Weed Oasis [Nature Photograher]

I rather like this shot. I used an iPod with the sun behind me and to my right. Logistically I had to hold the iPod far to my right to avoid my shadow in the shot and I could barely compose because sunlight was reflecting from the display directly into my eyeballs. To complete my bitching, the way I was holding the iPod made it very hard to touch the button to take the shot.

I ain’t sayin’ this is a work of art but I still like how it turned out. For once one of my pictures actually tells a “story,” something that has been beaten into me repeatedly. What the hell. At least it ain’t another sign shot! And for those of you who thought this photo might be some other kind of “weed” oasis I offer my apologies for wasting your time.

I originally shared this photo on Twitter under the title, “Miracle of Life.”

People who look like me

To date I have never shared my picture. It’s a necessary evil since I choose to remain anonymous on my blog. But that doesn’t mean I can’t show you what I look like.

Above we see a recruit known only as “Gomer Pyle” from the excellent movie Full Metal Jacket. I’ve actually been called Pyle by some keen-eyed friends who noticed the uncanny resemblance.

Here we see Commodore Matt Decker, a Starfleet officer who was the commander of the USS Constellation. Decker had a bad day when he beamed his crew down to a planetoid (where he believed they would be safe) so he could go battle with an alien machine known only as “the planet killer” mano-a-mano. Oops. The USS Constellation barely survived the encounter and the planet killer ate the planet along with his crew.

For a long time I’ve felt that Matt Decker would be the perfect Halloween costume for me.

To the right please allow me to introduce Malakili. Do you recognize him? This good looking fellow didn’t exactly have the biggest part of all-time in the Star Wars franchise. He made he appearance in Return of the Jedi. Still can’t recognize him? He was a denizen of Jabba’s palace. It turns out the Jabba the Hutt had a trap door in his audience hall. Yes, the very same trap door that surprised Luke Skywalker himself. Below that door lived a beast known as the Rancor. The Rancor was a giant monster thing that had feasted on many victims until it faced Skywalker and lost. After the death of the Rancor we meet Malakili, the Rancor Keeper, and he gets his 10 seconds of screen time. It’s a touching scene as he mourns the loss of his beloved friend. Again the resemblance is uncanny and I’ve often thought this would also make a perfect Halloween costume for me.

If you can somehow morph these three characters together in your mind you should end up with a highly accurate approximation of my appearance. But why in the hell would you want that?

Other notable mentions…

Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo – No further explanation needed, eh?

Finally, an actual photograph of yours truly, pixelated, of course:

Laundry cat

I was in the laundry room, minding my own business. But I felt like I was being watched. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. After a while I happened to glance up. “Well, well, well. Lookie what we have here.”

Apparently the cat has found himself a new “Pride Rock.”

Saturday Silliness: YouTube and stuff

Time for excitement. I have a major breakthrough to announce. This is big news, almost as big as the first blog post where I began using vowels. (I think my blog really picked up after that.) I just uploaded my first YouTube video that has a picture. “Action!” I yelled. “Cut!” I yelled. “That’s a wrap!” You get the point. I’m a director now. Woots.

Incidentally, that video with a picture is Type O Negative performing a live cover of Light My Fire by The Doors. Good stuff. You’ll find it on my YouTube channel.

So in celebration of my very own channel where you can check out the crap I make and the crap I favorite, I offer this video I found for today’s bonus tier-2 post:

No, this is not one of my videos. It’s way too advanced for me. It does things and stuff.

Reality TV show idea: Find that Acid!

Source: SomethingAwful.com

Did you ever have something trigger your funny bone in such a way that you laughed until you were crying and experienced physical pain? Until the laughter was no longer funny but you still couldn’t help it?

A long time ago it was the image on the left that did it to me. I just found that sucker in my computer and checked the date. 2002. Wow!

I can’t remember who I was with, it’s been too long, but we were surfing the web for silly shit and found that image. For some reason, I still don’t know why, I just lost it. Then we both lost it. It was one of those crazy moments locked in time. It look something like an hour to get it out of my system, too. I can’t recall if adult beverages were involved. Probably they were.

From time to time over the years I’ve thought of that image at random moments and it always brings a wistful smile to my face.

Can you remember times when you laughed like that? What triggered it? What do you remember about it and more importantly, do you still find funny today?

Finding this on my computer was an unexpected treat but it didn’t quite make me laugh out loud. I think that it only works like that the very first time. But it still amuses me. Maybe it would make a good premise for a TV show? Based on the shows we have these days I don’t think “Find That Acid” is that far off.