The poor sap STILL has no arms, so a blanket will have to do...

Drawing sculpting and time travel fills my free moments.

I got a lot to say folks so hang on to your hats!

It was only a one day trip but boy did it kick my butt. Friday night was prep, prep and more prep. Everyone crashed at my place (the driver) so a timely arrival at the site would be insured. First and foremost we had to secure the wagon to the roof of the car.  With 3 people and tools, there was really no other place to put it, so 1 hour later all was locked, roped and bungied down.

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/27295792@N04/3483864282/

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/27295792@N04/3483864302/

All tools where loaded up and in the morning we jumped in and headed off into the mystical coal lands of Pennsylvania. the first site was so so, not so great Devonian Ocean fauna (been to better sites for the same thing). It was site #2 that was the real focus of our journey. St. Clair is world renowned for its white Pyrophyilite Fern fossils. The Ferns show up as a delicate white layer on the black shale. 

This was my first time here, so I generally don't bring back anything amazing, mostly just get a handle on how to work the area. I'll certainly be back for another shot (preferably when its not 90 out)

It was hot and rocks work like an oven.... BLACK rocks are even better! The site is a hike from the road and carrying rocks sucks, so wagons are a life saver. Our good buddy and yours Arakis happened to be in the area so we hooked up for dinner afterward (it is a little known fact of Physics that GMs attract other GMs). If the site had not been so crowded that day, he would have joined us in the dig (68 Paleo Society members attended) . We only took a few pics because, well we were filthy. So enjoy.. they have captions :D

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/27295792@N04/?saved=1

The weather is nice and that means it's time to dust of the sledge hammer!

That's right kiddos! Time to dust of the sledge, sharpen the chisels and load up the crow bar... its time for a fossil trip!!!! This weekend Logress, myself and our friend Eric (a fantastic stand up comedian and commercial actor) are jumping in the Mini and heading to lovely Pennsylvania for some well extinct flora and fauna. This trip required me to get a wagon to haul stuff back from the site, so I gots me a 1200LB capacity garden wagon that will travel atop my little chariot (sucks for anyone driving behind me if it goes flying). I'll make sure to take lots of ridiculous pics and share them on Monday (ten bucks says I throw out my back and end up a sad cripple a la last summer).

lets see if i can haul back a slab worthy of my new toy! Can I get a 1200lb slab in a mini??

Yes, look at the little darlings!

So I am all about saving animals and proper treatment... but sea kittens? Gimmie a break! I've adopted and rescued countless animals and will continue to do so. I preach proper pet ownership and treatment of all animals (I'm talking to you whaling boats).

But this is.. ridiculous. It's one thing to be an activist... another to don the crazy pants and try to "re-brand" fish. It's stupid. I don't eat endangered or rare fish because I'm not a thoughtless fool. But don't embarrass me, or my creeds with such garbage.

Educate people properly.

GGG

Saturday morning 10:30!!!

Everyone watch Huntik this Saturday!!!

It's the first episode I fully wrote (we'll wrote from the outline). Granted, the episode has been altered cut and messed with from what I originally put in, but the catty girl banter is all me (as well at the more interesting transitions from scene to scene). It was fun to see how the Korean animation studio mangled my extremely clear description of a tessellation puzzle into the things you see in the first scene. My storyboard instructions where kept somewhat intact.. but things get lost in translation :P

http://www.huntik.com/

This episode is about King Basilisk =D

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It's been a rough few weeks...

So it's been a while since I graced the world with my love and sharing so let's spread the love.

early February marked the beginning of our convention season and it was brutal start.The 10 hour days standing on cement after a fall and winter of rest was brutal. I literally limped home each night fearing the continuation of this pain the next morning. On teh plus side I did get a the great folks from the Jedi Training academy to pop by the booth for a group shot. These fine folks travel conventions teach the devoted how to attack and fence like a proper Jedi or Sith master! I hope the rest of the convention year is slightly less painful.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alteil/3307727670/

Ain't de neet! They made my day a little brighter.

So my Stress level has been high... very high; So high that i managed this past Sunday to release my stress... in my eye. I look up to see a blood vessel had popped in my eye and i have to tell you it is rather gross looking. I doesn't hurt and is generally harmless, but... ick. folks find a way to relax.. cause this Isn't worth it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alteil/3306897341/

it's gotten worse as the bloody mess has trickled down into view so that I look like a pissed off daffy duck. Doctor said it'll fade in a week or so. till then I'm get the "oh that poor lady" look from people. : /

Lastly I saw this today.. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 http://blogs.discovery.com/news_animal/2009/02/see-a-fish-with-a-transparent-head.html

WHY in the name of all things evolved does this horrid beast exist! nasty! wretched! thing! BLAHHGGG!!

nightmares... only nightmares exist in the deep.

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Like any proper office, mine's filled with guns...

Office wars are not new, and I am not even up to date on the latest weapons of mass distraction. BUT what I lack in high end cubical (not that I'm in one) warheads, I make up for in volume. I like to be prepared for the random sneak attack and unlike Mr. Tony Stark I don't prefer the weapon you fire once....

I prefer the one that I can fire in rapid succession ; ) This is my old stand by. It holds twelve darts and can fire off at least 3 rounds on full pump pressure. For the longest time it was the highest dart count gun I could find... this of course would change. Logress and the Red both have one... so I was forced to upgrade.

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/alteil/3216709156/

I needed more firepower and so the logical path was to find a larger capacity gun. This took a few years but I found my new love. I was so enraptured with this gun so much I bought 2. While this video only shows you one, you get the idea of what I can unleash: 2X guns + 2X20 dart canisters = 3.5 second dart Tsunami. I feel with a few modifications I could have a truly dangerous tool with which I can rule any office I choose (it's like might of the Lion in Nerf form).

 Lastly I have my "less violent" guns. These are more for show.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alteil/3215856017/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alteil/3216709132/

My Covenant pistols are sweet and make awesome sounds (even the long hold/big blast noise). Now they are not the Perfect replicas you can get for hundreds of dollars, but they look pretty good and were a welcomed gift from a good friend (thanks Alex!). Someday I might splurge on a Elite sword... but for the time being I'll enjoy being a grunt.

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TO much to show and tell so let me focus on...

http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/9/hd/

Here is a link to his original short that won more awards then I care to list :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=964QHmjLqa0

The other film I wish to share with you does not have the vision or grace of 9, but certainly should be held in some sort of regard (not sure which). What's one to say about a Squid that wants to become a pro wrestler?

 http://www.gomorrahy.com/images/calamari_wrestler.wmv

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