Photo Hunt: Road

I finally took one specifically for the assignment! And I thought like good ol' David McMahon taught me too...go for the weird angle. Which TOTALLY got me a weird look from a motorist as I rolled out of the way. I'm sure he was wondering why the lunatic was laying face down in the middle of the road...

PhotoHunt

Dear 3 Of My (Very Confused) Readers

Specifically David McMahon, Dan Mega, and Nichole M:

Why do you all think you recently missed my birthday? Unless you're wishing me a belated 30th from October 2007, you guys are actually a month and a half early.

My birthday is, almost infamously, on Halloween. Adjust your calenders accordingly. And please tell me why you, en masse, thought it was recently (since you all wished me the "belated" birthday)?

Edit: Jessie informed me that when I was celebrating my 10k hits with the "it's my birthday..." Yeah, sorry about that. That's a song. Back in the mid to late 90s people used it all the time to "celebrate." If you've ever seen the movie Chasing Amy, Holden does it when he thinks he's going on a date with Alyssa. In fact, Ben Affleck improvised that scene without Kevin Smith's permission, but Smith liked it...unfortunately, he had to get the rights to the actual song as a result. So there, my befuddlement has now become some trivia for you.

An Award With Stipulations Isn't Much of an Award...

...It's more like work. But thanks to Dan Mega and the unwritten laws of the intertubes, I'm now contractually obligated to carry on like the wayward son that I am, and proceed with the pay it forward reward shenanigans. I mean, thanks Dan, but at the same time, you're a buttwipe. Making me put thought and effort in to a post? You're cruel, man. But that's the award over there. It's nice to look at on the mantle, but I can't admire it because I have to adhere to these rules, even as I try to resist...

Anyways. Rules are as follows.

1. You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserving of this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contribute to the blogging community, no matter what language.

Okay, I've picked them. Got them in the ol' noodle.

2. Each award has to have the name of the author and a link to her/her blog to be visited by everyone.

Oh, sonuva...there's that work I talked about.

3. Each award winner has to show the award and put their name and link to the blog that presented her/him with the award.

Haha, you poor suckers are gonna have to wallow in my misery!

4. The award winner and one has who has given the prize have to show the link Arte y Pico blog so everyone will know the origin of this award.

Oh, so now we see what's going on here...and it's not even in English. Wow, this sucker has gone international. Anyway, check.

5. Show these rules.

Check.

Okay, fine. Let's get this over with. Just like Dan, I shall not commit the sin of putting these in a particular order.

David McMahon's authorblog. If the blogosphere had a mentor or godfather (not the nefarious type) it'd be David. He puns, he tells interesting anecdotes, he shoots impressive photography, he writes books that actually get published. I honestly don't know how he has time for this crap.

Culture kills, no I mean Cutlery. I stumbled upon this one day, and I can't even remember how. Maybe saw him comment on another blog, and went to his blog. Been a reader ever since. Love the title for one, but the content is always superb, even if I don't always agree. I mostly agree though.

Shrink Wrapped Scream. Another good name, it's one of those blog names that I look at and go, "that'd be an awesome band name." Carol has always been good to me, and she is quite adept at story telling. Lately she hasn't been so adept at the whole regular posting thing, but I don't hold that against her. Sometimes creativity comes in bursts. I should know, all my creativity burst out of me around 2002, and I'm still trying to pick up the detritus.

The Back of My Headboard. Chewy is uber talented. She could probably get that stupid umlat thing over the uber using nothing but her telekinesis, that's how talented she is. Okay, that's probably (totally) an exaggeration, but this is my blog, dammit, so you WILL LISTEN TO EVERY WORD I HAVE TO SAY! /adam sandler moment. She is an artist. Artiste, even. Like David she's pretty well rounded when it comes to the whole thing, though she specializes in painting work. She takes a pretty good picture though, too. In more ways than one, because she's apparantely 50 or so...you sure don't look it, Chew. I mean, I'm about to turn 31, and some people have put me in my late 30s...you must be doing something right!

And to round out this little group...the guy who I figure probably won't do this but I want to torture him anyway, for shiggles...

Slack to the Future. Long time friend Ben. He tells jokes. And people actually pay him to do that. People pay me to stop. So, I gotta give it up for him there. Ben: 1, Bart: 0. Don't be confused when you visit his site, because he went and named his kid Benjamin. The little boy isn't the blogger. Though, damn, that'd be impressive. When Erin is born, I'm gonna get her to start blogging immediately. It'll be a sensation, and it'll start paying for her college! Anyway, Ben also tells a really good story, when he can stop taking pictures of his kid and substituting the word muff for the word love in songs...hint hint Ben.


So there. I've done it. It's as if a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. That damn series of tubes can really weigh you down when it wants.

We Regret To Inform You:

For those of you who read, or came here as a result of, David's interview with me, there is no free swag.

Sorry for my little ruse. Which was actually a facetious comment. But that was definitely the one thing I said in that entire interview which everyone seemed to comment on, that's for sure. So, to be clear...no free swag.

David's Weekend Wandering

So David McMahon is now asking weekly questions. I've missed all of them up to now, but as I need inspirado, I'll answer the call. The call being his question. He didn't actually call me. He doesn't know my number. He calls it "Weekend Wandering." I thought it should be Wondering. But I'm not David. I'm more like a much shorter Goliath. With better table manners. And not biblical. Yet.

And the question is: Hollywood's knocking on your door, to offer you top billing in a studio blockbuster, alongside any movie star of your choice. Whom do you choose?

Wow, what a question for a pop culture junkie like myself. In the not too distant past, I'd probably have said Harrison Ford. The man is Indiana Jones and Han Solo for crying out loud. Not to mention playing Jack Ryan on screen more than any other actor. But alas, that ship has probably sailed, and since the question doesn't actually say what kind of blockbuster it is, I'll have to go another route, and pick who is probably my current favorite actor:

Matt Damon.

Oh yes, I'd make people forget all about that Affleck (AFLAC!) guy. Matt and Ben, nay, Matt and Bart. I'd be the Hutch to his Starsky. The Cash to his Tango. The Hooch to his Turner...no, wait, that's not very flattering.

Well, that was fun. While I have you, and while we're talking about stuff David is doing...

David is also going out of his way to help out fledgling writers with an ongoing series of postings entitled "Telling Write From Wrong." That man never met a homonym he didn't like. Anyway, ask him questions about writing, and he'll give you advice. Simple enough. And he's not doing it as a shameless ploy like I would be, so that's a plus on his side. Go have a looksie.