to calm himself down. Now that they’re gone, he has to find other methods to relax. So he’s been shooting heroin into his eyeballs for about a week now.
I kid! I kid!
Every Saturday we take Henry to a music class where he learns rhythm, songs and dancing to a beat. It’s been paying off. He often sings “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” and it’s tonal doppleganger, The ABC song.
He’s a bundle of energy, that’s for sure. HIGHLY verbal and bossing us around already. He’s deeply addicted to Mickey Mouse Club on the Disney Channel and listening to Daft Punk in the car. In fact, he demands them by name! Well, almost. “Robot rock, Daddy!”
My son is awesome.
Happy birthday, buddy.
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If you listened to The Triple Feature last night (and if you missed it, don’t worry – just subscribe to our feed on iTunes!) you’ll know that Gordon, Joe and I made our official Oscar picks in advance of the televised broadcast this Sunday. We decided to make it interesting by making a tiny wager. The two people with the least amount of correct predictions has to draw a guest strip for a winning artist. So if Gordon gets the most correct, Joe and I have to draw him a guest strip. Kind of fun, right?
Part of that agreement was that the three of us would post our marked Oscar ballots and submit them to public record. That way, it keeps everyone honest. No last minute changes before or during the broadcast.
My ballot is kind of large, so you’ll have to click here to view it. But it’s there for anyone who is interested.
I think most of the major categories are already sewn up. But I voted for a few dark horse contenders after looking at a few statistical averages and trends among Academy votes in the past. As far as the technical categories go, I have a theory that I’m hoping pays off. Where I get really lost is in the documentary and short film categories.
You’ll have to take a look at my ballot and tell me what you think. Do you think I have a shot at winning our little competition?
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I don’t know how many of you access the site through IE6. Statistically, it appears about 18% of you use Internet Explore and of that 18%, 20% of you use IE6.
At any rate, I’m having some formatting problems on the homepage in IE6 and I need a fresh set of eyes to take a look at the code.
If you’re up to the task, send me an e-mail or leave your comments below.
Thanks.
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Brian Carroll has a lot of stokes in the fire. Artist, writer, filmmaker, cartoonist. So it stands to reason that I sometimes forget about the excellent work he’s producing over at his comic Instant Classic while I’m not paying attention.
I recently friended Brian through Twitter and it’s been a great way to keep up with what he’s doing. Just recently I combed through his archives, reading his latest batch of comics and they’re excellent.
If you’re not familiar with Instant Classic, I don’t think I could summarize it for you. But if you’re a fan of Multiplex, I think you’ll like it. Brian’s strip isn’t about theater workers, but rather the people who make films and it is a rich treat that should be savored in one sitting.
Go check it out!
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Since I don’t have a lot to discuss regarding the comic, I thought I might take this opportunity to promote a feature of the site that may have gone otherwise unexplored.
Under the Links heading, I have a Link Exchange page. Nothing fancy. You link me, I link you. If you have a web site and you’d like a little more networking, let’s trade! Either leave a link to your web site in the comments or send me an e-mail where we can discuss things privately.
Incidentally, if you want to grab a banner for your site, I have a bunch of banners available now, too.
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Let me take a moment to talk about something that has nothing to do with movies, web comics or Marlon Brando. This is a little pet peeve of mine and I’m going to use my site as a soapbox for a second.
When you are parking your car on the street near a parking meter, there is a right way and a wrong way to leave your vehicle.
EXHIBIT A
Think of the space between parking meters as a goal post in a football game. Park your car between the goal posts. Put your money in the meter in front of your car. This is the right way to park at a parking meter.
EXHIBIT B
When you park your car directly in front of a meter, you end up taking more space than you should from the spot in front of you. This complicates parking for other motorists, not to mention puts your car door at risk of dings and dents from opening the door into the meter you’ve parked directly in front of. This is the wrong way to park at a parking meter.
If you insist on parking like an effin’ moron, please do not be surprised when someone firebombs your car and you return to a smoldering husk of twisted metal on the street.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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I love checking my referral logs hourly from time to time because sometimes the results turn up some doozies.
For example, during my last exploration, I found the following phrases people used to find my site:
- gay wolf
- geriatric homicide
Should I be at all concerned that these search phrases were back to back?
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